Acts 2:40-47 How To Make An I.M.P.A.C.T. I. Introduction - The job of the church is not to impact the church, but to impact the world. It’s like a huddle in a football game. 67,000 people don’t pay $25.00 a ticket to watch the Titans huddle. What if you went to a Titans game and for 2 ½ hours you watched…

IMPACT: Togetherness in Fellowship Galatians 6:1-5 I. Introduction A. Acts 2:42 - 42) They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer. B. The word for fellowship is Koinonia 1. The word koinos was originally a prefix meaning “common” 2.…

The gospel still has power to change lives.

January 10, 2010 By John Barnett Read, print, and listen to this resource on our website www.DiscoverTheBook.org We are starting a look through the Scriptures at the most written about person in the Bible. Other than God the father, Son, and Spirit, there are more chapters recorded about David’s life…

IMPACT: Investing in Others I. Introduction Why should we invest in others A. Surprised to see an empty seat at the Super Bowl stadium, a diehard fan remarked about it to a woman sitting nearby. "It was my husband's," the woman explained, "But he died." "I'm very sorry," said the man. "Yet I'm really…

Togetherness In Fellowship I. Introduction A. Parker not wanting to play soccer yesterday B. Soccer players and positions C. Fellowship among all members of the church is what makes us strong II. Our Fellowship is created by Christ A. Fellowship - an association of people who share common beliefs or…

Jesus trusted in, and gave His life to God the Father, which resulted in having a transformative impact on the world. In this message, Pastor Joe calls us to respond to His transforming call so that we can be ready, like Jesus was, and respond to the needs of those around us, carrying the Care of God into the world with the Gospel!

Plugging In To The Power Acts 2 1) Introduction – What is power? a) Space shuttle b) Trains c) No one could push the space shuttle into space on their own power d) No one could pull a train i) Saw a guy pull the engine with his teeth once ii) Bu no one could pull the whole thing very far e) With all…

1. A Leader’s Practice (vs. 5a) - How do I lead? 2. A Leader’s Being (vs. 5b) - Who am I? 3. A Leader’s Purpose (vs. 2-3) - Why do I serve? 4. A Leader’s Impact (vs. 6-10) - What effect do I have?

Maturing The Believers Ephesians 4:11-16 I. Introduction A. Purposes of the church IMPACT B. See Acts 2:42 – They devoted themselves to the apostles teaching and to the fellowship C. What is discipleship 1. Spiritual training 2. Mandated in the great commission 3. The nature of discipleship – Luke 9:23-24…

Maturing The Believers Discipleship I. Introduction II. You’ve got to know it! (Study the word) A. Biblical B. Application 1. It is an act of submission to Christ 2. We will know what the Bible says in everyday areas of our life 3. We will be able to draw strength from the word of God, no matter what…

Worship I. Introduction A. Why do we do what we do? B. Missions is not the ultimate goal of the church. Worship is. Missions exists because worship doesn’t. Worship is ultimate, not man. When this age is over and the countless millions of the redeemed fall on their faces before the throne of God, missions…

Communicating the Gospel I. Introduction A. Go Over IMPACT B. When your team wins, how do you let people know 1. Scoreboard, newspaper, TV News highlights, water cooler talk C. The Times-Reporter of New Philadelphia, Ohio, reported in September, 1985 a celebration of a New Orleans municipal pool. The…

Judges 6:11-24 We all can get busy with the things of life. The problem comes when that busyness robs us of effective living for God. As we look at the call of Gideon we look at some things that if implemented in our lives will help us to effectively live for God.

BY PASTOR GLENN PEASE It takes all kinds to make a world is an old cliché, and like many old clichés there is a lot of truth to it. God so made our physical world that it just won't work without differences. Issac Asimov points out that energy can only be turned into work when you find it in greater…

1 Kings 18:20-40 Praying for Power I. Introduction A. IMPACT B. Acts 2:42 - 42) They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer. C. Historical Background 1. Northern Kingdom of Israel had fallen deeper in sin since the kingdom had split…

Don’t let anyone look down on you because you are young, but set and example for the believers in life, speech, love, faith and purity. Our culture idolizes athletes. If we look at the heroes in our culture today, most of them are athletes and the rest are movie stars. When I was growing up, I had to…

Real Impact 2 Timothy 3:1-5 1But mark this: There will be terrible times in the last days. 2People will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, proud, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, 3without love, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not lovers…

Luke 7:36-50 IMPACT: Adoring Our God I. Introduction A. Acts 2:42-47 B. Worship quote, “Missions is not the ultimate goal of the church. Worship is. Missions exists because worship doesn’t. Worship is ultimate, not man. When this age is over and the countless millions of the redeemed fall on their faces…

1 Kings 18:20-39 Powerful Prayer I. Introduction A. People today have faith but it is in nothing 1. Jobs 2. lottery 3. fame B. We rarely put our faith in the one that can truly change us C. History of Ahab, Jezebel, and Elijah II. Know the will of God A. Everyone else was following the religions and…

The death of Maurice Gibb this week given his age has made me sit up and think. Here is a man who has had a tremendous impact on the world of music. Many TV reports mourned his loss and asked the question, “What will the world be like without him?” That raises the question when I am gone what will the…

Select all the text in this box and paste your sermon here... Introduction Talk about being a football fan and a Bengals fan. Glad to not give the sermon last week because of Bengals loss. Was depressed. :( Introduce series - "2 Minute Drill" - A sermon series about the Sermon text with italics and bold…