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Joy of the Lord

10/20/2019

Sermon Passage: John 15:10-11
Sermon Title: Joy of the Lord
Sermon By: Pastor Kevin
Sermon Outline:

Keeping God's commandments
1. We abide in His love (10)
2. That His joy may be in you (11)
God is joy
1. Jesus as the true vine
2. You will recognize them by their fruits (Matthew 7:16)
  1. Speaking of false prophets that cannot bear fruit of the Spirit
  2. If Jesus is the vine and we produce the fruit of the Spirit, then the fruit of the Spirit must be what kind of tree God is
Rejoice
1. Joy is joy
2. Greek - Chara = Aware of God's grace
3. As salt and light

10/13/2019

Sermon Passage: Ecclesiastes
Sermon Title: Passion in the ordinary
Sermon By: Pastor Kevin
Sermon Outline:

Acknowledge the futility of your labor
1. What the world offers: Self-help, progress
2. What God offers: His help, His progress
3. The call to still labor
God calls us to be Holy
1. Come as you are, but don't as you are
2. Are you chasing feelings and emotions or God?
Passion in the ordinary
1. God cares, even if you don't
2. The heart of God is passionate
  1. We need to learn how to share His heart

10/6/2019

Sermon Passage: Luke 18:9-14
Sermon Title: Humble Exaltation
Sermon By: Pastor Kevin
Sermon Outline:

Do not be self-righteous
1. Those who trust in themselves
2. Those who treat others with contempt
3. Are you fighting for God or yourself?
The prayers
1. Pharisee
  1. Not overly inflated, but compares himself to those he thinks are worse than himself
2. Tax collector
  1. Shares the heart of God in detesting sin
Come to the heart of God
1. The heart of worship
2. Pursue intensely, not leisurely wandering back and forth

9/29/2019

Sermon Passage: Daniel 4:34-37
Sermon Title: Personal Faith
Sermon By: Pastor Kevin
Sermon Outline:

Be faithful in all circumstances
1. Under bad or evil leaders
  1. Like Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, Azariah to King Nebuchadnezzar
2. God has established all leaders (Romans 13:1; Daniel 1:2-3)
3. God above all
Uniform life
1. Love God
  1. Loving Jesus at church, school or workplace should be an extension of the relationship made in private
2. Leadership
  1. Do we read the Bible because we are leaders or do we lead because we read the Bible?
Call to personal faith (Knowing about God is different than having a relationship with God
1. Nebuchadnezzar knew about the Israel's God (Daniel 2:47; 3:26)
2. Nebuchadnezzar's personal worship
  1. Called to repentance (Daniel 4:27)