Extreme Makeover – Heart Edition (Titus 3:3-7) Preached by Pastor Phil Layton at Gold Country Baptist Church on August 31, 2008 www.goldcountrybaptist.org “Extreme Makeover – Home Edition” is one of the top-rated TV series over the last four years in the US, and it is also shown overseas in Portugal,…

The Spirit plays a vital role in our conversions, more than we tend to give Him credit for at times. This lesson shows how the Spirit works in the preaching of the Gospel and regenerates the believer.

If you’re a disciple of Jesus, then your abiding in Christ and His abiding in you defines everything about who you are. In this series we’ll see how the disciple’s mission, mind, emotions, body, will, and relationships are affected by his or her relationship to Jesus. Understanding our identity in Christ is crucial as we seek to follow him faithfully.

The radical renewal of a person’s inner being by the work of God’s Spirit.

Prayer So, if you’ve been with us, for the past several weeks we’ve looked at the topic of Baptism... With us making our way through the gospel of John... we came to John the Baptist being called by God to INTRODUCE Jesus Christ to Israel... by water baptizing... AND then we looked into the actual water…

18 Now it happened that as he was praying alone, the disciples were with him. And he asked them, “Who do the crowds say that I am?” 19 And they answered, “John the Baptist. But others say, Elijah, and others, that one of the prophets of old has risen.” 20 Then he said to them, “But who do you say that…

Today we are picking up our study of the Gospel of John in chapter 3. This is probably one of the most popular sections in the whole Bible. It is the meeting of Nicodemus with Jesus. It is the portion of scripture where we find the expression, “Born-again”. The big question today is, “What does it mean…

Acts 8:26-40

Exodus 12:13 "And the blood shall be a sign for you on the houses where you live; and when I see the blood I will pass over you, and no plague will befall you to destroy you when I strike the land of Egypt." (NASB) Exodus 7-12 records that God brought down 10 different plagues upon the people of Egypt…

But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, to those who believe in His name: I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service. And do not be conformed…

When you choose to obey, you are deciding to TRUST God's Plans, SUBMIT to God's Authority, and BELIEVE God's Truth! You must choose to obey God in order to receive the blessings of God and have everlasting life.

Prophecy is not always sweet to the unrepentant Christian heart, just TRUTH! Time is short, look at Jesus in your heart and ask Him if you are spiritually asleep! Your decision may well could save your children and your Nation. If God has spoken to your heart, come and talk to Him at His altar!

Close your eyes and imagine the following: God the Father - nice old man with a beard? God the Son - Pic of Jesus or Jesus on the cross Holy Spirit - The bible gives us some descriptions. John 3 says he is like the wind. We can picture what the wind does, but we really can’t se it. To most of us, the…

SF 1 Title: Humpty Dumpty Lives Text: Titus: 3: 3-7 Attention Step: Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall, Humpty Dumpty had a great fall, All the King’s horses, And all the King’s men, Couldn’t put Humpty together again. ILL. HUMPTY DUMPTY FELL OFF THE WALL. Humpty Dumpty really wanted to "stay on top of things",…

The Vocabulary Of Salvation 9/16/07 A.M. Message #2 17 Key Words Repentance, Faith, Substitution, Reconciliation, Propitiation, Remission, Regeneration, Redemption, Imputation, Adoption, Supplication, Justification, Sanctification, Glorification, Election, Foreknowledge, Predestination Regeneration—receiving…

Regeneration

Today is sermon 2 from our Believe series - after this we’ll have 28 more to go! The topic this week is God is personal . Of the 4,200 religions in the world, the Judeo-Christian faith is largely unique in the fact that God reveals Himself, God is knowable, He’s near, He’s active in our lives and He…

Worship Call To Worship Scripture Reading 10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them. Scripture Reading 1 There shall come forth a shoot from the stump of Jesse, and a branch from his roots shall bear fruit. 2 And…

Romans 12:1-2 "Present"

Jesus gives a recipe for a happy and flourishing life.

God really knows who believes and what’s really in our hearts. Jesus is not looking for surface level believers, people who believe only in deed but not in heart God doesn’t need human validation to be God “ The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately sick; who can understand it? “I the…