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Resources in 2 Corinthians
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Planning and the Gospel of Christ
Please Note: the full transcript is available in the Manuscript link above. 1 Corinthians 11:26 - For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until He comes. John 1:14 - And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us, and we saw His glory, glory as…Read More -
The Stewardship of Our Outreach
3 aspects of being a faithful ambassador for Christ I. The Nature of Your Calling A. We are ambassadors for Christ 1. Growing in spiritual maturity ambassador – Greek word presbeuomen Matthew 6:33 - But seek first His kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things will be added to you. 2. Living in a…Read More -
Growing Stronger in your Giving
Stewardship: God-given responsibility with accountability 1. God owns everything. I own nothing. 2. God entrusts me with everything I have. 3. I am responsible to increase what God has given to me. 4. God can call me into account at any time. It could be today. I. Our Giving must be Sacrificial A. The sacrifice…Read More -
The Next Step in Giving
- Something happened last Sunday that I would guess, if I did not point it out, would go unmentioned and practically unnoticed today…. - and the fact that that’s true allows us to make an important observation about the Lord, and our church family… - here’s what happened -- last Sunday, as part of our…Read More -
Stewardship of the Gospel
1Introduction: #1: DISCUSS the Stewardship Commitment Card – explain how using the INTERNET will save hours of human resources putting the info into Shelby database - some have already pledged an amount, you may want to consider INCREASING it - some are NEW to our church, and have not yet made a commitment NOTE:…Read More -
Grace is Sufficient
Introduction: 1. We are continuing our series this morning on: Finding Hope in the Promises of God - last week at studied 1 Cor. 10:13: 1 Corinthians 10:13 No temptation has overtaken you but such as is common to man; and God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you…Read More -
Authentic Suffering
Introduction – Doing hard things. - how frequently do you look at a task or responsibility that lies before you and think, “that’s going to be hard”?... - does that happen on a fairly regular basis for you, or is your life filled with different variations of the “easy button”… - no, we’re all called…Read More -
Imputation
So important is eternal life that the Bible gives us many illustrations so that no one will miss the message. To the farmers, Jesus talked about soil and seed. To the shepherds, He talked about sheep. To beggars, He talked about a great feast that God had spread. To lawyers, He talked about justification.…Read More -
Finances and Relationships
Introduction: This week we will wrap our series on Stewardship. I trust you have benefitted from the Dave Ramsey videos. I want to thank Mike Sandry for all his work in putting together the PowerPoint and videos. This series is especially relevant with what is happening on Wall Street. I also think it is more…Read More -
The Will of God and Your Ministry
- This morning I’d like to begin our time together by asking you a question... - Agree/Disagree – The Bible often cautions us about investing our lives in things that don’t really matter. - would you agree with that, and if necessary could you make the case from God’s Word that it is possible…Read More -
The Hope of Suffering
- think about back when you were a kid...[for some that will require longer-term memory than others]... - when a group of you were together...and you were thinking about doing something you had never done before...what phrase was often spoken?... - please tell me if this sounds familiar --- “You go first”... - and…Read More -
Open Hands - Living a Blessed Life
Introduction Last week we looked at living a generous life. Today we are going to take a different look at the concept of open hands. It has been said that just as you cannot give with your hands closed, you cannot receive with them closed either. Giving and Receiving. Reaping and Sowing. That is what…Read More -
A Story of Suffering
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The Wonder of Your Eternal Home
- Our Church’s Theme this Year has been Reaching New Heights - the fellow on the front of our bulletin cover has signified what we attempting to do...to get to a better place in a variety of ways... - we’ve tried to do that personally...that’s why we’ve studied extended passages of Scripture about how…Read More -
How Can We All Get Along? part 3
Introduction: 1. We’re continuing our NEW series in connection with the NEW Worship series: Building Strong Families and Relationships! - our first study today is: Why Can’t We All Get Along? 2. We made the point that of all the people in the world who ought to be able to get along, it ought…Read More -
Answer from a Weak Body
- This morning I’d like to begin our time by giving you a little quiz... - T/F – Your physical body is intrinsically sinful...everything about your body is bad, it’s evil, it’s sinful... - another way of asking that question is – Do Christians believe in Greek dualism?...where the physical is bad but the spirit…Read More -
Processing the Religious Aspect of America’s New War
- for the past five Sundays, we’ve been studying truths from the Word of God to help us respond to the terrorist attack of September 11 and the war in which our country is now engaged. - the plan, Lord willing, is to wrap those ideas up today and to begin a series on…Read More -
Basic Truths: Assurance of Salvation - Why People Have Doubts #3
- we've been studying the topic of assurance of salvation - Word of God makes it clear that God wants you to be saved - ...and he wants you to know for sure that you're saved - cf. I John 5:13 - in this study we've said that God wants you…Read More
