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Pastor Matt Butler Deuteronomy 16:16-17 The Inner VoiceThe Other Voice Psalm 121:1-2 Taste of TranscendenceTemptation “You have made us for yourself, 0 Lord, and our heart is restless until it rests in you.” Agustine Psalm 121:1-2 The Inner VoiceThe Other Voice Sign Post 1. The Lord's Keeping is Constant Sign Post 2. The Lord's Keeping is Comforting Sign Post 3. The Lord's Keeping is Comprehensive Sign Post 1. The Lord's Keeping is Constant Psalm 121:3—41 Kings 18:27 Sign Post 1.

Pastor Ty Neal Pray Colossians 4:2-4 “Not all men are called to be hermits, but all men need enough silence and solitude in their lives to enable the deep inner voice of their own true self to be heard at least occasionally. When that inner voice is not heard, when man cannot attain to the spiritual peace that comes from being perfectly at one with his true self, his life is always miserable and exhausting. For he cannot go on

Speaker Arjuna Chiguluri Colossians 3:22-4:1

Pastor Ty Neal “Parenting is the process in which bigger sinners attempt to convince littler sinners to mend their wicked ways.” Dan Doriani Matthew 18:5-6Colossians 3:20Colossians 3:21 If rules and regulations had the power to change the heart and life of your child, rescuing your child from himself and giving him a heart of submission and faith, Jesus would have never needed to come! Paul David Tripp Adults Colossians 3:20Proverbs 23:22 Discipline Proverbs 13:24 “Some parents have no noble goal

Pastor Ty Neal Colossians 3:18Colossians 3:19 “The greater priority is for the husband to love his wife so much that submitting to him would seem, and feel, like the most logical, wonderful and affirming thing she could do.” Sam Storms Ephesians 5:22-24 Husbands are the Head “If headship means ‘power' in any sense, then it is power to care, not to crush; power to serve, not to dominate; power to facilitate self-fulfillment, not to frustrate or destroy it. And in

Pastor Ty Neal Colossians 3:17Colossians 3:13 “Under Jewish law a woman was a thing; she was the possession of her husband, just as much as his house or his flocks or his material goods were. She had no legal right whatever. For instance, under Jewish law, a husband could divorce his wife for any cause, while a wife had no rights whatever in the initiation of divorce. In Greek society a respectable woman lived a life of entire seclusion. She

Pastor Ty Neal Creation: FormedSin: Deformed.Christ: Transformed. Colossians 3:12Deuteronomy 7:7-8a1 John 4:19Colossians 3:12 “Be curious, not judgmental” (NOT) Walt Whitman – misATTRIBUTED by Ted Lasso “Humility is not thinking less of yourself but thinking of yourself less.” C.S. Lewis “I'm the worst sinner I know.” Any honest person “I have met two classes of Christians: the proud who imagine they are humble and the humble who are afraid they are proud.” A.W. Tozer “The meek man will attain a place

Pastor Ty Neal Colossians 3:1-5Matthew 16:24-251 Corinthians 6:18 “Lust seeks quick fulfillment and is just as quickly sated. Love takes work and deepens overtime. Lust focuses only on the senses, but love uses the senses to cherish the other and to nourish the soul.” David Garland Proverbs 6:27 “desiring something so much that you lose your contentment in God.” John Piper “Finite creature trying to manage an overfull tank of infinite desire” Ian Morgan Cron Luke 12:15 “Be killing sin,

Pastor Ty Neal Colossians 3:1-2John 17:15-18Matthew 6:33 “It does not mean that we are to leave the present world as it is. If you read history you will find that the Christians who did most for the present world were just those who thought most of the next. The Apostles themselves, who set on foot the conversion of the Roman Empire, the great men who built up the Middle Ages, the English Evangelicals who abolished the Slave Trade, all left

Pastor Ty Neal Hell begins where hope ends.” 1 Peter 1:3 John 3:7 1 Peter 1:3 It's the hope that kills you. I disagree, I think it's the lack of hope that kills you.” Ted Lasso 1 Peter 1:3Romans 6:23 “God helps those who help themselves.” Satan 1 Peter 1:4-5 Jesus, I recognize that I am a sinner in need of Your forgiveness. I believe that You died on the cross for my sins. I want to turn away from

