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Grace Invites us to Walk the Path of Humble Repentance . . . I. Humility accesses Grace Sufficient for our Disloyalty and Failure! (4-7) II. Humility leads us Away from Sin and Towards Growing Connection to the Lord! (8-10) III. Humility keeps us from the Sins of Slander and Gossip! (11-12) Practical Implications o In what ways are you embracing grace? Legalism? o What sins and distractions do you...

Conflict Comes from Competing Desires . . . I. Let your Desires drive You to Humble Faith not Selfish Fights ! (1-3) II. Realign your Desires to Express Absolute Loyalty to God not Flirtation with the World! (4-5) Practical Implications o Identify Your Conflicts and Trace them to Your Desires: o Identify and Repent of your Functional Idols: o Identify and Repent of Worldliness that has Crept into...

Godly Wisdom is Shown by Righteous Results . . . I. Wisdom is Tested by our Conduct and our Humility ! (13) II. Earthly Wisdom is Fueled by Selfishness and Results in All Types of Sin ! (14-16) III. Heavenly Wisdom is Pure and Results in Righteousness and Peace! (17-18) Practical Implications o What does Consistent Faithfulness look like for you? o What is the current fruit of your life saying? o...

Sunday Sermon, October 17, 2021, preached by Josiah McDaniel from Ephesians 2:1-10. “From Death to New Life!” Ephesians 2:1 10 God Graciously Saves Us from Death to New Life & New Works through Jesus Christ. I. Apart from Christ, We Are Spiritually Dead under the Power of Satan and Our Sinful Desires! (vs.1-3) II. But God Lovingly Raises Us to New Life through the Gracious Work of Jesus Christ...

Only the Gospel can Tame the Power of the Tongue . . . I. Growing Mastery of our Tongues shows Growing Maturity in our Lives! (1-2) II. Our Tongues have Disproportionate Impact to their Size, and Usually it is Destructive ! (3-8) III. Integrity in our Tongues Blesses both God and Others ! (9-12) Practical Implications o Take an Inventory of your Words: o Evaluate your Words: o Repent and Reform yo...

Sunday Sermon, October 3, 2021 from James 2:14-26. True Saving Faith Is Always a Working Faith... Make sure your Profession of Faith is Matched by a Life of Faithful Obedience! (14-17) Aim for a Faith that can be Seen and Proven by the Works it Produces! (18-19) Look at Biblical Examples of Working Faith, but not Works Based Righteousness! (20-26) Practical Implications Have you placed Treasuring...

Sunday Sermon, September 23, 2021 from James 2:8-13. Partiality Violates the Law of Love . . . I. Desire to Truly Live out the Commands of Jesus instead of Sinning through Partiality! (8-9) II. Cling to the Gospel there is no Other Way to Escape our Guilt as Lawbreakers ! (10-11) III. Live in a Way that You can Face the Coming Judgement Confident of Mercy ! (12-13) Practical Implications o Believe...

Saving Faith Is Incompatible with Partiality... I. Partiality is Evaluating People Positively and Negatively based on External Factors! (1) II. Partiality takes God’s Place as Judge then replaces it with Evil Motives ! (2-4) III. Partiality Contradicts God’s Attitude and Character towards People! (5-7) Practical Implications o What External are you prone to honor/dishonor people over? o What steps...

The Gospel leads us to Internalize and Obey God’s Word . . . I. Remove the Obstacles to Receptivity of God’s Truth! (19-21) II. Continue Past Learning to Action so You can be Blessed! (22-25) III. Test the Genuineness of your Faith by what it Produces ! (26-27) Practical Implications o What is your Spiritual Intake vs. Output? o How controlled or uncontrolled are your words? o Where is the world i...

Among competing options, where does good come from . . . I. Is it from Circumstances or God’s Favor and Promises? (12) II. Is it from Sin’s Deceitful Offer of Pleasure and Comfort ? (13-15) III. Is it from God’s all Generous and Saving Hand? (16-18) Practical Implications o Where are you specifically prone to look for life outside of God? o What areas of temptation most tempt you? o What praisewor...

The Gospel Compels us to not just Hear but Do the Word . . . (1:21; 2:1; 1:5, 17, 22-25; 2:8, 14-26; 3:13-18; 4:11) I. Empowers us to Faithfully Endure Trials and Temptations! (1:2-18; 2:6-7; 5:7-20) II. Empowers us to Reject all Forms of Partiality! (1:9-11; 2:1-13; 5:1-5; 5:1-6) III. Empowers us to Tame the Untamable Destructive force of our Tongues! (3:1-12; 4:11-12, 13; 5:12, 19) IV. Empowers...

