2009-01-31 - Jesus with People - No Dogs in Heaven Matthew 15 - The Canaanite Women Jesus was silent and by his silent he tested and revealed both the hearts of his disciples and the heart of this woman Perhaps the instructions given earlier by Jesus send then to find the lost sheep of Israel was still in their mind Maybe thought: "he sent us to find the lost Israelite. too bad, she is a Gentile. Send her away." Jesus did not send her away but said - I was only sent to the lost sheep of Israel - Matthew 15:24 Jesus - it is not right to take the children's bread and toss it to their gods - Matthew 15:26 Savior was willing to be misunderstood in order to flush out faith or faithlessness in the heart of this woman In the end, Jesus affirmed her faith and admired her grit He did not see the woman as unsubmissive or rebellious or undeserving; he saw her as full of faith Jesus was more concerned about helping someone grow in their faith than he was keep up the nice-guy image | ||||||||||||||
2009-02-01 - Jesus with People - The Bleeding Woman The crowds followed him to point of his exhaustion Why did Jesus' life draw a crowd? Jesus was willing Jesus was not just a servant but was a selfless servant We get caught up with the duties of Christianity - serving the weak and the lost With more responsibility we have, the easier it is to administer rather than minister. Consistent delegation cause our hearts to harden - just organizing and managing If you are not seeing the crowds, develop the heart of selflessness After she touched his cloak, he could have let the woman leave anonymously, but her called attention to her so he could lift he up He was concerned not only for her sickness, but her emotions as well Jesus had forceful faith and expected it of others | ||||||||||||||
2009-02-15 - Jesus with People - Widows Financial Sacrifice Mark 12:41-44 Without ever speaking to her, he made her gift he biblical standard for financial sacrifice She gave all she had to live on - Luke 21:4 Being a widow at that time, she likely had no income Probably hungry and surely without financial hope He faith in God was evident in her action Bible does not tell us what happened to her - we can know that GOd took care of her needs - Matthew 6:25-26 | ||||||||||||||
2009-02-23 - Jesus with People - Will He Find Faith? Luke 18:1-8 - Jesus tells of a parable about praying not giving up; concluding, 'will he find faith on the earth?' After Jesus was crucified and resurrected he could have gone home to the Father but chose to remain with his friends again He wanted to know their hearts. Where was their faith? - They still did not get it He did not walk away in disgust and give up on them | ||||||||||||||
2009-02-24 - Jesus with People - Walking with Jesus We must respond to Jesus' pursuit of us with our pursuit of him Even with the testimony of woman, the disciples doubted When Jesus stood in front of them, they thought he was a ghost - What hid their understanding? Jesus was dead, yet lived afain How long was your Emmaus road? | ||||||||||||||
2009-02-25 - Jesus with People - Faithful Thomas John 20:24-29 - Thomas with Jesus Thomas selection as a disciple was solid:
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2009-02-27 - Promises of God - Standing on Promises For no matter how many promises God has made, they are all "Yes" in Christ - 2 Corinthians 1:20-22 Promises from others and one we have made > can make us highly skeptical about promises They represent efforts to pacify us at the moment; the promiser does not usually have to fulfill the promise immediately Does he promise and not fulfill? - Numbers 23:19 God fulfills his promises - every last one of them God is:
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2009-02-28 - Promises of God - Being Fully Persuaded Abraham shows us that faith is all about having confidence in the promises of God Yet he did not weaver through unbelief, being fully persuaded that God had the power to do what he had promised - Romans 4:20-21 Abraham was justified by faith - Romans 4:13 We must learn God's promises and never waver in unbelief in trusting them. | ||||||||||||||
2009-03-02 - Promises of God - Give and it will be given to you God is faithful. He will meet all our needs He desires to meet our every need - to the point of sacrificing his own son - Romans 8:32 In Philippi, church sacrificed financially to support Paul (only church to do so) - Philippians 4:14-18 The more we are focused on his will, the more our needs will be richly met What must be true in our lives in order for us to claim the promise that God will meet all our needs? | ||||||||||||||
