Alice Drive Baptist Church Podcast

January 16/17, 2022 Mindset: Focus Colossians 3:1-4 Points: Romans 15:13 - 13 May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit. Big Idea: You can focus or not: your choice. Colossians 3:1 - Since, then, you have been raised with Christ, set your hearts on things above, where Christ is, seated at the right ha...

January 9/10, 2022 Year of Hope - Romans 15:13 Points · “Where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.” – Matthew 6:21 · Romans 15:13 - 13 May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit. · “Hope is the anticipation of good that has not yet arrived.” – Dallas Willard. · May the God of hope… · … fil...

ADBC 02/02/2021 Look and Listen 1 Kings 19:9-18 Transition Scripture 1 Kings 19:11-13 Points · Will this year be better?, Will things be easier?, Can I plan anything? · Tired · Globally, 7 in 10 report that they are struggling or suffering · Security · HOPE Group Discussion Questions Starter: What from 2021 has you exhausted and looking for something new in 2022? Go Deeper 1. Read 1 Kings 19:9-18...

Colossians 1:21-23

More than a Baby: Savior     Colossians 1:19-20 19 For God was pleased to have all his fullness dwell in him, 20 and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether things on earth or things in heaven, by making peace through his blood, shed on the cross. Points: · The story of Jesus doesn’t start in the manger. · 1. Jesus who was before is; · 2. Jesus the Savior; · 3. Jesus...

More than a Baby: The Supreme Colossians 1:18 ADBC 12-12/13-21 Points · The Story of Jesus doesn’t start in the manager. · 1. Jesus who was before is; 2. Jesus the Savior; 3. Jesus the Supreme; 4. Jesus the Coming Victor. · Jesus is the Supreme -He is in charge · At a time when the world needs the hope of Jesus, the church is struggling. · Jesus’ people – the church – need to remember who is in ch...

More than a Baby: Creator Colossians 1:15-17  12-5/6-21 Points · The Story of Jesus doesn’t start in the manager. · 1. Jesus who was before is; 2. Jesus the Savior; 3. Jesus the Supreme; 4. Jesus the Coming Victor. · Jesus was before is · Colossians 1:15 - 15 The Son is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. · … the invisible God. · Absent a picture, we create our ow...

Psalm 107:1-3 Psalm 107:33-43 Points: · You have a story. · Whether you know it or not, God is in your story. · 1 Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good;  his love endures forever. 2 Let the redeemed of the Lord tell their story—  those he redeemed from the hand of the foe. · “for he is good…” · Genuine gratitude requires deep trust. · Trust grows when we notice God at work. · “His love...

Psalm 107:1-32 Points · You have a story. · Whether you know it or not, God is in your story. · Romans 8:28  · Psalm 107:1  · The pain of the moment clouds your vision of God’s goodness · Psalm 107:2  · You only understand God’s work in your life fully in the rear view mirror · Psalm 107:4 · Crisis: You lack direction. · Cry: Psalm 107:6  · Rescue: Psalm 107:7  · Thanks: P...

2 Chronicles 24:4-14 Points: · Am I willing to be generous? · What financial legacy will I leave? · Generosity makes things happen. · 4…There was within the heart of Joash to renew the house of the LORD · What has God put in your heart? · Most people when offered vision that requires discomfort choose comfort. · Maturity is when you can speak truth to your mentor. · Matthew 6:21 – Where your treas...

1 Chronicles 29:1-9;14 Points · $15 an hour x 2080 hours in a year x 40 years of work = $1,248,000. · Big Question: What will be your financial legacy · “My son Solomon, the one whom God has chosen, is young and inexperienced. The task is great, because this palatial structure is not for man but for the Lord God. · Every year God gives you is to help the next generation. · Who needs your legacy? ·...

GeneroUS: Willing Exodus 35:4-5; 20-22; Exodus 36:3-7 Points · 1. Finances are a mess. · 2. Drowning in debt · 3. Lack of trust. · Generosity is good for your soul. · 4. Fear. · It is okay to be afraid; it is not okay to stay afraid. · 1 John 4:18 · Exodus 35:4-9 · 2 Corinthians 9:7 · Not everyone has the same to give, but everyone has something to give. · Exodus 35:20-22 · Exodus 33:4 · Exodus 33...

