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| 2010-12-08 - Mission - Cannot Help Proclaiming (part II) What else compelled Peter and John? 3. Having a spiritual perspective of the plan of God God orchestrated situations so people will find him - Acts 17:26-27 Satan can lull us to sleep with his lies If I miss this opportunity, maybe God will use someone else, they don't look interested They apostles felt the burden of salvation They were convicted that they were the only hope of salvation If they stopped, hope was gone We must have a heartfelt conviction that we are God's vehicles to reach a lost and desperate world 4. Must understand that Satan's victory/defeat is determined by our faithfulness to proclaim the word of God boldly We have two God-given weapons:
He wins every time we do not open our mouth - we must not be silent |
| 2010-12-13 - Seeking God (part III) John 1:18
John 20:30-31
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| 2010-12-14 - Knowing Jesus (part I) Who is Jesus? John 1:1, 14
~Mark 1:21-45
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| 2010-12-28 - Repentance (part II) Ephesians 4:20-24.
2 Corinthians 7:8-11.
Luke 15:11-32 or Luke 19:1-10
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| 2011-02-14 - Sin and Repentance - Kansas City (part I) Luke 7:36-50 A. Simon the Pharisee
B. Sinful Woman
Question: Which type of heart would YOU SAY youv'e had toward YOUR SIN until we started studying the Bible? Isaiah 59:1-3
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| 2011-02-18 - Cross of Christ - Kansas City (part II) Physical and Emotional Pain Matthew 26:36-56
Matthew 26:57-75
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| 2011-02-19 - Cross of Christ - Kansas City (part III) Pain of Not Being Appreciated Matthew 27:1-31
Matthew 27:32-54
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| 2011-05-23 - Righteousness over feelings Righteousness over feelings John 8:30-32 The Jews felt like they were being righteous.
When are we Jesus’ disciples? When we feel saved? Jesus says that we must obey before we will know the truth. How? What can we be set free from if we obey? |
| 2011-07-11 - Mind of Christ - Heavenly Mission (part VI) Paul employed at least five elements to accomplish this mission (continued) : 3. He kept his mind continually fixed on this objective:
4. He followed the Lord’s plan of discipling people into the image of Jesus Christ - 2 Timothy 2:2 5. His own evangelism was constant a. He utilized every opportunity. |
2011-10-05 - Genesis 5 - Genealogies (part I)SummaryAdam's line was: Seth, Enosh, Kenan, Mahalalel, Jared, Enoch, Methuselah, Lamech and Noah. Noah's sons were Shem, Ham and Japheth. ObservationsGenesis 5:2 - He created them male and female and blessed them Personal ApplicationThe challenge for me is simple: To finish the race [Acts 20:24] with great faith and perseverance. But not just to get by but to have a relationship with God that shines before others. When people talk about me, do they stop and mention my relationship with God like the Bible does with Enoch? What does God say about my faith? |
2011-10-08 - Genesis 8 - The Flood (part III)SummaryThe flood abated. Noah sent out a raven and two doves. When the earth was dry God called them all out of the ark. Noah built an altar. ObservationsGenesis 8:1 - But God remembered Noah Personal ApplicationI seem to forget the lessons of difficult times as soon as the pain has lifted. We go through tough times so our character can mature and grow but will I have to go through the same lessons again to learn the same lessons. I want to be grateful for God's discipline (does not come naturally) and change my character accordingly. God discipline the ones he loves, I need to remember why He is doing it [Hebrews 12:6]. |
| 2011-11-27 - Grace (part III) Grace should motivate you to work hard for God
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| 2011-11-29 - Gratitude (part II) Gratitude must be seen in our prayer life
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| 2011-12-26 - Day 23 - Confessing Sin Psalms 32:1-7
Psalms 66:18-19 - What else happens if we conceal or cherish sin? Application: Take some time to think about any sins - attitudes, action, thoughts - that are troubling you because you haven't shared them. Write them down and make sure you talk about them even today! |
| 2012-01-03 - Day 31 - Dealing with Discouragement The prophet Elijah had just experienced some tremendous victories from God: The destruction of 450 false prophets, and the first rainfall in 3 ½ years because of his earnest prayer. (See James 5:17-18) But then he got afraid and discouraged. 1 Kings 19:1-8
