Sunday Morning Messages from Murray Missionary Church in Bluffton, Indiana
Baptism is important to God as is shown by the priority Jesus places on it.
We can be consistently please our Lord by accepting that reconciliation is always the right choice.
We can be useful in refreshing the spirit of others by living out the grace God has provided in our lives.
We have a great responsibility to protect the Church by dealing decisively with sin and division.
The Bible teaches, and we affirm, that there is only one God. While many find this truth to be foolish or naïve or short-sighted, as Christians this is the very rock upon which our security rests.
We can be spiritually clean before a holy God by accepting the renewal offered by His Holy Spirit.
We must maintain a positive witness for our Lord by assuring our lives represent him well in the workplace.
We have the responsibility to ensure an enduring Church by building it on a strong foundation.
Our mandate from God is to protect his Church from Satan's attempts to keep us from our true purpose.
As we pursue Jesus, faith has the potential to renew our lives and lead us into a closer, intimate relationship with Christ. Faith will begin to show evidence in our lives.
We can respond to God's call to be people of godly character by understanding his purpose and plan for this admonition.
We can gain significant truth about our purpose as a church from the encouragement Paul gives to this young Pastor.
We can be an answer to our Lord's prayer by permitting His Spirit to create the qualities in our life that He prayed for.
We can more fully grasp God's amazing love for us by understanding His perfect plan of redemption.
We can appropriate the amazing gift of salvation in our lives because of the work Jesus was prepared to do from the moment he first came to earth.
Jesus came to live among us to provide the solution to our sin problem. When we apply that solution to our lives, we find true joy.
The promise of the coming Jesus is our source of peace as we understand the change His coming brings in our lives.
God has offered a solution for my sin problem by sending Jesus to defeat Satan and therefore, provide hope.
We can view giving to the work of God as an opportunity for receiving God's grace when we focus on his purpose in allowing us to give.
At our salvation, God offers us gifts and abilities which we give back to Him as offerings of praise.
We can love others as God encourages us to when we get a stronger grasp on the depth of God's love for us.
God has given us a process to discern truth which we can use to protect us against Satan's attacks.
Two Questions to Ponder this Week: 1- How strong is your family resemblance? 2-Do you love one another?
We can live as a reflection of God as we gather the blessings God has for us.
We can get a deep understanding of God's love for us through the powerful illustration of bread in the scriptures.
We can walk in the light of fellowship with God as we adopt the lifestyle choices to which God directs us.
We may spend our entire lives searching for joy only to discover that God has made it easily available and complete.
God can use us to assist others in their service to Him when we are willing to sacrifice on their behalf.
We can find peace in the promise of the return of Christ as it will be the fulfillment of all God has promised to us.
We can better understand the work of Jesus on earth by grasping the importance of his work following his return to the Father.
The resurrection of Jesus provides for us undeniable hope, not only for this life, but for eternity.
We can more fully understand how God leads us to ministry by observing how Jesus chose his disciples.
We will discover our true purpose is to proclaim that genuine purity comes from a heart made righteous through the redemption offered by Jesus.
We can understand our Lord's care and concern for us as he demonstrates his power and authority over the struggles of this life.
We can have freedom in the middle of our temptation by following the strategy of Jesus.
If we want to respond appropriately to Jesus in our lives and show Him to others, we need to learn from His interaction with Zacchaeus.
We can understand what it means to have God with us (Immanuel) as we grasp the true purpose for God sending His Son Jesus.
We can fulfill God's plan for real joy in our lives when we follow the example of submission demonstrated by Mary and Joseph.
Our search for fulfilment in our lives will be satisfied when we make Jesus the center of that desire.
We are going to discover many reasons to give our Lord an offering of praise and thanksgiving.
We come to remember and celebrate, not just the event of the Crucifixion of Jesus, but the result available in our lives.
We can accomplish true ministry for the Kingdom of God by assuring that as Christ followers, we each do our part.
We are challenged to be people of prayer as a means of empowering our relationship with Christ.
We can honor God in our work relationships as we heed the instruction given by God's Spirit.
God has designed the family for our benefit and asks us to assure that we take good care of it.
God calls us to gather around the study of Scripture because it is the source of meeting the needs in our life.
We can enjoy freedom in Christ by taking advantage of the challenges he offers in our lives.
We can be confident of our connection with Jesus by being cautious of those forces that try to rob us of our hope.