Discovery Church Hky: Recent Episodes
Pastor Smith Sharpe
Luke 8: 26-39 NIV
- Choose to serve the right Master
- Choose the right name
- Choose the right Kingdom
Luke 7:40-50 NIV
- Repentance creates connection
- Repentance moves the opposition out
- Repentance confronts me with who I really am
- Repentance restores love by opening my heart
2 Corinthians 4:16-18
How do we keep from losing heart when life feels heavy?
- Renewed through pressure
- Refined through the struggle
- Refocus on the permanent
Ruth 1:16-18 NIV
- Decide what you are committed to
- Decide what won't stop you
- Decide what changes you are willing to make
- Decide what consequences you are willing to endure
I Samuel 18:6-12 NIV Tips for running your race
- Discover yourself don't compare yourself 2. Celebrate all of God's gifts not just God's gifts to you 3. Give credit away 4. Fear God
I Samuel 18:6-12 NIV Tips for running your race
- Discover yourself don't compare yourself 2. Celebrate all of God's gifts not just God's gifts to you 3. Give credit away 4. Fear God
2 Samuel 9:5-10
How do we understand salvation?
- We are broken
- God is good
- Life is restored
Joshua 2:1-14 NIV
- When we fear the Lord it produces devotion
- When we fear the Lord we gain a healthy view of reality
- When we fear the Lord we are grateful for salvation
Dan. 6:10-16 NIV
- Stick with Jesus 2. Be wise and innocent 3. It's not fair 4. Give God time
Esther 4:11-17 NIV
- Be honest about your choices
- Focus on your faith
- Work on your "want to"
- Pray for help to do it
2 Samuel 12:1-8 NIV
- Listen to God
- Secrets make you sick
- You are the man
- Remember God's gifts
Numbers 13:27-31
How do we live great lives?
- Know what God wants
- Develop convictions
- Learn to listen to the right voices
- Stand up and stick to your guns
Revelation 22:1-5
How does Jesus make new?
- Life, not living, will be our priority.
- Healing, not destroying, becomes the work of nations.
- Relationships will exist in harmony.
- We will see God's face.
Revelation 21:1-5 NIV
- We can get back to the kingdom of God
- Our rebellion is changed
- The old order is new
Testimonies
- Edwina Mosteller
- Bobby & Brittany Linebarger
- Adriana Taylor
- David & Caroline Baskin
How do we learn to forgive?
Matthew 18:21-35 HOL
- Be aware of your condition
- Forgive with your heart
John 20:24-28 NIV
- Confess your doubts
- Be in the right place
- Look at the evidence
- Decide to believe
Luke 24:17-31 NIV
- To open our eyes, Jesus opens our minds
- To open our eyes, God gives us the Bible
- To open our eyes, we invite Jesus to stay with us
I Corinthians 15:42-49 NIV
- You will be imperishable
- You will be glorified
- You will be powerful
I Corinthians 15:30-36 NIV
- What motivates you
- Who does your life profit
- Where is your life headed
I Corinthians 15:30-36 NIV
- What motivates you
- Who does your life profit
- Where is your life headed
When was the last time our worship of God truly cost something?
II Samuel 24:18-24 NKJV
- True worship requires sacrifice
- True worship begins with repentance
- True worship brings restoration
I Corinthians 15-18-22 NIV
- It means we are alive to God
- It means eternal life
- It means no condemnation
- It means that nothing can separate us from the love of God
I Corinthians 15:12-17 NIV
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It means that God is more real than we are.
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It means that there is an infinite amount for us to learn, experience and explore.
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It means that Jesus is God.
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It means that everything you do and the journey you make through this life has value.
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It means that there are no unimportant people.
I Corinthians 15:1-11 NIV
- The good news is Jesus provides a way for God to reconnect to us
- The good news is Jesus has shown us that there is life beyond the grave
- The good news is Jesus created a way for us to follow Him
Luke 4:18-19 NIV
- Joy is restoration
- Joy is what the devil wants to destroy
- Joy is the product of gratitude
- Joy is a gift from God
Luke 9:57-62 NIV
1a) Following Jesus requires...a surrendered will
1b) Our response...give God complete veto power
2a) Following Jesus requires...an undivided loyalty
2b) Our response...refuse to make Jesus second
3a) Following Jesus requires...a wholehearted committment
3b) Our response...keep your eyes on Jesus and don't look back
4a) Following Jesus requires...a persevering faith, not perfect perfomance
4b) Our response...never give up
Luke 4:18-19
What is joy and how do we achieve it?
- Joy is restoration
- Joy is what the devil wants to destroy
- Joy is the product of gratitude
- Joy is a gift from God
Luke 4:18-19 NIV
- Healing is a healthy relationship to ourselves, others and God
- Healing is sending out brokenness
- Healing is what the devil is breaking down
Luke 4:18-19 NIV
- Freedom is a healthy mind
- Freedom has an enemy
- There are counterfeit freedoms
- Freedom requires priorities
Luke 4:18-19 NIV
- God's love is the solution
- God's love is discovered
- God's love is discipline
Ephesians 2:4-10
How do we approach our Relationship with God?
- Throw away your old idea of love
- God wants you to be assured on the basis of His love
- Live out the Gospel
Acts 17:22-28 NIV
- Christianity is a different "way" and it leads to a different place
- The claims of Christianity are historically true
- Christian claims are exclusive claims; but not arrogant claims
Acts 17:1-4 NIV
- I think God exists
- I think something happened in the first century that changed the world
- I think the Bible is true
- I think Jesus rose from the dead
Acts 16:16-23 NIV
- The "world" is our mission field and our battle field
- The kingdom of this world and the kingdom of God have different viewpoints and patterns
- The world is governed by a different spirit than the kingdom of God
Acts 15:35-40 NIV
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Want what is best
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Keep the impact narrow
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Agree on the problem
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Prioritize the kingdom of God
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Provide a path back
Acts 15:8-11 NIV
- Salvation is about your heart
- Salvation is receiving the Holy Spirit
- Salvation is a step of faith
- Salvation is by the grace of God
Matthew 5: 13-16 NKJV
- We are called to stay salty
- We are called to shine steadily and stay lit
- We are called to show the Savior
Acts 14:12-20 NIV
- We are testifying to God's glory; not our own
- We are testifying that we trust God and we don't doubt God
- We are testifying that our hope is in Jesus; not the world
Acts 12:18-24 NIV
- Because the word of the world is condemnation; God's Word is salvation
- Because the word of the world is scarcity; God's Word is plenty
- Because the word of the world is punish; God's Word is flourish
Acts 10:39-47 NIV
- Our testimony is about Jesus, not ourselves
- Our testimony is that Jesus is God, not a helpful idea
- Our testimony is that we know Jesus, not just believe He existed
- Our testimony is that Jesus is trying to save all people of all nations, not just people we consider "good"
Acts 9:20-26 NIV
- Because who we trust has changed
- Because our focus has changed
- Because our motivation has changed
Acts 9:10-16 NIV
- Obey even when you are just an ordinary person
- Obey even when it doesn't make sense to you
- Obey even when it's dangerous
- Obey even when you have reasons not to
Acts 9:10-16 NIV
- Obey even when you are just an ordinary person
- Obey even when it doesn't make sense to you
- Obey even when it's dangerous
- Obey even when you have reasons not to
Acts 9:1-9 NIV
- He is being saved from his pride
- He is being saved from his power
- He is being saved from permission
- He is being saved from his plan
Acts 8:26-38 NIV
- The journey is a choice
- The journey happens "on the way"
- The journey has its ups and downs
- The journey requires other people
Acts 8:26-38 NIV
- The journey is a choice
- The journey happens "on the way"
- The journey has its ups and downs
- The journey requires other people
Acts 8:1-6
Why should we preach God's word?
