05-29-11 AM - There is a way...

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Haggai 1:1-15;  Phil. 2:1-11
Prov. 14:11-12  The house of the wicked will be destroyed, but the tent of the upright will flourish. There is a way that seems right to a man, but in the end it leads to death.
 Haggai 1:1-11  1 In the second year of King Darius, on the first day of the sixth month, the word of the Lord came through the prophet Haggai to Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest:
2 This is what the Lord Almighty says: "These people say, 'The time has not yet come for the Lord's house to be built.'"
3 Then the word of the Lord came through the prophet Haggai:
4 "Is it a time for you yourselves to be living in your paneled houses, while this house remains a ruin?"
5 Now this is what the Lord Almighty says: "Give careful thought to your ways.
 literally, “Set your heart” on your ways.  Ponder earnestly whether ye have gained by seeking self at the sacrifice of God.  They thought to escape poverty by not building, but keeping their money to themselves; God brought it on them for not building (Pr11:24 One man gives freely, yet gains even more; another withholds unduly, but comes to poverty. Mt 6:33). Instead of cheating God, they had been only cheating themselves.
6 You have planted much, but have harvested little. You eat, but never have enough. You drink, but never have your fill. You put on clothes, but are not warm. You earn wages, only to put them in a purse with holes in it."
7 This is what the Lord Almighty says: "Give careful thought to your ways.
8 Go up into the mountains and bring down timber and build the house, so that I may take pleasure in it and be honored," says the Lord.
9 "You expected much, but see, it turned out to be little. What you brought home, I blew away. Why?" declares the Lord Almighty. "Because of my house, which remains a ruin, while each of you is busy with his own house.
                                                                                                        10 Therefore, because of you the heavens have withheld their dew and the earth its crops.
11 I called for a drought on the fields and the mountains, on the grain, (The body of Christ) the new wine, (The blood of Christ) the oil (The Holy Spirit) and whatever the ground produces, on men and cattle, and on the labor of your hands."
What did you hear in this passage?
1Peter 3:3-4 Your beauty should not come from outward adornment, such as braided hair and the wearing of gold jewelry and fine clothes.
4 Instead, it should be that of your inner self, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is of great worth in God's sight.
Phil. 2:1-11                                                                                              1 If you have any encouragement from being united with Christ, if any comfort from his love, if any fellowship with the Spirit, if any tenderness and compassion,
2 then make my joy complete by being like-minded, having the same love, being one in spirit and purpose.
3 Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but in humility consider others better than yourselves.
4 Each of you should look not only to your own interests, but also to the interests of others.
5 Your attitude should be the same as that of Christ Jesus:
6 Who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be grasped,
7 but made himself nothing, taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness.
8 And being found in appearance as a man, he humbled himself and became obedient to death-- even death on a cross!
9 Therefore God exalted him to the highest place and gave him the name that is above every name,
10 that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth,
11 and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
1. HE LET GO OF A PLACE OF HONOR (V.6)
6 Who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be grasped,
Is it self –promotion or Savior promotion?

2. HE MADE HIMSELF NOTHING(V.7)                                          
7 but made himself nothing, taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness.

Matthew 20:20-28   Then the mother of Zebedee's sons came to Jesus with her sons and, kneeling down, asked a favor of him.
21 "What is it you want?" he asked. She said, "Grant that one of these two sons of mine may sit at your right and the other at your left in your kingdom."
22 "You don't know what you are asking," Jesus said to them. "Can you drink the cup I am going to drink?" "We can," they answered.
23 Jesus said to them, "You will indeed drink from my cup, but to sit at my right or left is not for me to grant. These places belong to those for whom they have been prepared by my Father."
24 When the ten heard about this, they were indignant with the two brothers.
25 Jesus called them together and said, "You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their high officials exercise authority over them.
26 Not so with you. Instead, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant,
27 and whoever wants to be first must be your slave--
28 just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many."

-The story of Abraham and Isaac

Would we be able to dash all our dreams against the heart of God with such abandon that we are willing to be nothing if He chooses that for us?
(Ken can we find a picture of Bamboo growing?)
Some times to go up we need to go down.                                   The Bamboo plant grows downward for seven year’s. And then it breaks through the soil and grows like crazy. Are you going through an under the soil time? Is God causing you to be nothing?

