Fellowship Church - Prairieville, LA

John 4:21-16A Follower is a Worshiper. -True worship is about the reason, not the result. God seeks true worshipers. -True worship is true of God and true from us. -God is not seeking performance; He is seeking people who worship .God is worshiped because God is worthy. -God does not need but deserves worship. -Worship is giving God what is due Him not what we owe Him. The Lord is worthy of right...

New You Romans 10:1-17 A follower is a believer. -We follow who (and what) we believe. Believing creates our living. -Belief is convictions held so deeply they create and cause our motivations and actions. -If what we say we believe is not changing how we live, do we believe it? Is my belief correct? -Correct belief changes how we live. Am I committed to my belief? -Committed belief changes what w...

Redo: Regret to Restoration Matthew 26:14-16, 30-35, 45-51, 69-75, Mathew 27:3-5 Our expectations are often good, but our confidence is misplaced. Our failure doesn’t make us a failure. You only sell what you never truly treasured. You don’t have to do the things you used to do because you’re not the person you used to be in Christ Jesus. Grace pursues us at the place of our failure. The only way...

Do’s and Don’ts of Gift-Giving James 4:13-17 Do live today. -Don’t live for today. Do value time today. -Don’t sell today for tomorrow. -Don’t sell tomorrow, today. Do faithfully today, honoring what is ahead. -Don’t presume; do plan. Do the right you know. -Doing what is right requires learning what is right.- -Don’t allow what you feel to overcome what is true. Don’t just ask, “Is this wrong?” -...

The Do’s and Don’ts of Gift-giving 1 Peter 4:10-12 Do serve people. -Don’t serve your gifts. Do own your gifts. -Don’t own your success. Do be humble. -Don’t fear confidence; do fight arrogance. Do what is needed. -Don’t do what you want, do what is needed. Do see God’s goodness in your giftedness. -Do seek God’s glory in your good work.

2 Corinthians 9Do decide.-Give by conviction, not convenience. Don’t manipulate.-Faithfulness cannot come from manipulation, compulsion, or extortion. Do invest.-We should only expect benefit, return, or reward where we invest. Do sacrifice.-Faithfulness requires giving what we want to have, not just what we want to give. Don’t chase cheer.-Cheer is given in, not gotten from. Do receive.-How we re...

Scripture – Psalm 118:1-8 Big Idea – God deserves our thanks because He IS Good God’s goodness is true because He is true Remembering the Lord’s past kindness gives us a future hope Don’t forget to remember the Lord’s goodness.

Gratitude AdjustmentPsalm 100_____________ is active; not passive. We must be emptied to be filled. Worship the Lord in truth. Worship the Lord in thanksgiving. Worship the Lord in trust.

Alive: The New Together Ephesians 2:11-22 / Ezekiel 37:15-28 Brought near. Made whole. In peace. New person. Full citizen.

Alive: The Good of Work Ephesians 2:10 God’s work is good work. -God’s good work does God’s good work. -Good work is our journey not our destination. Ephesians 4:1-16 God creates his craftsmanship to craft His creations. -Be good in doing good. -Crafting creates calling. -The Church is uniquely crafted and created. -The Church’s unique creation is caused by each of our unique crafting. -Growth alw...

Ephesians 2:8-10 In Christ, we are His masterpiece. Every masterpiece has a purpose. -Autou- of Him -Gar- for -Esmen- we are -Poiema- that which has been made The saved testify to a Savior. Every masterpiece has an imitation. -Ephesians 3:14-20 Jesus changes you completely.

Alive: Faith that Works Ephesians 2:8-10, 4:17-24, Ezekial 37:12-14, 26-27 Faith requires grace. -Saving grace. Receiving faith. Faith requires freedom. -Faith is freely believing. Faith requires believing. -Faith is so believing it changes all our living and so living it changes all our believing. Faith requires surrender. -Faith is putting off the old self by trusting that Christ has taken it. F...

Alive: The Greatness of Grace Ephesians 2:8-10, 1:15-23, Ezekiel 37 Grace is first. -Grace is God’s goodness given to the underserving and unmeriting. Grace is everything. -Grace is that salvation, security, workmanship, and good works are all God’s work. Grace is God’s will. -It is God’s will to restore humanity to Himself .Grace is God’s work. -Grace works when we stop working for it. Grace is f...

Alive: The Giver is the GiftEphesians 2:4-7, Ezekiel 37:7-14But God…-The greatest interjection in history is Jesus. Being rich in mercy…-The wealth of God’s mercy is not diminished by price of our transgression. Because of the great love…-The love of God is because God is love. With which he has loved us…-We do not cause why God loves us but we do cause how God loved us. Even when we were dead in...