- Because people are dead until they are made alive.
- Because it's the only way the gospel spreads
- Because everyone is going to die
- Because people suffer without it
How do we avoid fighting against God?
Acts 5:33-40 NIV
- Be careful
- Consider the past
- Don't fight against God
Ephesians 2:1-3
How do we recognize and respond to our sin?
- Know you are in free fall.
- Know your enemy does not want you to know this.
- Know you need to pull the chute.
Acts 5:1-5
Why should you fear the Lord?
- Becasue He knows your heart
- Becasue we are guilty
- Becasue Jesus said so
Exodus 16:11-21 NKJV
- God provides in response to our need
- God teaches us to trust one day at a time
- God's provision requires obedience
Exodus 16:11-21 NKJV
- God provides in response to our need
- God teaches us to trust one day at a time
- God's provision requires obedience
Acts 4:23-31 NIV
- They were not afraid
- Prayer
- They knew what they wanted
- They believed God would show up
Acts 4:23-31 NIV
- They were not afraid
- Prayer
- They knew what they wanted
- They believed God would show up
Acts 4:16-22 NIV
- Listen to the evidence
- Listen to the Bible
- Listen to people who know the truth
- Listen to people who have something to lose
Acts 4:7-14 NIV
- The Holy Spirit makes us fearless
- When we get a second chance, it makes us fearless
- When the truth is on your side, it makes us fearless
- Being with Jesus makes us fearless
Acts 3: 1-8 NIV
- When we stay in the game
- Look for God
- Give what you have
- Take them by the hand
Acts 3: 1-8 NIV
- When we stay in the game
- Look for God
- Give what you have
- Take them by the hand
John 11:32-44 HOL
- Tell Jesus you are sick
- Roll the stone away
- Take off what has you wrapped up
Acts 2:22-38 NIV
- Jesus was raised from the dead
- God poured out the Holy Spirit
- God made Him Lord and Messiah
- Phillip Sabourin
- Martin Everett
- Debbie Haynes
- Maggie Gold
- Martin Webb
- Courtney Flynn
- Kimmie Southard
- Christian Ortiz
- Robin Graziano
- Drew Grounds
Acts 1:3-9 NIV
- Convincing proofs that Jesus was alive
- The Father's promise of power
- The mission to be a witness
Matthew 28:1-9 NIV
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You should believe it because the gospels are trustworthy.
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You should believe it because the story includes problematic material that anyone would leave out if it wasn’t true.
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You should because the tomb was empty.
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You should believe it because the church sprung up over night.
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You should believe it because He showed Himself to others after His death.
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You should believe the story because it answers the most important questions for humanity.
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You should believe in the resurrection because reasonable questions can not be answered without it.
John 3:1-6
How are we born again?
- Come openly
- Come to Jesus as Savior
- Come wanting to be different
Luke 18:26-30 NIV
- Those who seek the impossible
- Those who seek first His Kingdom
- Those who receive rewards without pursuing them
Luke 17:20-24 NIV
- We can not see it
- It's in your midst
- There are many imitations
- It's like lightning flashing
I Samuel 17:26; 40-47 NKJV
- Recognize the challenge
- Use what God has gifted us with
- Remember we are not alonein the battle
Luke 11:17-23 NIV
- The Kingdom of God is not divided
- The Kingdom of God drives out demons
- The Kingdom of God will be the last one standing
Luke 9:57-62 NIV
- Commit to no excuses
- Commit to your priorities
- Commit to what is in front of you
Luke 8:5-15 NIV
- Receive God's Word with a noble and good heart
- Receive God's Word and retain it
- Receive God's Word and produce a crop with perseverance
Luke 7:24-28 NIV
- The kingdom of God is a place
- The kingdom of God is a Spirit
- The kingdom of God is a relationship
Psalm 23 HOL
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You get a Good Shepherd
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You will lack nothing
- Allows you to rest
- Leads you to peace
- Renews you
- Leads you on the right path
- Removes your fear
- Provides comfort
- Prepares a table in front of your enemies
- Anoints your head with oil
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Gives you an overflowing cup
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You get everlasting life
Luke 4:18-19 NIV
- Joy is restoration
- Joy is what the devil wants to destroy
- Joy is the product of gratitude
- Joy is a gift from God
Luke 4:18-19 NIV
- Healing is a healthy relationship to ourselves, others and God
- Healing is sending out brokenness
- Healing is what the devil is breaking down
Luke 24:27-32 NIV
- Use the BIble to recognize Him
- Desire to see God
- Get to where you can see Him
Luke 4:18-19 NIV
- Freedom is a healthy mind
- Freedom has an enemy
- There are counterfeit freedoms
- Freedom requires priorities
John 20:11-17 NIV
- God's love changes my fears
- God's love changes my reality
- God's love changes my ability to love
John 20:11-17 NIV
- God's love changes my fears
- God's love changes my reality
- God's love changes my ability to love
What do we need to believe?
Luke 2:8-20
- Believe that Jesus is "good news"
- Believe that a Savior is born to you
- Believe that you can find Him
Luke 1:39-45 NIV
- Look for God in the lives of others
- Look for God in our circumstances
- Look for God in His promises
Luke 1:26-38
Why should we believe?
- Believe when you're afraid
- Believe when you don't know how
- Believe when it's impossible
John 4: 39-41 NIV
- Learn the truth that sets you free
- Give Jesus your truth
- LIve in the truth that sets you free
Nehemiah 4:8-14 NIV
- The enemy is stirring up trouble
- Your strength will run out
- We have exposed places
Ruth 1:11-18 NIV
- We admire commitment
- Commitment demonstrates courage
- Commitment creates trust
Esther 4:11-17 NIV
- We choose to ask for help
- We choose to see
- We choose to be responsible
Judges 6:11-16
How do we respond to God's calling?
- Don't let your situation determine your elevation
- Get your hopes up
- Do what it takes to believe the Lord is with you
How do you become a disciple?
Matthew 4:18-22 HOL
- Recognize Jesus is calling you
- You need to leave something behind and follow Him
- You start today
Revelation 20:10-15
The devil will be eliminated. What should you do?
