The Grace of Serving Romans 15:14-19 Intro: God give us grace to be saved, grace to live, and grace to serve. To see this truth, we need to remember that grace is an active attribute of God. It expresses his powering us , giving us both the desire and the dynamic to do things his way(Phil 2:13) 13 For…

Living Under Grace 14 Sin is no longer your master, for you no longer live under the requirements of the law. Instead, you live under the freedom of God’s grace. What does it mean to live by Grace? What are the benefits of Grace? What are the misunderstandings? What is the meaning of Grace? Grace is…

How to Press on Like Paul Philippians 3:15-21 Sermon by Rick Crandall Grayson Baptist Church - Sept. 23, 2012 *Last week we studied Paul’s passionate devotion to reach God’s goals for his life. He began by comparing his religious life before Christ to the abundant new life he found in Christ. And in…

Grace is More “God loves me as I am” - God ‘s love wont leave me here For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation for all people, instructing us to deny godlessness and worldly lusts and to live in a sensible, righteous, and godly way in the present age, Paralyzed by Grace for every day living…

“If anyone would come after Me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow Me. For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake and the gospel’s will save it. For what does it profit a man to gain the whole world and forfeit his soul? For what can a man…

As we transition from I Thessalonians 1:1-5 , where I think we begin to see the reasons why this particular local church was such a spiritually healthy local church, as we move on to the next paragraph we begin to see exactly what that particular local church was doing in practical ministry that enabled…

A faithful disciple keeps the Gospel by passing it on

To many Christians around the world the resurrection of Christ is a story that happened a long time ago. We celebrate and memoralize it, but very celedom do we live in it. The Great Commission is a direct result of the resurrection. It's the way we bring the gospel message to the world. In this passge we will examine the power of the resurrection and also the power of the cover up that is still affecting the world today.

Discipleship Training Your Loving Ministry in the Local Church What a privilege to be part of a church family! For all of our weaknesses and sinfulness and struggles, we are a group of God’s children that He has brought together for His sake. We are family in Christ. We are ambassadors for Christ in…

Series: “Core Values for the True Disciple” Message # 3: "The Value of Authentic Relationships to the Life of the Disciple” Text: 1 Corinthians 5:11-15 ; 6:1 Introduction: A- Core Value #2 : 1- The true disciple of Christ must seek to build authentic relationships: a. with God, b. with other members…

Introduction This morning’s passage is often called the “Great Commission”. All of the Gospels have a Commission although there is some variance of how it is worded. As a good teacher, Jesus would have repeated the Commission at various times and with different words to help make a comprehensive portrait…

Introduction One of the greatest scams that is happening today is a remote PC repair scam. Someone calls an unsuspecting person and tells them that they have detected some problems on that persons computer. They proceed to tell them they need access to the compute. Then the scammers go in and infect…

Call To Worship Scripture: For consider your calling, brothers: not many of you were wise according to worldly standards, not many were powerful, not many were of noble birth. But God chose what is foolish in the world to shame the wise; God chose what is weak in the world to shame the strong; God chose…