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How To Renew A Rundown Spirit

1. You need to understand what your spirit is. Heb. 4:12 spirit- our earthly life essence that ceases when we die 2 Cor. 4:16 spirits - inward man Eph. 3:14-16 Life's biggest challenges can be endured…

Psalm 51:10 (NIRV), Proverbs 17:22 (NIRV), Proverbs 18:14 (NIRV), Proverbs 25:28 (NIRV), Isaiah 12:1 (NIRV), Isaiah 12:2 (NIRV), Isaiah 12:3 (NIRV), Isaiah 12:4 (NIRV), Isaiah 12:5 (NIRV), Isaiah 12:6 (NIRV), Lamentations 3:22 (NIRV), Lamentations 3:23 (NIRV), Matthew 26:41 (NIRV), John 4:24 (NIRV), 1 Corinthians 6:20 (NIRV), 1 Corinthians 16:17 (NIRV), 1 Corinthians 16:18 (NIRV), 2 Corinthians 4:1 (NIRV), 2 Corinthians 4:14 (NIRV), 2 Corinthians 4:15 (NIRV), 2 Corinthians 4:16 (NIRV), 2 Corinthians 4:17 (NIRV), 2 Corinthians 4:18 (NIRV), 2 Corinthians 7:1 (NIRV), Ephesians 3:14 (NIRV), Ephesians 3:15 (NIRV), Ephesians 3:16 (NIRV), 1 Thessalonians 5:23 (NIRV), Hebrews 4:12 (NIRV), Hebrews 12:2 (NIRV), Hebrews 12:3 (NIRV)

How To Experience A Complete Makeover

1. You need to realize you are more complex than you think b/c you've been designed by God. Gen 1:26-27; Psalm 139:13-14 2. You need to understand your spiritual condition can affect the rest of your…

What Jesus Expects When He Comes to Town

1. The Lord expects you to get personally involved in the Kingdom work. Mark 11:1-6 Too many of us are spectators on the outside of the Kingdom work instead of being inside. We just show up on Sunday…

2 Samuel 24:22 (NIRV), 2 Samuel 24:23 (NIRV), 2 Samuel 24:24 (NIRV), 2 Samuel 24:25 (NIRV), Mark 11:1 (NIRV), Mark 11:2 (NIRV), Mark 11:3 (NIRV), Mark 11:4 (NIRV), Mark 11:5 (NIRV), Mark 11:6 (NIRV), Mark 11:7 (NIRV), Mark 11:8 (NIRV), Mark 11:9 (NIRV), Mark 11:10 (NIRV), Mark 11:11 (NIRV)

How to Revive Your Love For God

Revelation 2:4 Mark 12:28-30 You must remember where you used to be. Revelation 2:5 Remember - to recollect; to be mindful of; to recall to you remembrance Jeremiah 2:2 Luke 15:17 Psalm 78:7 Psalm 105:5…

2 Chronicles 7:14 (NIRV), Psalm 78:7 (NIRV), Psalm 105:5 (NIRV), Proverbs 3:6 (NIRV), Isaiah 55:7 (NIRV), Jeremiah 2:2 (NIRV), Matthew 3:2 (NIRV), Mark 12:28 (NIRV), Mark 12:29 (NIRV), Mark 12:30 (NIRV), Luke 15:17 (NIRV), Luke 15:18 (NIRV), Luke 15:19 (NIRV), John 14:23 (NIRV), Acts 17:30 (NIRV), Ephesians 6:18 (NIRV), 1 Thessalonians 5:17 (NIRV), Hebrews 10:32 (NIRV), 1 John 2:15 (NIRV), 1 John 2:16 (NIRV), 1 John 2:17 (NIRV), Revelation 2:4 (NIRV), Revelation 2:5 (NIRV), Revelation 2:6 (NIRV)

When One Is Enough

One is enough when that's all that you've been given. Matt. 25:14-15a In this parable on faithfulness Jesus tells the parable of the master and his servants. Talents weighed somewhere between 50 and 80…

