PRAY IN 2024 pt 2 // Sunday, January 28, 2024 // Jeff Hines, Lead Pastor

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Sunday, January 28, 2024

WEF…  Great Reset

2024 Theme Regaining Trust…

Focus: Disinformation & Misinformation

Circumvent National Sovereignty

No 1st Amendment Rights…

A few things we MUST have in our lives:

1.               The Bible

 

2.               The Holy Spirit

 

3.               Fellowship

 

4.               Prayer

1 Timothy 2: 1 (NLT)

    I urge you, first of all, to pray for all people. Ask God to help them; intercede on their behalf, and give thanks for them. 

 

1 Timothy 2: 2 (NLT)

    Pray this way for kings and all who are in authority so that we can live peaceful and quiet lives marked by godliness and dignity. 

 

Psalm 109: 8 (ESV)

    May his days be few; may another take his office!

 

Jesus is our example…

 

1.               He prayed through the night.

 

2.               He prayed early in the morning.

 

3.               He prayed in solitude.

 

4.               He prayed before major decisions.

 

5.               He invited others to join Him.

 

Prayer is often a struggle, battle, fight…

 

Colossians 2: 1 (ESV)

    For I want you to know how great a struggle I have for you and for those at Laodicea and for all who have not seen me face to face,

Colossians 4: 12 (ESV)

    Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ Jesus, greets you, always struggling on your behalf in his prayers, that you may stand mature and fully assured in all the will of God.

 

Struggle:

 

It describes someone struggling at work until utterly weary…

 

Colossians 1: 29 (NLT)

    That’s why I work and struggle so hard, depending on Christ’s mighty power that works within me.

 

It describes someone competing in athletics to attain a prize…

 

1 Corinthians 9: 25 (NLT)

    All athletes are disciplined in their training. They do it to win a prize that will fade away, but we do it for an eternal prize.

 

It describes a soldier fighting for his life…

 

1 Timothy 6: 12 (NLT)

    Fight the good fight for the true faith. Hold tightly to the eternal life to which God has called you, which you have declared so well before many witnesses.

 

It describes a person struggling to deliver friends from danger…

 

John 18: 36 (NLT)

    Jesus answered, “My Kingdom is not an earthly kingdom. If it were, my followers would fight to keep me from being handed over to the Jewish leaders. But my Kingdom is not of this world.”

 

Meaningful prayer is a strenuous spiritual discipline that requires mental discipline and concentration…

 

The Most Important Prayer

 

Romans 10: 9 & 10 (ESV)

    …if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. 10 For with the heart one believes and is justified, and with the mouth one confesses and is saved.

PRAY IN 2024 // Sunday, January 18, 2024 // Jeff Hines, Lead Pastor

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Sunday, January 21, 2024

A few things we MUST have in our lives:

1.

The Bible

1 John 2: 13 & 14 I write to you, fathers, because you have known Him who is from the beginning. I write to you, young men, because you have overcome the wicked one. I write to you, little children, because you have known the Father. 14 I have written to you, fathers, because you have known Him who is from the beginning. I have written to you, young men, because you are strong, and the word of God abides in you, and you have overcome the wicked one.

Menō – A permanent relationship with Jesus… Like a Father and Son…

It delivers us (humans) from the useless struggle to change ourselves to become “good enough.”

We LIVE / BEHAVE in a manner that demonstrates we are followers of Jesus.

Not External Constraints…

Genuine , Internal Transformation!

2.

The Holy Spirit

3.

Fellowship

Hebrews 12: 25 (NLT) And let us not neglect our meeting together, as some people do, but encourage one another, especially now that the day of his return is drawing near.

4.

Prayer

How is your prayer life?

1 Timothy 2: 1 (NLT) I urge you, first of all, to pray for all people. Ask God to help them; intercede on their behalf, and give thanks for them.

Jesus is our example…

Luke 5: 16 (NLT) …Jesus often withdrew to the wilderness for prayer.

