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Scripture Reference: Colossians 2:6-15
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Sunday, November 6, 2016
Tuesday, November 1, 2016
The Spiritual Fruit of Love
10-23-2016
Tutti frutti flavor is multiple fruits wrapped into one to give a singular flavor. This is what the Fruit of the Spirit is. That is why the word “fruit” is singular and not plural. The Spirit of God is trying to produce this fruit in us. All of us as Christians should be producing all of these characteristics as a single unit in our lives. It is something that we are to be doing. It is something that is supposed to be a part of our life. It is the way by which we demonstrate Christ through our actions, our thinking, and our character. And in this message we will be talking about love.
Scripture References: Matthew 7:16-18, Galatians 5:22-23, Romans 5:5, Philippians 2:3, Matthew 22:37-39, Ephesians 5:2, Matthew 5:43-44, John 15:12-13, 1 Corinthians 13:4-7, Philippians 1:9, Ephesians 3:17-19
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Would You Care To Make That A Christ Supreme?
10-23-2016
You can go to McDonald’s and get a regular sized order of fries. But, if you want, you can super-size your order. When you super-size you are just getting more of the same thing, more fries. And when you go to Taco Bell, you can buy a regular taco. But, if you want, you can get a taco supreme. A taco supreme has been upgraded qualitatively, having more ingredients, making it better. In the Christian life you have the same option. When you come to Christ you can make a qualitative change. Jesus is qualitatively different. He is the Supreme One. So the title of this message is, “Would You Care to Make that a Christ Supreme?”
Scripture Reference: Colossians 1:15-23
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Prized Possessions
10-16-2016
Two weeks ago we started a new series in the book of Colossians called “Diamond” because that is what God is doing in your life. God is making diamonds out of us as Christians. We all have prized possessions. A prized possession is something that is your pride and joy, your treasure, or your obsession. They come in many forms. Your prized possession may be some item that was passed down to you from a relative, your physical appearance, your job, or your pet. But every prized possession that we own or identify with is temporary. We will not always have it. So what do I have as a Christian that I cannot lose?
Scripture Reference: Colossians 1:3-14
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Monday, October 10, 2016
Tasty Spiritual Fruit
10-02-2016
PM Service
Tutti frutti is actually a taste. It is multiple fruit flavors combined to make one flavor. Our new sermon series will look at the very, very, tasty, tutti frutti taste of the Spirit of God as He works to produce the fruit of the spirit in our lives.
Scripture References: Galatians 5:22-24, John 15:1-2-8, John 16:13, Galatians 5:16-17, Ephesians 5:18, Romans 8:9-11, Philippians 2:12-13, 1 Corinthians 6:19-20
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Thursday, October 6, 2016
From God With Love
10-02-2016
Diamonds are formed at great depths in the Earth under great temperature and pressure. They are the hardest natural material known, and as such, they are not given to impurities. This causes them to be very valuable. Diamonds are also useful due to their durability. That is what we are to be to Christ: valuable and useful. We need to have spiritual depth who can go through the great pressures of life and allow those pressures to make us more valuable. We are not to be subject to the impurities of life. And we are to be people that are useful to Jesus Christ. That is what the book of Colossians is about.
Scripture References: Colossians 1:1-2, Romans 8:28-30
Saturday, October 1, 2016
Taste Test
9-25-2016
Do you remember the Pepsi challenge from years ago? People were blindfolded and then they tasted both Pepsi and Coke. And in the commercials they always chose Pepsi. They would prefer one taste over another taste. And today as we observe the Lord’s Supper we get the same opportunity. It gives us the opportunity to prefer Jesus Christ and the taste of Him. And to prefer Him over every other taste in the world.
Scripture References: Luke 22:14, 1 Corinthians 11:18-30
Involved
9-18-2016
Did you know that four out of 10 Americans feel an intense sense of loneliness. Do you ever feel that way? You may have a lot of friends but you may not have any real relationships. In our world today we have all of this social media. And on social media you can have thousands of friends, but all of those “friends” don’t really know you at all. We can have all of our friends on social media but it is more and more at the expense of deep, meaningful, shaping friendships. There are four areas of our life where we need to be involved relationally. We all need to be involved with God, with our family, with people who are not Christians, and with other Christians. If you are going to put Christ first in your life it is going to mean that there will have to be some solid, legitimate, authentic, Christian relationships in your life. So how do we do that? What goes into Christian involvement and fellowship? And why should I get involved?
Taking God Seriously
9-11-2016
In 1 Timothy 4:7-8 Paul says, “Have nothing to do with godless myths and old wives’ tales; rather, train yourself to be godly. For physical training is of some value, but godliness has value for all things, holding promise for both the present life and the life to come.” He says you must train yourself to be godly. In the Christian life, We step into the ring of life every day. But before you step into the ring, you’ve got to prepare and train.
In this series we are talking about putting God first in everything. The verses above give us a command. The command is that we are to take God seriously. That is what godliness is. To train in Godliness is the idea to make God the daily pursuit of our life and that we have a daily craving to be like Him. We are to become more and more like Jesus Christ every day. That means we need to train ourselves and be self-disciplined. So how do we do this? Paul tells us in 1 Corinthians 10.
Scripture Reference: 1 Corinthians 10:1-13
Priorities
8-28-2016
If you are going to live successfully, your priorities must be straight. On one occasion Jesus told a parable about priorities. There were two brothers who were eaten up with greed and Jesus told this parable in Luke 12:16-21.
“The ground of a certain rich man yielded an abundant harvest. He thought to himself, ‘What shall I do? I have no place to store my crops.’ Then he said, ‘This is what I’ll do. I will tear down my barns and build bigger ones, and there I will store my surplus grain. And I’ll say to myself, “You have plenty of grain laid up for many years. Take life easy; eat, drink and be merry.”’ But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life will be demanded from you. Then who will get what you have prepared for yourself?’ This is how it will be with whoever stores up things for themselves but is not rich toward God.”
God must take the first priority in our lives. In this message we look at what the apostle Paul shared with Christians in Thessalonica about priorities to answer the question, “What are four major priorities for living successfully?”
Scripture Reference: 1 Thessalonians 2:1-16
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