Matthew 25:14 (NLT), Matthew 25:15 (NLT), Matthew 25:16 (NLT), Matthew 25:17 (NLT), Matthew 25:18 (NLT), Matthew 25:19 (NLT), Matthew 25:20 (NLT), Matthew 25:21 (NLT), Matthew 25:22 (NLT), Matthew 25:23 (NLT), Matthew 25:24 (NLT), Matthew 25:25 (NLT), Matthew 25:26 (NLT), Matthew 25:27 (NLT), Matthew 25:28 (NLT), Matthew 25:29 (NLT), Matthew 25:30 (NLT), 1 Corinthians 12:7 (NLT), 1 Corinthians 12:11 (NLT), Ephesians 4:7 (NLT)

How To Live Without Excuses

You must make a commitment to do what you desire despite the cost. (Luke 9:57-58). In the verse we find a teacher that sees there is something awesome and exciting about following Jesus. He says he is…

1 Chronicles 28:9 (NLT), Psalm 90:12 (NLT), Matthew 6:33 (NLT), Mark 1:17 (NLT), Mark 1:18 (NLT), Luke 9:23 (NLT), Luke 9:51 (NLT), Luke 9:57 (NLT), Luke 9:58 (NLT), Luke 9:59 (NLT), Luke 9:60 (NLT), Luke 9:61 (NLT), Luke 9:62 (NLT), Luke 14:26 (NLT), Luke 14:33 (NLT), John 9:4 (NLT), Romans 14:12 (NLT), 1 Corinthians 7:29 (NLT), Philippians 3:8 (NLT), 2 Timothy 4:5 (NLT), 1 Peter 2:21 (NLT), 2 Peter 2:20 (NLT), 2 Peter 2:21 (NLT), 2 Peter 3:17 (NLT), 2 Peter 3:18 (NLT)

How To Mak Your House God's Home

You must become a person of purity. Matt. 21:12; John 2:13-16; 1 Cor. 11:22 God's people would come from all over to Jerusalem to worship God during the Feast of the Passover. However, when they got to…

Psalm 8:2 (NLT), Matthew 21:12 (NLT), Matthew 21:13 (NLT), Matthew 21:14 (NLT), Matthew 21:15 (NLT), Matthew 21:16 (NLT), John 2:13 (NLT), John 2:14 (NLT), John 2:15 (NLT), John 2:16 (NLT), John 14:12 (NLT), John 14:13 (NLT), 1 Corinthians 6:19 (NLT), 1 Corinthians 6:20 (NLT), 1 Corinthians 11:22 (NLT), 1 Timothy 2:1 (NLT)

The Gift Too Big To Be Wrapped

The demonstration that God met us at our point of need. Matt. 1:18; John 1:17; John 17:3 The declaration that God would be with us, providing and caring for us. Matt. 1:19-23; Hebrews 13:5-6; John 14:16…

Genesis 1:20 (NIRV), Genesis 1:21 (NIRV), Matthew 1:18 (NIRV), Matthew 1:19 (NIRV), Matthew 1:20 (NIRV), Matthew 1:21 (NIRV), Matthew 1:23 (NIRV), Luke 2:8 (NIRV), Luke 2:10 (NIRV), Luke 2:12 (NIRV), Luke 2:13 (NIRV), Luke 2:20 (NIRV), John 1:17 (NIRV), John 14:16 (NIRV), John 17:3 (NIRV), Acts 4:11 (NIRV), Acts 4:12 (NIRV), Hebrews 13:5 (NIRV), Hebrews 13:6 (NIRV), 1 Peter 2:24 (NIRV)

How to Be Blessed When You Move

Realize the Lord can be with you even when you have to make a move. Gen. 26:23-24 a. Don't be afraid. That's what God told Isaiah. 2 Timothy 1:7; Deuteronomy 31:6 b. Know the Lord is with you! Isaiah…

