THE WORD

Yvette Latta inspires the hearers to expand their level of courage by being confident in Christ, cutting off their past, comforting others as they are comforted, becoming conscious of other people's needs, and cultivating confidence in our calling.

While drawing lessons from the promotion of Joshua, Pastor Alan challenges the congregation to serve courageously and to be willing to be promoted and take on more responsibility as God sends his blessing.

In preparation for The Alpha Course this sermon encourages the hearers to be more relational with unbelievers in their lifestyles. Because listening to people can make them more willing to hear us and because many will not care about how much we know until they know how much we care, it is imperative that we learn how to identify with unbelievers for effective evangelistic ministry.

Pastor Alan communicates the call to make more than converts and to preach more than life after death. Disciplemaking is what Jesus commissions as well as life transformation rather than life extension only.

From the words of Jesus when He commissioned his disciples to "be wise" as they go out to minister "in the midst of wolves", Pastor Alan strongly challenges Generations Church to be wise in evangelism, in being both relational and conversational, as well as not being unscriptural nor unreasonable.

This strong exhortation encourages the hearers to pursue knowing God with all their hearts, because we are all as close to God as we want to be.

In addition to knowing God, Pastor Alan motivates the Generations congreation to reach out to make Him known to this generation and beyond.

Here at the end of a sermon series - which asked some very soul searching questions - comes an outward focused question, from this Letter of Jesus to the Messenger of the Church in Sardis.

"Are You Alive?" preaches evangelism from the primary signs of life as well as a very important sign that a fiancee' is ready for marriage.

All the way from the U. K., Noel Richards brings us a very encouraging word about the treasures we have in Jesus and how we can share them - as we go about our daily lives - with those who have not yet received them.

The Church in Thyatira had a lot of good going on but they were allowing a false minister to lead people into sin without confronting their error. In this sermon, Pastor Alan asks the question, "What evil are we allowing to have a place in our heart and mind that could lead us astray?" While confronting the true possibility of our harboring favorite sins, a call is given for repentance and accountability.

From the Letter of Jesus to the leadership of a local church in Pergamus, Pastor Alan Latta encourages the hearers to be aware of the sinful influences of the worldly culture around us. A relevant scriptural application to this sermon is found in ROMANS 12:2.