GretnaLife’s Sunday Gatherings

Text: Proverbs 27:17; Ephesians 4:15-16
Topics: Friendship, Family, Confidant, Compassion, Accountability
Big Idea of the Message: Faith-filled friendships offer the gift of confident compassion.
Application Point: Faith-filled communities are where we find our friends with whom we can give and receive confident, Christ-centered compassion and accountability.

Sandile is the lead Pastor of the Brethren Church of South Africa. He will share testimony of God's work in him, his family, and the area they are blessed to serve in God's name.

Text: Ecclesiastes 4:9-12; Mark 2:1–12; 1 Sam 14:1-15
Topics: Friendship, Comradery, Together
Big Idea of the Message: Faith-filled friendships offer the gift of comradery.
Application Point: Faith-filled communities are where we find friends with whom we can stand shoulder to shoulder and walk through life, those who come to our defense to help us fight our battles. 

Text: Ecclesiastes 4:9-12; Matthew 26:36-46
Topics: Friendship, Togetherness, Gifts, Tenderness
Big Idea of the Message: Faith-filled friendships offer the tender gift of companionship.
Application Point: Faith-filled communities can be the source of strong, tender friendships that defeat loneliness.

Text: Romans 6:1-14
Topic(s): Grace, Sin, Responsibility, New life
Big Idea of the Message: Grace is a gift but also a responsibility.
Application Point: Grace is a free gift that God gives us, but it is important to receive it responsibly.

Text: 2 Corinthians 4:13-18
Topic(s): Gratitude, Grace, Thanksgiving 
Big Idea of the Message: Grace leads to gratitude.
Application Point: Believers are grateful because they are grace filled.

Text: Luke 7:36–50
Topic(s): Grace, Evangelism, Sin, World
Big Idea of the Message: Showing others grace can be an act of evangelism.
Application Point: We live in an ungracious world; when we give grace, we are representing Jesus to the world.