Pastor Ty Neal “Before we can begin to see the cross as something done for us, we have to see it as something done by us.” John Stott Luke 23:44-46Amos 8:9Zephaniah 1:152 Corinthians 5:211 Peter 2:24Galatians 3:13 “God's power is at its greatest not in his destruction of the wicked but in his taking all the wickedness of the earth into himself and giving back love.” J. N. Oswalt “So long as sin, death, and the curse remain in us,

Pastor Tim Fraiser 1 Corinthians 15:1-4Colossians 2:20Galatians 5:1 Religious people are legalistic people Colossians 2:21-22John 15:7-9John 15:10-11 “Spiritual life flows out of union with Christ, not merely imitation of Christ.” Richard Lovelace Religious people are prideful people Colossians 2:23 Walking in the flesh then does not necessarily produce violence or rampant immorality. The flesh can develop a high degree of refinement or religiosity. Ultimately, it looks at all issues from a selfish perspective. It produces many ingenious compounds: self-confidence, self-consciousness,

Pastor Ty Neal Colossians 2:18Matthew 6:1Matthew 6:16-18Exodus 20:31 Timothy 2:5Colossians 2:18 Expectations Experiences “worship services where the emphasis is more on Lights, Camera, Action than on Father, Son, and Holy Spirit” Ian Morgan Cron John 21:20-22 Exhaustion 2 Corinthians 12:9-10 “You do not have to pretend to be further along than what you are, because God loves you right where you are.” Darrin Patrick Exit Colossians 2:19John 15:5Colossians 1:18Colossians 2:9-10Colossians 2:19Matthew 11:28-29 Jesus, I recognize that I am a sinner

Pastor Ty Neal Colossians 2:16Leviticus 20:26Colossians 2:16 “Why are you relying on yourself, only to find yourself unreliable?” St Augustine Galatians 3:3 “One of the marks of a certain type of bad man is that he cannot give up a thing himself without wanting every one else to give it up. That is not the Christian way. An individual Christian may see fit to give up all sorts of things for special reasons – marriage, or meat, or beer, or

Pastor Ty Neal Judge by Jesus Colossians 2:8 Filled by Jesus Colossians 2:9-10Ephesians 3:14-20 Connection by Jesus Colossians 2:11-12Deuteronomy 10:16Colossians 2:11Colossians 2:12Romans 6:8-11 Forgiven by Jesus Colossians 2:13-14Romans 9:161 Corinthians 2:14 “Jeremy Bentham, present, not voting” Romans 7:24Romans 7:25aColossians 2:13-14 Victorious by Jesus Colossians 2:15 “So when the devil throws your sins in your face and declares that you deserve death and hell, tell him this: “I admit that I deserve death and hell, what of it? For I know

Pastor Ty Neal Colossians 1:28-29 “Here I must take counsel of the gospel. I must hearken to the gospel, which teaches me, not what I ought to do, (for that is the proper office of the law), but what Jesus Christ the Son of God has done for me: that He suffered and died to deliver me from sin and death. The gospel willed me to receive this, and to believe it. And this is the truth of the gospel.

Pastor Ty Neal Colossians 2:1Colossians 1:29Colossians 1:28Colossians 4:12Colossians 2:1 Our Global Partners: Colossians 2:2-3Colossians 4:121 Samuel 23:161 Samuel 18:1Colossians 3:14Colossians 2:2-3 “It is through the sanctifying power of the Word of God that spiritual life is communicated to the believer. It will never be given in any other way than through the truth of the Scriptures…. There is no possible growth in Christian life apart form the deepening knowledge of this Book.” Donald Grey Barnhouse. “The treasures are hidden, because

Pastor Ty Neal There are these two young fish swimming along and they happen to meet an older fish swimming the other way, who nods at them and says “Morning, boys. How's the water?” And the two young fish swim on for a bit, and then eventually one of them looks over at the other and goes “What the hell is water?” David Foster Wallace We are Built for Suffering Colossians 1:24Acts 9:16Colossians 1:24 “Suffering exists, primarily, to make Christians