1 Peter 2:21                                                                                                              To this you were called, because Christ suffered for you, leaving you an example, that you should follow in his steps.
22 "He committed no sin, and no deceit was found in his mouth."
23 When they hurled their insults at him, he did not retaliate; when he suffered, he made no threats. Instead, he entrusted himself to him who judges justly.

3. HE PUT HIMSELF IN A LOWER POSITION (V.8)                 8 And being found in appearance as a man, he humbled himself and became obedient to death-- even death on a cross!

BECAUSE HE HAS ALWAYS LONGED TO HAVE A HOUSE IN THE HEART OF MAN.

Haggai 1:12-15 Then Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and the whole remnant of the people obeyed the voice of the Lord their God and the message of the prophet Haggai,( "Give careful thought to your ways. and build the house Vss. 5,7,8) because the Lord their God had sent him. And the people feared the Lord.
13 Then Haggai, the Lord's messenger, gave this message of the Lord to the people: "I am with you," declares the Lord.
14 So the Lord stirred up the spirit of Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and the spirit of Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and the spirit of the whole remnant of the people. They came and began to work on the house of the Lord Almighty, their God,
15 on the twenty-fourth day of the sixth month in the second year of King Darius.

05-22-11 - Such is the Generation

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Text: Psalm 24

-This psalm is preparatory for the presence of God
2 Sam. 6 - The ark was returning!

In order to usher in the presence of God to our community, our culture, and our very own lives, several areas we must address:

1)We must address our identity:
We must be certain where we find our identity

A)The mark of a generation
vs.1-2
2 Questions
1)Who can ascend the hill of the Lord?
2)Who can stand in His holy place?

What IS the mark of the generation?
Verse 6, "...those who seek Him, who seek your face, O God of Jacob."

David understood this important principle: It's not about how good we are at being holy and righteous and pure; it's all about how we seek the face of God.

B)Identity of a generation
If the identity of this generation is going to be that we seek the face of God, the mark of this generation has to be the God that we seek!

My identity must be in Jesus Christ!
What scripture says about you:
Lam. 3:58, "You Lord took up my case, You redeemed my life."
1 Cor. 6:20, "You were bought at a price..."
Gal. 3:13, "Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law..."
Rom. 5:8, "While we were still sinners Christ died for us."

You are clearly a son, and not an orphan!

2)We must accept the blessing!
Vs. 5, "They will receive a blessing from the Lord and vindication from God their savior."

Blessing: Blessing, prosperity, blessed, present, liberal
Vindication: Justice, righteousness, justification

05-15-11 AM - Take Another Look

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1 Cor. 11:17-33 But in giving this instruction, I do not praise you, because you come together not for the better but for the worse. For, in the first place, when you come together as a church, I hear that divisions exist among you; and in part, I believe it. For there must also be factions among you, in order that those who are approved may have become evident among you.Therefore when you meet together, it is not to eat the Lord’s Supper, for in your eating each one takes his own supper first; and one is hungry and another is drunk. What! Do you not have houses in which to eat and drink? Or do you despise the church of God, and shame those who have nothing? What shall I say to you? Shall I praise you? In this I will not praise you. For I received from the Lord that which also I delivered to you, that the Lord Jesus in the night in which He was betrayed took bread; and when He had given thanks, He broke it, and said, “This is my body, which is for you, do this in remembrance of me.” Therefore who ever eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner, shall be guilty of the body and the blood of the Lord. But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of the bread and drink of the cup. For he who eats and drinks, eats and drinks judgment to himself, if he does not judge the body rightly. For this reason many among you are weak and sick, and a number sleep. But if we judge ourselves rightly, we should not be judged. But when we are judged, we are disciplined by the Lord in order that we may not be condemned along with the world. So then, my brethren, when you come together to eat, wait one for another.

We all know the rest of the story when Adam and eve fell to the seduction of Lucifer’s voice and instead of being agents of redemption they became agents of rebellion.

“Be fruitful and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over every living thing that moveth upon the face of the earth.”

