Mark 12:28-34 We all need relationships The Lord God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone." Genesis 2:18a We all have Relationships. We all choose Relationships. “Do not be misled: 'Bad company corrupts good character.'” 1 Corinthians 15:33 Who are we engaging with the Gospel? Christ-Centered Relationships forgive. “Therefore, if you are offering your gift at the altar and there remember that your brother or sister has something against you, leave your gift there in front...

We share stories and celebrate what God did during SERVE week.

Psalm 112:1-6 Manage Exposure Walk with the wise and become wise, for a companion of fools suffers harm. Proverbs 13:20 1. Expose them to the joy of knowing God personally. Now this is eternal life: That they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent. John 17:3 2. Expose them to the presence and power of God in His Church. 3. Expose them to the thrill of being used by God. Serve the Lord alone. But if you refuse to serve the Lord, then choose today whom you...

Ephesians 6:10-13 I. Satan has definitely declared war on you! I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. Now there is in store for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me on that day—and not only to me, but also to all who have longed for his appearing. II Timothy 4:7-8 Fight the good fight of the faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called when you made your good confession in the presence...

Ephesians 6:10-20 Vs. 12 For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms. Vs. 11 Put on the full armor of God, so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes. Vs. 13 …so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground, and after you have done everything, to stand.  Vs. 14 Stand firm then, with the belt...

Acts 2:1-13 1. The historical significance of Pentecost John 7:37-39 2. Pentecost marks a cataclysmic shift in the way we relate to God. 3. The Holy Spirit is available to each and to all. Acts 2:3-4 Joel 2: 28-32   Acts 2: 38-39   4. The work of the Holy Spirit happens best when we are together. Acts 2:1 Acts 1:14  “Which of you fathers, if your son asks for a fish, will give him a snake instead? Or if he asks for an egg, will give him a scorpion? If you then, though you are evil,...

Matthew 6:25-34 What you think about God has everything to do with how you live your life. - Pastor Gregg.  1. God is always working. Obed Edem (2 Samuel 6) Where the presence of God is, you can expect to see the works of God.  Don’t just chalk things up to coincidence. God is always working.  2. God works in our failures. Sampson (Judges 16) You can expect that even despite ourselves God will see us through to the very end.  For though the righteous fall seven times, they rise...

Ephesians 6:1-3 God is clear on this subject. If you honor your father and your mother you will be blessed. One of the 10 Commandments includes this admonition. Honor your father and mother. Why is it so important? 1. Every parent is flawed. 2. You would not be alive without them. 3. God chose their DNA to make you unique. For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb… Your eyes saw my unformed body; all the days ordained for me were written in your book...

Romans 12:1-2 What you think about God has everything to do with how you will live your life. Past generations looked to God and the Bible for determining morality and truth. Our feelings should subject themselves to what is true rather than developing your worldview based on how you feel. Do not be conformed to this world but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Romans 12:2 Don’t let the world around you squeeze you into its mold. Phillips translation He created them male and...

II Corinthians 4:8-10 I believe that standing for orthodoxy is exciting, faithful, courageous, challenging, hard (in the face of today’s culture) and right.  I think standing for a changing, shifting, progressive culture/church is boring, easy, compromising, lazy and bankrupt. The Thrill of Orthodoxy The Boredom of Progressivism The Excitement of Orthodoxy Christianity is radically inclusive!  Christianity is also radically exclusive!  Marriage and Gender Issues Matter Stand Up for...

Luke 6:36-40 Luke 6:20-26 Here’s the challenge: don’t settle for success, security and acceptance when Jesus has immeasurably more waiting for you.   “Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over, will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.” Luke 6:38 Giving breaks the curse of selfishness that we all struggle with so we can experience the kind of peace, contentment and extravagant joy that...

Mark 4:21-25 I. Come to worship prayerfully II. Come to worship hungering for truth III. Come to worship without prearranged agenda   IV. Come to worship asking to hear at the deepest level

I Corinthians 15:3-8 There were many eyewitnesses at Jesus’ death. There was no doubt Jesus was dead (John 19:38-42). Chief priests met with Pilate to demand a guard on the tomb. Female relatives and followers of Jesus were convinced He was dead. (John 19:39). Saints were raised from the dead to physical life (Matthew 27:51-53).  After an earthquake, an angel descended. Angels spoke to the women.  The disciples did not believe the women.  Peter and John ran to the tomb.  The resurrected...

