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It's when we humbly receive the word. When we read it, and study it and memorize it and seek to do what it says. It's that humbled attitude of dependence upon it that literally will change us, and that's what Paul observed in the folks at Thesolanica. And he says you welcomed the message of God's word with the joy of the Holy Spirit! To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1170/29?v=20251111

In fact, he says over in 1 Thessalonians 2, verse 13, that "when you receive from us the word of God's message, you accepted it not as the word of men but for what it really is, the word of God which performes its work in you who believe"! You know when we welcome God's word into our life and we believe it; it performs a work in us, it changes us! God's word has that kind of life giving power! To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1170/29?v=20251111

My hope, my goal, my prayer for this sermon is not that you'll know more about prayer; it's that you will pray! To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1170/29?v=20251111

Thanksgiving aligns our heart with God! Thanksgiving makes an acknowledgment that God's God and we're not! Thanksgiving shows that we have an awareness of who God is and what He's doing in our lives! To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1170/29?v=20251111

Each one should use whatever gift he's received to serve others, faithfully administering God's grace in its various forms! We're to use our gifts to serve others, that's the purpose! God didn't give us gifts to just kind of say, I have these gifts! He's given us spiritual gifts so that we can use them! To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1170/29?v=20251111

I glorified you by doing what you called me to do! That should be the aspiration of every follower of Jesus Christ! Because that's the meaning of life! That's why we're here! That's the point of life! Glorifiying God! And remember, when we give ourselves to that, when we pursue that, we find our greatest joy! To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1170/29?v=20251111

When our lives, the totality of our lives; our marriages, our parenting, going to kids soccer games and little league games, working through paying the bills and maintaining the house and going on vacation and coming to church and everything about life, when all of our lives reflect who God really is! To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1170/29?v=20251111

We find our greatest joy when we pursue God's greatest glory! To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1170/29?v=20251111

You see obedience ultimately is the acid test of our relationship with Jesus Christ. There are many people who can say a whole lot of stuff, but it's when we obey that we demonstrate the true conviction of our faith! To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1170/29?v=20251111

It only takes a simple reading of scripture to realize that God is looking for men! He's looking for men to follow Him and love Him and serve Him and be the spiritual leaders He has designed them to be in the home, in the church and in the culture at large! God is looking for men! To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1170/29?v=20251111

In the family unit, the marriage relationship is to be supreme and have priority and mom and dad need to be on the same page! Then kids can come and be blessed and grow into Godly adults! To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1170/29?v=20251111

And every family since the original family is affected with this blaming mechanisim. When something goes wrong in the family, when something goes wrong in the marriage there is an instinctive response to blame! To blame the spouse, to blame the kids and when you can't do that any longer, blame the dog! You blame somebody! To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1170/29?v=20251111

Do you know God has a lot to say about this whole dynamic of relationship about how we're to be in relationship with the opposite sex. In fact, it may come as a surprise to some of you, but God dreamed up with the whole idea of sex! To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1170/29?v=20251111

Selfishness is a barrier to God's design; to God's definition for a marriage! To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1170/29?v=20251111

In 1 Corinthians chapter 6 the apostle Paul is talking about God's call to moral purity and why God wants us to reserve sex for marriage and the signifigance of the marriage act. And he says, "Don't you realize that God's purpose was this; that a man would leave his father and mother and be united to his wife and the two would become one flesh!" To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1170/29?v=20251111

Sometimes what God has for us is not what we would choose for ourselves! Sometimes it's better than anything we can imagine and sometimes it's harder than anything we can imagine! To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1170/29?v=20251111

When you felt guilty, you felt like that's how God wanted you to feel! You know, nothing could be further from the truth! God doesn't want us to feel guilty, in fact, He wants to take away our guilt! God doesn't want us to feel shame, He wants to take away our shame! God doesn't want us to feel condemned, He wants us to feel confident! To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1170/29?v=20251111

The Bible says that we're to seek and when we seek we find! Having questions, asking questions of God is a positive thing! God invites us to pursue Him if we're curious! To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1170/29?v=20251111

Sixty-six books, forty authors, fifteen hundred years, three languages, three continents, different life situations, different backgrounds of the authors writing on a whole variety of controversial issues. You know what you would expect to find, a whole conglomeration of opinion and ideas! But instead what you find is a unified truth from Genesis to Revelation! A consistency on every issue that is dealt with. The Bible is unique! To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1170/29?v=20251111

Jesus connected truth with life change! Jesus connected truth with life transformation! Now all of a sudden this discussion of truth becomes interesting to me! To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1170/29?v=20251111

This passage says, I'm not ashamed of the gospel. Good grief, this is the greatest message that has ever been given. This is a message that will set you free. This is a message that will forgive your sins. This is a message that will give you hope. This is a message that will take you out of darkness and bring you into light. This is a message that can turn everything around. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1170/29?v=20251111

So whether you are asking about the person who's off in the jungle or the person who's off in the dessert, the question is still the same; what is God's response to that person who never heard the message of the gospel? To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1170/29?v=20251111

Why is Jesus the only way? All religions, are they the same? No! Well then how can God reject or condemn someone who is sincere in their beleif in another religion? To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1170/29?v=20251111

The scripture says this in 1 Peter chapter 3, "Sanctify Christ as Lord in your hearts always being ready to make a defense to anyone who asks you to give an account of the hope that's in you." If you're here and you're committed, people are going to be asking you these questions. So I am hoping to give you some information that will equip you to be able to answer questions! To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1170/29?v=20251111

