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Hope VI “If you build it they will come…unfortunately.” 1Pe 3:13 Now who is there to harm you if you are zealous for what is good? 1Pe 3:14 But even if you should suffer for righteousness' sake, you will be blessed. Have no fear of them, nor be troubled, The challenger represents the challenge. Mat 10:34 “Do not think that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I have not come to bring peace, bu...

Intro: Do you believe the Bible? Do you trust God? What about when… *1Pe 3:8 Finally, all of you, have unity of mind, sympathy, brotherly love, a tender heart, and a humble mind.* *1Pe 3:9 Do not repay evil for evil or reviling for reviling, but on the contrary, bless, for to this you were called, that you may obtain a blessing.* -This is extremely counter culture, then and now. Injustice. -Retali...

A Living Stone and a Holy People *1 Peter 2:1 *So put away all malice and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander. *2* Like newborn infants, long for the pure spiritual milk, that by it you may grow up into salvation—*3* if indeed you have tasted that the Lord is good. *4* As you come to him, a living stone rejected by men but in the sight of God chosen and precious, *5 *you yourselves l...

Hope III “Action time” 1Pe 1:13 Therefore, preparing your minds for action, and being sober-minded, set your hope fully on the grace that will be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ. 1Pe 1:14 As obedient children, do not be conformed to the passions of your former ignorance, * Go back to what conformed you and be set free * Your past doesn’t determine your future 1Pe 1:15 but as he wh...

Hope I “Living Hope” Hope I - Living hope Life is very difficult. Can you imagine what it must be like for people who do not know Jesus and have no hope? Worry anxiety fear. Denying the power of God in our lives increases the power of fear in our lives. *1Pe 1:3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! According to his great mercy, he has caused us to be born again to a living hope...

Stages V: The Restoration Joe 2:28 “And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh; your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, and your young men shall see visions. Joe 2:29 Even on the male and female servants in those days I will pour out my Spirit. *The overwhelming Presence of God* *The pouring out of His Spirit* Joe 2:30 “An...

Stages IV “Redeeming Love” Intro: Recap Stages III Joe 2:18 Then the LORD became jealous for his land and *had pity *on his people. * After the action was taken, the Lord fulfilled His faithfulness to His people * Action is takin by the Lord to move us, once we have moved His presence renters the picture Joe 2:19 The LORD answered and said to his people, “Behold, I am sending to you grain, wine, a...

Stages III “Start Moving” Joe 2:12 “Yet even now,” declares the LORD, “return to me with all your heart, with fasting, with weeping, and with mourning; Joe 2:13 *and rend your hearts and not your garments*.” Return to the LORD your God, for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love; and he relents over disaster. *_Don’t be surface level_* * Too many times we have...

Stage II “Know how you got to point A” Joe 2:1 Blow a trumpet in Zion; sound an alarm on my holy mountain! Let all the inhabitants of the land tremble, for the day of the LORD is coming; it is near, Joe 2:2 a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and thick darkness! Like blackness there is spread upon the mountains a great and powerful people; their like has never been before, nor will be aga...

Stages I Stages I “Wake up and see the destruction” Joe 1:1 The word of the LORD that came to Joel, the son of Pethuel: Joe 1:2 Hear this, you elders; give ear, all inhabitants of the land! Has such a thing happened in your days, or in the days of your fathers? Joe 1:3 Tell your children of it, and let your children tell their children, and their children to another generation. Joe 1:4 What the cu...

1) What does the Bible say about tobacco use? 2) Is it wrong for some of us in the church that have never been addicted to alcohol, to get together and have a drink while we are hanging out? 3) I have a past with alcoholism. I have friends at OFC that occasionally have a drink when they get together. I would love to be able to hang out with them. What should I do? 4) Many people have been divorced...

Elephant VI Elephant VI “Slow Fade of the Church” Rev 2:3 I know you are enduring patiently and bearing up for my name's sake, and you have not grown weary. Rev 2:4 But I have this against you, that you have abandoned the love you had at first. Rev 2:5 Remember therefore from where you have fallen; repent, and do the works you did at first. If not, I will come to you and remove your lampstand from...

