In this teaching, Nathan looks at Acts 13.16-23 and the five characteristics that made David a person that God viewed as someone who mirrored His own heart.
Author: Cultivate Relationships
TEACHING | Exodus 20.16 | Assume The Best
Untested assumptions lead to invalid expectations. Nathan looks at Exodus 20.16 and the destruction within relationships that is caused when we bear false witness against someone in our minds. He also discusses the practical steps to take to ensure that our expectations of people do not end in frustration and disappointment.
TEACHING | Matthew 28.16-20 | Make Disciples of Jesus
All of us are making disciples — whether of ourselves and our unresolved past or of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Nathan looks at Matthew 28:16-20 and discusses how who we believe we are will determine what we believe we can do and how that impacts the kind of disciples we make.
TEACHING | Exodus 14.13-14 | Jesus + The Holy Spirit
Jesus died for our freedom from sin but he rose from the dead by the power of the Holy Spirit for our victory over sin. Nathan compares and contrasts Exodus 14:13-14 with Joshua 1:1-9 and challenges us to not settle for freedom but fight for victory.
TEACHING | John 16.5-15 | Jesus Had To Go
We wouldn’t have the Holy Spirit if Jesus stayed on Earth. Nathan discusses John 16:5-15 and how the Holy Spirit convinces us of three things: when we are not trusting God, how to live in right relationship with God and others, and that the enemy has already been judged.
TEACHING | Romans 2.4 | Spirit-Led Morality
Repentance is the process by which we prove our change of mind and behavior over time. Nathan discusses Romans 2.4 and how God’s kindness is the first step in the process of repentance — a process that results in new, healthy, Spirit-led mindsets and behaviors.
TEACHING | Romans 8.1 | Repent and Be Pardoned
Accepting Jesus’ forgiveness makes all your sins, failures, and mistakes as if they never happened. Nathan discusses Romans 8.1 and how for followers of Jesus there is no condemnation, shame, or regret because the Holy Spirit is bigger and more powerful than the effects of our sins, failures, and mistakes.
TEACHING | 1 John 5.1-21 | Live Sin Free
A Christian, who receives the Heavenly Father’s love and forgiveness; is filled with the Spirit; and trusts Jesus’ life, death, and resurrection does not need to sin. Nathan discusses 1 John 5.1-21 and how believers can live their life sin free when their conscience is tuned into the Holy Spirit.
STB058 | Encouragement
Nathan and Lacey shoot the breeze about how to encourage someone going through a hard time. They also discuss love languages, how to pray for someone, and how to respond when you don’t feel cared for.
TEACHING | 1 John 4.7-21 | A Mature Christian
A mature Christian is not determined by how much one knows about the Bible or how long one has been a Christian. Nathan discusses 1 John 4.7-21 and how the true mark of a mature Christian is how well one loves others; that is, denying one’s rights, desires, beliefs, and expectations for the benefit of others.
