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Matthew 5:13-16 Jesus has called us to be salt and light in a decaying and dark world. In this passage, Jesus is wanting us to understand what it looks like for Christians to steward our influence well. 1. The need for Christian influence 2. The nature of Christian influence 3. How to grow in your Christian influence

Judges 15

Matthew 5:1-12 The kingdom of God and the kingdom of man have very different values. So, what is different about the values of the kingdom of God? 1. How we relate to God in the new kingdom 2. How we relate to man in the new kingdom 3. The promises we have in the new kingdom

Titus 2:11-14

Matthew 2:1-12 In the Christmas story, there are three people (or groups of people) who all witness the same set of events but come to very different conclusions about who the baby Jesus is. 1. Herod 2. Priests and Scribes 3. The Magi

Matthew 2:13-23 Jesus' early life included great difficulty and sorrow, but his story is the key unlocking a bigger story of God's faithfulness to fulfill his promises to do good to his people, including us. Sorrow #1 Fugitives from Herod Sorrow #2 Slaughter of Infants Sorrow #3 Called a Nazarene

Matthew 1:18-25 In the genealogy, Matthew tells us about Jesus' human origins, but in this passage, Matthew tells us about His divine origins. We know that He is divine because: 1. The Way He Came 2. What He is Called

Matthew 1:1-17 The importance of the genealogy of Jesus is easily missed in our 21st century Western context, but to the original audience, it would have been seen as scandalous or an unimaginable beacon of hope. 1. The Purpose of the Genealogy 2. The People of the Genealogy 3. The Promise of the Genealogy

1 Timothy 2:1-8 Paul tells us in this passage that a missional church is a praying church. As Christians, we are to pray for all people. So, what exactly does that mean? 1. Who we pray for. 2. How we can pray. 3. Why we pray.

Philippians 4:10-23 Paul has learned the secret of contentment in seasons of want and in seasons of plenty and he wants us to know that secret as well. 1. Why we need contentment 2. How we get contentment 3. What contentment does

Philippians 4:2-9 Paul is writing to a church that is beginning to fracture and he tells them (and us) that they need a supernatural peace among them. 1. How we find this peace. 2. How we nurture this peace. 3. The effect of this peace.

Philippians 3:21-4:1 If we believe in Jesus, we have a heavenly citizenship that should change everything about the way we view the Christian life. 1. What Heavenly citizenship is. 2. What benefits it provides in this life. 3. What it promises for the next.

Philippians 3:12-20 Mature believers maintain a focus on and strive for the prize that awaits us after this life. 1. What is the prize? 2. What is our motivation to pursue it? 3. What tools do we have to aid us in this pursuit?

Philippians 3:1-11 We, as Christians, are designed to experience joy in this life. But, to experience this joy, we must know the enemy of our joy and the source of our joy. 1. The enemy of our joy 2. The source of our joy

Philippians 2:19-30 Paul is holding up Timothy and Epaphroditus as helpful models of the Christian life. What does Paul see in them? 1. They are sensitive to others. 2. They serve Christ. 3. They are willing to sacrifice.

Philippians 2:12-18 God wants to conform us into the image of His Son, Jesus, through a process Called sanctification. 1. What sanctification is 2. How sanctification happens 3. What sanctification accomplishes

Philippians 2:1-11 Christians are called to serve, not to be served. 1. What service is 2. Why it's so hard 3. How we can find joy in it

Philippians 1:27-30 God has ordained that our actions affect the progress of the gospel. 1. How we are to act individually 2. How we are to act as a church. 3. How that affects the world.

Philippians 1:19-26 The purpose of the Christian life. I. Why we can have a purpose II. What that purpose is III. The tools we have to carry it out

Paul is processing the events unfolding around him with a very different filter than the Philippian church. 1. What is Paul's filter? 2. What does this filter change in us? 3. How can we have this same filter?

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Philippians 1:1-11 The affection Paul and the Philippian church have for each other is no ordinary affection. How can we experience the same affection for each other here? 1. Where this affection comes from. 2. What this affection produces.

Jonah 3:10-4:11 The book of Jonah is a Gospel for older brothers. Ch.1 & 3: God shows mercy to the humble and repentant regardless of ethnicity or wickedness. Ch.2 & 4: God's grace to others deeply offends older brothers.

Hebrews 12:1-2 The risk of abandoning the faith in suffering requires running with endurance the race of faith set before us. 1. Recall the witnesses of faith surrounding the race (12:1a) 2. Remove the weights of life hindering the race (12:1b) 3. Relish the wonder of Jesus empowering the race (12:2)

Genesis 46:28-50:26 Because of all God is for us in Jesus, we can wait patiently on Him to keep His promises of presence and land. Four evidences of patient waiting: !. Serving on mission 2. Living by faith 3. Acting with love 4. Dying in hope