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Spiritual growth and the disciple Tonight is a teaching, hopefully in a class style that is going to be a little subjective for a part of it, but don’t worry we will be objective too and bring in scripture to counter some of the subjective points made. (insert Full Potential Power Point Slide Here) Question:…

What is the real definition of love? What does God's love mean for us? Also, learn what God's love is not.

For consider your calling, brothers: not many of you were wise according to worldly standards, not many were powerful, not many were of noble birth. But God chose what is foolish in the world to shame the wise; God chose what is weak in the world to shame the strong; God chose what is low and despised…

How do we build the self-esteem of the church

Overcoming Labels The honorable descendant Jabez whose name meant “pain”: A man of strong prayer • Prayed for God’s blessing

Big Idea: We must recognize that fear of man is a universal problem and that we are not exempt.

Big Idea: We must carefully discern and address the influences keeping us trapped in our fear of man.

personal testimony part 1 leading to part 2 where i wanted to believe God didn't exist

As Christians Our Identity is in Christ. What is my identity? What does the Bible say about my value? How does that effect my self-esteem?

I am not a grasshopper

The church shows appreciation for the pastor by honoring Him for his work.

Memory Verse (5 minutes) Let’s review and practice our memory verse together. Memory Verse For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received: that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day in accordance with the…

Memory Verse (5 minutes) Let’s review and practice our memory verse together. Memory Verse 1 Corinthians 15:3-4 For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received: that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day…

Not being too high or to low, but a healthy balanced view of one's self in light of God's working in our lives

Memory Verse (5 minutes) Memory Verse and practice our memory verse together. Memory Verse For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received: that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day in accordance with the…

Name Game (25 minutes) My name is Chris and I like to... Everyone in the group stands in a circle. The first person says, "My name is and I like to ______ (insert hobby and act out a motion from that hobby.) The rest of group then says, "(Person's Name) likes to (hobby) and acts out motion. Example,…

This sermon reevaluates the stories of Bible heroes and compares how they are portrayed to the way that Jesus is portrayed. The hope is to show that no character in the Bible is perfect but God, and this is a necessary condition for God to show His goodness by redeeming us.

Memory Verse (10 minutes) Okay let’s review our memory verse and have a chance for anyone who hasn’t recited it yet to do so! Memory Verse For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received: that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures, that he was buried, that he was…

Intro Text - 13 Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that they were uneducated and untrained men, they marveled. And they realized that they had been with Jesus. Title - Becoming A Confident Christian Background Boldness - means confidence , freedom of speech, absence of fear…

Intro When I was in college, I made this goal to be invited to something by the president of Western before I graduated. I had made the website and the mailer they sent out to prospective students so surely I could get invited to the president’s house right? I didn’t make it known, didn’t talk about…

Our accomplishments have no worth, but Jesus Christ gives us new life.

Our lives should reflect the fact that we belong to Jesus Christ.

We are in the home of our series titled The Next Awakening. We’ve been going verse by verse through the book of 1 John and looking at the letter written to the early church as a warning. At the time John wrote this letter, the church was being split. There were those who were trying to take over control…

vv.9-13: How foolish to place your faith in anything but Jesus Christ! Their faith will be in their wealth, their goods, their power, their luxury, their convenience and their pleasure. They will have wholeheartedly bought into a self-centered ideology. Self-centeredness, self-fulfillment, self-esteem.…