Grace Community Church Sunday Morning Messages Grace Community Church, Loveland, Colorado

In the garden, Jesus prays -these 5 words hold such weight and significance. We are invited into this intimate conversation between our Savior and His Father as He prepares for the cross. If we want to know the heart of Jesus, this chapter is where to look. He prays for unity, He prays for joy, He asks for protection, all for our good and God’s glory. The One who set the stars in the sky, created the solar eclipses, the great blue whale and the ladybug, invites us to know Him, to be known by Him and calls us friend. Oh what a Savior, isn’t He wonderful!!
 
Prepare for this week’s message by reading John chapter 17.

Jesus prepares His disciples for persecution so they aren’t surprised and stumbled by it when it comes. He tells them about the work of the Holy Spirit made available to them by His leaving. They will soon weep and mourn while the world rejoices, but their grief will turn to joy. It seems impossible and perplexing that everything that will soon happen could turn out in any positive way. Jesus arrested? His ministry, healing, and teaching stopped? Him beaten, mocked, and unjustly sentenced? His crucifixion? No human power is capable of such a thing. Only God has the ability to turn evil on its head and bring about life from death, good from suffering, joy from grief. 
 
Marvel with us at Jesus’ words as you prepare for this week’s message by reading John chapter 16.

Springtime in Colorado often brings with it wind that blows branches off of our trees. Even if you place that branch into a vase of water, the blooms may open and live for a time, but eventually that branch will die. This is a picture of complete dependency on another source for life. What does Jesus mean when He compares himself to a vine and us to branches? What does it mean to abide, or remain, in Him? To abide, or remain, in His love? How do we do this? What is the outcome when we do?
 
As you prepare for this week’s teaching by reading John 15:1-27, bring these questions into your study and join us on Sunday as we seek to understand the answers.

Returning to our John study, we will pick up in the second half of chapter 14. Jesus is talking with the 11 remaining disciples (Judas has left to betray Him), giving them words of hope, instruction, and comfort. He promises to send the Holy Spirit, a helper who will teach them and remind them of everything Jesus has said to them. He promises that because He lives, they also will live. He connects obedience to Him with love for Him. All these things Jesus tells His disciples to prepare them for what is to come, so that when everything happens, they will know where Jesus is and believe!
 
Prepare for this week’s message by reading John 14:15-31 

The psalmist pleads; "Restore to me the joy of your salvation and grant me a willing spirit, to sustain me." Paul urges his beloved church to remember the gospel he preached, which they received and upon which they have taken their stand.  While we walk this earth, where can we turn when we get bogged down with the weight of our sin, become discouraged by relentless circumstances, or forget the implications Christ's resurrection has on our every day? The power and love He displayed in securing our future through His death on the cross and resurrection from the dead fuel a joy, strength and endurance unlike any other thing!

Join with us as we remember and rejoice over our Risen Savior, Lord, Overcoming King, and Faithful Friend!

Our Grace Airways Children participated in our Easter Morning Worship with a song, dance and praise to our Risen King!