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Luke 9:18-27 Being a disciple is often described as being a follower of Jesus Christ. But, being a true disciple of Jesus is much more. There is a price to being a disciple of Jesus that many do not see, but there is also hope in being a disciple.

Title: Homely Hospitality pt2 Text: Luke 10:38-42 D.T Oftentimes hospitality is best practiced by being present Introduction: Today we continue our “Welcome Home” series. The purpose of this series is to strive to make Central Church known as a welcome home in the community. Every week we discuss principles…

What does man Profit?

Control - prolonged cruel and unjust treatment Opression - the exercise of authority or power in a burdensome, cruel, or unjust manner. an act or instance of oppressing or subjecting to cruel or unjust impositions or restraints. the state of being oppressed. the feeling of being heavily burdened, mentally…

Prayer for Illumination: Gracious God, illumine our hearts and minds as the Scriptures are read and proclaimed, so that by the power of your Holy Spirit we may see what is good and right and true. We long to live as children of light, doing your will and yearning towards the prize that you have set before…

The Christian life may present many challenges and distractions, but in Philippians 3:12-14 the Apostle Paul turns our attention to living the Christian life with zeal, and how we should pursue Christ with fervent desire and focus.

Here we can see the evidence of a deeper devotion in the life of the Apostle Paul

Paul, while writing to the church at Philippi, shares how his relationship, not his religion made all the difference.

HOOK We are way well into the third week of our anniversary month— We are “ On Our Journey to Being Forty ” We look forward to see you all at the grand celebration of our 40th year church anniversary on Sunday the 27th— It will be an evening Service that starts at 5:25pm, followed by dinner for everyone—…

What do we have that is truly surpassing in worth? Does our salvation depend on us or Christ? If it is not Christ, it will not last.

In the world, death's only profit seems to be the end of suffering. If one reads the Bible, one realizes how false this statement is. For those who are not Christians, it is not the end of suffering. For those who are, it is the entry to eternal life and joy.

Introduction There comes a point in everyone’s life where the rubber meets the road and what someone believes inside turns into what someone does on the outside. We know that warfare is an example of this. In the ancient world, especially the Roman world, children were told their entire lives that their…

Confidence in Christ and not in the flesh

Philippians 3:7-15 Introduction All for Christ – Vv. 7-11 Counting All Loss to Gain Christ (vv. 7-8) What things were gain Old life All things loss Things of this world Sufferings Gaining Christ Surpassing worth of knowing Him He is the Prize Redemption to Christ (vv. 9-11) Justification Imputed righteousness…

God has high expectations, but also provides the means of attaining them. It is not about earthly profit that Jesus is concerned with. It is risk-taking discipleship.

It is not that the pursuit of wisdom is completely pointless or useless. Wisdom has many advantages and can result in many positive outcomes. But… If your pursuit of wisdom is in order to find life’s ultimate “profit” or “advantage” or “value,” then your pursuit is misguided and will ultimately leave you disappointed.

Have you recently committed to something that you know is going to be grueling work but consider that the sacrifice and endurance will be worth it, perhaps worth it now in its benefit to your character and health, and especially worth it because of the result in the end? We call that kind of incentive…

A Bible Study of Ecclesiastes 2:12-26

INTRODUCTION: 1. If we are going to truly understand “to die is gain” we must... A. Figure out what Paul meant when he wrote “For to me, to live is Christ”. 1 Imitate me, just as I also imitate Christ. B. Then, we must put this concept into practice. 20 I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer…

Ultimately, the pursuit of pleasure is 'hebel,' it cannot provide the ultimate gain or significance that we seek in this life.

A Bible Study of Ecclesiastes 3:1-15

We’re continuing our series on Facing Difficult Emotions today, and today’s emotion is sadness. How many of you have experienced at least a short period of at some point in the past twelve months? How many of you have been dealing with what we might call periodic sadness over the past six months? Raise…

It is important to do God's work God's way; the cost of carnality is severe, but the reward of faithfulness is sweet. Mistaking the Source of spiritual growth means missing the mark in ministry!

You can watch this message on our YouTube channel, https://youtu.be/q4e1-_ht1Wc. Today, we will be given our first formal lesson on wisdom. You'll have to wait until the end to discover the main point.

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