08/28/2011 - Cornerstone - 1 Peter 2:4-8
What is your cornerstone? Whatever your cornerstone is, it will set the course or guide your life. Jesus Christ is the true Cornerstone.
Sep 06, 2011•52 min
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08/21/2011 - How Do I Grow Up - 1 Peter 2:1-3
Where are you at in your Christian growth? Are you a child, a "young man" or a "father"? As children we must know first and foremost that we are totally forgiven. When we become young men we learn to trust in Him and begin to see ourselves as He sees us. Finally as a father we come to know Him, we to Him daily because we want to, not because we have to. Where are you?
Aug 21, 2011•48 min
08/14/2011 - Growing Up - 1 Peter 2:1-3
Do you know that you are a babe in Christ? Is it your desire to deepen your walk with God, to grow in likeness to Christ? We need to let the Word of God come in to our lives, let it sink down in and live it out so that our lives can change as we trust in Him and walk in child-like faith.
Aug 15, 2011•29 min
08/07/2011 - Transforming Spirit of Grace
At some point in our lives we have all felt dried out or dead. Yet the power of God, in Christ, has brought us life. And His Powerful Spirit dwells in us; transforming our hearts, equipping us, and giving us power.
Aug 08, 2011•54 min
07/31/2011 - Love 'em - 1 Peter 1:22-25
Our greatest hope for today and tomorrow is to look at what God has done. Do you love as you have been loved? If not, allow God to transform your heart. Who you are today is not who you need to be tomorrow.
Aug 02, 2011•55 min
07/24/2011 - Born Again - 1 Peter 1:22-25
Do you walk into each day knowing that Christ is with you, that He lives within you? Do you know that you are never alone? The fact that we are born again is central to our lives. It is a definite, supernatural, completely coherent event in your life. Without the new birth there is no life.
Jul 25, 2011•51 min
07/17/2011 - Holiness, Part 4 - Resident Alien - 1 Peter 1:17-21
Do you live as an immigrant, tourist or a resident alien? If we are not living as resident aliens then we are not pursuing holiness but rather our own desires. Christ devoted His life totally to His mission, our salvation. He set apart His life for us and calls us to be set apart for Him, for His purposes.
Jul 18, 2011•1 hr 6 min
07/10/2011 - Holiness, Part 3 - The Life - 1 Peter 1:13-21
Motivation is everything. What is your motivation, self or Christ? The degree to which we will be holy (set apart for God) is in direction relation to the degree to which we understand what God has done for us through Jesus Christ.
Jul 13, 2011•56 min
07/03/2011 - Holiness, Part 2 - Let My People Think - 1 Peter 1:13-16
Do you let God's Word speak into your life and then think all the way through the implications and ramifications of that truth? Christianity (unlike other faiths) requires that we think to not only become a believer but to also grow in our faith. We must begin to read culture through the Bible and not the reverse.
Jul 05, 2011•50 min
06/26/2011 - Holiness, Part 1 - 1 Peter 1:13-16
Do you find great pleasure in pleasing God? The extent to which we perceive the holiness of God will be directly reflected by the degree to which our lives are set apart for Him. His desires will become our desires, His sigh becomes our command. We will no longer think in terms of how much do I have to do but rather what can I do.
Jun 27, 2011•1 hr 4 min
06/19/2011 - Long to Look - 1 Peter 1:12
Are you obsessed with looking at the gospel? The gospel needs to drive, mold, and transform us. The gospel is what will carry us through our trials. Christ's suffering and glory is our hope. It is in and through our sufferings that we will discover Christ as our meaning and hope. All of scripture testifies to the beauty and power of Christ, that He is our ultimate treasure.
Jun 21, 2011•1 hr
06/12/2011 - Vantage Point - 1 Peter 1:10-12
Have you forgotten how "amazing" it is that we may experience salvation? There may be days and seasons in your life when you get bogged down, but remember you have a hope in Jesus Christ, that you can celebrate!
Jun 13, 2011•55 min
06/05/2011 - Priceless - 1 Peter 1:6-9
Our faith is more precious that gold - priceless! We should have a joy that is the same! Do you?
Jun 06, 2011•55 min
05/29/2011 - Mercy and Hope - 1 Peter 1:3-5
In the midst of trials do you have a "living hope"? Peter's goal is to prepare us for the trials and struggles that are sure to come, to equip us for the furnace. What carries us through and beyond our struggles is God's mercy and our "living hope." In the midst of trials we can live victoriously because of Jesus Christ and the salvation He has provided through His death and resurrection.
May 29, 2011•57 min
05/22/2011 - Loved by God - 1 Peter 1:1-2
Today we begin to look at the book of 1 Peter and see that we are called to be both residents and aliens. We are to be part of the city, residents who are involved for the good of the city. At the same time we are called to be aliens, our lives are to look different so that we glorify Christ through our lives. These verses call us to look at the atonement of Christ, the sanctifying work of the Holy Spirit and election.
May 22, 2011•1 hr 7 min
05/15/2011 - Enjoy the Gospel - Exodus 33:7-11
Do you enjoy the gospel? We are commanded in scripture to "rejoice always." Today we will hear about cultivating joy in our personal time with God, road blocks that can prevent joy, and enjoying the gospel in community.
