Pastor Doug talked about seven things that are important to Jesus on Sunday. Some of these things may have been harder to hear for you than others. We know these are not the only things that are important to Jesus, but these are definitely good things to consider when looking at your own life.

Why do we insist on making everything about us? Why are we so afraid of change? Why are we so afraid of failure? Most importantly, why do we let these things stand in the way of being obedient to Jesus and strengthening our relationship with Him?

It is easy to get sucked into the worldly values we are immersed in all day every day. The values that tell us to look out for number one. The values that tell us that everything is about us. The values that tell us that we are entitled to things because we worked hard for them and if other people want what we have, they should work hard too. Hard work is not a bad thing, but the problem comes in when we are working hard with the wrong goal in mind.

Love is an action, not a feeling. Jesus tells us that the reason He obeys the Father is to show the world that He loves Him, and the way that He showed His love for God was by acting, by obeying, and by doing what was asked of Him. He did not show His love for God just by feeling it. We are called to show love the same way that Jesus did, by acting and obeying. By living like Jesus..but what does that mean?

We have brought up a lot of churchy words during this series on why theology matters. Theology, salvation, repentance…lots of churchy words. What do they all mean? What is the point?