2009-03-06 - Promises of God - You Call, He Answers Call me and I'll answer - Psalms 91:14-16 I can help others when I am confident that God is listening to and responding to my prayers When we lose faith that our prayers will be answered, we lose heart and our relationship with God withers We may not always give us the answer we want; he always responds for our good We must see the answers he gives and never doubt that he loves us | ||||||||||||||
2009-03-07 - Promises of God - Lord of the Unexpected One of our greatest test of faith comes when we face the unexpected We forget Psalms 91 - His faithfulness will be your shield and rampart We often rely on our own understanding of situations and then ask God what we think we need It is important to let God give us the answer since he knows what is best for us This trouble you're in is not punishment, it's training, the normal experience of children - Hebrews 12:17
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2009-03-09 - Promises of God - The Problem is Me Deuteronomy 4:29 - Find God when we seek him with all of our heart Repentance must be proven by our deeds - Acts 26:20 Praise God for his faithful correction - Proverbs 3:11-12 God hates sin, takes sin of idolatry, personally - Deuteronomy 6:15 Sin comes when we lower the standard of commitment in our lives and allow ourselves to become lazy, selfish and self-indulgent Being idolatrous and lukewarm is a serious sin against God - Revelation 3:16 Against God, his church, and the souls that are not saved as a result | ||||||||||||||
2009-03-11 - Promises of God - I Will Sustain You Even to your old age and gray hairs I am he who will sustain you - Isaiah 46:3-4 God has promised that whatever life brings, he will be faithful with us to the very end He was telling the Jewish nation that he was there at the beginning and he will be with them all the way through He remains faithful to them whatever the circumstances | ||||||||||||||
2009-03-13 - Promises of God - Faith vs Doubt Doubt: God has forgotten about you and does not care Faith: He knows the way you have served - Hebrews 6:10. He knows notices and cares when a sparrow falls - Matthew 10:29 Doubt: He remembers but he remembers others more than you; Doubt fills in the blanks and customizes to your hopes and desires. Faith: God shows no favoritism; He moves at different time for different people; He has given everything we need for life and godliness Doubt calls into question the faithfulness of God Faith tells us it is impossible for God to lie When Doubt comes calling, we must turn away Faith says yes to God's promises | ||||||||||||||
2009-03-27 - Promises of God - Living By Faith Habakkuk complained to God about what he saw happening God basically said, "You are right, life is hard" The idea that life is not fair robs us of our peace Solution? God assurance to Habakkuk, "the righteous will live by faith" - Habakkuk 2:4 Then came incredible faith and peace - Habakkuk 3:17-19 Even if upheaval and uncertainty exist in every area of our lives, we can have peace Why do our circumstances sometimes have such an impact on our peace? | ||||||||||||||
2009-04-05 - Promises of God - Noahs Faith Confidence in God's promise must be so great that we obey "even though" we don't understand and it does not make sense By faith Noah, when warned about things not yet seen - Hebrews 11:7
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2009-04-06 - Promises of God - Abrahams Faith By faith Abraham, called to place even through he did not know where is was going - Hebrews 11:8 Obedience to God is the only thing that makes sense Ludicrous to think that our limited and mortal minds can out smart an omnipotent and omnipresent God We will never find the blessing of God if we constantly question the wisdom of God How do you feel about the word of obey? | ||||||||||||||
2009-04-10 - Promises of God - How We Are to Give? Do not give as the world gives - John 14:27 Give to :
Fear may cause questions:
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2009-04-15 - Promises of God - Importance of Repentance God's goodness and God's blessing are designed to lead us to repentance - Romans 2:4 God's will is for us to hear about God's faithfulness and his promises and to decide:
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2009-04-23 - Why We Need The Bible - Salvation By Faith from the Word Salvation By Faith from the Word
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2009-05-28 - No one like him - Conflict and Controversy (part 1) Established positions were threaten Again and again Jesus said “You have heard it said … but I say to you…” Some say Jesus was the ultimate nice person but he was a prophet (reputation for being offensive) Examples in Matthew 23:
