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Missio Church - Bismarck
Hosted by Josh Huseby · EN
Missio Church is a group of regular people following Jesus together. Our mission is to "Love Jesus and Live Sent."
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Making Space: Rest and Solitude
Feb 2200:36:53Tap to summarizeVerses Used:Matthew 11:28Hebrews 12:11Genesis 2:1-3Isaiah 40:28Exodus 20:8-11Deuteronomy 5:15Exodus 31:13Colossians 2:16-17Mark 1:35Luke 5:16Matthew 11Takeaways:God Rested - CreationAdam and Eve’s first full day of life was not a work day - it was a rest day.Humanity was created to live from enjoyment, not from exhaustion.Sabbath is Given - Israel’s RestBy the people of Israel keeping this rhythm they were acknowledging the God who made them and living his intended pattern.Rest is a blessing to them as free people.Slaves don’t get days off - free people do. Sabbath is not a burden, it’s a gift.Most of us live like this: Work all week… collapse at the end. Repeat.Jesus and RestJesus said He did not come to abolish the Law, but to fulfill it.Circumcision and Sabbath were covenant signs with God.Jesus models rest. He shows us, rest in not escape. Rest is return to relationship with God.Rest is not just a day. It’s a person. His name is Jesus and we are invited to be with him.Bringing It All TogetherMaking space to be with Jesus by pausing from the grind of life. From doing to being, from control to trust, and from striving to abiding.Rest reminds us: I am a beloved child before I am a productive worker. Make the shift from doing to being.Rest is releasing control. Rest is trusting that God is at work even when I am not. Make the shift from control to trust.Rest is not laziness. It is returning to the Father and living from Jesus’ finished work. Make the shift from striving to abiding.Discussion Questions:Why do you think so many people are pushing themselves to the brink of burnout in our world?What are your thoughts on the Sabbath that God gave to the people of Israel?Which of those three shifts do you feel strongest need to embrace? Doing to being, control to trust, or striving to abiding? Why?What makes it difficult to rest; to practice this spiritual discipline?https://missio.life/home
Transcribe →Making Space: Reordering Desires; Prayer and Fasting
Feb 1500:35:14Tap to summarizeVerses Used:Matthew 11:28Hebrews 12:11Psalm 63:1-8Mathew 6:5-13Romans 8:15-16Matthew 6:16-18Takeaways:Prayer turns our hearts back toward God while fasting loosens our grip on what competes with Him. Both are ways of making space for Jesus. Prayer names our desire; fasting resets it.Prayer - Expressing Desire to GodAdoration - Praising God for who He isConfession - Bringing our sin into the lightSupplication - Bringing our needs to GodIntercession - Praying for othersPrayer is not primarily asking God for things; it is learning to be present with the God who already loves us.Before requests. Before needs. Before confession. Prayer starts with relationship.Prayer gently brings us back to this truth: God is the safest place for our desire. Fasting - Making Space by Resetting Our DesireGluttony is when we look to food to fill a spiritual hunger.Fasting exposes what we turn to for comfort and reorients our desire back to God. These desires can be for comfort, control, approval, distraction, or enjoyment. Our true desire is to be full physically and spiritually.The point is not what you fast from, the point is what you’re fasting towards. It could be a skipped meal, time without social media, an evening without screens. Prayer turns our hearts toward the Father. Fasting loosens our grip on the things that pretend to satisfy.Discussion Questions:What desires have you been hesitant to bring to God in prayer? Why?How does our view of God directly affect our prayer life?What challenges do you find with fasting as a spiritual practice?Why might it be helpful to name our desires before fasting? The idea of praying and fasting together?https://missio.life/home
Transcribe →Making Space: Reading God’s Word
Feb 800:37:32Tap to summarizeVerses Used:Hebrews 12:11Matthew 11:28Luke 10:38-42Matthew 7:21-23Revelation 3:201 Timothy 3:16-17Hebrews 4:12Takeaways:Jesus invites us to a different way of life. A life of abiding.Jesus’ AvailabilityJesus and his disciples are on their way to Jerusalem.Jesus doesn’t say “I don’t have time”, “I’ll catch you on the way back”, or “my schedule is kind of full.”Jesus is available. He is close, never distant, he enters ordinary homes, and he welcomes relationship.Sometimes we think our spiritual formation is about us initiating something, like it’s all up to us to “get our life together”, “need to pursue God harder”, or “need to make ourselves worthy”.You don’t have to get your life in order before being with Jesus. He is already there. Reading scripture is simply welcoming