Living Stones

"So God created human beings in his own image. In the image of God he created them; male and female he created them." Genesis 1:26-27 NLT We have been created in the image and likeness of God, and we exist to mirror and reflect the image of God in the earth. In today's sermon, find out that that means for you!

God is so incredibly awesome in and of Himself, He doesn't contain it in Himself. He's reveals Himself all around us.

We don't just want the Holy Spirit to visit us. We want the Holy Spirit to be a welcomed guest who finds His home in us. How do we position ourselves to become the resting place of the Most High? In John 14:23, Jesus said, "Anyone who loves me will obey my teaching. My Father will love them, and we will come to them and make our home with them." In the greatest commandment (Love the Lord...

"So you should earnestly desire the most helpful gifts. But now let me show you a way of life that is best of all." - I Corinthians 12:31 NLT Paul tells us to “earnestly desire spiritual gifts” (I Corinthians 14:1), but he prefaces that commandment with this one – “pursue love.” “Let love be your greatest aim.” (TLB)

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The testimonies of your personal encounter with the Lord will help others encounter the same Holy Spirit. Our children must first hear and see the testimonies in our lives as they develop and cultivate their own experiences with God.

Obed-Edom is a Levite. As such he is very familiar with all things associated with worship. He knew the Ark was to be carried on the shoulders of the Levites. Instead of fearing the Ark of the Covenant, he welcomes God’s Presence into his home. He considers hosting the Presence to be an exceptional honor. Men, will you consider the offer to host God’s presence in your home a great privilege?

Our main priority in life is to minister to the Lord, and out of that encounter and overflow, we minister to the needs of others. We do this through our unhindered, heart-felt, passionate worship of all that He is. This is our fundamental act of obedience. David said, “Bless the Lord, O my soul, and all that is within me, bless his holy name!” - Psalm 103:1

The Twin enemies of the Spirit-led life is license - the abuse of freedom through immoral living and causal disregard of the commandments of God, and legalism - the unhealthy focus on strict conformity to laws and rules. So how we do we avoid these traps and keep in step with the call of the Holy Spirit? Here is a hint - your walk will always reflect what you desire most.

Christ has set us free, and when we walk in the power of the Holy Spirit, we abide in freedom! Romans 8:14-17.

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In Jesus’ kingdom, it’s the last, the least, and the looked over who become the first, the favored, and the focus of attention! (See Matthew 20:16) Mary, among other daughters of God, is a picture of the overwhelming grace of God being extended to the unworthy, the broken, and the forgotten.

In each of the gospel writer’s accounts, Jesus gives his fearful unbelieving band of disciples a crazy, big, audacious mission! Jesus did not coddle them, He commissioned them! He spoke destiny to them. He challenged them. He believed in them in spite of their weakness and immaturity. He tells them to go into all nations to make disciples! "Once when he was eating with them, he commanded them...

It is time to get serious about hosting the Holy Spirit! And while we love and honor the written Word of God, the Scriptures were never meant to replace a personal relationship with the Holy Spirit. Like the Pharisees, we are often more comfortable with theological ideas and principles than we are with having a personal relationship with the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. “If the Holy Spiri...

On Easter Sunday we celebrate the ultimate victory over shame as Christ triumphs over death and the cross and resurrected in honor! "Because of the joy awaiting him, he endured the cross, disregarding its shame. Now he is seated in the place of honor beside God’s throne." -Hebrews 12:2

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The battle between walking in shame and walking in vulnerability is the battle to walk in the kingdom of the world vs. walking in the kingdom of God. This week, we talk about how we must develop a lifestyle free from Shame. Jesus gave us the road map to this lifestyle as he engaged the Samaritan women at the well. Today, we discuss the 3 lessons we learn from Christ as He engaged in vulnerability...

King David, through his covenantal love for Jonathan, showed unbelievable mercy and grace to Jonathan's son Mephibosheth. In the midst of Mephibosheth's shame, David demonstrated Christ's intent and power to set him free.

In the midst of shame, God Himself chooses to see us and know us. Through the story of Hagar, God shows us that He pursues us through the pains of the abandonment of shame!

This week, we continue our series on Shame.

Jesus didn't just overcome shame, He removed it and restored to us our true identity. This week, we talk about how Jesus demonstrates His great love for us when He invites us to overcome our shame. But we aren't doing it alone. He joins us for the journey.

To overcome shame, we have to go the one place shame doesn't want us to go: a place of vulnerability. In today's message, we talk about how the true superhero we need is not superman, but Vulnerable man embodied in Christ, and how His life modeled a life of intimacy, connection, and vulnerability that gave us a blueprint out of shame and into freedom!

In the temptation of Jesus, the devil used shame to attack Jesus's identity. The devil used schemes that are familiar to all of us: the performance trap, the popularity trap and the possession trap. Jesus, like us, faced the onslaught of shame, but overcame the temptation and in the process gave all of us a template on how to have victory like Him!

This week we will look at the example Jesus set for us in facing and overcoming shame.