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The Parables of Jesus

Mark 4:1-2, 9-12, 21-25

 

#1  Jesus is the UNDISPUTED Greatest Teacher of All Times   Mark 1:21-22

 

#2  As the Ultimate Master Teacher, Jesus is Known for Using PARABLES   Mark 4:1-2

 

#3  The Parables of Jesus are powerful, familiar stories or word pictures used to REVEAL truths about the Kingdom of God to those who would believe and CONCEAL the Kingdom of God from those with hard hearts   Mark 4:9-12

 

#4  The Nature of LIGHT   Mark 4:21-25

 

#5  Sowing and REAPING – The Parables   2 Peter 3:17-18

Daniel – Living a Life of Integrity

The Handwriting on the Wall

Daniel 5:1-31

 

#1 God SEES Our Sin   Daniel 5:1-4

 

#2 God CONFRONTS Our Sin   Daniel 5:5-6

 

#3 History Not LEARNED, is History REPEATED   Daniel 5:7-16

 

#4 God is the Same Yesterday, TODAY, and Forever   Daniel 5:17-28

 

#5 God is Not MOCKED   Daniel 5:29-31

 

The Wonder of Christmas – Joy

Matthew 2:1-11

 

#1 The JOURNEY to Joy  Matthew 2:1-6

 

#2 The ENEMY of Joy   Matthew 2:7-8

 

#3 Authentic Soul Satisfying Joy is Found in JESUS   Matthew 2:9-10

 

#4 Authentic Joy Leads to WORSHIP  Matthew 2:11

 

#5 Choosing JOY

 

Defending the Real Gospel

Galatians 1:1-10

#1 AUTHORITY Established             Galatians 1:1-2

#2 ACCURATE Communication    Galatians 1:3-5

#3 ADMONISHMENT to be True              Galatians 1:6-7

#4 ADVERSARIES of the Truth            Galatians 1:8-9

#5 APPROVED unto God                 Galatians 1:10

#1 The Great Commandment – LOVE Matthew 22:34-40

#2 The Great Commission – MISSION / PURPOSE Matthew 28:18-20

#3 A Great COMMITMENT to the Great COMMANDMENT and the Great COMMISSION will grow a Great CHURCH.

#4 WE > Me – Our Great MISSION

#5 Choose ONE to Advance Your Faith

WORSHIP – GROW – SERVE – SHARE

#1 If You’re Not FISHING, You’re Not FOLLOWING Mark 1:16-18

#2 Sharing the Gospel Should Be More Like a CONVERSATION than a SERMON

#3 If you know enough about the Gospel to be SAVED by it, then you know enough of the gospel to SHARE it.

#4 Getting off the COUCH and on the LAKE

#5 WE Is Greater Than Me – The GREATS

#1 A Different FOCUS Philippians 2:1-4

#2 We Is Greater Than Me 1 Corinthians 12:17-31

#3 Church is More Like FOOTBALL than GOLF

Together

Everyone

Accomplishes

More For His Glory

#4 Joining the TEAM – No Try Out Necessary

Spiritual Gifts

Heart

Ability

Personality

Experience

#5 Finishing STRONG John 17:1-5

WE > Me WORSHIP

#1 Worship Defined –

Christian Worship is the believers’ love RESPONSE of all that they are – heart, soul, mind, strength – to all God is and says and does.

#2 The HEART of Worship

#3 The INVITATION to Worship

#4 The ELEMENTS of Corporate Worship

#5 The EXIT: You are ENTERING the Mission Field

WE > Me

We Grow Together

7 Reasons to Read the Word in 2022

#1 I need to be FED.

They are more precious than gold, than much pure gold; they are sweeter than honey, than honey from the honeycomb. Psalm 19:10

#2 I need PROTECTION.

Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God. Eph 6:17

#3 I need to GROW.

But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To Him be glory both now and forever! Amen. 2 Peter 3:18

#4 I show my HEART when I read the Word.

As the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul pants for You, my God. Psalm 42:1

#5 I need MORE of God in my life.

All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, 17 so that the servant of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work. 2 Timothy 3:16-17

#6 We need each other to GROW.

They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer.

Acts 2:42

#7 We need to have GOSPEL-CENTERED conversations.

All the believers were together and had everything in common. Acts 2:44