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Relationships are damaged when we act out of the improper motivation to manipulate others to meet our needs but are repaired when we follow Christ and let our actions be driven by the motivation to minister to the deepest needs of the other person.
Philippians 2:3-11
The ultimate display of God’s power is the resurrection of Christ, who has conquered death and rules over all to fulfill God’s purposes for us.
Ephesians 1:19-23
The church, strengthened by the grace of God, must make sure to pass the faith on from generation to generation.
2 Timothy 2:1-2
Jesus commands everyone who has believed in Him to be water baptized as part of being a disciple of Christ.
Matthew 28:18-20
Marriage is a picture of Christ and the Church, and therefore must be centered on Him, and built on love and respect.
Ephesians 5:31-33
Christians pray to God to be protected from Satan and his temptations, humbly recognizing our need for God and His grace to sustain us.
Matthew 6:13
Christians pray to God for the forgiveness of our many sins, knowing that asking for forgiveness requires that we extend it to others ourselves.
Matthew 6:9-13
We must recognize that the Church includes our children who have accepted Christ. We need to encourage and prepare them to lead the Church in the next generation.
1 Timothy 4:12
Christians pray to God for our daily bread, labor to help provide it for others, and look to Christ, the True Eternal Bread.
Matthew 6:11
Christians pray to our Father in heaven, the transcendent God who loves us, for His kingdom rule to come – both now and forevermore.
Matthew 6:9-10
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Because of the coming of Christ, God is with us, delivering us from our enemies and saving us from our sins, as He delights in us and sings His song of love over us.
Luke 2:9-12
The angels’ song announced that Christ had come to bring glory to God and peace to the people of earth.
Luke 2:13-14
There are three crucial and life-altering realities that we must never lose sight of If we endeavor to walk out the Christian life faithfully – the fight, the finish, and the faith.
2 Timothy 4:7
We were created for real, physical, face to face relationships, but the iWorld encourages relationships mediated by various forms of technology.
2 John 12; 3 John 13-14
We are called to community, serving one another and putting the needs of the community ahead of our own, but the iWorld encourages radical individualism.
Philippians 2:4
Christians are called to a life of self-denial and bearing the cross in order to follow Jesus, but the iWorld encourages a life of indulgence and instant gratification.
Luke 9:23
We need consistent times to rest and remember redemption, but the iWorld is relentless in its opportunities and demands, giving no room for this.
Mark 2:27
Walking with God requires us to give focused, sustained reflection to God, His Word, our lives, and the world in which we live. But we live in a world of constant distractions, making sustained, focused reflection and living very difficult.
Luke 10:38-42
Christians must be vigilant to keep themselves from Idols – anything we look to in place of God, assigning it god-like powers to give us what should be sought in God alone. Idolatry is rampant in the iWorld, and is concentrated in and perpetuated by technology.
1 John 5:21
We are called to engage our current culture, contextualizing the Gospel so that it will be accessible to our friends, but we must be aware of the unique but ever present dangers that come with each culture, age and technology, understanding the world will always try to seduce our hearts away from Christ and the Gospel.
1 Corinthians 9:19-23
The Gospel is the glorious news of God’s saving grace, and it shows us how Christ saves us from our sin and is received by faith alone, apart from our works.
Romans 1:16-17; 3:10-24
Due to a technical problem, the audio of this teaching was lost. However, the extensive teaching notes may be accessed below.
Christians need to grasp the love of Christ – which surpasses knowledge – discovering that God cannot love us more, nor can He love us less than He already does in Christ.
Ephesians 3:14-21
Christians should pray and live with the reality and values of eternity in their view.
John 17:24-26
Christians should pray and work to be unified and to see the Gospel spread so that the world might believe in Jesus.
John 17:20-23
This teaching gives a Christian response to suffering a tragic, untimely death and also the suicide of a believer. It also contains an extended special time of communion for the church.
2 Corinthians 1:3-11