Church of The Open Door Sermons

Church of The Open Door Sermons

By Dr. Jim MindlingReligion & SpiritualityChristianity
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Church of The Open Door Sermons episodes

  • Growing in Love as Disciples of Jesus – Week Four
    What’s Your Next Step?
    “Growing in Love as Disciples of Jesus”
    John 13:34-35; Ephesians 4:16, Philippians 2:3-11
    Our destination (goal) is to love like Christ.
    Our journey (growth) passes through four stages:
    Those who are Beginning in Christ tend to love with Feeling-Based Love
    We are able to grow out of this stage when we start loving as a decision not a feeling.
    Those who are Young in Christ tend to love with Self-Oriented Love
    We are able to move out of this stage when we focus more on what we can give to others than what we get from others.
    Those who are Maturing in Christ love with Other-Minded Love
    Looking out for others’:
    Needs
                Interests
                            Desires
    Concerns
    Those who are Reproducing in Christ love with Sacrificial Love
    Dying to my own selfish desires and needs and pouring into another is the heart of sacrificial love.
    Other-mindedness + sacrificial love = Other-Centered Love/Christlike Love
    Core CHRISTlike Characteristic: Relates with Other-Centered Love/Loving People
    53 min
  • The Heart of Worship – Week Three
    What’s Your Next Step?
    “The Heart of Worship”
    Isaiah 29:13, Psalm 100:4
    What is worship?
    Worship is about drawing near to God.
    Worship is about our hearts engaging with God.
    Worship is our loving response to God for who He is and what He’s done.
    Biblical worship is a pattern and a pathway for how we can take steps in worship:
    Temple Gates: Distant Observing
    Outer Courts: Developing Engagement
    Inner Courts: Devoted Surrender
    Most Holy Place: Deep Communion
    Deeply communing with God is the heart of worship, where we draw near to God and connect heart to heart with Him.
    What’s your next step in worship?
     
     
     
    Core CHRISTlike Characteristic: Heart of Worship/Loving God
    51 min
  • A Vision for Spiritual Growth – Week Two
    What’s Your Next Step?
    “A Vision for Spiritual Growth”
    John 15:1-8
    Jesus casts a vision for a life of spiritual growth.
    He is the Vine. The Vine is the source of spiritual growth.
    The Father is the Gardener. He’s actively working to help us bear fruit.
    We are the branches.
    We are made to bear fruit.
    Fruit is Christlikeness. (Fruit of the Spirit)
    Fruit is making disciples.
    Jesus casts a vision for the essential step of spiritual growth.
    You will only grow and bear fruit as you remain in Christ.
    ‘Remain’ means ‘stay connected’ to the Vine.
    We stay connected through the Word and Prayer.
    What’s your next step in ‘staying connected’?
    Next Step Survey
    Action Plan for your stage
    Jesus casts a vision for four stages of fruitfulness.
    No fruit (could be compared to: Beginning in Christ)
    Some fruit (could be compared to: Young in Christ)
    More fruit (could be compared to: Maturing in Christ)
    Much fruit (could be compared to: Reproducing in Christ)
    Jesus casts a vision for the goal of bearing much fruit.
    God is working in your life to help you flourish. (He’s the Gardener!)
    God is committed to do whatever it takes to produce the fruit of spiritual growth in your life. (lifting, pruning, etc.)
    What’s your next step in “staying connected”?
    Core CHRISTlike Characteristic: Connected to God through the Word and Prayer
    50 min
  • Taking your Next Step in the Journey of Discipleship – Week One
    What’s Your Next Step?
    “Taking your Next Step in the Journey of Discipleship”
    Luke 6:12-16
    Every journey begins with one step, but no journey is complete in one step.
    Everyone has a next step.
    Why Jesus called his disciples into a group as their next step:
    Groups are the best place to make disciples.
    Follow
    Learn              
    Become  
    Groups are the best place to help us grow in Christ.
    Beginning in Christ
    Young in Christ
    Maturing in Christ
    Reproducing in Christ
    Groups are the best place to support us as we grow.
    Test and confirm what I am learning.
    Receive encouragement in taking my next step.
    Learn to put the Bible into practice in my daily life.
    Learn to give and receive love.
    Groups are the best place to help us grow with others.
    How we are different from each other.
    Different Backgrounds
    Different Temperaments
    Different Perspectives
    Different Opinions
    We harmonize what’s different when we emphasize what’s the same.
    How we are the same as each other.
    Same Call: Come to Christ
    Same Vision: Become Like Christ
    Same Lord: Jesus Christ is Lord
    Same Purpose: Be With/Be Sent by Christ
    Core CHRISTlike Characteristic: Intentional Evangelism/Loving People
    48 min
  • How’s your heart? – Week Five
    Soundtracks
    “How’s your heart?”
    Luke 6:6-11
    Symptoms of a Shriveled Heart
    Ignoring hurting people
    Lack of compassion
    Looking to accuse
    Judgmental mindset
    Negative talk about others
    Picture of a Compassionate Heart
    Looking to help
    Courageous
    Willing to provoke
    Acting to restore and heal
    Traits of a Trusting Heart
    Obedient
    Expectant
    Surrendered
    How’s your heart?
    Is it shriveled and stubborn?
    Is it compassionate and responsive?
    Is it trusting and surrendered?
    LifeGroup Questions: Applying the Teaching to Our Lives
    What would you say is your typical mindset when you come to church? What are you thinking or expecting?
    Do you notice any of the “symptoms of a shriveled heart” in your life? Which ones?
    What do you think about Jesus’ deliberate provoking behavior in this story?
    When is it right for us to provoke another like that?
    Read Mark’s version of this story in Mark 3:1-6. Notice the similarities and the differences to Luke’s version.  Then discuss Mark 3:5. What do you think about Jesus getting angry?
    How did you answer the closing question of the sermon: “how’s your heart?”
    Shriveled
    Compassionate
    Surrendered
    other
    Pray Psalm 139:23,24 and ask God to show you if you have symptoms of a “shriveled heart.”
     
    Core CHRISTlike Characteristic: Relates with Other-Centered Love/Loving People
    57 min

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Each weekend at Church of the Open Door a message is given based on the Word of God. Dr Jim Mindling, Senior Pastor, and other members of the staff equip the large congregation located in Northeast…