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God the Holy Spirit Part 3 John 16:7 (ESV) “It is to your advantage that I go away, for if I do not go away, the Helper will not come to you. But if I go, I will send Him to you.” The Help of the Holy Spirit Teaches and counsels you on what to do. (John 14:26) Makes you aware of sin. (John 16:7-8) Is with you in every situation. (1 Corinthians 3:16) Gives you illumination of the Scriptures. (1 Cor...

God the Holy Spirit Part 2   John 16:7 (ESV) “It is to your advantage that I go away, for if I do not go away, the Helper will not come to you. But if I go, I will send Him to you.”   Acts 1:4,5b (NIV) “Do not leave Jerusalem, but wait for the gift My Father promised, which you have heard Me speak about…you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.”   Acts 1:8 (NIV) “You will receive power when the H...

A Church Familiar with God the Holy Spirit   John 14:26 (ESV) “The Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My Name…”   John 15:26 (ESV) “When the Helper comes, whom I will send to you from the Father , the Spirit of truth…”   John 16:7 (ESV) “It is to your advantage that I go away, for if I do not go away, the Helper will not come to you. But if I go, I will send Him to you.”   Acts...

Making Jesus Famous   Question: Where did the need for missions begin?   Genesis 3:1-7 (NIV) “Now the serpent was more crafty than any of the wild animals the Lord God had made. He said to the woman, ‘Did God really say, “You must not eat from any tree in the garden”?’ The woman said to the serpent, ‘We may eat fruit from the trees in the garden, but God did say, “You must not eat fruit from the t...

Jesus, Our Shepherd Part 2   John 10:1-16 (NIV) “‘Very truly I tell you Pharisees, anyone who does not enter the sheep pen by the gate, but climbs in by some other way, is a thief and a robber. The one who enters by the gate is the shepherd of the sheep. The gatekeeper opens the gate for him, and the sheep listen to his voice. He calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. When he has brought...

Jesus, Our Shepherd Part 1 Ezekiel 34:23 (NIV) “I will place over them one shepherd , my servant David, and he will tend them; he will tend them and be their shepherd.”   John 10:1-17 (ESV) “‘Truly, truly, I say to you, he who does not enter the sheepfold by the door but climbs in by another way, that man is a thief and a robber. But he who enters by the door is the shepherd of the sheep. To him t...

The Church That Just Won’t Quit James 1:2-4 (NIV) “Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance. Let perseverance finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything.”   Acts 3:7-8 (NIV) “Taking him by the right hand, he helped him up, and instantly the man’s fee...

The Church Living Under the Kingship of Jesus Christ   John 12:12-19 (NIV) “The next day the great crowd that had come for the festival heard that Jesus was on His way to Jerusalem. They took palm branches and went out to meet Him, shouting, ‘Hosanna! Blessed is He who comes in the Name of the Lord! Blessed is the King of Israel!’ Jesus found a young donkey and sat on it, as it is written: ‘Do not...

The Church Jesus is Building   1 Timothy 3:14-15 (NIV) “…I am writing you these instructions so that…you will know how people ought to conduct themselves in God’s household, which is the church of the living God…”   Acts 5:42 (NIV) “Day after day, in the temple courts and from house to house…” ·       Temple courts - Large gathering ·       House to house - Small group ministry    Genesis 2:18 (NK...

The Church Jesus is Building is the Church Resting in Him Mark 4:19 (NIV) “The worries of this life...choke the Word, making it unfruitful.” Matthew 11:28-30 (NIV) “Come to Me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For My yoke is easy and My burden is light.”...

The Type of Church Jesus Builds to Destroy the Works of Darkness Acts 20:28 (ESV) “He obtained [the church] with His own blood.” The Type of Church Jesus Builds to Destroy the Works of Darkness 1. Is a church submitted to God’s Word over their desires, personal passions or feelings. 2 Timothy 4:3 (NIV) “For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine. Instead, to suit their own des...

Matthew 16:13-18 (ESV) “Now when Jesus came into the district of Caesarea Philippi, He asked His disciples, ‘Who do people say that the Son of Man is?’ And they said, ‘Some say John the Baptist, others say Elijah, and others Jeremiah or one of the prophets.’ He said to them, ‘But who do you say that I am?’ Simon Peter replied, ‘You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.’ And Jesus answered him...

