Grace Baptist Church

No one enjoys difficult seasons of life. And yet, these times of endurance are placed there by the Lord to help us grow in our Christian faith. Join three men as they share their story of endurance and the lessons that the Lord taught them. --As we share these stories together, we will as we swim, bike and run a triathlon in NYC and encourage you to help our church take the next steps in raising funds for a building project. Each step of faith is important. Help us move forward- --Donate here- https---nycgrace.org-race

As we contrast the lives of Jonah and Paul, we find valuable lessons for us and an appeal to radical great commission living.

There is no such thing as a selfish Christian. If you are living for self then you are not living out the servant mindset of our Lord who came to serve rather than to be served. This is a central component to finding our calling in what God is doing on the earth today... to be plugged in to what He is building. --The Bible gives a stark illustration of the necessity of serving one another in Romans 12. God designed us as Christians to be healthy when we are serving one another in love. Your life is not your own. It is wound up in what God is doing as He builds His church.

Joshua faced a daunting task and God gave him grace to complete the task with joy. How did He prepare Joshua and what can we learn from his life-

What is the perfect society- Sociologist and Philosophers have struggled with the answer to that question for a long time. What would it look like and more importantly, how might we get there---Our Lord gives us the description and prescription for a perfect society in one verse. We will examine that passage Sunday as we consider God's kindness to us.

In the next section of the Sermon on the Mount Jesus draws us into His embrace asking us to speak with God about what is on our heart in prayer. And He does so in relationship to children with a parent.

Following a command not to be judgmental, the Lord cautions us not to be naive in how we allow others to take advantage of His Gospel truths in our lives. When do we cut these relationships off-

Don't Judge others- That is the next topic in Jesus' Sermon by the Sea. All judgment has passed over to Him Who judges perfectly. Does this mean that I should never correct someone- In what way do we judge- Let's dive into Matthew 7-1-5.

One of the most quoted, and inspirational verses in the Bible is Matthew 6-33. Let it encourage you again to put Christ first in your life as Jesus preaches His Kingdom priorities on the Sermon on the Mount.

God's Great words of compassion come to us from Ephesians 2-1-7. In this Sermon Dr. Baker focuses our attention primarily on verse 4.