Sunday 02/02/14 Topic: Review: Finding our Identity in Christ Series – Our Identity in Christ.mp3 Click here to watch the video. Kenny Merritt is a relatively new friend of mine with whom I can already see I will grow closer and more dear as the years progress. In this video, Kenny talks about how as Christians, we tend to draw our sense of self-worth from our expectations of how others perceive us and NOT from Christ. These expectations are dangerous in the life of the believer for they refocus their hearts and energies on the things of this world […]
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Sunday 01/29/14 Topic: Review: Co-partnership in His Sufferings III Series – The Ministry of the Holy Spirit VII.mp3 Click here to watch the video. Key Text: Heb. 5:5-9 Heb. 2:14-18 1 Peter 2:18-25 1 Peter 3:15-19 2 Tim. 1:1-14 1 Peter 4:1-19 Partnership in sufferings We considered what it means to suffer with the Holy Spirit as co-partners with Him in the sufferings of Christ this week and below is a simply bullet point, summarizing those points we covered. Unwarranted harsh treatment Being reviled for His Name’s sake Ceasing from sin As you can imagine these three types […]
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Sunday 01/22/14 Topic: Review: Co-partnership in His Sufferings II Series – The Ministry of the Holy Spirit VI.mp3 Click here to watch the video. Key Text: Heb. 5:5-9 Heb. 2:14-18 1 Peter 2:18-25 1 Peter 3:15-19 2 Tim. 1:1-14 1 Peter 4:1-19 Partnership in sufferings We considered what it means to suffer with the Holy Spirit as co-partners with Him in the sufferings of Christ this week and below is a simply bullet point, summarizing those points we covered. Unwarranted harsh treatment Being reviled for His Name’s sake Ceasing from sin As you can imagine these three types […]
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Sunday 01/15/14 Topic: Review: Co-partnership in His Sufferings Series – The Ministry of the Holy Spirit V.mp3 Key Text: Acts 9:13-16 Phil. 1:27-30 Phil. 3:7-11 Heb. 5:5-9 Heb. 2:14-18 Partnership in sufferings I began to night be reading a excerpt from the second chapter of A.W. Tozar’s book, God’s Pursuit of Man. In it he brings up the very sobering point, that the church has been progressively been moving towards a gospel which is devoid of a changed life. As if confession to a list of doctrinal statements somehow caused God to adjudicate in our favor […]
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Sunday 01/12/14 Topic: Review: Unity, Co-partnership & The Spirit Series – The Ministry of the Holy Spirit IV.mp3 Key Text: Jn. 14:15-27 Matt. 25:14-25 Well we began again with a review since there were so many interruptions through the holidays. So this morning we began with reaffirming the Holy Spirit’s roll in convincing the church that we are unified with God. After this we began looking at our co-partnership with the Holy Spirit by reading several biblical references highlighting this fact. The first of which we spent a little time one… Co-participation within His Kingdom work & […]
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