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| 2012-01-04 - Day 32 - Walking as Jesus did 1 John 2:5-6 - Think back over the past several days. Are you walking like Jesus? Mark 1:21-28
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| 2012-01-22 - Ministry - With Jesus, You Will Not Stand Alone John 8: 1-11 Compromising circumstances were not sufficient evidence, as the Jewish law required witnesses who had seen the act. Imagine what this woman felt in the midst of an angry crowd eager to trap Jesus, she was caught in the act of adultery! She was humiliated and alone. The incident was staged to trap Jesus since the Romans did not allow the Jews to carry out death sentences. So if Jesus had said to stone her, he could have been in conflict with the Romans. If he had said no to stone her, he could have been accused of not being supportive of the law. So Jesus started to write on the ground, we could only imagine what he wrote, it could have been the list of sins. Then without disagreeing with the law he gave them a qualification to cast the first stone, it was whoever was without sin instead of whoever is without the sin of adultery. As Christians, even though we know that God sees all sins the same, we categorize sin and fall in to Satan's trap of self-righteousness. We forget that deceit, bitterness, envy and anger are just as bad as sexual immorality or murder. Jesus showed the woman compassion, mercy and also commanded her to leave her life of sin. We can only imagine the woman's sense of relief and gratitude. Her life will never be the same again. At the worst point of your life Jesus stood up for you, instead of letting you be condemned. Questions:
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| 2012-01-24 - Ministry -The Miracle of Training Luke 6:39-40 Have you ever felt stuck in the mud in your Christian life? Feeling like you can't change? God's way to help us to change and grow spiritually is through discipleship. In Mark 1:17, Jesus said, "Come follow me and I will make you fishers of men." The beauty of God's plan is that whatever we lack in our character, He makes up the difference as long as we have the heart to imitate Jesus. God blesses us with spiritual people who we can imitate and be trained by. Remember as a child when you wanted to be "grown up" and would copy mom or dad. You tried to talk like them and dress up like them because you wanted to be just like them. What happened to our childlike heart to imitate? You don't have to have all the answers, or be smart or talented to be just like Jesus---all you need is the heart to imitate and want to be trained. Would people say that you remind them of your discipleship partner? Why or why not? Today tell your discipleship partner one characteristic that you admire about them and ask them how you can be more like that. |
| 2012-02-01 - Ministry - Intimidated or Inspired? Matthew 23:1-7 The austere lifestyles of the Pharisees were not ones that Christ wanted us to imitate. They said all the right things and lived in all the wrong ways. People felt burdened around the Pharisees because they knew they could not match up to that kind of lifestyle. The Pharisees were not just legalists; they were separatists, which is what the word Pharisee means. They were men preaching a life too big for them to live. They did not readily inspire the average Jew to follow them. People were afraid of them. They lead by intimidation rather than by inspiration. In vs. 5, Jesus chastises them for doing everything for men to see. In vs.6 he condemns their obsession with position and again in vs. 7, Jesus rebukes their love of role. They did not attract the kind of following that Jesus did and this made them bitter and envious. They did not really have the hearts of the people because they had only a heart for themselves. Do you call attention to yourself? Do you focus on your position or your role and get angry when it is not what you want? A person focused on men, role, or position will not want to serve and therefore will not inspire, only intimidate. Find some way, even small way, in which you can serve or encourage someone today. This will be an inspiration to them and to you. |
