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1 Kings 1 Introduction What is success? How can I be successful? Opening Illustration [Insert text] Bridge What is success? How can I be successful? In our passage today, we are going to see two different ways of answering these questions with completely different outcomes. My prayer is that by looking…

This Week’s Theme: “Follow His Plan!” Word for the Week is Victory: Victory can be defined as overcoming or winning in a competition or struggle over an opponent, or difficult problems. Memory Verse: Psalm 143:10 - “Teach me to do Your will, You are my God; Your Spirit is good. Lead me in the land of…

13 Now there was no food in all the land, for the famine was very severe, so that the land of Egypt and the land of Canaan languished by reason of the famine. 14 And Joseph gathered up all the money that was found in the land of Egypt and in the land of Canaan, in exchange for the grain that they bought.…

Fall of Saul: When the sacrifice of a leader gives way to entitlement of the leader, his tenure is short-lived.

NOTE: This is a manuscript, and not a transcript of this message. The actual presentation of the message differed from the manuscript through the leading of the Holy Spirit. Therefore, it is possible, and even likely that there is material in this manuscript that was not included in the live presentation…

Intro: The first part of 1 Thessalonians 4 we looked at “Living the Life of a Believer”. The Apostle Paul is going to continue that train of thought into the next few verses that we are going to look at this morning. We are going to dive in a little further regarding our living for God and look at what…

This Week’s Theme: Choose Wisdom This Week’s Word is Wisdom: The quality of knowledge, discernment and understanding characteristic of God himself. True wisdom is a gift of the Holy Spirit. Scripture affirms that true human wisdom is a gift from God and points out the folly of trusting in mere human…

2 Chronicles 14:1-11 The kings of Israel and Judah give us a stockpile of good character traits and bad character traits. They give us a list of men of discipline and a list of men with weak morals. Most of the kings were evil; there was never a good king in the North, the kingdom of Israel after Solomon.…

This Week’s Theme: Choose Relationship This Week’s Word is Relationship-The state of being related by kindred, affinity, or other alliance. Memory Verse: Proverbs 17:17 “17 A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for a difficult time.” Essence of the Text in a Sentence: With so many options…

Romans 5:1-5 Suffering/Tribulation Pressures and difficulties of life Matt 13:20-22 Offences because of the word The cares of this world The deceitfulness of riches Endurance/Patience James 1:2-4 Longsuffering for self Patience with others The ability to let God Work Being instant in season and out of…

What is a successful church? A church walking in obedience to God What does a successful church look like? Spiritual growth Bearing fruit Walking in The Light New born babies Dwelling and cultivating faithfulness Reproducing and taking dominion What does a unsuccessful church look like? Unsafe Unholy…

What is a Disciple? Someone who follows another person or another way of life and who submits himself to the discipline (teaching) of that leader or way. What is a disciple of Jesus Christ? Someone who follows Jesus Christ and submits to the disciplines of the way. Who should be a disciple of Jesus?…

I heard about a young lawyer who was called in from the big city to represent a large railroad company that was being sued by a farmer . It seems that the farmer’s prize cow was missing from a field through which the railroad passed, and the farmer was suing for the value of the cow. Before the case…

5000 men Over the last few weeks we have been looking at the feeding of the 5000 we have been looking at the different people in the story and their part that they played in the most wonderful miracle. We have seen through each of the chariactors differing kinds of Christians in the church today. Jesus…

Success What does success look like to you? Scoring a goal New house Mountain peak Beach Scrooge McDuck Heart Success -> purpose -> Meaning of life Meaning of Life -> Kingdom of God The MEaning of Life is like... Not the sort of thing we’re used to. All those images of success we had before - they all…

Secrets to success in trying times 42 They were continually devoting themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer. Devoted to: Learning/Growing Fellowship Breaking of bread Prayer Fellowship What is fellowship? Intimate council, circle of confidants Fellowship…

PREPARING FOR SUCCESS OFTEN IN THIS WORLD WE WILL SEE THIS STATEMENT AND IT WOULD GO ALONG WITH SOME LONG LECTURE ABOUT THE POWER OF POSITIVE THINKING. WE ARE NOT LOOKING AT A DEBATE LIKE THIS THIS MORNING BUT ARE GOING TO LOOK AT THE LIFES OFTWO MEN WHO THOUGHT THEY WERE SUCSESSFUL BUT JESUS TOLD HIM…

What kind of christian are you? The Disciples After these things Jesus went over the sea of Galilee, which is the sea of Tiberias. And a great multitude followed him, because they saw his miracles which he did on them that were diseased. And Jesus went up into a mountain, and there he sat with his disciples.…

Called for a Purpose: An Invitation for Success. Jeremiah 1:1-19 / Opening Prayer Today’s Objectives: Demonstrate that we live precisely when God means to use us. Demonstrate that we are called for a purpose that is assigned by God and nothing else. Demonstrate that a successful life is measured in our…

What Kind of Christian are you? We’ve looked at Jesus and what he represents we’ve looked at Philip we’ve looked at Andrew So today we are going to look at the Lad. So lets get started and see what kind of Christian he might represent. Andrew is the disciple who brings the lad to the story. There is…

Are Gods words in our Heart? Over the last two weeks we have seen how fasting and the word of God can defeat the onslort of the enemy. we have seen how sum attacks heed us to fast to see a result and we have seen how Jesus thwarted the temptations of the devil by using the word of God. The way that Jesus…

Words that have a powerful effect. Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil. And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungred. And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made…

HOW THE WORD OF GOD TRANSFORMS US. When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things. Have you ever wondered at why we go to school when where young and not when we are old. Learning is in our country for everyone…

Preparing for success Prayer As a christian if we want to be successful in the kingdom of God then there are many items that a christian has in their arsunal for them to succeed. Today we are going to look at prayer. PRAYER Satan trembles when he sees the weakest saint upon their knees. William Cowper…