Once A Man, Twice A Child

Fresh Life Church - Levi Lusko

*I didn't have my phone so I had to find a scrap piece of paper and can't write as fast and not sure what goes where...just a heads up this isn't quite like other notes I've taken..*

Lose yourself in serving.

You can't get to maturity without community.

They're not thinking about you..they're thinking about themselves.

Better to know before you go.

1 Corinthians 13 - Adulting

Praise what is inside of you!

There is a king inside of you!

Don't cut them down, call them out!

Paul was telling the Corinthians :

1. Time does not guarantee progress!

What they were in 1-3 they weren't in 4-7

2. Having experience is overrated.

Hebrews 5:12

God doesn't care about what you do, but who you are.

3. Success without love is failure.

Look at the unity...me first - you're a baby.

Use the gifts of the spirit with fruit of the spirit.

Greatness isn't me first, it's bending the knee and serving others.

Caring about the body of Christ.

Height of maturity is love of God and others. 

Ephesians 4:13-16 in LOVE.

Proverbs 27:17 God intends for you to get sharp.

Psalm 1 : flourishing

The reward for immaturity is poverty.

You can be wealthy with money - but poor where it counts.

Galatians 4:1 

It's not just what you are it's what you choose.

Love is not something, it's some ONE.

What they needed to become a man was to look to the Son of Man.

1 John 4:8 God is love.

Let His love in and love with come out.

Once A Man, Twice A Child

Fresh Life Church - Levi Lusko

Where Night Becomes Morning

The seasons of life and what to do about them.

The universal dilemma is life is fleeting, life is temporary, and life is fragile.

An age old quest to find the "answer" or the meaning of life.

Nicodemus was extremely religious.

Those who knew God the most wanted the least to do with those who needed God the most.

The worst place is to think you don't need anything from God.

Nicodemus had the right relationships.

He was one of the three most rich in the entire city.

He was highly respected.

Nicodemus had everything that we desire and think would help us find our happiness in them. But one thing he didn't have was being born again.

Luke 17:33

Acts 20:33

Revelation 12:1-11

A costly sacrifice is needed for us to experience second birth.

God doesn't want to ruin your life, He wants to save your life.

Brought To Bring

Fresh Life Church

Levi Lusko

Mark 2:1-12

What God has done for you and in you, is not just for you.

Alie Gwinn:

We were brought to Christ to bring others.

1. We must see the need

They hoped for a better future for him.

2 barriers : complacency and callousness

Don't just met needs with your hands, but with your heart.

People do not suck, sin sucks!

2. It isn't convenient

Self-preservation.

It's not about us. Bringing people to church is not about us.

3. It's not for the faint of heart.

See obstacles as opportunities.

If we can't do it with ordinary methods, find extraordinary ones!

4. It's rewarding

Back to Levi:

"We never saw anything like this!"

Church with an open door.

Esther 4:14 Mordecai tells Esther "such a time as this."

You were brought to bring.

Happy Trails : week 4

Levi Lusko - Fresh Life Church

Beard Oil and Mountain Dew

Psalm 133

Colossians 3:14

Ephesians 4:3

John 17:11

"It is your job to protect the unity of your church. It is so important that the new testament gives more attention to it than to either heaven or hell. God deeply desires that we experience oneness and harmony with each other. Unity is the soul of fellowship. Destroy it, and you rip the heart out of Christ's body." Rick Warren

Where there is unity there is strength, but where there is division there is weakness.

The devil attacks unity because he knows where he can divide he can conquer.

Three things that are building blocks to unity : 

1. Humility 

2. Trust

3. Tenacity

Only where trust exits can you give vulnerability.

Low trust = willing to admit you've made a mistake or need help.

Tenacity is determination or grit.

Profound humility with furious resolve = level five leader - Tim Collins.

If we're walking in unity : 

1. Life becomes enjoyable.

Extremely good and extraordinarily pleasant.

There is something when people are at peace and when there isn't tension.

2. Teamwork will be even more capable.

Anointing oil always spoke of new opportunity of service.

Unity unleashes power in your team.

The Holy Spirit hates discord + division.

Leviticus 26:8

3. It becomes sustainable.

Ecclesiastes 4:9-12

Where is there need for repentance?

Happy Trails : week 3

Levi Lusko - Fresh Life Church

Life Is Just Not Fair

Psalm 130

Penitence

Reasons to praise God because life isn't fair : 

1. The Way He Listens

When we cry out, He listens!

