đŸ˜© New Series Continues Tomorrow! đŸ˜©

We all hate waiting—whether it’s for an answer, a breakthrough, or just the next step. But rushing ahead can leave us frustrated and exhausted. What if learning to wait is actually part of God’s plan for our growth? Tomorrow we’ll be continuing our brand-new series on John 16 called:  I’ve Got Issues.

What’s Coming Up at C3

I’ve Got “Impatience” Issues| New Series: I’ve Got Issues (This Sunday, February 23rd | 9:30 & 11 am)
Learn how waiting (no matter how much we hate it) may actually be part of God’s plan for you.

New Coffee Bar/Lobby (Planned Completion by mid-March)
Phase 1 of our new coffee bar renovation plan is moving fast and just waiting on countertops. We’re one step closer to creating an even better space to connect, grow, and invite more people in.

1st Sunday Pancakes & Bacon Breakfast (Next Sunday, March 2nd | In-between Gatherings 10:15 am)
Kick off 1st Sunday in March with pancakes & bacon! đŸ„“ Bring your appetite and your crew—it’s the perfect way to fuel up, hang out, and start your Sunday right.

Read The New Testament In A Year

4 x 6 Plan | Read: John 18:1-18 & 1 Corinthians 2:6-16

After saying these things, Jesus crossed the Kidron Valley with his disciples and entered a grove of olive trees. Judas, the betrayer, knew this place, because Jesus had often gone there with his disciples. The leading priests and Pharisees had given Judas a contingent of Roman soldiers and Temple guards to accompany him. Now with blazing torches, lanterns, and weapons, they arrived at the olive grove. Jesus fully realized all that was going to happen to him, so he stepped forward to meet them. “Who are you looking for?” he asked. “Jesus the Nazarene,” they replied. “I AM he,” Jesus said. (Judas, who betrayed him, was standing with them.) As Jesus said “I AM he,” they all drew back and fell to the ground! Once more he asked them, “Who are you looking for?” And again they replied, “Jesus the Nazarene.” “I told you that I AM he,” Jesus said. “And since I am the one you want, let these others go.” He did this to fulfill his own statement: “I did not lose a single one of those you have given me.” Then Simon Peter drew a sword and slashed off the right ear of Malchus, the high priest’s slave. But Jesus said to Peter, “Put your sword back into its sheath. Shall I not drink from the cup of suffering the Father has given me?” So the soldiers, their commanding officer, and the Temple guards arrested Jesus and tied him up. First they took him to Annas, since he was the father-in-law of Caiaphas, the high priest at that time. Caiaphas was the one who had told the other Jewish leaders, “It’s better that one man should die for the people.” Simon Peter followed Jesus, as did another of the disciples. That other disciple was acquainted with the high priest, so he was allowed to enter the high priest’s courtyard with Jesus. Peter had to stay outside the gate. Then the disciple who knew the high priest spoke to the woman watching at the gate, and she let Peter in. The woman asked Peter, “You’re not one of that man’s disciples, are you?” “No,” he said, “I am not.” Because it was cold, the household servants and the guards had made a charcoal fire. They stood around it, warming themselves, and Peter stood with them, warming himself.   John 18:1-18

Yet when I am among mature believers, I do speak with words of wisdom, but not the kind of wisdom that belongs to this world or to the rulers of this world, who are soon forgotten. No, the wisdom we speak of is the mystery of God—his plan that was previously hidden, even though he made it for our ultimate glory before the world began. But the rulers of this world have not understood it; if they had, they would not have crucified our glorious Lord. That is what the Scriptures mean when they say, “No eye has seen, no ear has heard, and no mind has imagined what God has prepared for those who love him.” But it was to us that God revealed these things by his Spirit. For his Spirit searches out everything and shows us God’s deep secrets. No one can know a person’s thoughts except that person’s own spirit, and no one can know God’s thoughts except God’s own Spirit. And we have received God’s Spirit (not the world’s spirit), so we can know the wonderful things God has freely given us. When we tell you these things, we do not use words that come from human wisdom. Instead, we speak words given to us by the Spirit, using the Spirit’s words to explain spiritual truths. But people who aren’t spiritual can’t receive these truths from God’s Spirit. It all sounds foolish to them and they can’t understand it, for only those who are spiritual can understand what the Spirit means. Those who are spiritual can evaluate all things, but they themselves cannot be evaluated by others.  1 Corinthians 2:6-16

Read More – Bible Project Overviews: John, 1 Corinthians