May 17, 2020
What Shall I Render Unto the Lord?
Series: General

What Shall I Render to the Lord?
1 Samuel 15:13-23; John 2:1-5, Ezekiel 22:30; John 2:11; Micah 6:6 -8; Hosea 6:6; Psalm 51:16-17
- If God puts us to the test, we cannot take the test and grade the test, too.
- We have to stop grading our own tests.
- With authority, comes responsibility. We cannot embrace authority without being responsible.
- We want to do for God but what is it that God wants us to do for Him.
- God does not need us to build tents, He needs us to listen.
- God does not need us to do great things, He needs us to "hear ye Him."
- We have to ask ourselves, why are we doing the things we do?
- Asking God what to do is not a bad question, but it has to come from a good place.
- We cannot decide what we are going to do, we have to ask God.
- We want to do great, but we don't want to do little.
- It's not about doing a great thing for God. It's about doing a thing for a great God.
- All God needs us to do is do what is right, be merciful unto others, and do what He says.
- God would prefer people to know Him rather than sacrifice unto Him.

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  • May 17, 2020What Shall I Render Unto the Lord?
    May 17, 2020
    What Shall I Render Unto the Lord?
    Series: General

    What Shall I Render to the Lord?
    1 Samuel 15:13-23; John 2:1-5, Ezekiel 22:30; John 2:11; Micah 6:6 -8; Hosea 6:6; Psalm 51:16-17
    - If God puts us to the test, we cannot take the test and grade the test, too.
    - We have to stop grading our own tests.
    - With authority, comes responsibility. We cannot embrace authority without being responsible.
    - We want to do for God but what is it that God wants us to do for Him.
    - God does not need us to build tents, He needs us to listen.
    - God does not need us to do great things, He needs us to "hear ye Him."
    - We have to ask ourselves, why are we doing the things we do?
    - Asking God what to do is not a bad question, but it has to come from a good place.
    - We cannot decide what we are going to do, we have to ask God.
    - We want to do great, but we don't want to do little.
    - It's not about doing a great thing for God. It's about doing a thing for a great God.
    - All God needs us to do is do what is right, be merciful unto others, and do what He says.
    - God would prefer people to know Him rather than sacrifice unto Him.

  • May 10, 2020Two Mothers, Two Babies, One God
    May 10, 2020
    Two Mothers, Two Babies, One God
    Series: General
    Luke 1:39-45
    - Once you know you are carrying a baby, you are a mother.
    - God told Mary Elizabeth's story to help you believe your own story.
    - God will share another women's story with you to help you in your story.
    - Of all the women in the world, God chose you to be the mother of yours. They are blessed to have you, you are blessed to have them.
    - When Mary stretched out her hands and said be it unto me, she allowed God to live on the inside of her.
    - Because she allowed God to live in her, she had the power of God to speak into Elizabeth.
    - Mothers carry things. Deep things. God can speak to the deep things.
    - It wasn't what Mary said to Elizabeth, it was the sound of Mary's greeting.
    - It was the sound of the Word. God's voice is like the rushing of many waters.
    - God's voice sounds a certain way.
    - We have not wrestled with God if we are walking the same way.
    - It's in the believing that the blessing comes.
    - Many mothers, same God.
  • May 3, 2020The Name Above Every Name
    May 3, 2020
    The Name Above Every Name
    Series: General
    Philippians 2:5-11, John 14:12-14,26, 15:16, 16:23-24; Acts 3:1-16, 4:1-2,5-21, 5:15-18,23 -29, 40-41; Mark 13:34, 16:17-18; Romans 4:16-22
    - Because of what Jesus did, God has poured everything into this name.
    - In Jesus name should not simply mean the end of our prayer.
    - When we use the name of Jesus it needs to mean all who Jesus is.
    - If we get a better understanding of what is in the name of Jesus, we will more decree things rather than ask.
    - In Jesus name, is peace, contentment healing, deliverance. When we ask in His name, we are asking for what we are due.
    - The asking is based on the person, character and will of Jesus.
    - All of the great names of God are in the name of Jesus.
    - Coming in Jesus name, is not coming in anger, nor in unforgiveness.
    - Peter understood that Jesus name wasn't just a tagline. He understood he had something.
    - It's not just the name, it's faith in the name.
    - Jesus left the earth and left us in authority, as His servants.
    - It's the name, and faith in the name that gets it done.
    - God does not want our mental ascent, He wants us to walk it out.
    - We have to get to a place where we become strong in the faith.
  • Apr 29, 2020Guard Your Heart
    Apr 29, 2020
    Guard Your Heart
    Series: Bible Study
    Hebrews 12:15, Matthew 12: 22-28; Proverbs 14:30, James 3:14-15; Ephesians 4:31-32; 1 Corinthians 13:4-8
    - We get offended far too often.
    - Taking an offense causes division,
    - If the poison is inside of us, it hurts us more than the other person.
    - The enemy tries his best to use bitterness, envy and jealousy,
    - God wants us to be together.
    - The struggle cannot be won alone.
    - The devil is trying to poison our soul- our mind, body and emotions to cause division.
    - The more we walk in love, the less we will be offended.
    - Love compels us to do something we don't feel like doing.
    - Bitterness and resentment is self defeating.
    - Bitterness and resentment can aggravate and cause physical ailments
    - Bitterness gets in and relationships will suffer.
    - No one can have peace with bitterness in their heart.
    - Envy, jealousy and wrath is like rottenness to the bones.
    - There needs to be a new you coming out of this pandemic.
    - We need to get rid of all bitterness, rage, anger and every form of malice.
    - Love does not keep a record of wrongs.
    - If we truly have the love of Jesus in our heart, we will not let bitterness take hold.
  • Apr 22, 2020Set Apart
    Apr 22, 2020
    Set Apart
    Series: Bible Study
    John 17:17, 15:6; Ephesians 5:24, Exodus 8:20-24, 9:1 -6,25-24,11:6-7,15:3; Jeremiah 1:5, 17:7-8; Isaiah 48:17; Genesis 26:1-2,6
    - What sets us apart as Christians is the Truth.
    - God says we are set apart, how dare we say anything else.
    - If God says He chose us, that makes us chosen.
    - We cannot stay and sulk - we have to stay and sow where we are.
    - God taught Isaac how to prosper in the midst of a famine.
    - We only need one like.
    - God anoints our head with oil. That means we are treated like an honored guest.
    How do we live set apart?
    - Contend for the faith.
    -The Word of God sets us apart.

