First Baptist Starkville

1. Jesus showed them that He knew what they didn’t. 2. Jesus showed them that He didn’t need their fish. 3. Jesus showed them that He would provide their needs. 4. Jesus showed them that serving others comes from our love for Him. 5. Jesus showed them what restoration looks like. 6. Jesus showed them the cost of following Him.

1. Jesus understands Peter’s pain. “A bruised reed He will not break, and a dimly burning wick He will not extinguish.” - Isaiah 42:3 2. Jesus demonstrates His love for Peter. 3. Jesus invites Peter to be restored. 4. Jesus never stopped seeing Peter for who he would become. 5. Jesus made His choice about Peter. What would Peter choose to do with Jesus? 6. God made His choice about you. What will...

“And the Lord turned and looked at Peter.” - Luke 22:61a 1. Without prayer, the enemy slips in on you. 2. Without prayer, you’ll end up making a mess. 3. Without prayer, you’ll miss what God is doing. 4. Without prayer, you’ll end up out of control.

1. Prayer is an act of denying self. 2. Prayer should be proactive, not just reactive. 3. Prayer should always be about aligning ourselves with God’s purposes. 4. Prayer is where true strength is found. - “Then an angel appeared to Him from heaven, strengthening Him.” - Luke 22:43 5. Jesus prays for you. - “Simon, Simon! Indeed, Satan has asked for you, that he may sift you as wheat. But I have pr...

1. Christian serving is an act of denying self. 2. Christian serving requires knowing who you are and to Whom you belong. 3. Christian serving expects nothing in return. 4. Christian serving promotes unity in the church. 5. Christian serving glorifies Christ.

1. Stop acting like chaff, and start being firmly planted trees. 2. Stop using Sodom and Gomorrah, and start using the parable of the Good Samaritan. 3. Stop telling part of the story of Jesus, and start telling the whole story of Jesus. 4. Stop expecting the government to be the church, and start being the church. 5. Stop getting caught up in today’s headlines, and start asking questions and list...

1. Giving up your rights promotes unity. 2. Giving up your rights provides you a hearing before the world. “Give no offense, either to the Jews or to the Greeks or to the church of God, just as I also please all men in all things, not seeking my own profit, but the profit of many, that they may be saved.” - 1 Corinthians 10:32-33 3. Giving up your rights promotes the growth of weaker believers. 4....

And behold, two men talked with Him, who were Moses and Elijah, who appeared in glory and spoke of His decease which He was about to accomplish at Jerusalem. - Luke 9:30-31 The LORD your God will raise up for you a Prophet like me from your midst, from your brethren. Him you shall hear. - Deuteronomy 18:15 1. Jesus is God in human flesh. 2. Jesus is the fulfillment of the law and the prophets. 3....

1. The church is an assembly of those who see. 2. The church’s mission is to help others see.

1. Take a break from social media. - 1 Corinthians 10:14 2. Take care of the (your) temple. - 1 Corinthians 6:19-20 3. If there is unconfessed sin in your life, confess it. - “When I kept silent, my bones grew old through my groaning all the day long. For day and night, Your hand was heavy upon me; my vitality was turned into the drought of summer. Selah I acknowledged my sin to You, and my iniqui...

1. Sometimes God allows challenges and sometimes He brings them, but you can know He’s always aware of them. 2. God uses challenges as part of His restoration process. - “Search me, O God, and know my heart; try me, and know my anxieties; and see if there is any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.” - Psalm 139:23-24 3. The key to handling future challenges is to learn how to proc...

1. If a little bit of faith is all you have to give, then give Him what you’ve got. 2. If you launch out on your own, you’ll never know what could’ve been. 3. If you truly encounter Jesus, then you’ll see the real you. -“Woe is me, for I am undone! Because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips.” - Isaiah 6:5 4. If you hear Jesus calling you to launch out...

1. Every Christian has a spiritual legacy. 2. Every Christian should leave a spiritual legacy. 3. The key to leaving a spiritual legacy is spending unhurried time with God. “Oh, give thanks to the LORD! Call upon His name; make known His deeds among the peoples! Sing to Him, sing psalms to Him; talk of all His wondrous works!” - Psalm 105:1-2 4. God sees in you who He’s always destined you to be.

Pastor Chip looks at the story of the prodigal son in Luke 15:11-24. He shows us how God loves you even if you don't want Him to, how God pursues you to restore you, and how God invites you to be restored.