Colonial Hills

• GUARD your HEART! — Proverbs 4:23 NLT • The BEST way to guard your heart is to GIVE IT TO GOD first. — Proverbs 3:5-8 NLT • Guarding your heart involves growing in WISDOM. — Proverbs 7:1-3 NLT • Guarding your heart means REFUSING to develop UNGUARDED relationships. • Romantic relationships are a DOORWAY to the heart that can OVERRULE our convictions and our commitments!

• What you build your SCHEDULE around is what you are building your LIFE upon. • The commitment to follow Jesus always leads to a RADICAL CHANGE in the way that we use our TIME. — John 1:35-42 NLT • You CANNOT SEPARATE your commitment to CHRIST from your commitment to Christian COMMUNITY! — Mark 2:13-14 NLT • We must not separate Christian community from the world! — Mark 3:13-14; 6:7 NIV

• What you build your SCHEDULE around is what you are building your LIFE upon. — Psalm 90:10, 12 NIV • The commitment to follow Jesus always leads to a RADICAL CHANGE in the way that we use our TIME. — Psalm 90:14-17 NLT

• Unity is an ESSENTIAL complex component of all HEALTHY relationships. • The spice of COMMITMENT • The spice of appropriate COMMUNICATION — Ephesians 4:29 NLT — Proverbs 6:16-19 NASB • The spice of HUMILITY — Ephesians 4:1-2 NLT • The spice of FORGIVENESS — Ephesians 4:31-32 NLT • The spice of LORDSHIP — Ephesians 4:3-6 NLT

How to do I pursue soul stillness? • Abandon Selfish Ambition — Psalms 146:3 — James 3:16 • Hope in the Lord — Matthew 8:23–27

• What is your attitude about your own SIN? — Isaiah 51:10 NASB — Isaiah 57:15 NASB • What is your understanding of God’s MERCY? — Exodus 34:5-7a NLT — Psalm 32:1-2 NASB — Psalm 32:3-5 NASB • What is your PERSPECTIVE about God’s mercy when trouble PERSISTS?

A Real Man… • Rejects Passivity • Accepts Responsibility • Leads Courageously • Expects God's Great Reward

— Revelation 21:9-11 NLT — Hebrews 12:22-23 NLT PRACTICAL JOYS IN THE CITY OF PEACE: • Being in God’s PRESENCE . . . — Psalm 84:1-7, 10 NIV • Being in God’s presence with God’s PEOPLE . . . • Being in God’s presence with God’s people, experiencing the WONDER of WORSHIP together! — Psalm 126:1-3 NLT

— Revelation 21:5 NLT • THE RULE OF HEAVEN: You gotta be CHANGED to get in! — John 3:3-7 NLT — 2 Corinthians 5:17 NLT — 2 Corinthians 5:14-15 NLT — 2 Corinthians 5:1, 4 NLT

— Exodus 20:12 NASB HOW TO HONOR MOM: • Give genuine WEIGHT to her insight and counsel. • Express genuine APPRECIATION for her role and presence in your life. — 1 Timothy 5:2 NLT • Provide for HER when she is IN NEED. HOW TO BE A MOTHER LODE: • Be a SAFE PLACE. — Proverbs 7:18-20 NLT • Embrace the DEMANDS and the REWARDS of LABOR. • FEAR God. — Proverbs 31:30 NASB

• The gifts are given for the GLORY of God and the GOOD of OTHERS. • They are given THROUGH YOU . . . not TO YOU! — 1 Corinthians 14:12 NASB — Acts 2:4-11 NIV — 1 Corinthians 14:23-25 NASB — 1 Corinthians 14:39-40 NASB

• Who is the Holy Spirit? — Corinthians 12-13 • So Why is Paul addressing Spiritual gifts? • What are the gifts He gives? "Spiritual Gift - Charismata – a gracious gift given freely and generously." — 1 Corinthians 12:14-24 • What is the purpose of His gifts? — 1 Corinthians 12:7 — Another huge purpose for your spiritual gifts is the unity of the Body — 1 Corinthians 12:25-27 • Finally, how are th...

— Luke 9:23 (NLT) — 1 Corinthians 15:20 (NLT) — 1 Corinthians 15:3-8 (NLT) • The SCRIPTURES MAPPED OUT the details of what Christ would do in ADVANCE! • Jesus appeared to PETER: The one that DENIED him at his trial and deserted him at his crucifixion. Peter became a CHAMPION of the faith and ultimately DIED for Jesus by hanging UPSIDE DOWN on a cross! His transformation came only because of the FA...

• Stewardship is primarily a matter of the HEART. — Deuteronomy 8:17-18 NIV • Stewardship is the PRIMARY RESOURCE of MINISTRY. — Malachi 3:8 NIV — Haggai 1:2-4 NIV

• Family is Foundational to Faith. "How you handle Jesus in front of your children will either be a help or a hinderance to your children building a faith of their own." "Could it be that the rampant abandoning of faith by the next generation is because parents are simply outsourcing their job to the church?" — 1 Timothy 5:8 • First Step: Acknowledge the Responsibility — Proverbs 22:6 • Second Ste...

— Hebrews 13:17 NLT • Our VISION is to bring hope to our world by helping people FIND and FOLLOW Jesus Christ. • Our Mission: — Attract Outsiders In — Build Insiders Up — Serve Inside and Out

• Gender roles existed by divine plan BEFORE sin entered the world. • SIN corrupted God’s divine plan for the sexes on earth. • Redemption in Christ reaffirms the creation order. — Genesis 1:26-27 NASB — Genesis 3:16 NLT — Ephesians 5:21-26 NLT

• Am I in DANGER of becoming DISQUALIFIED? 2 Timothy 4:7-8 NIV Philippians 3:14-17 NIV • Am I LEARNING from those who have SUCCEEDED or FAILED before me? Colossians 3:5 NIV • Am I keeping my GUARD up? 1 Corinthians 10:12-13 NIV • In what ways am I disciplining my BODY for the sake of the Gospel and my own spiritual growth? • What types of PRIZES am I striving to obtain? • In what ways am I spiritu...

• Love outranks liberty. — 1 Corinthians 8:9 NIV — Romans 14:15-21 NIV • Learn to LEVERAGE your rights for the sake of LOVE. • The BENEFITS of leveraging your rights: • • It lends you MORAL AUTHORITY. — 1 Corinthians 9:12 NIV • • It HONORS all those for whom it is done. • • It GLORIFIES GOD and BEARS MUCH FRUIT.

• Stay Put and Start Living! • Stop LOOKING for LOOPHOLES and LICENSES! — 1 Corinthians 7:7-9 ESV — Matthew 19:10-12 The Living Bible — 1 Corinthians 7:39-40 ESV

• STAY PUT and START LIVING. — 1 Corinthians 7:17, 20 The Message — 1 Corinthians 7:21-24 MSG • Stop looking for LOOPHOLES and LICENSES.

• Know that your future heavenly DUTIES should help you settle your current earthly DISPUTES. • Know that a LAWLESS LIFESTYLE signals a DARK DESTINY. • Know that your earthly BODY has eternal VALUE. — 2 Timothy 2:22 NLT — 1 Thessalonians 4:3-5, 7-8 NLT