1.Invest in your future
2.Live like your life depends on it
3.Be in the book
Revelation 12:9-12 NIV
- God hurls him down
- Salvation, power, Kingdom of God, authority of the Messiah
- The blood, our testimony and our commitment
1 Peter 5:8-9 NIV
- Be alert, not asleep
- Resist, don't entertain
- Submit, don't negotiate
- Stand up, don't give up
Matthew 13: 36-43 NIV
- Choose to be wheat, not weeds
- If we clarify the consequences, it will help
- We will do God's will as a result
Matthew 4:1-11 NIV
- He tempts us with what we want
- He tempts us with getting good things the wrong way
- He tempts us with shortcuts
- He tempts us to prove ourselves
Hebrews 12:18-24 NIV
- Jesus is the first born
- Jesus is our perfection
- Jesus is the blood
Hebrews 12: 5-11
- He is our Father
- He chastises, reprimands, and corrects us
- He shares His holiness and righteousness
Hear from our HS Leaders and Youth how God spoke and worked in their lives during a week in June on a HS Beach trip!
Hebrews 12:1-4 NIV
- Jesus marks out our race
- Jesus is the pioneer and perfector
- Jesus endured the cross
- Jesus sits at the right hand of God
Hebrews 9:23-28
How is Jesus the remedy to our heart problem?
He makes us pure
He is our defender
He is our Judge
Proverbs :5-9 NIV
- Trust the Lord
- Fear the Lord
- Honor the Lord
James 1:22, 25
Acts 20:24
Proverbs :5-9 NIV
- Trust the Lord
- Fear the Lord
- Honor the Lord
James 1:22, 25
Acts 20:24
Hebrews 8:5-9 NIV
- His ministry is superior
- His benefits are superior
- His covenant is superior
Hebrews 6:1-6 NIV
- We want to grow
- We have been enlightened, we share the Holy Spirit, we have tasted the goodness of the Word of God, we have tasted the goodness of the powers of the coming age
- We don't fall away
Guest Speaker: Chad Freitag
Numbers 13-17-20; 14:6-9 NKJV
- Understand God's calling in our lives
- Be willing to step up into our calling
- Stop fearing the world
Hebrews 5: 7-11
What does it mean to say that Jesus was obedient?
- Obedience is a choice
- Obediences is the willingness to suffer
- Obediences produces salvation
Hebrews 4:14-16 NIV
Jesus enters the Holy of Holies
Jesus empathizes with us
Jesus allows us to approach God with confidence
Hebrews 2:14-18 NIV
The Savior breaks the power of the devil
The Savior sets free those held in slavery
The Savior makes atonement for sin
The Savior can help
Hebrews 1:1-4 NIV
He is not another prophet, sage, wise person, religious leader, angel or spiritual being
He is God in Word, radiance, glory, being, attitude, nature and character
He sustains the universe He created
He is the provider of purification
How do we mind our business?
Focus on "your" business
Don't waste time envying others
Follow Jesus
John 17:15-23 NIV
Remember we have a job to do
Prioritize the truth
It's what Jesus wants
John 16:7-15
The Spirit proves the world wrong
The Spirit guides us to truth
The Spirit makes Jesus known to us
John 15:5-8 NIV
Plug in, graft in, connect to, draw from Jesus
Ask God for it
Glorify God with it
Luke 4:18-19 NIV
Joy is restoration
Joy is what the devil wants to destroy
Joy is the product of restoration
Joy is a gift from God
Luke 4:18-19 NIV
Healing is a healthy relationship to God, others and self
Healing is sending out brokenness
Healing is what the devil is breaking down
Healing is an intentional desire to intervene
Luke 4:18-19 NIV
Freedom is a healthy mind
Freedom has an enemy
There are counterfeit freedoms
Freedom requires priorities
Luke 4:18-19
The love of God is "others" focused
The love of God is understood through His Word
God's love is His discipline
Luke 6:43-45 NIV
Feed yourself good fruit
Store up good stuff in your heart
Bear good fruit
Luke 6:37-42 NIV
Judge carefully
Expect to receive only where we have invested
Fix yourself first
Luke 6:27-35
Why love your enemies?
Because your reward will be great
Because it's how you know you're a child of the Most High
Because God is kind to the ungrateful and wicked
2 Timothy 4:9-18 NIV
Pass down our need for others
Pass down times you have been let down
Pass down our independence of Jesus
2 Timothy 4:6-8 NIV
Depart without fear
Depart with a sense of accomplishment
Depart with high expectations
Depart with a longing for Jesus
How do we pass down God's Word?
2 Timothy 3:16-17, 4:1-5
-Pass down the mystery of it
-Pass down how to use it
-Pass down a charge
-Pass down sound doctrine
What expectations do we need to pass down?
2 Timothy 3:10-14 NIV
Expect your teaching to be tested
Expect your way of life to be tested
Expect your purposes to be tested
2 Timothy 3:1-5 NIV
Pass down God's love
Pass down loving attitudes
Pass dow the power of love
What do we need to pass down?
2 Timothy 2:14-16,23,24
Pass down generous motives
Pass down the right way to read it
Pass down common sense
Pass down gratitude
We need to pass down strength
2 Timothy 2:1-9
Pass down commitment
Pass down integrity
Pass down diligence
Pass down God's Word
Mark 5:1-17
Look at where you're living
Let Jesus take care of things you can't
When He asks...answer
Luke 13:1-9 NIV
God's perspective - Luke 13:1-5
God knows your potential - Luke 13:6
Period of examination - Luke 13:7
Purposeful intercession - Luke 13:8
His investment requires a return - Luke 13:9
I Kings 17: 8-16
You should trust in God's path
You should trust in God's provision
You should trust in God's promises
How do we get ready for the New Jerusalem?
Revelation 21:10-27
- Pick your city
- Want the light
- Take His name
Revelation 20:11-15
Invest in your future
Use the present for practice
Build a vision that excites you
Revelation 20:1-6
Develop a vision of God's will
Develop a vision of your future
Develop a vision of your salvation
Revelation 19:11-21
How do we get ready for the 2nd coming of Jesus?
Wake up, watch, use the light to see
Be amazed
Surrender to Jesus now
Revelation 13:11-18
Believe the Bible
Acknowledge your vulnerability to deception
Decide now what you won't do then
Michael Jordan - Church Staff Counselor
Todd Diamond - Church Member
Gloria & Teo Mihut - Church Members
Revelation 13:1-9
Know who you are looking for
Know what deception looks like
Know the cost
Joshua 24:13-16 NKJV
Choose to be grateful/thankful
Choose to serve God
Choose to stand up
Romans 12:1-2
Revelation 6:1-10
Get ready by embracing God's wrath
Get ready by defending justice
Get ready by having a healthy fear of God
Mark 16:1-3
Because Jesus rose from the dead we need to get out of the house
Mark 16:4-7
Because Jesus rose from the dead we need to keep looking up
John 20:3-8
Because Jesus rose from the dead you gotta go in
John 20:25-28
Because Jesus rose from the dead we need to stop doubting and believe
Revelation 4: 1-11
Get where you can see God
Remember what you have seen
Sing the right song
Cast down your crowns
Ecclesiastes :1-15
You gain patience in God (I Peter 5:10)
You gain joy in the struggle (James 1:2-4)
You gain an awe of God (II Corinthians 12:9-10)
Mark 14:3-9
Sacrifice your best
Don't let practicality destroy your generosity
Tell the story
2 Samuel 24:21-25
Take responsibility to offer it up
Take responsibility for the solution
Take responsibility for the price
Luke 19:2-9
Take the steps that lead to significance
Measure the significance of your success
Increase your significance, not just your success
Luke 4:18-19
Joy is rest
Joy is the release of oppression
Joy is what the devil wants to diminish
Joy is restoration
Luke 4:18-19
Healing is a healthy relationship to God, others and ourselves
Healing is sending out the brokenness
Healing is what the devil is breaking down
Healing is an intentional desire to change
Luke 4:18-19
Seeing God means seeing our blindness
Seeing God means letting in the light
The enemy is working to keep you blind
Seeing God means seeing the spiritual world
What is "freedom" and how to we find it?
