I Samuel 17:1-16, 41-50

I. Identify your giant(s).

II. Not bigger than the name of Jesus.

All the changes God wants in our lives is more about trusting and less about trying.

His divine power has given us everything we need for a godly life through our knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and goodness.

Luke 24:13-17

I. In the Garden

II. On the road to Emmaus

2. Jesus comes when we serve others. We meet the resurrected Christ when we serve strangers in need. Jesus comes in the breaking of bread.

John 19:30; Luke 23:43-47

I. It is finished!

For I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God that brings salvation to everyone who believes…

II. The Temple curtain is torn.

III. Jesus’ dying prayer.

In you, O Lord, I seek refuge;

You are indeed my rock and my fortress;

The primary purpose of Jesus’ words about his return are to encourage believers in the face of adversity and to invite his hearers to always be ready for the end.

Mark 15:29-36

I. Jesus knows what it’s like to feel abandoned by God.

II. Jesus teaches us to suffer and sacrifice for others.

III. Jesus prays and worships in His time of despair.

All who see me mock at me. (verse 7)

For he did not despise or abhor

Before him shall bow all who go down to the dust,

John 19:28-37

John 19:28

Later, knowing that everything had now been finished, and so that Scripture would be fulfilled, Jesus said, “I am thirsty.”

I. Jesus Is A SYMPATHETIC Savior.

“For we do not have a high priest who is unable to empathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are—yet he did not sin.”

II. Jesus Is A SCRIPTURAL Savior.

“They put gall in my food and gave me vinegar for my thirst.”

“A jar of wine vinegar was there, so they soaked a sponge in it, put the sponge on a stalk of the hyssop plant, and lifted it to Jesus’ lips.”

The strongest evidence that Jesus can do what He has promised in YOUR life, is that He fulfilled what was foretold about HIS life!

III. Jesus Is A SUFFICIENT Savior.

We all experience times of deep distress in our lives, but the reason we never escape the feeling of being unsatisfied is that we seek to quench our thirst at the wrong wells.

“Never again will they hunger; never again will they thirst. The sun will not beat down on them,’ nor any scorching heat.”

“The Spirit and the bride say, “Come!” And let the one who hears say, “Come!” Let the one who is thirsty come; and let the one who wishes take the free gift of the water of life.”

“Come, all you who are thirsty, come to the waters, and you who have no money, come,

John 19:25-27

I. Women in Jesus’ Ministry

II. Mary as the Second Eve

III. Honor Your Father and Your Mother

IV. John as a Model for the Church

Perhaps we are to learn that family ties are transcended in the church by the ties of the Spirit.

“Whoever does the will of God is my brother and sister and mother”

V. A Woman Who Lost a Son

Luke 23:32, 39-43

For the Son of Man came to seek and to save what was lost.

I. “Today”

After six days Jesus took with him Peter, James and John the brother of James, and led them up a high mountain by themselves. There he was transfigured before them. His face shone like the sun,

Therefore, we are always confident and know that as long as we are at home in the body we are away from the Lord. We live by faith, not by sight. We are confident, I say, and would prefer to be

For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain. If I am to go on living in the body, this will mean fruitful labor for me. Yet what shall I choose? I do not know! I am torn between the two: I desire to

II. “You will be with Me”

III. “In paradise”

Luke 23:26-27; 32-34

I. Father, forgive them.

II. We need forgiveness.

III. God’s grace is a gift.

“For while we were still weak, at the right time Christ died for

IV. Jesus modeled forgiveness.

Blessed are the merciful, for they will receive mercy.

Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you.

Forgive us for our sins as we forgive those who have sinned against us.

If you forgive others their sins, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.

Romans 8: 1-2; 38-39

Proverbs 23:7 As a man thinks in his heart, so is he.

There is therefore, now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus.

For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

III. Defined in shape and capacity by the Holy Spirit.

Romans 8:1-38

If you are rightly related to God through Jesus Christ, submitted to His indwelling Spirit, then you are free, secure, destined, purposeful, hopeful and at peace!

Luke 7:1-10

Our identity gives us authority.

What can you do with authority?

John 14:12-14

You will never have authority over what you do not love.

Real authority is humble.

You can grow in authority.

Your authority grows in relation to your character.