Corner Church • Sunday, March 30

Isaiah 61:1-3 NIV

What causes fights and quarrels among you? Don’t they come from your desires that battle within you?You desire but do not have, so you kill. You covet but you cannot get what you want, so you quarrel and fight. You do not have because you do not ask God.When you ask, you do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, that you may spend what you get on your pleasures.You adulterous people, don’t you know that friendship with the world means enmity against God? Therefore, anyone who chooses to be a friend of the world becomes an enemy of God.Or do you think Scripture says without reason that he jealously longs for the spirit he has caused to dwell in us?But he gives us more grace. That is why Scripture says: “God opposes the proud but shows favor to the humble.”Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.Come near to God and he will come near to you. Wash your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.Grieve, mourn and wail. Change your laughter to mourning and your joy to gloom.Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift you up.Brothers and sisters, do not slander one another. Anyone who speaks against a brother or sister or judges them speaks against the law and judges it. When you judge the law, you are not keeping it, but sitting in judgment on it.There is only one Lawgiver and Judge, the one who is able to save and destroy. But you—who are you to judge your neighbor?Now listen, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go to this or that city, spend a year there, carry on business and make money.”Why, you do not even know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes.Instead, you ought to say, “If it is the Lord’s will, we will live and do this or that.”As it is, you boast in your arrogant schemes. All such boasting is evil.If anyone, then, knows the good they ought to do and doesn’t do it, it is sin for them.

Missions Focus: Please be praying for Zack, Michelle, and Rowan F. They are missionaries we support monthly who serve in a sensitive region in the Middle East. We will be writing them encouraging notes today!
Local: Pray for parents in your local.
Church: Pray for opportunity and provision is the Corner Church world. Pray for opportunity to be a part of God’s plan in this.

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Communal Prayer is every Tuesday from 9am-10am in the Corner Coffee North Loop basement space.
Spring Connection Groups. Go to corner.church/groups to learn more.
Neighborhood Candy Grabs in Camden and the North Loop. Mark your calendar: April 12 in Camden and April 19 in the North Loop. You can help, as each candy grab will have an egg stuffing party the week before and both events need donations of individually wrapped candies. Camden Egg Stuffing Party is next Saturday, April 5 from 11am–1pm.
The Princess Bride Movie Night is Thursday, April 3 from 6:30–8:30pm at Corner Coffee Camden.
Corner Church Youth First Friday Dinner is actually on the second Friday this month: April 11 at 7pm at the Woller home (521 S 7th Street #112).
Our next UNITED service is Sunday, April 13. Four times a year we bring all our communities together for one combined / UNITED Sunday service. We will be meeting at 10am in the Neu Neu (across the hall from Corner Coffee North Loop, 514 N 3rd St MPLS). Plan on coming early for COFFEE starting at 9:15am. At 10am we will start off with a potluck brunch. Please bring a brunch item to share! As people finish getting their food, the service will start. UNITED services are great to connect with others from all the Corner Church communities and to celebrate how we are part of a larger Body of Christ in our city and beyond.
NICU Donation Drive. Corner Coffee Camden and Thrivent are collecting healthy snacks, gas gift cards, board games, and books for NICU families at Children’s Masonic Hospital. Drop off donations at United Service on April 13 or at CC Camden April 14th - 20th.
Corner Church Missions Trip to Spain – September 2025! Email Greg Barber if you are interested: greg@corner.church.

Dialogue Question:

What actions do people take when they view this thing as extremely important in life?

Health
Family
Love/Relationships
Happiness
Financial Stability
Purpose/Meaning
Success/Achievement
Knowledge/Understanding
Adventure/Experiences
Legacy/Impact

Dialogue Question:

What stands out as being similar and different as you see what others wrote?

Dialogue Question:

What makes someone's actions in response to an important thing GOOD or BAD? (Appropriate or inappropriate?)

Dialogue Question:

What are the reciprocating impacts of demanding or expecting actions when I don’t (or someone else doesn’t) see something as being important?

Example: being told that you need to go to the gym while not seeing health as being important

Dialogue Questions:

How does a person build a healthy or full grasp of what really matters?
How does a person know when they are there?

Love God – Jesus taught that the greatest commandment is to love God with all your heart, soul, and mind (Matthew 22:37).
Love Others – The second greatest commandment is to love your neighbor as yourself (Matthew 22:39).
Pray Regularly – Christians are called to have a personal relationship with God through prayer (1 Thessalonians 5:16-18).
Read and Obey the Bible – The Bible is God’s word, and Christians should study and follow its teachings (2 Timothy 3:16-17).
Repent and Turn from Sin – True faith includes repentance and striving for righteousness (Acts 3:19).
Share the Gospel – Jesus commanded His followers to spread the good news to all people (Matthew 28:19-20).
Be Baptized – Baptism is an outward symbol of faith and obedience to Christ (Acts 2:38).
Serve Others – Jesus set an example of humility and service, and Christians are called to do the same (Mark 10:45, Galatians 5:13).
Be Part of a Church Community – Fellowship with other believers is important for spiritual growth (Hebrews 10:25).
Forgive Others – Just as God forgives, Christians are expected to forgive those who wrong them (Ephesians 4:32).

