First Baptist Church of Titusville FL

I. We can't make it happen

II. Keep it simple (Titus 2:11)

III. It isn't X-Mas (Romans 8:39)

IV. See it for what it really is

If we will just prepare to see Christmas again for the first time, we will see God's message of hope, peace, joy, and love in a noisy, busy world.

I. The Lepers' Condition

II. The Lepers' Cry

III. One Leper's Celebration

A. Understanding of Blessing

B. Expression of Gratitude

How evident is your gratitude for all God has done for you?

Introduction: Thanksgiving Day does not commemorate a battle, a patriotic event, or anyone's birthday. It is a day to express thanks to God.

I. Shout for joy, all the earth

II. Worship the Lord with gladness: come before Him with joyful songs

III. Know that the Lord is God...It is He who made us...We are His people

A. Know God Personally

B. God has made us (and not we ourselves)

C. We are not the shepherd - we are the sheep

IV. Enter His gates with thanksgiving and enter His courts with praise

V. For the Lord is good, His love endures forever; His faithfulness continues through all generations

Close: "I will tell your name"

Special performances by the Titusville Fine Arts Initiative

If we do our part - God will do His part.

If we do what God says - God will do what He says.

If we follow His plan - we will receive His promises.

I. What we need to do

A. Humble ourselves (Before God, with each other)

B. Pray

C. Seek God's face (To please Him. To get to know Him better)

D. Turn from wicked ways

II. What God promises to do

A. God will hear

B. God will forgive

C. God will heal

Introduction: Voices come to us telling us what truth, integrity, and morality are. We cannot always trust the source of these messages. We must listen to the voices of truth from God's Word.

I. God says, "I love you."

II. The cross says, "I lean toward you."

III. Jesus says, "I long to save you."

Communion - We look back. We look within. We look around. We look ahead.

IV. The Spirit says, "I'll live inside you."

V. The Bible says, "You can know Him."

A. He made us His children.

B. You bear His name.

C. You have His inheritance.

D. You have a sealed future.

Introduction: The tool God used to take the Gospel to Antioch, the 3rd largest city in the Roman Empire with half a million people, and known for its wickedness, was persecution.

I. Names

Disciples

Believers

Saints

Brothers

Nazerenes

Christians

II. Title of "Christian":

Follower of Christ

Imitator of Christ

"Little Christ"

III. How Did They Do It?

They imitated Jesus

IV. The Results:

The Lord's hand was with them

V. The Question:

Are you honoring the One after whom you are named? Deuteronomy 10:12

A BOLD FAITH Produces:

I. Boldness in Teaching

II. Boldness in Praying

III. Boldness in Living

"Preach the Gospel. If necessary, use words."

IV. Boldness in Witness

Scene One: The crowd

Scene Two: The ruler of the synagogue

Scene Three: The woman

Why her faith is worth looking at...

I. We find her perception of Jesus

II. We are reminded that we come as we are

III. We see how to reach out to Him

Final thought: Is this true of our family?

First Baptist Church of Titusville FL