I. Faith is Required 1 Cor 4:1-2  – We are servants of Christ & stewards of the mysteries of God – In church when you talk about stewardship what are you usually talking about? – Its code for we are about to build a building Explain what a steward actually was -Managed the owners possessions – So, why would it be required of stewards to be found trustworthy? – Because what they are entrusted with what belongs… Continue reading

I. The Plans We Make v.13 – Often when we are trying to figure out our life we make plans about: Location – Where we want to live           Work – What we are going to do Time – How long we are going to stay Money-This is the deciding factor in our decision making process. The why! -There are a lot of ways to make a living & many of them make sense… Continue reading

Today’s guest speaker is Bobby Wilson.  Bobby is a long time member of New Life Baptist Church, the teacher for our College and Career Ministry.  Today Bobby talks about what we Value in life and how Christians express value. Continue reading

I. Jesus Came to Save Us! – We celebrate Christmas today because Jesus came to save us    * Luke 19:10,“For the Son of Man has come to seek & to save that which was lost”      – From the story of Zaccheus who Jesus picks out of the tree, goes            to his house, he & his family r saved, & then Jesus says this    * Matthew 20:28,“Just as the Son of Man… Continue reading

I. Deny Yourself He begins by addressing the most difficult and deceptive challenge we face when attempting to follow Jesus – Denying ourselves Often we want to follow Jesus while pursuing r own agenda for our lives and how God can use us in the church – But God wants to be over ALL these things This is why He warns us in v.24, “For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it, but… Continue reading

I. God is Speaking  v.3-6 We are told here that God’s voice was rare in those days    * Contextually what he is talking about is very few prophets were declaring what God had spoken to them – It was a quiet time    * Sometimes, we feel the same way, that God’s voice is rare or absent all together We must realize God is speaking to us constantly – Samuel heard the voice… Continue reading

I. Lovers & Seekers of Jesus Matthew 22:37, 37 And He said to him, “‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.’  Hebrews 11:6, “6 And without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is and that He is a rewarder of those who seek Him. – That exists here – This is not…

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I. Beware  v.3 – We need to beware that we have an enemy who wants to deceive us – Eve was deceived by craftiness and the enemy is coming at us the same way – Eve’s deception came in 2 steps:   The enemy lied to her about who she was – We too have things we believe about ourselves that are not true scripturally – We must take an honest look at what God’s Word…

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I. A Moving of the Spirit  v.16 – As Paul walks into Athens his spirit was provoked as he observed the    city full of idols – Not provoked to judgment, provoked to opportunity – Has your spirit ever been provoked when:    You overhear a coworker say something related to spiritual matters?    Someone asks you a direct question that is clearly spiritually related?    You get invited to something that would compromise your…

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I. A Proper Mindset  v.1-2 – Be imitators of God as beloved children – Children imitating others in deed & speech and they pick things up naturally. They adopt your behavior by just being around you – It’s the same spiritually – In the same way Christ’s love for us produced the following actions:    * He gave Himself up for us – Look at Jesus’ attitude. Read Phil 2:5-8    * He was both…

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