An agent of change “You are the salt of the earth; but if the salt has become tasteless, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled underfoot by people. You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden; nor do people …
Made for change But we all, with unveiled faces, looking as in a mirror at the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as from the Lord, the Spirit. – 2Cor 3:18 And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so …
Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, according to the promise of life which is in Christ Jesus, to Timothy, a beloved son: Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord. I thank God, whom I serve with a pure conscience, as my forefathers did, as without ceasin …
When you go out to battle against your enemies and see horses, chariots, and people more numerous than you, do not be afraid of them; for the Lord your God, who brought you up from the land of Egypt, is with you. When you are approaching the battle, the priest shall come forward and speak to the peo …
Connections are made in circles, not rows Two are better than one because they have a good return for their labor. For if either of them falls, the one will lift up his companion. But woe to the one who falls when there is not another to lift him up! – Ecc 4:9-10 Synergy Instead, you will chase …
You were made for community Then the Lord God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone; I will make him a helper suitable for him.” – Gen 2:18 Community isn’t just good – it’s imperative Bear one another’s burdens, and thereby fulfill the law of Christ – Gal 6:2 There’s a difference betwe …
Why are we still here? This means that anyone who belongs to Christ has become a new person. The old life is gone; a new life has begun! And all of this is a gift from God, who brought us back to Himself through Christ. And God has given us this task of reconciling people to Him. For God was in Ch …
You were made to get past your past While He (Jesus) was in Bethany at the home of Simon the Leper, He was reclining at the table, and a woman came with an alabaster vial of very expensive perfume of pure nard. She broke the vial and poured the perfume over His head. But there were some indignantl …
You were made for more . . . and you know it Deep calls to deep – Ps 42:7a Yet God has made everything beautiful for its own time. He has planted eternity in the human heart – Ecc 3:11 God gave you a destiny – and set you up for it “For I know the plans that I have for you,” declares the Lord, “ …
(Jesus speaking) “Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors.” – Matt 6:11-12 Vertical forgiveness is somehow intertwined with horizontal forgiveness Be kind to one another, compassionate, forgiving each other, just as God in Christ also has fo …
Jesus said, “Do not worry” “No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and wealth. For this reason I say to you, do not be worried about your life, as to what you will eat or what you wi …
Heaven is a real place In My Father’s house are many rooms; if that were not so, I would have told you, because I am going there to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I am coming again and will take you to Myself, so that where I am, there you also will be. And you k …
“You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ But I say to you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, so that you may prove yourselves to be sons of your Father who is in heaven; for He causes His sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sen …
“Now if your right eye is causing you to sin, tear it out and throw it away from you; for it is better for you to lose one of the parts of your body, than for your whole body to be thrown into hell. And if your right hand is causing you to sin, cut it off and throw it away from you; for it is better …
Enter through the narrow gate; for the gate is wide and the way is broad that leads to destruction, and there are many who enter through it. For the gate is narrow and the way is constricted that leads to life, and there are few who find it. – Matt 7:13-14 The problem with “All roads lead to God” …
“My son, do not regard lightly the discipline of the Lord, nor faint when you are punished by Him; For whom the Lord loves He disciplines, and He punishes every son whom He accepts.” It is for discipline that you endure; God deals with you as with sons; for what son is there whom his father does not …
Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord – Ps 33:12a You’ve got to pick the right God No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to one and despise the other – Matt 6:24a How blessed [fortunate, prosperous, and favored] are the people w …
For though we live in the world, we do not wage war as the world does. The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have divine power to demolish strongholds. We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take …
When the time drew near for David to die, he gave a charge to Solomon his son. “I am about to go the way of all the earth,” he said. “So be strong, act like a man, and observe what the Lord your God requires: Walk in obedience to Him, and keep His decrees and commands, His laws and regulations, as w …