Luke 4:18-19
Freedom is a healthy mind
Freedom has an enemy
Freedom results in a feeling
Freedom has to be learned
Freedom is found in responsibilities
Luke 4:18-19
What is God's love and how do we invite it in?
The love of God is "other's" focused
The love of God is understood through His Word
The Love of God is discipline
Matthew 2:1-11
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Look for Him where God said He would be
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Find Him by following the signs
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We find Him when we bow down and worship Him
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We find Him when we give Him our best
Revelation 3:7-13
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Make sure it's the right key
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Keep His Word
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Hold on!
Additional references:
2 Peter 2:20-21; Mark 13:13; Hebrews 10:35-39; Hebrews 6:4-6
Revelation 2:12-17
Don't shift with culture
Find a sacrifice you are willing to make
Be honest with yourself
Revelation 2:1-7
Remember how Jesus talks to people He loves
Love other people along the way
Live a victorious life
- Culture Claim: All major religions are equally valid and besically teach the same thing.
Religious beliefs are based on historical claims that are either true or false. History does not allow us to say that all religions are equally true.
- Culture Claim: All truth including religious truth is relative.
We know all truth isn't relative. If Jesus rose from the dead then He is God, if He didn't rise from the dead then He is a lunatic.
- Culture Claim: Exclusive claims about religion are arrogant claims.
The person who says that exclusive religious claims are arrogant claims, fails to see their naiveness. Their claim to have more insight than all religions is the most arrogant of all.
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The Bible works to convert any form of slavery to equality
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The Bible moves relationships from bondage to freedom
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Christians have used the Bible incorrectly to justify slavery.
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Slavery is a human invention divinely eliminated.
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God's judgement results in the death of human beings and this is not murder.
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God passes judgement on cultures that exhibit pervasive wickedness over long periods.
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God's goal is abundant life.
Matthew 5:4; Matthew 5:3
2 Corinthians 7:8-13
Ecclesiastes 7:-4
Psalms 32:1-7
Psalms 51:1-19
Luke 15:20-24
Luke 18:10-14
Acts 2:7-11; Revelation 7:9
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No, the Bible promoted diversity by defending equality
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No, the Bible is the foundation for human rights
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No, the Bible produces the environment necessary for freedom to exist
Hebrews 4:12
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No, we can trust the Bible because we are here
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No, we can trust the Bible because the truth validates God
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No, we can trust the Bible because we do matter and there is meaning
Can we trust the New Testament or was it assembled by corrupt people in an effort to gain power and control?
1 Peter 1:23-25
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You can trust the selection process
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You can trust the motives of the authors
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You can trust the message
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We can trust the uniqueness of the Hebrew scrolls.
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We can trust the motives of those who wrote and maintained God's Word.
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We can trust the unity of the message.
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It is the power of God to bring order out of chaos
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God's Word is "the" truth
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God's Word progresses from revelation to salvation
Luke 4:18-19
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The truth allows us to find freedom
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Limited choice allows us to find freedom
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Taking responsibility allows us to find freedom
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Human rights are how we find freedom
Luke 4:18-19
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The love of God values both the mother and the child
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The love of God gave us human/equal rights
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The love of God creates boundaries
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The love of God is sacrificial
John 11: 32-44
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Let your partner influence you
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Solve your solvable problems
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Create shared meaning
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Repair
John 11: 24-29
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Continuously discover their inner world
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Build fondness and admiration
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Turn towards bids for connection
2 Peter 2:17-22
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They appeal to our desires
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They promise freedom that they can't deliver
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They will tangle you up again
2 Peter 1:12-19
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Believe it when God shows it to you
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Believe it when you hear God say it
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Believe it when the Bible says it
Luke 6:37-38
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Judge like Jesus
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Don't be afraid to forgive
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Give like you will never run out
2 Peter 1:5-11
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Make every effort to add to your faith
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Make every effort to be productive
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Make every effort to remember the forgiveness of Jesus
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Make every effort to confirm your calling
2 Peter 1:1-4
- We should receive righteousness
- We should receive our faith
- We should receive God's divine nature
I Corinthians 15:13-19
- Then our faith is useless
- Then the Bible is a lie
- Then there is nothing more
Matthew 28:16-20
- Jesus believed that He had all the authority
- Jesus believed that all the nations of the world needed to be like Him
- Jesus believed that we need to obey everything He commands
- Jesus believed that He was with us
Matthew 7:16-23
- Jesus believed that we are recognized by our fruit
- Jesus believed that only those who do the Father's will will enter heaven
- Jesus believed in relationship
John 10:28-29
Colossians 1:21-23
2 Timothy 2:11-12
Mark 13:13
1 Timothy 4:1
Hebrews 10:35-39
Matthew 5:3-12
- Jesus believed that He knew how to have a relationship to God
- Jesus believed that we naturally make the wrong choices when it comes to our relationship to God
- Jesus believed that it was important for us to change
- No, Jesus went out of His way to include people of different races
- No, black lives matter because black lives matter to Jesus
- No, Christians have supported racism but Jesus, the Bible, and Christianity never have
- No, Christianity is the foundation of our moral beliefs
- No, Christianity benefits humanity
- No, atheistic thinking has killed millions of people
Luke 1:15; Jeremiah 1:5; Galations 1:15; Psalms 139:13-17
- Because "sex selective" abortions target the destruction of girls
- Because "rights" don't change responsibilities
- Because the justification of abortion is intolerable
Genesis 1:1-31; 2:1-3
- No, Christians invented the modern scientific methodology
- No, Christians reject to abolition of meaning, value, and purpose
- No, all science, truth, reality, processes, natural laws, etc. belong to God
- No, the Bible tells us what science can't, along with Who and why the universe was created
Acts 8:26-39
- Yes, because the Bible says that it is authoritative
- Yes, because the Bible is the basis for our claims of equality and liberty
- Yes, because there is no better belief system to appeal to
- Yes, because we have seen the results of biblical rejection
Romans 1:24-28
- No, Christians celebrate same-sex love
- No, Christianity applies appropriate boundaries that produce
healthy relationships and glorify God - No, just because we don’t see the damage of homosexual sex doesn’t mean there isn’t any
- No, Christians are called to love all people
Ephesians 5:21-33
- No, because women are happier in committed relationships
- No, because Christian marriage sets boundaries for men and women
- No, because Christian marriage is God's design for our good
SERMON REFERENCES
www.discoverychurchhickory.com/week-2-references/
Luke 12:22-31, Matthew 11: 28-30
- Consider what God provides
- Choose faith
- Seek the kingdom
Acts 9: 3-18
- Know that your past doesn't exclude you from being used by Jesus
- Be listening
- Surrender your life
John 1: 1-5
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The beginning of re-creation
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Clarifying the nature of God
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Light shining in the darkness
Luke 12:15-21
What do you have that is of value and what is it to be used for?