  • Apr 19, 2020Guard Your Heart
    Apr 19, 2020
    Guard Your Heart
    Series: General
    -John 6:59-66, Proverbs 4:23, Ephesians 4:26-27; Matthew 26:6-13, Mark 14:6-7,10-11, John 12: 4-6; Luke 22:1,3-4, Proverbs 19:1; Ecclesiastes 1:21-22, Hebrews 12:12-14
    - When we take offense it causes a separation between us and God.
    - When we are angry it gives the devil a place that he would not have.
    - Offense gives the devil access to our heart.
    - Sneaky blessing, whenever we want to we can do the poor good.
    - Judas was the ringleader. He was the one Jesus had rebuked.
    - When Judas got mad, satan entered into his heart.
    - Allowing yourself to become offended, disconnects your heart from Jesus.
    - It's the person that can overlook an offense that is godly.
    - Overlooking an offense makes you look good in the sight of God.
    - If we hear too closely we may hear what we don't need to hear.
    - Offended people not only don't walk with Jesus, they betray Him.
    - When we get offended by what someone said or did, bitterness can take root.
    - We have to be at peace with each other
    - Guard your heart from taking offense.
    - when we get offended we don't value
    Jesus, His teachings.
  • Apr 16, 2020Answering the Bell
    Apr 16, 2020
    Answering the Bell
    Series: Bible Study
    Matthew 25:35-40, Proverbs 18:2; James 1:27, Isaiah 1:10-17; Psalm 146:9
    - We have to be careful in adopting the language of the world.
    - Something is wrong with "social distancing."  There is nothing social about distancing yourself.
    - What we are doing is anti-social.
    - We are being told to practice social distancing.  Anything we practice we get better at.
    - Follow the protocol of the science, but do not allow yourself to get better at social distancing.
    - We won't know how good we have become at social distancing until God puts us in a situation not to.
    - We cannot meet the needs of the least of these if we become good at social distancing.
    - There is nothing normal about distancing yourself from other human beings.
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  • Apr 12, 2020Now That He Lives
    Apr 12, 2020
    Now That He Lives
    Series: General
    Romans 3:23-28, 6:4-8,23,14,9-11; 2 Corinthians 4
    - We all have a sin problem and the wages of sin is death.
    - When Jesus rose from the grave, He solved our problem.
    - We are freed from the penalty of our sins though Jesus Christ.
    - Sin has no power over us.
    - Now that He lives, we live for the glory of God.
    - The glory of God is God's goodness in our life.
    - When we live for the glory of God, we become vessels so that the beauty of His spirit can be revealed in the earth.
    - Wherever we are, we are in the land of the living, as we believe in Jesus.
    - Doing what we want to do is doing what is consistent with God's person and character.
    - We've been made free now we need to go and be free.
    - You have to upload the download that God gives you. Walk it out.
  • Apr 8, 2020Looking Unto Jesus
    Apr 8, 2020
    Looking Unto Jesus
    Series: Bible Study
    - True gratitude expresses itself in generosity.
    - When we are so grateful that God has been merciful unto us, we are so willing to give it to somebody else.
    - There is no place for shorthand when it comes to the word of God.
    - We tend to romanticize the cross.
    - The cross represented the ultimate in shame.
    - We need to work on our endurance as good soldiers.
    - If we don't consider what Jesus has done, we will be discouraged and faint in our sores.
    - When Ziklag is burning you have to encourage yourself in the Lord.
  • Apr 5, 2020Prepare for the Harvest to Come
    Apr 5, 2020
    Prepare for the Harvest to Come
    Series: General
    Proverbs 66-11, 19:15, 20:13
    - Sometimes we can be so spiritual, that we don't make sense.
    - God doesn't like laziness.
    - We have to do what is right even when no one is watching.
    - We need to be doing something, especially now.
    - A lot who were called in the Bible were doing natural things.
    - David was tending sheep when God called him.
    - God is preparing us in the midst.