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Simon Says: Lessons from Peter's Faith Journey In the third installment of our series, Simon Says, we delve deeper into the life of Simon Peter, a disciple known for his bold yet flawed faith. This week's sermon focuses on the theme of maintaining focus on Jesus, even amidst life's storms. The Scene on the Sea of Galilee Our journey begins with Matthew 14:22-33, where Peter experiences both triumph and failure while walking on water. After Jesus feeds the 5,000, He sends the disciples ahead on a boat while He prays alone. As a storm brews, Jesus walks on water towards the struggling disciples. Mistaking Him for a ghost, they are terrified until Jesus reassures them. Peter, ever eager, asks Jesus to command him to walk on water too. With Jesus' invitation, Peter steps out of the boat, initially walking towards Jesus. However, the moment he shifts his focus from Jesus to the wind and waves, doubt creeps in, and he begins to sink. Jesus saves him, but not without pointing out his "little faith" and questioning his doubt. Insights into Faith Saving Faith vs. Living Faith The sermon distinguishes between two types of faith: Saving Faith: This is the initial trust in Jesus that justifies us and connects us with God. It is the root of our salvation, a gift of grace that requires nothing from us but belief in Jesus' sacrifice. Living Faith: Unlike saving faith, living faith requires action. It is the faith we live by, animating our lives and guiding us to walk by faith, not by sight. Living faith is about obedience, trust, and sacrifice, leading to our transformation and sanctification. Lessons from Peter's Experience Peter's water-walking adventure teaches us about the nuances of living faith. Despite his initial boldness, Peter's faith falters when he diverts his gaze from Jesus. This moment illustrates how living faith can ebb and flow, influenced by our focus and external distractions. Focus on Jesus: Peter's failure came when he focused on the waves instead of Jesus. This shift led to doubt and fear, which are antithetical to living faith. To maintain our living faith, we must keep our eyes on Jesus, especially when stepping out of our comfort zones. Common Pitfalls: The sermon identifies three reasons why Peter might have taken his eyes off Jesus: Self-reliance: Attempting to navigate the waves on his own strength. Overthinking: Second-guessing his decision to walk on water. Pride: Seeking approval from others instead of focusing on Jesus. Each of these pitfalls centers around a shift in focus from Jesus to self, leading to a weakened faith. Conclusion The story of Peter walking on water is a powerful reminder of the importance of living faith. We are called to step out in faith, but we must remain focused on Jesus to sustain that faith. As believers, we should examine our lives to ensure that our faith is active and alive, rooted in Jesus and bearing the fruit of transformation. In closing, the sermon invites us to reflect on our faith journey. Do we possess saving faith, trusting in Jesus for salvation? Are we walking by living faith, keeping our gaze fixed on Him despite life's challenges? As we ponder these questions, let us strive to keep our eyes on Jesus, ensuring that our faith remains vibrant and steadfast.
In our series, The case for Healing, we know the bible says we are the Body of Christ. So this raises the question, Does Jesus self harm? If we are the body, and Jesus uses sickness, disease, and pain or allows them, as some say, that would mean that Jesus would allow self harm! Lets talk about it.
Marla's transformative journey from shame and self-doubt to a profound understanding of unconditional love serves as an inspiring narrative of healing and acceptance. After facing struggles with self-worth triggered by childhood experiences and societal expectations, Marla finds freedom in recognizing her inherent value, ultimately embracing a life characterized by self-love and the ability to love others unconditionally.• Marla recalls feeling unlovable during her childhood• The impact of parental divorce and its lingering effects• Struggles with perfectionism and self-harm in adolescence• Discovering faith and community through the Adventist church• How college challenges led to disordered eating issues• A pivotal moment in El Salvador that changed her perspective• The significance of self-acceptance post-organ donation• Healing conversations leading to the realization of unconditional love• Marla's commitment to raising her children with values of self-worth• The importance of breaking cycles of conditional love and judgment
Apostles and their successors, what is consider a relic, nails on the hands or the wrists and much more in this Friday's edition of Open Line Friday with Colin Donovan.
Apostles and their successors, what is consider a relic, nails on the hands or the wrists and much more in this Friday's edition of Open Line Friday with Colin Donovan.
Taught by RJ Umandap on Sunday, December 22, 2024.
This week during bible study, we discussed the power of removing self when seeking Jesus. We can not truly focus on God if we are focused on what He can solely do for us. We need to take the relationship seriously, otherwise we will not make any progress. I love you all and be blessed in Jesus name! Enjoy the YouTube version here and join the family: https://youtu.be/angXSUpBcYg If you would like to join us for bible study, bible study is on Friday nights from 7:30pm - 9pm CST. To get the link, please feel free to message us at perceptualpneumaministries@gmail.com.