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2009-06-19 - A Life of Impact - Opportunism Opportunism Mark 2:1-2
Commendation Mark 2:3-5
Forgiveness
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2009-06-30 - A Life of Impact - Dream Shared Dream Shared Mark 4:26-32
Choice words Mark 4:33-34
Actions speak louder
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2009-07-11 - A Life of Impact - A passion for truth Mark 7:14-23 - He had no stomach for the misdirection spread by the Pharisees and the Teachers of the Law High Expectations
Blame
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2009-07-17 - A Life of Impact - Second effort Second effort Mark 8:22-26
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2009-07-21 - A Life of Impact - Magnetism Magnetism Mark 9:14-29
Frustration
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2009-08-02 - A Life of Impact - An Emphasis of Fundamentals An Emphasis of Fundamentals Mark 11:20-25
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2009-08-09 - A Life of Impact - The Warning The Warning Mark 13:1-37
The Spark Mark 14:1-2
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2009-09-29 - One Another - Differences (part 2) Conviction and Acceptance How we blend conviction with an equally deep level of acceptance? We need to understand that some convictions can be disputable matters Accept those whose faith is weak - Romans 14:1 Accept one another in order to bring praise to God - Romans 15:7 Example: It is OK to treat one day more special to worship God than another day - Romans 14:5-6 Even if the conviction is misguided - we sin if go against it
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2009-10-01 - One Another - Members of one another We belong to each other Romans 12:4-5 - many members but just one body Each member belongs to all the others Role in the body is determined:
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2009-10-03 - One Another - Responsibility for one another Two extremes:
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2009-10-04 - One Another - Teaching One Another With all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another - Colossians 3:16 Teaching translated from the word "didasko" = to give instruction, to impart information or wisdom In Christianity to applies to spiritual development
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2009-10-19 - Wild at Heart - An adventure to live (part 2) Most spend the energy of their lives trying to eliminate risk Their children hear “no” far more than they hear “yes” If a man succeeds in securing his life against all risk, he will wind up in a cocoon of self-protection and wonder why he is suffocating Seizing upon some sort of competence and rejecting anything that cannot be controlled This a refusal to trust God and reach out for control – runs deep in every man False self’s desire is to have power over experience – to control events and consequences - Mark 8:36 Too may men forsake their dreams because they aren’t willing to risk or fear they aren’t up to the challenge or are never told that those desire of the heart are good Soul of a man isn’t made for controlling things His job is charter to explore, build, conquer, and care for all creation If you had permission to do what you really wanted to do, what would you do? "How" is a faithless question – How is God’s department… Ask "what" What is written on your heart? What make you come alive? Don’t ask yourself what does the world need. Ask yourself what make you come alive and go do that because what the world needs is people who have come alive I’ve met men who’ve used advice like it was permission They are deceived about what they really want Goal of Christian discipleship is the transformed heart We move from boy who needs the Law to the man who is able to live by the Spirit of the Law Live freely, animated and motivated by God’s Spirit then you won’t feed on compulsion or selfishness | ||||||||||||||
2009-11-08 - Repentance - Transfigure Our Minds (part 1) We each have a worldview or mindset that functions as a life lens World has been squeezing us into its mold – more than we realize Peter’s mind
Prepare your minds for action – 1 Peter 1:13-14 Space shuttle takes 2,250,000 pounds of fuel to escape the earth’s gravity Only few pounds to remain in orbit – Christians are called more than just to orbit Most trials produce greater faith – hospitalized child, illness, death, ministry turmoil, financial pressures Ways to fight – devote time to prayer, read scripture, explore ways to encourage wife, get advice from elders, spend special time with the kids Ways to not to – laziness, frustrate wife, neglect kids, feeling overwhelmed and under underappreciated, escape to the TV | ||||||||||||||
