Sermons About Guard
I Can't Do This ALONE
Be On Your Guard, Stand Firm in the Faith, Be Men of Courage, and Be Strong.
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People Making a Difference / Jammies For GI's
This week, Elizabeth Weaver brings you to an organization out of Tonawanda, NY that is collecting clothes for wounded soldiers stuck in hospitals away from home.
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Exchanging Lies for Truth
The problem with Israel is our own, it is the gap between what we believe in theory and what we believe in practice. I may agree that God is sovereign (theoretical belief), but slip into deep anxiety when I am afraid or out of control (functional disbelief). What it means to grow in grace is to see the gap narrowed between what I confess to be truth and what I functionally believe in the moment. If it’s true that behind every sin is a lie, we are able to find a road out of the rut of despair and the feeling that our emotions and actions are inevitable. Nehemiah is helping us to see the path of hope in hopelessness, joy in the midst of suffering, and courage to fight our shame and disbelief.
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Peace if We Give God the Pieces
We can only experiance the Peace of God if we turn over the pieces, the more pieces we turn over the more Peace that we experiance - no matter how small or big, we must give them to God so He can fill us with His peace as we give Him the pieces of ourselves and He reveals those areas He wants now!
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A God Worth Waiting For
Was it worth it? Were the radical sacrifices made by God's people throughout Scripture worth it? When we glimpse the glory of God, we see that all of our suffering, as great as it might be, is not worthy to be compared to the beauty of the glory of God revealed in the face of our Savior Jesus Christ.
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SHAMEless
The Scriptures are going to urge us to live out our faith in an Unashamed way. Another way to say that is that Christ would want us to learn and live in a Shame-less way. Shame is a powerful force. Shame goes beyond being embarrassed. You may have been embarrassed by someone's actions or words but have you ever been ashamed of what you said or did or may be what we didn’t do and we know we should have. Shame can control a person and keep them from doing what they should. Shame has always been associated with Sin. In the book of Genesis, the direct result for Adam and Eve in their disobedience is that immediately felt shame. The good news is that God can show us how to live a shameless life.
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GUARDING OUR FAITH IN CHRIST: thru Tribulations and Against Deception (Mark 13:14-23) 02-08-09
A SUMMARY OF MARK 13: (see expanded introduction below). TAKING A FULFILLED-PROPHECY TO HEART: ---> The Destruction of the Temple (and the Fall of Jerusalem) vs14-23. ---> Living with a Kingdom Perspective (see Mk 4:1ff; 8:31ff; Acts 1:1-11). GUARDING OUR FAITH IN CHRIST: ---> Thru Tribulations vs14-20; ---> and Against Deception vs21-23. [EXPANDED INTRODUCTION: 1st, Understanding Mark 13: ---> Jesus is "Answering" Two Questions: - when will the Temple be Destroyed; - and when will He Return (when is the End of the Age); ---> Jesus gives a Description & Time-Line: of the Current Age vs5-23, 28-31 (which includes the Temple's Destruction & the End Times); and of His 2nd Coming (at the End of the Age) vs24-37. 2nd, Highlights of Mark 13: ---> Some Main Points: This Entire Age is full of Suffering (including persecutions); God's Judgment on the Temple (including Jerusalem/Israel); The Global Spread of the Gospel (before His return); Seek Faithfulness to Christ over "Signs" (about the End Times); Understand the Delayed yet Imminent Return of Christ. ---> The Priority for Believers in Christ: Persevere in the Faith: thru the Trials/Persecutions of Life; Be on Guard in the Faith: thru Tribulations/against Deception; Keep Vigilant in the Faith: by Serving Christ until He Returns].
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Feasting on the Peace of Thanksgiving
To worry is to show a lack of confidence in God’s care and control over all things. Paul says that instead of worrying, a person should pray directly to God and lay out before Him all that is on his or her mind, confident that God will hear and respond. The peace of God is a peace that comes from God and focuses on Him. Human beings can never understand such peace fully.
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Staying On The Mountain
An Attitude of Gratitude, part 2 Staying on the Mountain Philippians 3:1-11 Finally, my brothers, rejoice in the Lord! It is no trouble for me to write the same things to you again, and it is a safeguard for you. Philippians 3:1 Three Guardrails to Keep You on the Mountain of Joy 1. RESIST legalistic attitudes (attitude determines altitude) Watch out for those dogs, those men who do evil, those mutilators of the flesh. For it is we who are the circumcision, we who worship by the Spirit of God, who glory in Christ Jesus, and who put no confidence in the flesh. Philippians 3:2-3 Guardrail: LIVE EACH DAY BY GRACE For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— not by works, so that no one can boast. Ephesians 2:8-9 2. REEVALUATE your priorities But whatever was to my profit I now consider loss for the sake of Christ. What is more, I consider everything a loss compared to the surpassing greatness of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whose sake I have lost all things. I consider them rubbish, that I may gain Christ . . . Philippians 3:7-8 Guardrail: KEEP YOUR PRIORITIES IN PERSPECTIVE "Watch out! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; a man's life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions." Luke 12:15 3. REFOCUS your ambitions I want to KNOW Christ and the power of his resurrection and the fellowship of sharing in his sufferings, becoming like him in his death . . . Philippians 3:10 For my determined purpose is that I may KNOW Him that I may progressively become more deeply and intimately acquainted with Him, perceiving and recognizing and understanding the wonders of His Person more strongly and more clearly . . . (amplified version) 3 Ways to Grow in Knowing Christ (the 3 “T’sâ€) 1. 2. 3.
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Recipe #2 Realistic Expectations
Recipe #2: Realistic Expectations 1. I create security when I stop working on my mate and I start working on myself. â€For we are each responsible for our own conduct." Galatians 6:5 (NLT) “And why worry about a speck in your friend's eye when you have a log in your own?†Matthew 7:3 (NLT) 2. I create security when I start working on MY heart. My heart determines my actions. “Above all else, guard your heart, for it is the wellspring of life.†Proverbs 4:23 (NIV) “For out of the overflow of the heart the mouth speaks.†Matthew 12:34 “As water reflects a face, so a man's heart reflects the man.†Proverbs 27:19 “For as he thinks in his heart, so is he.†Proverbs 23:7 (NKJV) "Don't you understand?" Jesus asked him. "Anything you eat passes through the stomach and then goes out of the body. But evil words come from an evil heart and defile the person who says them. For from the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, all other sexual immorality, theft, lying, and slander. These are what defile you. Eating with unwashed hands could never defile you and make you unacceptable to God!" Matthew 15:19, 20 (NLT) My heart needs to be examined. Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. Psalm 139:23 (NIV) My heart can change. For if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For it is by believing in your heart that you are made right with God, and it is by confessing with your mouth that you are saved. Romans 10:9, 10 (NLT) Jesus: “I'm here inviting outsiders, not insiders--an invitation to a changed life, changed inside and out.†Luke 5:32 (MSG)
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