REFUGE KENOSHA

How can you overcome the American ingrained mindset, “just a little more?” How can you weather the difficult seasons that come in life? Today, we will look at the humble and gentle term “meekness,” and see how the Spirit of God can actually give you a gentle strength that completely trusts in Him throughout all seasons.

Everyone mourns. But is every tear that is shed good and right before God? Today, Refuge Elder Mark Lehmann continues through our study on the Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 5:4). The question that will be asked is: What sort of mourning is right and acceptable before God?

We begin what is referred to as the Sermon on the Mount, which is regarded by many as Jesus’ most hard-hitting sermon. Today, we’ll look at the first saying Jesus gives: “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for the kingdom of heaven is theirs.”

A disciple is someone who follows Jesus, is transformed by Jesus, and teaches others to do the same. Today, as we look at the start of Jesus’ public ministry in Galilee, we are going to see how King Jesus brings about transformation in the lives of those that follow Him.

Every single one of us is tempted in a variety of ways, and in the culture we live in, temptation is more accessible than it has ever been. How was Jesus tempted? What is the best weapon against it? And what can we learn from Jesus’s temptation in the wilderness, in order to help us fight the many temptations we come across?

This is the second part to of our study of the Trinity. Specifically, we will look at the concept of God as eternal Father, and what that means for us as believers. In addition, we will consider several ways that God being an eternal three-in-one God ought to shape our fundamental beliefs about creation.

Today we begin a two-part study in the Trinity. As we look through Jesus’s baptism in Matthew 3:13-17, we will first look at why Jesus would need to be baptized, and then we will delve into the wonder of the Trinity. Is a Triune God necessary for our faith? Can we be Christians and not believe that God is three and yet one?

Sometimes you can get a good idea of how to live by looking at an extremely poor example. Today, we are going to look at how the religious elite of Jesus’s day give us a great example of what not to do, as well as see how our life of repentance must be one that bears Holy Spirit fruit in our lives.

Repentance is a word that has been given negative connotations. However, it’s a word that was used by Jesus and the Apostles, so obviously it can’t be bad. Today, as we look at Matthew 3:1-6, we are going to look at how repentance is actually at the heart of what true greatness really is.

We continue through the Gospel of Matthew 2:13-23. Today we are looking at three separate prophetic fulfillments of Jesus and see how God is a God who will see to His purposes despite all odds. We will be challenged to see that the God who sees to all things will take care of us as well.