Weekly sermons from Relevant Community Church in Elkhorn, NE. Relevant exists to help transform people into everything God created us to be. We break faith down in practical ways you can apply to your life. Learn more at relevantcommunity.org.
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This podcast is a collection of sermons recorded live at Elkhorn Community Church.
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Giving God our first and our best positions us to prioritize Him as first in our lives.By Relevant Community Church
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Sacrificial generosity is transformational. Are you following Jesus by giving generously and sacrificially?By Relevant Community Church
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God uses generosity to generate transformation because true generosity positions us in surrender to God.By Relevant Community Church
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God’s transforming work is UNFINISHED in you and in Relevant.By Relevant Community Church
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Brick by Brick, Part 6: "Forgiven People Forgive"
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To become a mature body of Christ, forgiven people must forgive.By Relevant Community Church
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Brick by Brick, Part 5: "Watch Your Words"
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Your words have the power to build or destroy.By Relevant Community Church
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Brick by Brick, Part 4: "Being a Contributor"
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To be a part of a mature body we must contribute.By Relevant Community Church
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Brick by Brick, Part 3: "Resolving Your Anger"
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You must acknowledge, examine, and reconcile your anger to live in peace.By Relevant Community Church
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If you love one another, you'll confront each other.By Relevant Community Church
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Brick by Brick, Part 1: "Build Each Other Up"
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Authentic relationships don’t just happen, they’re built brick by brick.By Relevant Community Church
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In 2009, a small group of people started Relevant. Since then, God has done so much transforming work in our church.By Relevant Community Church
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I Love My Church, Part 4: "Be Relentless"
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To create a church you love, you must be relentless about reaching people for Jesus.By Relevant Community Church
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To create a church you love, you must be a fanatic about the next generation.By Relevant Community Church
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To create a church you love, you must be connected in a healthy and transformational smaller community of people within the church.By Relevant Community Church
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We all want to be a part of a church we love, but that won’t happen by accident. Over the next four weeks, we will explore four commitments that create a healthy, transformational, and God-glorifying church that you will love to be a part of. The first commitment is to be engaged.By Relevant Community Church
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To be holy, we must live in a way that pleases God.By Relevant Community Church
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To live a holy life, we must choose relationships that will help us be holy.By Relevant Community Church
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To live a holy life, we must fill our minds with what is holy.By Relevant Community Church
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To be holy, we must actively choose to pursue holiness. However, achieving holiness is impossible without the intervention of the Holy Spirit.By Relevant Community Church
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Trustworthy, Part 4: "I Am Committed to You"
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There are four relational commitments that make us worthy of trust. The fourth commitment is, “I am committed to you”.By Relevant Community Church
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Trustworthy, Part 3: "I Will Tell You the Truth"
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There are four relational commitments that make us worthy of trust. The third commitment is, “I will tell you the truth.”By Relevant Community Church
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Trustworthy, Part 2: "I Will Confess to You"
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There are four relational commitments that make us worthy of trust. The second commitment is, “When I sin against you, I will confess to you.”By Relevant Community Church
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Trustworthy, Part 1: "I Will Talk Directly to You"
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Trust is the foundation of every healthy relationship, and trust is built by trustworthy people. That starts by looking in the mirror. Throughout this series, we examine four relationship commitments that are worthy of trust. The first commitment is, “When you hurt me, I will talk directly to you about it.”…
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Two disciplines are vital to growing our relationship with Jesus: praying and reading the Bible. In week two of the Vital series, we talked about reading scripture and discovered that the purpose of the Bible is not primarily for our information but for our transformation.By Relevant Community Church
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Two disciplines are vital in order to grow in our relationship with Jesus: Praying and Reading the Bible. In week one of the Vital series, we talked about prayer and discovered that prayer's ultimate purpose and reward is growing in our relationship with Jesus.By Relevant Community Church
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To defeat fear in your life, you must decide to surrender your life into God’s hands.By Relevant Community Church
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To defeat pride, you must decide it’s not about me, and it’s all about God and His glory.By Relevant Community Church