- Do not make your life about your possessions
- Remember that your life is demanded of you
- Be rich towards God
I Corinthians 15:54-58
- Get swallowed up
- Use the law right
- Get your victory through Jesus
I Corinthians 15:49-53
- We bear the image of the heavenly man
- We must be changed
- We must clothe ourselves with immortality
I Corinthians 15:35-44
- Envision the supernatural
- Redefine death
- Build what you want to become
I Corinthians 15:25-32
- Put the enemy under your feet
- Choose Jesus with your death in mind
- Become filled with God
I Corinthians 15:19-24
- Death came through a man
- In Christ we are all made alive
- He destroyed all dominion, authority and power
I Corinthians 15:13-19
- Because your faith isn't useless
- Because it was taught by those who had no motivation to lie about God
- Because you know there is something more
I Corinthians 15:1-8 NIV
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We have to receive the gospel
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We have to take a stand on the gospel
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We have to be saved by the gospel
Ephesians 4:26-32
- Use your anger to serve someone other than yourself
- Let anger rise and die
- Let your anger drive you towards Jesus
- Forgive the offender
Ephesians 4:17-19
- Live differently
- Don't be ignorant
- Connect to God
- Stay sensitive to the Spirit
Mark 11:8-11
- Evaluate our expectations
- Make room for God's will
- Learn from our disappointment
Mark 9:2-8
- Believe Jesus is the Son of God
- Believe that God loves Him
- Believe that we should listen to Him
Mark 8:27-33
- Change our mind about the Messiah's PURPOSE
- Change our mind about our EXPECTATIONS of the Messiah
- Change our mind about the Messiah's CONCERNS
Mark 2: 14-17
- Change how we see OURSELVES
- Change how we see OUR DIRECTION
- Change how we see SALVATION
John 13: 1-20 ESV
- The love of Christ displays humility
- The love of Christ is underserved
- The love of Christ is about action
Daniel 3: 14-19
- Trusting God to DEFEND us
- Trusting God to DELIVER us
- Trusting God EVEN IF He doesn't...
Esther 4: 13-17
- Decide to speak up
- Decide to deliver others rather than yourself
- Decide to give you life
Judges 6: 11-16
- Believe that God is with you
- Believe that you have what it takes
- Believe that your weaknesses don't matter
- Believe in your mission
Psalm 63: 1-8
- Am I earnestly seeking You?
- Have I seen You?
- Am I satisfied in You?
- Do I trust You?
Matthew 2: 13-18
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Get up
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Protect what is precious
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Give God time to work
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Weigh the risks right
Matthew 2: 1-6
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People who are willing to make a journey
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People who are willing to be led
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People who are willing to worship
Acts 7:55-8:4
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Change what we are full of
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Change what we see
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Change how we solve problems
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Change what we are afraid of
Acts 5: 28-39
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Listen to the right voice
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Consider carefully
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Look where God is being glorified
Acts 4: 24-31
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Live for something bigger than yourself
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Keep God in front
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Know the enemy
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Pray for boldness
Acts 4: 5-13 NIV
- Work your witness
- Walk into what you want to run out of
- Speak the truth in love
- Be courageous
John 21:15-17
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Be honest about our brokenness
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Love Jesus as best you can
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Feed someone other than yourself
Luke 24:27-32
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Use the Bible to recognize Him
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Desire to be with Him
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Get where you can see Him
LUKE 24: 36-47
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See what Jesus wants to show you
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Believe what Jesus has said to you
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Open up your mind
John 20: 11-17
- God's love changes my fears
- God's love changes my future
- I receive God's love by inviting Him in
Pastor Tristan Sharpe helps us understand what it is that we need to be "Devoted" too..
December 29th, 2019
What are the right choices?
Matthew 6:19-24 (Holman)
Setting the context:
This scripture is part of the Sermon on the Mount. It is some of the most famous teaching of the ministry of Jesus and covers a wide range of topics. In this scripture Jesus is teaching about God and possessions and is focusing on how we live a life that is pleasing to God.
The Main question:
You are making choices every day. What are the right ones?
Discovering the Bible:
Choose the right thing to store.
Choose the right thing to see.
Choose the right thing to serve.
Questions for discussion groups
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Getting to know you question: Have you always made the right choices: In a couple of sentences, name a choice that went well and one that went poorly.
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Into the Bible questions:
- Read Matthew 6:19-21: these passages talk about what you collect on earth and how long they last. What happens to them in our lives? Why are we collecting them? What is missing in our lives and why do we think we need them. What do you think treasures in heaven are? What does God value and want us to store?
- Read Matthew 6:22-23: what does Jesus mean when he says the eye is the lamp of the body? What kind of things to we “see” in our lives and how does it make us feel. Have you experienced your body being full of darkness? When? How about full of light? What was the situation?
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Read Matthew 6:24: What are we slaves to? Why do we choice what we choose? What would a life look like if we were fully devoted to God? What are some of things we can do on earth to help others become fully devoted to God?
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Application question:
- You will be making choices every day this week. How do you choose in a way that will store, see and serve the right things?
Tristan Shore, Discovery Youth Pastor helps us answer the question.. "How do I know I am the Real Deal?"
1 Peter 2 New International Version (NIV) 2 Therefore, rid yourselves of all malice and all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and slander of every kind. 2 Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up in your salvation, 3 now that you have tasted that the Lord is good.
The Living Stone and a Chosen People 4 As you come to him, the living Stone—rejected by humans but chosen by Godand precious to him— 5 you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. 6 For in Scripture it says:
“See, I lay a stone in Zion,
a chosen and precious cornerstone,
and the one who trusts in him
will never be put to shame.”
7 Now to you who believe, this stone is precious. But to those who do not believe,
“The stone the builders rejected
has become the cornerstone,”
8 and,
“A stone that causes people to stumble
and a rock that makes them fall.”
They stumble because they disobey the message—which is also what they were destined for.
9 But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s special possession, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light. 10 Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.
John 3:26-30 New International Version (NIV) 26They came to John and said to him, “Rabbi, that man who was with you on the other side of the Jordan—the one you testified about—look, he is baptizing, and everyone is going to him.”
27To this John replied, “A person can receive only what is given them from heaven. 28You yourselves can testify that I said, ‘I am not the Messiah but am sent ahead of him.’ 29The bride belongs to the bridegroom. The friend who attends the bridegroom waits and listens for him, and is full of joy when he hears the bridegroom’s voice. That joy is mine, and it is now complete. 30He must become greater; I must become less.”
How do we experience healing?
Today, Pastor Smith Sharpe takes us through Luke 7:36-43 and helps us understand the answser.
Luke 7:36-43 New International Version (NIV) Jesus Anointed by a Sinful Woman 36 When one of the Pharisees invited Jesus to have dinner with him, he went to the Pharisee’s house and reclined at the table. 37 A woman in that town who lived a sinful life learned that Jesus was eating at the Pharisee’s house, so she came there with an alabaster jar of perfume. 38 As she stood behind him at his feet weeping, she began to wet his feet with her tears. Then she wiped them with her hair, kissed them and poured perfume on them.
