Rise Church with Greg Denham

 

BIG IDEA: There are many reasons to be troubled but there are greater reasons not to be! POINT #1 You Can Trust God’s Word - His promises are True POINT #2 Jesus has gone ahead of us and will receive us to Himself

POINT #1 God’s Word is not purposed to be an END IN ITSELF (of facts, experience, knowledge, ethical or moral principle) but rather of REVELATION of who God is, His PLAN , and to nurture intimate RELATIONSHIP WITH HIM . POINT #2 God’s Word reveals the TRUTH that God purposed our lives for intimate COMMUNION with the Spirit (2 Cor. 13:14) APPLICATION #1 When “ STRUCK ” (by the Sword of the Word of...

POINT #1 Jesus is The Messiah - The Lord - who came to deliver & heal POINT #2 The Lord stirs up the “want factor” (i.e. “Do you want to be made well?”) POINT #3 Jesus’ calling is His enabling & our obeying is key to being set free and living the potential God purposed for our lives!

POINT #1 The Gospel sets you free from the illusion and the disillusionment of life. POINT #2 Jesus came to make us right with God - but it is the Heavenly Father who TRAINS us in righteousness. POINT #3 Repentance: the gift that remakes, restores, repairs, renews, & revives.

POINT #1 The truth sets us free. POINT #2 Jesus paid the debt of sin and has provided the power over sin. POINT #3 Experiencing POWER over sin (our POTENTIAL) requires believing and ACTING on the truth! POINT #4 We have a Father who is present in our lives, trustworthy and only good!

POINT #1 The Truth is God: who has revealed Himself! POINT #2 The Truth is that the purpose of our life is found in right relationship with Jesus the King and in His unfolding plan POINT #3 “Your Word is truth” (John 17:17)

POINT #1 God has laid His “ HANDS ” on us POINT #2 God has given us the Spirit of  POWER ,  LOVE  and a  SOUND MIND POINT #3 God has called us to be  COURAGEOUS!

POINT #1 Give EAR to the Spirit (receptive hearts to GOD’S WORD ) (Rev. 2:7; 11; 17; 29; 3:6; 13; 22; John 8:31; Rom. 10:17; Matt. 4:4; John 6:68; John 17:17; Ps. 119:11) POINT #2 Cut out ALL COMPROMISE ! (Matt. 5:30; 2 Tim. 4:16; 2 Tim. 2:19; 2 Tim. 2:21) POINT #3 Return to first LOVE (it’s not lost-it has been LEFT ) (Rev. 2:1-7)

POINT #1 Prophecy is a major component for 20/20 vision to avoid deception and compromise (I John 3:3; Titus 2:11-13) POINT #2 Biblical prophecy is irrefutable evidence of God’s existence and the authenticity of His Word - that history is going somewhere - that there is an unfolding plan of God! (Isa. 46:9-10) POINT #3 The prophetic fulfillment of Israel’s Rebirth as a nation is a Super-Sign setti...

POINT #1 A God-quake Brings the Lord, who is the ultimate value & reality, into focus! POINT #2 A God-quake leads to humility & confession that brings healing (“Woe is me, for I am undone! Because I am a man of unclean lips, And I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips") POINT#3 A God-quake shakes-off anything less than doing God’s will as an end in itself because it is right and i...

 

POINT #1 “We know” the promise is true because behind it is The Father, Son and Spirit all at work! POINT #2 “All things” includes the good decisions that we’ve made and the not-so-good decisions that we’ve made... POINT #3 The Lord is working it out either swiftly or slowly, but He’s working it out! POINT #4 If the goal for our lives is not to be like Jesus, the goal is too small.

POINT #1 Experiencing God-Sufficiency (despite circumstances or possessions) -requires the same learned PROCESS that Paul experienced. POINT #2 The “law of being content” requires knowing the right PERSON and learning how to think  APPLICATION #1 To live is CHRIST (Phil 1:21) APPLICATION #2 “Control the Donkey” (get a hold of your THOUGHT-LIFE !) (Phil. 4:8-9; Psalm 1; I Tim. 4:12-16) APPLICA...

#1 A disciple is WITH Jesus #2 A disciple is LIKE Jesus (Romans 8:28-29) #3 A disciple DOES what Jesus did (Acts 3:1-10)

 

The POWER of the PERSON OF THE HOLY SPIRIT is essential to fulfill the PURPOSE of your life found in God’s PLAN! POINT #1 You Are Not ALONE (Vs. 1 “Therefore we also, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses …”) APPLICATION #1 Allow the Heroes of the Faith to SPEAK into your life (Vs. 1) POINT #2 Drop the excess WEIGHT (Vs. 1 “…let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which so ea...

 

POINT #1 The POWER of the PERSON OF THE HOLY SPIRIT is essential to fulfill the PURPOSE of your life found in God’s PLAN. POINT #2 Every follower of Jesus RECEIVES the Spirit of God POINT #3 A Christian’s default position should be a RELIANCE on the Holy Spirit. #1 Reliance on the Holy Spirit means to be committed to a COMMUNITY of Jesus followers! (Acts 2:1; 42-47 - Hebrews 10:23-25) #2 Reliance...

POINT #1 Jesus is the KING of RECLAMATION & RENEWAL (Nothing is too hard for Him!) POINT #2 God uses adversity to change the way we THINK , while He continues to change us and grow our lives. POINT #3 God uses adversity to TEST our faith--which never fails, because our faith is in God--who never fails! POINT #4 God grows our lives and matures us amidst adversity so that we are not “ PUPPETS ”...

MAIN POINT: The Fear of God (being overwhelmed by the truth of who God who is perfectly Just) results in TREATING OTHERS with respect, care, compassion, value, justice... MAIN APPLICATION: A good indicator of whether or not you fear the Lord, is how QUICKLY you make a WRONG into a right! THREE Reasons to “Let Us Rise In The Fear Of God (The Overwhelming Truth of Who He is)” #1 The Fear Of God brin...

1. Condition - A man or woman of God can FEEL far away from God, even though God is not far away ... 2. Causal Factors - That a person can feel that God is far away but it’s not due to a moral or spiritual problem but to OTHER factors ... CAUSAL FACTOR #1 Disruption Of Community CAUSAL FACTOR #2 Disillusionment over the events of life. CAUSAL FACTOR #3 Physical Depravation 3. The Cures - Psalm 42...

POINT #1 Protect what you allow inside in your heart and mind APPLICATION #1 Renew the consecration of your eyes - your ears, and how your managing your thinking: work it OUT! POINT #2 The most important ability in the work of the Lord is availability APPLICATION #2 Look for opportunities in your sphere of influence ATTACK #1 They attempt to demoralize Nehemiah by devaluing his efforts (Neh. 4:1-3...

POINT#1 Nehemiah was deeply moved with the heart of God for his generation APPLICATION #1 We are NEHEMIAH’s in our generation: we need to understand “the wound of humanity” at its source POINT #2 Nehemiah was “Prayed-Up”- Prepared & Willing  APPLICATION #2 God Blesses the making of plans (it’s the difference between living reactive Vs. proactive!) “Once I identify the Priorities that are...

POINT #1 Let us RISE in PRAYER ! APPLICATION #1 God purposed PRAYER to be a first priority not last RESORT POINT #2 Prayer coupled with FASTING - turns down the background noise in life - while turning up the VOLUME of GOD’S voice! APPLICATION #2 “Do you need a BREAK-THRU ?” “Are you carrying a burden for the SALVATION of a loved one?” POINT #3 Prayer is a PREP for new BEGINNINGS ... APPLICATION #...