Jesus prayed through the night…

Luke 6: 12 (NLT) One day soon afterward Jesus went up on a mountain to pray, and he prayed to God all night.

Dr. Estridge…

Jesus rose early to pray…

Mark 1: 35 (NLT) One day soon afterward Jesus went up on a mountain to pray, and he prayed to God all night.

Classmate…

Jesus modeled the importance of solitude…

Following the Feeding of the 5000…

Mark 6: 46 (NLT) After telling everyone good-bye, he went up into the hills by himself to pray.

Before the Mount of Transfiguration…

Luke 9: 28 (NLT) …Jesus took Peter, John, and James up on a mountain to pray.

The process of selecting spiritual leadership…

Luke 6: 12 (NLT) One day soon afterward Jesus went up on a mountain to pray, and he prayed to God all night.

Prayer isn’t easy…

~ J. H. Jowett

“All vital praying makes a drain on a man’s vitality. True intercession is a sacrifice, a bleeding sacrifice.”

“Jesus performed miracles without a sign of outward strain, but ‘…he offered prayers and pleadings, with a loud cry and tears…’ Hebrews 5: 7 (NLT)

MOVING FORWARD IN FAITH AND FOCUS // Sunday, December 31, 2023 // Jeff Hines, Lead Pastor

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Sunday, December 31, 2023

 

Moving Forward in Faith and Focus

 

Acts 26: 19 & 20 (ESV)

    “Therefore, O King Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision, 20 but declared first to those in Damascus, then in Jerusalem and throughout all the region of Judea, and also to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, performing deeds in keeping with their repentance.

 

When we fail to focus on priorities:

 

1.               Indecision

 

James 1: 8 (ESV)

     he is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways.

 

2.               Division

 

Proverbs 28: 2 (ESV)

    When a land transgresses, it has many rulers, but with a man of understanding and knowledge, its stability will long continue.

 

3.               Collision

 

1 Timothy 1: 19 (NLT)

    Cling to your faith in Christ, and keep your conscience clear. For some people have deliberately violated their consciences; as a result, their faith has been shipwrecked.

 

Numbers 13: 17 – 20 (NLT)

  Moses gave the men these instructions as he sent them out to explore the land: “Go north through the Negev into the hill country.  18 See what the land is like, and find out whether the people living there are strong or weak, few or many. 19 See what kind of land they live in. Is it good or bad? Do their towns have walls, or are they unprotected like open camps? 20 Is the soil fertile or poor? Are there many trees? Do your best to bring back samples of the crops you see.” (It happened to be the season for harvesting the first ripe grapes.)

 

Numbers 13: 21 – 23 (NLT)

    21 So they went up and explored the land from the wilderness of Zin as far as Rehob, near Lebo-hamath. 22 Going north, they passed through the Negev and arrived at Hebron, where Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai—all descendants of Anak—lived. (The ancient town of Hebron was founded seven years before the Egyptian city of Zoan.)   23 When they came to the valley of Eshcol, they cut down a branch with a single cluster of grapes so large that it took two of them to carry it on a pole between them! They also brought back samples of the pomegranates and figs.

Numbers 13: 25 & 26 (NLT)

     After exploring the land for forty days, the men returned 26 to Moses, Aaron, and the whole community of Israel at Kadesh in the wilderness of Paran. They reported to the whole community what they had seen and showed them the fruit they had taken from the land. 

 

The problem of moving forward in fear:

 

1.               Focus is on the negatives.

 

Numbers 13: 27 & 28 (NLT)

    This was their report to Moses:  “We entered the land you sent us to explore, and it is indeed a bountiful country — a land flowing with milk and honey. Here is the kind of fruit it produces. 28 But the people living there are powerful, and their towns are large and fortified. We even saw giants there, the descendants of Anak!