Him into the room.Being Present with JesusJesus is saying that presence matters more than productivity.In the story about Mary and Martha, the heart of the issue is priority, not effort.A relationship with Jesus is more important than doing things for Jesus.Spiritual formation does not begin with doing more for Jesus, but with being present with Jesus.Being with Jesus is not rushing through chapters, checking off boxes, proving devotion.Being with Jesus is slowing down, listening, being present.Making Space in the WordThe goal is listening. Getting to know the God of the Bible. Telling him, “Jesus, I want to hear You more than I want to hear myself.”Start small and stay consistent. Consistency forms us more than intensity.Have a simple plan. Use whatever helps such as apps like YouVersion Bible, Blue Letter Bible, or Dwell.Take notes or journal. Start with 4 simple questions: Who is God? How do we know? Who am I? How do I get to live?Remember to show yourself grace if you miss a day.Discussion Questions:How does it make you feel that Jesus is available to meet with you? Why?How can spiritual disciplines sometimes turn into religious duties?What are some helpful tips you have for being consistent with in scripture?What barriers have you faced in having a regular rhythm of being in the word?https://missio.life/home
Transcribe →Great Big Story - We Carry the Story
Feb 100:30:11Tap to summarizeVerses Used:Genesis 1:31Genesis 3:23Romans 3:23Genesis 12:2-31 Peter 3:18Acts 1:81 Corinthians 3:16Revelation 21:3-5Takeaways:We don’t just live life through facts and information - we live life through narrative, or storyformed. To be storyformed means that we are shaped by the stories we believe and live in.The story you believe about life becomes the lens through which you interpret everything. This includes what success, suffering, and love means as well as what your purpose is.When we step into God’s Great Big Story, we begin to see ourselves - and everything else - clearly.The Bible isn’t just a collection of disconnected lessons - it’s the true story of the world.The Tree- CreationGod created everything and called it very good.Humans were made for purpose, beauty, and belonging with Him.Genesis 1:31 - Then God looked over all he had made, and he saw that it was very good!The Broken Heart - The FallSin entered when Adam and Eve disobeyed God.Brokenness affects every part of life and separates us from God.Romans 3:23 - For everyone has sinned; we all fall short of God's glorious standard.The Stars - PromiseGod chose Abraham and promised blessing for all nations.Even when people fail, God remains faithful.Genesis 12:2-3 - All the families on Earth will be blessed through you.The Cross - JesusJesus lived perfectly, died for sinners, and rose again.He restores our relationship with God.1 Peter 3:18 - Christ suffered for our sins once for all time... to bring you safely home to God.The Fire - Spirit & ChurchThe Holy Spirit empowers God’s people to share the gospel.God now dwells in the hearts of His followers.Acts 1:8 - You will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you.The Crown - New CreationJesus will return, defeat evil, and renew creation.God will wipe away every tear forever.Revelations 21:3-5 - Look, I am making everything new!https://missio.life/home
Transcribe →Great Big Story - Ending is Beginning
Jan 2500:35:14Tap to summarizeVerses Used:Matthew 24:4-8, 30-31Acts 1:11Matthew 24:36Revelation 20:11-151 Corinthians 9:24-252 Corinthians 5:10Romans 8:1-2Revelation 21:1-5Romans 8:20-221 Corinthians 2:9Isaiah 65:17Takeaways:Scene 1: Second ComingJesus came once in humility - He will come again in glory.Christians may differ on how Jesus may return. The main views include: Premillennial View - Jesus returns first, then reigns. Amillennial View - Jesus is reigning now and His return completes everything. Postmillennial View - The kingdom grows, then Jesus returns. Dispensational Premillennial View - Jesus will return after a future tribulation to establish a literal 1,000 year reign on Earth, following a distinct plan for Israel and the Church.Faithful Christians have held all of these views, and our unity is not in agreed upon timelines - it’s in Jesus. The Second Coming means evil will not have the last word, suffering is temporary, justice is coming, hope is reasonable, and faithfulness matters.Scene 2: JudgementA Good God must judge evil. If God never judged evil, He would not be loving - He would be negligent.There are two types of judgement; The Great White Throne and Bema SeatGreat White Throne judgement answers the question “What have you done with Jesus? It is pass or fail; in or out. Bema Seat judgement answers the question “How did you live in response to grace?”Scene 3: New CreationNew Creation is… heaven and earth reunited, bodies restored, relationships healed, creation liberated, God dwelling with His people.New Creation is NOT… floating clouds, disembodied souls, escape from creation.The end of the story is not us going to Heaven - it’s Heaven coming to Earth.Discussion Questions:What comes to mind when you think about the second coming of Christ? How do you imagine it will happen?Why does it matter that we understand the final judgement? How might there be confusion about it?What questions do you have about what the new creation will be like?How does God invite us to trust him in the final parts of the story?https://missio.life/home
