Sermon Cloud

"Foundations: Growing Faith"

Big Idea: Grace Changes Everything
"the stewardship of God's grace... was given to me for your benefit" ephesians3/2nab

"You must do this, because you know that the time has come for you to wake up from your sleep. For the moment when we will be saved is closer now than it was when we first believed. The night is nearly over, day is almost here. Let us stop doing the things that belong to the dark, and let us take up weapons for fighting in the light. Let us conduct ourselves properly, as people who live in the light of day-no orgies or drunkenness, no immorality or indecency, no fighting or jealousy. But take up the weapons of the Lord Jesus Christ, and stop paying attention to your sinful nature and satisfying its desires." romans13/11>14nlt

Wake Up spiritually
"You must do this, because you know that the time has come for you to wake up from your sleep. For the moment when we will be saved is closer now than it was when we first believed." vs11nlt

"Obey the government, for God is the one who put it there. All governments have been placed in power by God... Be under obligation to no one-the only obligation you have is to love one another. Whoever does this has obeyed the Law. The commandments, "Do not commit adultery; do not commit murder; do not steal; do not desire what belongs to someone else"-all these, and any others besides, are summed up in the one command, "Love your neighbor as you love yourself." If you love others, you will never do them wrong; to love, then, is to obey the whole Law." Vs1, 8-10nlt

Clean Up my habits
"The night is almost gone; the day of salvation will soon be here. So don't live in darkness. Get rid of your evil deeds. Shed them like dirty clothes." vs12anlt

Brighten Up my witness
"Clothe yourselves with the armor of right living, as those who live in the light." vs12bnlt

Grow Up in maturity
"We should be decent and true in everything we do, so that everyone can approve of our behavior. Don't participate in wild parties and getting drunk, or in adultery and immoral living, or in fighting and jealousy. But let the Lord Jesus Christ take control of you, and don't think of ways to indulge your evil desires." vs13>14nlt