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| 2009-03-14 - Promises of God - Not tempted Beyond What You Can Bear He will not let be tempted beyond what yo can bear - 1 Corinthians 10:13 God has not promised that we will not be tempted - James 1:13-15 No situation will ever be too difficult. God simply will not allow it. There is never an excuse for sin. Jesus is our ultimate example He himself suffered when tempted, he is able to help those who are being tempted - Hebrews 2:18 | ||||||||
| 2009-07-03 - A Life of Impact - Assertiveness Assertiveness Mark 5:35-43
Fear Sensitivity
A Simple charge
Privileging
Consideration
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| 2009-07-29 - A Life of Impact - Leading the way Leading the way Mark 10:32-34
Mark 10:35-40
Mark 10:41-45
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| 2009-08-21 - Wild at Heart - Intro (part 3) What makes a man come alive? 1. Need a battle to fight
2. Needs an adventure to live
3. Needs a beauty to rescue
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| 2009-10-10 - Wild at Heart - The Strategy (part 3) 2. Intimidation Our condition may become normal to use after a while - depression If you pray and fight against – It will get worse. Once the Enemy is discovered, he usually does not just roll over and die. Jesus says get tough and resist the onslaught Next level Satan tries intimidation and fear He wants you to agree with intimidation because he fears you Fighting back, he will lose – Resist the devil and he will flee – James 4:7 Why do so many pastor’s kids go off the deep end? Evil One is trying to an old tactic – strike first and maybe the opposition will run He can’t win, you know God is with us “As I was with Moses, so I will be with you” – Joshua 1:5 The Lord is a warrior, the Lord is his name – Exodus 15:3 How did Jesus win the battle against Satan? God was with him Doesn’t simply mean that he’ll be around - he will fight for us Satan is trying to appeal to the traitor’s commitment to self-preservation when he uses fear and intimidation. So as long as we are back in the old story of saving our skin, looking out for Number One, those tactics will work. Become a warrior The most dangerous man on earth is the man who has reckoned with his own death. All men die, few men ever really live. | ||||||||
2009-11-23 - Master Plan - Selection (part 2)
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| 2010-01-14 - Kingdom First - Words are Big Jesus wanted people to get to heaven; it is the little things (our words) that will make us or break us - Matthew 5:37 If anyone considers himself religious and does not keep a tight rein on his tongue, is deceived and religion is worthless - James 1:26 Paul: most important ingredient? Reliability - unreliable men will not only break God's chain but also discourages others - 2 Timothy 2:2 Most obvious way we can be unreliable is with our tongue David about adversaries - Not a word from their mouth can be trusted - Psalms 5:9 Get character that speaks and lives the truth Our "no" is okay if we say "no" But in mostly it should be "yes" - 2 Corinthians 1:19 Jesus is our best example Perhaps his favorite phrase was "I tell you the truth" He did and he does | ||||||||
| 2010-01-28 - Kingdom First - Personal Responsibility (part 2) When talking about removing the plank from our eye so we can remove the speck from someone else, there are two extremes:
A. Look daily into the mirror of God's word Foolish to just look at the word of God and not let it transform you - James 1:22-25 B. Pray fervently for God to open your eyes and give you insight into your heart and life An incredible prayer about searching our heart - Psalms 139:23-24 C. Be open with those in your life Be quick to confess sin - James 5:16 D. Have a humble attitude toward challenge in your life Let this be our goal - Psalms 141:5 | ||||||||
| 2010-02-01 - One Another - Confession Questions (part 2) What is the power of confession? a. It brings the forgiveness of sin and purifies us from all unrighteousness - 1 John 1:7-9 b. Confession brings fellowship with God and with brothers and sisters - 1 John 1:7-9 Confession is just not good for the soul, it is good for other's souls and unity c. Confession represents a strong stand against Satan Resist the devil and he will flee - James 4:7 d. Confession is contagious - one person's confession can encourage another's confession | ||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||
| 2010-02-24 - One Another - Reconciling with One Another (part 4) Some things that depend on us We can always have a gracious attitude Paul choose to focus on the result - Christ is being proclaimed - Philippians 1:15-19 We can always be humble Consider others better than ourselves - Philippians 2:3-4 We can always be positive - Philippians 2:14-15 We can always listen - James 1:19-20 We can always control our anger - James 1:20 Some things are our of control when to comes to reconciliation but they are many things within our control to build a relationship | ||||||||
