02-28-10 PM - Don't Let the Bars Blur Your Vision

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Matthew 11:1-3

02-28-10 AM - Loving With Our Fellowship

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Let us not give up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but let us encourage one another--and all the more as you see the Day approaching. - Heb. 10:25

If oral culture is tribal and literate culture is individual, the electronic age is essentially a tribe of individuals.

So we become keepers of the aquarium rather than senders into the harvest field.

1. THE PRICE OF CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP

And so, dear brothers and sisters, we can boldly enter heaven’s Most Holy Place because of the blood of Jesus. By his death, Jesus opened a new and life-giving way through the curtain into the Most Holy Place.  - Hebrews 10:19-20

We know that we are children of God and that the world around us is under the control of the evil one. And we know that the Son of God has come, and he has given us understanding so that we can know the true God. And now we live in fellowship with the true God because we live in fellowship with his Son, Jesus Christ. He is the only true God, and he is eternal life. - 1 John 5:19-20

2. THE PURITY OF CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP

And since we have a great High Priest who rules over God’s house, let us go right into the presence of God with sincere hearts fully trusting him. For our guilty consciences have been sprinkled with Christ’s blood to make us clean, and our bodies have been washed with pure water. - Hebrews 10:21-22

Who do you know that has had their conscience sprinkled with Christ’s blood?

Who do you know that has placed their faith in Jesus Christ for salvation?

Who do you know that has committed him or herself to following Jesus and doing His will for the rest of their lives?

If we are living in the light, as God is in the light, then we have fellowship with each other, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, cleanses us from all sin. - 1 John 1:7

3. THE PURPOSE OF CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP

1) To motivate one another

Let us think of ways to motivate one another to acts of love and good works. – Hebrews 10:24

Then we will no longer be infants, tossed back and forth by the waves, and blown here and there by every wind of teaching and by the cunning and craftiness of men in their deceitful scheming. Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will in all things grow up into him who is the Head, that is, Christ. - Ephesians 4:14-15

2) To encourage one another

And let us not neglect our meeting together, as some people do, but encourage one another, especially now that the day of his return is drawing near. – Hebrews 10:25

When we get together, I want to encourage you in your faith, but I also want to be encouraged by yours. – Romans 1:12

So encourage each other with these words.  - 1 Thessalonians 4:18

4. THE PRIORITY OF CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP

And let us not neglect our meeting together, as some people do, but encourage one another, especially now that the day of his return is drawing near. - Hebrews 10:25

02-21-10 PM - Hindrance to Restoration

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1. Have spiritual influence.

Romans 12:2  Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is- His good pleasing and perfect will.                                                                                    

2. Neglecting the Strongholds.

1 Kings 12:3 The high places, however, were not removed; the people continued to offer sacrifices and burn incense there.

Stronghold means - A fortified city; a fortification; fortified place.
Our Strongholds:

1. Habits. Habits lead to addictions.
- Sins.
- Inappropriate relationships.
- Temptations we given into.
- Neglecting God’s will.

2 Corinthians 10:4 The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have divine power to demolish strongholds.

3. Surrender of the sacred.
2 Kings 12:17-18 About this time Hazael king of Aram went up and attacked Gath and captured it. Then he turned to attack Jerusalem. 18 But Joash king of Judah took all the sacred objects dedicated by his fathers—Jehoshaphat, Jehoram and Ahaziah, the kings of Judah—and the gifts he himself had dedicated and all the gold found in the treasuries of the temple of the LORD and of the royal palace, and he sent them to Hazael king of Aram, who then withdrew from Jerusalem.

Surrender the Sacred
1. Ignore being with God’s people.
2. Misuse God’s money.
3. More Party time and TV Time less prayer.
4. Ministry without prayer.
Let us give importance to God because He wants us to have a new beginning. Let us not surrender the sacred.

4. Ignoring the call to repentance.

2 Chronicles 24:19-22  Although the LORD sent prophets to the people to bring them back to him, and though they testified against them, they would not listen. 20Then the Spirit of God came upon Zechariah son of Jehoiada the priest. He stood before the people and said, "This is what God says: ’Why do you disobey the LORD’s commands? You will not prosper. Because you have forsaken the LORD, he has forsaken you.’ "
21 But they plotted against him, and by order of the king they stoned him to death in the courtyard of the LORD’s temple. 22 King Joash did not remember the kindness Zechariah’s father Jehoiada had shown him but killed his son, who said as he lay dying, "May the LORD see this and call you to account."

