Sermons About Story
The Story of Us: Our Mission is to Represent King Jesus in our ways and words
The mission of God in sending the Son is the display of His glory. Our mission is the display of His glory right here where we live in a manner that truly communicates to our friends, our King Jesus sends us out into our part of the world to represent him in our ways and in our words.
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The Story of Us: Our Mission is to Represent King Jesus Where We Live
The mission of God in sending the Son is the display of His glory. Our mission is the display of His glory right here where we live in a manner that truly communicates to our friends, our neighbors, our family. King Jesus sends us out into the world, but not just any world – this world where we live. The mission is never impersonal, it always has a face and place.
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The Story of Us: Our Mission is to Represent King Jesus Together
The mission of God in sending the Son is the display of His glory. Our mission is the display of His glory right here where we live in a manner that truly communicates to our friends, our neighbors, our family. King Jesus does not send out individuals, he sends a church. He asks the Father to keep that church together for the misison and to empower that church with the Spirit and the Word.
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God Is Genenously Gracious
Jesus respond to us with gaciousness and generosity. Because of God's goodness to us, how we will respond? What does God expect of us. Jesus enter this story by saying, "When the Son of Man returns will he find faith on the earth?"
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The Story of Us: Our Mission is to Represent King Jesus
The mission of God in sending the Son is the display of His glory. Our mission is the display of His glory right here where we live in a manner that truly communicates to our friends, our neighbors, our family. The Father has given King Jesus glorious authority over all people everywhere and the goodness of His rule is seen in us. Our mission to represent King Jesus well and faithfully.
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The Story of Us: Our Mission is to Join God's Mission
The mission of God in sending the Son is the display of His glory. Our mission is the display of His glory right here where we live in a manner that truly communicates to our friends, our neighbors, our family. Our mission is to join God's mission. Our God is a sender by nature. He sends His glory for our good.
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God Is So Merciful
Jesus tells a story that on the surface seems confusing and even unfair. Through the telling of the story Jesus helps us understand that God is never unfair. He may be more merciful than we even imagine, but God is always fair in all that he does.
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Growing In Grace
GROWING IN GRACE "But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ." 2 Peter 3:18 (NIV) Growth is not how many Growth is how much "You were taught, with regard to your former way of life, to put off your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires; to be made new in the attitude of your minds; and to put on the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness." Ephesians 4:22-24 (NIV) I. PUT OFF THE OLD "Neither do men pour new wine into old wineskins. If they do, the skins will burst, the wine will run out and the wineskins will be ruined. No, they pour new wine into new wineskins, and both are preserved." Matthew 9:17 (NIV) "It is good for our hearts to be strengthened by grace..." Hebrews 13:9 (NIV) "Who then will condemn us? Will Christ? No! For He is the one who died for us and came back to life again for us..." Romans 8:34 (TLB) * Trying to grow by doing good * Trying to grow by keeping rules * Trying to grow by feeling bad II. PUT ON THE NEW "Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!" 2 Corinthians 5:17 (NIV) "For you died to this life, and your real life is hidden with Christ in God." Colossians 3:3 (NLT) * We don't have to achieve our new life. * We don't have to keep our new life * We do have to put on our new life. III. BE RENEWED IN YOUR MIND "Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will." Romans 12:2 (NIV) "Are you so foolish? After beginning with the Spirit, are you now trying to attain your goal by human effort?" Gal. 3:3 (NIV) 2 QUESTIONS Why does it take so long? Where do I get started? TRUST "... He who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus." Phil. 1:6 (NIV) "for it is God who works in you to will and to act according to his good purpose." Phil. 2:13 (NIV)
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Christmas Eve 2008
On this Christmas Eve of 2008, Rev. Jeff Higgins speaks of the incredible story that is the story of Jesus. The fantastic thing about this story that has all the elements of a truly GREAT story is that THIS story is TRUE.
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