Genesis 26:1 (NLT), Genesis 26:2 (NLT), Genesis 26:3 (NLT), Genesis 26:23 (NLT), Genesis 26:24 (NLT), Genesis 26:25 (NLT), Deuteronomy 31:6 (NLT), Psalm 100:1 (NLT), Psalm 100:2 (NLT), Psalm 105:1 (NLT), Psalm 119:56 (NLT), Isaiah 43:1 (NLT), Isaiah 43:2 (NLT), 2 Timothy 1:7 (NLT)

How to Continue Living a Life of Love

You must continue to accept how much God loves you. 1 John 4:7-10; 1 John 4:16a; 1 John 4:19 You must continue to give love to God and others. 1 Corinthians 14:1a; Deuteronomy 30:20; Mark 12:30-31; 1…

Genesis 1:8 (NLT), Deuteronomy 30:20 (NLT), Mark 12:30 (NLT), Mark 12:31 (NLT), Luke 6:32 (NLT), Romans 15:5 (NLT), 1 Corinthians 13:3 (NLT), 1 Corinthians 13:4 (NLT), 1 Corinthians 13:5 (NLT), 1 Corinthians 13:6 (NLT), 1 Corinthians 13:7 (NLT), 1 Corinthians 13:8 (NLT), 1 Corinthians 14:1 (NLT), 1 Corinthians 16:13 (NLT), 1 Corinthians 16:14 (NLT), Galatians 5:22 (NLT), Galatians 5:23 (NLT), Philippians 1:9 (NLT), 1 Timothy 4:15 (NLT), Hebrews 13:1 (NLT), 1 John 3:18 (NLT), 1 John 4:7 (NLT), 1 John 4:8 (NLT), 1 John 4:9 (NLT), 1 John 4:10 (NLT), 1 John 4:16 (NLT), 1 John 4:19 (NLT)

40 Days of Love: How to Love Others Like Jesus Loves You

Loving like Jesus means you accept others the way Jesus accepts you. John 6:37, Psalm 27:10, Romans 15:7Loving like Jesus means you value others the way Jesus values you. Luke 12:6-7 What are the two…

Psalm 27:10 (NLT), Isaiah 43:25 (NLT), Matthew 26:28 (NLT), Luke 6:31 (NLT), Luke 6:37 (NLT), Luke 12:6 (NLT), Luke 12:7 (NLT), John 3:17 (NLT), John 6:37 (NLT), John 13:15 (NLT), John 13:34 (NLT), John 13:35 (NLT), John 14:12 (NLT), John 17:18 (NLT), Romans 1:12 (NLT), Romans 8:1 (NLT), Romans 15:7 (NLT), 1 Corinthians 13:7 (NLT), Ephesians 2:10 (NLT), Ephesians 3:18 (NLT), Ephesians 3:19 (NLT), Colossians 3:13 (NLT), 1 Timothy 4:4 (NLT), Hebrews 10:24 (NLT), 1 Peter 1:18 (NLT), 1 Peter 1:19 (NLT), 1 Peter 2:17 (NLT)

40 Days of Love: Love Matters Most

Law One : The best use of your life is love. A. Love validates your faith B. Love should dominate your life C. Love compensates for your sin D. Love lasts forever Law Two: The best expression of your…

Proverbs 10:12 (NLT), Mark 12:30 (NLT), Mark 12:31 (NLT), 1 Corinthians 13:1 (NLT), 1 Corinthians 13:2 (NLT), 1 Corinthians 13:3 (NLT), 1 Corinthians 13:13 (NLT), Galatians 6:10 (NLT), Ephesians 5:2 (NLT), 1 Peter 4:8 (NLT), 1 John 3:18 (NLT), 1 John 4:7 (NLT), 1 John 4:8 (NLT), 1 John 4:9 (NLT), 1 John 4:10 (NLT), 1 John 4:20 (NLT)

