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GO! 1 Thessalonians 4:9-12 Go do a work that fuels others. Go do a work that fits you. S H A P E Go do a work that fires you up.  If your primary motivation is to make money or achieve a status you will never be satisfied.  1. Work as a picture of the creator.  2. Work to please the creator

Titus 3:14 14 Our people must learn to devote themselves to doing what is good, in order to provide for urgent needs and not live unproductive lives. Unproductive – unfruitful or profitless. 2 Thessalonians 3:11-13 11 We hear that some among you are idle and disruptive. They are not busy; they are busybodies. 12 Such people we command and urge in the Lord Jesus Christ to settle down and earn the f...

1) Live productively by having the right people in your life. “Consequently, you are no longer foreigners and strangers, but fellow citizens with God’s people and also members of his household, built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus himself as the chief cornerstone.” —Ephesians 2:19-20 2) Live productively by believing the right things. 3) Live productively by doin...

Titus 3:1-8 1. Remember who you are. 2. Remember who you used to be. 3. Remember who saved us.

Wonderful Grace of Jesus Titus 2:11-15 “Doctrine is the way out of a problem not the way in.” Albert Mohler 1. Grace has appeared. Grace - unmerited favor of God toward unworthy sinners. 2. Grace is offered to all people. 3. Grace teaches us how to live. 4. Grace will return. 5. Grace liberates and adopts us. Roman 1:16, “For I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God that brin...

Background: Titus was to appoint new mature leaders, confront wrong leaders, and guide the people to what a Christian household should look like. Titus 2:1-10 ESV 1) We are called to be Different.      Do they believe you at home?      Do they believe you at work?      Do they believe you when you have fun? 2) We are called to invest in others.    Who could you invest in?                 . 1 Thess...

Refuting the Rebel Titus 1:10-16 There’s a rebel within all of us Rebel with the cause, not just because “So they called them and charged them not to speak or teach at all in the name of Jesus. But Peter and John answered them, ‘Whether it is right in the sight of God to listen to you rather than to God, you must judge, for we cannot but speak of what we have seen and heard.’” Acts 4:18-20 Follow...

Elders Lead Us Toward Godliness Titus 1:5-9 God’s plan for all of us is _godliness_   (Titus 1:1-3) *Therefore, my beloved, as you have always obeyed, so now, not only as in my presence but much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling, for it is God who works in you, both to will and to work for his good pleasure. – Philippians 2:12-13 God intends for _elders_ to gu...

Titus 1:1-5 (with a focus on 1-4) He secured us.  Slavery to Christ brings freedom from sin and freedom to obey Slavery to Christ ends prejudices Slavery to Christ is a table of grace He picked us. 1 Corinthians 1:26–27 “For consider your calling, brothers: not many of you were wise according to worldly standards, not many were powerful, not many were of noble birth. But God chose what is foolish...

A Future Audit Matthew 25:14-30 ESV God entrusts you as a steward of His resources. We will give an account for that stewardship. You will be rewarded for the risks you take. 1. Go at once. 2. Use what you have. 3. Trust it all to God.

When Will Christ Return Matthew 24:29 Revelation 14:6 Then I saw another angel flying in midair, and he had the eternal gospel to proclaim to those who live on the earth—to every nation, tribe, language and people. 1. Jesus is coming back. 1 Thes 4:17 After that, we who are still alive and are left will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will be wi...

Signs of the Times Matthew 24:1-25 2 Peter 3:9 The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise, as some understand slowness. Instead he is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance. Epoch 1 – Birth Pains v. 4-8  1 Thes 5:3  for you know very well that the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night. While people are saying, "Peace and safety," destructi...

Learning to Live a Life of Generosity 2 Corinthians 8-9 (NIV) 1. God’s grace promotes generosity. 2. Your life is your gift to God. 3. Giving is a test.  4. Give cheerfully. 5. God’s abundant grace enables abundant giving, which results in abundant work.  6. Generosity elicits thanksgiving to God. 7. Our gift doesn’t compare to God’s gift. 

Life is a Journey Go Genesis 1:28 God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky and over every living creature that moves on the ground.” Build Exodus 35:4-5; 10, 21-22, 25, 36:6-7 Glorify Romans 10:14 How, then, can they call on the one they have not believed in? And how can they believe...

Matthew 28:1-15 John 15:13 Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends. The resurrection demonstrates that you are loved.  The resurrection displays the power of God.  The resurrection reveals there is life after death.

Matthew 26:14-35 We all are traitors. We are all offered forgiveness. Repentance is required.

1. The return of the King. 2. Saving faith always results in serving faith. 3. It’s the fruit not the roots. Dr. Rebekah Naylor PICS Judgement is real. Judgement is final. Judgement can be a reward.

Light Up My Life Matthew 5     Love God.   Love your neighbor as yourself. John 3:19 This is the verdict: Light has come into the world, but people loved darkness instead of light because their deeds were evil. 20 Everyone who does evil hates the light, and will not come into the light for fear that their deeds will be exposed. 21 But whoever lives by the truth comes into the light, so that it may...

Love Your Neighbor Matthew 22:34-40 Love begins with God. 1 John 4 7 Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God. 8 Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love. Love those outside your circle. 1 John 4:20 Whoever claims to love God yet hates a brother or sister is a liar. For whoever does not love their brother an...

“Who is This?” Matthew 21:1-11 Jesus is the eternal King. Jesus is the return of the Glory of God. Genesis 49:9-11 You are a lion’s cub, Judah;  you return from the prey, my son.
Like a lion he crouches and lies down,  like a lioness—who dares to rouse him?
10 The scepter will not depart from Judah,  nor the ruler’s staff from between his feet,[a]
until he to whom it belongs[b] shall come  and the...

1) We need to see what Jesus saw. 2) We need to feel as Jesus felt. 3) We need to do as Jesus did. If Jesus is the LORD of the harvest, what do we have to lose? Where is God sending you?              . What Dream Team do you need to join?              .

1. Jesus qualifies the called.  2. Use what you have.  “It’s not how many titles you have, but how many toilets you clean.” “Just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.” Matthew 20:28 3. Do something.

Matthew 5:11-16; 7:21-29   1. The Father rewards His faithful followers.   Matthew 5:4 "Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted."   John Stott, “Jesus is not talking about a feeling. What God thinks of you and what on that account they are, blessed.”   2. Start with me, and end with Jesus.   Dallas Willard, “The main thing God gets out of your life is who you become, not your achie...

Free in Christ Matthew 6:12-13     To sin is human, to forgive is divine.   Matthew 5:20 For I tell you that unless your righteousness surpasses that of the Pharisees and the teachers of the law, you will certainly not enter the kingdom of heaven.   5:21 “You have heard that it was said to the people long ago, ‘You shall not murder,[a] and anyone who murders will be subject to judgment.’ 22 But I...