Alice Drive Baptist Church Podcast

Sermon Notes: - Outside of God’s grace in my life, I’m one step from stupid. - PRIDE = “I deserve better” “They’ll pay for this” - Where do you see pride in our culture? - Jacob = Israel/Judah | Esau = Edom - Edom had money. They had security. They had geographic advantage. - Obadiah 1:3-4 - 3 The pride of your heart has deceived you, you who live in the clefts of the rock, in your lofty dwelling,...

Sermon Notes: · Admit we are powerless. · Realize God is greater than us and he can restore us to sanity. · We make a decision to turn our will and lives over to the care of God · We make a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves. · We admit to God, ourselves, and another person the exact nature of our wrongs. · We are ready to have God remove all the defects of our souls. · We humbly...

Sermon Notes: · Admit we are powerless. · Realize God is greater than us and he can restore us to sanity. · We make a decision to turn our will and lives over to the care of God. · We make a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves. · We admit to God, ourselves, and another person the exact nature of our wrongs. · We are ready to have God remove all the defects of our souls. · As long a...

Sermon Notes: · What’s hiding in the dark places of your soul? · Admit we are powerless. · God is greater than us and he can restore us to sanity. · We make a decision to turn our will and lives over to the care of God. · We make a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves. · The fifth step: We admit to God, ourselves, and another person the exact nature of our wrongs. · 1 John 1:9 – If...

Pastor Matt Sprinkle James 2:14-26 Sermon Notes: - It costs something. - We enter the year with a false belief. - Sports teams lose. Stocks crash. Leaders disappoint. - A Faith that doesn’t disappoint - 14 What good is it, my brothers, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can that faith save him? 15 If a brother or sister is poorly clothed and lacking in daily food, 16 and one of...

Sermon Notes: · Rejoice in the Lord always; I will say it again: Rejoice! - Philippians 4:4 · Admit we are powerless. · God is greater than us and he can restore us to sanity. · We make a decision to turn our will and lives over to the care of God. · The fourth step: We make a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves. · Your soul cannot be healed until you face the reality of your soul....

Pastor Clay Smith Romans 12:1-2 Sermon Notes: · Rejoice in the Lord always; I will say it again: Rejoice! - Philippians 4:4 · Admit we are powerless. · God is greater than us and he can restore us to sanity. · Third Step: We make a decision to turn our will and lives over to the care of God. · Luke 9:23-24 - Then he said to them all: “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take u...

Passage: Exodus 34:5-7 Sermon Notes: · Rejoice in the Lord always; I will say it again: Rejoice! - Philippians 4:4 · Admit we are powerless. · God is greater than us and he can restore us to sanity. · Sanity is a soundness of mind, a correct understanding of reality. · What kind of God is God, and can he help me? · We doubt God has the power · We doubt God is good. · We doubt God exists. · We doub...

Steps to Joy: I Am Powerless Pastor Clay Smith Matthew 5:3-5 Sermon Notes: · Rejoice in the Lord always; I will say it again: Rejoice! - Philippians 4:4 · Admit we are powerless. · We can’t control ourselves. · Kate Bowler – Control is a drug and we are all hooked. · You will not find joy until you embrace the truth: You are not in control. · Matthew 5:3 - 3“Blessed are the poor in spirit, for the...

Easter Sunday April 20, 2025 Scripture: Luke 24:36-45 Sermon Notes: · Luke 9:22 – And he said to them, “The Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders, chief priests and teachers of the law, and he must be killed and on the third day be raised to life.” · Soren Kierkegaard – Life can only be understood backwards, but it must be lived forwards. · Their own agenda for Jesus pre...

Palm Sunday Pastor Clay Smith Sermon Notes: · Luke 19:35-36 - 35 They brought it to Jesus, threw their cloaks on the colt and put Jesus on it. 36 As he went along, people spread their cloaks on the road. · They brought the colt, they put their cloaks on it, they put Jesus on the colt. · They. · You decide whether or not Jesus will be King of your life. · We shift from “Mine” to Thine. · 37 When he...

Sermon Powerpoint · God made you to be joyfully generous. · Generosity is about your soul, not your wallet. · Do you have a reputation of generosity? · 2 Corinthians 9:12 12 This service that you perform is not only supplying the needs of the Lord’s people but is also overflowing in many expressions of thanks to God. · God can use your generosity today to be a catalyst for real joy. · How might yo...

