Grand Parkway Baptist Church

Jan 22, 2023 Romans 13:1-7 Words To Live By: Authority Two introductory thoughts… a) Authority is the first casualty in a culture that begins with your rights and not your responsibility.  b) Authority is under attack in our culture today, both overtly and covertly. 1. Subjection is God’s design for everyone, v. 1 2. Authority is Gods design for the world, v. 1-2 3. Authority is intended to modera...

Jan 15, 2023 Philippians 4:10 -13 Words To Live By: Contentment “Contentment is nothing more than soul rest. It is satisfaction, peace, assurance, and a sense of wellbeing cultivated by pursuing the right things.”                                              -Gary Thomas 1. Practice a Godward orientation, v. 10 “Be not like a horse or a mule, without understanding, which must be curbed with bit an...

The God of Hope Romans 15:13 Ray Ortlund Be sure to follow us: Instagram Facebook Youtube

Jan 1, 2023 Mark 6:30 -31 Rhythm Over Resolutions Differences in rhythm and pace… a) pace is the speed of something while rhythm is the pattern of something b) pace thinks about what we can accomplish while rhythm thinks about who we are becoming 1. Exertion 2. Community In biblical community we experience three things… a) refreshed “May the Lord grant mercy to the household of Onesiphorus, for he...

Dec 25, 2022 Luke 2:22 -35 The Consequence of the Incarnation 1. Divine choreography, v. 27 * David & Goliath- “take these cheeses to your brothers” * Moses & burning bush- “Now Moses was keeping the flock of his father-in-law Jethro…” * Healing of blind man- “One day Peter and John were going up to the temple…" 2. The universal reach of the Gospel, v. 32 “And now the Lord says, he wh...

Dec 25, 2022 Luke 2:1-7 Three Questions of Christmas 1. What happened? Caesar Augustus Quirinius of Syria Joseph Galilee Nazareth Judea Bethlehem David Mary child 2. Why did it happen? “But as he considered these things, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, “Joseph, son of David, do not fear to take Mary as your wife, for that which is conceived in her is from the Holy...

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Dec 11, 2022 Nehemiah 8:1-12 Defiant Joy Biblical joy is not just a happy emotion that we either feel or don’t feel. It is a state of being that finds its source in God. This joy come from God and our joy is a product of what God has done and continues to do. It is gladness and contentedness flowing out of a well spring of God’s faithfulness and mercy, quite independent of our circumstances.      ...

Dec 4, 2022 Peace - Presence of the Desirable Ephesians 2:11 -22, Philippians 4:7 Peace  Absence of the undesirable Peace Presence of the desirable Reconciliation (v16) Citizenship (v19) Dwelling place (v22) How to have it - Romans 5 Faith in Jesus  image.png Righteous image.png Peace What does having Peace look like - Philippians 4:4-7 Rejoicing Graciousness Conform to the belief that God is in c...

Nov 27, 2022 Hebrews 6:13 -20 The Power of Hope 1. Our hope is based on certainty, v.17 a) to show b) more convincingly c) to the heirs of the promise d)the unchangeable character of his purpose “There is tremendous relief in knowing that His love for me is utterly realistic, based at every point on prior knowledge of the worst about me, so that no discovery can now disillusion Him about me, in th...

"Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you.”                                                                                         -Ephesians 4:32 Be sure to follow us: Instagram Facebook Youtube

Nov 13, 2022 Malachi 3:13 -4:8 Final Words 1. Our motives matter, v. 13-14 "I believe in Christianity as I believe that the sun has risen not only because I see it but because by it I see everything else.”                 -C.S. Lewis 2. Judgement takes many forms, v. 15 Here is an example of progressive judgment… a) sexual impurity, v. 24- “therefore God gave them up in the lusts of their hea...

Nov 6, 2022 Malachi 3:6-12 Why Conditional Living Will Never Satisfy You 1. God is patient, v. 6 2. God is covenantal not conditional, v. 7b-9 If you are married to someone who is conditional not covenantal three things happen in your marriage… a) rarely feel heard or understood in an argument, much less validated b) rarely feel closure after an argument because they are never wrong c) you will co...