Elephant V “Addiction” Intro: Addiction is no respecter of person. Because we all have addictions, we tend to come against the minority of addictions (Drugs etc.) and embrace the majority (food, money, sports). *Rom 7:15* For I do not understand my own actions. For I do not do what I want, but I do the very thing I hate. *Rom 7:22* For I delight in the law of God, in my inner being, *Rom 7:23* but...

Elephant IV “Sex and Believers” 1Co 7:1 Now concerning the matters about which you wrote: “It is good for a man not to have sexual relations with a woman.” 1Co 7:2 But because of the temptation to sexual immorality, each man should have his own wife and each woman her own husband. The Church and Sex Major two stances in the church : worship or evil Worship in that we obsess in an unhealthy way Evi...

Elelphant III “Sexual Immorality - Part I" ELEPHANT III “Sexual Immorality” 1Co 6:12 “All things are lawful for me,” but not all things are helpful. “All things are lawful for me,” but I will not be dominated by anything. 1Co 6:13 “Food is meant for the stomach and the stomach for food”—and God will destroy both one and the other. The body is not meant for sexual immorality, but for the Lord, and...

Context: Jews in Rome- Law -Gentiles *Your Conviction Framework is brought about through teaching, experiences, and all by Holy Spirit itself* Understanding this greatly impacts your part in the kingdom advancement Rom 14:13 Therefore let us not pass judgment on one another any longer, but rather decide never to put a stumbling block or hindrance in the way of a brother. You can do this in any way...

Elelphant in the church Part I “Can I Drink Alcohol?” Context: Jews in Rome- Law -Gentiles *Your Conviction Framework is brought about through teaching, experiences, and all by Holy Spirit itself* Understanding this greatly impacts your part in the kingdom advancement Rom 14:13 Therefore let us not pass judgment on one another any longer, but rather decide never to put a stumbling block or hindran...

**Intro ** You may have heard or may have said, “I will pray for you” or “Our thoughts and Prayers are with you”. *Why Do We Pray.* Sick, tragedy, death, In the time of a need. *Marks of a true Christian.* Charles Spurgeon, the great preacher of the Victorian era said of prayer in the church, "If the spirit of prayer is not with the people, the minister may preach like an angle but cannot expect s...

2 to 1 Part V “Roles” Context vs. Concept Testosterone vs. estrogen Eph 5:22 Wives, submit to your own husbands, as to the Lord. Eph 5:23 For the husband is the head of the wife even as Christ is the head of the church, his body, and is himself its Savior. Eph 5:24 Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit in everything to their husbands. -Submit in leadership (crown the kin...

Weekly Communication Plan 05/26/19 Take a look at these items and let's do our best to help people with information whenever we get the opportunity. For events requiring registration jump back to the Events & Registration page. 1. *Connecting Point*! We meet the *1st Sunday of every month* at 11:30am during the second service. Interested in learning about our vision, values, beliefs, how to get co...

Weekly Communication Plan 05/12/19 Take a look at these items and let's do our best to help people with information whenever we get the opportunity. For events requiring registration jump back to the Events & Registration page. 1. *Connecting Point*! We meet the *1st Sunday of every month* at 11:30am during the second service. Interested in learning about our vision, values, beliefs, how to get co...

Weekly Communication Plan 05/05/19 Take a look at these items and let's do our best to help people with information whenever we get the opportunity. For events requiring registration jump back to the Events & Registration page. 1. *Connecting Point*! We meet the *1st Sunday of every month* at 11:30am during the second service. Interested in learning about our vision, values, beliefs, how to get co...

Filled II Filled II “Breaking Through” Intro: Power has arrived, and the first thing it does is reach out to different nationalities Act 2:1 When the day of Pentecost arrived, they were all together in one place. Act 2:2 And suddenly there came from heaven a sound like a mighty rushing wind, and it filled the entire house where they were sitting. Act 2:3 And divided tongues as of fire appeared to...