 

2.               Focus is on others.

 

Numbers 13: 29 (NLT)

    The Amalekites live in the Negev, and the Hittites, Jebusites, and Amorites live in the hill country. The Canaanites live along the coast of the Mediterranean Sea and along the Jordan Valley.”

 

3.               I lose focus on my God-given abilities.

 

Numbers 13: 31 (NLT)

     But the other men who had explored the land with him disagreed. “We can’t go up against them! They are stronger than we are!”

 

Numbers 13: 32 & 33 (NLT)

    So they spread this bad report about the land among the Israelites:  “The land we traveled through and explored will devour anyone who goes to live there. All the people we saw were huge. 33 We even saw giants there, the descendants of Anak. Next to them we felt like grasshoppers, and that’s what they thought, too!”

 

4.               I drag down those around me.

 

Numbers 13: 32 (NLT)

    So they spread this bad report about the land among the Israelites…

 

Isaiah 8 :12 (NLT)

    Don’t call everything a conspiracy, like they do, and don’t live in dread of what frightens them.

 

5.               Fear breeds misery.

 

Numbers 14: 1 - 4 (NLT)

    Then the whole community began weeping aloud, and they cried all night. 2 Their voices rose in a great chorus of protest against Moses and Aaron.

    “If only we had died in Egypt, or even here in the wilderness!” they complained.   3 “Why is the Lord taking us to this country only to have us die in battle? Our wives and our little ones will be carried off as plunder! Wouldn’t it be better for us to return to Egypt?”  4 Then they plotted among themselves, “Let’s choose a new leader and go back to Egypt!”

 

Solution? 

Strengthen your Faith

and Sharpen your Focus

 

Numbers 13: 30 (NLT)

    But Caleb tried to quiet the people as they stood before Moses.

    “Let’s go at once to take the land,” he said. “We can certainly conquer it!”

 

Numbers 14: 6 - 9 (NLT)

    Two of the men who had explored the land, Joshua son of Nun and Caleb son of Jephunneh, tore their clothing. 7 They said to all the people of Israel, “The land we traveled through and explored is a wonderful land! 8 And if the Lord is pleased with us, he will bring us safely into that land and give it to us. It is a rich land flowing with milk and honey. 9 Do not rebel against the Lord, and don’t be afraid of the people of the land. They are only helpless prey to us! They have no protection, but the Lord is with us! Don’t be afraid of them!”

 

PEACE // Sunday, Dec 3, 2023 // Jeff Hines, Lead Pastor

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Sunday, December 3, 2023

 

Peace

 

The Unexpected Messiah – VIDEO

 

Psalm 23: 1 – 6 (ESV)

    The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. 2 He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters. 3 He restores my soul. He leads me in paths of righteousness for his name's sake.4 Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me. 5 You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; you anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows. 6 Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life, and I shall dwell in the house of the Lord forever.

 

Psalm 23: 1 (ESV)

The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want

 

Psalm 23: 2 (ESV)

He makes me lie down in green pastures.
   

1.               Green Pastures

 

He leads me beside still waters.

 

2.               Still Waters

 

Psalm 23: 4 (ESV)

Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me.

 

John 10: 1 – 6 (NLT)

    “I tell you the truth, anyone who sneaks over the wall of a sheepfold, rather than going through the gate, must surely be a thief and a robber! 2 But the one who enters through the gate is the shepherd of the sheep. 3 The gatekeeper opens the gate for him, and the sheep recognize his voice and come to him. He calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. 4 After he has gathered his own flock, he walks ahead of them, and they follow him because they know his voice. 5 They won’t follow a stranger; they will run from him because they don’t know his voice.”  6 Those who heard Jesus use this illustration didn’t understand what he meant.

