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Personal Faith

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)

9/22/2019

Sermon Passage: Ephesians 5:25-30
Sermon Title: The call to love the church
Sermon By: Pastor Kevin
Sermon Outline:

The mystery is profound, and... it refers to Christ and the church (5:32)
1. Still applies to marriage (5:33)
The heavy call to love the Church
1. Christ loved the church and gave Himself up for her (5:25)
  1. God's people were never perfect or even good, yet this love came
2. That he might sanctify her (5:26)
He who loves his wife loves Himself (5:29)
1. God loves Himself
2. God nourishes and cherishes the church (5:29)

9/15/2019

Sermon Passage: Hosea 3:1-3
Sermon Title: Relentless Love
Sermon By: Pastor Kevin
Sermon Outline:

Hosea's call
1. First call to love and suffer (1:2)
2. The call of redemption (3:1)
Hosea's obedience
1. God's command was literal
2. Costly obedience
3. Gomer as beloved
God's covenant
1. Hosea's commitment (3:3)
2. God's renewed covenant (2:18-20)

9/8/2019

Sermon Passage: Matthew 9:35-38
Sermon Title: The Harvest is Plentiful, the Laborers few
Sermon By: Pastor Kevin
Sermon Outline:

The heart of God moves for those with no shepherd
1. You can be in the house of God and still be homeless
2. We can feel homeless when we are in the house of God
The harvest
1. It is plentiful; exclusive, not limited
2. If we long for experiencing miracles and Jesus, we misunderstand the Holy Spirit
  1. Every part of history could experience God externally, but we get the Holy Spirit because of Jesus
The wrath of God
1. God's wrath and judgement are still present
2. "Break my heart for what breaks yours"