Listen or Fix ? A fool takes no pleasure in understanding, but only in expressing his opinion. – Prov 18:2 ESV Try to win an agreement, not an argument Strive for peace with everyone, and for the holiness without which no one will see the Lord. See to it that no one fails to obtain the grace of …
It (Love) does not act disgracefully, it does not seek its own benefit; it is not provoked, does not keep an account of a wrong suffered – 1Cor 13:5 You keep score in GAMES – Not in RELATIONSHIPS Keep short accounts Be angry, and yet do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your anger – Eph 4:26 …
You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor – Ex 20:16 NKJV There are six things that the Lord hates, Seven that are an abomination to Him: Haughty eyes, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood, a heart that devises wicked plans, feet that run rapidly to evil, a false witness w …
Unrealistic or Inappropriate Expectations Let no unwholesome word proceed from your mouth, but only such a word as is good for edification according to the need of the moment, so that it will give grace to those who hear. – Eph 4:29 Have you communicated? Unspoken expectations are premeditated r …
Pay to all what is due them: tax to whom tax is due; custom to whom custom; respect to whom respect; honor to whom honor. – Rom 13:7 Honor our mothers Honor your father and your mother, so that your days may be prolonged on the land which the Lord your God gives you. – Ex 20:12 Honor your father a …
Ways we try to control So Samson’s wife wept in front of him and said, “You only hate me, and you do not love me; you have proposed a riddle to the sons of my people, and have not told it to me.” And he said to her, “Behold, I have not told it to my father or mother; so should I tell you?” However s …
I know that nothing good lives in me – Rom 7:18a As she (Achsah) got down off her donkey, Caleb asked her, “What’s the matter?” She said, “Give me another gift. You have already given me land in the Negev; now please give me springs of water, too.” So Caleb gave her the upper and lower springs. – Jo …
Frequent, Unsolicited Criticism Let no unwholesome word proceed from your mouth, but only such a word as is good for edification according to the need of the moment, so that it will give grace to those who hear. – Eph 4:29 The All-About-ME Critic The weak you have not strengthened, the sick you …
Our Enemy’s Agenda, Strategy and Tactics … that no advantage would be taken of us by Satan, for we are not ignorant of his schemes – 2Cor 2:11 Our Enemy’s Agenda is Destruction Our Enemy’s Strategy is Division His Tactics are Little Offenses The thief comes only to kill, steal, and destroy – John …
Then the Lord God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone.” – Gen 2:18a It’s not over – You need to dream again The hand of the Lord was upon me, and He brought me out by the Spirit of the Lord and set me down in the middle of the valley; and it was full of bones. He had me pass among them a …
Now at the Passover Feast he used to release for them any one prisoner whom they requested. And the one named Barabbas had been imprisoned with the rebels who had committed murder in the revolt. And the crowd went up and began asking Pilate to do as he had been accustomed to do for them. Pilate answ …
Jesus will take you into the storm to take you through the storm On that day, when evening came, He (Jesus) said to them, “Let’s go over to the other side.” – Mark 4:35 After dismissing the crowd, they took Him along with them in the boat, just as He was – Mark 4:36a And a fierce gale of wind deve …
As she approached the man of God at Mount Carmel, Elisha saw her in the distance. He said to Gehazi, “Look, the woman from Shunem is coming. Run out to meet her and ask her, ‘Is everything all right with you, your husband, and your child?’” “Yes,” the woman told Gehazi, “everything is fine.” But whe …
Think / Dream Big For as he thinks within himself, so he is – Prov 23:7a Then Jonathan said to the young man who was carrying his armor, “Come, and let’s cross over to the garrison of these uncircumcised men; perhaps the Lord will work for us” – 1Sam 14:6a Believe Big “Come, and let’s cross over …
When Elisha became sick with the illness of which he was to die, Joash the king of Israel came down to him, and wept over him and said, “My father, my father, the chariots of Israel and its horsemen!” And Elisha said to him, “Take a bow and arrows.” So he took a bow and arrows. Then Elisha said to t …
“So I will stretch out My hand and strike Egypt with all My miracles which I shall do in the midst of it; and after that he will let you go.” – Ex 3:20 “Say, therefore, to the sons of Israel, ‘I am the LORD , and I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will deliver you fr …
But I know that the king of Egypt will not let you go unless compelled by a mighty hand. So I will stretch out My hand and strike Egypt with all the wonders that I will do in it; after that he will let you go. – Ex 3:19-20 ESV Then Moses answered and said, “But suppose they will not believe me or li …