It's one thing to say that Jesus had every single fruit of the Spirit to perfection, but quite another to look at what that really means when you have the authority and power to do absolutely anything you want. It isn't so much about what Jesus did but what He was capable of. That makes Him even more amazing! Transcript: https://contextforkids.com/2024/01/11/episode-126-being-like-jesus-self-control/ YouTube: https://youtu.be/y0xhF3ElCzY
Life of Jesus (Self Reflective) John 8 verses 54 through 59
Life of Jesus (Self Consciousness) John 8 verses 48 through 53
Life of Jesus (Self Retrospective) John 8 verses 41 through 47
Life of Jesus (Self Knowledge) John 8 verses 33 through 41
Life of Jesus (Self Awareness) John 8 verses 28 through 32
Life of Jesus (Self Injury) John 8 verses 23 through 27
Life of Jesus (Self Handicap) John 8 verses 17 through 22
Life of Jesus (Self Image) John 8 verses 12 through 16
Life of Jesus (Self Esteem) John 8 verses 1 through 14
Life of Jesus (Self Value) John 7 verses 44 through 52
July 9, 2023
My priorities determine my instincts under pressure. What I value determines my priorities. By deciding my priorities ahead of time, I practice my values in pressure filled times. In this series, we will explore six core priorities for the follower of Jesus.
Luke 18:18-30 is the parable of the Rich Young Ruler. Join us as campus minister Robert Knuth unpacks the perils of self-reliance and the beautiful vision of living counter-culturally; where losing is winning.
This week Pastor Chris brings us another part in the series on Living and Loving like Jesus (Self-Control)(Meekness) = strength under control(Temperance) = emotional and mental discipline or self control that manifests in your actions. Both Meekness and Temperance are foundational to Hearing for Steering. Galatians 5:22-25But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 [a]gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no law. 24 And those who are Christ's have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. 25 If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.
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The Trinity Series - Session 3 - How Does Jesus Self-identify? (Luke 12, John 12) - July 2, 2022
In this episode of Keep it 100 with the Rileys, host, Cliff Riley, discusses how we can be sure we know God. The love of God will be perfected in those of us who obey His Word and keep His commands. Host, Andrea Riley, caps off the three-day discussion on self-deception. She makes a differentiation between excuses and justification versus self-deception. Show Highlights: 1:42 If someone claims, “I have come to know God by experience”, yet doesn’t keep God’s commands, he is a phony, and the truth finds no place in him. 8:54 Excuses and justification is when you know that you are doing something wrong…but you make up reasons why you do them. Self-deception is when you no longer see that what you are doing is wrong. Links and Resources: Keep It 100 Challenge FREE Registration Order Kindle Version of Keep it 100 Journal Order Paperback version of Keep it 100 Journal Ask the Rileys Your Questions The Marriage Service Technicians website The Marriage Service Technicians on Facebook The Marriage Service Technicians on Instagram The Marriage Service Technicians YouTube Channel The Marriage Service Technicians Email The Marriage Service Technicians 30-Day Challenge ABC's of Salvation Resource
This Sunday, Pastor Jon continued our "The Way of Jesus" series with "The Way of Self-Denial." The greatest challenge to our discipleship is the centrality of our self and our desires. Jesus extends us an invitation for a transformed life by denying ourselves, taking up our cross, and following Him. We must not soften sin to the point of pain management, but rather kill it completely in our pursuit of Jesus. Only His love breaks the spell of our own self.
Here at NCC, we have a mission to create Christ-centered, culture-changing community here and around the world. Our pastors, Phillip and Destiny Deas, staff, and servant-leaders are excited to help you connect to this community. Visit our website at ncc.team or follow us on Instagram, Facebook, and twitter @ccnorthpoint.
