Community Church - Edwardsburg episodes:

• September 15, 2024LASTING INFLUENCE

  Lasting Influence

  II Kings 2

  Elijah’s Strong Finish

  Useful

  Fruitful

  Peaceful

  Elisha’s Smart Start

  Burn the Boats 19:19-21

  Shred the Clothes, Shed the Tears

  Pick up the cloak

  The right response after grief is to

  carry on the work.

  One Final Picture

  Elijah was given safe passage.

  Elisha was safe too.

  Death is a safe passage because of

  Jesus.

  ...more

  

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• September 08, 2024Been There....You're Not Alone

  Been There…….You’re Not Alone

  I Kings 19:1-18

  Elijah is broken

  Exhausted

  Withdrawn

  Restless

  Defeated

  Disappointed

  Elijah is renewed

  Strength

  Presence

  Purpose

  ...more

  

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• September 01, 2024MELEE ON THE MOUNTAIN

  Melee on the Mountain

  I Kings 18:20-40

  In this corner: 450 prophets of Baal

  Early round confidence

  Growing desperation

  Ultimate disaster

  In this corner: Elijah and…….. well, just

  Elijah

  Power of God not numbers

  Confident prayer, not constant activity

  In the crowd:

  Convinced, but perhaps not converted

  Not changed by judgement

  Not changed by miracles

  I Corinthians 1

  And the winner is:

  THE LAMB OF GOD WHO TAKES AWAY THE

  SIN OF THE WORLD

  ...more

  

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• August 25, 2024GRACE AND TRUTH

  Grace and Truth

  I Kings 18:1-21

  1, Different Strokes for Different Folks (1-18)

  Insights for Inside Influencers

  Expect Trouble

  Expect to be misunderstood

  Remember the God who calls,

  Is the God who sustains.

  Caution for Cultural Warriors

  Be slow to judge

  Carefully choose the hill to die on

  2. Forget point number 1. (19-21)

  Lose the Limp

  Identify the Real Issue

  Note the Urgency

  ...more

  

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• August 18, 2024THE JOURNEY CONTINUES

  The Journey Continues

  I Kings 17:17-24

  The Journey in Faith

  Begins when you trust the promise of God

  enough to obey.

  Tested when you don’t understand what

  God is doing.

  Triumphs on resurrection day.

  The Journey in Love

  Begins in Humility

  Grows in Tenderness

  Ends in Life Everlasting (John 6:40)

  The Journey in Grace

  “Give Me Your Son”

  “See, Your Son Lives”

  ...more

  

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• August 11, 2024Great Sacrifice, Greater Joy

  Great Sacrifice, Greater Joy

  I Kings 17:8-16

  God does what he always does.

  His means will change.

  His provision will not.

  Elijah did what Jesus did.

  Came to people in great need.

  Called them to great sacrifice.

  Promised great reward.

  I need to do what Elijah did.

  Challenge to serve.

  Challenge to give.

  Challenge to pray.

  ...more

  

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• August 04, 2024CLOSED DOORS AND DIRTY BIRDS

  Closed Doors and Dirty Birds

  I Kings 17:1-7

  God Hiding Elijah

  The Cherith Experience – God closes a door on

  what

  you want most to do.

  God hides you to work on you, before He works

  through you.

  God Leading Elijah

  Obedience precedes leading

  Choose the wisest means to the noblest end.

  God Feeding Elijah

  A brook, not a river (just enough)

  God used ravens

  Unclean birds often fly high in the service

  of God.

  Service is never a substitute for holiness.

  ...more

  

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• July 28, 2024Influencing Against the Culture

  I Kings 17:1,2

  Review Ahab’s Influence

  Took God Lightly

  Redefined god

  Nobody from Nowhere

  A Living Personal God

  Ahab believed religion was a part of Sociology to

  be manipulated by a politician.

  Stand in His Presence

  My main job is to live in deep contentment, joy,

  and confidence in my everyday experience with

  God.

  Everything else is job #2.

  Prioritize the Eternal

  It is better to endure any suffering in this world

  and turn to God, then to enjoy the comfort of this

  world and live without him.

  Obeyed God's Word

  Elijah spoke judgment so people would seek

  mercy. Jesus spoke mercy to people who

  deserve judgment.

  ...more

  

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• July 21, 2024True Faith In Action

  James 1: 19 - 27

  Be __________ to hear

  Be __________ to speak

  Be slow to __________

  Put off ___________________ and _________________

  Receive the ____________ Word

  Prove yourselves ____________ of the Word

  Evidence of our faith:

  Bridle our _____________

  Care for ____________ and ___________

  Keep yourself _______________ from the _____________.

  ...more

  

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• July 14, 2024INFLUENCERS

  Influencers

  I Kings 16

  “Leaders are people who set out on a journey

  and take others with them.”

  Ahab (29,30)

  None worse. Here’s why.

  Broke God’s Command (31)

  “Makes sense to me.”

  Invented god (32)

  “We all worship the

  same God but we do it our own way

  in our own place”

  Provoked God to anger (33)

  “Not how I like to think about God”

  Ignored God’s Word (34)

  “Just an old story –

  Not reality.”

  ...more

  

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