| 2010-03-27 - Life to the Full - Crown not Frown (part 1) James address Christians under pressure Without pressure, the human body soon slows down and dies Pressure keeps the blood flowing James chooses to call himself servant rather than brother - James 1:1 He was a prominent leader in the early church but he kept a down-to-earth perspective Anyone in a leadership role needs to have the same attitude How are trials to be met? With pure joy - James 1:2-8 There are two options: continue in the process of becoming mature or walk away and do it our own way Maturity is not just spiritual longevity - it is how you react under pressure What do we do it we lack wisdom? Ask for it Not IQ but for knowing what to do in tricky situations It's a promise of God that he will enable you to live more intelligently What is last big trial you faced? How did you react? | ||||||||
| 2010-03-28 - Life to the Full - Crown not Frown (part 2) Poor and rich people need to watch their step - James 1:9-11 Proverbs teach us that the middle way between poor and rich is best - Proverbs 30:7-9 The crown of life is not received quickly nor cheaply - James 1:12 There are too many rationals to go the easy way:
You always find a reason why you can not persevere We are not victims, by God's power we can be victors | ||||||||
| 2010-03-29 - Life to the Full - Crown not Frown (part 3) God does not work to ruin our lives but to improve us - James 1:16-18 Don't accuse God of wrong doing like Job did - Job 1:22 Our fate is in God's hands, not in the stars - v. 17 God's goodness is his gift of rebirth Peter makes this clear - 1 Peter 1:23 James moves to relationships with one another Don't retaliate when times are tough - James 1:19-21 James' wisdom would transform many a relationship if put into practice
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| 2010-03-30 - Life to the Full - Crown not Frown (part 4) True freedom is not political freedom but spiritual freedom - James 1:25 Remember how the Jew sought political freedom? Religion without self-control is useless - James 1:26 Worldly speech includes gossip, slander, cursing, swearing, deceit, etc Lack of social concern is a sure sign that a person is a false Christian Worldly values and social apathy go hand in hand Do we really care about the widows and orphans and widows - James 1:27 | ||||||||
| 2010-03-31 - Life to the Full - Crown not Frown (part 5) In the spirit of James 1:27 and the heart of helping others, here are some ideas on helping others:
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| 2010-04-01 - Life to the Full - Dead or Alive? (part 1) When we show favoritism, we are unlike God - James 2:1-4 You probably has heard that we should not judge Judging is a merely drawing a conclusion on evidence There are certain kinds of judging that are prohibited or discouraged:
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| 2010-04-03 - Life to the Full - Dead or Alive? (part 3) God is just, his laws are just - this should give us great confidence God justice - does not guarantee life will be fair - James himself was executed in 62AD There is quite a difference between compassion and softness - James 2:8-13 The struggles to decide what to do, only God's perfect law can guide us:
Maybe the Ten Commandments? - If so, they would be wrong
A mark of true Christianity is adherence to these two laws Total commitment and total involvement As long these are two commands are the top priority, our focus will not be warped or unbiblical | ||||||||
| 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? | ||||||||
| 2010-04-07 - Life to the Full - Two Wisdoms (part 1) Wisdom can be earthly or demonic Teachers will be judged more strictly - James 3:1 The danger with the wrong type of teacher is his misuse of his tongue:
We all stumble in many ways - James 3:2 James included himself | ||||||||
| 2010-04-09 - Life to the Full - Two Wisdoms (part 3) When to comes to the tongue, it is the little things that make all the difference James compares the tongue to - James 3:3-7:
James used his experienced practical teaching style to explain that good and evil should not coexist - James 3:9-12 3 of 4 major crops were - figs, olives, and grapes Is there far more positive coming from your mouth than negative? | ||||||||
| 2010-04-10 - Life to the Full - Two Wisdoms (part 4) There are two sorts of wisdom: earthly and heavenly Do you have God's wisdom? - James 3:17-18
Is why the wise may turn out to be fools and the "foolish" may the wisest of all | ||||||||
