1. Calling
“Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, “Whom shall I send? And who will go for
us?” And I said, “Here am I. Send me!” Isaiah 6:8
His Calling > My Comfort
Jesus said, “As the father has sent me, so I am sending you.” John 20:21
2. Courage
“Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be frightened, and do
not be dismayed, for the LORD your God is with you wherever you go.” Joshua 1:9
Here I am, send me to _______________________________

Title: False Positives

Definition:
A false positive is a professed believer whose life has not been transformed by grace. False
positives are not born again.
Jesus closed the Sermon on the Mount with a strong warning against unbelief.
The Problem
1. False positives choose the easy route rather than the hard road (vv. 13-14).
a. The easy way leads to destruction.
b. The hard road leads to deliverance.
2. False positives are attracted to false prophets (vv. 15-20).
a. False prophets look good on the outside but hate God on the inside.
b. False prophets cannot produce God-glorifying fruit.
c. False prophets must be rejected.
3. False positives are false disciples (vv. 21-23)
a. False positives are self-seeking.
b. False positives assume religious activity equals saving faith.
c. False positives lack intimacy with God.

The Solution
1. Genuine faith produces the obedience of faith (vv. 24-27)
a. Practice what He preached (wise)
b. Practice what you preach (foolish)
c. Faith that fizzles was faulty at first.

The Application
1. Turn to Christ in true repentance and faith.
a. God-Man- Savior-Response
b. Surrender to the Lordship of Christ
c. Savor the Love of Christ

Praying for the Undeserving
Matthew 5:43-48

We forgive others because we are part of the Kingdom of forgiveness.
“Do not seek revenge or bear a grudge against anyone among your people, but love your
neighbor as yourself. I am the LORD.” Leviticus 19:18
Why should we forgive?
a. Bitterness is a self-inflicting poison.
b. You will need forgiveness.
“For if you forgive other people when they sin against you, your heavenly Father will
also forgive you. But if you do not forgive others their sins, your Father will not forgive
your sins.” Matthew 6:14-15
How do we forgive?
a. Praying for them
b. As we have been forgiven.
“So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you, for this sums up the
Law and the Prophets.” Matthew 7:12
“Falling on his knees, he cried out with a loud voice, "Lord, do not hold this sin against
them!” Acts 7:60
We forgive ourselves because God values us.

Dream Big
Matthew 7:7-12

A. W. Tozer, “We may as well face it: the whole level of spirituality among us is low. 
We have measured ourselves by ourselves until the incentive to seek higher plateaus in
the things of the Spirit is all but gone...[We] have imitated the world, sought popular
favor, manufactured delights to substitute for the joy of the Lord and produced a cheap
and synthetic power to substitute for the power of the Holy Ghost.”
1. Ask, Seek, Knock speak to the need for persistency in prayer.
2. The promises of prayer speak to the character of the Father.
“You do not have because you do not ask God.”  James 4:2b
“You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart.” Jeremiah 29:13
“Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I
will come in and eat with that person, and they with me.” Revelation 3:20
3. When persistency lacks and promises seem to fail.
“Yet to all who did receive him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to
become children of God.” John 1:12
“Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according
to his power that is at work within us.” Ephesians 3:20

“ For I tell you that unless your righteousness surpasses that of the Pharisees and the
teachers of the law, you will certainly not enter the kingdom of heaven.” Matthew 5:20
1. You don’t pray to be seen.
2. You don’t have to use a lot of words.
Prayer isn’t about having the right words, but about having the right heart.
“In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to
pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us through wordless groans.” Romans 8:26
3. Prayer is learned.
“Surely the arm of the LORD is not too short to save, nor his ear too dull to hear. But your
iniquities have separated you from your God; your sins have hidden his face from you, so
that he will not hear.” Isaiah 59:1-2
Praise
Repent
Ask
Yield
“Solitude bears the same relation to the mind that sleep does to the body. It affords it the
necessary opportunities for repose and recovery.” —William G. Simms

Building a Marriage That Lasts
Matthew 5:33-42; 7:1-5

Matthew 5:20, “For I tell you that unless your righteousness surpasses that of the
Pharisees and the teachers of the law, you will certainly not enter the kingdom of
heaven.”
1. Say yes to your marriage.
“Therefore each of you must put off falsehood and speak truthfully to your neighbor, for
we are all members of one body.” Ephesians 4:25
“Whoever walks in integrity walks securely, but whoever takes crooked paths will be
found out.” Proverbs 10:9
2. Say no to yourself
“The greatest among you will be your servant. For those who exalt themselves will be
humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted.” Matthew 23:11-12
“Just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a
ransom for many.” Matthew 20:28
3. Say yes to the Holy Spirit.
“Be not angry that you cannot make others as you wish them to be, since you cannot
make yourself as you wish to be. – Thomas a Kempis
“Everybody thinks of changing Humanity and Nobody thinks of changing Himself.” -
Tolstoy
"For it is God who works in you to will and to act according to his good purpose."
Philippians 2:13

Marriages Built to Last
Matthew 5:31-32

“Everyone then who hears these words of mine and does them will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock.” Matthew 7: 24

“For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh.” Genesis 2:24

He created marriage.
He designed marriage.
God loves you.

CERTIFICATE OF DIVORCE

"When a man takes a wife and marries her, and it happens that she finds no favor in his eyes because he has found some indecency in her, and he writes her a certificate of divorce and puts it in her hand and sends her out from his house, and she leaves his house and goes and becomes another man's wife.” Deuteronomy 24:1-2

“If a man takes a wife and, after sleeping with her, dislikes her and slanders her and gives her a bad name, saying, “I married this woman, but when I approached her, I did not find proof of her virginity,” Deuteronomy 22:13-14

We justify our sin.
We are not willing to work.
We forget our own sin.
There is hope.

“Jesus looked at them and said, "With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26

Purity, Built to Last
Matthew 5:27-32

“Each person is tempted when they are dragged away by their own evil desire and enticed. 1Then, after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, gives birth to death.” James 1:14-15

HOW ARE YOU HOOKED?

Exposed to improper sexuality.
Injured by the exposure.
Confused by the injury.

IS THERE A PATH TO FREEDOM?

Guard the wound.

“How can a young person stay on the path of purity? By living according to your word.” Psalm 119:9

Pursue Jesus.

Contentment That Will last
Matthew 6:19-24

“If I were hungry I would not tell you, for the world is mine, and all that is in it.” Psalm 50:12

Bigger barns are not a blessing.

Make the best investment.

“Do not be afraid, little flock, for your Father has been pleased to give you the kingdom.” Luke 12:32

"He is no fool who gives up what he cannot keep to gain that which he cannot lose." -Jim Elliott-Martyred missionary

What is controlling your decisions?