Psalm 150 I. Worship with our regenerated spirit. a. Worship in spirit  b. Singing spiritual songs c. Giving thanks by the spirit II. Worship with our renewed mind. a. Worship with intelligent obedience. b. Pray with understanding. c. Praise with understanding. III. Worship with our revived emotions. a. Shouting and clapping hands unto the Lord b. Rejoicing and expressing thanksgiving c. Being silent before the Lord   IV. Worship with our rededicated body. a. Kneeling in...

Psalm 100 Worship defined: Worship in truth and spirit is experiencing/encountering God. I. Serve God (with praise & adoration) Worship is seeing what God is worth and giving him what he’s worth. Tim Keller I’ve experienced God’s presence most powerfully in worship, often during the singing, I suppose because when we sing to him, we are looking hard in his direction. J.I. Packer Christian worship is the most momentous, the most urgent, the most glorious action that can take place in...

Mark 2:21-22 “God loves each of us as if there were only one of us.” St. Augustine I. Revival is God-breathed not program planned. II. You really cannot stop something that you didn’t start. God chose what is low and despised in the world, even things that are not, to bring to nothing things that are, so that no human being might boast in the presence of God. I Corinthians 1:28-29

Listen as we share stories from several Asbury students and Union Chapel staff who visited the Asbury Revival.

John 4:34-42 Three Trends: 1. Woke is making people, in general, miserable. 2. Parents and others are getting angry with school boards and other politicians over what they are doing to our children. 3. There is coming, and now is, a youth “backlash” against woke culture.  Revival is birthed in the womb of humility and brokenness without which you will never personally receive. Question: Would you have felt comfortable with the 120 in the upper room on the day of Pentecost? Don’t you...

And so it was with me, brothers and sisters. When I came to you, I did not come with eloquence or human wisdom as I proclaimed to you the testimony about God. For I resolved to know nothing while I was with you except Jesus Christ and him crucified. I came to you in weakness with great fear and trembling. My message and my preaching were not with wise and persuasive words, but with a demonstration of the Spirit’s power, so that your faith might not rest on human wisdom, but on God’s power. 1...

Now when He was asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God would come, He answered them and said, "The kingdom of God does not come with observation; nor will they say, 'See here!' or 'See there!' For indeed, the kingdom of God is within you." Luke 17:20-21 (NKJV) Christians take the kingdom of God everywhere we go. “You are the salt of the earth; but if the salt loses its flavor, how shall it be seasoned? It is then good for nothing but to be thrown out and trampled underfoot by...

The man who finds a wife finds a treasure, and he receives favor from the Lord. Proverbs 18:22 (NLT) A quarrelsome wife is like the dripping of a leaky roof in a rainstorm; Proverbs 27:15 (NIV) It is better to step in warm dog poop, or to pass a kidney stone, than to marry a self-centered, narcissistic man. Ryan 4:18 Why do so many marriages struggle? “Haven’t you read,” he replied, “that at the beginning the Creator ‘made them male and female,’ and said, ‘For this reason a man will leave...

John 9:1-7 1. My Story- Divine Intervention 2. Partnership With Doctors/Counselors James 5:13-15 Romans 8:28 (The Best Loved Most Misunderstood Verse In The Bible) 3. Process- Ask Seek and Knock Mark 8 4. Death "Why Not You?" "Why Not Me?”

John 2:1-11 I. Need, Greed or Seed “But this I say: He who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and he who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully. So let each one give as he purposes in his heart, not grudgingly or out of compulsion; for God loves a cheerful giver. And God is able to make all grace abound toward you, that you, always having all sufficiency in all things, may have an abundance for every good work” 2 Corinthians 9:6-8 “Remove falsehood and lies far from me; give me...

Deuteronomy 15:7-15 There is nothing in Scripture that says we should make personal gain our motive for giving. God doesn’t want us to catch the vision of getting. He wants us to catch the vision of giving. “Give to everyone who asks of you. And from him who takes away your goods do not ask them back. And just as you want men to do to you, you also do to them likewise. But if you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners love those who love them. And if you do...

Luke 16:10-13 I. True Riches Matthew 6:19-21 What are the “true riches” the “treasures in heaven?” It’s people and relationships. When we use money for righteous purposes, we are laying up treasure in heaven.  II. Tithing Luke 16:10 The Bible says that we must be faithful with a little before we will be entrusted with much. It’s not how much we have but whose it is. The tithe “belongs” to God. The message is if we will return the tithe, then God will bless or redeem the rest. People...