Jesus says that He no longer calls us servants, but that He now calls us friends who do the will of God. Are you living a life that says and shows that we are friends of God or friends of the world?
Loving God, Loving Others, Making Disciples
Loving God, Loving Others, Making Disciples
Sermons on Community (Page 4)
In a time where there are more questions than answers, where there is more doubt and despair than peace, where do we turn to find out what is best? The Apostle Paul shares a prayer and offers ways for a believer to live and experience the best.
The parable of the Good Samaritan in Luke, is about a traveler who is stripped of clothing, beaten, and left half dead alongside the road. First a Jewish priest and then a Levite comes by, but both avoid the man. Finally, a Samaritan happens upon the traveler. Samaritans and Jews despised each other, but the…
“Therefore, as we have opportunity, we must work for the good of all, especially for those who belong to the household of faith” – Galatians 6:10 The church is not just a charitable organization like the Red Cross, the civic club, the Rotary, or Kiwanis. Those groups do some great work. But the church is…
Indeed, I count everything as loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have suffered the loss of all things and count them as rubbish, in order that I may gain Christ and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but that which comes…
If you had one last thing to say to your church before you died, what would you tell them?” The last thing that Jesus said before He ascended to Heaven was, “Therefore, go and make disciples of all nations…” Matthew 28:19 The American church model for the most part is, “Let’s do whatever we can…
Jesus replied: “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ Matthew 22:37-39 Maybe instead of seeking new information, we should live out the information Jesus has…
so that through the church the manifold wisdom of God might now be made known to the rulers and authorities in the heavenly places. This was according to the eternal purpose that he has realized in Christ Jesus our Lord,” Ephesians 3:10-11 Throughout the Bible, we see that God’s plan is to make a people…
But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.” You hear that the church is truly more than a building. It is the people. It is the body of Christ. …
Jesus calls us to be distinctly different. In Matthew 5:3-12, Jesus mentions 8 specific blessings. We call these the Beatitudes. How, as Christ followers, are we different from the world?Jesus shows us a different way of righteousness. Jesus shows us a different way of love. We don’t love because of the bottom line or if…