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Proverbs 7 Focus: "Be sober, be vigilant"... God has given you the plan for victory! I. The Enemy's Plan      A. WRONG PLACE      B. WRONG TIME      C. WRONG THOUGHTS II. God's Plan For Victory - His Word!      A. LEARN IT      B. LOVE IT      C. LIVE IT  

Deuteronomy 6:5-7 New Life Version (NLV) 5 And you must love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength. 6 Keep these words in your heart that I am telling you today. 7 Do your best to teach them to your children. Talk about them when you sit in your house and when you walk on the road and when you lie down and when you get up. Focus: God does not desire to be a part of our lives, our relationships, our families or our church. Rather, He desires to be FULLY INTEGRATED into it all. Introduction: Integration Means A harmonious whole To be made into a whole To make a unified whole Unify Desegregate 1. God DESIRES my LIFE 2. God DESIRES my RELATIONSHIPS 3. God DESIRES my FAMILY 4. God DESIRES my CHURCH

Show Me That God Loves Me Titus 2:11-14 http://mobile.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Titus%202:11-14&version=NIV Focus: God's sacrifice shows we are deeply loved. I. Christ put OUR NEEDS ahead of HIS OWN. A. This Grace TEACHES us. B. This Grace PURIFIES us. C. This Grace makes us EAGER to DO what is GOOD. II. How to show others that God loves them. A. The GOSPEL is more than TALK. B. Put their NEEDS AHEAD of YOUR OWN. Titus 2:11-14 New International Version (NIV) 11 For the grace of God has appeared that offers salvation to all people. 12 It teaches us to say "No" to ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright and godly lives in this present age, 13 while we wait for the blessed hope—the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ, 14 who gave himself for us to redeem us from all wickedness and to purify for himself a people that are his very own, eager to do what is good. Mark Luffman, IT Director Co...

Matthew 9:10-13 Matthew 23:2-4 Focus: Don't discard muddy diamonds! I. Recognize your OWN MUD Matthew 5:3 II. Receive GOD'S LIGHT John 1:4-5, 11-12 III. LIVE IT John 8:12 IV. LOVE IT John 3:19-20; 12:46 V. Help MUDDY DIAMONDS Embed from Mirror.me

Focus: Everyone is a treasure of great work! I. Am I _____? II. Is valuing a ____ __________ biblical? Psalm 8:4-5 New International Version (NIV) 4 what is mankind that you are mindful of them, human beings that you care for them? 5 You have made them a little lower than the angels and crowned them with glory and honor. SELF WORTH , properly understood, is rooted in the VALUE God places on us. The world's " NOBODIES " are amazing " SOMEBODIES " to God. III. God accepts YOU as YOU . Luke 19 Zacchaeus the Tax Collector 1 Jesus entered Jericho and was passing through.2 A man was there by the name of Zacchaeus; he was a chief tax collector and was wealthy. 3 He wanted to see who Jesus was, but because he was short he could not see over the crowd. 4 So he ran ahead and climbed a sycamore-fig tree to see him, since Jesus was coming that way. 5 When Jesus reached the spot, he looked up and said to him, "Zacchaeus, come down immediately. I ...

Focus: We need to become conduits of God's love and understanding. I. We are walking relational demonstrations of the TRUTH OF CHRISTIANITY   II. Express the " FEEL IT Mode" before the " FIX IT Mode" Matthew 11:19 The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, 'Here is a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners.' But wisdom is proved right by her deeds." Luke 7:34 The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and you say, 'Here is a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners.' How do we express the " FEEL IT MODE? " How to be a CONDUIT of Christ's COMFORT 2 Corinthians 1:3-4 Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, 4 who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves receive from God. Romans 5:8 But God demonstrates his own love fo...

Show Me That God Understands Mark 1:41; John 11; Hebrews 4:15 Focus: Christ understands my deepest needs, fondest dreams and highest hopes. I. Everyone longs for INTIMATE UNDERSTANDING. II. Christ meets our need for UNDERSTANDING. A. One message of the incarnation is this: I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND! B. How did Jesus show he understood? Jesus cleansed a leper. C. Why did Jesus leave glory and come to such a humiliating death? Jesus raises a big stink! To show how much He loves and understands us. Mark 1:41 New International Version (NIV) 41 Jesus was indignant. He reached out his hand and touched the man. "I am willing," he said. "Be clean!" John 11 The Death of Lazarus 1 Now a man named Lazarus was sick. He was from Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha. 2 (This Mary, whose brother Lazarus now lay sick, was the same one who poured perfume on the Lord and wiped his feet with her hair.) 3 So the sisters sent word to Jesus, "Lord, the one you lo...