Sermons About Ministry
The Aim of Ministry: Maturity in Christ
The Christ-Centered Life, part 3: Every Christian has a ministry where they are to serve others. In this text, the Apostle Paul gives us an example of a faithful ministry and how we should be driven by a desire to help others mature in Christ.
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God's Special People
. As we “come to Jesus” – touching the Living Stone – we live and touch others and so the “spiritual house” is built. We serve in His courts as “a holy priesthood offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God”. Believers whose lives are built upon the “chief cornerstone” fulfill a role of ministry to both God and to the world. This role is described in our text today – we are “a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation” and the “people of God”.
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People Making a Difference / The Kitchen Project
St. Martin's Center in Erie is working with local community members to provide training and skills they need to be restaurant workers.
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Complete In Christ
Colossians 1:28-29 Why should we become a member of a grow group? What should be our motivation to participate in one or even teach one? Two verses from the Book of Colossians provides us with answers to these considerations. Paul's letter to the Church in Colosse was prompted by the emergence of gnosticism, which was infecting the body of believers there. The false teachers (gnostics) were spreading the idea that the person and work of Jesus Christ was not sufficient for salvation and spiritual growth. Such heresy included overt legalism originating from adherence to Jewish law, the pursuit of 'higher secret knowledge', and mystical visions. These things were being promoted to supplement God's grace and saving work on the cross. Paul's admonition to the church in Colosse, and his message to believers for all times, is that the Lord Jesus Christ deserves supremacy in everything having to do with life in the church and He is all-sufficient for the spiritual growth of believers. This rebuke of gnosticism not only steered the church's focus back to the Lord, but it also served to convict and stir each member of the body to service and return to a focus on ministry to others through God's power working through them. From Paul's example in these verses, we learn four essentials of a powerful and effectual ministry which are compatible to every believer since we are all called to minister for Christ in some capacity. Verses 28 and 29 demonstrate that we must not only be serving Christ, but we must serve our brothers and sisters in Christ as well. To be powerful, your ministry must be marked by these four essentials. We must 1. Deliver the right MESSAGE - one which is focused on Jesus Christ (v. 28a) 2. Use the right METHOD - one that wisely warns and teachers everyone (v. 28b) 3. Have the right MOTIVE - our ultimate aim should be spiritual maturity (v. 28c) 4. Possess the right MIGHT - humbly relying on God's power (v. 29) Paul recognized that God had not only saved Him, but had ordained him into ministry to reach the Gentiles in the service of the Lord Jesus Christ. Verse 27 says it beautifully - "To them God willed to make known what are the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles: which is Christ in you, the hope of glory." Jesus Christ lives in us in spirit and He came to live in us so that one day we can go to live with Him. Finally, the answer to the question about grow groups can be summarized in the title of this morning's message. It is completeness in Christ. It is personal interaction and relationships that are so very effective in growing us to become complete in Christ. There is no greater context in which believers can help other believers to grow to become more like Christ!
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The Church Has Left The Building
In order for the church to be the light of the world, as Jesus said, it must be in the world penetrating the darkness with the light of God’s love and the gospel. This is part of what it means to be missional – having gospel intentionality as we engage with people and with culture.
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Kingdom Ministry
How do we do kingdom ministry like Jesus intructed? Hint: The Holy Spirit and His gifts play a huge role.
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Grace Empowered Ministry
Sunday Morning Sermon on having a ministry empowered by grace. Final Sermon of Kingdom Fellowship Weekend 2009
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FLN News / Watkins Glen Race Ministry
Family Life's Bob Price talks to Randy St. Clair with the Watkins Glen Race Ministry. He and dozens of volunteers will be out at the Glen for the big race this weekend doing some one-on-one evangelism.
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Helping Others
The church is a group of people who are learning more about Christ together so that they can follow Christ together. In any church, there are people at various stages of their Christian faith. Some know more than others. Others are easily confused. This latter group of people is in great danger because their faith could be easily shaken. Today, in our last teaching from the book of Jude, we see that the more mature believers have a responsibility to the less mature believers to help them avoid the danger of false teaching in the church. The church body has to keep an eye out for those who are struggling in their faith, who are starting to believe false ideas about what it means to be a Christian. Today, we see a call for all believers not only to guard themselves, but also to watch out for others. Think about your own spiritual growth today, and ask yourself if you are growing closer to God and helping others to grow closer to God as well.
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