Lost Mountain Baptist Church

Ephesians 5:21 & 6:5-9

"All work is a calling of God and should be done for His glory"

Title: “When Life is Heavy”

Text: Psalm 23 — Additional texts: Matthew 11:28-30; John 10:11-13

Quotes:

“All the care, all the work, all the alert watchfulness, all the skill, all the concern, all the self-sacrifice are born of His love—the love of One who loves His sheep, loves His work, loves His roles a Shepherd.” —W. Phillip Keller

Week 1 of Made for Purpose: Image & Purpose

Text: Genesis 1:26-30

Supporting: Psalm 8:1-9; Romans 8:18-23

Quotes:

“Being in God’s image, man and woman are to rule the world in God’s name. Inherent in this command to rule in God’s stead is the God-given capacity to know, worship, and enjoy the Creator.” –David Allan Hubbard 

“We are God’s royal stewards, put here to develop the hidden potentials in God’s creation so that the whole of it may celebrate his glory.” –Craig Bartholomew

“God himself is revealed or ‘imaged’ in his creation precisely as we are busy within the creation developing its hidden potentials in agriculture, art, music, commerce, politics, scholarship, family life, church, leisure, and so on, in ways that honor God.”         –Craig Bartholomew

You exist to be image-bearers of God, bringing his good rule and reign into every domain of his creation, to his glory and praise. (can you just have this sentence ready to put up—underlines and all?)   

“We are made for God, and our hearts are restless until we find our rest in him.” –Augustine

Title: “Kingdom-Focused Service”

Main text: Mark 10:35-41

Supporting texts: Galatians 5:13; 1 Peter 4:10

Quotes:

"True service ministers simply and faithfully because there is a need. It knows that the ‘feeling to serve’ can often be a hindrance to true service.”

—Richard Foster

“More than any other single way, the grace of humility is worked into our lives through the discipline of service. Of all the classical spiritual disciplines, service is the most conducive to the growth of humility.” 

—Richard Foster

“When the Spirit of Jesus the Messiah comes to dwell in Christians, individually and corporately, this happens so that they can be—all together—the place where his genuinely human life actually and physically continues within the life of the present world.” —N.T. Wright 

Week 4 of Micah

“The Faithfulness of God” 

Micah 3:9-4:7, Micah 2:12-13, 5:7; Isaiah 37:31-32; Micah 4:10, 7:18-20

Quotes:

God’s ardor for them is in no way diminished, and whenever the faintest spark of trust appears in them, his breath is there to fan it into flame. -John Oswalt

One of the reasons for the beauty of this passage is that it is totally out of harmony with the reality of our world, yet fully in harmony with what we would like the world to be. -Peter Craigie

Week 5 of Micah

Micah 7:8-20 "God's Reign"

Week 3 of Micah

Galatians 4:4-5, Micah 6:3-8, Isaiah 42:8, Amos 5:21-24 (The Message), Isaiah 42:1-4, Romans 12:21, Micah 7:18-20

"It is only through the righteousness of Christ that I can act justly, love mercy, and walk humbly with our God." - Jake Turner

Week 1 of Micah: "Truth and Justice"

Pastor Matt Jeffreys

Micah 1:1-16