Points: 1. Acts 12:5 So Peter was kept in prison, but earnest prayer for him was made to God by the church. 2. 1. Pray 3. Pray Together 4. Pray and Mean it 5. Acts 12:6 Now when Herod was about to bring him out, on that very night, Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains, and sentries before the door were guarding the prison. 6. John 21:18 Truly, truly, I say to you, when yo...

Big Prayer: Be Bold Acts 4:23-31 23 On their release, Peter and John went back to their own people and reported all that the chief priests and the elders had said to them. 24 When they heard this, they raised their voices together in prayer to God. “Sovereign Lord,” they said, “you made the heavens and the earth and the sea, and everything in them. 25 You spoke by the Holy Spirit through the mouth...

Make or Break: Strong vs. Quick Matthew 7:24-27 Transition Scripture · Matthew 7:24-27 - 24 “Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock. 25 The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because it had its foundation on the rock. 26 But everyone who hears...

Make or Break: True v. False Matthew 7:15-23 Scripture: Matthew 7:15-23 - 15 “Watch out for false prophets. They come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ferocious wolves. 16 By their fruit you will recognize them. Do people pick grapes from thornbushes, or figs from thistles? 17 Likewise, every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit. 18 A good tree cannot bear ba...

Make or Break: Contrast vs. Conform Christ followers choose the path less traveled Matthew 7:13-14 Transition Scripture Matthew 7:13-14 - 13 “Enter by the narrow gate. For the gate is wide and the way is easy that leads to destruction, and those who enter by it are many. 14 For the gate is narrow and the way is hard that leads to life, and those who find it are few. Group Discussion Questions Star...

Make or Break: Ask v. Guess Matthew 7:7-12 Transition Scripture Matthew 7:7-12 - 7 “Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. 8 For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened. 9 “Which of you, if your son asks for bread, will give him a stone? 10 Or if he asks for a fish, will give...

Make or Break: Listen v. Judge Matthew 7:1-6 - “Do not judge, or you too will be judged. 2 For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you. 3 “Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother’s eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye? 4 How can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ w...

The Point: Your work ethic comes from your worship ethic Source: 2 Thessalonians 3:6-15 There is space between what you should and shouldn’t do, and something will happen in that space: Worship or Idolatry Paul is writing to the Christians in Thessalonica to remind them of the importance of worship in light of Christ’s final return. However… - They were getting lazy and selfish (this is the opposi...

Place of Grace: Guidance John 15:26-27 Transition Scripture John 15:26-27 - 26 “When the Advocate comes, whom I will send to you from the Father—the Spirit of truth who goes out from the Father—he will testify about me. 27 And you also must testify, for you have been with me from the beginning. To a place of grace, we must be connected to Jesus; love; and have support to face the hate. The Father...

ADBC 8-22/23-21 Place of Grace: Support John 15:18-25 Transition Scripture John 15:18-25 - 18 “If the world hates you, keep in mind that it hated me first. 19 If you belonged to the world, it would love you as its own. As it is, you do not belong to the world, but I have chosen you out of the world. That is why the world hates you. 20 Remember what I told you: ‘A servant is not greater than his ma...

ADBC 8-15/16-21 Place of Grace: Love John 15:9-17 Transition Scripture John 15:9-17 - 9 “As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Now remain in my love. 10 If you keep my commands, you will remain in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commands and remain in his love. 11 I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be complete. 12 My command is this: Love ea...

 ADBC 8-8/9-21 John 15:1-8   Transition Scripture John 15:1-8 - 1“I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener. 2 He cuts off every branch in me that bears no fruit, while every branch that does bear fruit he prunes[ a ] so that it will be even more fruitful. 3 You are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you. 4 Remain in me, as I also remain in you. No branch can bear...

How to Live: In Charge Delmar Peet 1 Thessalonians 4:7-8 - For God has not called us for impurity, but in holiness . Therefore, whoever disregards this, disregards not man but God, who gives his Holy Spirit to you. 1. The way to live, is connected to the Holy Spirit in you 1 Thessalonians 4:11 - aspire to live quietly, and to mind your own affairs Is your noise connected to the good news? 2. Live...