HOW TO BE A PEACEMAKER

Kingdom Living HOW TO BE A PEACEMAKER Matthew 5:9   PEACE WITH GOD                           Ephesians 4:29, 4:25, 2:14     Colossians 1:20     Isaiah 53:5     Romans 5:1    Matthew 5:9, 5:38, 5:43-45     2 Corinthians 5:18   It starts with God.   No God, no peace. Know God, know peace.     PEACE WITH OTHERS   Understand you cannot […]

MERCY

  Kingdom Living MERCY Matthew 5:7   IT’S MORE IMPORTANT THAN WE THINK              James 2:8-13  –  We can’t pick and choose.   –  We all are guilty, and have been offered mercy.   –  One day we will all face the Judge.   How to look forward to our Judgement Day: Matthew 18:21-35   […]

HUNGERING AND THIRSTING

Kingdom Living HUNGERING AND THIRSTING Matthew 5:6   FIVE PHASES GOD USES TO CHANGE US:   CONFLICT                           Genesis 31:1-2                       Genesis 32:6-11     CRISIS                          Genesis 32:23-25                     Hosea 12:3     COMMITMENT                          Genesis 32:26                           Romans 6:13     CONFESSION                          Genesis 32:27     CONVERSION                          Genesis 32:28-31                     1 Corinthians 12:7-10  

STRENGTH THROUGH MEEKNESS

Kingdom Living STRENGTH THROUGH MEEKNESS Matthew 5:5   MAKE Jesus the manager of my life.              Matthew 16:24                          Psalm 37:5-6               –  Let go and let God.     ESTABLISH God’s Word as the authority for my life.              2 Timothy 3:16                          Psalm 119:112  –  Everything else changes but God’s Word doesn’t.     […]

GRIEVING, WITH HOPE

Kingdom Living GRIEVING, WITH HOPE Matthew 5:4     STANDING THROUGH STORMS      FINDING HOPE WHEN THINGS SEEM HOPELESS Psalm 103           Romans 5:8         Matthew 11:28-30          1 Peter 5:7           Psalm 56:6         Psalm 31:7          Romans 4:18           Psalm 119:81     Remember God is with me.    Remember God cares about me.    Remember God […]

HUMILITY

Kingdom Living HUMILITY Matthew 5:3   ADMIT I NEED HELP          1.  I am ____________.            2.  My secrets make me __________.                           Psalm 32:3    I must admit it to ______________ it.                          Proverbs 28:13         4.  My pride and fear keeps me _____________.                          […]

A NEW BEGINNING

A NEW BEGINNING Isaiah 43:16-19   LET THE PAST BE PAST               Isaiah 43:18            Haggai 2:9               Proverbs 24:16                –  Stop making excuses.      UNDERSTAND THE PRESENT             Isaiah 43:19          Proverbs 28:13            Romans 12:2   –  Take an inventory of your life.   –  Refocus your life. […]

LOVE

CHRISTMAS LOVE 1 John 4:7-10    LOVE CAME DOWN…              …from God to earth… to the cross.    PUTTING CHRISTMAS IN A PROPER PERSPECTIVE   Matthew 1:18-21      Luke 2:8-12      John 3:16        Romans 5:8-10      1 John 3:16     –  The reason for the season is sin.     –  The motive […]

HOPE

CHRISTMAS HOPE    BREAKING THE SILENCE              Isaiah 9:6-7                               Luke 1:26-33              God is shaking us to wake us!    NOW WE HAVE HOPE!               Matthew 1:21-23           Colossians 1:27          Romans 8:31-32   –  God is with us.    –  God is in us.    –  God is for us.       […]

JOY

CHRISTMAS JOY Psalm 98   Joy to the World!?               James 1:2-4    Hebrews 12:1-11             Philippians 1-4                 –  Biblical joy is not a result of where we are in life, but where we are in Christ.     The Source of Joy:   John 15:11 Galatians 5:16-23 Psalm 16:11     Romans 14:17 & 15:13    […]