2023 Wk 9:

QUESTIONS:

What would it take to Shake you out of your COMFORTABLE FOUNDATION and lifestyle and put you on a course for a new and deeper walk with Jesus?

What lifestyle change would put you on a new course for a deeper walk with Jesus?

Worship Set 2

“I need to worship because without it I lose a sense of wonder and gratitude and plod Through life with blinders on.”

~John Ortberg

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SERMON INTRO...

What are some things we believe in that may not really be true?

MAJOR THOUGHT

Using the thought that we Believe in lots of things, things that are temporal -- what about Believing in Jesus who holds the world together by his word?

“To Good To Not Believe”

It says, “Jesus, It’s You...I Believe!”

“Jesus, I Believe”

It says, “God even the impossible is your reality Jesus I believe,”

“I Believe It”

It says, “I believe in the Life of Jesus…I believe that He is the son of God,”

KEYNOTE SCRIPTURE

Acts 16.31 “Believe in the Lord Jesus and you will be saved.”

SERMONS AND TEACHING POINTS

Wk 1. Be like Nike--Just Do It (You are not God)

• According to Dan Wieden the phrase, Just Do It was inspired by the final words of an death row inmate who was facing execution and said, "You know, let's do it."  Pondering on this statement, Dan Wieden stated, "I remember when I read that-- I was like, that's amazing. I mean how, in the face of that much uncertainty, do you push through that and say ‘Just Do It’ ?” https://www.npr.org/2022/10/06/1127032721/nike-just-do-it-slogan-success-dan-wieden-kennedy-dies

• The Nike Swoosh comes from the wings of 'Nike,' the Greek goddess of victory. https://www.npr.org/2022/10/06/1127032721/nike-just-do-it-slogan-success-dan-wieden-kennedy-dies

• “the righteous take it by force”

Wk 2. What--a Miracle? (Wait...can God really do that?)

• Faith is now.

• The Mention of His Name is to invoke Faith

• Miracles still happen today. “must believe that he is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him”

• The Greatest Miracle--Salvation… but is there more?

• What is your story?

Wk 3. Speak to the Future (never stop believing)

• Speak Life (You are God’s Child)

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Wk 4. Love that Heals (not because we have our act all together)

Hebrews 2:17 NLT

Therefore, it was necessary for him to be made in every respect like us, his brothers and sisters,* so that he could be our merciful and faithful High Priest before God. Then he could offer a sacrifice that would take away the sins of the people.

• Feeding 5000

Matthew 14:13–14 NLT

As soon as Jesus heard the news, he left in a boat to a remote area to be alone. But the crowds heard where he was headed and followed on foot from many towns. Jesus saw the huge crowd as he stepped from the boat, and he had compassion on them and healed their sick.

Widows son raised from the dead

Luke 7:11–15 NLT

Soon afterward Jesus went with his disciples to the village of Nain, and a large crowd followed him. A funeral procession was coming out as he approached the village gate. The young man who had died was a widow’s only son, and a large crowd from the village was with her. When the Lord saw her, his heart overflowed with compassion. “Don’t cry!” he said. Then he walked over to the coffin and touched it, and the bearers stopped. “Young man,” he said, “I tell you, get up.” Then the dead boy sat up and began to talk! And Jesus gave him back to his mother.

Two blind men

Matthew 20:29–34 NIV

As Jesus and his disciples were leaving Jericho, a large crowd followed him. Two blind men were sitting by the roadside, and when they heard that Jesus was going by, they shouted, “Lord, Son of David, have mercy on us!” The crowd rebuked them and told them to be quiet, but they shouted all the louder, “Lord, Son of David, have mercy on us!” Jesus stopped and called them. “What do you want me to do for you?” he asked. “Lord,” they answered, “we want our sight.” Jesus had compassion on them and touched their eyes. Immediately they received their sight and followed him.