Sunday, October 5, 2008 What is involved in following Christ? John 12:20-36 26 Whoever serves Me must follow Me; and where I am, My servant also will be. My Father will honor the one who serves Me. -- 36 Put your trust in the light while you have it, so that you may become sons of light.” John 12:26…

James 4:5-10 Steps to a Successful Christian Life “Do you suppose it is to no purpose that the Scripture says, ‘He yearns jealously over the Spirit that he has made to dwell in us?’ But He gives more grace. Therefore it says, ‘God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.’ Submit yourselves therefore…

Intro -- The first day of school in my 5th grade year a pretty new blond girl showed up in our class. I was smitten, but at that age it wasn’t cool to admit you liked a girl, and I had no confidence to talk to her anyway. So it took half the year before, after checking with multiple 3rd parties, I sent…

Sunday, October 26, 2008 Washing feet – a shameful act for our honorable Lord to do John 13:1-11 4 so He got up from the meal, took off His outer clothing, and wrapped a towel around His waist. 5 After that, He poured water into a basin and began to wash His disciples’ feet, drying them with the towel…

Cultivating Many of you grew up understanding what it meant to have a garden or perhaps even to work a farm. You fully understood that in working that land, you had to work the soil so that seeds could be sown, plants could grow and the crops could be harvested. You had to cultivate the land. Cultivation…

The Enabler of Spiritual Growth “I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may be with you forever; of The Holy Spirit is God’s supernatural gift to make experiential, alive, and real the new being we have become. The Gift Now on the last day, the great day of the feast, Jesus…

Main Idea Building well requires perseverance under pressure because Jesus is worth it! Intro The author of Hebrews is writing to what is likely a group of persecuted Jewish followers of Jesus. They face daily the threat of death or imprisonment. And because of this some have decided that life would…

The state of following Jesus Christ, and serving and obeying him. The NT stresses the privileges, joys and cost of this calling.

Sermon: Discipleship Fruit Main Pt: God created us to be fruitful disciples, for His glory & by the power of His Holy Spirit DISCIPLES and the Vine (2x: 1,5) Who is Jesus? = seven “I am” in John true vine v.1….the vine v.5 OT negative connotation (Isa.5:1-7; Ps.80:8-17; Ezek.15; 19; Jer.2:21; Rev.14:14-20)…

I. Immanuel: God is with us. A. Name of God Mt. 1:23 The virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and they will call Him ‘Immanuel”—which means, “God with us.” Isa. 7:14 Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign: The virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and will…

Introduction: Listen The Key to healthy relationships We are continuing our series on prayer and this week we are looking at Listening to Jesus. In the theme sheets I have provided many passages that show God speaking in different ways and in your life groups during the week you will be looking at these…

Grow yes Grow but Grow Organically… Need to pay attention to the process of Spiritual formation rather than the results..The main thing is to be connected to God's pipeline and allow God to take care of the Fruit...

How can we do take a stand for the cause of Christ? 1. Defend each other (Acts 16:35-39). 2. Develop each other (Acts 16:40). 3. Depart to serve the Lord (Acts 16:40-17:1). 4. Deliver the Good News (Acts 17:1-9).

This sermon is from Pastor Duane as we continue the sermon series "That You May Believe" from the Book of John. This text gives us proof Jesus is our source for fruitfulness.

In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus tells us . . . What life is like in the kingdom of heaven Persons who enter the kingdom of heaven, enter by doing the will of God. Within the Kingdom of heaven, they find the ability to live meaningfully in this fallen world and eternal life beyond death. Jesus concludes…

”Whoever knows the right thing to do and fails to do it, for him it is sin.”[1] It is one thing to be ignorant of what is expected and thus offend; it is quite another thing to know what is right and yet fail to do it. We evangelical Christians are familiar with the “thou shalt not’s” that are seemingly…

Introduction The comedian Jeff Foxworthy has made millions telling redneck jokes. I am embarrassed at the number of them I know: You might be a redneck if your porch caves in and it kills 5 dogs. You might be a redneck if you mow your yard and find a car. You might be a redneck if your famous last words…

Believers are to “add to” or supply with (epichorēgēsate) their faith “goodness” (aretē). In Greek culture a benefactor (chorēgos) furnished what was necessary for choruses. Those who did such were known as generous and lavish benefactors. Couplet style of this passage and the Stoic concept of knowledge…

Introduction I prepare to preach I feel that I must state again that sometimes I do and sometimes I don't list my sources but If you are curious where I got material or are interested in a topic please see me. I can help you. As I prepared for this week I found many good lessons from CARM.org & ColdcaseChristianity…