INTRODUCTION: Christians are not clones, identical in all respects! The church was never meant to be a cozy club of clones! One of the difficulties the church has always faced is that included in its membership are the rich and the poor, the healed and the broken, the powerful and the powerless, those from...
Ephesians 4:11-16 – “And He Himself gave some to be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, and some pastors and teachers, for the equipping of the saints for the work of ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ, till we all come to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the...
If you don’t understand my job, you won’t understand your job and I’m going to talk about YOUR JOB next week. There are two ways of doing church. The traditional way, which doesn’t work, and the Bible way which always works! God never intended for His Church to be inward focused. He intended...
INTRODUCTION: Share testimony of revelation from God early in ministry! Judges 3:1-2 “These are the nations that the Lord left in the land to test those Israelites who had not experienced the wars of Canaan. He did this to teach warfare to generations of Israelites who had no experience in battle.” Ephesians 6:10-13...
Acts 4:23-31– “As soon as they were freed, Peter and John returned to the other believers and told them what the leading priests and elders had said. When they heard the report, all the believers lifted their voices together in prayer to God: “O Sovereign Lord, Creator of heaven and earth, the sea, and everything in...
Our attitude can propel us to the things of God or it can prevent us from moving beyond our current circumstances! Our attitude is expressed in our behavior! (Let’s look at an example) Paul, Silas and Luke are in Philippi, a major city of that district of Macedonia. It’s a Roman colony. ...
John 15:5– “Yes, I am the vine; you are the branches. Those who remain in me, and I in them, will produce much fruit. For apart from me you can do nothing.” John 15:7– “But if you remain in me and my words remain in you, you may ask for anything you want, and it...
My goal this morning is to show you from God’s Word the value of corporate prayer so that you will never view the prayer meetings of our church the same again. Why am I talking about this today? I bring the issue of praying together up for three reasons: Corporate prayer is on...
Luke 15:11-32 (CEB) The Great Escape 11 Jesus said, “A certain man had two sons. 12 The younger son said to his father, ‘Father, give me my share of the inheritance.’ Then the father divided his estate between THEM. 13 Soon afterward, the younger son gathered everything together and took a trip to...
INTRODUCTION: Jesus is walking with His disciples. On their journey some of the disciples start a discussion that’s going to lead to a dispute! What’s the topic? They’re talking about who’s GOING TO BE THE GREATEST! Imagine that conversation! JESUS NEVER CORRECTS THEM FOR WANTING TO BE GREAT! IN FACT HE TOLD THEM WHAT...