 

John 10: 7 – 15 (NLT)

    So he explained it to them: “I tell you the truth, I am the gate for the sheep. 8 All who came before me were thieves and robbers. But the true sheep did not listen to them. 9 Yes, I am the gate. Those who come in through me will be saved. They will come and go freely and will find good pastures. 10 The thief’s purpose is to steal and kill and destroy. My purpose is to give them a rich and satisfying life.  11 “I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd sacrifices his life for the sheep. 12 A hired hand will run when he sees a wolf coming. He will abandon the sheep because they don’t belong to him and he isn’t their shepherd. And so the wolf attacks them and scatters the flock.  13 The hired hand runs away because he’s working only for the money and doesn’t really care about the sheep. 14 “I am the good shepherd; I know my own sheep, and they know me, 15 just as my Father knows me and I know the Father. So I sacrifice my life for the sheep. 

 

The Wonder of His Peace - VIDEO

 

Isaiah 53: 6 (NLT)

    All of us, like sheep, have strayed away. We have left God’s paths to follow our own. Yet the Lord laid on him the sins of us all.

 

John 1: 12 (NLT)

     …to all who believed him and accepted him, he gave the right to become children of God.

THE EZEKIEL 38 WAR // Sunday, November 26, 2023 // Jeff HInes, lead pastor

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Sunday, November 26, 2023

The Ezekiel 38 War

4 in 10 Americans believe we are living in the Last Days.

78% of Evangelical Christians believe Christ could return in their lifetime.

  1. Middle East

Ezekiel 38: 1 – 6 (NASB) And the word of the LORD came to me saying, 2 “Son of man, set your face toward Gog of the land of Magog, the prince of Rosh, Meshech and Tubal, and prophesy against him 3 and say, ‘Thus says the Lord GOD, “Behold, I am against you, O Gog, prince of Rosh, Meshech and Tubal. 4 I will turn you about and put hooks into your jaws, and I will bring you out, and all your army, horses and horsemen, all of them splendidly attired, a great company with buckler and shield, all of them wielding swords; 5 Persia, Ethiopia and Put with them, all of them with shield and helmet; 6 Gomer with all its troops; Beth-togarmah from the remote parts of the north with all its troops — many peoples with you.

2. Magog

2.a. Magog

3. Turkey

4. North Africa

5. Ezekiel’s War

Ezekiel 38: 7 – 9 (NLT) “Get ready; be prepared! Keep all the armies around you mobilized, and take command of them. 8 A long time from now you will be called into action. In the distant future you will swoop down on the land of Israel, which will be enjoying peace after recovering from war and after its people have returned from many lands to the mountains of Israel. 9 You and all your allies — a vast and awesome army — will roll down on them like a storm and cover the land like a cloud.

Ezekeil 38: 19, 21 & 22 (NLT) …this is what the Sovereign LORD says: When Gog invades the land of Israel, my fury will boil over! 19 In my jealousy and blazing anger, I promise a mighty shaking in the land of Israel on that day. 20 All living things—the fish in the sea, the birds of the sky, the animals of the field, the small animals that scurry along the ground, and all the people on earth will quake in terror at my presence. Mountains will be thrown down; cliffs will crumble; walls will fall to the earth. 21 I

will summon the sword against you on all the hills of Israel, says the Sovereign LORD. Your men will turn their swords against each other. 22 I will punish you and your armies with disease and bloodshed; I will send torrential rain, hailstones, fire, and burning sulfur! 23 In this way, I will show my greatness and holiness, and I will make myself known to all the nations of the world. Then they will know that I am the LORD.

Ezekiel 36: 24 (NLT) For I will gather you up from all the nations and bring you home again to your land.

Ezekiel 37: 21 (NLT) …give them this message from the Sovereign LORD: I will gather the people of Israel from among the nations. I will bring them home to their own land from the places where they have been scattered.

Sin

Romans 3: 23 (NLT) For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.

Death

Romans 6: 23 (ESV) For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Love

Romans 5: 8 (ESV) but God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

Faith

Ephesians 2: 8 & 9 (ESV) For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, 9 not a result of works, so that no one may boast.