Pastor Ty Neal “I love inside jokes. I'd love to be a part of one someday.” Michael Scott Colossians 1:21Ephesians 2:1-2John 3:3Colossians 1:22 “You can exercise and sustain personal leadership only to the extent of your capacity to bear pain. If you can bear only your own pain, then you can't really lead. If you can respond and bear only the pain of your family, then your family represents the full scope of your leadership potential. If, however, by God's

Pastor Ty Neal Revelation 2:4b “The person who lives a just and holy life is one who is a sound judge of these things. He is also a person who has ordered his love, so that he does not love what it is wrong to love, or fail to love what should be loved, or love too much what should be loved less (or love too little what should be loved more), or love two things equally if one of

Pastor Tim Fraiser Colossians 1:9 1. Know Christ 1 Thessalonians 4:3-41 Thessalonians 5:18Micah 6:8 2. Obey Christ Colossians 1:10Colossians 1:11Galatians 5:22-23Colossians 1:11Colossians 1:12Colossians 1:13Colossians 1:14

Speaker Carlos Gonzalez Colossians 1:6 REMEMBER where you have placed your faithREMEMBER who you loveREMEMBER where your hope isREMEMBER we are called to disciple Colossians 1:3-8Colossians 1:4Colossians 1:5 “what you are hoping for shapes what you are living for.” Tim Keller Colossians 1:5-8 REMEMBER where you have placed your faithREMEMBER who you loveREMEMBER where your hope isREMEMBER we are called to disciple Call to Action1. Pray2. GIVE3. Go

Pastor Ty Neal Bible Project Video “A firm grounding in Christology, then, in its practical implications for the daily life of believers was the best defense against the illusory attractiveness of the Colossians heresy.” F. F. Bruce Colossians 1:1Galatians 1:1Colossians 1:1Ephesians 1:111 Thessalonians 4:3Colossians 1:2 “In the gospel, God declares us presentable before he ever even looks at our record.” Stephen Um 1 Timothy 2:5Colossians 1:2 “To speak of Paul's sense of “geography” is an attempt to describe the “place”

Pastor Ty Neal Previous Mission Statement: Grace Point Church lives to make disciples of Jesus that live in community for the community. New Family Prayer: “Jesus, save the lost and guide the saved.” Jesus, guide the saved. Matthew 15:14 1. Jesus Guide the Saved: Voice John 10:1-5Revelation 2:17Hebrews 4:15-16John 10:6 Prayer: Jesus guide us with your voice. Help us hear. 2. Jesus Guide the Saved: Life Abundant John 10:7-10John 14:6John 10:9-10Luke 12:15Psalm 23:3 Prayer: Jesus guide us with your presence

Pastor Ty Neal Previous Mission Statement: Grace Point Church lives to make disciples of Jesus that live in community for the community. New Family Prayer: “Jesus, save the lost and guide the saved.” Jesus, save the lost… “Every saved person this side of heaven owes the gospel to every unsaved person this side of Hell.” David Platt Luke 19:1-2 “I'm the worst sinner I know.” Any honest person Mark 10:25Mark 10:27Luke 19:3-8 “It is both dangerous and easy to hate

Pastor Ty Neal Grace Point Church lives to make disciples of Jesus that live in community for the community. “Jesus, save the lost and guide the saved.” Jesus + My Good Works = Saved (Being a Christian)Jesus + Nothing = Everything Galatians 2:16John 1:39-41Genesis 3:15Isaiah 7:14Isaiah 53:5Luke 24:44Galatians 2:20Romans 8:20-22Galatians 2:20 “By faith you are so cemented to Christ that He and you are as one person, which cannot be separated but remains attached to Him forever.” Martin Luther Galatians

Pastor Terrence Young Mark 12:24-27Mark 12:28Matthew 23:27-28Mark 12:29-30 “God is never satisfied with anything less than the devotion of our whole life for the whole duration of our lives”. Sinclair Ferguson Mark 12:31-33Leviticus 19:18Leviticus 19:34John 13:34-35 “Relationships are hard, especially when you put expectations on others you wouldn't put on yourself.” Erica Young Mark 12:34Romans 5:6-8 “We see our Christian lives as buckets instead of pipes. Let me explain. A bucket is designed to collect something, let's say water. If