Dialogue Question:
How could these things be twisted into something unhealthy?

Matthew 23:23-24 NIV

What causes fights and quarrels among you? Don’t they come from your desires that battle within you?You desire but do not have, so you kill. You covet but you cannot get what you want, so you quarrel and fight. You do not have because you do not ask God.When you ask, you do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, that you may spend what you get on your pleasures.You adulterous people, don’t you know that friendship with the world means enmity against God? Therefore, anyone who chooses to be a friend of the world becomes an enemy of God.Or do you think Scripture says without reason that he jealously longs for the spirit he has caused to dwell in us?But he gives us more grace. That is why Scripture says: “God opposes the proud but shows favor to the humble.”Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.Come near to God and he will come near to you. Wash your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.Grieve, mourn and wail. Change your laughter to mourning and your joy to gloom.Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift you up.Brothers and sisters, do not slander one another. Anyone who speaks against a brother or sister or judges them speaks against the law and judges it. When you judge the law, you are not keeping it, but sitting in judgment on it.There is only one Lawgiver and Judge, the one who is able to save and destroy. But you—who are you to judge your neighbor?Now listen, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go to this or that city, spend a year there, carry on business and make money.”Why, you do not even know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes.Instead, you ought to say, “If it is the Lord’s will, we will live and do this or that.”As it is, you boast in your arrogant schemes. All such boasting is evil.If anyone, then, knows the good they ought to do and doesn’t do it, it is sin for them.

Leviticus 27:30 NIV

What causes fights and quarrels among you? Don’t they come from your desires that battle within you?You desire but do not have, so you kill. You covet but you cannot get what you want, so you quarrel and fight. You do not have because you do not ask God.When you ask, you do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, that you may spend what you get on your pleasures.You adulterous people, don’t you know that friendship with the world means enmity against God? Therefore, anyone who chooses to be a friend of the world becomes an enemy of God.Or do you think Scripture says without reason that he jealously longs for the spirit he has caused to dwell in us?But he gives us more grace. That is why Scripture says: “God opposes the proud but shows favor to the humble.”Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.Come near to God and he will come near to you. Wash your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.Grieve, mourn and wail. Change your laughter to mourning and your joy to gloom.Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift you up.Brothers and sisters, do not slander one another. Anyone who speaks against a brother or sister or judges them speaks against the law and judges it. When you judge the law, you are not keeping it, but sitting in judgment on it.There is only one Lawgiver and Judge, the one who is able to save and destroy. But you—who are you to judge your neighbor?Now listen, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go to this or that city, spend a year there, carry on business and make money.”Why, you do not even know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes.Instead, you ought to say, “If it is the Lord’s will, we will live and do this or that.”As it is, you boast in your arrogant schemes. All such boasting is evil.If anyone, then, knows the good they ought to do and doesn’t do it, it is sin for them.

Micah 6:8 NIV

What causes fights and quarrels among you? Don’t they come from your desires that battle within you?You desire but do not have, so you kill. You covet but you cannot get what you want, so you quarrel and fight. You do not have because you do not ask God.When you ask, you do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, that you may spend what you get on your pleasures.You adulterous people, don’t you know that friendship with the world means enmity against God? Therefore, anyone who chooses to be a friend of the world becomes an enemy of God.Or do you think Scripture says without reason that he jealously longs for the spirit he has caused to dwell in us?But he gives us more grace. That is why Scripture says: “God opposes the proud but shows favor to the humble.”Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.Come near to God and he will come near to you. Wash your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.Grieve, mourn and wail. Change your laughter to mourning and your joy to gloom.Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift you up.Brothers and sisters, do not slander one another. Anyone who speaks against a brother or sister or judges them speaks against the law and judges it. When you judge the law, you are not keeping it, but sitting in judgment on it.There is only one Lawgiver and Judge, the one who is able to save and destroy. But you—who are you to judge your neighbor?Now listen, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go to this or that city, spend a year there, carry on business and make money.”Why, you do not even know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes.Instead, you ought to say, “If it is the Lord’s will, we will live and do this or that.”As it is, you boast in your arrogant schemes. All such boasting is evil.If anyone, then, knows the good they ought to do and doesn’t do it, it is sin for them.

