Testimony Sunday – Thanksgiving 2017
Is there a better Sunday than TESTIMONY Sunday? We think not. Jesus is glorified for all that He is doing among us, and we celebrate one another because…we’re just better together!
Is there a better Sunday than TESTIMONY Sunday? We think not. Jesus is glorified for all that He is doing among us, and we celebrate one another because…we’re just better together!
Worshiping God takes many forms, but why do we sing? When the enemy comes against you, SING. Because when you sing, God brings VICTORY. When life is against you, SING. Because when you sing, God brings INCREASE. When circumstances are against you, SING. Because when you sing, God brings FREEDOM…
Through Jesus, God has accomplished a matchless salvation for us, and although we are exiles in this world we can stand firm in what has never changed: God’s grace. KEY SCRIPTURES 1 Peter 5:10-14 RESPONSES Standing firm in God’s grace doesn’t mean gritting our teeth in our own strength. Rather,…
When we begin to agree with the devil’s lies we start to question the Word of God. We must resist him. How? By standing strong in the Lord — spiritual warfare is not about strategies or techniques; it’s about relationship with Jesus. KEY SCRIPTURES 1 Peter 5:8-9 RESPONSES The devil…
By living counter-culturally, we get to “show and tell” others the truth of Jesus’ death and resurrection (He is my Savior and therefore I am free) and His ascension (I trust Him as my Lord because He knows how to lead me). KEY SCRIPTURES 1 Peter 3:8-22 RESPONSES He is…
Living as believers in Jesus in the midst of a hateful, unjust and broken world means that we must endure. But we endure on God’s terms– not ours– because the endurance God calls us to bears eternal fruit. KEY SCRIPTURES 1 Peter 2:11-25 RESPONSES We endure an unjust world with…
As Christians — as God’s holy and royal priesthood — we have been given the greatest right of all: the right of access to His presence. But unless we exercise that right, it means nothing. KEY SCRIPTURES 1 Peter 2:1-10 RESPONSES Acknowledge that Jesus is THE Living Stone. Trust in…
God has expressed the Gospel in mystery, grace, holiness and love. We respond by expressing the Gospel in our lives through belief, hope, holy living and sincere love for one another. KEY SCRIPTURES 1 Peter 1:1-25
Who’s voice are we listening to? Everyone and everything around us? Or are we listening to God’s voice? KEY SCRIPTURES Ezekiel 37 RESPONSES Commit yourself to getting to know the words of God to you…lead yourself in worship…be determined to change the temperature of conversations.
Times of hardship, trial and sorrow don’t have to harden us. They can actually make us softer, wiser, more compassionate. In their midst, we can actually find a joy that is both glorious and unspeakable when we remember who we are in Jesus and what He has done for us….