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Many of us have heard the phrase, “Attitude is everything.” And when it comes to us thinking about missions attitude is important. Today we want to look at Attitude. This is the first power shift that we will look at. The Apostle Paul wrote... 5 You must have the same attitude that Christ Jesus had.…

Natures examples Ants, lilies, birds, God has no shortage of examples that we can learn from. This morning we are going to look at some lessons we can learn from a skein, a gaggle of geese. (Insert honk if you love Jesus picture here) Do you remember the bumper sticker honk if you love Jesus. It was…

Introduction and Review: We are going to look at part 2 of this series that I have entitled the person and work of the Spirit of God. Last week, we look at the Spirit of God and his work throughout history. We focused on his personhood as third person of the trinity and the equality He has in the godhead…

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…

Last Time, We Looked at James 2:14-17 James is Talking About the Necessity of Living Out Our Faith It’s More Than a Mental Trust and Allegiance It’s Lived/Worked Out “Faith Without Works is Dead” James Goes on to Say: James 2:19–26 (NASB95) 19 You believe that God is one. You do well; the demons also…

4 But when the kindness and the love of God our Savior toward man appeared, 5 not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to His mercy He saved us, through the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Spirit, 6 whom He poured out on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Savior,…

THE SYNERGY OF PRAYER 30 How should one chase a thousand, And two put ten thousand to flight, Except their Rock had sold them, And the Lord had shut them up? Synergy is a fascinating concept. Think of it this way. Synergy is a multiplication of power through combined effort. In the physical world in…

Introduction Romans 8:22 “For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now.” Pain, disorder, groaning, death. It speaks of all creation. Environmental, Romans 8:23 “And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves…

Prove it Please open your Bibles to Read . I’m a big baseball fan. I love watching baseball. I love talking about baseball. I like going to games. Some of my favorite memories are playing ball. Baseball also has some great legends. Babe Ruth, probably the most famous of baseball legends. I am convinced…

Unconditional Election Eph 1:2-14 God is holy God is to be feared God also has untouchable grace Predestination and election for what? “to the praise of his glory.” “You’re so valuable!” The true story is so much better. No extravagant testimony is not necessary but shows more of God’s grace. God’s grace…

Our relationships in the church are covenant relationships in that we are joined to one another through our common union with Christ. And the connections that we have beyond ourselves are vitally important because spiritual life and vitality flow through those connections. There is a vital spiritual function to relationships that is lost when we lose connection to each other. Relating in the Spirit means that we protect spiritual unity, we respect the function of spiritual leadership and we work to build capacity through spiritual networking.

INTRO: Let me ask you a question: How would your life change if you knew you could endure every trial that came your way?That you are promised by almighty God that you’d would never be abandoned, never be left alone. That you would always be cared for. Promised that you were chosen and called by God.…

Reading of the Text 6 And because you are sons, God has sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, crying, “Abba! Father!” 7 So you are no longer a slave, but a son, and if a son, then an heir through God. Last lesson we covered what it meant for the Jew to be under guardians and managers and the Gentile…

Sola Gratia 8 For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, 9 not a result of works, so that no one may boast. 10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them. During…

Eph 2:1-11 1 And you were dead in the trespasses and sins 2 in which you once walked, following the course of this world, following the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience— 3 among whom we all once lived in the passions of our flesh, carrying out…

Introduction We began this morning looking at the thought of “Quit Your Groaning” out of Romans 8:18-23 ... I had five points to the message, and was only able to get two covered this morning, so, hopefully, we will finish them tonight. This morning, we looked at “The Anticipation of the Believer” and…

Heresy not only misunderstanding - for there must be factions among you in order that those who are genuine among you may be recognized! Destructive, denying Master who bought them But false prophets also arose among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you, who will secretly bring…

A Failure to Communicate Researchers writing for the journal Computers in Human Behavior recently published statistics that reveal that for every 20% increase in the share of a state’s population using Facebook, the divorce rate increases 2.18%. On top of that, their research showed that people who spent…

Introduction Government - Romans 13 God is Accomplishing His Sovereign Plan World - Romans 11 God is bring Glory to Himself Us … What is God in Us - Romans 8:30-33 God is keeping us secure in HIs Love so that we can have the joy of joining Him. Today - What is God doing in you? Need to know when we need…

It has well been said that all Christians use the same thesaurus but different dictionaries. I wholeheartedly agree. When Christians talk about various theological words, we must be careful that our word meaning are correct. Some words are so closely related to other words that we may think them interchangeable,…

Opening: Good-morning again Connection Church! It is so wonderful to be together. It is a righteous thing to come together on the Lord’s Day. We gather together to worship God. Often we mistake singing for worship. Singing is only a small part of worship. We are to live our lives as worship. Often we…

“Fortify”: the importance of being grounded in Theology and how that translates into how we communicate, teach, and relate to our people. Introduction But I’m not a theologian. (Quote from Veith) Who is your God? What is he like? You believe something about God/god/gods. But I don’t need to study what…

That we trust Christ’s promise as we work, witness, and suffer until final glory.