The life you've always wanted; it's a message to proclaim. It's a life to give away! We need to see as Jesus saw! We need to feel as Jesus felt! We need to pray as Jesus prayed! We need to do as Jesus did! To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1170/29?v=20251111

The life that Jesus has for us, the life that you've always wanted, is a message to proclaim and a life to give away! To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1170/29?v=20251111

Victory in the Christian life, the life you've always wanted, is not a life removed from the spiritual battle, it's a life engaged in the spiritual battle and actually winning the spiritual battle! To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1170/29?v=20251111

Victory in the Christian life, the life you've always wanted, is not a life removed from the spiritual battle, it's a life engaged in the spiritual battle and actually winning the spiritual battle! To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1170/29?v=20251111

The life we've always wanted is the life that God wants to give us! It's the life that He's delighted to reveal to us! It's the life that He wants us to experience! It's a power to experience! To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1170/29?v=20251111

The life that you've always wanted is about a relationship! Because what's true with the people in our lives is also true with God. It's about a relationship! To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1170/29?v=20251111

Worship is the engagement of our mind, our wills and our emotions expressed through our bodies. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1170/29?v=20251111

Is worship at the heart of our lives? Is worship the first priority in our lives? Is worshiping God the epicenter to all that we're doing? To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1170/29?v=20251111

Maybe you just have a vague sense that somethings wrong in your life? Maybe you have a vague since that your marriage isn't what it needs to be? May be you just have a vague spiritual sense that God wants to do something in the world? That's a good place to start, but you've got to figure out what the real problem is! To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1170/29?v=20251111

The great commision is never fullfilled if the community of believers stays in its comfort zone! To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1170/29?v=20251111

When God does a building program; whether it's a temple, whether it's a church, whether it's a family, whether it's an individual life, these are the the principles that are at play. There's a prophetic word, there's the providence of God and there's the provision of God's people! To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1170/29?v=20251111

What word are you trusting in for what God's doing in your marriage? What word are you claiming and praying through for God's work in your kids lives? To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1170/29?v=20251111

What is God laying on heart for your life? What is God laying on your heart for your marriage? What is God laying on your heart for your family? Are you willing to take a risk and step out in faith and trust God? To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1170/29?v=20251111

And for the first time, I found myself not just thinking about what I wanted to do with my life or what my parents wanted to do with my life. Or even how I should fit my new faith in Jesus Christ into what I wanted to do with my life! To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1170/29?v=20251111

Because I know how much God loves me, that energizes me to face whatever I'm facing triumphantly! To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1170/29?v=20251111

For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord! To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1170/29?v=20251111

God wants to fill us with hope! Hope that is certain and sure! An anchor to our soul! A hope that's fixed on Jesus Christ! To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1170/29?v=20251111

The message of the gospel is a message of hope! It's a message that we get to give away to people to add hope to their lives. It's a message we get to emberace ourselves to have hope! To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1170/29?v=20251111

1 John 1:7-9. "But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another and the blood of Jesus Christ, His son, cleanses us from all sin. If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness! To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1170/29?v=20251111

The spiritual person experiences the ministry of the Holy Spirit guiding him in truth! Jesus said in John 16:13-15, "But when He, the Spirit of Truth comes, He will guide you into all truth!" To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1170/29?v=20251111

Rather than thinking of worry, panic and fear; I renew myself with Phillipians 4:6-7. "I'm going to be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving, I'm going to let my request be made known to God and the peace of God that passes all comprehension will guard my heart and mind in Christ Jesus! To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1170/29?v=20251111

So the first step in experiencing life, power, freedom, is knowing who we are and knowing what God has made true about us! To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1170/29?v=20251111

Wherever we might be in our spiritual journey, desperation is the prerequisite to victory! And freedom is the experience of victory! Because the life we've always wanted and the life that God wants to give us is produced by the Holy Spirit! To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1170/29?v=20251111

But have you discovered, like me, that's the way life is? There's option a and option b. There's the easy way, God's way, grace way, Holy Spirit way. And then there is option B. The hard way, my way, selfish way, the sin struggle way. Paul says here at the end of Romans 7; there's a b. There's the law of the spirit of life in Christ Jesus. There's the law of sins and death. There's the law of God in my mind. There's the law of sin and death in my members. There's option a and option b. And everyday, we live in the realm of choices! To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1170/29?v=20251111

In this series we're talking about how to experience freedom from sins penalty and how to experience freedom from sins power and control! To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1170/29?v=20251111

Paul is trying to argue, when he responds to this stupid hypothetical question; "Since I'm forgiven because of grace, can I just sin every now and then?" He says, "well I guess you could, but don't you realize that when you do that you are setting yourself up to become a slave of whatever it is that you commit yourself to? And since you've been freed from since and become a slave of righteousness, why don't you present yourself to righteousness. Why don't you offer yourself fully, unconditionally to Jesus Christ? Why don't you go for all the gusto that you have in Jesus? Because the more you surrender to Christ, the more you become like Christ. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1170/29?v=20251111

At first glance, this looks like Christianity 401. It's Christianity for the advanced student of the faith! And it is every bit of that! But when you step away and look at the simple truth, it's Christianity 101! It is the message of hope and life to every person where ever they might be in their spiritual journey! To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1170/29?v=20251111