39 When the Pharisee who had invited him saw this, he said to himself, “If this man were a prophet, he would know who is touching him and what kind of woman she is—that she is a sinner.”
40 Jesus answered him, “Simon, I have something to tell you.”
“Tell me, teacher,” he said.
41 “Two people owed money to a certain moneylender. One owed him five hundred denarii, and the other fifty. 42 Neither of them had the money to pay him back, so he forgave the debts of both. Now which of them will love him more?”
43 Simon replied, “I suppose the one who had the bigger debt forgiven.”
“You have judged correctly,” Jesus said.
How do we find the love of God?
Luke 19:1-10
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Find out who Jesus is.
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Accept His invitation to stay.
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Invite Him in.
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Invite change.
In today's message, Guest Speaker Phillip Fulbright teaches us how we get the proper spiritual perspective.
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See God as sovereign.
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Be content with your calling.
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Jesus must increase / You must decrease.
In this final message in the Good Father series, Pastor Smith Sharpe helps us figure out what we need to commit to.
2 Timothy 3:10-17
10 You, however, know all about my teaching, my way of life, my purpose, faith, patience, love, endurance, 11 persecutions, sufferings—what kinds of things happened to me in Antioch, Iconium and Lystra, the persecutions I endured. Yet the Lord rescued me from all of them. 12 In fact, everyone who wants to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted, 13 while evildoers and impostors will go from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived. 14 But as for you, continue in what you have learned and have become convinced of, because you know those from whom you learned it, 15 and how from infancy you have known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus. 16 All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, 17 so that the servant of Goda]">[a] may be thoroughly equipped for every good work. -NIV
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Commit to your character.
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Commit to your convictions.
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Commit to your calling.
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Commit to the scriptures.
In today's message, Pastor Sharpe teaches us what our assignment is.
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Align your loves.
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Align your motives.
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Align with the truth.
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Align your mind.
In today's message, Pastor Sharpe teaches us what should motivate our mouthes.
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We are motivated by kindness not anger.
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We are motivated by hope not accusation.
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We are motivated by truth not deception.
In today's message, Pastor Sharpe teaches us what price we should be willing to pay.
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Pay the price of a good soldier.
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Pay the price of an athlete.
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Pay the price of a hardworking farmer.
In today's message, Pastor Sharpe teaches us what choices will make a difference.
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Choose Preparation.
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Choose to do the work.
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Choose to fight the good fight.
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Choose to finish the race.
In today's message, Pastor Sharpe teaches us what we need to define.
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Define your relationships.
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Define Yourself.
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Define the journey.
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Define the Spirit of God.
In today's message, Pastor Smith discusses the past year of the church and what we are excited to celebrate today!
In today's message, guest speaker Tristian Shore teaches us what we need to know about God.
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There is a final destiny.
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God guides me with his counsel.
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The earth has nothing I desire.
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God is the strength of my heart.
In today's sermon, Pastor Sharpe teaches us what we need to do to be saved.
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Be Convicted.
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Repent.
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Be Baptized.
In today's message, Pastor Sharpe teaches us about the weight that mothers carry.
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The weight of relationship.
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The weight of watching.
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The weight of worry.
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The weight of sacrifice.
In today's message, Pastor Sharpe teaches us how to respond right.
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Open up don't cover up.
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Address it and confess it.
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Take responsibility.
In today's message, guest speaker Eric Fulcher teaches us how we do the work.
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Commit yourself to the work.
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Focus on who the work is for.
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There is a cost.
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No works no witness, no faith.
In today's message, Paster Sharpe explains to us what the evidence is for the resurrection.
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Why the tomb was empty.
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The eye witness.
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the Bible's damaging testimony.
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The birth of the church.
In today's message, Pastor Sharpe teaches us how we can side step the scheme.
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Keep the main thing the main thing.
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Meet when it matters.
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Name it when you see it.
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Value your vision.
In today's message, Pastor Sharpe teaches us how we can overcome our oppositions.
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See God in your situation.
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Do the work.
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Know your weaknesses.
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Ask for help.
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Guard your work.
In today's message, Pastor Sharpe teaches us how we can improve our motivation.
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Post a guard.
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Get rid of the rubble.
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Magnify your motivation.
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Focus on what you are fighting for.
In today's message, Pastor Sharpe tells us how we can develop thick skin.
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Listen to the right voice.
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Get God in the picture.
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Put your heart into your purpose.
In today's message, Guest Speaker Dean Cline talks on sending me.
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Regret your condition.
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Get clean.
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Listen
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Decide to go.
In today's message, Pastor Sharpe show us how we can build a God-glorifying team.
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Make the problem clear.
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Connect the situation to the problem.
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Identify the difference.
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Find a reason to have faith.
In today's message, Pastor Sharpe discusses how we pursue a God-glorifying purpose.
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Face your fears.
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Find favor.
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Take time.
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Request resources.
In today's sermon, the first in the Imagine Series, Pastor Sharpe discusses how we can develop a God glorifying direction.
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Clarify your passion.
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Pray for a purpose.
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Confess the problem.
In today's message, the seventh and final in the Way Maker Series, Guest Speaker Phillipa Miller speaks on how to be the way.
In today's message, the sixth in the WayMaker Series, Pastor Sharpe shows us how we can follow the one who is worthy.
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Focus on the one who's worthy.
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Accept God's purchase as your people.
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Think end game.
In today's sermon, the fifth in the WayMaker Series, Pastor Sharpe shows us how we become the way.
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Focus on what you want to be, not what you have been.
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Fight for what's right.
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Want to be what God can see.
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After God makes a way, become the way.
In today's message, guest speaker Tristan Shore interviews the youth of Discovery for Youth Sunday.
In today's message, the fourth in the Way Maker series, Pastor Sharpe shows us how to manage our motivations in order to set our eyes on God.
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Believe God's for what's best.
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Measure your motive.
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Guard your heart.
In today's message, the third in the Way Maker series, Pastor Sharpe shows us how God sent Christ for everyone.
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Clarify Your Assumptions.
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Identify Your Discriminations.
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Question Your Expectations.
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Limit Your Reactions.
Guest speaker Phillip Fulbright discusses Redemption.
Are you allowing Jesus to save you?
Way Maker 2
Today, Pastor Sharpe discusses the sermon message,
"What do we do to make the wait worth it?"
Today, Pastor Sharpe continued the series "First Serve"
Forgiving the Unfaithful
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Forgive
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Don't wait
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Follow
Eric Fulcher was our guest speaker.
Eric covered, Why should I live by Faith.
2 Corinthians 5:7
Points covered today.
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Living by faith produces perseverance.
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Living by faith we will be rewarded.
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Living by faith makes us complete.
In the second message of the First Serve series, Pastor Sharpe asks the question "What is disturbing my serving?".
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Work on what's wrong.
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Get interrupted.
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Ask the right questions.
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Do it.
Pastor Smith Sharpe starts a new series today titled, "First, Serve." Jesus came to serve, we as Christians need to do the same.
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Want what's right.
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Find your place.
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Become great.
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Be like Jesus!
Today, Pastor Sharpe starts a new series, "First Serve - The Secret is being a servant."
Todays sermon was, "What do I do to become a servant?"
