THE RESURRECTION SETS US FREE "Jesus was delivered up for our sins and raised for our salvation" - Rom 4:25 THE RESURRECTION CONFIRMS OUR FAITH "If Christ has not been raised, your faith is worthless" - 1 Cor 15:17 THE RESURRECTION EMPOWERS OUR LIVES "My goal is to know Him and the power of His resurrection" - Phil 3:10

Sermon slides are available for download below. INTRO VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQ23ryYK8ac MID-SERMON VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IOEQSE7FbJE&t=3s

Proverbs 4:23

The sermon manuscript is available for download below. SERMON SLIDES: 1. IMAGE: Ryan Leaf 2.“A hot-tempered person stirs up conflict, but one slow to anger calms strife” 3. CHAOS -“An angry man stirs up conflict, and a hot tempered one increases rebellion”-29:22 4. IRRATIONALITY “A quick tempered man acts foolishly”-14:17 “A fool gives full vent to his anger”-29:11 5. VULNERABILITY “A man who does not control his temper is like a city whose wall is broken down”-25:28 6. CLOSED-MINDEDNESS “A harsh temper bears a high price, but if you deliver him from it once, you will have to do it again”-19:19 7. RELATIONAL LOSS “Better to live in a wilderness than with a nagging and hot tempered wife”-21:19 8. PEACE “A gentle answer stills wrath-15:1 9. RATIONALITY “A person’s insight gives him patience and his virtue is to overlook a sin”-19:11 10. SECURITY “Patience is better than power, and controlling one’s emotions, than capturing a city”-16:32 11. TEACHABLENESS “Instruct the wise, and he will be wiser still; teach the righteous, and he will learn more”-9:9 12. RELATIONAL GAIN “Good sense wins favor”-13:15

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The sermon manuscript is available for download below. SERMON SLIDES: 1. An image from Flight 1549—the miracle in the Hudson/ image from movie, Sully 2. Becoming wise requires PASSION 3. Becoming wise requires RIGOROUS DISCIPLINE 4. Becoming wise requires the RIGHT RELATIONSHIPS -“The one who walks with the wise will become wise, but a companion of fools will suffer harm”-13:20 5. THE WISE FILL US “The wise store up knowledge”-10:14 6. THE WISE SHARPEN US -“Iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another”-27:17 7. “Out of these small bands came extraordinary energies for the behavioral change that affected the secular history of British and American culture, ultimately leading to the great revivals of the 18th and 19th centuries”-Thomas Oden, John Wesley’s Teachings 8. FOOLS DRAIN US 9. FOOLS DULL US 10. SEARCH OUT WISE RELATIONSHIPS -“The wise search out his friends”-12:26a 11. PAY THE COST OF WISE RELATIONSHIPS 12. PRESERVE AND PROTECT WISE RELATIONSHIPS

The manuscript is available for download below. SERMON SLIDES: 1. WORDS THAT TAKE LIFE 2. RECKLESS WORDS -“There is one who speaks rashly like the thrusts of a sword”-12:18 3. DECEPTIVE WORDS -“Perverse words crush the spirit”-15:4 4. GOSSIPING WORDS -“A gossip’s words are like choice food that goes down to one’s innermost being”-18:8 5. DISHONORING WORDS -“He who curses his father or his mother, his lamp will go out in a time of darkness”-20:20 6. WORDS THAT GIVE LIFE 7. MEASURED WORDS “The one who guards his mouth preserves his life”-13:3 8. HEALING WORDS -“A soothing tongue is a tree of life”-15:4 9. HOPEFUL WORDS -“Good news from a distant land is like cold water to a parched throat”-25:25 10. TRUTHFUL WORDS -“Truthful lips will be established forever, but a lying tongue is only for a moment”-12:19

The sermon manuscript is available for download below. SERMON SLIDES: 1. “As the door turns on its hinges, so does the sluggard on his bed” -26:14 2. The ugliness of sloth— A Constrained Life-26:14 A Helpless Life-19:24 An Irresponsible Life-22:13 3. The cost of sloth— Laziness Ruins Relationships-10:26 Laziness Ruins Hopes-21:25-26 4. The anatomy of sloth— An Intractable Spirit A Failure of Care

Sermon slides are available for download below.

The sermon manuscript is available for download below. SERMON SLIDES: 1. IMAGE: Someone taking a selfie 2. “an unreasonable conceit of superiority” - Oxford Dictionary “a distorted view of self, leading to unwarranted self-confidence” - McQuilkin “the stubborn refusal to let God be God” - Stott 3. "Pride comes before destruction, and an arrogant spirit before a fall." - Proverbs 16:18 4. “When pride comes, disgrace follows” - Proverbs 11:2 “A person’s pride will humble him” - Proverbs 29:23 "Don’t brag about yourself before a king, and don’t stand in the place of the great, for it is better for him to say to you, ‘Come up here!’ than to demote you” - Proverbs 25:6 5. “Arrogance leads to nothing but strife” - Proverbs 13:10 “One who builds a high threshold invites injury” - Proverbs 17:19 “Before his downfall a man’s heart is proud” - Proverbs 18:12 6. “Everyone with a proud heart is detestable to the Lord—be assured he will not go unpunished” - Proverbs 16:5 “The Lord tears apart the house of the proud” - Proverbs 15:25 “Six things the Lord hates; in fact, seven are detestable to Him: arrogant eyes…” - Proverbs 6:16 7. Pride IS THE FOUNDATIONAL VICE 8. Pride USURPS GOD 9. Get real with our own pride 10. Get real with pride's deceptions 11. Get real with our daily need 12. To You, the one and only King, How prone my heart is to want to be noticed. I find this irony—that I come to You in complete desperation, only to pray that You remove the things that drive me to my knees. I pray for health and wealth, position and happiness, and success. And when, by Your grace, they come, I gradually lose my grip on Your hand. Life becomes less centered—more focused upon me than You. Your blessings have made me satisfied, comfortable—and sadly—self-sufficient. I am inclined to cross lines, encroach in areas that belong to others. Worst of all—I seize the credit for what I have, what I have become. So here I am—to repent—to turn from this PRIDE. I am here, in my brokenness, in my helplessness—to say—and forever say--APART FROM YOU, I CAN DO NOTHING. -Amen