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Doctrine done Right Leads to Transformation . . . I. Continually Hearing the Gospel Leads us to be Devoted to Good Works! (8) II. Flee Irrelevant Controversies that are Unprofitable and Divisive ! (9-15) Practical Implications o Have you Repented and Believed? o What is the Message to Yourself & Your Community? o What is worth your focused time and discussions?

Live w/ Dignifying Empathy for the Lost . . . I. Remember Honor and Gentleness even when it is Not Deserved ! (1-2) II. Remember Past Blindness and be Humbled by it! (3) III. Remember Pure Mercy from Jesus when we Didn’t Deserve it! (4-7) Practical Implications o How’s your empathy to others? Those different from you? o How can you intentionally cultivate humility and compassion? o How can you dee...

Grasping Grace makes us Zealous for Godliness . . . I. By Grace we Have Been Saved , and the World is Offered Salvation ! (11) II. By Grace we Hate Sin and Pursue Righteousness as we Actively Wait for the Return of Jesus! (12-13) III. By Grace we are Redeemed and Purified to be the People Treasured by Jesus! (14-15) Practical Implications o Have you Received the Gospel Invitation? o Do you hate an...

The Gospel is Adorned when Applied to Every Context . . . I. Older People, live in Maturing Godliness and Invest in the Next Generation! (1-3) II. Younger People, learn to Live out the Gospel in Everyday Stuff of Life! (4-8) III. Workers, pursue Faithfulness in Attitude and Action to your Boss and Company! (9-10) Practical Implications o The Gospel Alone Saves/Changes: o Where do you see Measurabl...

Beware of False Teaching and False Living . . . I. We Silence False and Empty Teaching to Protect the People around Us! (10-11) II. We Rebuke False Teaching and Living so that Restoration can Happen! (12-14) III. We Display the Genuineness of our Faith by our Gospel Good Works ! (15-16) Practical Implications o Believe and Evidence the Gospel: o Commit to Speaking Up: o Pursue Growth in Gospel Liv...

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Follow Blameless Leaders towards Blamelessness . . . I. Do they Love and Lead their Families in a way that Helps you Love and Lead yours? (5-6) II. Do they have Personal Character that Encourages Growth in your own Character? (7-8) III. Does their Devotion to the Word Challenge you to Conviction & Devotion to the Word? (9) Practical Implications o Charges to Micah/Anna o Pursue a Deeper Intima...

Genuine Faith must Lead to Growing Godliness … I. Check for the 3 Essentials : Saving Faith, Growing Knowledge, & Applied Godliness! (1) II. Build on the Hope of Eternal Life Promised by God and Proclaimed by Faithful Teachers! (2-3) III. Model Multiplying Discipleship based on the Parent/Child Relationship! (4) Practical Implications o Check for the 3 Essentials: o Be Faithful as a Son, Peer...

Conflict until the Coming Age . . . I. A Historical King as a Prototype for Coming Anti-Christ & His Abominations! (11:21-45) II. Ongoing Tribulations as a Prototype for Coming Great Tribulation and Final Judgment! III. A View and Framework for End Times Events! o The Rapture of the Church (?; 1 Thess 4:16-17) o Great Tribulation (Rev 6-18) o The Return of Christ (Rev 19:9-18) o The Millennial...

Chris Harris updating church on Peruvian Missions

Angelic Conflict Influences Human Events . . . I. Encounters w/ God should Undo us! II. There is Demonic Resistance to God’s Work in the Lives of His People! III. The Conflict in the Spiritual and Earthly Realms will Continue until the End! Practical Implications o How do you need to expand or adjust your understanding of the Spiritual Realm? o How can you incorporate fasting into your Spiritual h...

Pray that God will Restore the Ruins around You . . . I. Meditation and Adoration Create a Heart Posture for Genuine Prayer! (1-4) II. All Encompassing Heartfelt Repentance opens us to God’s Lavish Mercy ! (5-15) III. Prepared Hearts pour out Requests for Redemption’s Full Effect ! (16-19) Practical Implications o Survey Your Life: o Open the Book and Gaze at God: o Set Aside some Time to Confess:

( Dan 11:36-37, 12:1-3;Rev 13/17/19/20; Mrk 14:61-64; Ps 2:6-9 ) God will Gloriously Triumph at the End of the Age . . . I. The Anti-Christ will be Worshipped by All People, except God’s People who he will Oppress ! II. God will Judge Anti-Christ and His Followers before Instituting His Eternal Kingdom at the Return of Christ! Practical Implications o How is your worship focused and flourishing? o...