God's Word speaks powerfully. Through the Bible, our Creator shows us His worth and His works, and calls us to live lives of purpose and satisfaction in Christ. We hope the clear Biblical exposition presented in these messages will help you to follow more fully and faithfully after Him.
Is Jesus Christ precious to you? Do you know the extent to which you are loved? The answer to these questions often determines the extent to which we worship God. We struggle to embrace God when we don't understand what it cost for Him to embrace us.
What is your cornerstone? Whatever your cornerstone is, it will set the course or guide your life. Jesus Christ is the true Cornerstone.
Is Jesus Christ precious to you? Do you know the extent to which you are loved? The answer to these questions often determines the extent to which we worship God. We struggle to embrace God when we don't understand what it cost for Him to embrace us.
What is your cornerstone? Whatever your cornerstone is, it will set the course or guide your life. Jesus Christ is the true Cornerstone.
Where are you at in your Christian growth? Are you a child, a "young man" or a "father"? As children we must know first and foremost that we are totally forgiven. When we become young men we learn to trust in Him and begin to see ourselves as He sees us. Finally as a father we come to know Him, we to Him daily because we want to, not because we have to. Where are you?
Where are you at in your Christian growth? Are you a child, a "young man" or a "father"? As children we must know first and foremost that we are totally forgiven. When we become young men we learn to trust in Him and begin to see ourselves as He sees us. Finally as a father we come to know Him, we to Him daily because we want to, not because we have to. Where are you?
Do you know that you are a babe in Christ? Is it your desire to deepen your walk with God, to grow in likeness to Christ? We need to let the Word of God come in to our lives, let it sink down in and live it out so that our lives can change as we trust in Him and walk in child-like faith.
Do you know that you are a babe in Christ? Is it your desire to deepen your walk with God, to grow in likeness to Christ? We need to let the Word of God come in to our lives, let it sink down in and live it out so that our lives can change as we trust in Him and walk in child-like faith.
At some point in our lives we have all felt dried out or dead. Yet the power of God, in Christ, has brought us life. And His Powerful Spirit dwells in us; transforming our hearts, equipping us, and giving us power.
At some point in our lives we have all felt dried out or dead. Yet the power of God, in Christ, has brought us life. And His Powerful Spirit dwells in us; transforming our hearts, equipping us, and giving us power.
Our greatest hope for today and tomorrow is to look at what God has done. Do you love as you have been loved? If not, allow God to transform your heart. Who you are today is not who you need to be tomorrow.
Our greatest hope for today and tomorrow is to look at what God has done. Do you love as you have been loved? If not, allow God to transform your heart. Who you are today is not who you need to be tomorrow.
Do you walk into each day knowing that Christ is with you, that He lives within you? Do you know that you are never alone? The fact that we are born again is central to our lives. It is a definite, supernatural, completely coherent event in your life. Without the new birth there is no life.
Do you walk into each day knowing that Christ is with you, that He lives within you? Do you know that you are never alone? The fact that we are born again is central to our lives. It is a definite, supernatural, completely coherent event in your life. Without the new birth there is no life.
Do you live as an immigrant, tourist or a resident alien? If we are not living as resident aliens then we are not pursuing holiness but rather our own desires. Christ devoted His life totally to His mission, our salvation. He set apart His life for us and calls us to be set apart for Him, for His purposes.
Do you live as an immigrant, tourist or a resident alien? If we are not living as resident aliens then we are not pursuing holiness but rather our own desires. Christ devoted His life totally to His mission, our salvation. He set apart His life for us and calls us to be set apart for Him, for His purposes.
Motivation is everything. What is your motivation, self or Christ? The degree to which we will be holy (set apart for God) is in direction relation to the degree to which we understand what God has done for us through Jesus Christ.
Motivation is everything. What is your motivation, self or Christ? The degree to which we will be holy (set apart for God) is in direction relation to the degree to which we understand what God has done for us through Jesus Christ.
Do you let God's Word speak into your life and then think all the way through the implications and ramifications of that truth? Christianity (unlike other faiths) requires that we think to not only become a believer but to also grow in our faith. We must begin to read culture through the Bible and not the reverse.
