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The LIFE Offered by the Resurrection
Easter. We celebrate Jesus' resurrection and the promise of eternal life. Yet God also offers us abundant life as we walk this Earth. Four elements that are the LIFE offered by the resurrection of Jesus Christ.
Life of re:sponsive
Life of re:sponsive January 20, 2013 Text: II Corinthians 1:3-11; Philippians 4:19-20 Key Thought: Christ invites us into a life of responsive: helping others, with Him, as He continues to help us. He comforts us in all our troubles so that we can comfort others. When they are troubled, we will be able to give them the same comfort God has given us. II Cor. 1:4, NLT
What To Say When You Say Goodbye
Message focuses on Paul's final greeting to the folks in Corinth struggling with a number of deep issues. His final farewell bids them to focus on the grace, love and fellowship of God to comfort and enable them to process through sanctification.
Episode One: The Daver
S&L, Episode I: The Daver Reconnect – June 19, 2011 Text: I Samuel 16:1-13; I Corinthians 1:24-29 Key Thought: God still chooses the unlikely for His greatness based on the direction of their hearts. Then Samuel asked, “Are these all the sons you have?” “There is still the youngest,” Jesse replied. “But he’s out in the fields watching the sheep and goats.” “Send for him at once,” Samuel said. “We will not sit down to eat until he arrives.” So Jesse sent for him. He was dark and handsome, with beautiful eyes. And the Lord said, “This is the one; anoint him.” So as David stood there among his brothers, Samuel took the flask of olive oil he had brought and anointed David with the oil. And the Spirit of the Lord came powerfully upon David from that day on. Then Samuel returned to Ramah. (I Samuel 16:11-13, NLT)
Church, meet the Holy Spirit - Acts 2
What makes the Christian Church different than any other movement? The empowering presence of the Holy Spirit. Acts 2 is the introduction of the Spirit and the Church.
PNEUMA: The Empowering Work of the Holy Spirit
Pastor Brad concludes with Part 5 in the "Pneuma" series by explaining the ultimate empowering work of the Holy Spirit in our lives.
The Church Aflame
Acts 2:1-13 In four short verses, Luke describes the miracle of the coming of the Holy Spirit on the Day of Pentecost. This text is remarkable not only for its detail but also for its significant shades of meaning for the reader. It is not by accident that the outpouring of the Holy Spirit occurred on the Day of Pentecost. While Judaism commemorated the giving of the Mosaic Law at Mount Sinai (and its subsequent renewals), the Christian Church celebrates the outpouring of the Holy Spirit and the birthday of the church. On another plane, we see Luke comparing the baptism of Jesus Christ and the Spirit’s ascending upon Him for an empowered ministry with this miracle. By making this comparison, Luke is identifying the mission of the church with that of Jesus Christ – one fully dependent upon the power and influence of the Holy Spirit. Luke alone connects John the Baptist’s prophecy of a baptism “with the Holy Spirit and with fire†with the miracle of Pentecost. Like Jesus Christ, the early church was empowered by the Holy Spirit in its mission to reach the world. Our text describes a people who were “ignited†by the Spirit of God for ministry. That same Spirit is present and available for every believer today that desires a Spirit “ignited†life and ministry.