| 2010-04-12 - Life to the Full - Macho Mist (part 2) Spiritual adultery - How easy it is to flirt with the world if we fail to guard our hearts - Proverbs 4:23 In Jewish law, adultery is grounds for divorce The Spirit cause to live within us envies intensely - James 3:5 The nature of God: He will tolerate no rivals for his love God is a jealous God - Exodus 34:14 One of the quoted OT verse in the the NT is about pride - Proverbs 3:34 Much of the pride mention in the NT is bad: Pride goes before the fall - Proverbs 16:18 Pride mentioned in the NT is usually good: I take great pride in you - 2 Corinthians 7:4 It depends on where the pride is rooted and the attitude behind it If you feel ineffective, frustrated, unproductive, opposed - it might be because God is opposing you because of your pride He is trying to get your attention so you will turn back to him | ||||||||
| 2010-04-13 - Life to the Full - Got to Pray (part 1) James addressed the rich who exploited the poor and those who failed to stand up to the sin - James 5:1-6 Withholding wages, even overnight - was considered cheating a labor by underpaying him - Deuteronomy 24:14-15 v5 - the "day of slaughter" was the day an animal was slaughtered and mostly all eaten since there was no refrigeration v6 - they were "condemning and murdering" innocent men Actively - cast their vote against the lower castes Passively - failed to defend them Am I passionate about advocating for the poor? | ||||||||
| 2010-04-14 - Life to the Full - Got to Pray (part 2) James 5:7-11 - Addresses patience in peace and in suffering Two examples of patience in suffering:
Jewish were very fond of oath-taking - Matthew 5:33-37 James may have been referring to rash oath-taking - Ecclesiastes 5:4-7 Rather than swearing (v12), we should pray (v13) No true disciple should need to take an oath since we must be men and women of our word Simply let our yes be yes and our no be no | ||||||||
| 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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| 2010-05-16 - Desire's Journey - Battle Between Us What causes fights? Isn't it the evil desires within you? - James 4:1-2 The life we want is so far from the life we truly want. For longing to be filled - we need the cooperation of others We need others, it is part of our design Very few of our desire are self-fulfilling The world is indifferent to our desire We weren't made to be ignored We pretend it does not matter - it is doing damage to our souls Resentment - simmering anger at our blocked desires We pretend we have rise above it | ||||||||
2010-06-17 - Jesus - The Healer (part 2)Causes of Sickness:Break Down of System Our spiritual immune system can break down:
You must be prepared: 1 Peter 4:1-11
Ephesians 5:10-18
Will you let him? | ||||||||
| 2010-06-23 - God does not change (part 1) Preached on 2003-01-12 Hebrews 13:8 - Same always; it is his nature Hebrews 6:13-20 - God's purpose is unchanging - Wanted to make it clear Numbers 23:19-20 - God's Integrity never changes - God keeps his promises and oaths - Who else do I know is like this? Malachi 3:6 - God does not change James 1:16-18 - God does not change But our lives change God allows our lives to change so we hold on to his unchanging hand | ||||||||
| 2010-08-26 - Waking Dead - Glory (part 3) You are going to the need your whole heart - so you will need every ounce of courage and faith as well James and John, sons of Zebedee did hide what they thought
He can see clearly who they really are We many times spend our time hiding through false selfs Like Adam and Eve did with fig leaves We make up a glory because we are convinced we have none of our own Must ask: God, who am I? What do you think of me? What is my real name? The deeper reason we fear our own glory is that once we let others see the truest us - aka nakedness It is awkward when everyone else is veiled Living from your glory is the only way to live You cannot love another person from a false self You can not help others if you are in captivity yourself Our deepest fear of all - we will have to live from our hearts Means we do not know the next thing God will ask of us | ||||||||
2010-09-02 - Waking Dead - Ask God
When Christ arose, he did not let Peter sweep the whole matter under the rug - John 21:15-17 It would have haunted the old fisherman for the rest of his life Most of us try to "put things behind us"
Jesus was asked would he feed his sheep times - for each betrayal Lessons that have been laid down in pain can be accessed only by pain Christ must open the wound not just bandage it over Instead of burying the pain, ask God what he is wanting to speak to you | ||||||||
| 2010-09-08 - Waking Dead - Deep Restoration (part 5) Our sin give the enemy a certain claim to our lives - Romans 6:16 As we renounce any sin, we also renounce any claim we've given to Satan in our lives This often comes in the form of "agreements" - Satan has suggested something to us and we have said yes.
