Philippians 3:2-9 Seven Deadly Confidences: Confidence in religious ritual is deadly. Confidence in ethnicity or nationality is deadly. Confidence in power and prestige is deadly. Confidence in family heritage is deadly. Confidence in moral...

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Philippians: To Live is Christ - Pt. 13

1 Thessalonians 2:13 - And we also thank God constantly for this, that when you received the word of God, which you heard from us, you accepted it not as the word of men but as what it really is, the word of God, which is at work in you...

Philippians: To Live is Christ - Pt. 12

Luke 12:32-34 We fight anxiety by taking our eyes off of our earthly circumstances and putting them on our eternal circumstance in Christ. Two Implications:1. Sell the treasure that will not last. 2. Seek the treasure that will not fail. If what...

Life in 2021: Life of Generosity

Life in Prayer   Matthew 6:5-15 ESV    The focus of our prayer should be -God first (His Glory) -Man Second (Our well-being)    True worship centers on God, not man. Prayer is a form of worship. Therefore, our...

Life in 2021: Life in Prayer

Galatians 2:11-16 We all, having trusted in Christ alone for our salvation, have a tendency to revert to some kind of performance-based relationship with God. What is the one thing you do that allows you to feel slightly superior to other people?...

Life in 2021: Life in the Gospel

Matthew 7:13-14 - “Enter by the narrow gate. For the gate is wide and the way is easy that leads to destruction, and those who enter by it are many. For the gate is narrow and the way is hard that leads to life, and those who find it are few.” Psalm...

Life in 2021: Life in the Word

Who is Jesus? “Let no one say when he is tempted, “I am being tempted by God,” for God cannot be tempted with evil, and he himself tempts no one.” James 1:13 ESV “And he humbled you and let you hunger and fed you with manna, which you did not know...

The Worthy Son of God

Our obedience to God is rooted in seeing a God who is faithful to His promises.   Obedience to God is rooted in obedience to the Word of God (Luke 2:21-25)   Obedience to God is rooted in obedience to the Leading of the Holy Spirit (Luke...

Advent: Songs of the Savior - Simeon's Song

Luke 2:1-14 God is worthy of glory because he sovereignly works in human history to accomplish his purposes and plans. Proverbs 21:1 - The king’s heart is a stream of water in the hand of the LORD; he turns it wherever he will. God is worthy of...

Advent: Songs of the Savior - The Angel's Song

Advent: Songs of the Savior - Zechariah's Song

Luke 1:39-55 (ESV) God favors the humble and weak, rather than the strong and proud. God is both holy and mighty. God shows mercy to those who fear him. God cares for those who are in need. God keeps his promises to his people. Because of God’s...

Advent: Songs of the Savior - Mary's Song

What keeps us coming back to church each, week and why do we want to be a part of it? Philippians 2:25-30 (ESV) “The Same Mind” (2:2); “Letting your manner of life be worthy of the gospel of Christ” (1:27); “To live is Christ and to die is gain”...

Philippians: To Live is Christ - Humble and Exalted (Audio)

Be imitators of me, as I am of Christ. - 1 Corinthians 11:1 (ESV) Philippians 2:19-24 (ESV) “Sing, O barren one, who did not bear; break forth into singing and cry aloud, you who have not been in labor! For the children of the desolate one will be...

Philippians: To Live is Christ - The Power of Self-Forgetfulness (Audio)

Philippians 2:12-18 (ESV) The connection between God’s work and our work (vv. 12-13) The connection between our contentment and our witness (vv. 14-16) “What a fool we should think him, if we saw him ringing his hands, and blubbering all the...

Philippians: To Live is Christ - Week 9 (Audio)

Philippians 2:5-11 (ESV) “The very word ‘cross’ should be far removed not only from the person of a Roman citizen, but from his thoughts, his eyes and his ears…indeed the mere mention of [the cross], that is unworthy of a Roman citizen and a free...