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Do not miss the treasure of receiving Christ himself by surrendering all to Him for the first time or all over again.
Jesus came to forgive and change the sinner, heal the sick, deliver the demonic, and also to bless the little children.
Entrust yourself wholeheartedly to Jesus Christ through repentance and faith in His death and resurrection and you will be assured that your sins are forgiven forever!
Jesus presents himself as the promised Messiah who brings salvation through what He will suffer for them.
Jesus Christ uniquely calls His followers to discipleship in marriage for the sake of the gospel.
Jesus points us to the repulsion of sin and hell, the magnitude of God’s love and opens us to the heart of the Gospel.
A great church in God’s ‘eyes’ reflects the heart of Jesus for His people, whoever they be and wherever they may be.
When we are lead by Jesus we will see Him in a new light and grow in our testimony and perception of Him
We are called to believe and follow Christ Jesus as God’s suffering Messiah who gave His life as a ransom for our sin.
Spiritual blindness can only be removed by Christ’s healing touch; spiritual understanding is nurtured by the scriptures and the other means of grace.
By the Mercy, Grace and Faith that God provides our lives are transformed, renovations and renewals happen which prepares us in praying, serving and walking out our life in Christ.
We are God’s ‘glory people’, showcasing His purposes and demonstrating Christ’s dynamic presence through our lives.
Christmas announces a surprising gift to the undeserving: to you is given a Savior who is Christ the Lord!
The advent story helps us to fix our eyes on Jesus that our joy grows as we marvel at Him.
We will experience the peace of Christ as we open our hearts to Him and root ourselves in His reign and rule and promises.
When the stories we tell and the traditions we keep lead us toward faith in Jesus, we will see our lives and our future with the same hope that God has for our world.
A lesson repeated leads us to running the path of continued understanding, faith and trust
True faith comes by listening to what Jesus says and confessing with your heart what Jesus reveals about himself is true.
True faith requires that we acknowledge our unworthiness before God, while believing in Christ’s mercy and generosity to save us.
Jesus calls his followers to trust Him in the storms of life for we are never beyond the reach of His care.
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BIG IDEA—Join Jesus in hungering for the harvest of your city.
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Renewing Our Affections v.27-30
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Reorienting Our Values v.31-34
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Recognizing Our Opportunities v.35-42
The miracle reminds us that Jesus is our faithful shepherd who promises to provide for us that we might surrender all our lives to him.
Jesus’ followers participate in the gospel mission because He commands it and promises to be with us in a world opposed to Him.
The rejection of Jesus in Nazareth calls us to consider the effects of unbelief in our hearts and marvel at our Savior’s self-giving love for our redemption.
Jesus is the Savior of desperate people and hopeless causes, whom people turn to when all their efforts to save themselves have failed.
Whether the enemy is a spiritual power or flesh and blood, the remedy of our battle is in the Lord.
God loves to do His extraordinary work of rescue through ordinary people taking ordinary steps of faithfulness.
Psalm 9 helps us commit our lives to singing praises to the LORD everyday because He is praiseworthy and trustworthy.
Through everything, God has been faithful in the past, He is faithful now and will be faithful tomorrow.
Remember the mustard seed, and choose to let it shape your faith in what Christ is doing in your life today.
We are called by Jesus into a relationship with Him and are sent out by Him to carry out His mission.
Jesus' compassion for every kind adversity we face invites us to turn to Him in hope, with everything we need, as we learn to be His followers.
Jesus of Nazareth calls you to follow Him in order to experience the joy of a new relationship with God through serving Him.
Faith in the work of Jesus overcomes our obstacles and limitations so that we can truly be amazed at all the things He has done.
The gospel of Mark reveals Jesus Christ and His pursuit of you that you would follow him too.
God saved His people for His glory; and by the power of His saving presence and comfort, He will lead us home.
God’s intention for Christianity was never to just survive but to thrive and bear fruit while being planted in the body of Christ.
God designed the tabernacle to show us who Christ is and what kind of relationship Jesus wants to have with you as part of His people.
Whatever seems important that takes you away from the work of the Lord should be handled with discernment, strategy and faith.
God reveals himself as the 'God of second chances’ and in new ways through rays of glory reflected from Moses face.
The resurrected Christ is deeply committed to restoring and using you, even when you fail, when we return to Him in faith.
The resurrection of Jesus Christ declares that He is our long awaited Savior and King who lives to save us to the uttermost (Heb. 7:25)
Jesus proclaims in the boldest, clearest way that He is the King, the promised Messiah, the Son of God. How you respond to His claim has enormous implications for your life now and for eternity.
God reveals the significance of His name to prepare our hearts for the significance of His son.
We should always marvel at the wonder of God’s presence in our lives, for it flows from the mercy revealed to us in seeing, believing, and surrendering to Jesus Christ.
The holiness of God and the sinfulness of man begs us to ask the question; Who’s side are you on?
God’s eternal purpose has always been to dwell among a people that He has made his own that we might know Him, trust Him, worship Him and follow Him.
The priesthood in the Old Testament shows us how God’s people needed a perfect priest in the person of Jesus Christ and our priesthood as believers.