| 2012-02-05 - Ministry - Touching Faith Mark 5:24b-34 This woman had been subject to a chronic disorder for 12 years of her life. Imagine for a minute the discouragement, doubt, devastation, and frustration of not being able to see this condition get better. In fact, it just got worse. Have you ever felt defeated about something in your life? Have you ever been discouraged for months about your marriage? Personal fruitfulness? Relationships? Then you can relate to this woman. One of the Satan's deadliest tactics is to keep people from being open about their lives. Sadly, many of us fall into this trap Satan has laid for us and we begin to live "double lives" in the Kingdom. We live a certain way in the world and a certain way at church. For a brief moment in her misery, she decided to have faith and touch him Jesus felt power leave him so he asked "Who touched me?" People stop, some get nervous, some put their heads down, some look at others. Everything is silent. The woman's conscience perhaps was pricked and she had a decision to make. She knew what she did and she knew what the right thing to do was. So she fell to her feet, trembling with fear, she told him the whole truth. But what she thought Jesus would do, he didn't do because he is not like you or me. She learned Jesus wanted to her to be open and tell the truth not because he wanted to scold her, admonish her, or even take the miracle back. He actually wanted to honor her. Question: What doubt or discouragement in your life is holding you back from being 100% sold out to God? Talk to your discipleship partner today about it. Getting "in touch" with it is the first step to change. |
| 2012-02-20 - Fear of Failure - Relying on God Never Fails by Jeremy Clark, San Francisco Church of Christ Jeremiah 17:5-10; Hosea 10:12-13 Often the failures in my life have felt devastating. They have made me doubt myself, made me doubt my purpose and made me doubt God. When I began to lead a ministry, I thought I could do it by myself. I was out to prove to myself that I was capable. As I began to lead I ran around all the time, I was exhausted, anxious, and worried about getting in trouble every day. I was miserable. What I didn't realize was that as I was trying to prove that I could do it, God was proving to me that I couldn't without him. My failure made me want to quit. I felt cursed; it seemed all the the work I did meant nothing. God was showing me my pride, but instead of praying more, I worried more and ran around more and was completely ineffective. My failure came because of my pride, my unwillingness to be open, and not getting the help I needed. I was relying on myself, and God was teaching me that he would not bless it. That lesson was hard to learn, but one so valuable to my life once I was willing to learn to rely on God and not my own strength.
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| 2012-02-27 - Fear of Failure - God Encourages Those Who Fail by Yvonne San Juan - Ministry Intern: San Francisco Church of Christ 1 Kings 19:1-9 Elijah felt like a complete failure. He was tired of running, alone, and so discouraged that he preferred death. Elijah had just been a part of a great victory where God demonstrated his power to the people and they saw rain for the first time in many years. He faced a new challenge as the Queen wanted to kill him, and he ran away. God didn't let Elijah fail; he encouraged Elijah with food and rest. God reminded him there were others that were faithful to God and Elijah was not alone. God enabled Elijah to keep on going when Elijah felt like he had had enough. Through failure, I have learned to call to God in prayer, and to be completely honest with Him, just like Elijah. I have also decided to be completely open about my struggles with my friends, and to not go through my failures alone. Also, reading about godly people who have failed in the Bible has given me hope and encouragement during the hard times that when I fail, God still loves me. |
| 2012-03-01 - Fear of Failure - Heart Failure by Kent Burke - Ministry Intern: San Francisco Church of Christ Numbers 11 When I see all of the problems in my life and I hear all of the complaints of the people around me, I can quickly lose heart. I do not have the strength to sustain people's hearts. Moses felt the same way when he was faced with all the complaints of the Israelites while wandering in the desert. But when Moses stopped to pray, God took care of all the complaints. We must learn to rely on God's power when we face trials in our lives. Practicals:
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| 2012-10-09 - Prayer of the Righeous - Arms Wide Open (part I) Wild Living of the Prodical Son Son became incredibly ungrateful toward his father - Luke 15:12-13 The sad situation became worse when be became greedy too - Wanted "his" part of the estate Consuming his thoughts and with no regard to what his father felt, he asked Amazingly, his father said yes From there the son wasted this money His life was full of sin - Luke 15:13,30 Then the economy collapsed and there was a severe famine - Luke 15:14 Life was so bad and he was so hungry, he became jealous of the pigs - Luke 15:15-16 The son was incredibly ashamed and reluctant to go home When he came to his senses, he remember his father and his generosity and kindness He thought as least as a servant, I would be better off than this - Luke 15:18-19 |
| 2014-01-27 - The Heart of a Child You can be the greatest explainer of truth. But if the very heart of your son or daughter does not believe ‘my daddy loves me,’ they will walk away. Restore the hearts of the fathers to their children and the hearts of the children to their fathers - Malachi 4:6 You can tell when a father doesn’t have his kids’ hearts. You sense the disrespect and anger, the bitterness and emotional distance. Jesus and His Father hearts were always in sync. When Jesus felt separation from the Father, it was the worst pain he could feel. |
| 2015-03-19 - Irrelevance Ten of the Tweleve Spies: Next to them we felt like grasshoppers - Numbers 13:32-33 Two fo the spies, Joshua and Caleb, ecounraged the people to enter the land and take possession - right then! The other spies froze in their tracks the first time they perceived an obstacle Faith is believing God always keeps his word and then acting on that belief God is bigger than our obstacles |
| 2015-03-23 - Cost of Bitterness Asaph: I realized my heart was bitter and must have seem like a senseless animal to you - Psalm 73:21-22 Bitterness cause more damage to our relationships, health, and souls than almost anything else Even as he complained, Asaph had a moment of clarity - I was foolish and ignorant - Psalm 73:22 Asaph realized that his bitterness had cost him part of his humanity He rightly felt a sense of righteous indignation but had crossed a dangerous line of the wicked things to consume his - bitterness Bitterness consumes the one who indulges it |
| 2015-03-25 - Hope Jeremiah: Great is his faithfullness and his mercies begin afresh each morning - Lamentations 3:22-24 He surveyed th ruins of the once great city of Jerusalem Jeremiah saw death and destruction all around and felt a pain we can only imagine He found it within himslef to speak to his one Source of hope Jeremaih recognized God had granted him life and could hope for better things from the hand of his heavenly Father Where do you place your hope when you or loved ones encounter pain and difficulty? |
| 2015-04-14 - Destination I cry out to you .. listen to my cry - Psalms 88:1-2 I believe in the sun when it isn't shining, I believe in love even when I don't feel it, I believe in God even when he's slient - Found on a wall of Nazi concentration camp Herman celraly felt deistraught and completely abandoned - Pslams 88:13-14 He declared the Lord was the God of salvation, everything good |
| 2015-04-15 - Moved by What He Saw This man truely was the Son of God - Mark 15:39 The solider had taken part in some of the most barbaric, brutal executions imaginable, but evertyhg seemed different this time He oversaw Jesus' crucifixion:
This man of war who had a seared conscience and hardened heart, concluded this was the Son of God |
| 2015-04-16 - Godly Enthusiasm It is not by force nor strength but by my Spirit, says the Lord - Zechariah 4:6 Zerubbabel oversaw the reconstruction of the Jerusalem Temple Over a period of 16 years, the people's enthusiasm for the project waned, leaving it unfinished Zerubbabel felt a deep sense of discouragement over the stalled work Zechariah came with a vital message - Don't depend on your own strength. depend on God and his ability to empower you for the task Zerubbabel's faith was renewed - He had a renewed sense of enthusiasm, united the people, and got back to work No worthy project is about human force or strength, it must be about his mighty Spirit Do you think that you or someone else has the key to success? Do you genuinely believe that God's Spirit holds the key to your success? |
| 2015-04-24 - Vows I will give the Lord whatever comes out of my house to meet me - Judges 11:30 As it would happen, the first to leave his house was Jephthah's daugther The Bible contains hundreds of God's conditional promises of blessings Jephthah's vow went terribiy wrong when he tried to set his own conidtions for blessing rather than appoarching God in faith Have you felt that you needed to offer God something to receive his promised blessing? You can't buy what God already wants to give you. |