Do you let God's Word speak into your life and then think all the way through the implications and ramifications of that truth? Christianity (unlike other faiths) requires that we think to not only become a believer but to also grow in our faith. We must begin to read culture through the Bible and not the reverse.
Do you find great pleasure in pleasing God? The extent to which we perceive the holiness of God will be directly reflected by the degree to which our lives are set apart for Him. His desires will become our desires, His sigh becomes our command. We will no longer think in terms of how much do I have to do but rather what can I do.
Do you find great pleasure in pleasing God? The extent to which we perceive the holiness of God will be directly reflected by the degree to which our lives are set apart for Him. His desires will become our desires, His sigh becomes our command. We will no longer think in terms of how much do I have to do but rather what can I do.
Are you obsessed with looking at the gospel? The gospel needs to drive, mold, and transform us. The gospel is what will carry us through our trials. Christ's suffering and glory is our hope. It is in and through our sufferings that we will discover Christ as our meaning and hope. All of scripture testifies to the beauty and power of Christ, that He is our ultimate treasure.
Are you obsessed with looking at the gospel? The gospel needs to drive, mold, and transform us. The gospel is what will carry us through our trials. Christ's suffering and glory is our hope. It is in and through our sufferings that we will discover Christ as our meaning and hope. All of scripture testifies to the beauty and power of Christ, that He is our ultimate treasure.
Have you forgotten how "amazing" it is that we may experience salvation? There may be days and seasons in your life when you get bogged down, but remember you have a hope in Jesus Christ, that you can celebrate!
Have you forgotten how "amazing" it is that we may experience salvation? There may be days and seasons in your life when you get bogged down, but remember you have a hope in Jesus Christ, that you can celebrate!
Our faith is more precious that gold - priceless! We should have a joy that is the same! Do you?
Our faith is more precious that gold - priceless! We should have a joy that is the same! Do you?
In the midst of trials do you have a "living hope"? Peter's goal is to prepare us for the trials and struggles that are sure to come, to equip us for the furnace. What carries us through and beyond our struggles is God's mercy and our "living hope." In the midst of trials we can live victoriously because of Jesus Christ and the salvation He has provided through His death and resurrection.
In the midst of trials do you have a "living hope"? Peter's goal is to prepare us for the trials and struggles that are sure to come, to equip us for the furnace. What carries us through and beyond our struggles is God's mercy and our "living hope." In the midst of trials we can live victoriously because of Jesus Christ and the salvation He has provided through His death and resurrection.
Today we begin to look at the book of 1 Peter and see that we are called to be both residents and aliens. We are to be part of the city, residents who are involved for the good of the city. At the same time we are called to be aliens, our lives are to look different so that we glorify Christ through our lives. These verses call us to look at the atonement of Christ, the sanctifying work of the Holy Spirit and election.
Today we begin to look at the book of 1 Peter and see that we are called to be both residents and aliens. We are to be part of the city, residents who are involved for the good of the city. At the same time we are called to be aliens, our lives are to look different so that we glorify Christ through our lives. These verses call us to look at the atonement of Christ, the sanctifying work of the Holy Spirit and election.
Do you enjoy the gospel? We are commanded in scripture to "rejoice always." Today we will hear about cultivating joy in our personal time with God, road blocks that can prevent joy, and enjoying the gospel in community.
Do you enjoy the gospel? We are commanded in scripture to "rejoice always." Today we will hear about cultivating joy in our personal time with God, road blocks that can prevent joy, and enjoying the gospel in community.
Are you hospitable? Most of us tend to measure hospitality through the eyes of the world and not from God's perspective. God met us at our point of need, invited us in and fed us. We were strangers outside the "gate." God's hospitality challenges us to invite others into our lives in order to share the grace of God through Jesus Christ with them. Hospitality from God's perspective is a way of life, not a moment.
