New Beginnings Fellowship: Recent Episodes
Shawn Amburgey
Adventures of the Bible: Moses
God uses burning bush moments to bring course correction and help us steward assignments.
Radical love thinks ahead. Radical Passion Radical Faith Radical Controversy Radical Results
If you are truly in love with Jesus and allowing Him to fill your heart and life, you will not have to have anyone else.
You have to fall in love with the One first, and everything else will be icing on the cake.
Our Imagination is a God given gift. Nakedness is a gift from God. The power of sin is secrecy.
Sex. We all think about it. Many of us even convince ourselves that we've got it all figured out. But that mentality has stripped us of something basic in our lives - our humanity. Sex is mutifaceted. It's more complex than we like to admit. And in this message, we learn to look at sex from a new perspective and strip it down to what it really is - a gift from God.
If a church is not involved in reaching the lost around the world and helping the oppressed including widows, orphans, and the poor and needy how can we call ourselves the church. If we live to help other, the poor, the hungry, the destitute, orphans, widows, the oppressed and needy then God will satisfy our needs.
In this new year, live wisely, live making the most of every opportunity God gives you, and live in God's will by listening to His voice.
One act of foolishness might be the thing that is keeping our dreams from becoming a reality.
Lion chasers aren't afraid of uncertainty. They don't need to know what's coming next because they know God knows.
The greatest breakthroughs in your life will happen when you push through your fears.
Lion chasers don't hide from things they fear. They chase them into pits.
Do you run from lions, or do you chase them? Do you ask God to keep you from danger, or do you ask him to bring it to you head on? Is your internal vision of God big or small? How big a crown do you want to present to Jesus when you see Him face to face?
How to drift from God: (1) Neglect time with Him (2) Blame God for your circumstances (3) Hang around bad influences (4) Give into temptation (5) Love the world more than God Fake it!
How to become an addict. Ask yourself, what has mastered you. To become an addict: (1) Don't admit you have a problem (2) Gratify your fleshly desires (3) Rationalize your behavior (4) Keep your addiction secret (5) Depend on your own power
When God wants us to grow in our faith, He is going to stretch us: A rubber band is no use unless it is stretched
Body and Soul- I am marvelously made! Psalm 139:14
True beauty is defined by GOD and GOD alone
True beauty is a GIFT from GOD and is GOD's GIFT to the world through you
God sees you as a MASTERPIECE
The HEART is #1 - Priority
True beauty becomes more beautiful with age
"Today you will be with me in Paradise" "Good people don't go to heaven, forgiven people go to heaven"
The Debtor Can't Always Repay You The Offended can always show mercy Unforgiveness puts you in a prison Jesus' love is greater than any offense
Why have you forsaken me?
God is GOOD God is FOR me God is WITH me
HE will never leave us or forsake us- But HE did not spare HIS own Son for our sakes, and so beyond that HE will give us all things. Romans 8:31-33
Worship Together Make it focused, engaged, intentional. Worship is about God, to God and for God. Make it Expressive, and Unquenchable!
PRAY Together The Lord's prayer is God-centered, not me-centered. Principles of prayer: Adoration, Reverence, Devotion, Humbleness, Thankfulness, Forgiveness, Awareness, Helplessness, Genuineness. Pray with God's will in mind.
Inspirational message from Lanessa Amburgey given at the January 2011 Bloom event for women in Los Alamos, NM.
Love Together How does God want us to Love? Passionately, personally, expressively, intelligently Love others as ourselves
Love Together God's agape love for the world, should motivate us for obtaining the big win of bringing souls to salvation
- Putting Jesus First
- Follow Jesus' Teaching
- Producing Fruit
- Loving other Disciples
- Sharing Good News
We were all created for a purpose, to be in God's family, made to experience life together. There are five purposes for the church: Worship, Fellowship, Discipleship, Ministry, Evangelism. Fellowship should: Authentic, Mutual, Merciful
Outrageous Contagious Joy: does our behavior spread outrageous contagious joy to the others around us? Do we see joy as a process, not a destination?
We are valuable not because of what others think of us, but because the Creator of the world made us and loves us!
How are you blessed to be a blessing? How can we give more of our selves, sacrificially to serve others?
Are you blessed with a burden? Something God has put on your heart that He wants you to do something about? Are you complaining about it, or seeking to find out how God wants to use you?
Guest speaker Mike Morris talks about how we need to follow Christ and be fishers of men
Behind the curtain - part 3 Being a follower of Christ, using your gifts to serve the community and lead others to Christ
Our Mission is To Lead People to Become Fully Devoted Followers of Christ
There is Power in our Differences: We Complete each other.
Do not let anyone claim tribute of American patriotism if they even attempt to remove religion from politics. --George Washington
Masters Tour of Life -Check your stance -Get a firm grip -Keep your head down -Follow thru -Stay out of the traps -Finish the Course
Fear of not being forgiven by God can hold us back; what things do we need to seek His forgiveness for so we can walk boldly in FAITH
Fearless: Jesus calming the storm (seismos); fear can be a good thing, but when fear takes over our lives it is bad. Jesus calmed the storms.
At a crossroads we can see great opportunity, but also mushrooming opposition. We need to see opportunities through God's eyes. ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE.