Series Outline for Growing As A Community of Prayer
This 2-week series was taught to unpack our Focal Point for 2013. Over the two weeks, we looked in depth at Matthew 18:19-20, discovering Jesus’ great promises regarding a praying community.
Growing In Prayer
Jesus gives us astounding promises for prayer, to encourage us to pray to God, especially with one another.
Matthew 18:19-20
Growing As A Community
God calls His people to grow in their relationships with one another, building a close-knit community centered around Christ.
Matthew 18:19-20
An Ironic Walk With Jesus
While we are mostly unaware, Jesus is always with us.
Luke 24:13-25
Missional Brotherhood – The Mission
Paul Foster Jr. preaches part 1 of the men’s conference “Missional Brotherhood” – the mission.
Series Outline for ‘Spiritual Gifts’
This 3-week series was taught to give a brief overview of spiritual gifts. Taking a look at several key passages, it helps us understand the nature and purpose of spiritual gifts, their relationship with service/good works, and how God has given gifts to each member of the Body of Christ so that the Church may be built up, people may be served, Christ’s Kingdom may be extended, and God’s name glorified.
Spiritual Gifts – The Church In Action
Gifts are given by God to enable every Christian to be an effective minister for God, helping to build His Church and Kingdom.
Ephesians 4:7-16
The Prodigal
The story of the prodigal son reveals God’s heart towards us, and it also reveals two rival conceptions of how we view and therefore experience God.
Luke 15: 11 – 32
Spiritual Gifts and Service
Each of us must know which gifts we have been given so that we can serve others, but we are also called to serve in areas where we are not gifted – especially helping those in need.
1 Peter 4:10-11; Galatians 6:9-10
What Are Spiritual Gifts?
Spiritual gifts are concrete expressions of God’s grace, manifested by the empowerment of the Holy Spirit, in order to enable us to serve others in love.
1 Corinthians 12:1-11
Series Outline for ‘Great Expectations’
This 4-week series was taught during the 2012 Advent season. It looks at four major themes in the book of Isaiah surrounding the coming of God to us in the Messiah, how these were fulfilled in Jesus Christ, and how we can be changed by what Christ has done – even today.
Great Expectations – We Will Return Home
The great expectation that our deep sense of alienation and exile from our true home would one day be removed is fulfilled in Jesus Christ.
Isaiah 40:1-5
Great Expectations – God Will Be With Us
The great expectation that God will be with His people is fulfilled in Jesus Christ, the God-Man.
Isaiah 7:14; 8:5-10
Great Expectaitons – The Prince of Peace Will Rule
The great expectation that the Prince of Peace will one day rule is being fulfilled in Jesus Christ.
Isaiah 9:1-7
Great Expectations – The Virgin Will Conceive
The great expectation that a virgin would conceive and her Child would save us has been fulfilled in Jesus Christ.
Isaiah 7:14
Series Outline for ‘Called’
This series is an in-depth look at the doctrine of “calling” in the Scripture. It shows that contrary to the popular idea, not only missionaries and pastors are called. Instead, all of us have many callings from God – ways God works through us to serve others. In this nine-week series, we look not only at the meaning of calling but also take a look at specific areas of calling for each believer.
Called To Citizenship
Christians are called to serve God in their nation and culture, submitting to their leaders, and serving in the government and wider culture with unbelievers to promote the common good, always remembering that their true home is the new heavens and the new earth.
Romans 13:1-7; Jeremiah 29:4-7; Philippians 3:20-21
Called To Family
Christians are called to serve God in their families by loving and respecting their spouse, raising their children to love God and His kingdom, and honoring their parents, all with a view to being a blessing to the wider world.
Ephesians 5:22-6:4
Called To the Church
When Christ calls us through the Gospel, He calls us into local churches where we can be protected, strengthened and equipped by those whom Christ has saved and called to be leaders in the church. NOTE: THE LAST 20 MINUTES IS AN ORDINATION CEREMONY.
Acts 14:21-23
Called To Work – Part 2
God’s favor on our work does not come from doing a specific type of job, but from working with all our heart in the job to which God calls us, doing our best to please God and serve others through our labors.
Psalm 90:16-17; Colossians 3:23-24
Called To Work (Part 1)
As those made in God’s image, we were created and called to work, serving God and others through our labors in every realm of life and every corner of creation.
Psalm 90:16-17
The Local Church and the Universal Church
Christians are called to embrace a local church where they live out their faith, and the universal Church, which is the fulness of Christ and the focus of God’s great promises.
1 Corinthians 1:1-3
Called To Many Callings
Each of us has received many callings – areas of responsibility where God works through us to serve others in every realm of life and every corner of creation.
Colossians 3:18-4:1
Note: Due to a problem the audio of this teaching is not available.
Understanding Our Calling
Calling refers to the specific tasks and responsibilities given to us by God, through which God works to serve our neighbors and promote the common good, restraining the effects of the curse and bringing blessing to every realm of life and every corner of creation.
1 Peter 4:10-11; Jeremiah 29:4-7
Called To Be God’s Instruments In the World
God has called us to be His instruments in this fallen world, allowing Him to work through us to bring blessing in every realm of life and every corner of creation.
Genesis 1:26-28; 2:4-7; 2:15; 3:14-19