1. THE MYSTERY OF GODLINESS  Col. 2:9

For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily.                         

In 1 Timothy Paul says it is the mystery of godliness, that God    was manifest in the   flesh.

1. THE MYSTERY OF GODLINESS  Col. 2:9
John 15:13 Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
Romans 5:8 But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

2. ALONE WE ARE NO MATCH FOR THE POWER OF SIN
John 10:17-18 Therefore doth my Father love me, because I lay down my life, that I might take it again. 18 No man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This commandment have I received of my Father
“This is my body which is broken for you… This cup is the new covenant in my blood, which is shed for you.
It would be good for us to be mindful of the power of sin and be equally mindful to acknowledge our dependence on the crucified Christ to gain victory over sin.

3. WE ARE TEMPLES OF THE HOLY SPIRIT
If we fail to discern the body of Christ properly we will miss the fact that Christ came to help us develop an awareness of our place in His plan for redeeming the world.
1 Cor. 6:19-20 What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own? 20 For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's.
1Cor. 3:16-17 Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you? 17 If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are.
Don’t fall in love with what you have to leave…

4. TOGETHER WE ARE THE BODY OF CHRIST
There are divisions and factions among you.
The enemy will never fear a large church because a large church is not necessarily an indication of a powerful church. But the enemy will always fear a unified church.
God is not looking for more churches; He is looking for more living temples in which he can live and move and have His being.

05-08-11 AM - Mike Silva - Health Care Missionary

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05-04-11 PM - Aaron Hill Message

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05-01-11 AM - The Basics of Discipleship

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MATTHEW 28:16-20   KJV
16 Then the eleven disciples went away into Galilee, into a mountain where Jesus had appointed them. 17 And when they saw him, they worshipped him: but some doubted. 18 And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth. 19 Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: 20 Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen.

So what were the main things my parents wanted us to remember?
-No fighting
- Don’t be out after dark
- Go to bed clean

The NIV translates verse 19  Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,

Making disciples is a teaching process of leading people through steps of obedience to the things that Jesus has commanded us to do.

The two greatest commands that Jesus gave us are:
1.    Love the Lord your God with all your heart soul mind and strength.
2.    Love your neighbor as yourself.

1.    PERSONALLY PURSUING CHRIST Heb. 11:6And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him.

A.    THE WORD
Ask: Does the bible live in me? Do I give it time to speak to me?

B.    PRAYER-

S.D. Gordon said “The greatest thing anyone can do for God and man is pray. It is not the only thing but it is the chief thing. The great people of the earth today are the people who pray. I do not mean those who talk about prayer; or those who say they believe in prayer; or those who can explain about prayer; but I mean THOSE PEOPLE WHO TAKE TIME TO PRAY.”

James Montgomery “Prayer is the Christian’s vital breath, the Christian’s native air; his watchword at the gates of death-he enters heaven with prayer.”

C.    WORSHIP- Worship is simply showing the worth of an object. It is more than the songs we sing.

Worship is all about Him!!!

2. PRESSING INTO RELATIONSHIPS Heb. 10:25
Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching.                                                                                    Christian maturity is forged in the crucible of relationships.                          

John 17:21 That all of them may be one, Father, just as you are in me and I am in you. May they also be in us so that the world may believe that you have sent me.
23 I in them and you in me. May they be brought to complete unity to let the world know that you sent me and have loved them even as you have loved me.

3. PASSIONATELY SERVING OTHERS  1Pe 4:10                                 Each one should use whatever gift he has received to serve others, faithfully administering God's grace in its various forms.

There are all kinds of gifts to be used in the body of Christ. There are spiritual gifts that God gives the church to help it function. Administration, Apostleship, Craftsmanship (pulpit-House of honor-window trim in sanctuary etc.), Discernment, Encouragement, Evangelism, Faith, Giving, Healing, Helps, Hospitality, Intercession, Interpretation, Knowledge, Leadership, Mercy, Miracles, Prophecy, Pastoring, Teaching, Tongues, Wisdom, to mention a few of them.

Work- Doing what we have been called to do. “Joy”

Toil- striving to do what we are not called to do. “Sweat”

PRODUCE OTHER DISCIPLES    Matthew 28:19 Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.