Dialogue Question:

What fuels bad perspective of what really matters to God?

Fasting:
•Can be part of prayer (Ezra 8:23). Throughout the Bible, fasting is associated with prayer. For example, Jesus fasted and prayed during some of the most intense moments of His earthly life.
•Can be part of seeking God (Judges 20:26). The act of fasting does not help us “find” God, but it can soften our hearts, remove worldly concerns, and make us more receptive to his leading in our lives.
•Can be part of repentance (1 Samuel 7:6). Fasting as an act of repentance demonstrates the seriousness of our sins and a commitment to returning to God.
•Can walk us in humility (1 Kings 21:27-29). Humility is acknowledging not only our need for God, but also our position under his authority in our lives. Fasting is a physical manifestation of our need for God.
•Can be a part of building dependence on God (Isaiah 58:3-7). Fasting can also be an element of ministry—showing our need for God as we serve others, and giving of ourselves for their benefit.
•Can be a part of worship (Luke 2:37). Fasting ultimately shows that we are pursuing God for life and sustenance—placing him above all else in our worship.

Isaiah 58:3-4 NIV

What causes fights and quarrels among you? Don’t they come from your desires that battle within you?You desire but do not have, so you kill. You covet but you cannot get what you want, so you quarrel and fight. You do not have because you do not ask God.When you ask, you do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, that you may spend what you get on your pleasures.You adulterous people, don’t you know that friendship with the world means enmity against God? Therefore, anyone who chooses to be a friend of the world becomes an enemy of God.Or do you think Scripture says without reason that he jealously longs for the spirit he has caused to dwell in us?But he gives us more grace. That is why Scripture says: “God opposes the proud but shows favor to the humble.”Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.Come near to God and he will come near to you. Wash your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.Grieve, mourn and wail. Change your laughter to mourning and your joy to gloom.Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift you up.Brothers and sisters, do not slander one another. Anyone who speaks against a brother or sister or judges them speaks against the law and judges it. When you judge the law, you are not keeping it, but sitting in judgment on it.There is only one Lawgiver and Judge, the one who is able to save and destroy. But you—who are you to judge your neighbor?Now listen, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go to this or that city, spend a year there, carry on business and make money.”Why, you do not even know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes.Instead, you ought to say, “If it is the Lord’s will, we will live and do this or that.”As it is, you boast in your arrogant schemes. All such boasting is evil.If anyone, then, knows the good they ought to do and doesn’t do it, it is sin for them.

Isaiah 61:1-3 NIV

What causes fights and quarrels among you? Don’t they come from your desires that battle within you?You desire but do not have, so you kill. You covet but you cannot get what you want, so you quarrel and fight. You do not have because you do not ask God.When you ask, you do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, that you may spend what you get on your pleasures.You adulterous people, don’t you know that friendship with the world means enmity against God? Therefore, anyone who chooses to be a friend of the world becomes an enemy of God.Or do you think Scripture says without reason that he jealously longs for the spirit he has caused to dwell in us?But he gives us more grace. That is why Scripture says: “God opposes the proud but shows favor to the humble.”Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.Come near to God and he will come near to you. Wash your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.Grieve, mourn and wail. Change your laughter to mourning and your joy to gloom.Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift you up.Brothers and sisters, do not slander one another. Anyone who speaks against a brother or sister or judges them speaks against the law and judges it. When you judge the law, you are not keeping it, but sitting in judgment on it.There is only one Lawgiver and Judge, the one who is able to save and destroy. But you—who are you to judge your neighbor?Now listen, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go to this or that city, spend a year there, carry on business and make money.”Why, you do not even know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes.Instead, you ought to say, “If it is the Lord’s will, we will live and do this or that.”As it is, you boast in your arrogant schemes. All such boasting is evil.If anyone, then, knows the good they ought to do and doesn’t do it, it is sin for them.

Dialogue Question:

What stands out as you see these purposes for the Spirit of God to be on us?

Proclaim good news to the poor
Help the brokenhearted
Point out freedom for the oppressed
See potential in the prisoner
Comfort the mourning
See beauty
Give joy
Seed celebration
See others be strong in their relationship with God

Last week we discussed:
What is God calling or inviting you to?

Dialogue Question:

What is God wanting to help you with?

Take It Deeper Questions
Read Isaiah 61:1-3.
What would be helpful to you in this next season?
How do you know when you are being helpful?
How do you know when you are being helped?
The Spirit of the Lord is on us for the listed things. How does God help us as we do these things?
What is God wanting to help you with in this next season?
How are you challenged, focused, encouraged, and/or confused by this text?

Bible Reading Plan
Isaiah 58
Isaiah 59
Isaiah 60
Isaiah 61
Matthew 23
Luke 2

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