Transcribe →Great Big Story - Good News Travels Fast
Jan 1800:39:42Tap to summarizeVerses Used:Acts 2:1-211 Corinthians 3:16Acts 10:9-20,30-35Acts 17:6Takeaways:Scene 1: PentecostGod has been telling one story all along. These feast weren’t random holidays- they were signposts pointing to Jesus. At Sinai, the Law was written on stone - 3,000 people died because of sin. At Pentecost, the Spirit writes the Law on hearts - 3,000 people are made alive.We are now God’s temple and the Spirit dwells inside you. This matters because the Christian life is impossible without the Spirit. We don’t advance the kingdom by effort alone, but by dependence, and the same Spirit who empowered Peter lives in us.Scene 2: CorneliusKeeping the law didn’t make you right with God. Trusting that Jesus fulfilled the law for you makes you right with God. Faith.God shows no favoritism; he loves all people and we all have access to God. The gospel breaks every boundary - ethnic, cultural, religious.Scene 3: PaulPaul becomes the primary missionary that traveled across the Roman Empire (modern-day Turkey, Greece, and beyond)Paul proclaimed Jesus as Lord in cities, synagogues, marketplaces, and homes; he planted churches, not buildings, but communities of disciples; appointed leaders and moved on , trusting the Spirit to grow the church; suffered beatings, imprisonment, rejection, and hardship - but never stopped.Paul didn’t just make converts, he started movements.Every church is called to make disciples, and some if not most do.Not all churches multiply gospel expressions to reach those that don’t yet know Jesus. Not all plant churches.Discussion Questions:How does the church sometimes send a different message? A message that God does have favorites?Why would God challenge His people to be uncomfortable with who gets into the kingdom?Why do some churches seem to really embrace church planting while others do not?How does the idea of helping start a new expression of the gospel in a new place make you feel? Why?https://missio.life/home
Transcribe →Great Big Story - When the World Changed
Jan 1100:38:09Tap to summarizeVerses Used:Mark 15:16-39John 1:291 Corinthians 5:7Matthew 28:18-20Takeaways:The death and resurrection of Jesus Christ is not just a religious event - it’s the turning point of human history.The CrossThe irony of this scene is that the truly guilty people were those accusing Jesus - and the only truly innocent person was the one who died.Jesus didn’t just die as an example - He died as a substitute.The cross shows how serious sin is, but also how deep God’s love is.“It is finished” means the debt is paid.Because of the cross, Jesus redeems our past - sin is forgiven, shame is covered, and our stories are not defined by what we’ve done.The Empty TombMary and Mary are the first to witness the resurrection. They saw Jesus on the road and were sent to tell the disciples.This is why the resurrection matters: The resurrection is victory over sin and death, it proves Jesus is who He said He is, it launches new creation, and it is historically and theologically significant, but, it is also personally significant for you.The Great CommissionThe mission is disciple-making. A disciple sounds like Jesus, acts like Jesus, and treats others like Jesus.We go with His presence. Jesus says, “I am with you always.” The Kingdom's future is secure. Jesus will return and we get to invite others into Jesus’ eternal kingdom.Because of the Great Commission, the Kingdom is advancing, and we get to carry this story into the world.Jesus changed the world forever. Jesus didn’t just enter history - He redefined it.The cross redeems our past, the resurrection renews our present, and the Great Commission reorients our future.The cross says we are forgiven, the resurrection says we are made new, and the commission says we are sent.Discussion Questions:How does the tearing of the temple veil illustrate a new access to God?Why do you think Christians sometimes struggle with shame even after they are forgiven?Does the idea of living on mission with a group of people sound better to you than trying to do it alone? Why?How does life sometimes get in the way of carrying out the Great Commission of Jesus?https://missio.life/home
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