Unity is not uniformity If the whole body were an eye, how would you hear? Or if your whole body were an ear, how would you smell anything? But our bodies have many parts, and God has put each part just where he wants it. How strange a body would be if it had only one part! – 1Cor 12:17-19 Unity …
Many times God will put something within your REACH, but beyond your HAND Look at the birds of the sky, that they do not sow, nor reap, nor gather crops into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more important than they? – Matt 6:26 After the death of Moses the Lord’s ser …
We are only successful when we become who God made us to be The LORD gave me a message. He said, “I knew you before I formed you in your mother’s womb. Before you were born I set you apart and appointed you as my spokesman to the world.” – Jer 1:4-5 NLT God not only births People – but Churches …
God is in control He makes everything work out according to His plan – Eph 1:11b Look here, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we are going to a certain town and will stay there a year. We will do business there and make a profit.” How do you know what your life will be like tomorrow? Your life is li …
But as for me, the nearness of God is good for me – Ps 73:28a Now there were four leprous men at the entrance of the gate; and they said to one another, “Why are we sitting here until we die? If we say, ‘We will enter the city,’ then the famine is in the city and we will die there; but if we sit her …
Come close to God and He will come close to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your hearts, you double-minded – Jas 4:8 Then you will call upon Me and come and pray to Me, and I will listen to you. And you will seek Me and find Me when you search for Me with all your heart. I will let …
Joseph was kind Now the birth of Jesus the Messiah was as follows: when His mother Mary had been betrothed to Joseph, before they came together she was found to be pregnant by the Holy Spirit. And her husband Joseph, since he was a righteous man and did not want to disgrace her, planned to send he …
God gave us His best when He gave us Jesus For this is how God loved the world: He gave His one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in Him will not perish but have eternal life – John 3:16 NLT Not only Jesus – But all things as well He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him ove …
True ugly often has little to do with appearance “You have heard that our ancestors were told, ‘You must not murder. If you commit murder, you are subject to judgment.’ But I say, if you are even angry with someone, you are subject to judgment! If you call someone an idiot, you are in danger of be …
Much of our Christmas is made up of add-ons He will save His people from their sins – Matt 1:21b He (Jesus) is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation: for by Him all things were created, both in the heavens and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones, or dominions, …
Stress So do not worry about tomorrow; for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own. – Matt 6:34 Hurried Frustration In everything, therefore, treat people the same way you want them to treat you, for this is the Law and the Prophets – Matt 7:12 Selfishness and …
Everything good comes from God. Every perfect gift is from Him. These good gifts come down from the Father who made all the lights in the sky. But God never changes like the shadows from those lights. He is always the same. – Jas 1:17 ERV At that same time Jesus was filled with the joy of the Holy S …
Who is this guy, Stephen? And they stirred up the people, the elders, and the scribes, and they came up to him and dragged him away, and brought him before the Council. They put forward false witnesses who said, “This man does not stop speaking against this holy place (the Temple) and the Law – Ac …
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As they were speaking to the people, the priests and the captain of the temple guard and the Sadducees came up to them, being greatly disturbed because they were teaching the people and proclaiming in Jesus the resurrection from the dead. And they laid hands on them and put them in prison until the …
“Sanctify” simply means to set apart or to be made holy Therefore, I urge you, brothers, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God – this is your true and proper worship. Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renew …
Now Peter and John were going up to the temple at the ninth hour, the hour of prayer. And a man who had been unable to walk from birth was being carried, whom they used to set down every day at the gate of the temple which is called Beautiful, in order for him to beg for charitable gifts from those …
As for Philip, an angel of the Lord said to him, “Go south down the desert road that runs from Jerusalem to Gaza.” So he started out, and he met the treasurer of Ethiopia, a eunuch of great authority under Candace, the Queen of Ethiopia. The eunuch had gone to Jerusalem to worship, and he was now re …