Are you hospitable? Most of us tend to measure hospitality through the eyes of the world and not from God's perspective. God met us at our point of need, invited us in and fed us. We were strangers outside the "gate." God's hospitality challenges us to invite others into our lives in order to share the grace of God through Jesus Christ with them. Hospitality from God's perspective is a way of life, not a moment.
As we conclude our series in the Book of Jonah we see that God's love is both painfully refining and incredibly gracious and forgiving. God's desire for Jonah, and for us, is to shape our hearts into ones that love others more than we love ourselves.
As we conclude our series in the Book of Jonah we see that God's love is both painfully refining and incredibly gracious and forgiving. God's desire for Jonah, and for us, is to shape our hearts into ones that love others more than we love ourselves.
Are you looking for the living among the dead? This question, asked by the angels of the women who had come to the tomb, was a rhetorical question aimed at getting them, and us, to think. Today we will look at three ways in which we can treat Jesus as if He were still dead as we serve, love and follow Him in our lives.
Are you looking for the living among the dead? This question, asked by the angels of the women who had come to the tomb, was a rhetorical question aimed at getting them, and us, to think. Today we will look at three ways in which we can treat Jesus as if He were still dead as we serve, love and follow Him in our lives.
Is there anything in your life that you need in order to be happy aside from God? If so, your heart is divided. Jonah's heart was divided, he loved God but he loved something else more. God desires a pure heart, one that has a single focus.
Is there anything in your life that you need in order to be happy aside from God? If so, your heart is divided. Jonah's heart was divided, he loved God but he loved something else more. God desires a pure heart, one that has a single focus.
God asks Jonah (and each of us), "Do you have a right to be angry"? If we are angry and cannot forgive we need to examine our hearts, have we forgotten the forgiveness God has shown to us? Before we can forgive others we must deal with the anger in our hearts and then go to the one whom we have wronged or who has wronged us and seek to bring about peace.
God asks Jonah (and each of us), "Do you have a right to be angry"? If we are angry and cannot forgive we need to examine our hearts, have we forgotten the forgiveness God has shown to us? Before we can forgive others we must deal with the anger in our hearts and then go to the one whom we have wronged or who has wronged us and seek to bring about peace.
Do you live for others? As we continue through the book of Jonah, we see God's enduring grace, His plan, and that God is a sender. As a result of his failure, Jonah was finally ready to be used by God to fulfill His plan, Jonah was ready to be sent. It was necessary for Jonah (and it is necessary for us) to die to ourselves in order to be useful to go.
Do you live for others? As we continue through the book of Jonah, we see God's enduring grace, His plan, and that God is a sender. As a result of his failure, Jonah was finally ready to be used by God to fulfill His plan, Jonah was ready to be sent. It was necessary for Jonah (and it is necessary for us) to die to ourselves in order to be useful to go.
Who are the people on your boat and do they know the hope you have in Christ? The captain asked Jonah how is it you are sleeping, don't you know we are dying here? Have we forgotten that we were once dying as well? If we belong to Christ then we no longer have a right to be absorbed with our "goals", but rather we are free to follow God's calling on our lives.
Who are the people on your boat and do they know the hope you have in Christ? The captain asked Jonah how is it you are sleeping, don't you know we are dying here? Have we forgotten that we were once dying as well? If we belong to Christ then we no longer have a right to be absorbed with our "goals", but rather we are free to follow God's calling on our lives.
Jonah is crying out in prayer to God, and in his desperation is awakened to his need for God’s grace. He realizes the depth of his sin, and the greatness of God’s grace. With this in mind, we are able to see that God sends a rescue for us as well, not only for the penalty of our sin, but also from the power of sin. The “fish called grace”, is actually summed up in the physical image of God, Jesus Christ!
Jonah is crying out in prayer to God, and in his desperation is awakened to his need for God’s grace. He realizes the depth of his sin, and the greatness of God’s grace. With this in mind, we are able to see that God sends a rescue for us as well, not only for the penalty of our sin, but also from the power of sin. The “fish called grace”, is actually summed up in the physical image of God, Jesus Christ!
What does a guy running from the Lord, a bunch of pagan sailors, and a raging storm have to do with Jesus?
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