02-21-10 AM - Loving With Your Words

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1. THE POWER OF MY WORDS

1) My words produce either death or life.
The tongue can bring death or life; those who love to talk will reap the consequences. Proverbs 18:21

2) My words reveal the condition of my heart  Matthew 12:34-35
“You brood of snakes! How could evil men like you speak what is good and right? For whatever is in your heart determines what you say. A good person produces good things from the treasury of a good heart, and an evil person produces evil things from the treasury of an evil heart.” 

3) My words will serve as evidence at the judgment Matthew 12:36-37
Jesus gives us this very sobering truth: “And I tell you this; you must give an account on judgment day for every idle word you speak. The words you say will either acquit you or condemn you.” 

2. THE PERVERSION OF MY WORDS
1) My words are naturally sinful


James 3:6
And the tongue is a flame of fire. It is a whole world of wickedness, corrupting your entire body. It can set your whole life on fire, for it is set on fire by hell itself. 

2) My words are naturally uncontrollable

James 3:7-8
People can tame all kinds of animals, birds, reptiles, and fish, but no one can tame the tongue. It is restless and evil, full of deadly poison.

James 1:19
Let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:

3) My words are naturally hypocritical

James 3:9-10
Sometimes it praises our Lord and Father, and sometimes it curses those who have been made in the image of God. And so blessing and cursing come pouring out of the same mouth. Surely, my brothers and sisters, this is not right.

3. THE POTENTIAL OF MY WORDS

1) I can bless others

A blessing is a pronunciation which imparts spiritual power, opening the way for us in life, giving us approval and confidence, and power for us to succeed; it is grace to enable us to become what we are meant to become, and to achieve to achieve what we are meant to achieve.

It is said that 85% of what a person thinks about themselves comes form their father.

When God the Father spoke of His Son He said “This is my son” – affirmation and identity.
“With Him I am well pleased” – approval.
The orphan heart causes them to struggle with issues of fear, insecurity, and low self-worth.

2) Abrahams Blessing

Gen. 12:2-3
"I will make you into a great nation and I will bless you; I will make your name great, and you will be a blessing. I will bless those who bless you, and whoever curses you I will curse; and all peoples on earth will be blessed through you."

Romans 9: 6-8
It is not as though God's word had failed. For not all who are descended from Israel are Israel. Nor because they are his descendants are they all Abraham's children. On the contrary, "It is through Isaac that your offspring will be reckoned."In other words, it is not the natural children who are God's children, but it is the children of the promise who are regarded as Abraham's offspring.

Gal. 3:14
He redeemed us in order that the blessing given to Abraham might come to the Gentiles through Christ Jesus, so that by faith we might receive the promise of the Spirit.

Gen. 28:3-4
 May God Almighty bless you and make you fruitful and increase your numbers until you become a community of peoples. ---- May he give you and your descendants the blessing given to Abraham, so that you may take possession of the land where you now live as an alien, the land God gave to Abraham."

Gen 1:28
God blessed them and said to them, "Be fruitful and increase in number; fill (replenish) the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and over every living creature that moves on the ground."

Prov. 10:22 The blessing of the LORD brings wealth, and he adds no trouble to it.
We despise the inheritance by rejecting spiritual leaders; dishonoring spiritual fathers; or think little of pastoral vision or his hearts cry.

The Lord smiles upon the principle and practice of honor.
              
3) Blessings are to be commanded

Ps. 133:3 for there the LORD commanded the blessing, even life for evermore.

We give blessing, we release blessing, we bestow blessing by command.

 “The 4:8 Principle” by Tommy Newberry. He says the Phil. 4:8 passage should be foundational to our thinking and speaking.
Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable--if anything is excellent or praiseworthy--think about such things.

What am I thankful for?
What are my strengths and weaknesses?
What are my best achievements?
Who are the people that love me most?
What am I looking forward to in days ahead?

02-14-10 PM - Loving With Your Prayers

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02-14-10 AM - Loving With Your All

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