Tribe JH Livestream Mothers Day 2023

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This Mother's Day message was preached by Pastor Brian at the Virginian Hotel, where Tribe met for the first time as a test drive for a potential new space. He used the occasion to define what God says about women and biological sex before honoring mothers and women in the way he felt Scripture called for. The message moved from Genesis through Romans and into the Gospels, ending with a personal...

Read together

1. Philippians 4:6-7 quoted during the open sharing time about not worrying, praying about everything, and experiencing God's peace
2. Colossians 3:16 let the words of Christ live in your heart and make you wise
3. Genesis 1:27-31 God created human beings male and female, blessed them, told them to be fruitful and multiply
4. Proverbs 22 do not move the ancient boundary stone set by your ancestors
5. Romans 1:18-32 people suppressing the truth, God abandoning them to shameful desires, society growing dark and foolish when rejecting God
6. John 14 Jesus says I am the truth
7. John 12 Jesus says he only speaks with his father's authority
8. Matthew 19:4-5 Jesus says from the beginning God made them male and female, a man leaves his father and mother and is joined to his wife
9. Zephaniah 3:11 God will quiet you with his love and exalt over you with singing
10. Psalm 139 psalmist prays Lord search my heart and point out anything that offends you

What was said

• Fill out the small group interest card and leave it at the front so the leadership team can plan something meaningful for this summer.
• Block off June 25 through 28 on your calendar and plan to join the trip to Riverton to help with kids VBS on the reservation.
• If you woke up this morning feeling offended or unsettled by something, bring that directly to God and ask him to search your heart the way Psalm 139 describes.
• Text your mom today and tell her you love her, even if you already did it this morning.
• If you need prayer before you leave, find someone wearing a lanyard and let them pray with you rather than walking out carrying something heavy on your own.

Talk about it

1. Brian talked about the church meeting in a bar in Amsterdam and said 'the church is not a building, the church is a community and a collective of people.' What does that mean practically for how you think about Tribe and what we do together outside of Sunday mornings?
2. Brian read from Genesis 1 and said God created human beings male and female, and that women express some of God's nature through their distinct traits and attributes. What do you think that looks like, and where have you seen it?
3. Romans 1 says that when people reject God, their thinking becomes dark, confused, and foolish. Brian said he was once in that place himself, loving the mountains more than the God who made them. Have you ever had a season like that, and what changed?
4. Brian described Jesus giving a 'reverse altar call,' loving people enough to speak hard things and then letting them walk away if they chose to. How does that picture of Jesus sit with you, and how does it shape the way you think about hard conversations in your own life?
5. Lissa closed by pointing to Psalm 139 and the prayer 'Lord, search my heart and point out anything in me that offends you.' Brian said feeling offended is sometimes worth sitting with and asking God about. Is there something from this morning you want to bring to God in that way?