Pastor Ty Neal Genesis 1:1Genesis 1:2-4Genesis 3:15Matthew 1:21John 3:16 Come, thou long-expected Jesus, born to set thy people free; from our fears and sins release us; let us find our rest in thee…. Come Jesus, save the lost and guide the saved. The whole dance, or drama, or pattern of this three Personal life is to be played out in each one of us; or (putting it the other way round) each one of us has got to enter that

Pastor Ty Neal “The disappointment, brokenness, suffering, and pain that characterize life in this present world is held in dynamic tension with the promise of future glory that is yet to come. In that Advent tension, the church lives its life.” Fleming Rutledge John 16:16-21John 16:20Hebrews 12:2 “The soul would have no rainbow if the eye had no tears.” Native American Proverb, as quoted by John Piper “If, in suffering, we ask why this is happening, we might not find

Pastor Tim Fraiser 2 Corinthians 1:3-4 “Here the two greatest human needs are met by two of the greatest divine provisions. Man is born a sinner and a sorrower. He needs mercy for his sin, and comfort for his sorrow.” Roy Lauren Hebrews 13:5bMark 14:34a God's Word Isaiah 46:4 God's People 2 Corinthians 1:4“Shared joy is a double joy; shared sorrow is half a sorrow.” God's Son Isaiah 7:14Matthew 1:21-23

Pastor Ty Neal “Poised between memory and hope” Kevin J Vanhoozer Expectation of HappinessExpectation of Relational HarmonyExpectation of Perfection Mark 10:17Romans 6:231 Corinthians 1:7-9Mark 10:18Proverbs 14:3 “I am trying here to prevent anyone saying the really foolish thing that people often say about Him: I'm ready to accept Jesus as a great moral teacher, but I don't accept his claim to be God. That is the one thing we must not say. A man who was merely a man and

Pastor Ty Neal “Advent allows for a slowed reflection upon the Christian's reason for celebration on Christmas. In the midst of chaotic cultural practices, observing Advent promotes reflection on God's past actions and building anticipation for the fulfillment of God's future promises in the return of Christ.” Matt Butler God's Glory is displayed in His Sovereignty Isaiah 6:1 “It takes pride to be anxious. I am not wise enough to know how my life should go.” Tim Keller God's Glory

Pastor Ty Neal The End-ish Nehemiah 13:1-3 Ammonites failure: OmissionMoabites failure: Commission Romans 8:31Nehemiah 13:3-9Mark 11:25Nehemiah 13:8-13 “Reliability is a weighty biblical requirement. If a person is committed to the local church, that is weighty. If a person is committed to a spouse, that is weighty. If we raise our children in the fear and admonition of the Lord, it is weighty. If we go to work on time, if we pay our bills on time, it is weighty. It

Pastor Ty Neal Nehemiah 12:27-31 Worship Nehemiah 12:27-31 Sing Nehemiah 12:27-31Nehemiah 12:45-47Nehemiah 12:36Psalm 48:9-14 “Singing has always been a striking feature of the worship of God's Old Testament and New Testament people. This is not true of other religions. Many use repetitive chants. In some, clergy sing. But generally, the religions of the world are grim. It is only in biblical religion that the people of God are characteristically joyful and express their joy in great singing… Why is this?

Pastor Ty Neal “In Western culture, we call our displacement ‘mobility.'” Wendell Berry God is faithful to his people.His people are unfaithful to him.God is gracious and merciful to his people. Jeremiah 29:4-7Jeremiah 29:10-14Nehemiah 11:1-2Romans 12:1-2Nehemiah 11:1-2Nehemiah 11:3Nehemiah 11:25Nehemiah 12:1 1. Be Known and Know Others Here 2. Serve Others Here Nehemiah 11:9Nehemiah 11:12Nehemiah 11:16Nehemiah 11:17Nehemiah 11:19 “We can ignore even pleasure. But pain insists upon being attended to. God whispers to us in our pleasures, speaks in our conscience,

Pastor Ty Neal 2 Corinthians 3:18 “For all those discouraged by your progress in Christ: “By perseverance, the snail reached the Ark.” Charles Spurgeon Nehemiah 9:38Nehemiah 10:28-29Deuteronomy 28:15Deuteronomy 21:22-23Galatians 3:13Nehemiah 10:302 Corinthians 6:14Ephesians 5:32-33Nehemiah 10:31Hebrews 10:24-25Nehemiah 10:32-382 Corinthians 8:5Nehemiah 10:39 Jesus, save the lost and guide the saved.

