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Renew's values are Biblical Discipleship, Gracious Community, and Light to the World. Where do these values come from, what do they mean, and how do we live them out? Join Malcolm as he explores our foundations and their consequences.

We’ve been talking about values to live by. I remember when I used to do youth ministry in schools. We would do these values exercises. We would give you a scenerio that puts you in a rubber raft with a friend… a set of flares… enough food for a week… 5 gallons of water… You can’t make it to land without…

Who are you going to trust? So far in this series, Values to Live by, we have talked about developing your standards, choosing what’s going to be the standard for your life. Last time we talked about accepting responsibility for your life. The next question that comes up is, Who are you going to trust?…

Do we need it? Have you ever looked at items and ask yourself, do we need it? Or what value is something to us? (Insert A good deal picture here) Everyone wants a good deal What is an example of how you find a good deal? Would you go out of your way to get a good deal, if so, like what? Here is a good…

Welcome this morning! Last week, we had our Vision Sunday. Shared our theme for 2020 - ALL IN All in with Christ All in with LHC’s Mission “Restoring Hope, Changing Lives” All in with the Body of Christ This week, we are going to look at the Core Values of LHC. Turn with me to Psalm 1:1-3 You can find…

“Our lives and our ministry are grounded on the Scriptures.” Intro The Law is the standard for the rules of our society. If there is any dispute, there is somewhere to go to check! Made a mistake RE Vision/Values, all are important. Last week: Christ Focused! What does “ Word Based ” mean? In some sense…

Main Idea Build intentional bridges that support the weight of truth. Outline and Core Passage I - What Relational Evangelism Is II - Why we do evangelism III - It is what Jesus modeled for us IV - How You can live this out 14 How then will they call on him in whom they have not believed? And how are…

We express our dependence on God. Intro Kids who do you go to when you need something? What do you do? Why? ( Because you know that they will hear you, and they are likely to give you what you need) Prayer is much like that, but between us and God. Jesus even describes prayer like going to a father for…

We are on Christ’s mission to seek and save the lost. Intro Kids: What is a mission? It’s when you’re given a job to do. A special assignment, like being a secret agent who needs to break into the vault, or a soldier who needs to take out the enemy base, or an explorer who needs to find a new route over…

“Christ is at the center of everything that we do and are.” We are beginning a 5 week series on our Church vision. If you’re anything like me you hear that statement and instantly start to switch your brain off and the eyes glaze over. So why? Why Samuel are you going to put us through something you…

1. God’s Word Must Remain the Guiding Priority in All Things 
2. People left to Themselves Will Always Experience Chaos 
3. God Blesses those who Keep His Word

Main Idea Prayer is a means by which God works out His ends and changes us in the process Outline & Passage Why is devoted prayer a core value? I - Because it's effectual II - It honors God III - It’s thoroughly biblical IV - It changes us 6 do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer…

Main Idea We are created to serve. A few years back, Kelly and I got into the show Madam Secretary, which is about the ongoing crazy world that the female Secretary of State lives in. In the show, there are many scenes of her meeting with the President of the United States and with the Chief of Staff,…

This is an encouragement for those who have been standing in the gap. This is an encouragement for those of you who are still keeping watch and are seeking. This for those who are trusting God not their own strength yet they keep doing their part. 11 Then the angel of the Lord came and sat under the…

Family Values Core Values: There are many values we live our lives by, but most of the time you can get them down to a few core values you live by. Core Values are why you shop where you do. Core Values are why you like some people and other you dont. Core Values are leading your life’s choices even…

Main Idea Discipleship is the collective pursuit of growth toward Christlikeness. Have you ever heard of Companion Planting? I haven’t either. According to Madison Fields (an agricultural resource center): “Planting a garden that utilizes the strengths of each plant to form a healthy plant community…

Our Scripture passage today comes to us from the Gospel of Mk 4:3-9 and 13-20. “Listen! Behold, a sower went out to sow. And as he sowed, some seed fell along the path, and the birds came and devoured it. Other seed fell on rocky ground, where it did not have much soil, and immediately it sprang up,…

Lures, Allure, and Value I like to fish… But what gets the fish into trouble is mistaking the counterfeit for the real deal. “All bait and no hook” is a saying that points to a temptation that doesn’t have any consequences. That really doesn’t exist! The bait is what the fish sees. The hook is there…

After years of putting money into a savings account, a wife tells her stay-at-home husband the good news: “Honey, we’ve finally got enough money to buy what we started saving for in 1979.” Her husband blushes with giddy excitement. “You mean a brand-new Cadillac?” he asks. “No,” says the wife, “a 1979…

Recap: The First Fruit A first fruit is literally the first fruit or the first evidence of something new. First of a Kind is labeled as Firstfruits in the bible. The word firstfruits in the bible verse is also translated beginning in other translations. If your a firstfruit then you represent the beginning…

But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh. For the desires of the flesh are against the Spirit, and the desires of the Spirit are against the flesh, for these are opposed to each other, to keep you from doing the things you want to do. But if you are led by the…

Paul just taught how God has given different gifts to His people in the church The purpose was to edify Jesus The goal was to further Jesus among the church and the world These were simply tools to be used But covet earnestly the best gifts: and yet shew I unto you a more excellent way. There’s a better…

“Will any one of you who has a servant plowing or keeping sheep say to him when he has come in from the field, ‘Come at once and recline at table’? Will he not rather say to him, ‘Prepare supper for me, and dress properly, and serve me while I eat and drink, and afterward you will eat and drink’? Does…

No one finds God, he is not lost. For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.” No one seeks God. Why? Sin as it is written: “None is righteous, no, not one; no one understands; no one seeks for God. Satan In their case the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelievers, to keep…

Pastor Ray Ortlund writes, "The kind of God we really believe in is revealed in how we treat one another. The lovely gospel of Jesus positions us to treat one another like royalty, and every non-gospel positions us to treat one another like dirt. But we will follow through horizontally on whatever we…