Life Romans 10: 9 & 10 (ESV) …if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. 10 For with the heart one believes and is justified, and with the mouth one confesses and is saved.

WHY SUPPORT ISRAEL? // Sunday, November 12, 2023 // Jeff Hines, Lead Pastor

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Sunday, November 11, 2023

Why Support Israel

1. Popular Map of Palestine

2. Accurate Map of Israel

3. Historical Map of Israel

4. Abraham’s Journey

Hebrew 11: 31 (NLT) One day Terah took his son Abram, his daughter-in-law Sarai (his son Abram’s wife), and his grandson Lot (his son Haran’s child) and moved away from Ur of the Chaldeans. He was headed for the land of Canaan, but they stopped at Haran and settled there.

5. Abraham’s Journey

Genesis 12: 1 (NLT) The LORD had said to Abram, “Leave your native country, your relatives, and your father’s family, and go to the land that I will show you.

Genesis 12: 2 & 3 (NLT) I will make you into a great nation. I will bless you and make you famous, and you will be a blessing to others. 3 I will bless those who bless you and curse those who treat you with contempt. All the families on earth will be blessed through you.”

6. Abraham’s Journey

Genesis 12: 10 (NLT) At that time a severe famine struck the land of Canaan, forcing Abram to go down to Egypt, where he lived as a foreigner.

7. Abraham’s Journey

Genesis 13: 1 (NLT) So Abram left Egypt and traveled north into the Negev, along with his wife and Lot and all that they owned.

8. Ber Sheva

9. Abraham Gate in Dan

Amos 9: 14 & 15 (NLT) I will bring my exiled people of Israel back from distant lands, and they will rebuild their ruined cities and live in them again. They will plant vineyards and gardens; they will eat their crops and drink their wine. 15 I will firmly plant them there in their own land. They will never again be uprooted from the land I have given them,” says the LORD your God.

10. Iran’s Proxy

THE SPIRIT & THE WORD- Doing Life With the Spirit // Sunday, October 8, 2023 // Jeff Hines, Lead Pastor

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Sunday, October 8, 2023

 

Doing Life with The Spirit;

The Spirit & The Word

 

Jesus explains the nature of God’s kingdom:

 

     1.  Spirit - God is spirit.

 

 For God is Spirit, so those who worship him must worship in spirit and in truth.                            John 4: 24 (NLT)

 

     2.  Truth - God’s word is truth.

 

   Sanctify them in the truth; your word is truth.     John 17: 17 (ESV)

 

The dangers of Imbalance

 

1.  If we only want the Spirit.

 

          Jesus replied, “Your mistake is that you don’t know the Scriptures, and you don’t know the power of God.    Matthew 22: 29 (NLT)

 

2.  If we only want the Word:

 

   He has enabled us to be ministers of his new covenant. This is a covenant not of written laws, but of the Spirit. The old written covenant ends in death; but under the new covenant, the Spirit gives life.                                                  

                        2 Corinthians 3: 6 (NLT)

     

The Book of Acts without the Word.

 

1.               There would be no 12th disciple.

(Matthias – Acts 1: 12 – 26) 

 

Acts 1: 16 & 20 (NLT)

 

“Brothers,” he said, “the Scriptures had to be fulfilled concerning Judas, who guided those who arrested Jesus. This was predicted long ago by the Holy Spirit, speaking through King David... 

  Peter continued, “This was written in the book of Psalms, where it says, ‘Let his home become desolate, with no one living in it.’ It also says, ‘Let someone else take his position.   

                                                         

      2. Would 3000 people          

          have been saved on the Day of   

        Pentecost?      (Acts 2: 14 – 42)

 

Acts 6: 8 – 8: 1

 

3.               Would Steven have been chosen?

 

Acts 6: 8 – 8: 1

 

4.               Would Saul have been converted?   

 

Acts 8: 26 - 40 

 

5. Would the Ethiopian be saved?       

 

Acts 8: 30 & 31 (NLT)

    Philip ran over and heard the man reading from the prophet Isaiah. Philip asked, “Do you understand what you are reading?” 31 The man replied, “How can I, unless someone instructs me?”  And he urged Philip to come up into the carriage and sit with him.                                        

 

The Book of Acts without the Spirit.