The beauty of being part of God’s people is the peace He gives to us through our relationship with Jesus Christ.
Our walk brings opportunity for honest evaluation and a restoration in our relationship with Jesus.
During an awakening, the gospel brings life to the church, transforming our passion for God today and our hope for tomorrow.
Psalm 85 awakens us to long for more of Christ as the only hope for our lives and our world.
Christ was pleased to dwell among us to give a new kind of life to all who have been rescued by him.
The promise of Christ in all its fullness, not only points us to a wonderful relationship with God but fills each day with hope and expectation and participation in the path of life before us.
As we focus on the salvation Christ came to give, our trust in God increases as we wait on Him.
We are called in Christ to extend forgiveness in order to love another as Christ loves us.
We are called in Christ to pursue the work of reconciliation as members of Christ’s family.
The power of the gospel and God’s miraculous leading, brings us to crossing paths with others so that we all can experience change, forgiveness and relational restoration.
Any plan other than God’s plan is due to fail. But through God’s Justice, Loving Kindness and Humility we find our salvation in Jesus Christ.
God's presence and God's people appointed for salvation spur us on to persevere in our proclamation of the Gospel.
Winning the battle over needing the approval of others comes only by treasuring the promises of the gospel.
It is God’s heart behind the words that brings light to His love and desire and leads us to a place of a loving family.
As those who are dearly loved in Christ, we are called to reflect Christ’s attitude and actions in our relationships with others.
When you place your trust in Christ, you are a new person placed on a new path with new power and His promises to trust in.
Whether we cope with our fears or overcome them we can face them all through the reality of God and His Grace.
With a living faith through the Gospel we can have the hidden treasures that are in Christ himself.
As believers in Christ, we have been given a beautiful and costly ministry in the gospel.
We must see as Jesus sees
- Jesus Sees With Compassion
- Jesus Sees His Glory
- Jesus Sees The Harvest
By God’s grace and for His glory, we are encouraged to pursue our high calling as Father’s for the eternal happiness of our children.
When we learn how to number our days, we have God in our life, we no longer live a life of regret but we live a life restored with a much wiser and satisfied heart.
The disciples' amazement that it's hard for a rich man to get into heaven, clarifies that it’s God who not only saves, but with God all things are possible.
The staggering promise of a glorious inheritance is intended to fuel our joyful allegiance and obedience to Christ.
God’s saving promises fuels our lives toward faith-filled loyalty and obedience to Him.
Motivated by His Love, God brings order, shows compassion and provides opportunity to His people.
We have the same privilege as these disciples when the scriptures are read and the Lord’s supper is taken to encounter the risen Christ through the power of the Holy Spirit.
God calls us to protect our neighbor’s welfare and make things right when their well-being is violated.
We are called to live Christ centered lives everyday because of the gospel and empowered by the Spirit.
The Ten Commandments; though they look like just a set of rules or ultimatums, are really God’s desire for a relationship with his people and an opportunity for his people to come to Him.
In Exodus 19, God calls us into a relationship with himself so we can glorify Him and enjoy His presence.
Exodus 19 first reveals Yawheh’s faithfulness, mercy and love for the Israelites prior to His call to covenant with Him.
Advent reminds us that to hear the good newsand see the Christ child in Bethlehem requires God’s help in order to deepen our wonder of Him.
The Word of God brings faith and Joy not only to help us celebrate the Advent season, but prepares us for Life as well as Jesus coming again.
The promise of Christ’s birth reminds us to keep fixing our eyes on Jesus while we wait on God to fulfill all His promises.
We too are called to sing to our great and glorious God because of our ultimate salvation through Christ.
We are called as Christians to fear God and trust Him as we follow Jesus on the greater Exodus he is leading us on.
The Powerful hand of God delivers us, redeems us and leads us on to what He has prepared for us.
The Passover lies at the heart of the book of Exodus preparing us to receive the gospel of the New Testament.
In the announcement of the final plague, God’s glory is revealed in His justice and mercy in the salvation of sinners.
Anniversaries offer us the opportunity to remember, recommit, and celebrate Christ’s amazing purposes for our lives.
The effects of Darkness is Physically, Emotionally and Spiritually debilitating Vs 21-23
Negotiating with God will get you nowhere Vs 24-26
God provides Opportunities to bring light into every aspect of your life. Vs 27-29
Christ’s people to glorify God by recounting their salvation from sin and eternal life in Him.
Main point: When we gather for corporate worship, the love of Christ fuels everything we do.
- The source of His love: we are united to Christ in His death
Application Questions:
How is rehearsing that your past and your performance is not the basis of God’s love in Christ good news today?
What difference does that make in your corporate worship of Christ today?
- The consequence of His love: we are united to Christ in His resurrected life
Application Questions:
How is remembering that you are loved as God’s child with the righteousness of Christ reassuring to you today?
What difference does that make in the difficulties you are facing?
- The glory of His love: We are new creations in ordinary life and can live that way.
Application Questions:
How does Christ’s love for you fuel your ability to displace those “lesser loves” in life that tend to overwhelm you?
How can you ‘fuel’ your love for Christ this week through the ordinary means of grace?