2009-11-23 - Master Plan - Selection (part 2)
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2009-11-27 - Master Plan - Foundation of Follow-up
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2009-11-29 - Master Plan - Church is the continuing fellowship (part 2)
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2009-11-30 - Master Plan - He Required Obedience
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2009-12-07 - Master Plan - Demonstration (part 1) He showed them how to live
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2009-12-09 - Master Plan - Delegation (part 1) He assigned them work
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2009-12-12 - Master Plan - Supervision (part 1) He kept check on them
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2009-12-16 - Master Plan - Reproduction (part 3)
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2009-12-17 - Master Plan - Reproduction (part 4)
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2010-01-07 - Kingdom First - Blessing of Persecution Matthew 5:10-12 - Describes 3 types of blessing that come from persecution: 1. Kingdom of Heaven Testing refines our faith and proves it to be genuine - 1 Peter 1:6-7 Faith, by definition, is all weather 2. Reward in Heaven Because of Christ blood, he keeps no records of wrong He is keeping a record of rights He will not forget your work and the love you have shown him - Hebrews 6:10 3. Prophets before you Persecution and suffering means pain but also means glory Glory - Comes from in realizing we walk in the company of the glorious They endured the exact same things We are surrounded by a great cloud of witnesses - Hebrews 12 | ||||||||||||||
2010-01-08 - Kingdom First - Light Gives Direction You are the light of the world - Matthew 5:14-16 Without light we do not know where to walk Don't know when to turn or how to reach our destination God provided the direction for the Israelites when the left Egypt Wise men were guided by light to find the Savior of the world Your willingness to give help provides direction and light most do not have Purity and integrity can shake the business world Faith and joy in the face of trials can show others with God there is a way out of anything | ||||||||||||||
2010-01-12 - Kingdom First - Radical Righteousness Jesus says to just throw your Christian checklists away - Matthew 5:27-30 We can pass many of our checks and be far away from God Boundaries and lists without the heart make a hollow shell Continual sin such as impurity is used by Satan to destroy our spiritual appetite We are filled with guilt and our faith to overcome is damaged - compounding the problem by hiding the sin We are robbed of the victory that Jesus wants us to have How do we gorge out sin?
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2010-01-13 - Kingdom First - True Companions Scriptures repeatedly draw a parallel between marriage and our relationship with God - Matthew 5:31-32 Jesus recalled God plan for marriage from the beginning and used word 'united' - Matthew 19:5 Romans 6:5 - we are united with Christ through his death and resurrection We are all one in Christ - Galatians 3:28 Unfaithfulness in marriage is also unfaithfulness to God Anyone who does not love his brother, cannot love God - 1 John 4:20 Our faithfulness to him is mirrored in our faithfulness to our husband or wife | ||||||||||||||
2010-01-25 - Kingdom First - Only One Master What occupies my mind? If we are eager and driven to gain more we will stray from the faith and be pierced with many griefs - 1 Timothy 6:10 Secret to being content, I can do everything through him that gives me strength - Philippians 4:12-13 Judas: example of someone trying to live with 2 masters:
Elders gave large sums of money to have them lie about the disciples stealing the body of Jesus - Matthew 28:12 What is our selling point? Do not put our hope in wealth, which is so uncertain - 1 Timothy 6:17 Keep your lives free from the love of money - Hebrews 13:5 | ||||||||||||||
2010-01-26 - Kingdom First - Self Titled But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, all these things will be given you - Matthew 6:33 Kingdom First:
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2010-01-29 - Kingdom First - So Much More God wants to bless us - Matthew 7:7-11 NOT: Why are things so bad? OR Why me? We need to ask God to help us answer the right questions:
Why don't we ask God?
