The Church of Eleven22

A TRUE friend is in the business of getting into your business. Do you have a friend like that? Faithful are the wounds of a friend; profuse are the kisses of an enemy. Proverbs 27:6

God is who He says He is and He always keeps his promises. Rest in this truth. God’s Ultimate promise: 8 but God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. Romans 5:8 32 He who did not spare his own Son but gave him up for us all, how will he not also with him graciously give us all things? Romans 8:32

In His MERCY God created refuge for ALL PEOPLE before we even knew we needed it. In His GRACE God provided the salvation we could never achieve on our own. God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. Romans 5:8 “Since then we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus, the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession. For we do not have...

When you believe in a Sovereign Lord you pray BIG BOLD prayers. (Acts 4:23-31) “Is any one of you in trouble? He should pray. Is anyone happy? Let him sing songs of praise. Is any one of you sick? He should call the elders of the church to pray over him and anoint him with oil in the name of the Lord. And the prayer offered in faith will make the sick person well; the Lord will raise him up. If he...

How would you describe your financial situation? FAITHFUL, FEARFUL, or FALSE SECURITY 24 “No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and money. 25 “Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, nor about your body, what you will pu...

“For the foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is stronger than men.” 1 Corinthians 1:25

God did not save you to make much of you, but the gospel frees you to make much of Him. “It is about the greatness of God, not the significance of man. God made man small and the universe big to say something about himself.” ― John Piper, Don't Waste Your Life

“Consecrate yourselves, for tomorrow the LORD will do wonders among you.” –Joshua 3:5

RAHAB's REALITY 1. She knew that she was in trouble; judgment was coming. 2. She knew that she could not save herself. 3. She knew that her only hope was the grace and mercy of God.

Strength and Courage are not found within YOU but in knowing that God is With You. Now What? – 1. What step of faith is God calling you to take? 2. Why aren’t you taking it? What are you afraid of? 3. How will you lean into Jesus? 4 Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in me. 5 I am the vine; you are t...

The ordinance of communion is a gift from God for his children by which they can begin to understand and experience the reality that they are: 1. Under a new covenant. 2. Part of a new community. 3. Purposed as a new creation.

Jesus came to knock down all of the roadblocks for us to come to know God. The Church’s job is to knock down all the roadblocks for others to meet Jesus. Final Thought: “It is my judgment, therefore, that we should not make it difficult for the Gentiles who are turning to God.” Acts 15:19 (NIV)

The Good News of Christmas is that Jesus came on a rescue mission for ALL people. THAT INCLUDES YOU. “Once in our world,a Stable had something in it that was bigger than our whole world.”– C.S. Lewis

Jesus came to seek and save the lost. We will find ourselves in line with this mission or in the way of this mission.

"Christmas is the end of thinking you are better than someone else, because Christmas is telling you that you could never get to heaven on your own. God had to come to you." – Tim Keller Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus,[a] who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, but emptied himself, by taking the form of a servan...

The reason to put your HOPE in Jesus is because HE is full of GRACE and TRUTH: The TRUTH to change your life and the GRACE to sustain your life. “Everyone then who hears these words of mine and does them will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock. And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house, but it did not fall, because it had been founded on the...

Christmas is not about a helpless baby accidentally born in a stable. Christmas is about the majesty of the fully divine humbling Himself to come and rescue that which is His!

Jesus says that we will continue the work that He started and even do greater things. What has He called YOU to do? Have no fear, but step out in faith. “What in the world could we do that would be better than building a church.” - Rodney McLauchlan

God has blessed you to be a blessing. What greater blessing could we be than to invest in God’s expanding kingdom? “He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain that which he cannot lose.” – Jim Elliot

The cul-de-sac of stupidity leads us to a place where the things we own begin to own us. Materialism promises safety, security and happiness but is unable to keep its promise. “God is most glorified in us when we are most satisfied in him.” – John Piper

God has entrusted you with Time, Talent and Treasure. What you do with them declares what you believe about God. “Everything I do is either going to bring reward or regret.” – Francis Chan

We BRING to God our FIRST and BEST because God FIRST loved us by giving HIS BEST. "And you, who once were alienated and hostile in mind, doing evil deeds, he has now reconciled in his body of flesh by his death, in order to present you holy and blameless and above reproach before him, if indeed you continue in the faith, stable and steadfast, not shifting from the hope of the gospel that you heard...

May God's blessings in our lives be vehicles for Praising God not obstacles to it. Action Steps: How do I cultivate an attitude of Gratitude? 1. Count your blessings: literally. Homework: write out 1 blessing for every year of your life. 2. Talk about your blessings vs. complaining. 1 week challenge 3. Preach the Gospel to yourself. (Deut 6:20ff) Final Thought: Deuteronomy 6- 20 “When your son ask...

“Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. 5 You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might. 6 And these words that I command you today shall be on your heart. 7 You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise. 8 Y...

As we understand the depths of our own depravity in light of the height of God’s love and mercy toward us it SHOULD stir a deep sense of worship. “And because you are sons, God has sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, crying, “Abba! Father!” So you are no longer a slave, but a son, and if a son, then an heir through God.” Galatians 4:6-7