Pastor Ty Neal When I get honest, I admit I am a bundle of paradoxes. I believe and I doubt, I hope and get discouraged, I love and I hate, I feel bad about feeling good, I feel guilty about not feeling guilty. I am trusting and suspicious. I am honest and I still play games. Aristotle said I am a rational animal; I say I am an angel with an incredible capacity for beer. Brennan Manning God is faithful

Pastor Ty Neal 2 Timothy 2:8-13 God help me hear you and respond to you. Nehemiah 8:1Ezra 7:6Nehemiah 8:2-3 God help me hear you and respond to you. Nehemiah 8:4-8 God help me hear you and respond to you. Nehemiah 8:9-11Romans 3:23 God help me hear you and respond to you. The Word of God contains both Law and Gospel. While the reading of Moses' Teaching contained Law, which always accuses the hearers of their sins and brings them sorrow

Pastor Ty Neal 2 Timothy 3:16-17 Led by God Nehemiah 7:5aEphesians 5:18Ephesians 5:19-20 Have a Multigenerational Perspective Nehemiah 7:5b-6 “They prioritize church over athletics, because there is no guarantee that they will go pro, but there is a guarantee where they will spend their eternal state.” JD Greer Serve the Lord by Serving the Family Acts 17:24-25Colossians 4:171 Peter 2:4-5 “No job is too big, no pup is too small.” Paw Patrol Pursue Obedience Nehemiah 7:61-65 “But all things that

Pastor Allen Stansberry Nehemiah 6:15-7:4 Big Idea: God equips His people to push through the pressure and finish the mission, no matterthe opposition. I. Nehemiah 6:15-16 Psalm 127:1 II. Nehemiah 6:17-19 2 Corinthians 6:14-15Proverbs 29:25 III. Nehemiah 7:1-3 “The duty of pastors is to feed the flock with wholesome food of the Word; to watch over it with all care and diligence; to go before it in example of faith, love, humility, self-denial, meekness, patience, readiness for the cross, and

Pastor Ty Neal Superpower #1: Ability to Stand Firm Nehemiah 6:1-4Colossians 3:17 Superpower #2: Ability to Stop Lies Nehemiah 6:5-9Philippians 1:6Hebrews 4:15-16Romans 8:38-39Revelation 21:4 Superpower #3: Ability to Stay Obedient Nehemiah 6:10-131 John 4:1Psalm 119:11 “Either This Book Will Keep You From Sin, Or Sin Will Keep You From This Book.” John Bunyan Nehemiah 6:14 Superpower #1: Ability to Stand FirmSuperpower #2: Ability to Stop LiesSuperpower #3: Ability to Stay Obedient John 1:1Hebrews 4:121 John 2:1 Book/Bible Recommendations

Pastor Ty Neal The Problem: Money & My Way Nehemiah 5:1-5 “Greed is a fat demon with a small mouth, and whatever you feed it is never enough.” Janwillem van de Wetering The Solution: Money & God's Way Nehemiah 5:6 Ephesians 4:26Nehemiah 5:7Deuteronomy 23:19-20Nehemiah 5:8-9Nehemiah 2:17Nehemiah 5:9John 13:34-35 “Are some people outside the Church of Jesus Christ because I am inside?” W. E. Sangster Nehemiah 5:10-13 The Example: Money & The Fear Of God Nehemiah 5:14-16 “I'll never ask you

Pastor Ty Neal Ephesians 6:10-13Ephesians 6:16Nehemiah 4:1Nehemiah 2:10Nehemiah 2:12Nehemiah 4:2-3 Arrow #1 – Doubt Nehemiah 4:4-5Revelation 6:10Nehemiah 4:61 Peter 2:21-23 Arrow #2 – Fear Nehemiah 4:7-8Nehemiah 4:11Proverbs 1:7Proverbs 29:25Nehemiah 4:9 “My Lord God, I have no idea where I am going. I cannot see the road ahead of me. I cannot know for certain where it will end. Nor do I really know myself, and the fact that I think I am following your will does not mean that I