Serving Others: God's Standard for Judgement

You need to realize judgement is coming. Matt. 25: 31-33 Acts 10:42, 2 Cor. 5:10, 2 Tim. 4:1 Serving those in need distinguishes you from others when the Lord begins to judge. Matt 25:33-45 Romans 2:6-11…

Isaiah 58:1 (NLT), Isaiah 58:2 (NLT), Isaiah 58:3 (NLT), Isaiah 58:4 (NLT), Isaiah 58:5 (NLT), Isaiah 58:6 (NLT), Isaiah 58:7 (NLT), Isaiah 58:8 (NLT), Isaiah 58:9 (NLT), Isaiah 58:10 (NLT), Matthew 25:31 (NLT), Matthew 25:32 (NLT), Matthew 25:33 (NLT), Matthew 25:34 (NLT), Matthew 25:35 (NLT), Matthew 25:36 (NLT), Matthew 25:37 (NLT), Matthew 25:38 (NLT), Matthew 25:39 (NLT), Matthew 25:40 (NLT), Matthew 25:41 (NLT), Matthew 25:42 (NLT), Matthew 25:43 (NLT), Matthew 25:44 (NLT), Matthew 25:45 (NLT), Matthew 25:46 (NLT), Acts 10:42 (NLT), Romans 2:6 (NLT), Romans 2:7 (NLT), Romans 2:8 (NLT), Romans 2:9 (NLT), Romans 2:10 (NLT), Romans 2:11 (NLT), Romans 14:12 (NLT), 2 Corinthians 5:10 (NLT), 2 Corinthians 13:5 (NLT), Ephesians 2:8 (NLT), Ephesians 2:9 (NLT), Ephesians 2:10 (NLT), 2 Timothy 4:1 (NLT), Hebrews 13:16 (NLT), James 2:21 (NLT), James 2:22 (NLT), James 2:23 (NLT), James 2:24 (NLT)

Serving Others: Good Works - The Action of Serving Others

What you see and say should determine how you serve. James 2: 14-17 Galatians 6:10 1 John 3:27-18 What you believe can only proved by how you behave. James 2:18-25 Ephesians 2:10 Titus 3:8 Luke 12:48…

Matthew 3:8 (NLT), Luke 12:48 (NLT), Galatians 6:10 (NLT), Ephesians 2:10 (NLT), Titus 3:8 (NLT), James 2:14 (NLT), James 2:15 (NLT), James 2:16 (NLT), James 2:17 (NLT), James 2:18 (NLT), James 2:19 (NLT), James 2:20 (NLT), James 2:21 (NLT), James 2:22 (NLT), James 2:23 (NLT), James 2:24 (NLT), James 2:25 (NLT), James 2:26 (NLT), 1 John 3:17 (NLT), 1 John 3:18 (NLT)

Humility: The Attitude Behind Serving Others

You are expected to serve others regardless of your position. John 13:12-14 Teacher (KJV Master) didaskalos; an instructor, doctor, master Lord - kyrios; supreme in authority, ie controller, by implication,…

Matthew 6:33 (NLT), Matthew 11:29 (NLT), Luke 11:28 (NLT), John 13:1 (NLT), John 13:2 (NLT), John 13:3 (NLT), John 13:4 (NLT), John 13:5 (NLT), John 13:6 (NLT), John 13:7 (NLT), John 13:8 (NLT), John 13:9 (NLT), John 13:10 (NLT), John 13:11 (NLT), John 13:12 (NLT), John 13:13 (NLT), John 13:14 (NLT), John 13:15 (NLT), John 13:16 (NLT), John 13:17 (NLT), Acts 20:35 (NLT), Romans 12:3 (NLT), Philippians 2:3 (NLT), Philippians 2:4 (NLT), Philippians 2:5 (NLT), Philippians 2:6 (NLT), Philippians 2:7 (NLT), Philippians 2:8 (NLT), James 1:22 (NLT), James 4:17 (NLT), 1 Peter 5:5 (NLT), 1 Peter 5:6 (NLT)