SERMON NOTES: · God made you to be joyfully generous. · Generosity is about your soul, not your wallet. · God wants you to be generous because he wants something for you, not something from you. · 2 Corinthians 9:6: 6 Remember this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously. · To get a harvest you must plant the seed. · The more you plan...

Notes : · God made you to be joyfully generous. · God loves a cheerful giver – 2 Corinthians 9:7b. · Generosity is about your soul, not your wallet. · 2 Corinthians 8:8: 8 I am not commanding you, but I want to test the sincerity of your love by comparing it with the earnestness of others. · Generosity cannot be commanded. · Action proves love. · Someone needs to set the standard · Malachi 3:10 –...

· Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again, Rejoice! – Philippians 4:4 · God made you to be joyfully generous. · God loves a cheerful giver – 2 Corinthians 9:7b. · You need to let go of your ideas about money and giving to take hold of God’s teaching. · It is more blessed to give than to receive – Acts 20:35b · 2 Corinthians 8:1-7 -And now, brothers and sisters, we want you to know about th...

• Where have you found joy in a greater purpose? • John 3:26 26 And they came to John and said to him, “Rabbi, he who was with you across the Jordan, to whom you bore witness—look, he is baptizing, and all are going to him.” • Their competitive spirit was robbing them of joy! • John 3:27-28 27 John answered, “A person cannot receive even one thing unless it is given him from heaven. 28 You yoursel...

· Lostness often creates confusion, anxiety, hurt, hopelessness, and distance. · Luke 15:1-2 Now the tax collectors and sinners were all gathering around to hear Jesus. 2 But the Pharisees and the teachers of the law muttered, “This man welcomes sinners and eats with them.” · You can be lost in godlessness. · Does your schedule allow for time with the lost? · You can be lost in religion. · Jesus a...

· What if there is a treasure waiting for you to discover? · Matthew 13:44-46 - 44 “The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field. When a man found it, he hid it again, and then in his joy went and sold all he had and bought that field. 45 “Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant looking for fine pearls. 46 When he found one of great value, he went away and sold everything he ha...

· Philippians 4:4 – Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again, Rejoice! · Why should I choose joy? · John 14:1-4 - Do not let your hearts be troubled. You believe in God; believe also in me. 2 My Father’s house has many rooms; if that were not so, would I have told you that I am going there to prepare a place for you? 3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you t...

· Philippians 4:4 – Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again, Rejoice! · Why should I choose joy? · Insider or outsider. · Who does God include and who does God exclude? · Isaiah 56:3 3Let no son of a foreigner, one joined to the LORD, say, “The LORD separates me from among his people.” Let not the eunuch say, “Behold, I am a dried-up tree.” · Before you judge, know a person’s story · 4For...

·       Philippians 4:4 – Rejoice in the Lord always.  I will say it again, Rejoice!  ·       Why should I choose joy?  ·       Choose joy because God gives you hope. ·       Do people today think they can manipulate God?  ·       They realized they had blown their relationship with God.  ·       Do you ever think “I’ve blown my relationship with God?”  ·       Isaiah 35:1-2 – 1The wilderness and...

·       Philippians 4:4 – Rejoice in the Lord always.  I will say it again, Rejoice!  ·       Why should I choose joy?  ·       Isaiah 12:1 - And you will say in that day, “I will praise the LORD for you were angry with me… ·       We only truly know God’s will in hindsight.  ·       For you were angry with me.  ·       Do you ever put anything else ahead of God? ·       Do you ever make God in yo...

·       Philippians 4:4 – Rejoice in the Lord always.  I will say it again, Rejoice!  ·       Dallas Willard – Joy is a pervasive sense of well-being that is infused with hope because of the goodness of God. ·       Reach.   ·       80% of churches in the US are plateaued or in decline.  ·       Matt 28: 18-20 - 18 Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been gi...

·       What is the most joyous place on earth?  ·       Dallas Willard – Joy is not a passing sensation of pleasure, but a pervasive sense of well-being that is infused with hope because of the goodness of God. ·       The most joyous place on earth is in you.  ·       You can choose joy.  ·       I do not know what tomorrow holds, but I know who holds tomorrow.  ·       Philippians 4:4 – Rejoice...

•   How can we start this year in a way that we know it can end well? •   How do we live life in a way that we know it was a life well lived? •   Humility •   Philippians 2:1-2 1 So if there is any encouragement in Christ, any comfort from love, any participation in the Spirit, any affection and sympathy, 2 complete my joy by being of the same mind, having the same love, being in full accord and o...