First Things First: The Priority of Sharing Jesus

Text: John 9:1-41

If we have personally experienced the Lord and know His goodness, we will want to share it with others, and we have been called to do just that. Yet, we often struggle to fulfill this simple calling. In our human nature, we allow fear, pressure, intimidation, and uncertainty to win the day and keep us silent. John 9 gives the record of a blind man who was healed by Jesus. He had not followed Jesus for years, did not have training in the Mosaic Law or a seminary education, and he had never attended an evangelism conference. What he did have was a personal encounter and a life-changing experience with Jesus, and with this, he boldly shared Jesus with the religious leaders of his day. We invite you to be challenged to share Jesus with others today and be encouraged by how He might work when you do.

The Urgency of Evangelism

Text: Isaiah 1:18

First Things First: The Priority of Spending Time with Jesus

Text: Luke 10:38-42

The world places many priorities before us in the form of distractions and would have us devote time so often to the wrong things, or at least wasteful and trivial things. As we consider the idea of First Things First and what the Bible shows us are the essential “one things,” we find the next priority is Spending Time with Jesus. Pastor Michael takes us to a familiar passage of Scripture where two sisters demonstrate a powerful lesson of prioritizing presence over productivity.

First Things First: The Priority of Following Jesus

Text: Mark 10:17-31

The focus of this new study is to help us learn from God’s Word what we should prioritize in our lives. The phrase “first things first” means that there are matters of first importance that require our urgent attention before other things are done. We greatly need this today because we live our lives with constant movement, a limitless number of distractions, and even great responsibilities which can often hinder our focus on the things that should be first. God cuts through all the distractions and noises to continually show us the “one thing” that needs to be addressed in our lives, and in this case, the “one thing” that the rich young ruler also lacked. We invite you to listen today to consider the great priority of following Jesus.