So then, those who had received his word were baptized; and that day there were added about three thousand souls. They were continually devoting themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer. Everyone kept feeling a sense of awe; and many wonders and …
🔥We must become Transformers Now as they observed the confidence of Peter and John and understood that they were uneducated and untrained men, they were amazed, and began to recognize them as having been with Jesus. And seeing the man who had been healed standing with them, they had nothing to say i …
🔵It’s important for you to know God for yourself and not just a version of Him I call heaven and earth to witness this day against you that I have set before you life and death, the blessings and the curses, therefore choose life, that you and your descendants may live. Deut. 30:19 I know your (re …
When the day of Pentecost had come, they were all together in one place. And suddenly a noise like a violent rushing wind came from heaven, and it filled the whole house where they were sitting. And tongues that looked like fire appeared to them, distributing themselves, and a tongue rested on each …
When the day of Pentecost had come, they were all together in one place. And suddenly a noise like a violent rushing wind came from heaven, and it filled the whole house where they were sitting. And tongues that looked like fire appeared to them, distributing themselves, and a tongue rested on each …
🔥 Where did they wait? All these were continually devoting themselves with one mind to prayer, along with the women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with His brothers. – Acts 1:14 While He was blessing them, He parted from them and was carried up into heaven. And they, after worshiping Him, return …
For I handed down to you as of first importance what I also received, that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, and that He was buried, and that He was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures, and that He appeared to Cephas, then to the twelve. After that He appeared to …
🔥 The meaning of Jesus Christ 🔥 Jesus emptied Himself to come to earth Have this attitude in yourselves which was also in Christ Jesus, Who, as He already existed in the form of God, did not consider equality with God something to be grasped, but emptied Himself by taking the form of a bond-servant …
🔥 The Promise in the Old Testament Moreover, I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; and I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh. And I will put My Spirit within you and bring it about that you walk in My statutes, and are careful and follo …
All Scripture is inspired by God and beneficial for teaching, for rebuke, for correction, for training in righteousness; so that the man or woman of God may be fully capable, equipped for every good work – 2Tim 3:16-17 🔥 A bit of background It seemed fitting to me as well, having investigated everyt …
I beg you to lead a life worthy of your calling, for you have been called by God – Eph 4:1b NLT ➤➤ Your calling is sure The One who calls you is faithful, and He will also accomplish it – 1Thes 5:24 NABR For God’s gifts and His call are irrevocable. [He never withdraws them when once they are given, …
Thus says the Lord, Who makes a way through the sea and a path through the mighty waters, “Do not call to mind the former things, or ponder things of the past. Behold, I will do something new; Now it will spring forth; Will you not be aware of it? I will even make a roadway in the wilderness, rivers …
Therefore, since we have so great a cloud of witnesses surrounding us, let us also lay aside every encumbrance and the sin which so easily entangles us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, fixing our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of faith – Heb 12:1-2a ➤➤ Everyone …
This is a sermon about Jesus and his disciples getting into a ship and going to the other side. And when he had sent the multitudes away, he went up into a mountain apart to pray: and when the evening was come, he was there alone. But the ship was now in the midst of the sea, tossed with waves: for the wind was contrary.
Review This series is an extension of our study on spiritual parenting and discipleship. Spiritual parenting and discipleship are a return to a focus on the original royal decree: be fruitful and multiply. In sum, God wants kids, lots of them. One of the things that distinguishes humans from other c …
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Introduction It was the writer of Proverbs that said it so well, (Slide) “Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but desire fulfilled is a tree of life.” Proverbs 13:12. Maybe you have experienced that. Maybe At School- When is this semester ever going to end? Or on a Trip- Are we there yet? Kids and …
This is a sermon about Jesus and his disciples getting into a ship and going to the other side. And when he had sent the multitudes away, he went up into a mountain apart to pray: and when the evening was come, he was there alone. But the ship was now in the midst of the sea, tossed with waves: for the wind was contrary.