Gospel Life Church

Why does AA need a higher power? Because in going through your Inventory its easy to get caught up in the fact that its all about you. When its all about you, you can get caught up in several traps: One, you can’t really face yourself and your life because if you did you would be overwhelmed with grief, with guilt, and with shame. You can spiral into self-doubt, and discouragement so much that its...

3 Paradigms of Engagement with Culture and Politics (Hunter, p. 213): Defensive Against- Conservatives of all confessions have been angry about their loss of prominence, as well as anxious, on guard, and self-protective in ways that have created walls between themselves and the outside world. They have pursued this ideal by constructing a complex empire of parallel institutions in music, education...

Revelation 2:1–7 “Write this letter to the angel of the church in Ephesus. This is the message from the one who holds the seven stars in his right hand, the one who walks among the seven gold lampstands: 20 This is the meaning of the mystery of the seven stars you saw in my right hand and the seven gold lampstands: The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches, and the seven lampstands are...

Revelation 2:4 4 “But I have this complaint against you. You don’t love me or each other as you did at first! 5 Look how far you have fallen! Turn back to me and do the works you did at first. If you don’t repent, I will come and remove your lampstand from its place among the churches. This is going to be a cultural message. What is culture? Culture is the values and the expression of those values...

“Holiness is the habit of being of one mind with God, according as we find His mind described in Scripture. It is the habit of agreeing in God’s judgment, hating what He hates, loving what He loves, and measuring everything in this world by the standard of His Word. ” J C Ryle “Has it ever occurred to you that one hundred pianos all tuned to the same fork are automatically tuned to each other? The...

Aseity- existence originating from and having no source other than itself. “I Am” is the verb “ehyeh” meaning to be. The verb form here is a first person singular translated “I Am”. When His people refer to Him as Yahweh, which is the third person masculine singular form of the same verb, they say "he is." Exodus 3:14–15 14 God replied to Moses, “I Am Who I Am. Say this to the people of Israel: I...

COMPLAINING- REBELLION AGAINST GOD Complaining is saying things aren't going my way, things I have no control over. So what matters is how we respond. This is our Response-ability. The funny thing is that some people feel good, and think that they are doing something constructive about a problem when they complain. They are complaining to you so you can solve the problem. Often when we are complai...

Look for red, OK, how much green did you see? Why can't atheists see God? People find what they are looking for. Some people see the negative in everything and some people see the positive. Its the same situation so what becomes important is the person’s perception of reality, rather than the reality itself. We get in ruts, we allow negative patterns of thought into our lives and they become habit...

Baptism is not only a picture of what Jesus has done for u in the past but a picture of the life u are going to live in the future resulting ultimately in resurrection life in the very presence of God. Baptism captures 4 meanings: Repentance and Salvation from Sin (Matthew 3:11; 1 Peter 3:21) Association with the death and resurrection of Jesus (Romans 6:1–4) Well then, should we keep on sinning s...

Baptism, The New Exodus Studying the Bible will blow your mind. IF you are not studying it, you are missing out!!! Baptism was supposed to be such a simple subject, but oh no, mind blowing. Spurgeon Quotes “I do not question the safety of the soul that has believed, but I do say again, I would not run the risk of the man who, having believed, refuses to be baptized.” “I feel shocked when I hear pe...

How is FAITH NOT a Work? 1 Corinthians 12:3b “no one can say Jesus is Lord, except by the Holy Spirit” 1 Thessalonians 1:5 5 For when we brought you the Good News, it was not only with words but also with power, for the Holy Spirit gave you full assurance that what we said was true. Romans 3:27 27 Can we boast, then, that we have done anything to be accepted by God? No, because our acquittal is no...

The ability to make promises is a uniquely human activity. Many people view the marriage covenant as constricting. But the knot which you tie in marriage is not a noose. Actually, when you make a promise you are in a state where you are your most free and your most human. How so? Well, animals can't make promises. Everything they do occurs by instinct. If their hormones tell them to migrate, they...

The Christian Life is Warfare The Christian life, click your heels together 3 times vs a lifetime of warfare. We have to change our mindset. We get discouraged at the first sign of trouble vs He said trials would come so here is my chance to do warfare. Refusing to do battle is saying I'm allowed to lose my tempter, I'm allowed to have unconfessed sin, I'm allowed to be bitter. You have already be...

Ephesians 4:23–25 23 Instead, let the Spirit renew your thoughts and attitudes. 24 Put on your new nature, created to be like God—truly righteous and holy. 25 So stop telling lies. Let us tell our neighbors the truth, for we are all parts of the same body. I find myself lying, but its not really lying, and I think we all do it. When we lie we are not thinking long term but we are thinking irration...

1) James 5:16 NLT "Confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The earnest prayer of a righteous person has great power and produces wonderful results.” Is it easy for you to apply this passage in our life? If so what is holding you back? If not please practice in your group by confessing then pray for each other as the text states. 2)Sunday's message touched...