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2010-01-31 - One Another - Confession Questions (part 1) While someone is confessing a sin, what if repentance is not in a person's heart? a. Confession is never done from humility if it does not involve repentance Confession without repentance is the same as faith without action - useless b. Confession is self-focused and not God-focused if it does not seek to please him Without repentance, confession is being done for a self-serving reason:
The opposite of concealing sin is confession AND forsaking sin The one who covers his transgressions will not prosper, but whoever confesses them and forsakes them will find mercy - Proverbs 28:13 | ||||||||||||||
2010-02-06 - First the Kingdom - One-Lane Road (part 1) Seemingly contradictory statements: God wants all men be saved - 1 Timothy 2:3-4 Road to God is narrow and only a few will find it - Matthew 7:13-14 Both are true God shows he wants all me to be saved He sent his son who spoke clearly and plainly about what it takes The broad road says - I know better than God what life and eternity are all about On the broad road - so many people and so many standards Bible warns those on the broad road will face terrors and traps of many kinds - Proverbs 4:10-19 Many agree that the narrow road teaching Jesus describes is one of the most difficult Can not be faithful to Jesus' message and teach anything but the narrow road Only a few find = fact is that only a few search Everyone who seeks finds - Matthew 7:7-8 | ||||||||||||||
2010-02-09 - First the Kingdom - Trees (part 2) Bad Trees Bad trees always produce bad fruit
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2010-02-10 - First the Kingdom - Trees (part 3) No fruit means a bad tree too A fruitless tree in a useless tree - Matthew 3:10, Matthew 13:22, Luke 13:6-9, Luke 19:11-27, John 15:2, 6, Hebrews 6:8 Jesus warned the Pharisees the kingdom of God would be taken away from people who will not produce - Matthew 21:43 In the Christian life there is no neutrality of example Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire - Matthew 7:19
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2010-02-12 - First the Kingdom - Expectations 1. Jesus promised to judge us at the last day by his words - John 12:48 Ignorance is anything but bliss Reliance on the teaching of the religious is dangerous 2. Jesus intends for us to act on his words once we have heard them Knowing without doing is worse than not knowing in the first place - Luke 12:47-48 To hear the Word without obey is to be self-deceived - James 1:22-25 3. Storms of life are a reality Disciples will in one way will have more storms because the persecution they face 4. The type of value system we have will be revealed It will be revealed via the storms we face - our foundation (faith) will be tested - 1 Corinthians 3:11 | ||||||||||||||
2010-02-18 - One Another - Encouraging One Another (part 3) Encourage one another - Hebrews 3:12-13
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2010-02-19 - One Another - Spurring One Another (part 1) Let us consider how we spur one another on toward love and good deeds - Hebrews 10:24 Two unfaithful extremes:
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2010-03-05 - To Live is Christ - From Trials to Triumph A successful life is not life from difficulty, trial, or tragedy - Philippians 1:12-14 He saw God the same - no matter what happened in his life In an earlier letter he saw illness as an opportunity bring the gospel to the them - Galatians 4:13 He saw imprisonment for a chance to convert Romans Paul not giving up deepen their convictions - he emboldened them to share the message Whatever happens in life can serve to advance the gospel when we are living by faith | ||||||||||||||
2010-03-09 - To Live is Christ - Whatever Happens Paul set an example for them by facing frustration with faith - lesson for us as well It is not just a good moral life; is is united with each other - standing firm in one spirit Jesus died to bring us together Staying in the fellowship means:
The world needs to see men, women, singles, marrieds, teens, all races, rich and poor brought together as "one man".
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2010-03-17 - To Live is Christ - Considered Rubbish Not only did Paul give up his religious past and performance, he gladly counted everything else a loss too He would give up any claim of such things so he could gain justification by grace He considered them rubbish - Philippians 3:8-9 skubala = human waste or dung (KJV) He was saying the same thing as Isaiah - all righteousness acts are like filthy rags - Isaiah 64:6 The good we do is not rubbish but it is if those works are seen as the source and trusted in Our obedience, which is imperfect, does not make us right with God Christ's righteousness saves by faith The message of the cross calls us to sacrifice everything to Christ, who sacrificed everything for us Without his sacrifice, our sacrifice would be worthless to God and to man | ||||||||||||||
2010-03-25 - To Live is Christ - Learned to be Content The secret of being content in any situations is to remember - I can do everything through him who gives me strength - Philippians 4:10-13 Content = Greek word autarkeia = self-sufficiency or not needing a thing Secret he learned was not because he choose not to care He learned it by:
