A message from the series "Summer Roadtrip Playlist." Psalm 63 The Greatness of God’s Love
Big Idea: When we encounter God’s love for us, we will delight in Him through all of life’s circumstances.
Is you heart in love with God? (James 1:12; Rom 8:28; 1 Cor 8:3) See also 1 John 4:19.
Four effects of realizing the greatness of God’s love in your life:
1. Your relationship with God becomes a consuming addiction, not a convenient addition. (Phil 1:21; Luke 14:26)
2. Your worship moves from duty to delight. Do you long to worship God? (Psalm 63:1, 3-4; Romans 5:8) What will you do with Jesus?
3. You follow Jesus to get Jesus, not stuff (Prosperity, fame etc). Do you worship the gifts, or the Gift-giver?
4. Your wilderness experiences become worship experiences. (Vs 9-11)

You can worship God from down in the pit!

A message from the series "Summer Roadtrip Playlist." Psalm 51 The Road to Restoration
Big Idea: Repentance isn’t about guilt; it’s about getting back to grace.

Culture often cancels what God wants to redeem. What do you do after you fail? Do you run away from God’s presence, or do you run toward it?

When you fall short and sin as a Christ follower, understand:
1. God receives honest confession and cleanses your guilty heart.
Numbers 32:23; Galatians 6:7; 1 John 1:9; Titus 3:5
God loves you where you are, but He loves you too much to leave you there.
2. God renews and rebuilds my heart in repentance.
2 Corinthians 5:17
Being made new by Jesus isn’t about behavior modification, it’s about heart transformation. Is your heart’s desire for Jesus above everything else?
3. God restores my joy and purpose in repentance.
If you don’t have joy in Jesus, you haven’t met Jesus!
God wants a broken heart, not a perfect performance.
Your failure can become someone else’s freedom when God redeems it.
Repentance is not a shame walk, it’s a faith walk.

Questions to consider:
What are you tempted to hide instead of confess? Why is it hard to come clean? Do you believe God has actually made you clean, or do you still carry guilt that He’s already forgiven?
Are you asking God just to remove guilt, or to change you from the inside out?
Where has guilt been stealing your joy? What would it look like to live forgiven and free?

A message from the series "Summer Roadtrip Playlist." Big Idea: When your soul feels dry, hope in God brings refreshment.
Spiritual thirst isn’t a failure, it’s a signal. Does your soul “pant” for God, or something else?

When you face a spiritual and emotional wilderness, remember:
1. God invites honesty in spiritual drought. v3-5a
What have you been afraid to admit to God lately? How might you create space this week to be real with God through ‘pouring out your heart’? (Psalm 62:8; Lamentations 2:19)
2. God anchors our hope in who He is, not how I feel. v5b-6, 11a
Are you relying more on your feelings, or on God’s faithfulness right now? What truth about God do you need to speak over your own soul this week? (Psalm 34:18, Jn 7:37, 1 Pet 5:7) Just because God is silent doesn’t meant mean He’s absent. Your present situation does not reflect how God feels about you. (Heb 10:23)
3. God meet us in the depths. v7
What ‘depths’ are you currently facing? Can you recall a time when God met you in a hard or hidden place? What was that like? (Matthew 1:23, John 14, Matthew 28:20b)
4. God’s love remains constant. v8
When have you sensed God’s love, even during a spiritually dry season? What might it look like to rest in His love, instead of striving this week? (Lamentations 3:22; Zephaniah 3;17)
Drought does not disqualify you from God’s love!

A message from the series "Summer Roadtrip Playlist." Psalm 27 Courage For The Road Ahead
Big Idea: When fear chases you down, confidence in God gives you strength.
What FEAR is chasing after you right now or recently?
Who is the Lord to you in your life? Do you live it?
For David, the Lord is:
1. My light (truth and purity) (“God is with you.”) Psalm 119:105; John 8:12. Where in your life right now do you feel like you’re “walking in the dark”? We need to trust God in our next step. God’s presence in our lives illuminates our path. God leads and guides us where He wants us to go.
2. My salvation (“God will deliver you.”) Ex 14:13a; Psalm 118:6. What fear are you trying to fix on your own, instead of surrendering to God? How would your response to fear change if you truly trusted God to save you? God saves us in order to transform us. Do you trust God beyond eternity, in your day-to-day circumstances?
3. My stronghold (“You’re already secure.”) Proverbs 18:10 What “strongholds” are you tempted to run to that aren’t God (e.g., control, success, escape)? How can you intentionally run to God as your stronghold this week? Are you overwhelmed with who God is? If you trust God, you will be blessed despite your circumstances.
Fear may follow you, but God’s goodness leads you.
“Wait for the Lord; be strong and let your heart take courage; wait for the Lord!” Psalm 27:14
“Trust in the Lord with all of your heart, and lean not on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your path straight.” Proverbs 3:5-6

