Title: God’s Power Changes Lives

Text: 1 Peter 4:2-6 NASB95

1 Peter 4:1

I. God’s Power Changes Our Purpose

a. 1 Peter 4:2-3, “so as to live the rest of the time in the flesh no longer for the lusts

of men, but for the will of God. For the time already past is sufficient for you to

have carried out the desire of the Gentiles...”

b. 2 Corinthians 5:17

c. Ephesians 2:10

d. Ephesians 4:22-24

II. God’s Power Changes Our Habits.

a. 1 Peter 4:3, “For the time already past is sufficient for you to have carried out the

desire of the Gentiles...”

b. Romans 8:1

c. 1 Peter 4:3, For the time already past is sufficient for you to have carried out the

desire of the Gentiles, [a]

having pursued...

d. 1 Peter 4:3“sensuality, lusts, drunkenness, carousing, drinking parties and

[d]abominable idolatries.”

III. God’s Power Changes Our Relationships

a. 1 Peter 4:4

IV. God’s Power Changes Our Outlook

a. 1 Peter 4:5

b. 1 Peter 4:6

Series: Living Life Backwards

Title: A Fulfilled Life

Text: Ecc 11: 9-10

Ecc 11:9-10

I. Remember Your Creator

a. Ecc. 12:1-8

b. Psalm 119:9

c. 2 Tim 3:15

d. Psalm 8:3-4

II. Fear God

a. Ecc 12:13-14

b. Exodus 20:20

c. Acts 9:31

III. Keep His Commandments

a. John 14:15

b. John 14:24

c. 1 John 5:3

Series: Living Life Backwards

Text: Ecclesiastes 9:1-12

Title: Enjoy Life

I. Enjoy Life Because God is in Control

A. Ecc 9:1

B. Proverbs 19:21

C. John 10:27-29

II. Enjoy Life Because Death is Certain

A. Ecc. 9:2-6

B. James 4:14

C. Hebrews 2:15

III. Enjoy Life Because Everything Else is Uncertain

A. Ecc 9:11-12

B. James 4:13-15

IV. Enjoy Life Because Life is a Gift, not Gain

A. Ecc. 9:7-10

Series: Living Life Backwards

Title: Better Wisdom in a Broken World.

Text: Ecclesiastes 7:1-14 NIV

Ecc 6:12

I. Look on Death

a. Ecc. 7:1 “a good name is better than fine perfume”

b. Ecc 7:1 “and the day of death better than the day of birth”

c. Philippians 1:23

d. Quote: Charles Spurgeon “Death is the end of dying. On the day of the believer’s

death, dying is forever done with. The saints who are with God shall never die

any more. Life is wrestling, struggling, but death is the end of conflict: it is rest-

victory.”

e. Ecc 7:2

f. Ecc 7:4

g. Ecc 7:3

II. Ignore the Fools

a. Ecc. 7:5-6

b. Proverbs 27:5-6

c. 2 Tim 4:3-4

III. Live in the Present

a. Ecc 7:7-9

b. Ecc 7:10

c. Isaiah 43:18-19, “Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past. See, I am

doing a new thing!...”

d. Philippians 4:11

IV. Invest in Wisdom

a. Ecc. 7:11-12

V. Embrace the Mystery of Life

a. Ecc. 7:13-14

b. Job 1:21

Series: Living Life Backwards

Title: All Is Not Enough

Text: Ecclesiastes 4 (NASB95)

I. The Vanity of Power

a. Ecclesiastes 4:1-3

1. Quote: Baron Acton once said, “Power tends to corrupt, and absolute

power corrupts absolutely.”

b. Hab 1:3-4

c. Ecclesiastes 3:17

II. The Vanity of Possessions

a. Ecclesiastes 4:4-6

i. Quote: Charles Spurgeon once said, “If you’re not content with what you

have, you won’t be content with twice as much.”

b. Ecclesiastes 4:7-8

c. Ecclesiastes 4:9-12

d. The Benefits of Friends, Marriage, and Family:

i. Reward (Vs 9)

ii. Help (Vs 10)

iii. Comfort (Vs 11)

iv. Strength (Vs 12)