The Ingredients of a Godly Legacy Acts 20:17-38 The Example of the Apostle Paul   Integrity Acts 20:17-19 (NIV) “From Miletus, Paul sent to Ephesus for the elders of the church. When they arrived, he said to them: “You know how I lived the whole time I was with you, from the first day I came into the province of Asia. I served the Lord with great humility and with tears and in the midst of severe...

1. Walk into the rebellion against your diehard sin knowing who is with you.   Acts 4:1-13 (ESV) “And as they were speaking to the people, the priests and the captain of the temple and the Sadducees came upon them,greatly annoyed because they were teaching the people and proclaiming in Jesus the resurrection from the dead. And they arrested them and put them in custody until the next day, for it w...

Moving from the Cave to the Castle 1 Chronicles 11:10-19 Who were these mighty men? 1 Samuel 22 - Distressed - Indebted - Discontented There’s some Spiritual STRATEGY involved in moving from the cave to the castle. *Strategy - “A plan of action, a plan for military operations and movements during a war or battle.” 1. Stare Up Psalm 121:1-2 -- “I will lift up mine eyes to the hills-from whence come...

Living for God in an Ungodly Culture   Message Reference - John 8:1-11   John 8:1-3 (NIV) “At dawn He appeared again in the temple courts, where all the people gathered around Him, and He sat down to teach them. The teachers of the law and the Pharisees brought in a woman caught in adultery. They made her stand before the group and said to Jesus, ‘Teacher, this woman was caught in the act of adult...

God Wants to Use You John 4:5-29 (NLT) “(Jesus) came to the Samaritan village of Sychar, near the field that Jacob gave to his son Joseph. Jacob’s well was there; and Jesus, tired from the long walk, sat wearily beside the well about noontime. Soon a Samaritan woman came to draw water, and Jesus said to her, ‘Please give me a drink.’ He was alone at the time because His disciples had gone into the...

Vision of Victory   1.     Know you are free. John 8:36 (ESV) “So if the Son set you free, you will be free indeed.”   2.    How to hold onto that freedom.   1 Peter 2:16 (ESV) “Live as people who are free…”   Vision of Victory 1 Samuel 17:26 (ESV) “And David said to the men who stood by him, ‘What shall be done for the man who kills the Philistine and takes away the reproach from Israel?’”

Reaching Those Who Are Lost In an Ungodly Culture   Luke 19:1-4 (NIV) “Jesus entered Jericho and was passing through. A man was there by the name of Zacchaeus; he was a chief tax collector and was wealthy. He wanted to see who Jesus was, but because he was short he could not see over the crowd. So he ran ahead and climbed a sycamore-fig tree to see Him, since Jesus was coming that way.”   1.  Don’...

Being a Man of God in an Ungodly Culture   Joshua 24:14-15 (NKJV) “Fear the Lord, serve Him in sincerity and in truth, and put away the gods which your fathers served on the other side of the River and in Egypt. Serve the Lord! And if it seems evil to you to serve the Lord, choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of...

Maintaining a Biblical Perspective in the Face of Pressure   Daniel 6:10 (NIV) “Now when Daniel learned that the decree had been published, he went home to his upstairs room where the windows opened toward Jerusalem. Three times a day he got down on his knees and prayed, giving thanks to his God, just as he had done before.”   Daniel 6:16a (NIV) “So the king gave the order, and they brought Daniel...

Living a Life of Integrity in an Ungodly Culture   “The blessing of our integrity will outlive us and guide others in the right path long after we are dancing on streets of gold. The impact and influence are eternal.”   - Dr. Russ Frase, Fight for integrity   Daniel 6:1-3 (ESV) “It pleased Darius to set over the kingdom 120 satraps, to be throughout the whole kingdom; and over them three high offi...

Warfare Wisdom…Defeating Our Enemies with the Knowledge of God   We live in the middle of two great prophetic declarations of victory. -        Matthew 16:13-19        “…I will build My church and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.” -        Revelation 12:11        “And they over came him by the blood of the Lamb and the word of their testimony.”   Hosea 4:6 “My people are destroyed f...