Just because you don't listen doesn't mean he doesn't.

Psalm 50:15 call upon Me in your day of trouble.

2. The Way He Forgives

We've all done unjust and crooked things.

Romans 3:23 all have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God.

Romans 6:23 wages of sin is death.

There is forgiveness with You.

Exodus 34:6 God is merciful.

3. The Way He Heals Us

We all come to Jesus broken.

Salvation happens in an instance, but deliverance is a process.

He seeks to conform us into the image of His Son.

3 postures if you want healing : waiting, hoping + watching.

Waiting : seek him daily, ask forgiveness daily.

Hoping: hope in His word.

Watch: expectantly.

Sometimes it's darkest before dawn.

It's not going to be quick or in an instant.

It's not fair, it's better than that, it's God's grace!!

4. The Way He Helps You Make Good

We carry regret + remorse over things we've done in the past.

God gives us opportunity to make good on the bad we've done!

Abundant redemption!

There's not just redemption but a thousand ways to be set free!

Joel 2:25 I will restore to you what the locusts have eaten.

Ephesians 4:28 let him who stole steal no more and use your hands to make restitution.

**There can be a bright future even after your biggest failure.**

What you've received you can help other people avoid doing what you did.

Reception

Reconciliation

Restoration

Redemption

Who's going to pay for all this??

REDEEMER!!!

Life is just, but not fair.  

Happy Trails : week 2

Levi Lusko - Fresh Life Church

The Good Life

Blessed = happy, happy

Fear the Lord.

Walk in His ways.

1. What does it mean to walk in God's ways?

Thinking how He thinks.

Looking how He looks at life.

Making decisions though the grid He does.

The answer is LOVE!

2. What are the benefits of walking in God's ways?

Blessings on our feelings.

It is well with my soul.

Shalom - peace - wellness

God is in control.

Blessing on your finances. 

Your work will give you what you need.

Good things will come your way.

When you're loving God and loving people it is impossible to be lazy!!

Daniel 6:3

Excellent spirit was found in him.

Magnetic to blessing.

Blessing on your family.

Keep cultivating, keep protecting, keep nourishing your children.

Tend to your spouse.

If you want to change the world, start in your own home.

Blessing on your future.

If you love God, legacy and impact future generations.

1 Chronicles

David gave the money for Solomon to build the temple.

3. Why do we choose our own path?

Oftentimes God's trails don't make sense to us.

If I follow God that will take me away from my dream.

Some of the best blessings lie on the other side of discomfort.

God knows things that you don't know. 

Matthew 5 - beatitudes.

Even in hard situations, He's going to bring the good life to you.

4. What is the secret to walking in God's ways?

Fear the Lord.

Psalm 25:14 

Be in awe of Him.

God created the heavens and the earth, that is AWESOME! 

When God wants to right a wrong, he sends a child into the world.

**Side note, I wish Levi would have expanded on this.**

The power to do your duty comes from being overcome by God's beauty.

You can never do anything to make Him stop loving you.

You're left at camp misery because of sin.

Powered by grace!

Life and liberty in Jesus Christ!

Powerful and Personal

I want to say this was Steven Furtick but I can't remember...

Powerful and Personal

Genesis 1:3 God SAID, "let there be light."

John 10:27 My sheep know My VOICE.

Every sheep has a relationship with the shepherd. The shepherd loves the lock and the individual sheep.

He's powerful while speaking to you personally.

He loves you with the same power that He created the world with!

James 4:8 Lean into God and He will lean into you.

To hear God's voice, you need to want to hear it.

If He loves you enough to die for you, He loves you enough to speak to you.

He is easy to discover. He is one prayer away.

Mathew 7:8

"Speak Lord, your servant is listening."

2 Timothy 3:16 "exposing our rebellion."

Hebrews 4:12

God speaks to us in dreams and impressions.

John 16:13+14

Psalm 46:10

How can you hear God's voice?

1. Seeking it

2. Scripture

3. Spirit

4. Stillness

5. Skill

Rick Warren "you are as close to God as you choose to be."

If you listen to God's voice, it will unleash :

1. Wild

2. Wise

3. Wealthy

4. Well

Unpredictable, uncontainable, and uncomfortable.

"Tossable" is not in God's vocabulary.

What you're doing right now will lead to either a life you love or loathe.