 

      1.  Would 3000 people

have been saved on the Day of Pentecost?      (Acts 2: 1 - 13) 

 

Acts 2: 6 (NLT)  

   When they heard the loud noise, everyone came running, and they were bewildered to hear their own languages being spoken by the believers.                                                  

  

    2.  Would 5000 people have been saved when Peter preached in the temple?  (Acts 3:1 - 4: 4) 

 

Acts 3: 6 (NLT)

   Peter said, “I don’t have any silver or gold for you. But I’ll give you what I have. In the name of Jesus Christ the Nazarene,  get up and walk!”                                                    

 

Acts 4: 4 (NLT)

   But many of the people who heard their message believed it, so the number of believers now totaled about 5,000 men, not counting women and children.                            

 

2.               The Spirit’s ministry was a

witness to non-believers.   (Acts 5) 

 

Acts 5: 12 – 15 (NLT)

    The apostles were performing many miraculous signs and wonders among the people. And all the believers were meeting regularly at the Temple in the area known as Solomon’s Colonnade.  13 But no one else dared to join them, even though all the people had high regard for them. 14 Yet more and more people believed and were brought to the Lord —  crowds of both men and women. 15 As a result of the apostles’ work, sick people were brought out into the streets on beds and mats so that Peter’s shadow might fall across some of them as he went by. 16 Crowds came from the villages around Jerusalem, bringing their sick and those possessed by evil spirits, and they were all healed.

 

Sin

 

Romans 3: 23 (NLT)

    For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.

 

Death

 

Romans 6: 23 (ESV)

    For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

 

Love

 

Romans 5: 8 (ESV)

    but God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

 

Faith

 

Ephesians 2: 8 & 9 (ESV)

    For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, 9 not a result of works, so that no one may boast.

 

Life

 

Romans 10: 9 & 10 (ESV)

     …if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. 10 For with the heart one believes and is justified, and with the mouth one confesses and is saved. 

 

HOW TO STAY FULL OF THE SPIRIT- Doing Life With the Spirit // Sunday, October 1, 2023 // Jeff Hines, Lead Pastor

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Sunday, October 1, 2023

 

Doing Life with The Spirit;

How to Stay Full of The Spirit

 

Ephesians 5: 15 - 18 (NLT)

     So be careful how you live. Don’t live like fools, but like those who are wise. 16 Make the most of every opportunity in these evil days. 17 Don’t act thoughtlessly, but understand what the Lord wants you to do. 18 Don’t be drunk with wine, because that will ruin your life. Instead, be filled with the Holy Spirit.

1.               Pray

Acts 4: 31 (NASB)

    And when they had prayed, the place where they had gathered together was shaken, and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak the word of God with boldness.

Jude 20 (NASB)

     But you, beloved, building yourselves up on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Spirit.

1 Corinthians 14: 4 (NASB)

    The one who speaks in a tongue edifies himself; but the one who prophesies edifies the church.

2.               Repent

Psalm 66: 18 (NASB)

    If I regard wickedness in my heart, The Lord will not hear.

Psalm 66: 18 (NLT)

    If I had not confessed the sin in my heart, the Lord would not have listened. 

1 John 1: 8 & 9 (NASB)

     If we say that we have no sin, we are deceiving ourselves and the truth is not in us. 9 If we confess our sins, He is faithful and righteous, so that He will forgive us our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 10 If we say that we have not sinned, we make Him a liar and His word is not in us. 

