Summit Church

☞ ABOUT THIS MESSAGE

God designed us for relationship, both with Him and with one another. As we enter a season full of gatherings and opportunities, we are called to be intentional about the connections He has placed in our lives. There are three key actions God calls us to take: remember the relationships that have shaped us, reconnect with those we have drifted from, and restore relationships that have been broken through reconciliation. Just as bamboo grows underground for years before breaking the surface, the seeds we plant in relationships may take time to bear fruit, but the work is never wasted. We are one church family with one mission, and that mission only works when we are genuinely connected across generations, cultures, and backgrounds. This week, take one concrete step in each of these three areas and trust God with the results.

 

☞ BIBLE APP NOTES

https://www.bible.com/events/49689783

 

☞ GROUP LEADER GUIDE

https://www.summitchurch.online/_api/public/file/download/bond_776af54c919c455da1651aebcc0ac82e

 

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🙏 Pray with Us, 🤝 Connect Card, 💚 Give, 👨‍💻👩‍💻 Church Online, 🗓️ Plan a Visit, ✋ Ask a Question, ☕️ Meet with a Leader, 🏘️ Find a Group and more...

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☞ ABOUT THIS MESSAGE

Peter's bold declaration of loyalty to Jesus quickly unraveled into three denials, revealing a gap between who he thought he was and who he actually was in that moment. Yet before Peter ever failed, Jesus was already interceding for him and anticipating his return. This is the heart of the gospel: you are not loved because you are faithful, you become faithful because you are loved. God is not surprised by your failures, and His response to them is compassion, not condemnation. Like Peter, the lowest moments of your life are often where God is closest to you. Restoration comes not through self-declaration, but through surrender to what Jesus already knows about you. The same love that restores you is the love you are then called to extend to others. There is always a later waiting on the other side of your not yet.

 

☞ BIBLE APP NOTES

https://www.bible.com/events/49686389

 

☞ GROUP LEADER GUIDE

https://www.summitchurch.online/_api/public/file/download/bond_ed078c4059b944c991bb7ada987ee6cf

 

☞ NEXT STEPS

🙏 Pray with Us, 🤝 Connect Card, 💚 Give, 👨‍💻👩‍💻 Church Online, 🗓️ Plan a Visit, ✋ Ask a Question, ☕️ Meet with a Leader, 🏘️ Find a Group and more...

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☞ ABOUT THIS MESSAGE

In John 17, Jesus prays for His church just hours before His arrest, and His prayer reveals four things He desires for His people. He prays that we would be different from the world, not removed from it, but set apart and holy to God. He prays that we would be sent into the world the same way the Father sent Him. He prays for complete unity among believers, and He prays that through our lives, the world would see the love of the Father. Together, these four desires paint a picture of what the church is truly meant to be.

 

☞ BIBLE APP NOTES

https://www.bible.com/events/49684426

 

☞ GROUP LEADER GUIDE

https://www.summitchurch.online/_api/public/file/download/bond_69245ffd586d4c328d27320056fee346

 

☞ NEXT STEPS

🙏 Pray with Us, 🤝 Connect Card, 💚 Give, 👨‍💻👩‍💻 Church Online, 🗓️ Plan a Visit, ✋ Ask a Question, ☕️ Meet with a Leader, 🏘️ Find a Group and more...

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☞ ABOUT THIS MESSAGE

Faith is not always easy, and Jesus knew that. Before going to the cross, He promised His disciples that the Holy Spirit would come and keep them from falling away. The Holy Spirit is not a distant force but a person who lives in every believer, guiding, strengthening, and pointing us back to Jesus. He gives us timely words from Scripture when we are confused or struggling. He corrects our misunderstanding of sin, righteousness, and judgment so we can see where we truly stand before God. And when we have drifted, He shows us the way home. No matter how far we feel from God, the Holy Spirit is actively working to keep us close to Him.

 

☞ BIBLE APP NOTES

https://www.bible.com/events/49679179

 

☞ GROUP LEADER GUIDE

https://www.summitchurch.online/_api/public/file/download/bond_0739bfaf9af846f0a66f8b274438ee9d

 

☞ NEXT STEPS

🙏 Pray with Us, 🤝 Connect Card, 💚 Give, 👨‍💻👩‍💻 Church Online, 🗓️ Plan a Visit, ✋ Ask a Question, ☕️ Meet with a Leader, 🏘️ Find a Group and more...

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☞ ABOUT THIS MESSAGE

Most of us have been taught that growing as a Christian means trying harder, but Jesus offers a completely different path. In John 15, He describes Himself as the true vine and calls His followers to remain in Him, not to strive harder on their own. The fruit of the Spirit, including love, joy, peace, and patience, is not produced through self-discipline. It grows naturally when we stay connected to Christ. Abiding is a continuous, moment-by-moment practice of returning our hearts and minds to God. When we remain in the vine, what flows out of us is not our own effort but His life. That is the fruit a watching world desperately needs to see.

 

☞ BIBLE APP NOTES

https://www.bible.com/events/49677759

 

☞ GROUP LEADER GUIDE

https://www.summitchurch.online/_api/public/file/download/bond_6d0ad0072dce4233b71f446f7e3b4998

 

☞ NEXT STEPS

🙏 Pray with Us, 🤝 Connect Card, 💚 Give, 👨‍💻👩‍💻 Church Online, 🗓️ Plan a Visit, ✋ Ask a Question, ☕️ Meet with a Leader, 🏘️ Find a Group and more...

https://launcher.nucleus.church/launcher/48b6a92fec2b4b561b9c

 

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☞ ABOUT THIS MESSAGE

Living an extraordinary life as a follower of Christ has nothing to do with wealth, success, or comfort. In John 14, Jesus gives His disciples three powerful callings: do not let a troubled heart rule over you, do the works He has been doing, and obey Him out of love. He provides two anchors for a troubled heart, knowing the plan God has and knowing the Lord Himself. Obedience is not powered by willpower but by the Holy Spirit, who lives inside every believer as a helper and advocate. You already have everything you need in Christ for a life that is purposeful, peace-filled, and deeply meaningful.

