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The Journey with God - A Message on Exodus 33

1. Have a passion to KNOW God (vs. 12-13) 2. Be determined to WALK with God (vs. 14-17) 3. Grow in your faith to TRUST God when life is hard. (vs. 18-23)

The Expectation Continued - The Rock Solid Life

1. We are to be like-minded. 2. We are to be sympathetic. 3. We are to love one another. 4. We are to be prepared to give an answer for our hope.

The Expectations - The Rock Solid Life

1. We are to be like-minded. - We have the mind of Christ - We desire to be like Jesus - We desire to fulfill His purpose

Winning the Battle - The Rock Solid Life

1. We are in a war. 2. We are to live correctly in the world.

Answering the Call - A Message on 1 Samuel 16

1. God Looks at our Heart 2. Anointing vs. Appointing - Anointing- How God has Blessed You - Appointing- The Position to take action 3. Answer the Call where He has placed you

Shema - Pouring into the Next Generation

1. A willing heart is a game-changer.2. Let’s shema the Shema.3. Let’s make our time count.4. Let’s invest in the next generation.5. Let’s Identify the five.

Winning the War - The Rock Solid Life

1. We are in a battle. (vs.11) A. Good and evil are at war. (11) Evil = sinful desires. Do what’s best for me. Good = serving desires. Do what’s best for others. B. The temptation is to place more value on ourselves than others. It’s a battle in the mind and in the heart. C. The plan is to live such good lives that they can’t deny God’s love. (12). 2. We are to live correctly in the world. (13) A. We are to be submit to authorities. We are to do it for the Lord’s sake. (13) I.O.W. So that we don’t misrepresent Him. They are looking for reasons not to listen to us. B. We are to follow God’s will. (15) When we do good, we silence the ignorant talk of foolish people. C. We are to influence the ignorant and foolish to be knowledgeable and wise. To lead them to understand who God is and their need for Him. D. We are to show proper respect to everyone. (17) – They are created by God just like us. – They are loved by God just like us. – They are wanted by God just like us. – We are all valuable to God. 3. We are to have the right attitude when we face unfairness. (18-22) The example of slaves. A. We are to bear unjust suffering. We aren’t to live to get them back (2-3, retaliate), we are to respond in a way that brings remorse and a change of heart. We are to act in such a way that encourages a change of heart. (23-25) That’s what Jesus did for us. B. We are to be willing to suffer for doing what is good. (20) This is our calling. (21) Christ suffered for us. He is our example. (22)

The Holy Life - The Rock Solid Life (A Message Series on 1 Peter)

Holy = Have a spiritually pure quality. “Being spiritually pure.” Having no faults. When will we be holy? 1. I prepare myself to meet Jesus face to face. (vss.13-14). A. I have a hope of being with Jesus at his coming. I want to be prepared to meet him. B. I remain alert, knowing that work of the enemy to influence me to fail. He’s trying to get me to fail. – he tempts me. – He wants me to make self-centered choices. (14). C. I remain sober. I don’t allow things to cloud my judgment. I think of what is pure. (Philippians 4:8). 2. I want to be known as an obedient child. (14). A. I am not to conform to the wrong desires. They are evil desires. They are desires to protect, provide for and advance myself. B. I am to live te wise life and not the ignorant life. (14). The ignorant don’t know better. We do know what is better and need to remember the life that is better. 3. I am to live as a foreigner. (17). A. I need to remember that this world is not my homeland. I am a citizen of Heaven. Heaven is a place of holiness. B. I came from a place where life has meaning. (18). It is to show God’s love. Those who are from this world live an empty life. Those who are empty are constantly trying to fill their lives. They are filling it with things that never give us our fill. They fill it with things like silver and gold. They don’t give us value. C. My inheritance comes from a perfect family member (19-21). – he is without blemish or defect. – He loves us sacrificially. (20) he did what he did for our sake. – He is the proof of God’s power to give us life. (21) God raised him from the dead to provide a way for us to live with God in Heaven. Jesus is our passport. D. I choose to become a citizen. (22) We have accepted what Jesus has done for us. Because we believe it is true and have become pure (forgiven) allowing me to be a part of the family. 4. I am to represent my homeland well. (22) A. I have a sincere love for others. I love people, not for what they cand do for me, but what I can do for them. B. I show my love to others. It is the evidence that I love them deeply from the heart. I love others sacrificially like Jesus showed his love for me. C. I share the word fo love to others to keep them from perishing. (23-25)

Facing Life’s Trials - The Rock Solid Life (1 Peter)

1. We are to live with abundant grace and peace (vs.2). Go wants us to have abundant grace and peace. A. We have grace when we remember we experience God’s unconditional love. - Grace = giving something undeserved. Also being shown goodwill. Also means the spirit of God operating in humans to regenerate or strengthen them by remembering that we are loved. B. We have peace when we are not in conflict with God’s plan for living. It’s to be gracious to others as we live among humanity. 2. We are to live with hope. (3-4). A. Our hope is in knowing that nothing can take our relationship with God away. B. Our hope is in our receiving mercy. Jesus paid our debt of sin as our Savior. Because os our acceptance of this, we have a relationship with God. C. Our hope is in God’s resurrection power. God resurrected Jesus from the dead. God is in control of the natural world. It is our belief in what God did through resurrecting Jesus that we have the hope of heaven. (4). D. Our hope comes through faith. (5) It shields us. We believe in what God did for us and we trust Him to be our God. 3. We are to rejoice in our time of trials. (vs.6). A. We know that our trials have a purpose. (vs.7). We prove the genuineness of our faith. B. We prove the worth of a relationship with God. (vs.7) It is more valuable than gold. It is more valuable than anything in this world. The things of the world perish. In the end, they don’t save us. (vs.5) “In the last time….” When the relationship faces fire it does not perish. It remains. It strengthens because we learn to trust in Him more. 4. Our relationship with God is built on a strong foundation. (vs.8-10). What is to made of? A. Our love for Him. Even though we don’t see Him, we love Him. (8). B. Our belief in Him. (8). We believe that God is up to something good.C. Our joy. (8). Our joy comes in knowing we are saved. (9) We have nothing to fear about our future.

Easter (The Difference)

1. His Power to resurrect gave people hope of eternal life. 2. We can have confidence in our belief that the resurrection occurred.

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