We live in a culture with growing diversity, competing claims for truth, and greater uncertainty. We also have a foundational hope to know what is THE way, THE truth, and THE life. So, how can we know the way, the truth, and the life? Subscribe to stay updated with the latest content. Follow St Luke Lutheran Church: YouTube Instagram Facebook Website
From the time that Jesus walked the earth, people have tried to define Jesus. What if we let Jesus define himself? Jesus once said, “I am the one who bears witness about myself, and the Father who sent me bears witness about me.” (John 8:18) The Gospel of John records seven statements that Jesus made about himself, all beginning with “I am …” Using these statements and other related Bible passages, we will seek to learn how Jesus defined himself. Jesus said, “I am the vine; you are the branches.” What does that mean for the life of a branch (you, me)? Subscribe to stay updated with the latest content. Follow St Luke Lutheran Church: YouTube Instagram Facebook Website
From the time that Jesus walked the earth, people have tried to define Jesus. What if we let Jesus defined himself? Jesus once said, “I am the one who bears witness about myself, and the Father who sent me bears witness about me.” (John 8:18) The Gospel of John records seven statements that Jesus made about himself, all beginning with “I am …” Using these statements and other related Bible passages, we will seek to learn how Jesus defined himself. Subscribe to stay updated with the latest content. Follow St Luke Lutheran Church: YouTube Instagram Facebook Website
When Jesus self-defined as the Good Shepherd, he said that the Good Shepherd lays down his life for the sheep, even the sheep that didn’t belong to him. Why would a shepherd die for his sheep, let alone sheep that weren’t his? Subscribe to stay updated with the latest content. Follow St Luke Lutheran Church: YouTube Instagram Facebook Website
From the time that Jesus walked the earth, people have tried to define Jesus. What if we let Jesus define himself? Jesus once said, “I am the one who bears witness about myself, and the Father who sent me bears witness about me.” (John 8:18) The Gospel of John records seven statements that Jesus made about himself, all beginning with “I am …” Using these statements and other related Bible passages, we will seek to learn how Jesus defined himself. In part 3 of our series we focus on Jesus’ words, “I am the door.” Subscribe to stay updated with the latest content. Follow St Luke Lutheran Church: YouTube Instagram Facebook Website
We often fear what we cannot see. Most of us have some fear of the dark. This ranges from literal fear of physical darkness to fear of the unknown. To what do your unseen fears lead you? Subscribe to stay updated with the latest content. Follow St Luke Lutheran Church: YouTube Instagram Facebook Website
From the time that Jesus walked the earth, people have tried to define Jesus. This continues in our day. What if we let Jesus define himself? The Gospel of John records seven statements that Jesus made about himself, all beginning with “I am …” Using these statements and other related Bible passages, we will seek to learn how Jesus defined himself. Subscribe to stay updated with the latest content. Follow St Luke Lutheran Church: YouTube Instagram Facebook Website
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audio from Tim Frickenschmidt on November 22, 2020
Matthew 19:16-26
Health Care Workers and Forward-Deployed Military, Today, Illustrate Jesus’ Self-Sacrificing “Agape Love” MESSAGE SUMMARY: As we watch TV news and the inevitable “war scenes”, often, we see scenes from the National Cemeteries here and overseas. From these scenes, we cannot help but be reminded of Jesus’ Agape Love. In John 15:12-14a, Jesus told of the actions that represent the self-sacrificial Agape Love taken by many of those soldiers interred in these cemeteries: “This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends. You are my friends . . .”. We are made in the image of God; therefore, we are supposed to be perfect mirrors of God's Agape Love (i.e. self-sacrificing love). In 1 John 4:16-17, John tells us about God’s Love: “So we have come to know and to believe the love that God has for us. God is love, and whoever abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him. By this is love perfected with us, so that we may have confidence for the day of judgment, because as he is so also are we in this world." Sin is our failure to act as our God of Agape Love acts -- the opposite of Agape Love is our self-love. Also, in 1 John 4:18-19, John presents us with the fruits of Agape Love, within the context of God’s model for Agape Love: “There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear. For fear has to do with punishment, and whoever fears has not been perfected in love. We love because he first loved us.". Today, let us all remember those, who with God’s Agape Love, have sacrificed and are sacrificing so much for us by giving up their lives for us. TODAY’S AFFIRMATION: Today, I affirm that, because I am in Jesus Christ, I will trust in the Lord with all my heart. I will trust in the Lord with all of my heart and lean not on my own understanding. In all my ways I will seek to know Him, and He will make my pathways straight. (From Proverbs 3:5f). SCRIPTURE REFERENCE (ESV): 1 John 4:18-19; Psalms 51:1-2; Romans 5:2-5; Romans 8:31-39; Psalms 107a:1-11. THIS SUNDAY’S AUDIO SERMON: You can listen to Archbishop Beach’s Current Sunday Sermon: “America Will Not Survive as a Nation Unless the People of God Stand Up and Plead for Our Survival - Pray for America": at our Website: www.AWFTL.org/listen/. WEBSITE LINK TO DR. BEACH’S SERMON VIDEO – “Cultural Turmoil and Health Threats Bring Fear, But Your Fear Is Overcome By Following God’s Call and Seeking His Will”: www.AWFTL.org/watch DONATE TO AWFTL: https://mygiving.secure.force.com/GXDonateNow?id=a0Ui000000DglsqEAB
In this episode of Message Daily, L. David Harris continues his series entitled “Making Friends for God.” In this study Harris takes us to Philippians 2:5-7. >>> Injustice anywhere makes way for unrighteousness everywhere! Right living and understanding of the Scriptures stems all malice, injustice, pride, hatred, racism, and sin.
