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True worship can only begin after you step off the throne and diligently search for the One who truly belongs there. Main Text : Matthew 2:1-6 Teaching Points : Take Your Place in Christ's Kingdom (vv.1-2) Joyfully Surrender Your Life (vv.2-3) Act on the Truth of God's Word (vv.4-6) Application Questions : 1. Write down one observation you found particularly helpful from this week's sermon. 2. Rea...

Unexpected events are often God’s providential way of revealing his plan and require us to seek counsel from his word so we can walk faithfully amidst uncertainty. Main Text: Matthew 1:18–25 Teaching Points : 1. Plan for God’s Unexpected Events vv18-19 2. Seek Counsel from God’s Word vv20-23 3. Strive for Immediate Obedience vv24-25 Application Questions : 1. Write down one observation you found p...

The Bible’s predictive prophecy about historical events should bolster your confidence in the veracity of scripture, enable you to look to God’s word as the final arbiter of truth, and embolden you to walk in faith. Teaching Points : Let God’s Promises Illuminate God’s Will for You. V13 Remove Any Doubt About the Truthfulness of Scripture vv1-17 Focus Your Efforts on Living for Christ’s Coming Kin...

Israel’s royal genealogy reminds us of our need to rely on God’s promises, leading us to properly worship him as we await our final vindication. Main Text : Matthew 1:7–11 (ESV) 7 and Solomon the father of Rehoboam, and Rehoboam the father of Abijah, and Abijah the father of Asaph, 8 and Asaph the father of Jehoshaphat, and Jehoshaphat the father of Joram, and Joram the father of Uzziah, 9 and Uzz...

Our deficiencies ought to be the catalyst that directs us to trust in Christ’s sufficiency as the promised king of Kings. Main Text : Matthew 1:6–7a 6 and Jesse the father of David the king. And David was the father of Solomon by the wife of Uriah, 7 and Solomon the father of Rehoboam... Teaching Points : 1. Get Real About Your Deficiencies V6a 2. Invest in Eternal Affairs V6b-7a 3. Eagerly Await...

Your life in Christ is the outworking of God’s deliverance amidst your failures, which should move you to respond to God with ultimate faith in his plan. Main Text : Matthew 1:5–6a 5 and Salmon the father of Boaz by Rahab, and Boaz the father of Obed by Ruth, and Obed the father of Jesse, 6a and Jesse the father of David the king. Teaching Points: Expect God to Honor Your Faith (v.5a) Anticip...

Anyone who is placed into Christ can no longer live under the bondage of sin but submits to the authority of the Holy Spirit, who is abundantly at work in your new life. Main Text : Romans 6:1–4 (ESV) 1 What shall we say then? Are we to continue in sin that grace may abound? 2 By no means! How can we who died to sin still live in it? 3 Do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Chr...

Your trust in God’s promises in Christ should not waver in the presence of suffering or God’s discipline. Teaching Points: Entrust Your Suffering to God v3 Grasp God’s Plan for Deliverance V4a Embrace God’s Discipline V4 Application Questions: Write down one observation you found particularly helpful from this week’s sermon. Read Philippians 3:8–10 and Romans 5:3-4. Using these verses (and others...

Seeing God fulfill his promises through the lives of real people should give you unwavering confidence in God's plan for you and the whole world.

Sermon title: Introduction to the Gospel of Matthew Understanding the Gospel of Matthew allows you to see how God fulfilled all of his OT promises through the life, death, resurrection, and future reign of Jesus Christ, who has come to save you from the penalty of your sins and initiate the arrival of the Kingdom of God.

Sermon Title: How Can I be Saved? Genuine salvation is a gift from God offered to the unrighteous, whose only appropriate response is to turn from everything that captures their allegiance and follow Christ. Luke 18:18–27 (ESV)18 And a ruler asked him, “Good Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?” 19 And Jesus said to him, “Why do you call me good? No one is good except God alone. 20 You...

Summer at Sea: God’s Sovereignty and Our Prayers Our prayers should encapsulate such an awareness of God’s sovereignty that by the end of our prayers, we are wholly comforted by the overwhelming presence of God in whatever circumstance.

1 Now the word of the LORD came to Jonah the son of Amittai, saying, 2 “Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and call out against it, for their evil has come up before me.” 3 But Jonah rose to flee to Tarshish from the presence of the LORD. He went down to Joppa and found a ship going to Tarshish. So he paid the fare and went down into it, to go with them to Tarshish, away from th...

2 Timothy 3:16–4:2 16 All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, 17 that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work. 1 I charge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who is to judge the living and the dead, and by his appearing and his kingdom: 2 preach the word; be ready in season an...

Colossians 4:14, 17-18

Colossians 4:12–13, 15–16 | LifeGroup Leader Podcast

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Colossians 4:5–6 5 Walk in wisdom toward outsiders, making the best use of the time. 6 Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how you ought to answer each person.

Colossians 4:3–4 3 At the same time, pray also for us, that God may open to us a door for the word, to declare the mystery of Christ, on account of which I am in prison— 4 that I may make it clear, which is how I ought to speak.

Knowing God is fair, just, and impartial should compel us to work here and now with the future in mind Colossians 3:25–4:1 25 For the wrongdoer will be paid back for the wrong he has done, and there is no partiality. 1 Masters, treat your bondservants justly and fairly, knowing that you also have a Master in heaven.

Colossians 3:22-24 22 Bondservants, obey in everything those who are your earthly masters, not by way of eye-service, as people-pleasers, but with sincerity of heart, fearing the Lord. 23 Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men, 24 knowing that from the Lord you will receive the inheritance as your reward. You are serving the Lord Christ.

Fathers, do not provoke your children, lest they become discouraged. Colossians 3:21

Children, obey your parents in everything, for this pleases the Lord. - Colossians 3:20

16 Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, with thankfulness in your hearts to God. 17 And whatever you do, in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.  -Colossians 3:16-17

If we hope to build godly lives, displaying Christlike love to one another must be our primary objective. Colossians 3:14-15 14 And above all these put on love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony. 15 And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in one body. And be thankful.