2 Timothy 3: 1 – 5 (NASB)

    But realize this, that in the last days difficult times will come. 2 For people will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, slanderers, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, unholy,3 unloving, irreconcilable, malicious gossips, without self-control, brutal, haters of good, 4 treacherous, reckless, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, 5 holding to a form of godliness although they have denied its power; avoid such people as these.

1            Corinthians 7: 18 - 20 (ESV)

    Flee from sexual immorality. Every other sin a person commits is outside the body, but the sexually immoral person sins against his own body.  19 Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God? You are not your own, 20 for you were bought with a price. So glorify God in your body.

3.               Ask

Luke 11: 11 – 13 (NLT)

    “You fathers — if your children ask for a fish, do you give them a snake instead? 12 Or if they ask for an egg, do you give them a scorpion? Of course not! 13 So if you sinful people know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him.”

Matthew 5: 6 (NASB)

    Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be satisfied.

WHAT HOLY SPIRIT DOES FOR US, Doing Life With the Spirit // Sunday, September 17, 2023 // Jeff Hines, Lead Pastor

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Sunday, September 17, 2023

 

Doing Life with The Spirit;

What the Holy Spirit Does for Us

 

The Holy Spirt Motivates Unity in the Body of Christ.

 

How can we succeed at living in unity?

 

1)              Develop the right attitude.

 

2)              Detemine to work at unity.

 

3)              Delight in the purpose of unity

 

4)              Discover the value of the diversity of gifts and personalities.

 

5)  Dedicate yourself to serve others.

 

Ephesians 4: 12 & 13 (NLT)

  Their responsibility is to equip God’s people to do his work and build up the church, the body of Christ. 13 This will continue until we all come to such unity in our faith and knowledge of God’s Son that we will be mature in the Lord, measuring up to the full and complete standard of Christ.

 

Philippians 2: 1 – (NLT)

    Is there any encouragement from belonging to Christ? Any comfort from his love? Any fellowship together in the Spirit? Are your hearts tender and compassionate? 2 Then make me truly happy by agreeing wholeheartedly with each other, loving one another, and working together with one mind and purpose. 3 Don’t be selfish; don’t try to impress others. Be humble, thinking of others as better than yourselves.   4 Don’t look out only for your own interests, but take an interest in others, too.   5 You must have the same attitude that Christ Jesus had. 6Though he was God, he did not think of equality with God as something to cling to.   7 Instead, he gave up his divine privilege; he took the humble position of a slave and was born as a human being. When he appeared in human form,  8he humbled himself in obedience to God and died a criminal’s death on a cross.

 

 

THE PERSON OF THE HOLY SPIRIT, WHAT HE DOES FOR US, Doing Life With the Spirit // Sunday, September 10, 2023 // Jeff Hines, Lead Pastor

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Sunday, September 10, 2023

 

Doing Life with The Spirit;

What the Holy Spirit Does for Us

 

The Holy Spirit…

 

1.               Is a seal

 

2.               The first installment of the believer’s inheritance.

 

3.               The Spirit of Wisdom & Revelation.

 

4.               Helps the believe draw near to God.

 

5.               Builds the body of believers into a holy temple.  

 

6.               Strengthens the believer with power in the inner being. 

 

7.               Motivates unity in the body of Christ.

 

Ephesians 4: 1 (NLT)

Therefore I, a prisoner for serving the Lord, beg you to lead a life worthy of your calling, for you have been called by God.

 

a.               Jesus calls us to walk in unity.

 

John 13: 34 & 35 (NLT)

    I am giving you a new commandment: Love each other. Just as I have loved you, you should love each other.  35 Your love for one another will prove to the world that you are my disciples.”

 

b. How can we succeed at living in unity?

 

1)              Develop the right attitude.

 

Ephesians 4: 2 (NLT)

     Always be humble and gentle. Be patient with each other, making allowance for each other’s faults because of your love. 

 

 

2)              Detemine to work at unity.