Topics covered:
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Want what's right
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Find your place.
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Become great.
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Be like Jesus
Pastor Smith Sharpe dives in to the Imagine series today and helps us to "see what's hidden".
In this message from guest speaker Dean Cline titled "How do I become a disciple", we take a look at the steps to becoming a disciple of Jesus Christ.
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Let Jesus use your boat.
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Let down your nets.
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Leave everything and follow Jesus.
Today, Pastor Sharpe finishes the series "Imagine".
He discusses how can "My" story become "God's" story?
In this 5th installment of the Imagine sermon series, Pastor Smith Sharpe helps us understand how we receive redemption.
1.) Accept __________
2.) Confess __________
3.) Receive __________
Today Pastor Sharpe continues the series with Imagine: Forgiveness sets us free.
The topic today was, How do we forgive others?
Today, Pastor Sharpe continues the sermon on Imagine: Bring it into the light.
How do we create accountability?
In this message, Pastor Smith Sharpe delivers the 2nd message in the Imagine series titled.. "How do we find momentum?"
1.) Develop what you can do.
2.) Pay attention to the pain.
3.) Reject and replace
4.) Pull them down!
Listen in as Pastor Smith Sharpe reveals the plan for Discovery Church over the next year, and beyond!
Just Imagine!
In this message, "Imagine What's Hidden", Pastor Sharpe explains how to defeat our enemy.
We must:
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Believe you're in the battle.
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Believe what the Bible says about the battle.
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Believe you can win the battle.
Today Pastor Sharpe talks about how we submit to God's vision?
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Dont be afraid.
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Look up.
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Believe the Lord.
Happy Labor Day.
Today Pastor Sharpe discussed how to discover Joy.
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Release Love
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Receive it, don't watch it.
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Let your joy energize you.
Pastor Smith Sharpe brings us the 4th message from the Transformational Treasure series titled "If you want it, give it away!"
Scripture Reference: Acts 16:25-35
How do our hearts experience healing?
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Attitude of gratitude.
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Serve sinners AND saints.
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Respond right.
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Wash wounds.
Today Pastor Sharpe discussed how my Prayer determines my perspective.
Points covered:
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Pray
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Dont panic
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Call for the light
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Let God release you
Today, Pastor Smith Sharpe delivers the 2nd message in the Transformational Treasure series titled "How do we find freedom?"
Scripture Reference: Acts 16: 25-35
1.) Don't harm yourself!
2.) Look with the light.
3.) Learn the Word.
4.) Learn a new way.
Today, Pastor Sharpe welcome the LR football team to Discovery Church.
We start a new series called:
Transformational Treasure #1 God's Love is Good, Get it!
Topics covered:
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Realize that what I want is what only God can give.
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Want to know the word.
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Believe in Jesus.
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Invite Jesus to be Lord of your life.
What does it take to believe?
In this final message from the "Is Jesus God?" series, Pastor Smith Sharpe explain why all should believe.
Today, Pastor Sharpe finished up the series "Is Jesus God?"
Topics covered
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Listen for Gods will in questions.
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Don't develop your doubts.
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Use what you have to glorify God.
Today Pastor Smith Sharpe delivers the 4th sermon from the "Is Jesus God" series.
Matthew 14:26
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Take Courage
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Watch Jesus not the wind
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Face your Fears
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When you sink, search for the power
Today, Eric Fulcher brings us a message from Ephesians about how to live wisely.
Scripture reference: Ephesians 5:15-20
1.) Make the most of your time
2.) Be filled with the spirit
3.) Give thanks
Pastor Smith brings us the 3rd message in the "Is Jesus God?" series titled, "What do we need to do if Jesus is God?"
Scripture reference: John 11:25-44
1.)Be honest about your hurts.
2.)Take away your stone.
3.)Believe
Today guest speaker Dean Cline delivers a Father's Day message about how the bible defines success.
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Do not turn from it.
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Recite it day and night.
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Be Strong and Courageous.
One of the most controverisal questions in history, is easily answered when we look at Gods' word.
Pastor Smith Sharpe helps us answer the question "What do we do if Jesus is God?"
Scripture reference:
Mark 2: 1-12
Celebrate with us! God has done so much for our church family and our community this past year. He has allowed us as a body of believers to show His love to so many, and we are incredibly thankful! 2018/2019 are going to be amazing!
Pastor Smith Sharpe takes us down the list of accomplishments and blessings for the last year, and we get to hear some amazing testimonies from a few of our incredible members.
Today guest speaker Phillip Fulbright discussed how to survive the struggle of life.
Topics covered.
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Identify the enemy.
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Choose the right weapons.
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Make a decision to stand.
In today's message Pastor Sharpe speaks to couples and describes how we become "one flesh" on purpose. The scripture is from Ephesians 5:21-33.
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Wives, submit to your husbands.
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Husbands, sacrifice for your wives.
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Work together.
Today, Pastor Smith Sharpe discussed how we grow up on Purpose.
Ephesisans 4:14-16
"14..so that we may no longer be children, tossed to and fro by the waves and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by human cunning, by craftiness in deceitful schemes. 15 Rather, speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in every way into him who is the head, into Christ, 16 from whom the whole body, joined and held together by every joint with which it is equipped, when each part is working properly, makes the body grow so that it builds itself up in love."
1.) Avoid baby talk.
2.) Speak the truth in love.
3.) Grow up.
4.) Work together.
In this lesson, part 3 to our Purpose Driven series, Pastor Sharpe teaches how to become a dangerous disciple from Ephesians 2:1-10.
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Expect frustration.
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Learn the way.
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Do the work.
Pastor Smith Sharpe helps us figure out how to pray while driven by a purpose.
Epshesians 1:15-20
Pastor Smith Sharpe helps us think about the question, "What is God's purpose for me?"
Ephesians 1:4-10
1.) Our purpose is to chose God.
2.) Our purpose is to live in Christ.
3.) Our purpose is to unify.
On this baptism sunday, Pastor Sharpe talks about the reasons for baptism from Mark 1:8-13.
1. Baptism opens up heaven.
2. Baptism releases God's power.
3. Baptism is how we hear God's voice.
4. Baptism is how I follow Jesus.
In today's message, guest speaker Eric Fulcher talks about our need to love like Jesus.
1. I need to love like Jesus because it gives me confidence.
2. I need to love like Jesus because I will be complete.
3. I need to love like Jesus because He loved us first.
Today, Pastor Sharpe discussed what our activities will be like in heaven.
Rev. 22:1-3
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We will work
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We are building our resume now.
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We will praise and worship God.
In this message Pastor Sharpe speaks about what our relationships will look like in heaven; from Revelation 21:3-5.
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Earthly relationships are difficult.
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Heavenly relationships leave the curse behind.
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We will have a unique relationship with our spouse and children.
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Old relationships will be redeemed.
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We will have a new relationship with God.
In this message, Pastor Sharpe explains what God wants for us.
1. We all need to know God wants 5 things for us.
-Discover Joy
-Experience healing
-See God
-Find Freedom
-Love God
2. Jesus knows what God wants.
3. We can find what we need and what God wants, in Jesus.
In this sermon, Pastor Sharpe talks about how pain fits into our relationship with God.
