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If you’ve been with us at all for the past several weeks, you know that we are walking through various topics of the Christian faith. Topics I feel - we NEED to revisit year after year... ANCHORS of the Faith... So far - in this series, we’ve walked through... The anchor of prayer anchor of faith anchor…

Introduction I. The Reason for Discipleship It’s vital for the Christian to live their lives with purpose , production and passion . Purpose speaks of a reason. Too many Christians don’t understand their purpose, therefore they have no goal to shoot for. Production speaks of usefulness. Christians should…

Salt is good. That’s not just me saying that, I am a fan of salty food in general. Many people like the sweet, I like the salty. Salt has many benefits that have been known to man for literally thousands of years, and we know even more today about the benefits of salt. Historically, the ancients understood…

Our foundation Scripture is Matthew 28:18-19 18 And Jesus came up and spoke to them, saying, “All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. 19 “Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, Last week we added…

Main idea: The gift of salvation is absolutely free, and yet it will cost you everything. This is Jesus’ warning to those who’re just in it for the thrills. He wants all of your life, everything, and in return He offers eternal life and salvation. Introduction How many of you here today have ever been…

Follow Me As I Follow Jesus Our foundation Scripture is Matthew 28:18-19 18 And Jesus came up and spoke to them, saying, “All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. 19 “Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy…

Follow Me As I Follow Jesus Last week we started our Journey Christian or Disciple? Fan or Follower You are being followed by somebody Becoming more than a “enthusiastic admirer” We talked about Customized Christianity I will serve Him BUT .... The word Christian = relates to what we believe The word…

The Great Commission Matthew 28:16–20 (ESV) Now the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain to which Jesus had directed them. And when they saw him they worshiped him, but some doubted. And Jesus came and said to them, “ All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go therefore…

The Blueprint for Discipleship How many of you have had the opportunity to work with blueprints for something in your life? Maybe you haven’t dealt with blueprints yourself, but you know what blueprints are and how they function. A blueprint is a design, a pattern, a plan that if followed, will give…

15 We are born Jews—we’re not Gentile sinners. 16 However, we know that a person isn’t made righteous by the works of the Law but rather through the faithfulness of Jesus Christ. We ourselves believed in Christ Jesus so that we could be made righteous by the faithfulness of Christ and not by the works…

Introduction Lets start with a passage out of the Johns 1st Letter 1 John 2:18 (NASB95) 18 Children, it is the last hour; ... Pastor Ben spoke last week about john and the early church bringing to light . Words like syncretism Gnosticism and Political Correctness We are not going to veer off from Bens…

Last Week we spoke from Ephesians and it was all about what Paul Said This week is our final sermon in the is series is about what Jesus has to say. Obviously we can spent the entire lifetime of the church talking about what Jesus said and did. It is called the gospel Today I am just going to touch on…

Intro We are living in a time when this is the question of the day, especially for Christians The challenges we face sem to be insurmountable when we start looking around instead of looking up. How many of you this week saw a red wave turn into a red ripple and you ask how did that happen. Are we that…

Our foundation Scripture is Matthew 28:18-19 18 And Jesus came up and spoke to them, saying, “All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. 19 “Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, Last week we added…

Intro Last week we pulled from the first letter of John Today We are going to see what Peter has to say. Peter - Who was he? He was a fisherman -He had a brother named Andrew He is the only married disciple He walked on water- He was also recorded as rebuking Jesus He was part of the inner three with…

1. Discipleship in the beatitudes Matthew 5:3 “Poor in Spirit”: Disciples recognise that we have no righteousness of our own . Reward: Belonging in the kingdom of heaven Matthew 5:4 “mourn”: As disciples our response to our sin should be mourning. Reward: Jesus’ sacrifice and God’s grace comforts us…

We live in a world where things are perceived as becoming more ungodly. However God has given us an example to follow on how to make our sphere on influence more Godly. today Pastor Shawn will show 5 ways the early church spread the gospel that still work today!

Two weeks ago we talked about “What is a Christian?” 1. A Christian is someone who hears the Good News of Jesus Christ. 2. Believes this Good News. 3. Repents and turns from where they are going and turns to the Lord. 4. And that someone becomes a disciple. Last week we answered the question, using scripture,…

Main Idea Discipleship is the collective pursuit of growth toward Christlikeness. Have you ever heard of Companion Planting? I haven’t either. According to Madison Fields (an agricultural resource center): “Planting a garden that utilizes the strengths of each plant to form a healthy plant community…

This year we have a lot of things planned with the goal that we can better connect with the community and live out the whole Gospel for the whole person. The plan is very intentional and is based on an understanding of the purpose of the church that I have learned over the last 30 plus years of being…

Story of David and answering the question How should we now live

Traditionally, the Passover celebration is a time of joy. It is remembering how God set the people of Israel free, how God kept His promises to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. That night in the upper room, even though He knew what the next day would bring, Jesus speaks to His disciples of joy. “As the Father…

Saul becomes king 7 And when the Philistines heard that the children of Israel were gathered together to Mizpeh, the lords of the Philistines went up against Israel. And when the children of Israel heard it , they were afraid of the Philistines. 8 And the children of Israel said to Samuel, Cease not…

The Authority 18 And Jesus came and said to them, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Christ’s authority has been questioned most of His life. I hate it when people do that to me, and I imagine He did not enjoy that either. As a child who had been left in Jerusalem, Jesus had…

How does a person become acceptable to God? Is it possible to earn God’s love, to deserve His favor? In Jesus’ day the religious leaders taught that you were accepted by God if you obeyed His commandments. They referred to it as taking on the yoke of the Law. A yoke was a common metaphor in Judaism for…