May 16, 2011•56 min
05/08/2011 - Hospitality - Hebrews 13:1-14
Are you hospitable? Most of us tend to measure hospitality through the eyes of the world and not from God's perspective. God met us at our point of need, invited us in and fed us. We were strangers outside the "gate." God's hospitality challenges us to invite others into our lives in order to share the grace of God through Jesus Christ with them. Hospitality from God's perspective is a way of life, not a moment.
May 09, 2011•54 min
05/01/2011 - God, Jonah and the City - Jonah 4:6-11
As we conclude our series in the Book of Jonah we see that God's love is both painfully refining and incredibly gracious and forgiving. God's desire for Jonah, and for us, is to shape our hearts into ones that love others more than we love ourselves.
May 02, 2011•58 min
04/24/2011 - He is Risen - Luke 24:1-12
Are you looking for the living among the dead? This question, asked by the angels of the women who had come to the tomb, was a rhetorical question aimed at getting them, and us, to think. Today we will look at three ways in which we can treat Jesus as if He were still dead as we serve, love and follow Him in our lives.
Apr 25, 2011•45 min
04/17/2011 - Great Divide - Jonah 4:1-10
Is there anything in your life that you need in order to be happy aside from God? If so, your heart is divided. Jonah's heart was divided, he loved God but he loved something else more. God desires a pure heart, one that has a single focus.
Apr 18, 2011•56 min
04/10/2011 - The Great Surprise - Jonah 3:5-4:5
God asks Jonah (and each of us), "Do you have a right to be angry"? If we are angry and cannot forgive we need to examine our hearts, have we forgotten the forgiveness God has shown to us? Before we can forgive others we must deal with the anger in our hearts and then go to the one whom we have wronged or who has wronged us and seek to bring about peace.
Apr 11, 2011•1 hr
04/03/2011 - God is a Sender - Jonah 3:1-10
Do you live for others? As we continue through the book of Jonah, we see God's enduring grace, His plan, and that God is a sender. As a result of his failure, Jonah was finally ready to be used by God to fulfill His plan, Jonah was ready to be sent. It was necessary for Jonah (and it is necessary for us) to die to ourselves in order to be useful to go.
Apr 04, 2011•1 hr
03/27/2011 - Before Nineveh - Jonah 1 & 2
Who are the people on your boat and do they know the hope you have in Christ? The captain asked Jonah how is it you are sleeping, don't you know we are dying here? Have we forgotten that we were once dying as well? If we belong to Christ then we no longer have a right to be absorbed with our "goals", but rather we are free to follow God's calling on our lives.
Mar 28, 2011•1 hr 1 min
03/20/2011 - A Fish Called Grace - Jonah 2:1-10
Jonah is crying out in prayer to God, and in his desperation is awakened to his need for God’s grace. He realizes the depth of his sin, and the greatness of God’s grace. With this in mind, we are able to see that God sends a rescue for us as well, not only for the penalty of our sin, but also from the power of sin. The “fish called grace”, is actually summed up in the physical image of God, Jesus Christ!
Mar 21, 2011•56 min
03/13/2011 - The Gospel in a Storm - Jonah 1:10-17
What does a guy running from the Lord, a bunch of pagan sailors, and a raging storm have to do with Jesus?
Mar 16, 2011•44 min
03/06/2011 - Running Into the Storm - Jonah 1:1-9
When God gives you an order, are you an Abraham or a Jonah? One displays trust in God and the other displays trust in self. Jonah wants control of his life, he believes he knows what is best. We are not competent to run our lives until we accept the fact that we are incompetent. God asks each of us to trust Him, regardless of the circumstances or the request.
Mar 07, 2011•53 min
02/27/2011 - Learning to Trust the Lord - Jonah 1:1-2
As we dive into this study of the book of Jonah we will find that it is about more than Jonah, it is about each of us. We are all running in our sin from God and He in His infinite grace is pursuing each of us. God asks each of us to trust Him and walk in faith. Our circumstances are gifts from God, with the most difficult ones presenting the most profound opportunities for us to be molded and shaped into the image of Christ.
Feb 27, 2011•53 min
02/20/2011 - Covenant Love of Marriage - Song of Solomon 8:6-7
We all desire a love that is unending, one that is strong, secure, affectionate, one that relentlessly pursues and never yields. While we were created for this love, on our own we are incapable of achieving it. Jesus Christ alone exemplifies this love. He alone can love us and enable us to love others with a love that not only satisfies but flourishes.
Feb 20, 2011•56 min
02/13/2011 - Pursuing Reclamation - James 5:16-20
Confession and reclamation are both essential parts of the Christian life. Christ tells us we will be known as His disciples by our love for one another. If that is true then we must be willing to give our lives away for His glory as we humble ourselves and confess when we have sinned against another and seek to reclaim those who have strayed.
Feb 15, 2011•1 hr 1 min
01/30/2011 - Prayer and Fasting - James 5:12-18
Do you really want God's will done in your life? Does that drive you? As we pray the Holy Sprit works in our hearts and intercedes for us. God begins changing and shaping us so that we live differently and begin to carry out the ministry of Jesus Christ. A life that is unexplainable begins with prayer.
Jan 31, 2011•57 min
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