 

☞ BIBLE APP NOTES

https://www.bible.com/events/49671419

 

☞ GROUP LEADER GUIDE

https://www.summitchurch.online/_api/public/file/download/bond_f6fd32fb64c0469ba75d26a5ee7d38b7

 

☞ NEXT STEPS

🙏 Pray with Us, 🤝 Connect Card, 💚 Give, 👨‍💻👩‍💻 Church Online, 🗓️ Plan a Visit, ✋ Ask a Question, ☕️ Meet with a Leader, 🏘️ Find a Group and more...

https://launcher.nucleus.church/launcher/48b6a92fec2b4b561b9c

 

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☞ ABOUT THIS MESSAGE

What does it really mean to be great? In John 13, Jesus answers that question in the most unexpected way possible. At the Last Supper, He gets up from the table, wraps a towel around His waist, and washes His disciples' feet, including the feet of Judas, the man who was about to betray Him. This act was not symbolic. Foot washing was considered so degrading in that culture that even Hebrew slaves were not permitted to do it. Jesus did it anyway, and then He told His disciples to do the same. True greatness, in the kingdom of God, is not fame, position, or accomplishment. It is the willingness to kneel before someone who may never thank you for it.

 

☞ BIBLE APP NOTES

https://www.bible.com/events/49669400

 

☞ GROUP LEADER GUIDE

https://www.summitchurch.online/_api/public/file/download/bond_75d869c85e384cceb5cd36e098fa9db0

 

☞ NEXT STEPS

🙏 Pray with Us, 🤝 Connect Card, 💚 Give, 👨‍💻👩‍💻 Church Online, 🗓️ Plan a Visit, ✋ Ask a Question, ☕️ Meet with a Leader, 🏘️ Find a Group and more...

https://launcher.nucleus.church/launcher/48b6a92fec2b4b561b9c

 

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☞ ABOUT THIS MESSAGE

The ways of God and the ways of people are fundamentally opposed, and John 12 makes that unmistakably clear. When Jesus declares that the hour has come for Him to be glorified, He is not pointing to a throne room or a military triumph. He is pointing to a cross. The crucifixion is the glorification, because it is where the full weight of God's love and character is put on display for the world to see. Just as a kernel of wheat must fall to the ground and die before it can multiply, followers of Jesus are called to surrender their self-focused lives so that something far greater can grow through them. Holiness is not something we achieve through striving. It is something God gives us through faith, and then cultivates in us through the ongoing process of surrender. The path to a full and fruitful life is not self-improvement. It is self-surrender.

 

☞ BIBLE APP NOTES

https://www.bible.com/events/49665049

 

☞ GROUP LEADER GUIDE

https://www.summitchurch.online/_api/public/file/download/bond_109c8c8f199441498fb1db25005c7b44

 

☞ NEXT STEPS

🙏 Pray with Us, 🤝 Connect Card, 💚 Give, 👨‍💻👩‍💻 Church Online, 🗓️ Plan a Visit, ✋ Ask a Question, ☕️ Meet with a Leader, 🏘️ Find a Group and more...

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☞ ABOUT THIS MESSAGE

Jim’s message explores what it means to trust Jesus when God seems silent or delayed, using the story of Lazarus in John 11 to show that God’s silence never means His absence and that Jesus is deeply present and moved by our pain. Rather than promising formulas or easy answers, Jim urges us to pour out our pain honestly to God, trust Jesus as the resurrection and the life even in our confusion, and pray for others in our circle who are hurting.

 

☞ BIBLE APP NOTES

https://www.bible.com/events/49664540

 

☞ GROUP LEADER GUIDE

https://page.church/15stxh65bb1f4c5

 

☞ NEXT STEPS

🙏 Pray with Us, 🤝 Connect Card, 💚 Give, 👨‍💻👩‍💻 Church Online, 🗓️ Plan a Visit, ✋ Ask a Question, ☕️ Meet with a Leader, 🏘️ Find a Group and more...

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☞ ABOUT THIS MESSAGE

Jim’s message, “The Good Shepherd,” proclaims that when you have Jesus, you truly lack nothing—He alone is the Gate, the Gatekeeper, and the Shepherd who lays down His life for His sheep, offering real rest and security in contrast to the many “thieves and robbers” like consumer Christianity, legalism, celebrity culture, prosperity teaching, political entanglement, and faith deconstruction without Christ. Jim calls us to know Jesus’ voice, follow Him ruthlessly, and rest in His grace as we join Him in loving and serving others.

 

☞ BIBLE APP NOTES

https://www.bible.com/events/49658444

 

☞ GROUP LEADER GUIDE

https://page.church/15vkngg5f2675fe

 

☞ NEXT STEPS

🙏 Pray with Us, 🤝 Connect Card, 💚 Give, 👨‍💻👩‍💻 Church Online, 🗓️ Plan a Visit, ✋ Ask a Question, ☕️ Meet with a Leader, 🏘️ Find a Group and more...

https://launcher.nucleus.church/launcher/48b6a92fec2b4b561b9c

 

☞ FIND US ON SOCIAL

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