Prior Lake Baptist Church

Text: Matthew 1:18-25 Big Idea: God’s faithfulness to His Word displayed in the supernatural birth of Jesus Christ reveals that Jesus is our Savior. Outline: 1. Circumstances bear witness to Jesus’ divine identity (18-19) 2. Angelic revelation bears witness to Jesus’ divine identity (20-21) 3. The fulfillment of prophecy bears witness to Jesus divine identity (22-25)

Big Idea: In Christ, we live as citizens of God’s unshakable kingdom, drawing near to God by Christ’s completed work. Outline: 1. Joy over Fear (12:18-24) 2. Worship over Rejection (12:25-29)

Text: Hebrews 12:12-17. Big Idea: God utilizes all things to grow our dependence on Him and our Christ-ward care for each other. Outline: 1. We need to strengthen each other in this wearying race. (12-13) 2. We have God’s grace to live with eternal eyes. (14-17)

Text: Hebrews 12:1-11 Big Idea: Our endurance to run the race will be strengthened as we look to Christ who uses everything for God’s purposes. Outline: 1. Fix your eyes on Christ. (1-3) 2. Allow the Lord to give you His perspective. (4-10) 3. The Lord’s peaceable fruit will be produced in you. (11)

Text: I Peter 1:1-12 Big Idea: Praise God who by His Sovereign plan granted us a living hope that enables our joyful endurance in trials until the return of Jesus Christ. I. The hope of our salvation was preordained (1-2) II. The hope of our salvation was provided for (3-5) III. The hope of our salvation provides power to endure trials (6-9) IV. The hope of our salvation was prophesied and fulfill...

Text: Hebrews 12:1-11 Big Idea: Our endurance to run the race will be strengthened as we look to Christ who uses everything for God’s purposes. Outline: 1. Fix your eyes on Christ. (1-3) 2. Allow the Lord to give you His perspective. (4-10) 3. The Lord’s peaceable fruit will be produced in you. (11)

Text: Hebrews 10:36-11:40 Big Idea: Difficulty may drive us to live short-sighted, but God’s faithfulness demands we live by faith, entrusting ourselves to God in the same way as those who have confidently gone before us. Outline: 1. Endure by faith not by sight. (Hebrews 10:36-39) 2. Faith was displayed from the very beginning. (Hebrews 11:1-22) 3. Faith was displayed even when in bondage. (Hebre...

Text: Hebrews 10:36-11:40 Big Idea: Difficulty may drive us to live short-sighted, but God’s faithfulness demands we live by faith, entrusting ourselves to God in the same way as those who have confidently gone before us. Outline: 1. Endure by faith not by sight. (Hebrews 10:36-39) 2. Faith was displayed from the very beginning. (Hebrews 11:1-22) 3. Faith was displayed even when in bondage. (Hebre...

Text: Hebrews 10:36-11:40 Big Idea: Difficulty may drive us to live short-sighted, but God’s faithfulness demands we live by faith, entrusting ourselves to God in the same way as those who have confidently gone before us. Outline: 1. Endure by faith not by sight. (Hebrews 10:36-39) 2. Faith was displayed from the very beginning. (Hebrews 11:1-22) 3. Faith was displayed even when in bondage. (Hebre...

Text: Romans 13:1-7 Big Idea: All who would submit to the greatest authority must willingly submit to all lesser authority and faithfully execute any lesser authority granted to them. Outline: 1. All sovereignty comes from the Sovereign One (1) 2. All rebellion is to the Sovereign One (2-4) 3. All submission is to the Sovereign One (5-6)

Text: James 2:14-26 Big Idea: Living faith must be displayed in action. Outline: 1. Our faith must produce action. (14-19) 2. Faith has always produced action. (20-26)

Text: Hebrews 10:36-11:40 Big Idea: Difficulty may drive us to live short-sighted, but God’s faithfulness demands we live by faith, entrusting ourselves to God in the same way as those who have confidently gone before us. Outline: 1. Endure by faith not by sight. (Hebrews 10:36-39) 2. Faith was displayed from the very beginning. (Hebrews 11:1-22) 3. Faith was displayed even when in bondage. (Hebre...

Text: Philippians 3:15-21 Big Idea: Mimic one another by living counter-culturally with your eyes fixed on Christ. Outline: 1. God gifts us mature believers who point us to Jesus. (15-17) ‌2. Everyone else you follow will lead you to destruction. (18-19) ‌3. Live now like you’re already in heaven. (20-21)

Text: Philippians 3:15-21 Big Idea: Mimic one another by living counter-culturally with your eyes fixed on Christ. Outline: 1. God gifts us mature believers who point us to Jesus. (15-17) ‌2. Everyone else you follow will lead you to destruction. (18-19) ‌3. Live now like you’re already in heaven. (20-21)

Text: Hebrews 10:19-25 Big Idea: We must spur one another to cling to Christ to make it safely all the way home. Outline: 1. Christ is wholly worth entrusting with our lives. (10:19-21) ‌2. Draw near to God, bringing everyone you can with you. (10:22-25)

Text: Hebrews 10:26-31 Big Idea: God’s provision of Christ’s greater sacrifice spurs us to continually put off sin and delight in God’s mercy as we look to that Day. Outline: I. God provided only one sacrifice for sin to deliver us from judgement. (26-27) II. Rejection of Christ’s greater sacrifice deserves a worse punishment. (28-29) III. God alone can and will deliver you from His hands. (30-31)

Text: Hebrews 9:16-23 Big Idea: Free access to God has been granted, so draw near to Him through God’s new covenant in Christ Outline: 1. Jesus mediates our eternal inheritance. (15-22) 2. Jesus’  death was once and for all. (23-28)

Text: Hebrew 8 Big Idea: Christ’s heavenly ministry reminds us that we are at peace with God and have His divine empowerment to live to God's glory. Outline: 1. Jesus’ position in the heavens makes the way for us. (1-6) [Standing] 2. We are living in God’s better day, in Christ Jesus. (7-13) [Enablement]

Text: Hebrew 8 Big Idea: Christ’s heavenly ministry reminds us that we are at peace with God and have His divine empowerment to live to God's glory. Outline: 1. Jesus’ position in the heavens makes the way for us. (1-6) [Standing] 2. We are living in God’s better day, in Christ Jesus. (7-13) [Enablement]

Text: Psalm 11 Big Idea: We must flee to the Lord as our only sure refuge. Outline: 1. Choose to find refuge in the Lord (1) 2. Do not heed the voice to flee anywhere else (2-3) 3. Entrust your future to the God who sees (4-7)

Text: Hebrews 7 Big Idea: We are living in the days of God’s better High Priest. Jesus is God’s forever priest after the order of Melchizedek, and He changes everything. Outline: 1. God always intended a greater priesthood after the order of Melchizedek. (1-10) 2. In Christ’s priesthood we are given a better Covenant. (11-28)