Pastor Tim Fraiser Isaiah 26:1-22 Timothy 3:16-17 Put God First Nehemiah 3:1 Just because your offended, it doesn't mean you are right. Ricky Gervais Don't ever water down the gospel. If the truth offends then let it offend. People have been living their whole life in offense to God. John MacArthur Galatians 6:1 Build the wall in front of you Nehemiah 3:231 Corinthians 5:12Matthew 22:36-39Matthew 5:14-16 Build it together Nehemiah 3:28-32

Pastor Ty Neal Nehemiah 2:9-111 Kings 19:1-6Nehemiah 2:12-171 Corinthians 6:19-20 “For all those discouraged by your progress in Christ: “By perseverance, the snail reached the Ark.” Charles Spurgeon Nehemiah 2:18-19John 10:10a “Which is more obvious to our friends… our angst over our president, or our awe of our God?” Scotty Smith “Tradition is the living faith of the dead, traditionalism is the dead faith of the living. And, I suppose I should add, it is traditionalism that gives tradition such

Pastor Ty Neal Nehemiah 2:1-2 “Where evangelical churches theologize happiness and ritualize the smile, sad believers are spiritually ostracized. Sadness is the scarlet letter of the contemporary church, embroidered proof of a person's spiritual failure.” Ben Myers Nehemiah 2:3Romans 13:1Proverbs 21:1Ezra 4:19-23 Providence: God's superintending activity over human actions and human history, bringing creation to His divinely determined goal. Nehemiah 2:4 “Quick prayers are possible and valid if one has prayed sufficiently beforehand.” Marvin Breneman Mark 9:24Rev. 22:20 “Make good

Pastor Ty Neal Genesis 3:15Deuteronomy 4:25-31Nehemiah 1:1-4 “Prayer does not fit us for the greater work; prayer is the greater work.” Oswald Chambers Proverbs 21:1 “God is in control, but don't lean on a shovel and pray for a hole.” Tommy Nelson Nehemiah 1:5-11Matthew 6:33Nehemiah 1:11 “I ask… whether you pray, because a habit of prayer is one of the surest marks of a true Christian. All the children of God on earth are alike in this respect. From the

Pastor Ty Neal 1 Kings 4:29Proverbs 1:7 “Wisdom is not handy tips to improve our lives like a software upgrade. Wisdom is not a high-octane added ingredient to boost our performance. Wisdom is a matter of life and death, because wisdom reveals we are listening to God with an eager heart.” Ray Ortlund Jr. 1. The Offer of Wisdom Proverbs 1:20-21 “It is a book which seldom takes you to church. Like its own figure of Wisdom, it calls across

Pastor Ty Neal Psalm 16:1Colossians 3:3Psalm 16:2James 1:16-17 “It will not suffice simply to hold that there is one whom all ought to honor and adore, unless we are also persuaded that he is the fountain of every good, and that we must seek nothing elsewhere than in him. . . . For until men recognize that they owe everything to God, that they are nourished by his fatherly care, that he is the Author of their every good, that

Pastor Ty Neal Psalm 37:1 Compare – Covet – Compromise Psalm 37:1-2 Trust in the Lord Psalm 37:3Hebrews 11:1 Delight in the Lord Psalm 37:4Romans 12:1-2 Commit your ways to the Lord Psalm 37:5Isaiah 64:4Psalm 37:6 Be Still and Wait for the Lord Psalm 37:7 Psalm 37:8Proverbs 18:2 “Addiction to social media will make you aware of everything and wise about nothing.” Matt Smethurst Psalm 37:9Hebrews 11:16 “A continual looking forward to the eternal world is not (as some modern

Pastor Ty Neal Psalm 127:1 John 15:5 “It is not the will of the Lord that we should be like blocks of wood, or that we should keep our arms folded without doing anything; but that we should apply to use all the talents and advantages which [God] has conferred upon us.” John Calvin Psalm 127:2 When I give something I do not possess, I give a false and dangerous gift, a gift that looks like love but is, in