Shifting ordinary relationships
into authentic community
to live God’s adventure
together; fully alive!
Shifting ordinary relationships
into authentic community
to live God’s adventure
together; fully alive!
The Story of the Church’s beginnings from AD 33-64 is one that needs to be told, understood, and revived in our time! It was the 30 years that changed…and we believe God is doing it again today! We are studying this definitive era to seek God’s direction for us in the Church today and God once again shakes and awakens the world to His presence and glory!
Alan Felts, pastor at SHIFT church in Belgrade, Montana, walks through the Gospel account of Luke to get a beautiful view of Jesus and His Glory. This series began at the end of November 2020 and currently running with new episodes/sermons being posted every Monday.
What is your posture when it comes to your faith? Is it a posture of self-enrichment/self-reliance or Christ submission? Rule #1 - we need to consider this question in every area of our lives - “What does God thing/say? What is God’s perspective/worldview?” We accomplish this by asking “What has the Bible ALREADY said? - and - What is the Spirit saying?
Trust not in yourself, Trust not in mankind, but Trust in the LORD your God!
“An object at rest stays at rest and an object in motion stays in motion with the same speed and in the same direction unless acted upon by an unbalanced force" - Sir Isaac Newton. We are so easily held back by fear and uncertainty. Unchain yourself from that which hinders you from living a life led by affirmation as you follow God's leadership and direction.
Do you ever have times when you feel disconnected with God? Unmask your faith, bask in God's presence, ask God...and relax. Spiritual breakthrough brings relational follow through!
Integrity is your identity proven in obscurity. Integrity is proven when others are "people watching" you. How we are in the shadows influences the way we live in the light. Be Jesus in the shadows.
When our lives are planted in Jesus, His Spirit produces new creation life through us! WHERE we are is equally important to WHO and WHOSE we are in terms of understanding both our identity and how we walk by the Spirit.
WHO we are is defined by WHOSE we are. When strange and confusing philosophies, conspiracies, economies, and spiritualities come; we lean into His divinity, we remember our identity, and fix our eyes upon eternity! And we are better reminded and encouraged by these realities…together.
A teaching during our Summer BBQ. We were able to gather unhindered outdoors and begin a 3-part look at the latter part of Galatians 5 to discuss "Who You Are Not" and "Who You Are," to be able to answer the age old question "Who Am I?!"
We need to engage in CHURCH CONSTRUCTION to "build up" each other. God's heart for the church is to live in reciprocal community by building up, supporting, and being steadfastly devoted to one another.
An enduring faith learns from the past trusts God with the future & lives hopeful in the present. We are siblings and followers of the true King and the true Kingdom, the Kingdom of Heaven.
Uproot the weeds of the world and plant your spirit in heaven. Gardening is all about the soil and nutrients in which you plant. We need to continually weed out the weeds of the world - those things that would suck the nutrients and life out of our hearts and spirits - and firmly plant ourselves in the GOOD soil of the kingdom of Heaven where we get our source of life.
How you see the world guides the way you live in it. See yourself and others around you through Jesus' lenses. SCRIPTURE: Luke 7:36-50
*Alan Introduces the Vision for SHIFTing Sunday Morning “Big Circle” Gatherings to Wednesday Evenings at 7p.