Sermon Series: Anything But Average – November 22 – Marc Sundstrom

Sermon Title:  Rock Solid

Key Scriptures:  Matthew 7:24-27

 

     

 

 

Definitions of Practice: the actual application or use of an idea, belief, or method

      Repeated exercise/performance of an activity/skill so as to acquire/maintain proficiency in it.

           

 

 

 

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Sermon Series: Anything But Average – November 15 – Marc Sundstrom

Sermon Title:  Worship or Worry

Key Scriptures:  Matthew 6:19-34

 

 

     

Average: Give 2.2% of income, spend 103% of income, mountains of debt, paycheck to paycheck

 

Anything But: Give God 10%, save 10%, Spend less than you make, Avoid Debt, Be Generous & Content

           

     

1 Tim. 6:17-19 à

 

 

 

Sermon Series: Anything But Average – November 8 – Michael Coker

Sermon Title:  Exceeding Average

Key Scriptures:  Matthew 5:38-42

Bottom Line:  Nobody wants to be average.

 

 

Averages are an indicator of what is most true about most of us.

 

You don’t want to be an average American, Jesus does not want you to be average either.

 

*Matthew 5:38-42

 

*BL: Exceeding average is impossible without Jesus

 

God exceeded our expectations by sending Jesus to reconcile us to Him.

Sermon Series: Prove It! – Nov. 1 – Marc Sundstrom

Sermon Title:  Suffering Well

Key Scriptures:  James 5:7-11

Bottom Line:  We can see God in a new way through our suffering, and so can the world around us...

 

James 5:7-11

 

Suffer well, the world is watching

 

James 3:13

 

Pain is an opportunity to Prove It!  Suffering is an opportunity to Show It!

 

Four main commands on suffering well in James 5:7-11:

      v7 – Be Patient

            Heb. 12:11 & Jn. 16:33

      v8 – Stand Firm

      v9 – Don’t grumble against each other

      v10-11 – Take the prophets/consider them blessed

            Remember that God is compassionate and merciful!  

            He is the Father of Compassion and the God of all Comfort

 

Epicurean Trilemma:

      1. If God is unable to prevent evil, then he is not all-powerful.

      2. If God is not willing to prevent evil, then he is not all-good.

      3. If God is both willing and able to prevent evil, then why does evil exist?

 

Jam. 1:2-4 & Rom. 5:2-5

 

“Pain insists upon being attended to. God whispers to us in our pleasures, speaks in our consciences, but shouts in our pains. It is His megaphone to rouse a deaf world.”

     

BL: We can see God in a new way through our suffering, and so can the world around us...

Sermon Series: Prove It! – Oct. 25 – Marc Sundstrom

Sermon Title:  Get Serious!

Key Scriptures:  James 4:4-12 (MSG)

Bottom Line:  Friendship with God makes us humble; friendship with the world makes us proud.

 

 

James 4:4-12

      Conviction vs. Condemnation...

     

“You can’t shack up with the devil and expect God to pay the rent!”

     

      His love has no limits, His grace has no measure,

      His power no boundary known unto men;

      For out of His infinite riches in Jesus

      He giveth, and giveth, and giveth again.

     

Bottom Line:  Friendship w/ God makes us humble; friendship w/ the world makes us proud       

 

“Satan doesn’t have to convince you and me to do his will for our life.  He only has to tempt us to demand our own.” – Beth Moore

 

“Face-to-face intimacy with Christ only comes intentionally.” – Beth Moore

 

"Good and evil both increase at compound interest. That is why the little decisions you and I make every day are of such infinite importance. The smallest good act today is the capture of a strategic point from which, a few months later, you may be able to go on to victories you never dreamed of." ~C.S. Lewis

     

Bottom Line:  Friendship w/ God makes us humble; friendship w/ the world makes us proud

BE Conference, Session 1 - Be Transformed

BE Conference, Session 3 - Be Unleashed

BE Conference, Session 2 - Be Empowered

Sermon Series: Prove It! – Oct. 18 – Marc Sundstrom

Sermon Title:  The Good Life

Key Scriptures:  James 3:13-18

Bottom Line: Your life might be the only proof of God’s love some people will ever see!

 

 

 

 

           

     

 

      1.  Accept Jesus Christ as Lord AND Savior

      2.  Understand the Gospel

      3.  Do Good Deeds

      4.  Be humble

            Humility is not thinking of less of yourself; it’s thinking of yourself less.”  -Rick Warren

      5.  Seek Heaven’s Wisdom

      6.  Make peace

            “Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called sons of God.” - Mt. 5:9, NIV84

      7.  PROVE IT!