Sermons About Source
The Secret of Success
The Pauline Platitudes: One mind, one heart, one Spirit, one purpose No selfish ambition, no vain conceit. Beliving the best about others. Striving to take care of others' interests.
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Blessed
Say what you will about the prosperity message, but in the Bible, the way they knew that people were blessed is because they had success, because they had possessions. There was something that people could see in the lives of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob that they knew that the Lord had blessed them. Prosperity is evidence of the blessing, just like tongues is evidence of being filled with the Holy Spirit. The blessing includes increase, everywhere in scripture.
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God's Breaking News for a Broken World
Part 3 Gods Breaking News To a Broken World Romans 1:1 This Breaking News: 1. Comes to a world seduced by sin. This seduction is seen in: * The longing of humanity * The lust we long to gratify * The lost condition we face 2. Connects us to the only source of salvation. This news of salvation involves: * A positive declaration * Plenty of descriptions * Powerful dimensions 3. Converts the sinner through a proper response to the Savior. There are 4 responses we can have to the good news: * Antagonistic * Apathetic * Attracted * Attached
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Care
All of us get lost. Depending on where you live, you may find yourself lost more often than not. Sometimes spiritually we can feel lost too. Whether it’s a broken relationship, a lost job, or just a general sense of spiritual disorientation, these times come for all of us. It’s the feeling that our lives and the world we live in should be perfect, yet they are somehow broken. Jesus is aware that we feel that way and even says in Luke 19:10 that it was his mission on earth to help people who are lost. Jesus cared so much about helping others, yet for us other people often take a back seat to our own interests. In this talk we discuss how prayer can help us connect with God’s heart for people.
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Honesty
Coming face to face with God would be a crazy thing. When it happened to Isaiah the first thing he saw was not what he might have expected. For Isaiah, a close encounter with God showed him things he didn’t realize about himself. That realization was one that led Isaiah to immediately seek forgiveness. God then not only forgave him, but he asked for his involvement in something bigger. For us, prayer can be the catalyst for that same kind of experience. When we encounter God in prayer it can be a unique window into our own soul. Whatever we find there we can know that God will not only forgive it, he will forget it and move on.
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Light
This morning Lee surprised us by not showing up to give the Spiritual Talk. In making a point about a need for kids community workers, he also helped launch us on a journey toward learning to hear God. Too often we approach prayer simply as asking for things. Here, Andy steps in last minute and gives us some practical steps to seeing prayer as listening.
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Joy
John Piper said, "God is most glorified in us when we are most satisfied in Him." When we think about prayer, do we ever think about the fact that it’s a way to enjoy God? In fact, God really wants us to enjoy him.
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Life
This talk begins with a satirical look at how we sometimes relate to God. Sometimes it’s easy to look at prayer as a drive-up window at McDonalds. Yet, prayer is one of the main ways that we connect with God. It is a way for us to have a relationship with him. Like a conversation with a friend, prayer provides a means of communication between God and us. That communication can lead us to amazing places in our relationship with God.
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