At one point - bad circumstances led him to despair of life itself - 2 Corinthians 1:8 What circumstances are in your life right now that could lead to a lack of contentment? | ||||||||||||||
2010-03-26 - To Live is Christ - God will meet your needs Paul uses financial terms to express spiritual principles - Philippians 4:16-20 He is eager to "credit their account" for their concern for his needs Their gift was more than a full payment for the ways he pour out his life for them When we give to meet the needs of others, God will amply supply our needs Sometimes we are afraid our needs won't be meet We must remember that God is faithful He is totally reliable The issue is not his bounty or resourcefulness but our faith | ||||||||||||||
2010-04-05 - Life to the Full - Dead or Alive? (part 5) Christians who have no interest in helping the disadvantaged are not Christians at all - James 2:14-17 Jesus himself saw the crowds and healed them - Matthew 14:14 He taught that only those who reached out to the imprisoned, poor, hungry, and sick would be welcomed into heaven - Matthew 25:31 Mere belief is not enough; it is acting on the faith you have - James 2:18 Ask yourself, do these people believe? - Titus 1:15 Anyone who isn't a true disciple is an unbeliever - Titus 1:16 | ||||||||||||||
2010-04-06 - Life to the Full - Dead or Alive? (part 6) Person justified by what he does not faith alone - James 2:24 James is talking about the lifestyle of a saved person not about the point of salvation Faith alone? A true living faith is never alone - accompanied by a heart that obeys Deeds are the animate faith; Spirit is what makes the body alive Jesus spoke often of deed, seldom of intentions - Matthew 7:21-23 In Revelation, Jesus constantly focuses on deeds - Revelation 2:2, 19; 3:1, 8, 15 Is your faith dead or alive? What deed in your life shows that your faith is alive and well? | ||||||||||||||
2010-04-17 - Life to the Full - Personal Life of Peter (part 2) Peter steady increased in his faith:
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2010-04-20 - Stumbling Block or Stepping Stone (part 1) 1 Corinthians 1:20-23 - Jesus came to bring salvation; to some he became a stumbling block Romans 14:10-24...
Which is better to have?
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2010-04-23 - Life to the Full - In His Steps (part 4) Do not fear but set apart Christ as Lord - 1 Peter 3:14-15 Context of the passage is to continue evangelism in time of oppostion There are many fears:
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2010-04-27 - 7 Habits of Highly Effective Children Preached by Dan Rice (2005-06-26) Mark 10:13 - We must have a child like heart to make it to heaven Children Want to Grow Children Change Fast - 2 Corinthians 7:8-11 Children Take Risk - Care less about what people think about them. John 12:42-43 Children are quick to trust Children are Idealist - they dream; it is better than synical Children are faithful - John 3:16 - They did not many reasons like we do. | ||||||||||||||
2010-04-29 - Heart of Maturity (Methods of Maturing) Methods of Maturing Self-Training with the Word Hebrews 5:11-14 - Constant use of the word - for direction, correction, and guidance With each other Colossians 1:28-29
Imiatating others 1 Corinthians 4:14-17
Perservering in trials James 1:2-4
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2010-05-03 - Renewing Your Spiritual Passion for God (part 2) 1 Kings 19:1
1 Thessalonians 2:17-20 2 Corinthians 7:2-13
Mark 5:6-11
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2010-05-05 - The Amazements (part 2) Mark 5:16
Disciples were amazed by Jesus Mark 6:30-44
Jesus was amazed by the people Mark 6:4-6
Luke 7:1-10
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2010-05-09 - World Hates Jesus (part 1) Preached by Richard Dixon - 1999-09-19 John 15:18-25
John 3:19-21
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2010-05-22 - Desire's Journey - Goodness Does Christianity condemn desire? Like the Puritans It is not a matter of desire is good or not - it is what we do with it Something has gone wrong Faith on its way to maturity moves from duty to delight Prodigal son | ||||||||||||||
2010-05-23 - Desire's Journey - Disowned Desire Examples of desires used for bad then good King David - passions got him in trouble, then gave us our book of worship Peter - was hotheaded disciple always quick with a reply Paul - extremely zealous for the traditions of his fathers, killed Christians Those who killed their passion altogether would murder the very essence that makes heros of the faith | ||||||||||||||
2010-05-25 - Desire's Journey - Man who Wanted Nothing A faithful church attender, never missing a Sunday, serving on a committee and offered help to those in need - but why is there something missing? Why are we a Christian? What is that we want? To abandon desire is to say, "I don't really need you or want you. I will live with you because I am suppose to" Your heart desires, duty reduces the dance to a drill The real dilemma of desire is that it humbles us |