The Truth Matthew 6:19-24 1. Two places where you can invest your money: Earth or Eternity.  If your eyes are (generous), your whole body will be full of light. But if you eyes are (stingy), you whole body will be full of darkness.  2. If your heart has light, you’ll be a giver and if your heart is …

Fulfill the Vision Sunday Acts 1:9-14 Mark 1:15 1. Pray for our eyes to be fixed on Jesus! 2. Pray for believers to live in the Spirit!            Acts 1:8           Ephesians 1:19           Romans 12:1-2           Ephesians 4:29 3. Pray for the Holy Spirit to fill us up!            Ephesians 5:18 4 …

Open or Shut?  Mark 10:46-52 2 Questions:  1. Who is Jesus for?            Mark 10:13           Mark 10:47c           People are important to Jesus so people are important to us.            Jesus’ Love for Sinners 2. What does it mean to be a follower of Jesus?           Mark 8:17           Mark 10: …

Divine Disciplines: Solitude  Psalm 62:1-6 | Matthew 4:1 | Mark 1:35-39 | Matthew 14:13-14 | Matthew 14:23 1 Timothy 4:7b – Discipline yourself for the purpose of godliness.  Solitude Voluntarily and Temporarily withdrawing to privacy for spiritual purposes in which silence is practice.  Jesus Pract …

D-Now Weekend Matthew 7:24-29 Big Truth: Jesus followers build their lives upon the Word of God.  Big Ideas:  1. Hearing the word must be accompanied by doing the Word.  2. Beware of merely hearing the Word.  3. Submit to the authority of the Word.   

Divine Disciplines: Fasting   Matthew 6:16-18, Matthew 9:14-17, Isaiah 58:1-12 1 Timothy 4:7b – Discipline yourself for the purpose of godliness.  Fasting  Refraining from food and committing the time to the Lord for a Specific Purpose.  Why Fast?  For Divine Guidance For Victory over Temptation  Pr …

Divine Disciplines: Evangelism  1 Timothy 4:7b Discipline yourself for the purpose of godliness.  Definition:  Is to present Jesus Christ in the power of the Holy Spirit to sinful people, in order that they may come put their trust in God through Christ, to receive Christ as their Savior, and serve …

Divine Disciplines: Worship  John 20:26-29, John 4:19-26, Hebrews 10:19-25 Worship is to ascribe the proper worth to God, to magnify His worthiness of praise.  Worship is:  1. Focusing on and responding to God           John 20:26-29           We know he reveals himself to us today:            a. Th …

Divine Disciplines: Stewardship Ephesians 5:15-16, 2 Corinthians 8-9, Luke 16:10-13  Stewardship: the careful and responsible management of something entrusted to one’s care.  1. The Disciplined Use of Personal Passions.            Ephesians 5:15-16, Matthew 6:33            Time is Short – James 4:1 …

Divine Disciplines: Prayer 2 Reasons Why We Pray:  Jesus Expects It – Matthew 6:5-9 God Answers It – Matthew 7:7-12 The great tragedy of life is not unanswered prayer, but unoffered prayer. – F.B. Meyer 1. Continue steadfastly in prayer.  Only a life of prayer and meditation will render a vessel rea …