A message from the series "Summer Roadtrip Playlist." Psalm 23 God Leads The Way
Big Idea: God’s presence provides peace for our journey. We are redeemed for God’s glory. Peace comes from staying close to the Shepherd.
The Lord is our Shepherd and King who is our :
1. Provider (23:1-3) also see John 10:11, 27-28
v1 - God ALWAYS gives us EXACTLY what we need, EXACTLY when we we need it.
v2 - God gives us rest and peace (Sabbath).
v3 - God gives us direction and purpose.
2. Protector (23: 4-5)
v4 - God gives us protection form harm and evil, and comforts us.
v5 - God satisfies us through all of our circumstances. “God’s strength in your valley IS His presence in your circumstances”.
3. Promise Keeper (23: 6) also see John 10:10b
v6 - God gives us abundant life. God gives us His forgiveness.
Four things to consider:
1. Where do you need to stop striving and start resting in God?
2. Are you carrying the weight of trying to fix everything yourself?
3. Are you stuck in a valley, wondering where God is?
4. Are all of your “check engine lights” on, and you're still trying to push through?

A message from the series "Summer Roadtrip Playlist." Psalm 1: Start Here
Your direction determines your destination - build your life on God’s Word.
Choose the road that pleases God (v1). You tend to become most like the people you hangout with.
1. Say yes to God’s Word.
2. Say yes to God’s wisdom (v2). Meditation = to think over something by talking to oneself. See Joshua 1:8
3. Say yes to God’s will (v3)
What road are you on? You cannot get to the correct destination by taking the wrong road.
Don’t choose a road that displeases God. (v4) Our journey is a choice between 2 roads; one leads toward Jesus, the other leads away from Jesus.
Your “start here” moment…

A message from the series "Defining Moments." Genesis 12:1-20 Famine in the Calling
Calling: Self-calling vs God-Calling
God calls us where we are, to use us as we are…For His purpose. We are to be God’s ambassadors, to always be ready, in and out of season, to preach His Gospel. (John 15: 18-20)
Self-calling: self focused; self powered; self glory
God calling: God focused; God powered; God’s glory
Famine - our response (Genesis 12: 1-13)
1. God is toying with me
2. God has abandoned me
3. God is punishing me
4. This isn’t God’s call
5. There is a problem, I’ll fix it
6. Turn to God and trust Him
Famine - God’s response (Genesis 12: 14-20)
God removes all possible responses so that we recognize His response and learn to trust Him
Takeaways: What is God calling you to do? How do you respond to the famines in your life? Don’t forget that God is ALWAYS with you, in every circumstance and famine.

A message from the series "Defining Moments." Matthew 28: 1-9 The Empty Tomb
The Resurrection isn’t just a story to believe in, it’s a Savior to respond to.
The defining moment of an empty tomb: The empty tomb changed everything. The Resurrection was not a surprise, Jesus foretold it many times during His ministry.
When we come face-to-face with the empty tomb, we come face-to-face with the risen Savior.
Roman 3;23; 6:23 (Reality vs Hope)
How do you need to respond to the empty tomb?
Come and see…then go and tell!
2 Corinthians 5:21 “He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, so that in Him we might become the righteousness of God.”
Romans 10:9-10 “If you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. One believes with the heart, resulting in righteousness, and one confesses with the mouth, resulting in salvation.”

A message from the series "Defining Moments." Luke 22: 39-46 Choosing Surrender
The defining moment of surrender comes in choosing God’s will over our will.
Two Gardens and the Battle of Surrender
The First Garden: Eden (Genesis 2-3)
Surrender point: Not Your will, but mine be done.
The Second Garden: Gethsemane (Luke 22:39-46)
Surrender point: Not my will, but Your will be done.

Everyday Garden Moments
What are you willing to surrender?
What are you not willing to surrender?

A message from the series "Defining Moments." 2 Samuel 11, 12 Facing Failure
The defining moment in your failure is found in responding in repentance and surrender.
Remember, failure is an event, not a destination. Failure is not fatal.
Steps to getting stuck in the trap of sin:
Think it - want it - do it - pay for it. (Psalm 32; 2 Cor 10:5)
David’s Defining Moment (read 2 Samuel 11, 12)
1 Cor 10:12 “if you think you are standing strong, be careful no to fall.”
Remember: You are free to make choices, BUT, you are not free to choose the consequences for your choices.
When you’re facing failure:
1. Get real - with God, with yourself, with others. Own it! Psalm 51:3-4. (See also Psalm 62:8 Trust in Him at all times, you people, pour out your hearts before Him. God is our refuge.)
2. Get help (Psalm 51: 7-10; Ecc 4:9-12)
3. Get up & face your failure (Psalm 51: 12-13)
Failure is not final, unless you don’t get up.