In her hymn, Come, All Christians, Be Committed, Eva B. Lloyd reminds us that the Christian life is essentially a life of service to others in Jesus’ name. It is, a relatively new hymn set to an old tune. The words are by Eva B. Lloyd who composed the hymn in 1963. The hymn first appeared in the 1975…

Health Quiz - How many here have ever broken a bone? How many here have ever had stitches? 30 or more stitches? How many have cut yourself? Anyone wounded in combat? Talk about a different type of wound… our hidden emotional wounds. What are our hidden wounds? memories, resentments, regrets, worries,…

Romans 12:1-8 Stephen Caswell © 2004 Servant hood The Navigators are well known for their emphasis on having an attitude of servant hood. A businessman asked Lorne Sanny, then president of the Navigators, how he could know when he had a servant like attitude. Lorne replied, by how you act when you are…

Introduction Good morning church family. I am so glad you are here today. Today I will be finishing up the the message I started on Hebrews 12:1-2 . The author of Hebrews is using the image of a racer to encourage a group of Jewish Christians. The way this passage is laid out reminded me of my high school…

God’s Character Commands our Joy, Trust and Submission Let’s go ahead and turn to Psalm 100 this morning and as we look at the what God’s Character demands of us. A Psalm for Thanksgiving. 1 Shout joyfully to the Lord , all the earth. 2 Serve the Lord with gladness; Come before Him with joyful singing.…

Secret #1 - Humility - Not Too High, but Not Too Low For by the grace given to me I say to everyone among you not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think, but to think with sober judgment, each according to the measure of faith that God has assigned. Despite all the warning our culture…

Title: Being An Example Of Believers Main Scripture: 1 Timothy 4:12-16 Introduction: Let no man despise thy youth... I. Being An Example Of Believers A. In Word B. In Conversation C. In Charity D. In Spirit E. In Faith F. In Purity II. How To Be A Better Example Of Believers A. Give Attendance 1. To Reading 2. To Exhortation 3. To Doctrine B. Neglect Not Your Gifts C. Meditate Upon Those Things III. Continuing To Be An Example Of Believers Close: I Beseech You Brethren Other Scripture: Matthew 5:14-16 Matthew 12:36 1 Peter 1:15 Philippians 4:9 1 Corinthians 12:11 Romans 12:1-2

We are God's tools. He creates us to do a specific task that can only be accomplished as we are shaped and fashioned by Him. We are useful as long as we are shaped by God. The moment we resist Him, we lose our usefulness. God is shaping and fashioning you and me for use. Every single believer can and will be used by God for His purpose. You are useful. How do I know that? Because God uses people even when everyone else would cast them aside or write them off as a lost cause.

We have about 3 more weeks in our study of Exodus If you brought your bible today, we are going to be studying Exodus 35-36 . You may know the story of the Exodus, Moses and the Red See, the 10 commandments, the Plagues of Egypt. You may know those stories. But we aren’t just reviewing the stories. We…

Christians are members of a body—the Body of Christ—who are gifted in order to humbly minister to each other.

A lot of people think that since God designed us with a purpose before they were born that every detail of their lives is preset and that there is nothing they can do about it… we have no choice in the matter. That’s not true. That’s not what the Bible teaches. Yes God has a plan and a purpose for your…

Discover Your Gift Rom. 12:4–8 (NIV) For just as each of us has one body with many members, and these members do not all have the same function, so in Christ we, though many, form one body, and each member belongs to all the others. We have different gifts, according to the grace given to each of us.…

1 Corinthians 12:1-30 Stephen Caswell © 2000 Gifts - A Whale and a Cactus A whale is as unique as a cactus. But don't ask a whale to survive Death Valley. We all have spiritual gifts. Where we use them and how determines if we actually complete something. Introduction Tonight we will have a look at God's…

Would anyone disagree with me that there are a lot of miserable people in our society today? Depression, Anxiety, Anger issues are prevalent in our culture. Margie’s Story - Margie hung up the phone from her mom and felt sick in the pit of her stomach. She had called her mother to wish her a happy birthday…

We know that there are a lot of people hurting in our world today, and when you are hurting, you simple truth, not simplistic truth. It’s not enough to say Jesus is the answer… how is He the answer. We need to show it. One of the things that we want at River Church is to help you make changes in your…

In his book, Your Reactions Are Showing, J. Peterson states, “You may be surprised to learn that your reactions to the situations you face daily may say a great deal more about you than your actions say.” When you open up God’s Word - Do you open up God’s Word? - how do you respond? How do you react?…

When I became a Believer, I was told that I needed to grow in my walk with Jesus. You hear about people who give their lives to God and BAM, they are like one of the disciples or something. People say that Jesus changed them, but how? For me, it seemed that there was a long list of things that I had…

Start Where You Are, Use What You Have, and Do What You Can.

If you have ever travelled, the main thing I think most people don’t like it all the baggage. We don’t travel light. Whenever you fly, you always have to go to baggage claim. In SA they lost Kathy’s luggage and we had to go buy clothes for her for the 2 weeks we were there. Now, a lot of people who travel,…

Romans 12:1-2 "Present"

For just about a year we have been working our way through the first 11 chapters of Paul’s letter to the Romans. Our intention has been to examine Christian belief in a systematic manner. Romans is really the only book in the Bible that seeks to explain Christian doctrine in an organized and systematic…

“Living In the Power of The Holy Spirit” I. Living As A New Person II. Living In A New Power III.Living With A New Purpose

I can’t believe it! You have got to be kidding me! You say, he didn’t go? You said, she didn’t stay with them? Why didn’t he go to the hospital? Why didn’t she give him the money? Why didn’t his family help him? Many people end these types of questions with a statement like, “And he call himself a Christian!”…