Fixing the Foundation for Serving Others

You must use your freedom to serve others, not satisfy your flesh. Galatians 5:13You need to realize love is the foundation for you serving others. Galatians 5:14 love - agapao; God's unconditional love…

Judges 17:6 (NLT), Matthew 7:12 (NLT), Luke 6:36 (NLT), 1 Corinthians 9:19 (NLT), Galatians 5:13 (NLT), Galatians 5:14 (NLT), Ephesians 4:31 (NLT), Ephesians 4:32 (NLT), Ephesians 5:1 (NLT), Ephesians 5:2 (NLT), Colossians 3:12 (NLT), Colossians 3:13 (NLT), Colossians 3:14 (NLT), Titus 3:3 (NLT), 1 Peter 2:16 (NLT)

What A Friend We Have In Jesus

Jesus commands us to abide in me. John 15:4 If we abide im Jesus the more fruitful we will be. The Father is glorifies if you abide in Jesus. John 15:7-8 If you abide in Jesus, you will have joy and…

John 15:4 (NLT), John 15:5 (NLT), John 15:6 (NLT), John 15:7 (NLT), John 15:8 (NLT), John 15:9 (NLT), John 15:10 (NLT), John 15:11 (NLT), John 15:12 (NLT), John 15:13 (NLT), John 15:14 (NLT)

The Ministry of Affliction

We will all fact affliction. affliction - pressing together. a suffering. something that squeezes you and puts overwhelming pressure on you; John 16:33; Job 5:7; Job 14:1 Our affliction is matches by…

Job 5:7 (NLT), Job 14:1 (NLT), John 14:16 (NLT), John 16:33 (NLT), 1 Corinthians 14:3 (NLT), 2 Corinthians 1:3 (NLT), 2 Corinthians 1:4 (NLT), 2 Corinthians 1:5 (NLT), 2 Corinthians 1:6 (NLT), 2 Corinthians 1:7 (NLT), 2 Corinthians 1:8 (NLT), 2 Corinthians 1:9 (NLT), 2 Corinthians 1:10 (NLT), 2 Corinthians 4:17 (NLT), 2 Corinthians 4:18 (NLT), 2 Corinthians 7:6 (NLT), 2 Corinthians 11:23 (NLT), 2 Corinthians 11:24 (NLT), 2 Corinthians 11:25 (NLT), 2 Corinthians 11:26 (NLT), 2 Corinthians 11:27 (NLT), 2 Corinthians 11:28 (NLT)

Loving People: How to Be Encouraged By Your Enemies

You need to realize enemies are a part of your everyday existence. You will have tribulation. Tribulation - anguish. To be persecuted.You need to realize the presence of enemies in your life reveals the…

Judges 7:9 (NLT), Judges 7:10 (NLT), Judges 7:11 (NLT), Judges 7:12 (NLT), Judges 7:13 (NLT), Judges 7:14 (NLT), Judges 7:15 (NLT), Psalm 18:15 (NLT), Psalm 18:16 (NLT), Psalm 18:17 (NLT), Psalm 18:18 (NLT), Psalm 23:5 (NLT), Psalm 27:1 (NLT), Psalm 27:2 (NLT), Psalm 27:3 (NLT), Psalm 27:4 (NLT), Psalm 27:5 (NLT), Psalm 27:6 (NLT), Psalm 37:1 (NLT), Psalm 37:2 (NLT), Psalm 37:3 (NLT), Matthew 5:11 (NLT), Matthew 5:12 (NLT), John 15:18 (NLT), John 15:19 (NLT), John 15:20 (NLT), John 16:33 (NLT), Romans 8:31 (NLT), Romans 8:37 (NLT), 1 John 3:13 (NLT), 1 John 4:4 (NLT)

A Heart Connected To God

A heart connected to God is a compassionate heart. Compassion - Feeling or showing concern for others; sympathy.A heart conmected to God is a dependent heart.A heart connected to God is a peaceful heart.…

