When Jesus visits His temple… Introduction: Disturbed for a reason -Many times God will have you go through “agitations” that are not really about you-but for you to receive from Him a “Word” for others to be encouraged (which goes beyond being a preacher) Proverbs 15:23-To make an apt answer is a joy to a […]
Living like we are not enough Introduction: Breaking through to God’s goodness Acts 14:1-4-Now at Iconium they entered together into the Jewish synagogue and spoke in such a way that a great number of both Jews and Greeks believed. 2 But the unbelieving Jews stirred up the Gentiles and poisoned their minds against the […]
Matthew 13:18-23 Barriers to growth No miraculous light Conditional affection: No depth What focus is overthrowing our faith Conclusion: Real faith can’t help but grow!
Title: A culture change of expectations Passage: 1 Corinthians 7:25-35 *Realizing and sharing the burden *Re-shaping our mentality *Re-defining our expectations
Proving Christ love in community The closest equivalent may be ‘we believe just as though we were all one person’ or ‘we believe in one and the same way. Introduction: When community is not the foundation… –my cousin and his girlfriend are both successful and want to build a union and family-but for that to […]
Matthew 17:1-8- And after six days Jesus took with him Peter and James, and John his brother, and led them up a high mountain by themselves. 2 And he was transfigured before them, and his face shone like the sun, and his clothes became white as light. 3 And behold, there appeared to them Moses […]
Love: Our motivation to serve God and each other (Stand-alone) Introduction: 1 John 3:16-18–By this we know love, that he laid down his life for us, and we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers. 17 But if anyone has the world’s goods and sees his brother in need, yet closes his heart […]
The Church-pioneers of racial reconciliation Introduction: Giving the Word the authority to change us… James 1:19-21-Know this, my beloved brothers: let every person be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger; 20 for the anger of man does not produce the righteousness that God requires. 21 Therefore put away all filthiness and rampant […]