| 2015-06-05 - Believers is Jesus Saul! Why are you persecuting me? - Acts 9:4 Why you bless the believers, you bless Jesus; When you persecute the believers, you persecute the Savior who calls them brothers - Matthew 12:49 Saul believed in his heart that he was doing God's work by shuting down a new religous movement All that changed when he heard Jesus' voice tell me he was hurting
When you felt tempted to speak harshly or say something hurtful, remember that Christ call his own brother |
| 2015-06-16 - Restored Jesus' words flashed through Peter's mind and he went away, weeping bitterly - Matthew 26:75 God offers forgiveness for even the worst of sins and the worst of sinners Peter learned this firsthand Theories abound as to why Judas' motivation for betraying Jesus, but for Peter it was clear, he was afraid Judas and Peter both:
Two remorseful sinners but only one turned back to the Lord |
| 2015-07-16 - Compassion When he saw the man, he felt compassion for him - Luke 10:33 It is easy to have compassion for those we are close to but what about those we don't know or don't like? When we reach out to a stranger or enemy, we will receive a reward from heaven - Luke 6:35-36 Jew and Samaritan didn't care much for one another, Jews saw Samaritan:
This particular Samaritan didn't see the man lying in the ditch as an enemy or someone who hated him. The Samaritan saw him as a human in need and took the extra steps to care for them This kind of love and compassion is what Jesus extends to you |
| 2015-07-23 - True Satisfaction You still don't know who I am? Anyone who has seen me has seen the Father! - John 14:8-9 There are many reason why people don't find satisfaction because don't alway know what they are looking for Philip spent 3+ years follwoing Jesus and his feelow disciple Nathanael to him and still felt dissatisfied He firmly believed Jesus was the long awaited Messiah but it had not fully sunk in that He was truely God in the flesh Philip was looking for the Father to be satisfied, where do you look find satisfaction? |
| 2015-08-23 - Replaced Kill him and release Barabbas to us - Luke 23:18 Barabbas no doubt arose the morning of his scheduled execution and felt dread What he didn't know that morning was he would live to see another day because Someone would save his life and take his place Jesus understood the augish - he sweat, wept, and begged if only there was another way There wasn't Pilot tried to secure Jesus' release but the people weren't having it We don't know what Barabbas did following his reprieve but he surely remembered Jesus as the one who died in his place We should think of Jesus in the same way |
| 2015-08-29 - Real Men Do Cry Then Jesus wept... "See how much he loved him!" - John 11:35-36 Jesus was never afraid to show his emotions He knew how the saga of Lazarus' death would end that day and the people would winess a spectacular miracle - yet he cried as he approached his firend's tomb Reason for tears?
Jesus was perfect in love, holiness, and his ability to express emotion |
| 2015-08-31 - Unexpected Wisdom I am full of pent-up words and the spirit within me urges me on - Job 32:18 Job's three friends felt that God was punishing Job for some hidden sin - he rejected this Job thought God was treating him unfairly All four of them had it wrong Elihu: God repays people according to their deeds. He treats people as they deserve - Job 34:10-11 His knew Job's suffering could not be in vain. Job shouldn't see his affection as God didn't care about him rather as a tool in God's hand to teach Job more |
| 2015-09-20 - Feeling Alone I had no idea that they were planning to kill me - Jeremiah 11:18 Jeremiah was alone and the only one living a godly life He had an unpleasant message of God's judgement upon their stubborn unfaithfulness - they did not recieve the message well He grieved for their plans to kill him and maybe more so that no one listened to the message Jeremiah had days he wanted to give up - Jeremiah 20:8-9 Every time he felt that way, he place his eyes on the One who promised to never abandon him - Jeremiah 1:8 |
| 2015-09-30 - To Go Ahead I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race - 2 Timothy 4:7 Paul contemplated his own end, he knew:
He felt at peace with his imminent death and did not see his life as his own - 2 Timthoy 4:6 Nothing in this life can compare with what awaits you in heaven as a follower of Jesus Christ |
| 2015-10-03 - When a Brother Sins I will certainly not sin against the Lord by ending my prayers for you - 1 Samuel 12:23 Sometimes we feel thempted to write off a brother in Christ who made a mess of their faith Bible teach us to pray for such a man and do everthing we can to restore him Israel made a foolish and ungodly choice - insisted on an earthly king Samuel felt disappointed but he did not write off the people Instead Samuel took these steps:
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| 2015-10-28 - Deceptive Feelings I long for the years gone by when God took care of me - Job 29:2 During his worst time of misery, Job began wondering if God still cared about him After he lost everything, Job felt abandoned and longed for the good old days God knew exactly how much Job had suffered but Job could not feel it Job was so focused on his suffering that he lost sight of the unchangeable fact that God would never abandon him Feelings speak truth about your pain but can lie about God's response God had never abandoned anyone he loves |
| 2015-11-03 - Couldn't Help It Then he went with Elijah as his assistant - 1 Kings 19:21 Elisha couldn't help becoming a prophet of the Lord Elijah approached him and silently threw his cloak over his shoulder, Elisha knew what he meant The Holy Spirit had touched his heart and he felt ready to leave everything to follow Elijah First let me go and kiss my father and mother goodbye - 1 Kings 1:19 Elisha had no choice in the matter, for it was God who had called him to leave everything and follow hi, When the Holy Spirit is allowed to have free reign in your life, you can do nothing but say yes when God calls you to serve Him |
| 2015-11-08 - Humbled You are seeing things merely from a human point of view, not from God's - Mark 8:33 Peter must have felt great when Jesus publicly blessed him from understanding Jesus' true identity Then it was shown that he needed to be knocked down a peg Jesus stunned his disciples about him going to Jersulem and Peter scolded Jesus because of it Peter was out of line and Jesus would not allow him or any other disciple to act as roadblocks to the path God set for him Jesus knew Peter had failed to see things from an eternal perspective Jesus was the conquering Kig but he was also the suffering Servant Peter was to play a big part in Jesus' mission but he first needed to humbly trust in the Lord's plan |
| 2015-12-20 - Speak Up Absalom never spoke to Amnon about this - 2 Samuel 13:22 Absalom showed what happens when the lines of communication between two people break down He had every right to feel angry about Amnon rapping his sister What went wrong is his refusing to talk about it and making no effort to try to resolve the situation - Amnon felt sorry for what he had done Absalom's anger grew deep inside until it became implacable hatred He waited for the right opportunity to order his servants to kill Amnon - 2 Samuel 13:28 Absalom paid a heavy price for his failure to resolve his conflict openly and peacefully
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| 2015-12-25 - Terrified but Overjoyed The Lord's glory surrounded them, they were terrified - Luke 2:9 Nothing will seem more frightening and joyful than coming face-to-face with the living God The group of shephards were guarding their flock the night Jesus was born Suddenly an anegel appeared, interrupting the night's slience and darkness with his radiant glory The sight terrified them The agel quickly replaced their fears with unspeakable joy - the Messiah had come The angel brought the best news the world had ever heard The shepherd felt awe and terror at seeing them, followed by joy at what they had to say How do you reconcile biblical commands to fear God and love him at the same time? |
| 2017-10-10 - Reason for His Study (part I) Mission is to help men fall in love with the character of Jesus Some spend much time with:
We can become so interested in the outer life of Jesus and miss the secret his heart has to tell Things Jesus experienced may be of some interest but not important It is the character of Jesus which has unique and endless significance New Testament writers were not interested in the outer Jesus but wanted us to have his character
They tried to describe how things affected him, how he looked at things,and how he felt toward things |
| 2018-01-29 - Reason for His Study (part II) James lived under the same roof and did not understand him Paul lived far from him but understood him completely Understand a character - akin to the deepest tendencies and aspirations It is impossible to become too familiar with the way He is the express image of the Father's person The more we study him, the richer is our knowledge of the heart of God We fix our minds on him - how he looked at things, felt toward things, how things affected him |