• 主耶穌不按自己的意思(vv.39-46) Jesus’ Self-denial (vv.39-46) • 主耶穌無偏見的愛(vv.47-53) Jesus' Unbiased Love (vv.47-53)
Jesus self-quarantined! Listen as Richard and Johnathan discuss this week’s episode.
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(6/16/19) - Salvation is free gift of God's grace to all who believe; but the life of a believer comes at a cost. In this series, we are looking at the cost of being a disciple of Jesus.
Thesis- Self-denial that seeks the benefit of others is following Jesus--Self-denial is not---1. being severe and austere like the Pharisees-2. being emaciated or deprived--Self-denial is---1. to bear with patience and endure other' weaknesses - v1-a. If the bible calls it sin, it is- if it does not, be redemptive--2. to accommodate-preferring other's benefit above ours - v2-4-a. don't be a people pleaser-b. seek edification of the other--3. to walk in unity despite our differences - v5-a. Unity is difficult-b. Amos 3-3--4. Conclusion - v7-a. What is harder-, To accept others or to have been accepted by God--b. Ponder often on how much you have been loved--c. Oh that we thought less of self and more of others- - CS Lewis
Spiritual Practices - Brieanna Wheeland
The fourth talk in our series on the Fruit of the Spirit 'Becoming like Jesus' Speaker: Christoph Ebbinghaus
Luke 2:41-52 Matthew 3:13-17
Titus 2:11-14
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5 Nov 2017 - Rev. David Pileggi looks at today’s gospel passage, in which Jesus rebukes the religious leaders of two thousand years ago; but this passage is also for the Church. What causes us to stumble in this passage? It is about law and grace. Distortions cause us to misread the text and have a distorted view of God Himself. We need to properly understand the Hebrew Bible and its proper context. Israel’s election is not by works. We love God because He first loved us; we are not working our way to heaven. God gives the Spirit to enable Israel and us to walk in His ways so that we can walk in obedience to his commandments. When it comes to the death of Jesus, the Pharisees are not involved. Some Pharisees come to believe; the Sadducees never do. The small sins of our hearts are just as significant to Jesus as the “bigger ones.” The way to greatness is serve, sacrifice, go down. What are our motives to obeying Jesus? Self-promotion and self-justification are seeking affirmation and acceptance. When you pray, fast and give, do it in secret. Those who are first will be last and the last will be first. The small sins may show or may not. Let’s examine ourselves and say “Turn the spotlight on my heart.” The divine is in the detail, the call of Jesus is to take the small stuff seriously. Readings: Deuteronomy 6:13 -25, Ezekiel 36: 19 -31, Matthew 23: 1-12
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If the grace of God is true, it should change the way that we see everything. Join us as we begin a new series about God's grace and, specifically, how it can change the way that you see yourself. Scriptures: Matthew 16:1-4 Luke 15:11-32 Keywords: Grace Prodigal Son Luke 15 Jesus Self-pity Self-esteem Pride
Week 1 Session 5 Monday Dan Mohler has been preaching the Gospel for many years. The Truth he preaches comes from a life lived in intimate communion with Holy Spirit. Out of that place Holy Spirit equips the body with the life changing Truth that he teaches. See Pastor Dan Mohler's website at www.neckministries.com Get Understanding - How to Pursue Revelation Get Understanding - How Truth becomes Your Reality ● Walk by Faith - Not Feelings ● Prejudging & Projecting ● Overcoming a Self-Condemning Mindset ● The Gospel - Grace and Transformation ● Counseling with Right Motives ● Prov. 2 -Treasure the Truth ● Overcoming Negative Perspective & False Humility ● Wisdom - Meditating on the Life of Jesus ● Self-condemning Mindset ● Redemption - Back to the Garden before Sin ● John 20 - After the Resurrection ● Differences from the Garden ● Build on What God is Doing ● Don't Give Up on What God is Doing ● Righteousness ● Faith for Healing ● Growing in Faith ● Fear & Vulnerability