GretnaLife’s Sunday Gatherings

Week 9: Rearview Mirrors
Text: Numbers 11:1-6; Ecclesiastes 7:10; 
Keywords: Nostalgia,Trapped in the Past, Future, Freedom, HOPE
Big Idea of The Message: Our past experiences inform our current experience. However, when we spend more time looking back than looking forward we have a tendency to wreck. God’s past work is meant to propel us into the future, not “protect” us from it.

Week 8 - A Wandering Army
Text: Numbers 1:1-3, 13-14; 2 Timothy 1:6-9, Exodus 6:6-8
Keywords: Fear, Trust, King, Inadequacy, Courage
Big Idea of the Message: We all face seasons where we feel like we are treading water, or walking in circles - but we aren't supposed to stay there. God has other plans, but we need to be willing to follow them.

Week 7: Prescription
Text: Exodus 39, Leviticus 1-7, Galatians 3:24, Leviticus 7:37
Key Words: Prescription, Leviticus, Sacrifice, Offering, Jesus
Big Idea of the Message: We have a tendency to look past the book of Leviticus, and other “prescriptive” texts - but when we do it costs us in our understanding of God and the sacrifice of His Son.

Guest Speaker: Nita Wilkinson
Week 6: More Than Enough
Text: Exodus 35:1-8
Key Words: Jesus, All In, Enough
Big Idea of the Message: Israel was passionate, they were either cold and without trust or so faithful they gave more than was needed. Jesus wants that same passion for us, He wants us to bring everything we have to grow His kingdom. 

Week 5: Never Far Away
Text: Exodus 3:16
Key Words:  Immanence, Identity, Attention, Abandonment
Big Idea of the Message: It can sometimes feel like the Lord is far from us, but this text reminds us that He is always near, always paying close attention, and will always be there for us to turn to. Are we looking?

Week 4: The Value of Repentance
Text: Genesis 32, 34, 37, 38, 43, 44, 49 
Key Words: Judah, Repentance, Redemption, Cleansed, Jesus
Big Idea of the Message: It’s no secret that the sons of Jacob made some ungodly choices. One of them, though, finds his way back through the power of repentance. We can learn a lot from his example, and gain a lot by following it.

Week 3: A Made Bed
Text: Genesis 16:1-5
Key Words: Trust, Choices, God's Will
Big Idea of the Message: Sarai makes a mistake many of us do - trying to out think God. Why is it that we seem surprised when our plans don’t work out for the best?

Week 2: The Tougher Question
Text: Job 22
Key Words: Karma, Contract or Covenant, Faith, Grace
Big Idea of the Message: How much control do you have over your life circumstances? Certainly following the Lord can help us avoid some potholes we might step into, but there is so much of life that we can't understand - let alone control. How do we get through?