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- Investment Plan: Prioritizing Prayer
Speaker: Pastor Andy Searles
Scripture Focus: 1 Timothy 2:1-7
Sermon notes are as follows:
Different Circumstances Require Different Prayers (1)
• Prayer must become our primary default, not our last request.• Prayer asks the following questions: What’s on your list? What’s on your heart? What’s your plea? What are you grateful for?• When we pray for people, it changes how we view people.Difficult Times Require Direct Prayers (2-4)
• It is illogical not to pray for someone because we don’t like them.• Godly ambition leads us to seek peace, not drama.• We must walk into each room, relationship, situation, and circumstance with a non-anxious presence – because we represent one who is not anxious about anything.• There isn’t a person you will meet today, or any day, who God doesn’t deeply love.Divided Situations Require a Unifying Christ
• A mediator brings two separated sides together. Jesus, our mediator, took away our sin so we could be “brought back together” with God.• Good news gets out to the world as we proclaim facts, demonstrate the power of facts, and share the meaning of facts!29 min - Are You a Disciple of John or a Disciple of Jesus?
Guest Speaker: Matt Bird
Sermon notes are as follows:
1) Disciples of Jesus are known for what they are for, rather than what they are against
2) Disciples of Jesus live lives of abundance, not of abstinence3) Disciples of Jesus transform the world, while disciples of John withdraw from the world27 min - From Trauma to Triumph
Speaker: Adeemir Dacenay
Summary: How God uses difficult moments to spread His glory and how our past doesn’t disqualify us from being used in profound ways.
32 min - Changed People Change People: The Leaping Lame Man
Speaker: Pastor Andy Searles
Scripture Focus: Acts 3:1-10
Sermon notes are as follows:
In Need (1-3)
• We must commit to spending time with Jesus if we are to be changed to influence change in others.• Prayer & giving go together like faith & works. We have to be about both.• It is the way of Jesus to constantly be inviting outsiders in.In Power (4-8)• Don’t get too preoccupied doing God’s work. In doing so, you could miss what God is doing.• Often God won’t give us what we want because He’s got something better for us.• The name of Jesus makes dehumanized people become rehumanized.In Awe (9-10)• As with the beggar at the temple, may our praise of God be louder than our cry for help.• One changed life can create more ripples than we could ever imagine.37 min - Changed People Change People: The Stone Dropping Bombshell
Speaker: Pastor Andy Searles
Scripture Focus: John 8:1-10
Sermon notes are as follows:
The Trap (1-5)
• A disciplined routine is the foundation for discipleship.• Jesus often does His best work in awkward moments.• Jesus knows how to unlock the latch on each trap.The Turn (5b-7)• We tend to have bigger problems with another person’s sin than we do our own. We’ve got to reverse this.• Jesus turned a legal quibble into a moral issue. We can get through many misunderstandings by understanding the heart behind the action.The Truth (8-10)• We don’t talk to crowds; we talk to people. We don’t influence communities; we influence people.• Repentance must happen privately before it can happen publicly.• God’s level of love for us is greater than our level of sin against him.• Our conscience can often be God’s deputy in our soul.30 min - Changed People Change People: Witnessing for Christ
Speaker: Yvan Pierre
To fulfill the calling from Matthew 2:1-12, "And he went back to his own country a different way" and reach the people of Haiti for Christ, the International Christian Development Mission (ICDM) was founded in 1989. ICDM focuses on training a new generation for God’s Kingdom by educating children, training Christian leaders and pastors, and equipping Christians to be Christ’s witnesses.
34 min - Changed People Change People: Hospitality
Speaker: Pastor Andy Searles
Scripture Focus: Luke 7:36-50
Sermon notes are as follows:
Changed people act hospitably... (36-38)
• The perfume that she poured was perhaps a part of her former profession. She was able to break the jar because she didn't need it anymore. She was leaving her old self behind.• Jesus can change awkward moments into moments of ministry.• She was changed by gratitude. So are we.as an illustration... (39-46)• There’s a difference between “soul righteousness” and “self-righteousness.” One empties, the other fills. We can’t have both.• A good test for self-righteousness revolves around responding when things go against us. Do we own and correct or blame and deny?• Please don’t dwell on a person’s past; help them fulfill their future.of the invitation to love and peace. (47-50)• The more we understand our disobedience, the greater we respond with love.• Simon only saw the sin; Jesus saw the sinner.• When people trust Jesus, he changes lives!• Your faith doesn’t need to be a loud voice. A quiet action can make a huge difference.34 min - Changed People Change People: The Woman at the Well
Speaker: Pastor Andy Searles
Scripture Focus: John 4:1-42Sermon notes are as follows:Challenged by Truth (1-26)• It was the truth about hope, sin, shame, and salvation that helped the woman at the well put her trust in Jesus. Our trust must be built upon truth.• Truth changes us by setting us free!Challenged by Transformation (27-38)• By leaving her “water jug”, she is making a statement about the new bigger, bolder purpose to her life. It’s about serving the one who has offered her living water.• No discovery is totally complete until a desire to share it motivates our hearts.• For Jesus, sustenance and satisfaction was found in fulfilling the work he’d be sent here to fulfill.Challenged by Transformation (39-42)• The Gospel is transmitted person to person.• The one who has the most opportunity is under the greatest obligation.• Jesus broke the chains that bound them to the past and gave them a power which enabled them to meet the future.38 min - Inspiration for Aspiration: Demonstrating Growth
Speaker: Pastor Andy Searles
Scripture Focus: 1 Peter 2:1-10
Sermon notes are as follows:
Don't Settle (1-5)
• Keep removing what’s wrong, keep embracing what’s right – and never settle!• Remember – those who gossip to you will gossip about you!• It is desperately sad when there is no hunger for the Word of God, and people fill their appetite for God with the spiritual equivalent of a pop tart.• Spiritual growth is simply emptying sin and replacing it with the righteousness of Christ.Don't Stumble (6-8)• Once you have the cornerstone of your life in place, everything else in life will not just fall into place, but will make sense. If we don’t, everything is shakey until we do.• As we stand with honor and without shame, we are less likely to stumble.Don't Forget (9-10)• God formed you for himself – Isaiah 43:1• The Latin word for priest is “bridge-builder.” As a “royal priesthood,” we all have the responsibility to help build bridges across which people can meet Jesus.• We are who we are because of who He is.29 min - The Journey
Speaker: Adeemir Dacenay
Scripture Focus: Genesis 24:1-14
Sermon Focus: Through the story of Abraham, Isaac, and Rebekah found in Genesis 24:1-14, we can learn how to be obedient on a journey despite the length, because when we do, it gives us an opportunity to tell the story of God with us.
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