As we comprehend the debt God has forgiven us through faith in Christ, we love God and others more earnestly.
The Unknown God - Acts 17:16-34
Main Theme: The good news of Jesus spreads if we are distressed by the culture and don’t just wait around.
Points:
- Distressed by idols (16-21)
Are you distressed by the idols in our culture?
- The God of the universe made known (22-27)
Who is God? What is He like?
"When we allow our view of justice to be persuaded by footage of the victim in his best moments, or footage of him in his worst, we’re not thinking biblically about justice. Was he a law-abiding person? If an injustice occurred against him, it should not matter. Why? Because he was a person." ~ Phillip Holmes, VP of Communications at Reformed Theological Seminary
- God’s offspring (28-31)
Who are you in light of who God is?
- Response to the Gospel (32-34)
What is your response to the call to repent and believe?
Disturbing the Peace - Acts 17:1-15
Main Point: If we are to be the people of Christ, we must be a people of the Book.
Key Ideas:
Point 1: Wherever there is believing, there are reasons for our beliefs.
Point 2: Wherever there is believing, there is resistance due to bias and personal prejudice
Point 3: Wherever there is believing, the scriptures must be given the last word
Point 4: Four Suggestions to Give the Bible the Last Word
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Listen to the message with an open bible
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Don’t rush on from the word of God to the rest of your life
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Get in the word as a way of life.
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Approach the bible with eager expectation
Closing Application Questions:
Am I personally, privately, consistently, frequently in the scriptures?
Is the work of the word in my heart more like a crock pot than a microwave?
Is there an eagerness or an indifference when it comes to the word of God?
No Such Thing as A Detour - Acts 16:11-40
Main Point:
God opens our hearts, opens our eyes and changes our lives, even in the most unexpected situations.
Points:
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God is willing and opens our hearts so we can pay attention
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Funny things happen on the way to prayer
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God has called us to a live a life that points to Him
When Division Become Multiplication - Acts 15:36-16:10
Main Point: As long as Christ is in heaven, He will work to redeem what is broken and open doors of ministry He alone can give.
Part 1: Key Idea:
Conflict is an inevitable part of our lives, but relational rifts are always redeemable in Christ.
Application questions:
- Am I the sort of person that tends to
make conflict bigger or tends to make
reconciliation more likely?
- What still remains for me to do in
order to live peaceably with those
who disagree with me?
Part 2: Key Idea:
In times of uncertainty, doors of gospel ministry may suddenly open that Christ alone can give.
Application question:
- What opportunities in ministry has
Christ ‘suddenly’ opened for you
during the pandemic?
- How may Christ be leading you to
pray, care and share in view of these
opportunities?
The Letter - Acts 15:22-40
Main point: When we turn to Christ, we turn from our sin and our self- righteousness.
Key Ideas with Application Questions:
Point 1
The big question: when you decide to follow Jesus, what must you leave behind?
Point 2
Legalism is salvation by law keeping, but the gospel is salvation by grace through faith in Christ.
Q: Where am I tempted to add to the work of Christ for my righteousness and acceptance before?
Point 3
True repentance turns from the idols of our hearts to Christ … everyday.
Q: Where am I tempted to look to someone or something for my significance, security and satisfaction?
Q: What does it look like for me to turn to Christ everyday in order to turn from an idol of the heart?
A Not So Perfect Mother’s Day - Luke 12:22-25
Main Point:
We look to Christ because He cares for us in the midst of life's difficulties and uncertainties.
Applications:
- We live in a world full of worries.
Q. What worries or concerns are on your heart today?
- Jesus knows the worries that weigh you down.
Q. What does my heart reveal about where I am tempted to place my trust?
- The best news is that He loves me and invites me to bring all my worries to him.
Q. What can I do to bring my worries to Christ today and receive his rest?
The New Covenant in Christ - Hebrews 8
Main Point: The New Covenant is realized in everyday experience through knowing, loving and obeying the Lord Jesus Christ.
Key Ideas:
Promises made
Promises kept
Everyday experiences
Application:
Being in a New Covenant relationship with Christ means responding in faith, hope, love and repentance to Christ’s gracious promises.
Which of the new covenant promises
… stirred your faith by grace to respond to Him today?
….strengthened your hope in God to trust and obey?
… convicted you of sin and enabled you to turn to him again?
… helped you remember that in Christ, you are deeply loved and never alone?
… inspires you to act to love others more like Christ loves you?
The New Covenant in Jeremiah - Jeremiah 31:31-34
Main Point: God fixes the broken so that sin will be remembered no more.
Points:
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Behold the days are coming and are here. V31
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The new Covenant is not like the old. V32-33
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Their Sin I will remember no more. V34
Real Peace - John 20:1-23
Main Idea: The resurrection has the power to change our lives through discovering real peace.
Key Ideas:
- The truth of the empty tomb
~ What hinders you from accepting the report that the tomb is empty?
- The reversal of tears
~ How might Jesus be connecting with you today?
- The gift of peace
~ In what area of my life has Christ’s redemption brought His peace and renewed purpose to me?
- The command to tell others
~ What keeps me from telling others Christ’s resurrection has the power to change their lives too?