Oct 30, 2022  Malachi 2:17 -3:5 How To Live When It Feels Like It Doesn’t Matter 1. Keep believing despite what you see, v. 17 Five mistakes they made… a) they ignored God’s word b) they spoke their words to one another, not to God c) they contradicted the character of God d) they spread their unbelief to each other and to the community e) they failed to encourage one another to love and trust God...

Oct 23, 2022  MARRIAGE AND DIVORCE THROUGH THE EYES OF THE FATHER Malachi 2:10 -16 1 GOD’S PEOPLE WERE INTERMARRYING WITH THE PEOPLE AROUND THEM  2.  GOD’S PEOPLE HAD A LOW REGARD MARRIAGE  QUESTIONS: • How has your relationship with God directly or indirectly affected the people you live with? What about the people you work with? • What do you need to start doing in your marriage as a response to...

Matthew 17:13 -14 How to Swim Upstream in a Downstream Culture Be sure to follow us: Instagram Facebook Youtube

The Consistency of God In An Inconsistent World Malachi 2:1-9 1. God is about the heart, v. 1-2 “ I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you shall be clean from all your uncleannesses, and from all your idols I will cleanse you. And I will give you a new heart, and a new spirit I will put within you. And I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh. And I will pu...

Oct 2, 2022  Malachi 1:6-14 How to Combat Spiritual Apathy 1. God takes Himself very seriously, v. 6-7 2. Spiritual apathy is the state of not taking God seriously, v. 7 Despised means “to hold in contempt, to treat as lacking value; worthless.” Progression towards spiritual apathy… a) quitting- people quit something that was spiritually formative b) experience- I never have experiences that other...

Does God love me?  Malachi 1:1-5 Mental Worship: Is there anyone I know who needs someone to shut the door on sin in their life?  Do I need someone to come and do that for me?  Do you think your life is marked by cynicism or gratefulness? Have the hard things in your life driven you closer to Jesus or farther from Him?  What does it look like for you to live out the fact that God loves you? Be sur...

1. Relentless Love for the Family   A. AUTHENTIC (9 - 10a)   B. COMPASSION IN ACTION    C. Connected to Source 2. Uncommon Response to a Hostile World  Mental Worship - In what ways do you let God’s goodness to you go beyond you?  Think of how you would’ve treated Mary when she was pregnant with Jesus. How does that match the way you treat fellow believers now?  Would you describe any of your trea...

Core Values:  Mission Mark 2:1-12 a) When we think of mission, we think of the all-encompassing mission of God to redeem mankind and bring healing to the land. It is reflected in the Lord’s Prayer when we ask, “Thy Kingdom come, thy (King) will be done on earth as it is in heaven.” b) Missions is ministry which fulfills the Great Commission by proclaiming the Gospel of Jesus Christ cross-culturall...

Finding Rest For Your Soul Matthew 11:25 -30 Soul rest is a deep, all consuming rest we feel in our mind, soul and body which restores all these areas of our lives to their created levels.  Signs you lack soul rest… 1) physical fatigue 2) a lost hunger for God’s word 3) feelings of being far from God 4) no desire to serve others 5) entitlement 6) feelings of vague uncertainty “When our innate huma...

Community Acts 2:42 -47   1. Devote yourself to Doing what the Bible asks 2. Share whatever you have with others  3. Eat and Drink together 4. Pray together 5. Meeting together once a week won’t cut it  Mental Worship: Are you a doer of the Bible?  What is it in your life that you struggle to share with those in need?  Do you regularly eat and drink with people far from God?  Who in your life can...

Gospel: Getting the Order Right 2 Corinthians 4:7-18 1. People were created by God to live in joyful submission to God, Genesis 2:15 -17 “The Lord God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to work it and keep it. And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, “You may surely eat of every tree of the garden, but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day t...

Communion August 8th, 2022 Be sure to follow us: Instagram Facebook Youtube