Matthew 28:16-20 God’s Plan for Me: Make Disciples God’s Plan for Me: Making Disciples Matthew 28:16-20 PLAN: God’s overall plan is for me to make disciples. THE AUTHORITY SANDWICH OF JESUS CHRIST Notice the authority in which Jesus tells His disciples to go and make disciples. I call this “Jesus’ Authority Sandwich.” Notice that the command by Jesus to go out, or the way He sends out the disciples is with His authority (20:17). We don’t go out into the... Read more
Why am I so depressed? Why this turmoil within me? Put your hope in God, for I will still praise Him, my Savior and my God. Psalm 42:5 (HCSB) I watched the Eurovision Song Contest with my family this past Saturday. We connected the laptop to the TV and watched it through a live stream on the Internet. As usual, it was a silly, campy affair. Typical stuff for this show. Personally, I was rooting for Engelbert Humperdinck, with his... Read more
God’s Plan for Sexual Behavior God’s plan for sexual behavior (18:1-5; 24-30) “The Lord spoke to Moses: “Speak to the Israelites and tell them: I am the Lord your God. Do not follow the practices of the land of Egypt, where you used to live, or follow the practices of the land of Canaan, where I am bringing you. You must not follow their customs. You are to practice my ordinances and you are to keep my statutes by following them;... Read more
Nine Marks of Worldliness May 18, 2012 Do not love the world or the things that belong to the world. If anyone loves the world, love for the Father is not in him.For everything that belongs to the world—the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride in one’s lifestyle—is not from the Father, but is from the world. And the world with its lust is passing away, but the one who does God’s will remains... Read more
1 John 2:3-14 Christian Mothers We celebrate Mother’s Day today. It is a holiday which we use on Sundays to honor motherhood. As I share from you here from the Word of God, 1 John 2:3-14 shares with us a few characteristics of Christian mothers.Christian mothers keep God’s commands (2:3). We are Christians if we learn to keep Christ’s commands. From whom do we learn these commands? We are taught these commands early on from our parents. While fathers instill... Read more
Philippians 3:12-14 Keep Moving Forward Philippians 3:12-14 Keep Moving Forward Since you are still in school, future graduates, I have a little assignment for you. This assignment is only for the students. I want you to pull out a cell phone if you have one.Here is the number: XXX-XXXX. Now send me your first name and the answer to this question as a text message: What goal do you have for your life? In other words, what is a goal... Read more
Luke 10:25-27 Real Christianity – Loving the Community There are those who hurt. This represents the community we are called to reach. In this parable, the religious man asked “who is my neighbor.” Jesus replies with a graphic description of a “similar” man in desperate circumstances. A man who has been robbed. He is robbed physically of his possessions. He is robbed emotionally of his sanctity and security. He is robbed spiritually of his peace. There are those who hate. ... Read more
Revelation 3:1-6 The Zombie Church SLIDE 1 and 2 OPENING QUESTION: Has anyone seen a dead church? What does it look like? Does a church look like this? When people think of dead churches that’s usually what comes to mind. A dead church is usually believed to be: A small group of believers rattling around in an old building. Composed of mostly older people in their 70’s and 80’s. And this group is usually quite content to stay as they... Read more
Romans 12:1-2 – Total Transformation SHOW THE VIDEO “Jesus VS. Christians”. Presentation is everything. Presentation is defined as – display; a visual representation of something. You and I, if we know Jesus Christ, are a presentation to the world of Jesus. You and I are on display. We visually represent Jesus Christ. We should make the transformation to be more like Jesus. We should not end up being the type of people that the world thinks Christians are. What we... Read more
Adam: Too Scared to Pray Genesis 3:9-19 Adam: Too Scared to Pray A young pastor had rung the doorbell at the home of one of his parishioners and was waiting to be received but no one came to the door. He sensed that someone was at home, but repeated ringing of the bell brought no response. As a final departing act he wrote Revelation 3:20 on the back of one of his calling cards and stuck it under the door:... Read more
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