Are You Standing Firm?
Are you standing firm?Ephesians 6:10-18 1 ENDGAME – WHAT TO DO 2 ENEMY – WHY IT’S DIFFICULT 3 EQUIPMENT – HOW TO DO IT Theme sentence: If our ENDGAME is to stand firm, our ENEMY is trying to knock us down, we need the EQUIPMENT if we’re going to stand firm. PRAY: SLOWLY: Holy and Powerful God, we long for you to speak to us. We are listening, expecting you to speak to us. Spirit of God, Explain your Word…
LIVING WITH EVIL CLOSE AT HAND
LIVING WITH EVIL CLOSE AT HANDRomans 7.14-25Romans: Redeemed To Flourish – Part 7 of 14 v. 13 “… sin, in order to be recognized as sin, was producing death in me through what is good …” (csb)WITH SIN CLOSE BY, WE MUST BE READY TO … EXPERIENCE Inner Hostility Romans 6.6 “We know that our old self was crucified with him in order that the body of sin might be brought to nothing, so that we would no longer be…
SHOULD WE BURN THE BIBLE?
SHOULD WE BURN THE BIBLE?Romans 7.7-13Romans: Redeemed To Flourish – Part 6 of 14 v. 6 “… now we are released from the law, having died to that which held us captive …” (esv) v. 7a “What then shall we say? That the law is sin? By no means!” (esv) v. 12 “So the law is holy, and the commandment is holy and righteous and good.” (esv) GOD’S COMMANDS ARE GOOD BECAUSE THEY … Isolate Desire AS OUR PROBLEM v.…
DELIVERED FROM A ZOMBIE MARRIAGE
DELIVERED FROM A ZOMBIE MARRIAGERomans 7.1-6Romans: Redeemed To Flourish – Part 5 of 14 THE LOVE OF A CHRISTIAN’S LIFE … IS ESTABLISHED BY A Living Marriage v. 1 “… do you not know, brothers … that the law is binding on a person only as long as he lives?” (esv) v. 2 “… a married woman … if her husband dies she is released from the law of marriage.” (esv) v. 3 “… she is free from that law,…
A NEW WAY TO BE HUMAN
A NEW WAY TO BE HUMANRomans 6.1-14Romans: Redeemed To Flourish – Part 3 of 14 Romans 5.20 “But where sin increased, grace increased all the more …” (niv) v. 1 “Are we to continue in sin that grace may abound?” (esv) v. 2 “By no means! How can we who died to sin still live in it?” (esv) Romans 5.21 “… as sin reigned in death, grace also might reign through … Jesus Christ our…
Miss A Miracle
Miss A Miracle1 Samuel 1-3August 6, 2023 CAPTURE: A while back we had a storm that knocked some branches down. Our power at the house went out. I’m sure you’ve experienced a power outage before. When it happens you check to see what is causing it. So I did what anyone would do – I called a friend who knew stuff about stuff and how to fix things. He advised me to turn off the main on the breaker. Later…
“God, I’ve got a question: Why…?”
“God, I’ve got a question: Why…?” Habakkuk As your true heart is more deeply revealed to yourself, and you struggle to align yourself with God’s heart, it leads you further away from being an enemy of God, and further towards life as a child of God who lives by faith. A faith-filled Christ-follower will bow the knee not just before God’s power, but also before His love and goodness. At its core, fear is overcome by the firm conviction in…
A TALE OF TWO ADAMS
A TALE OF TWO ADAMS Romans 5.12-21 Romans: Redeemed To Flourish – Part 2 of 14 v. 11 “… we … rejoice in … Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation.” (esv) ORIGINAL SIN – all people inherit a sinful nature because of Adam’s sin v. 12 “… sin came into the world through one man, and death through sin, and so death spread to all men because all sinned …” (esv) vv. 13–14 “… before the…
WE HOPE IN THE GLORY OF GOD
WE HOPE IN THE GLORY OF GODRomans 5.1-11Romans: Redeemed To Flourish – Part 1 of 14 vv. 1–2 “Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. Through him we have also obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand …” (esv) v. 2 “… we rejoice in the hope of the glory of God.” (niv) WE REJOICE IN GLORIOUS HOPE BECAUSE … WE SEE A Process At…
THE FEEL OF FAITH
THE FEEL OF FAITHRomans 4.17-25Romans: How Man Is Made Right – Part 11 of 11 v. 16 “It depends on faith … to the one who shares the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all …” (esv) v. 22 “That is why his faith was ‘counted to him as righteousness.’” (esv) vv. 23–24 “… was not written for Abraham alone, but also for us.” (csb) FAITH FEELS LIKE … LIKE KNOWING Facts About God v. 17b “……
WHO IS IN THE FAMILY OF FAITH?
WHO IS IN THE FAMILY OF FAITH?Romans 4.9-17aRomans: How Man Is Made Right – Part 10 of 11 v. 6 “… the blessedness of the man to whom God credits righteousness …” v. 9a “Is this blessing then only for the circumcised, or also for the uncircumcised?” (esv) ABRAHAM IS THE FATHER OF THOSE WHO PUT FAITH IN … GOD’S PROMISE RATHER THAN Our Pedigree v. 12 “… our father Abraham …” (esv) v. 9b “… faith was counted…
WHAT FAITH CHANGES BETWEEN GOD & US
WHAT FAITH CHANGES BETWEEN GOD & USRomans 4.1-8Romans: How Man Is Made Right – Part 9 of 11 WHAT DIFFERENCE DOES FAITH RIGHTEOUSNESS MAKE? IT CHANGES HOW GOD Sees Us v. 1 “What … was gained by Abraham, our forefather …?” (esv) v. 3 “Abraham believed God …” (esv) Genesis 12.2–3 “And I will make of you a great nation … and in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.” (esv) v. 2 “… if Abraham was…