Alive: From Death | Ezekial 37:1-8 & Ephesians 2:1-3 Look Alive: Live a life of joy, passion, and excellence. We look alive because we are. This death is real. (Ephesians 3:17-24) The nature is our birth; the actions are our choice. Don’t dress up death. Repentance is dying to death. Don’t return to death. Those made alive no longer desire to live in death. Don’t judge decay. We are not better...

Alive: More than a Look Ephesians 2:1-10 & Ezekial 37 Look Alive: Live a life of joy, passion, and excellence. -We look alive because we are. We look how we live. -Love the provision. (Ephesians 1:3-15) Love the Provider of life by loving the life provided. -Love the making. We cannot be joyful in, while begrudging, the making. -Love being alive. Do you love life in Christ?

7 Struggles of Suburbia The Never-Ending Cycle of Indulgence Winning is more than not sinning; it is wise living. Ecclesiastes 2:1-11 Is pleasure good? (Eccl. 2:24, 3:12-13, 3:22, 5:18, 8:15, 9:7)God is the Creator of pleasure. (Eccl. 11:13-14) The purpose of pleasure is greater than the experience of pleasure. (Prov. 20:1, 21:17) Pleasure was created for our good to God’s glory. (Gen. 1:10,12,18,...

7 Struggles of SuburbiaGrudges: Holding and Healing Proverbs 26:24-27 Haters are both deceiving and deceived. Haters are not fully known nor fully trusted. Haters injure everyone, including themselves Ecclesiastes 7:8-10, 20-22 Grace given causes forgiveness and forbearance. (Psalm 103:8-10, Prov. 10:12&19) Hatred dwells deeply. (Proverbs 10:17-18) We have the ability to affect how offended we...

Gossip: What, Why, & How Winning is more than not sinning; it is wise living. Ecclesiastes 10:12-14 -Words weigh. Weigh them before you say them. -Words keep working. Words work long beyond their sound. Say less. (Prov. 12:18, 13:3, 20:19, 29:20, Eccl. 5:2) Love before you speak. (Prov. 12:25, 15:23, 18:21) Say right things to the right people. (Prov. 11:13, 17:9, 26:20) Never gain from the ne...

“A heart at peace gives life to the body, but envy rots the bones.” Proverbs 14:30 Comparison is a trap that steals kills and destroys Contentment is the key that disables the destruction Envy rots my life… If I can see the trap I can avoid the snare If I am trapped by comparison, there is freedom in faith If my heart is at peace it will give life to my body… 4 Thoughts about Comparison to Conside...

7 Struggles of Suburbia Apathy vs. Empathy Ecclesiastes 8:10-9:5 Winning is more than not sinning; it is wise living. Apathy is from the loss of empathy. Choose righteousness. -In the end, it goes well for those who fear God. Choose hope. -Hope is a matter of conscience, not just circumstance. Choose love. -Hate hardens. Choose good. -Do well in the doing of good. Why do I not care? -Take care of...

The Emptiness of EntitlementWinning is more than not sinning; it is wise living. Ecclesiastes 5:10-6:9The struggles of entitlement are deserving, demanding, and delighting.-Every good thing is God’s grace. Delights drive us.-When what delights us becomes what we deserve and demand, it loses its delight. Deserving is dangerous.-Having never satisfies the appetite to have; it increases it. Demanding...

The Struggle of BusynessWinning is more than not sinning; it is wise living. Ephesians 5:14b-17Be awake. Be aware. Be available. Ecclesiastes 3:1-14The moment matters…-This moment isn’t everything, but it’s not nothing. Time matters more…-Time will always be something we can never get back. Eternity matters most.-God did not create us for time; He created time for us because He created us for Hims...

Twisted Truth: God Will Never Give You More Than You Can Handle2 Corinthians 1:3-14Embrace uncomfortable. Put hope to work. Life gets hard, lean in. Get simple. Get real about the real. Stay sincere. Stay right in the real. The strong are simple enough to be sincere and sincere enough to be simple.

Twisted Truth: Money is the Root of all Evil1 Timothy 6:2-10, Matthew 6:19-24Everyone serves someone.-Who we serve is the result of and revealed by our love and devotion. Money is not the problem.-Money is neutral; people are the problem. Real Money Problems:-Greed: Having what is good at the cost of not doing what is good.-Gain: Getting more for yourself without concern of the cost to others.-Rec...