1. There is a great deal of pain in the world.
2. Christianity claims pain has a purpose.
3. The Discovery difference.
Today, pastor Smith discussed if the church is judgmental.
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The church has been judgmental.
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The church isn't judgmental, it's transformational.
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The Discovery difference.
Our Life
Romans 6:5 For if we have been united with him in the likeness of his death, we will certainly also be in the likeness of his resurrection.
Grab a candle from the pedestal. Light it from the large candle on the altar then have a seat in a chair, floor, near the altar, or anywhere you feel comfortable and private.
Everybody dies. Today we are here; one day we will all be gone. For centuries Christians have paused to consider their own mortality on Ash Wednesday… not to be morbid, but to remind ourselves that we hope in the resurrection. We also do this to be reminded that every day is a gift. Every day is a gift and God is inviting us into the best life with Him. Take a few moments to talk with God about the desires for your life He has placed on your heart.
This candle before you represents your life. Watch it burn. Thank God for lighting the fire in your soul and that you will allow Him to do so as long as you are on this earth. Now spend a few moments pondering your own mortality. The day will come that we will all face death.
What will your life be committed to during your time here on earth? Will you join Him in the likeness of His resurrection? Until your flame is gone, who will it be dedicated to? The choice is yours. Put your candle at the altar as a sign that as long as your flame is burning, it will be dedicated to Him.
Fasting
Isaiah 64:8 Yet Lord, you are our Father; we are the clay, and you are our potter; we all are the work of your hands.
Take this time to pray about the upcoming Lenten season. A Lenten Fast in when you take something away in your normal life to create a new space of time for God to come in fill. It is a special and unique time to grow in your relationship with Him. When we allow God to come into these spaces, God uses them to mold us into who he desires us to be.
Spend this time contemplating what will you take away this season? Maybe the Holy Spirit has already laid on your heart what to fast from, spend this time reflecting about that? What is getting in your way of growing closer to him? How will you be intentional about filling this space with pursuit of Him?
Finally, observe the altar in front of you. The baskets in front represent an offering. This time it is not one of monetary, but rather an offering of commitment. What will you commit to giving up to create a space for God? Write it down on your note card and when you are ready, take it to the altar and place your card in the basket to signify the commitment.
Pastor Smith Sharpe tells us "What we need to know about money."
Luke 12;16-21
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The church has abused money.
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The church offers a healthy perspective about money.
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Discovery has a perspective about money.
In this sermon, Pastor Sharpe talks about the role of the church in our relationship with God.
1. Why should I have a relationship with God without the church?
2. Why should I have a relationship with God within the church?
3. What difference does Discovery make?
Pastor Sharpe talks in this sermon about hypocrisy in the church.
1. The church has hypocrites.
2. Hypocrisy hurts the hypocrite.
3. Hypocrisy is cured by humility.
4. The invitation to the hypocrite is to know Jesus not be religious.
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Youth Pastor Justin House interviews teens from the Discovery Student Ministry talking about their walk with Christ.
What will we be like in Heaven?
Today, Pastor Smith Sharpe takes us through the
2nd installment of the "Picturing Heaven" series.
Verse reference: 1 Corinthians 15:14-20
1.) We will be like Jesus.
2.) We will have resurected or glorified bodies.
3.) We will no longer suffer.
4.) We will retain a memory of all our experiences.
5.) We will have jobs to do.
6.) We will be different than Adam and Eve.
Pastor Smith Sharpe starts a 4 part series on Heaven.
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What is Heaven?
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Where is Heaven?
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Is there evidence for a heavenly dimension?
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Where do we go when we die?
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Where is our final heaven?
In today's message, guest speaker Dean Cline uses the scripture found in Matthew 9:14-17 to explain how we are made new.
1. Decide you want to be new.
2. Admit your brokenness.
3. Rely on God to make you new.
Pastor Sharpe explains the cost of God's intervention from Luke 2:25-35.
1. There is a rising and falling.
2. You will speak against Jesus.
3. Your heart will be revealed.
4. A sword will pierce your own soul.
In the first message of the Christmas series, Pastor Sharpe talks about the value of waiting. The scripture reference is from Luke 1:5-13.
1. Waiting is how God prepares us for it.
2. Waiting is how God works it out.
3. Waiting is how God clarifies it.
Guest speaker Phillip Fulbright talks about the reasons for being here from Isaiah 55:8-11
1. Change our thoughts to God's thoughts.
2. Change our ways to God's ways.
- Find direction through the crucifixion.
Pastor Sharpe talks about the idea of inviting non-Christians to join us with the hope they will find Christ. Today's text is from Acts 9:1-6.
Pastor Sharpe talks about how to avoid being on the wrong side of situations. Today's text is from Acts 6:8-15.
1. Avoid secret persuasions
2. Avoid stirring up others
3. Avoid false witnesses
4. Avoid exaggeration
Pastor Sharpe uses the text from Acts 5:33-40 to help us understand how to avoid letting our plans interfere with God's.
1. Consider wise advise.
2. Consider the past.
3. Consider the sovereignty of God.
Pastor Sharpe explains the need for boldness in our lives and how we receive boldness from God.
1. Believe you belong in God's business.
2. Believe in a big God.
3. Believe that God has seen this before.
Pastor Sharpe explains why we need courage and where the source of our courage comes from.
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The furnace of affliction
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Conviction
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Being with Jesus
Pastor Justin House takes us through 2 Timothy 1:1-7 and helps us understand "How the Holy Spirit gives us life".
Pastor Smith Sharpe takes us through Acts 3: 11-16 and explains how we are a witness.
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We are broken.
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God raised Jesus from the dead.
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Faith in Jesus is my hope.
Pastor Smith Sharpe takes us through Acts 2:22-24, 36-38 to see what we need to know about change.
What is the Holy Spirit?
Pastor Smith Sharpe takes us through Acts 2:1-8 to help us find out.
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The Holy Spirit is Gods promise.
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The Holy Spirit is Gods presence.
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The Holy Spirit is Gods power.
Why should we get baptized in the Holy Spirit?
Pastor Smith Sharpe takes us through Acts 1:1-8 to explain why.
This amazing 5 part series on Jesus' "Great Proclaimation" explores 5 powerful desires that HE has for all of us!
This amazing 5 part series on Jesus' "Great Proclaimation" explores 5 powerful desires that HE has for all of us!
This amazing 5 part series on Jesus' "Great Proclaimation" explores 5 powerful desires that HE has for all of us!
This amazing 5 part series on Jesus' "Great Proclaimation" explores 5 powerful desires that HE has for all of us!
This amazing 5 part series on Jesus' "Great Proclaimation" explores 5 powerful desires that HE has for all of us!
All that stands in opposition to God has been done away with. Now Johns sees the Holy City, the New Jerusalem coming down from Heaven. It is beautiful with precious stones and metals but what sets off its brilliants is God’s light.
This is the first week of the new series "Discovering Church". Come join us on a journey through the book of Acts and discover how the church was born. God has created the most powerful institution on the earth. It isn’t limited to one place, language, building or nationality. This institution is a movement of hope, healing and salvation. God created something that provides encouragement, guidance and community. Come with us and discover “The Church!”