Sermons About Vision
Raising The Bar
This is a service has something for everyone. Sam and Mike share updates about the future of Cornerstone as they talk about how God is raising the bar for our church. Sam shares a message about Elijah and Todd shares about the importance of our commitment as we share communion.
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First Steps
After exploring Paul's words of encouragement to Timothy, Kyle engages in a discussion with Chris, our first apprentice. Chris and his family will be sent out in two years to start a new church in another community. Chris shares his journey thus far and his hopes for the future in light of God's grace in his life.
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The Glorified Savior
In Revelation 1 John introduces himself to his audience and gives us a vision of the glorified Savior, Jesus Christ.
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Spiritual Leadership
This sermon continues the series on the church with an explanation of how Spiritual Leadership takes place within the local church and who carries out that function in the body of believers.
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Dreaming Big Dreams
God created us to be creative and to Dream big Dreams. When we begin to dream God-sized dreams, the world is changed. Too often we are timid when it comes to asking God for what we want. God empowers us and gives us direction for our lives. If we are going to dream big dreams, we must learn to live wide awake.
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i dream of reconnect... reproducing
i dream of reconnect... reproducing Reconnect – October 25, 2009 Text: Matthew 13:1-9, 16-23; I Corinthians 3:5-7 Key Thought: It’s natural, with God’s help, for us to ultimately reproduce the new life that He gives us, in spite of many obstacles. Later that same day, Jesus left the house and went down to the shore, where an immense crowd soon gathered. He got into a boat, where he sat and taught as the people listened on the shore. He told many stories such as this one: “A farmer went out to plant some seed. As he scattered it across his field, some seeds fell on a footpath, and the birds came and ate them. Other seeds fell on shallow soil with underlying rock. The plants sprang up quickly, but they soon wilted beneath the hot sun and died because the roots had no nourishment in the shallow soil. Other seeds fell among thorns that shot up and choked out the tender blades. But some seeds fell on fertile soil and produced a crop that was thirty, sixty, and even a hundred times as much as had been planted. Anyone who is willing to hear should listen and understand!” Matthew 13:1-9. NLT
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i dream of reconnect... responsive
i dream of reconnect... responsive Reconnect – October 18, 2009 Text: Matthew 25:31-46, Galatians 6:7-10 Key Thought: Responsive is following Jesus by pursuing both a relationship with God AND relationships with people, demonstrating God’s love to them. “But when the Son of Man [meaning Jesus] comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, then he will sit upon his glorious throne. All the nations will be gathered in his presence, and he will separate the people as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. He will place the sheep at his right hand and the goats at his left. Then the King will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father, inherit the Kingdom prepared for you from the creation of the world. For I was hungry, and you fed me. I was thirsty, and you gave me a drink. I was a stranger, and you invited me into your home. I was naked, and you gave me clothing. I was sick, and you cared for me. I was in prison, and you visited me.’ Then these righteous ones will reply, ‘Lord, when did we ever see you hungry and feed you? Or thirsty and give you something to drink? Or a stranger and show you hospitality? Or naked and give you clothing? When did we ever see you sick or in prison and visit you?’ And the King will say, ‘I tell you the truth, when you did it to one of the least of these my brothers and sisters, you were doing it to me!’ Then the King will turn to those on the left and say, ‘Away with you, you cursed ones, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his demons. For I was hungry, and you didn’t feed me. I was thirsty, and you didn’t give me a drink. I was a stranger, and you didn’t invite me into your home. I was naked, and you didn’t give me clothing. I was sick and in prison, and you didn’t visit me.’ Then they will reply, ‘Lord, when did we ever see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and not help you?’ And he will answer, ‘I tell you the truth, when you refused to help the least of these my brothers and sisters, you were refusing to help me.’ And they will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous will go into eternal life.” Matthew 25:31-46, NLT
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The Church in Ephesus: Revelation 2:1-7
The letter to the Ephesians in Revelation begins with a commendation. Jesus commends the Ephesians for their doctrinal purity. They have fought false teachings and have remained faithful to the truth without growing weary and giving up. Yet, though they have remained doctrinally pure, they have ceased to be faithful witnesses for Jesus because they lost her first love for Jesus. Jesus calls them to remember the depths of their sin and how much they have been forgiven. Some of us are like the prodigal son or the sinful woman in Luke 7, and we know we have been saved from a life of sin. We have been overwhelmed by his grace, but over time, the memory fades and we grow prideful and self-reliant. For others of us, the danger is that we have never had a sinful woman experience. We may not have ever felt desperate, out of control, absolutely empty, and needy. Our savior walks among his people and he sees them all. He will forgive us if we will stop trying to be perfect and simply fall at his feet and beg him for mercy. Run to the one who, though his face shown like the sun, willingly took on flesh to die on the cross in our place.
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Speaking in the name of Jesus
The confidence of a church that exists for God's glory is rooted in the name of Jesus.
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