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12 for the equipping of the saints for the work of ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ, 19 Therefore let us pursue the things which make for peace and the things by which one may edify another. 2 Let each of us please his neighbor for his good, leading to edification. 29 Let no corrupt word…

Where do you get it? Illustration: Dog, licks, loves, feelings from it Where do you find encouragement? Family, job, friends, accomplishment. Your finances, etc. From each other (expand; good biblical thing) Encouragements can be very uplifting, motivational, but they too can be used as manipulation…

Paul’s heart for the Roman’s Have you ever had a heart for someone, or people that you had not met? Paul did for the church at Rome and we are going to start seeing that in our passage today. He had qualified himself (vv.1-2) A bondservant, called to be an apostle He had given the one who gave the authority…

Discouraging times Crooked and perverse generation ( Php2:15 ) Man has traded the truth for lies ( Rom1:23 ) - Even the church can be discouraging Barna reports 3,500 people leave the church a day, 1.2m will leave the church in the next year Disunity, church splits, quarreling Gossip (Transition) Who…

Our culture We live in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation ( Php2:15 ), just as it was in the first century Our culture today the difference is we have a cancel culture Don’t agree, cancel Don’t like, just leave Don’t speak face to face, just argue on social media (put in illustration of men…

In Romans 1:8-15 Paul expresses the priority of prayer, people, and preaching in his life.

Examples Examples we have had many examples in our lives, some good, some maybe not so good. As a disciple of Jesus Christ we have some good instructions and examples we find in the scripture and that is what we are looking at tonight. Bibles speaks: Imitate good examples ( 1Cor11:1 ; Php3:17 ; Heb13:7…

Godly instructions/reminders for the godly Faithful sayings, are sayings worth remembering. Sayings for instruction, sayings for remembering, sayings for protection, but most of all sayings for application as we serve the church. Paul teaches the same in thing in all the churches, and since we are in…

Natures examples Ants, lilies, birds, God has no shortage of examples that we can learn from. This morning we are going to look at some lessons we can learn from a skein, a gaggle of geese. (Insert honk if you love Jesus picture here) Do you remember the bumper sticker honk if you love Jesus. It was…

In Romans 1:8-15 Paul expresses the priority of prayer, people, and preaching in his life. What are your priorities? What should your priorities be? Paul’s Priorities By way of example. 3 main priorities: PRAYER, PEOPLE, and PREACHING Last time we considered PRAYER and PEOPLE, which should be priorities…

Essential Elements This series has been a series thus far of helping the disciple of Jesus Christ to look within, make changes within so to be a fruit bearing disciple for the kingdom of God. Today we are looking at the need for the essential element of perseverance, but first some reminders. I know…

Fake, false, forgery What is the best way to tell is something is fake, false or a forgery? Yep you got it, you need to know the real thing, study the real thing so that if anyone presents anything else you would know it. Our passage Paul overcomes the peddlers of fake, false gospel (2Cor2:17) in a beautiful…

Introduction Anyone blessed by that one note? Anyone benefitted? Encouraged? Strengthened? Let me try again. Let me play Amazing Grace. How was that? It wasn’t Amazing Grace, was it? The purpose of playing an instrument is for a recognizable and pleasing tune or melody to be produced. When that doesn’t…

One body, many parts Many parts are needed for the church to function as God intended. Tonight we will look at areas of service that the parts can do collectively for the whole. First, a few reminders in case you missed a part of this series of things we covered. Body of Christ, has many members to make…

Physical/Spiritual Exercise Value, physical and spiritual fitness have value, one temporally, the other eternally, both are needed. Questions to ask yourself: What value do I place on physical exercise? What value to I place on godly exercise? Do I have a responsibility to both? Consider our passage…

Unity Unity (noun) the state of being united or joined as a whole. Jesus is the One who brings unity, commands unity, tells us to pursue unity, protect unity and then we can proclaim unity. So guess what, It is Christ, the way of unity that we are looking at today. In our series thus far we have looked…

Outlook of a thankful heart Outlook matters doesn’t it? Tonight we are looking at God’s will to give thanks for all things. No better place to start than with looking at the power of having the right outlook, a thankful heart. Changes our outlook from selves to God Changes our outlook from our power…

We do not lose heart Ever feel discouraged or disheartened? It is easy to get like that when we go through face tough things. Paul had lot’s of reasons to lose heart, but did not, so let’s take some time and look today at how not to lose heart or being discouraged. Paul’s statement regarding losing heart…

Family of God By now I’m sure you have gotten the point of this series. To know who we are in Christ personally so we may know who we are in Christ collectively, a family. From identification to fellowship now to working beside one another as our passages today will cover. As a family we live in two…

What do you want more of? (Assembly picture) Today we start a new series on getting more. More sounds good doesn’t it? So let’s see what we can do together to get more in this life and from this life so to have a better life. I think you can agree that the Christian assembly can vary greatly. From the…

From Reflection to Instruction Have you ever reflected back on who you were and then given instructions on who you are to be today? History, reflection is good. Paul comes from reflection (1The3:11-13) to instruction (1The4:1-8) that is a good challenge for us today. Previously Paul has been encouraging…

Conduct One of the major purposes for the book of 1 Timothy is how are we to conduct ourselves as the church. So, as we start our study of the book beyond the introduction last week may we learn and apply. Purpose of book: To be a guide of conduct as the church , as the house of God (1Tim3:14-15) 14…

Living Together Living together is not always easy, not everyone agrees on everything and gets along in everything. In our series Living Together we are being reminded of some tools, promises, corrections that can help us in our living together as a forever family in Christ. (In Christ Picture) Expand…

Final words John’s final words were of assurance and purpose (Jn20:31). Today’s passage records Paul’s final words to the Corinthians in a apostolic defense letter. Paul had to defend his apostleship, his authority Paul had to prove love for them Paul shared his love, devotion and even suffering on their…

God’s will Do you want to know God’s will for you? Do you know God’s will, and God’s will for you, for us as a family? First and foremost is salvation (2Pt3:9). Impossible to have God’s will done in your life until God is in your life. Then God makes His will known through the scripture and empowered…