Total Sermons: 98
Total Amens: 1
When I Get Recognition!
When will I be happy with others? When I get recognition! But we are never satisfied. Only the gospel can make us happy with others! In the gospel we find that God values us, delights in us, and gives us glory beyond our wildest imagination. The gospel makes us so happy that we are free to humble ourselves and follow Jesus by serving others, which makes us even happier!
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When I'm Understood
To experience lasting happiness requires unity, especially in the fact of opposition. As we try to live in unity, wisdom tells us that the first step is to seek to understand others before we seek to be understood. Practicing this creates unity within the church and even with the world, and is the key to us knowing true happiness.
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When My Circumstances Work Out Right
From his prison cell, Paul looks at his situation and shows us that happiness doesn’t have to be based on our circumstances. His bad, mixed, and future circumstances actually fill him with happiness because he has allowed the gospel and his passion to inform how he responds.
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When the Government _____ (fill in the blank)
Chained in prison to a Roman guard, stuck where he cannot fulfill his calling to preach the gospel to the nations, facing a trial before Caesar that could result in death… from his situation Paul shows that the power of the gospel brings a happiness that conquers whatever the government or any of “the powers that be” can do to us. He doesn’t complain about his circumstances, but rejoices in what God is doing in the lives of others and participates in God’s work through prayer.
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Heaven At Work: Restoring Heaven On Earth
Driven by his search for satisfaction (because his job has not made him happy), Zacchaeus seeks Jesus, but discovers that Jesus is already seeking him. Their encounter illustrates God’s work as Restorer—He fixes the things that are broken in the world. At the 4th Level of Integrating Faith and Work, companies and jobs that fix broken things in life image this restoring work of God. At the 5th Level of Integrating Faith and Work, Zachaeus becomes an example for how we all can redeem and fix what is broken in our own professions, companies, and industries.
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Heaven At Work: Maintaining Heaven on Earth
God has made you in his image, so you can work with him in the family business! When you see your work as part of God’s family business it will connect God with your work; it will connect you with people in the workplace; and it will connect you with God!
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Heaven At Work: Creating Heaven On Earth
Our work is not merely a means to an end, our work itself images God in the world. In this sermon, we see that many companies and jobs image God as creator. As we make connections between our work and God’s, we learn that our work is significant, we become better employees, our work becomes community service, and our work begins to shape and fashion the world today to look more like the New Heavens and Earth.
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Heaven At Work: Relationships In The Workplace
The Bible compels us to regard the workplace as a strategic place to live out and share the Gospel. The Gospel motivates and empowers us to live a life so attractive that it softens people’s hearts to the Gospel of Jesus Christ. The salvation of the lost brings great glory to God.
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Bringing Heaven To Work
Your work matters to God. A 6-level introduction to understanding a biblical approach to work. Integrating our faith and work begins with bringing heaven to work. We experience the kingdom of Jesus through the power of the Holy Spirit. This saves us from the effects of “the kingdom of Adam” and enables us to bring Jesus’ kingdom with us to our work.
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Conflict And Community: Jesus' Story And Your Story
Each of you has a story which has been written on your heart by your experiences, family, teachers, friends and culture. This story shapes everything about you: how you view God, how you respond to the news, how you spend your time and money, how you relate to other people, and how you view yourself. Connecting your story with the true story of the Risen Jesus gives you a radically new story of death, life and yourself.
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