III. The Vanity of Popularity

a. Ecclesiastes 4:13-16

Series: Living Life Backwards

Title: The Time of Your Life

Text: Ecclesiastes 3 NIV

Ecclesiastes 3

2 Aspects of Time:

1. Temporal

2. Eternal

I. Life is Temporal

a. Ecclesiastes 3:1-8

b. Ps 139:16

c. 2 Things about Temporal Life:

i. Time is in God’s hands

ii. Whatever time or season of life you find yourself, enjoy it

d. Ecclesiastes 3:1

e. Ecclesiastes 3:11

f. Dan 2:21

g. Acts 1:7

h. Psalm 31:15, “My times are in your hands.”

II. Death is Inevitable

a. John 5:24

b. Ecclesiastes 3:19

III. Judgment is Unavoidable

a. Hebrews 9:27

b. Ecclesiastes. 1:17

c. 2 Corinthians 5:10

d. Romans 8:1

IV. Eternity is Undeniable

a. Ecc 3:14

b. Ecc 3:11 “...He has also set eternity in the human heart yet[a] no one can fathom

what God has done from beginning to end.”

c. Romans 6:23

d. 1 Corinthians 2:9

Series: Living Life Backwards

Title: Busting the Bubble

Text: Ecc. 1:1 (NIV all verses)

“A proper perspective on death is the key to true life.”

More will satisfy me

Ecc. 1:1 “The words of the Teacher, son of David, king in Jerusalem:...”

Ecc. 1:2

Ecc 1:3-4

Ecc 1:9

Ecc 1:11

I. The Sun is Chasing Its Tail

A. Ecc. 1:5

B. Ecc. 1:11

II. We’re Chasing the Wind

A. Ecc. 1:16-17

B. Ecc. 3:1-3

C. Ecc. 2:4-6

D. Ecc. 2:10-11

E. Ecc. 1:9

III. How Should We Live?

A. Ecc. 12:13-14

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Title: Who is the King of Glory | Yahweh Sabaoth

Verse: Psalm 24

Psalm 24

Psalm 46:8-11

1. What it Means:

- The Bible is God's Self-revelation

- The primary reason we read Scripture is to learn about our God

- Yahweh Sabaoth: The Lord of Hosts or The Lord of Armies

2. Where We See It:

- Hosts of the heavens

- Hosts of Israel

- Hosts of the Army of Israel

- LORD of Hosts: Name of God

- Hannah

- Tabernacle

- Temple

- David Facing Goliath

- God's Eternal Covenant with David

- Elijah

- Elisha

- 285 times in the Old Testament

- Romans

- James

- The Church

Matthew 28:18-20

Revelation 7:9-17

3. Who is it?

- The Commander of the Army of Lord

- God

Malachi 3:1

Isaiah 8:12-15

Philippians 2:5-11

Isaiah 45

Revelation 19:11-16

Title: When the Fire Falls

Text: 1 Kings 18:25-39

1 Kings 18:20-12

1 Kings 18:37

I. False Fire Fails

A. 1 Kings 18:25-39

II. The Fixed Altar

A. 1 Kings 18:3 –35

B. 4 Steps to Make Fire Fall:

1. Repair the Altar

2. Have Confidence

a) 1 Kings 18:33-35

3. Pray

a) 1 Kngs 18:36-37

4. Follow God’s Word

III. True Fire Falls

A. 1 Kings 18:38-39

Title: Martyred

Text: Acts 7:54-60

I. Proclaiming the Truth

A. Acts 7:51-53

B. John 3:19-20

C. Amos 5:10

D. Galatians 4:16

E. 2 Timothy 4:3-4

F. John 7:7

II. The Wound of Truth

A. Acts 7:54

B. Hebrews 4:12

C. 2 Corinthians 2:15-16

III. Stand Firm in Truth

A. Acts 7:55-56

B. Matthew 10:32

IV. Loving Through Truth

A. Acts 7:57-60

B. Romans 12:21

C. Matthew 5:44