As long as we have unhealed places in our hearts, it is next to impossible to live in freedom and victory No matter how much discipline we apply to it Our enemy knows them well and trying undermine us and uses it against us with a disabling effect | ||||||||
| 2010-09-19 - Waking Dead - Setting the Heart Free All spiritual warfare follows a simple pattern - James 4:7 Submit and resist Submit ourselves to Christ and resist whatever has come against us or those we love Their needs to "dailyness" to our walk 1. We have to choose to abide in Christ Consecrate our whole body:
Take our place under the headship of Christ The faith of centurion, he understood authority - Matthew 8:10 Most sins fall under:
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| 2010-10-10 - Contagious Christian - Pull of Compassion Caring for the tangible needs of others is at the core of Christianity Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless - look at orphans and widows in their distress - James 1:27 Compassion is echoed throughout the Bible:
Clear and consistent demonstration of Christ-like love is a powerful magnet that pulls people toward Him Not about who you are or what you did It is about how you care, being a neighbor - Luke 10:36-37 In Luke 10 - when the wounded man awoke, he must have wondered, "Who did this? Why would they do help me in such a great way?" It is when people start asking, "Why didn't he not turn away like everyone else?" As I have loved you, so you must love one another - John 13:34-35 All men will know that you are my disciples | ||||||||
2010-10-24 - Christian Responsibilities
QUESTIONS
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| 2010-10-30 - Contagious Christian - Barriers to Relationships (part I) Biblical Issues with understanding what friendships are in the Bible can be barriers to relationships Some feel that befriending people who are irreligious is questionable and maybe unbiblical A look at a few examples of some verses misunderstood James 4:4 - says not to be friends with the world 1 John 2:15-17 - world is referring to sin and evil that people commit, not to the people themselves We need to keep ourselves from being polluted by the world John 17:14 - we are not of this world is sometimes interpreted that we should not associate with people outside of God's family My prayer is not that you take them out of the world but to protect them from the evil one - John 17:15-18 Jesus' purpose was to seek and save what is lost, he had to have relationships in the world to accomplish this - Luke 19:10 2 Corinthians 6:17 - Come out from them and be separate; avoid being yoked with unbelievers Not referring to everyday friendships but more formal alliances Paul in an earlier letter said that ordinary interactions with non-Christians is right and necessary - 1 Corinthians 5:9-10 Jesus was a friend of tax collectors and sinners - Luke 7:34 | ||||||||
| 2010-11-19 - Contagious Christian - Making the Message Clear (part IV) Another illustration similar to the bridge analogy... Baseball Illustration If one wants to enter the All-Universe Hall must meet the following requirements for 5 years
To earn your salvation, you must do something similar - Romans 3:23 One missed law is guilty of breaking all of the laws - James 2:10 We need Jesus' sacrifice to reach God | ||||||||
| 2010-11-27 - Mission - All Nations The only event in history where all mankind gathers together is Judgment Day An expert in the law asked "What I do to inherit eternal life?" and "Who is my neighbor?" This expert had given his life to study of the scriptures Jesus illustrates the greatest commandment - one man helping another Does not talk about:
James 2:14-16 - Do you claim to have faith? It is never alone Food, clothing, a blanket shows that you have saving faith Christian who "share their faith" don't always "share their food" Sometimes we resemble the expert in the law who did not love their neighbor By focusing on helping the poor, many people seem to become more evangelistic Physical and spiritual needs are inseparable Jesus said, I was hungry, of need of clothes, sick. Did you help him? - Matthew 25:35-36 He takes it personally - Jesus grew up poor Doves were the sacrifice of the poor - Luke 2:24 | ||||||||
| 2010-11-29 - Trusting God - Samuel Preached by Rob Milner Read 1 Samuel 13 Following God's instruction is the key to our success 1 Samuel 10:8 - Go to Gilgal and wait for 7 days and then we will sacrifice Samuel was the judge before their were kings Saul waited for 7 days but did not wait to do the burnt offerings He did not follow God's instructions exactly How long before we stop waiting? Ever wanted to take matters into our own hands? There is nothing as good as trusting and then God fulfilling his promise There are two battles:
James 4:7-8 - God calls us to submit to him fully Trust in God and not your situation
Protect your blacksmiths or you will be found defenseless 1 Samuel 13:19-21 What are the blacksmiths of our lives?
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| 2010-12-22 - Sin (part II) Galatians 5:19-21
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| 2010-12-26 - Saved by Grace through Faith (part II) Ephesians 2:1-10
Romans 3:21-26
Titus 3:3-8
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| 2011-01-11 - Followup - Bible Study Application How should we use God’s Word?
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| 2011-01-15 - Followup - Being Discipled: Imitation & Indignation Imitation Hebrews 13:7; Philippians 4:9 - Imitate your leaders
Sin is what keeps us from being a great disciple
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| 2011-01-18 - Followup - Balanced Attitude and Application Attitude How we should view God’s Word
How should we use God’s Word?
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| 2011-01-24 - Followup - The New Testament Church (part I) A picture of the New Testament Church Worship
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| 2011-01-25 - Followup - The New Testament Church (part II) A picture of the New Testament Church (continued) 4. Giving
Work
That God may be glorified in His church - Ephesians 3:21 | ||||||||
| 2011-01-26 - Followup - Prayer (part I) Introduction
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| 2011-01-27 - Followup - Prayer (part II) Key to Effective Prayer
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| 2011-02-15 - Sin and Repentance - Kansas City (part II) Definition of Sin
Sins of Omission
Sin of Commission
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