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Importance of Community
“The Christian faith requires community. I cannot follow Jesus alone anymore than I can get married alone.” – Timothy Paul Jones, What Does Jesus Want? (Discipleship Journal, April 2007)
Posted in Illustrations, Quotes
Tagged Christian-faith, community, discipleship, following-Christ, small-groups
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INVOLVE
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When you look at the early church the word that pops up a lot is the word together. Involve is really another way of saying together. Whatever word you use, you convey the idea that this is not a solo endeavor. One of the most amazing things to me when I read the Bible – along with the central story of Christ of course – is this remarkable choice of God to involve people in His plan! Throughout history as recorded by scripture – God’s interactions with humankind are most often found in His involvement with and involvement of people. Continue reading
Posted in Podcast, Sermons, Sunday Morning Service
Tagged abiding, branches, Church on Fire, community, involve
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What are We In this For?
This message is a reminder to my church of what we are all about. It has relevance to every Christian in the church universal as well. In the introduction I emphasize the importance of “counting the cost” in order to remain effective and potent in our personal and corporate impact in the world. Continue reading
Posted in New Years, Sermons, Sunday Morning Service
Tagged church, community, evangelism, New Years, purpose
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Using Your Shape
Today, we?re going to see that in order to effectively serve we must make sure that we?ve surrendered to Christ and that we have a proper estimation of self. In other words, we must first go deep before we can go long. Continue reading
Posted in Sermons, Sunday Morning Service
Tagged calling, church, community, Improving Your Serve, ministry, purpose, serving, shape, team
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Bringing Life to the Village
Today, as we celebrate and honor Mothers we will look at a book, but not just any book – we are going to look at the Bible, and we will specifically look at the life of Deborah. You find Deborah?s story in the book of Judges Continue reading
Posted in Mother's Day, Sermons, Sunday Morning Service
Tagged believe, blessings, calling, choices, church, community, deborah, dream, judges, Mother's Day, sisera
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