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Our Desires and Jesus' Control
Mark 3:20-35 Our reaction to the person of Christ requires action of us: either rejecting His claims, or embracing His Lordship. Indifference is not a plausible, logical, or valid response. How have we distorted who Christ is in our own lives? Are we deceived and missing out on the fullness of life in relationship with Christ?
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The Great Things of God
Since arriving in Garner to plant Sovereign King Church, I have had what I will call a holy despair. Let me explain that because "holy" and "despair" seem to be contradictory. You see, I don't want when it is all said and done, for Sovereign King to launch and have everything we need (buildings, youth ministries, great music, etc), and God not do something great among us. It is quite possible for us to have a great building, an incredible ministry to all ages and stages of life and have rocking, professional level music, and we never come close to sniffing great things for God. When I look into the coming year, I see a bunch of those things becoming reality. This will be the year Sovereign King will become financially self-sufficient, and we will begin looking towards greater platforms for ministry. More than likely, we will not finish 2009 in the same building that we are in now. I imagine we will build on the efforts of Children's Church and the events we did this past summer, and our children's/youth activities will flourish and become much more consistent. And the temptation of our hearts when all of those things happen is to think that we have arrived, that the goal has been accomplished, God has blessed us, and the central struggle is over. Do not, and I repeat, do not give in that type of thinking. If we have those things, and I pray we do, that does not mean that God is doing great things with us. And I pray and plead to God and to you for great things. We are in dangerous territory because at least in our culture, those very good things (financially stability, good facilities, great music) can actually be enemies of great things because we see them, we grow complacent, and lose our desire for the great things of God. This week, as we return to the book of I John, I want us to ask, "What do the great things of God look like?"
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The Meaning of Family
"And stretching out his hand toward his disciples, he said, 'Here are my mother and my brothers! For whoever does the will of my Father in heaven is my brother, and sister, and mother.'" Matt. 12:49-50
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How is a Christian Different
In a world filled with people serving themselves it can be hard to remember we are to serve Christ and find our identity in Him alone. We have to remember that we were the same as others, but now Christ has made us different.
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Christ: The Close Friend
There's a friend that sticks closer than a brother (Prov 18v24) and His name is Jesus.
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Dying to Get In
God finds His joy, not in the destruction of the wicked, but in the recovery of sinners. We often miss the truth that our God is a God of tremendous and infinite joy. It may even be hard for us to see Him in this way. But you need to know that God experiences unending and infinite joy every moment.
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Changed - Counter Culture
Listen as Pastor Brad continues the "Changed" series discussing the book of Philemon. This week, Pastor Brad talks about Paul's radical request to Philemon that he stand in stark opposition to the cultural norms of Rome and accept his runaway slave back as a brother.
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