 

Ephesians 4: 3 (NLT)

    3 Make every effort to keep yourselves united in the Spirit, binding yourselves together with peace.

 

REMEMBER:  It’s the work of the Spirit

 

3)              Delight in the purpose of unity

 

Ephesians 4: 4 – 6 (NLT)

    4 For there is one body and one Spirit, just as you have been called to one glorious hope for the future. 5There is one Lord, one faith, one baptism,  6 one God and Father of all, who is over all, in all, and living through all.

 

4)              Discover the value of the diversity of gifts and personalities.

 

Ephesians 4: 7, 11 – 13 (NLT)

   7 However, he has given each one of us a special gift through the generosity of Christ.  11 Now these are the gifts Christ gave to the church: the apostles,

the prophets, the evangelists, and the pastors and teachers. 12 Their responsibility is to equip God’s people to do his work   and build up the church, the body of Christ.  13 This will continue until we all come to such unity in our faith and knowledge of God’s Son that we will be mature in the Lord, measuring up to the full and complete standard of Christ.

THE PERSON OF THE HOLY SPIRIT, WHAT HE DOES FOR US, Doing Life With the Spirit // Sunday, September 3, 2023 // Jeff Hines, Lead Pastor

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Sunday, September 3, 2023

 

Doing Life with The Spirit;

The Person of the Holy Spirit –

What He Does for Us

 

Ephesians 5: 18 (NLT)

     Don’t be drunk with wine, because that will ruin your life. Instead, be filled with the Holy Spirit.

 

1.               Helps the believe draw near to God.

 

Ephesians 2: 18 (NLT)

   Now all of us can come to the Father through the same Holy Spirit because of what Christ has done for us.

 

Psalm 27: 4 (KJV)

    One thing have I desired of the Lord, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the Lord, and to enquire in his temple.

 

Psalm 16: 11 (KJV)

    …in thy presence is fulness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.

 

Psalm 73: 8 (NLT)

    But as for me, how good it is to be near God! I have made the Sovereign Lord my shelter, and I will tell everyone about the wonderful things you do.

 

Psalm 51: 10 – 12 (KJV)

 Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me. 11 Cast me not away from thy presence; and take not thy holy spirit from me. 12 Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me with thy free spirit.

 

2.               The Holy Spirit is God’s guarantee.

 

Ephesians 1: 12 - 14 (NLT)

     God’s purpose was that we Jews who were the first to trust in Christ would bring praise and glory to God.   13 And now you Gentiles have also heard the truth, the Good News that God saves you. And when you believed in Christ, he identified you as his own by giving you the Holy Spirit, whom he promised long ago. 14 The Spirit is God’s guarantee that he will give us the inheritance he promised and that he has purchased us to be his own people. He did this so we would praise and glorify him.

  

          3. (Holy Spirit) Is a seal:

 

a.               Notarized 

 

          b. Ownership

 

c.               Security   

 

d.              Authenticity  

 

e.               Authority 

 

 

Have you received God’s guarantee?

 

Are you sealed as belonging to God?

 

Romans 3: 23 (ESV)

For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.

Romans 6: 23 (ESV)

    For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Romans 5: 8 (ESV)

    But God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

Romans 10: 9 & 10 (ESV)

 If you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.  10 For with the heart one believes and is justified, and with the mouth one confesses and is saved. 

4.               The first installment of the believer’s inheritance. 

 

Ephesians 5: 14 (NLT)

    14The Spirit is God’s guarantee that he will give us the inheritance he promised…

 

5.               Builds the body of believers into a holy temple.  

 

Ephesians 2: 21 & 22 (NLT)

   We are carefully joined together in him, becoming a holy temple for the Lord. 22 Through him you Gentiles are also being made part of this dwelling where God lives by his Spirit.

 

6.               Strengthens the believer with power in the inner being. 

 

Ephesians 3: 16 (NLT)

    I pray that from his glorious, unlimited resources he will empower you with inner strength through his Spirit.