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We defeat inadequacy by, like David, deciding to do what only we can do and using what God has given us.By Relevant Community Church
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One "giant" or challenge that opposes us, is apathy. To defeat apathy, we must decide to be faithful with what we have been given today.By Relevant Community Church
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Jesus made a lot of claims that either make him a liar, a lunatic, or the Lord.By Relevant Community Church
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What you believe about the afterlife, changes how you live and make decisions today. How would adding the phrase “You Only Live Forever” (instead of YOLO) into your decision-making change the way you live?By Relevant Community Church
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Many people are fascinated by the concept of the afterlife, specifically heaven, and it's hard to understand the realities of heaven. The first reality of heaven is that it is here and now.By Relevant Community Church
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The Afterlife, Part 1: "Realities of Heaven"
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There is a lot of misinformation, speculation, and confusion about Heaven. What you believe about the afterlife will impact the way you decide to live your life today.By Relevant Community Church
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Everyone has different habits and opinions surrounding drugs and alcohol. God calls his followers to walk by the spirit and surrender to His will for our lives. We can’t be under the influence of the Holy Spirit and something else at the same time.By Relevant Community Church
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"When does human life begin?" This question can spark many emotions and can cause extreme polarization. In order to find unity on such a divise issue, we must seek what God, the Creator of life, has to say about it.By Relevant Community Church
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A large issue that can cause division in the church is gender identity. The issue of gender identity is not a new thing but has become extraordinarily polarizing in recent years. To bring glory to God, we must discover what scripture says about identity and choose to stand with one another in the "messy middle".…
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One of the issues that has created polarization within the church is sex. To seek unity on this issue, we must discover what God's created intent for sex is.By Relevant Community Church
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Polarizing issues can cause division in families, in the church, and in the world. To glorify God and create unity, we need to be willing to stand with others in the "messy middle” even when we disagree.By Relevant Community Church
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Unlikely Heros, Part 4: "An Orphan's Selflessness"
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You, like Esther, are in a unique position to have a unique impact. Any position, no matter how small or large, comes with a responsibility to positively impact the lives of others.By Relevant Community Church
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Unlikely Heroes, Part 3: "A Prostitute's Courage"
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When we choose, like Rahab, to prioritize courage over fear and align ourselves with God's purpose, we can make an extraordinary impact on the lives of others and the world around us.By Relevant Community Church
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Unlikely Heroes, Part 2: "A Wanderer's Stillness"
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God meets us right where we are and renews our strength. Taking space to make the opportunity to hear from God is essential to know what next steps He wants us to take.By Relevant Community Church
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Unlikely Heroes, Part 1: "A Servant's Willingness"
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Ordinary people can have an extraordinary impact if they are willing to follow God’s call.By Relevant Community Church
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In the simple comes Immanuel.By Relevant Community Church
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Reasons for the Season, Part 3: "To Remove Our Excuses"
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God came to be with us to remove our excuses from us.By Relevant Community Church
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Reasons for the Season, Part 2: "A Demonstration"
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One of the reasons that Jesus came was to demonstrate who God is for us. He came to demonstrate who God likes, and how to be right with God the Father.By Relevant Community Church
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Reasons for the Season, Part 1: “To Bless the World”
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The Christmas season can be a bit messy because we, as human beings, are messy. However, it's precisely because of our imperfections that Christmas exists. To understand the reason for Christmas, it's important to know the background of the Christmas Story. Through sending Jesus, God initiated the process of blessing and renewing the world and invi…
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It is important to express gratitude because failing to do so communicates ingratitude, whether we intend it or not. Unexpressed gratitude can have negative effects on our relationships with others, ourselves, and even our relationship with God. Ingratitude may be a result of an inflated sense of self or pride within us. Therefore, we must choose t…
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Jesus’ extravagant love FOR us requires extravagant love FROM us.By Relevant Community Church
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Following Jesus and sacrificially serving others are inseparable.By Relevant Community Church
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Giving generously proves our trust in God, grows our trust in God, and transfers our trust from our riches to the One who richly provides.By Relevant Community Church
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