Proverbs 3:5 (NLT), Proverbs 3:6 (NLT), Matthew 9:35 (NLT), Matthew 9:36 (NLT), Matthew 9:37 (NLT), Matthew 9:38 (NLT), Luke 10:27 (NLT), 1 Corinthians 13:13 (NLT), Ephesians 2:8 (NLT), Ephesians 2:9 (NLT), Philippians 4:6 (NLT), Philippians 4:7 (NLT), Colossians 3:12 (NLT), Hebrews 11:1 (NLT)

The Urgency of Preaching the Gospel in the 21st Century

The gospel must be proclaimed to evey man, woman, and child. As pastors, they must preach the gospel wit an urgency. There is no substitute for the gospel. First, pastors are duty bound to preach the…

1 Corinthians 9:16 (NLT), 1 Corinthians 9:17 (NLT), 1 Corinthians 9:18 (NLT)

The Benefits and Blessings of an Annointed, Appointed Man of God

The title of "man of God" is simple yet powerful. Paul used that title to increase Timothy's sense of responsibility. God owns the man of God. I Timothy begins and ends with a song of praise to God. Ezekiel…

1 Timothy 6:12 (NLT), 1 Timothy 6:13 (NLT), 1 Timothy 6:14 (NLT), 1 Timothy 6:15 (NLT), 1 Timothy 6:16 (NLT)

Loving People: How To Create Love With Your Neighbors

First, you need to realize loving your neighbors is a commandment, not a choice. Luke 10:25-32 & Mark 12:31 Love - agapesis - imperative present tense. You must love your neighbor. Second, you must understand…

Mark 12:31 (NASB), Luke 10:25 (NASB), Luke 10:26 (NASB), Luke 10:27 (NASB), Luke 10:28 (NASB), Luke 10:29 (NASB), Luke 10:30 (NASB), Luke 10:31 (NASB), Luke 10:32 (NASB), Luke 10:33 (NASB), Luke 10:34 (NASB), Luke 10:35 (NASB), Luke 10:36 (NASB), Luke 10:37 (NASB), Luke 14:12 (NASB), Luke 14:13 (NASB), Luke 14:14 (NASB), Acts 20:35 (NASB), Romans 13:9 (NASB), Galatians 5:14 (NASB), Galatians 6:2 (NASB), James 2:14 (NASB), James 2:15 (NASB), James 2:16 (NASB), James 4:17 (NASB), 1 John 3:17 (NASB), 1 John 3:18 (NASB), 1 John 4:19 (NASB)

From Me to You

You need to realize loving yourself is not a command, but an assumption. Mark 12:31 Love - agapesis - from agape. imperative mood. Unconditional love where you dont have a choice. You must understand…

Psalm 139:14 (NLT), Mark 12:31 (NLT), John 3:16 (NLT), John 13:34 (NLT), John 13:35 (NLT), Romans 5:7 (NLT), Romans 5:8 (NLT), Philippians 2:3 (NLT), Philippians 2:4 (NLT), Philippians 2:21 (NLT), 2 Timothy 3:1 (NLT), 2 Timothy 3:2 (NLT), 2 Timothy 3:3 (NLT), 2 Timothy 3:4 (NLT), 2 Timothy 3:5 (NLT), 1 John 4:19 (NLT)

Loving People: The Foundation for Loving People

The first foundation for loving people is honoring the image of God we' ve all been created in.Gen. 1:26-27 Image - selem(Greek) - a resemblance or a representative figure. Not the original. Like ourselves…

Genesis 1:26 (NLT), Genesis 1:27 (NLT), Genesis 9:5 (NLT), Genesis 9:6 (NLT), John 3:16 (NLT), Ephesians 2:8 (NLT), Ephesians 2:9 (NLT), Ephesians 3:7 (NLT), 2 Thessalonians 2:16 (NLT), 2 Thessalonians 2:17 (NLT), Hebrews 12:28 (NLT)