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Sermons on Discipleship (Page 5)
“But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, in all Judea and to the ends of the earth.” (Acts 1:8) “The merciful are blessed, for they will be shown mercy.” (Matthew 5:7) Our greatest witness is showing mercy to others! “Be merciful,…
Sermon outline Jonah 3:1-10 “Then the word of the Lord came to Jonah a second time.” (Jonah 3:1 emphasis added) When you get a “do-over” in life, you … … live your life with profound gratitude. “8 Those who worship worthless idols have abandoned their loyalty to you. 9 But I will sing praises to you; I will offer you a sacrifice and do what I have promised.…
“39 A second (commandment) is equally important: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ 40 The entire law and all the demands of the prophets are based on these two commandments.” (Matthew 22:39-40 )
gether to question him again. 35 One of them, an expert in religious law, tried to trap him with this question: 36 “Teacher, which is the most important commandment in the law of Moses?” 37 Jesus replied, “‘You must love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, and all your mind.’ 38 This is the first and greatest commandment.” (Matthew 22:34-38 ) [NLT]
“Now may the God of peace Himself sanctify you completely. And may your spirit, soul, and body be kept sound and blameless for the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.” (1 Thessalonians 5:23 ) “… to be made new in the attitude of your mind.” (Ephesians 4:23 ) [NIV] Conform: external; to try to fit into a mold. Transform: internal; to change…
A Blueprint for Daily Change: The Lord’s Prayer: “5 Whenever you pray, you must not be like the hypocrites, because they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by people. I assure you: They’ve got their reward! 6 But when you pray, go into your private room, shut your door, and…
Therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, I urge you to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God; this is your spiritual worship.” (Romans 12:1 )
“6 Go to the ant, you slacker! Observe its ways and become wise. 7 Without leader, administrator, or ruler, 8 it prepares its provisions in summer; it gathers its food during harvest. 9 How long will you stay in bed, you slacker? When will you get up from your sleep? 10 A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the arms to rest, 11 and…
YouVersion: http://bible.com/events/48789713 “7 It (love) bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all thing. 8 Love never ends.” [HCSB] “Love knows no limit to its endurance, no end to its trust, no fading of its hope, it can outlast anything!” [PT] (1 Cor. 13:7- 8) Three Disciplines of Lasting Love: Develop disciplines that re-energize your body. Get plenty of rest. “In vain (it’s senseless) you get up early and stay up late, working hard to have…
“ 16 From now on, then, we do not know anyone in a purely human way. Even if we have known Christ in a purely human way, yet now we no longer know Him in this way. 17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation, old things have passed away, and look, new things have come.” (2 Corinthians 5:16-17 )