Angel Chavez

The Big Day

1. There's a prediction fulfilled-deepening our trust in God and His Word. Acts 2:22-32 The things that God says in scripture will happen. Knowing this, we can trust the scripture as it speaks into our…

Acts 2:22 (NIV), Acts 2:23 (NIV), Acts 2:24 (NIV), Acts 2:25 (NIV), Acts 2:26 (NIV), Acts 2:27 (NIV), Acts 2:28 (NIV), Acts 2:29 (NIV), Acts 2:30 (NIV), Acts 2:31 (NIV), Acts 2:32 (NIV)

Celebrate His Invitation

- Our Father in Heaven - I: There's a word of instruction here. v.9a "This, then, is how you should pray..." Not ostentatiously Not with many words, for the sake of many words. Pay attention to your…

Matthew 6:9 (NIV)

Earn the Right to Be Heard

Unemployment is not our first economic problem. It is first a theological problem. Extensive idleness (when you have the ability to work) brings down the oppression of guilt and futility. Human beings…

1 Thessalonians 4:11 (NIV), 1 Thessalonians 4:12 (NIV)

Control Your Body

Transformational churches promote and protect personal holiness among members. I. We all need instruction on how to live in order to please God. vv1-2,8 A. The key to living this way is knowing God's…

1 Thessalonians 4:1 (NIV), 1 Thessalonians 4:2 (NIV), 1 Thessalonians 4:3 (NIV), 1 Thessalonians 4:4 (NIV), 1 Thessalonians 4:5 (NIV), 1 Thessalonians 4:6 (NIV), 1 Thessalonians 4:7 (NIV), 1 Thessalonians 4:8 (NIV)

No Word Like God's Word

Transformational churches are passionate to honor and submit to God's Word. 1 ... The Priority it has among its leadership and members.. v 13a Amos speaks of a famine for the Word. Truth and the Word…

1 Thessalonians 2:13 (NIV), 1 Thessalonians 2:14 (NIV), 1 Thessalonians 2:15 (NIV), 1 Thessalonians 2:16 (NIV), 1 Thessalonians 2:17 (NIV)

Faith on Fire

Transformational churches have members who's faith in Jesus is genuine and contagious. I: A faith on fire has to be started. v1 A: There are at least four things true about the start of every transformational…

1 Thessalonians 1:1 (NIV), 1 Thessalonians 1:2 (NIV), 1 Thessalonians 1:3 (NIV), 1 Thessalonians 1:4 (NIV), 1 Thessalonians 1:5 (NIV), 1 Thessalonians 1:6 (NIV), 1 Thessalonians 1:7 (NIV), 1 Thessalonians 1:8 (NIV), 1 Thessalonians 1:9 (NIV), 1 Thessalonians 1:10 (NIV)

Remember Others

Advent Conspiracy We all get our bell rung. Bell ringing gets our attention. *** When God rings your bell: Remember others. The test of the spiritual life is the ability to descend... Oswald Chambers…

Philippians 2:1 (NIV), Philippians 2:2 (NIV), Philippians 2:3 (NIV), Philippians 2:4 (NIV), Philippians 2:5 (NIV)

Running to Battle

Building confidence for the fight 1: Accept God's invitation to engage in the fight. 1 Timothy 6:12 The word for engage is often used referring to an athletic event. Don't chicken out. There can't…

Your Not Alone! Judges 6:1-7:25

What God's presence means to those in the fight Isaiah 41:10 If we will pursue a greater awareness of God's presence... 1: We need to fess up to our flaws. Judges 6:1-16 Confess our sins. Asherah…

Judges 6:1 (NIV), Judges 6:2 (NIV), Judges 6:3 (NIV), Judges 6:4 (NIV), Judges 6:5 (NIV), Judges 6:6 (NIV), Judges 6:7 (NIV), Judges 6:8 (NIV), Judges 6:9 (NIV), Judges 6:10 (NIV), Judges 6:11 (NIV), Judges 6:12 (NIV), Judges 6:13 (NIV), Judges 6:14 (NIV), Judges 6:15 (NIV), Judges 6:16 (NIV), Judges 6:17 (NIV), Judges 6:18 (NIV), Judges 6:19 (NIV), Judges 6:20 (NIV), Judges 6:21 (NIV), Judges 6:22 (NIV), Judges 6:23 (NIV), Judges 6:24 (NIV), Judges 6:25 (NIV), Judges 6:26 (NIV), Judges 6:27 (NIV), Judges 6:28 (NIV), Judges 6:29 (NIV), Judges 6:30 (NIV), Judges 6:31 (NIV), Judges 6:32 (NIV), Judges 6:33 (NIV), Judges 6:34 (NIV), Judges 6:35 (NIV), Judges 6:36 (NIV), Judges 6:37 (NIV), Judges 6:38 (NIV), Judges 6:39 (NIV), Judges 6:40 (NIV), Judges 7:1 (NIV)

Wake up Call

Know who you are up against Satan = the opposing one Satan would love for us to think he is either behind every bad thing that happens or is no big deal and nothing to worry about. 1 Peter 5:8-9 Four…

1 Peter 5:8 (NIV), 1 Peter 5:9 (NIV)

The Enemy's Strategies

Matthew 4:1-11 The role of temptation in spiritual warfare. I: There are a few things everyone should know about temptation. A: It's most often an indirect attack from the enemy. Ephesians 2:1-3a…

Matthew 4:1 (NIV), Matthew 4:2 (NIV), Matthew 4:3 (NIV), Matthew 4:4 (NIV), Matthew 4:5 (NIV), Matthew 4:6 (NIV), Matthew 4:7 (NIV), Matthew 4:8 (NIV), Matthew 4:9 (NIV), Matthew 4:10 (NIV), Matthew 4:11 (NIV)

Jesus' Baptism

Matthew 3:13-4:1 Anyone who truly follows Jesus eventually will follow him into baptism. Four key points that are expressed in this passage. Identification: Jesus didn't really need the kind of baptism…

Matthew 3:13 (NIV), Matthew 3:14 (NIV), Matthew 3:15 (NIV), Matthew 3:16 (NIV), Matthew 3:17 (NIV)

The Parable of the Lost Son

Luke 15:11-32 The son is essentially saying "you are dead to me. I don't want you, I just want your stuff" Any middle eastern man of the time would have to respond by berating his son physically and…

Luke 15:11 (NIV), Luke 15:12 (NIV), Luke 15:13 (NIV), Luke 15:14 (NIV), Luke 15:15 (NIV), Luke 15:16 (NIV), Luke 15:17 (NIV), Luke 15:18 (NIV), Luke 15:19 (NIV), Luke 15:20 (NIV), Luke 15:21 (NIV), Luke 15:22 (NIV), Luke 15:23 (NIV), Luke 15:24 (NIV), Luke 15:25 (NIV), Luke 15:26 (NIV), Luke 15:27 (NIV), Luke 15:28 (NIV), Luke 15:29 (NIV), Luke 15:30 (NIV), Luke 15:31 (NIV), Luke 15:32 (NIV)

The Parable of the Unforgiven Servant

I: A few important considerations about forgiveness. What forgiveness isn't: A: A feeling B: Forgetting C: Excusing What forgiveness is: A: A radical decision not to hold an offense against someone.…

Matthew 18:21 (NIV), Matthew 18:22 (NIV), Matthew 18:23 (NIV), Matthew 18:24 (NIV), Matthew 18:25 (NIV), Matthew 18:26 (NIV), Matthew 18:27 (NIV), Matthew 18:28 (NIV), Matthew 18:29 (NIV), Matthew 18:30 (NIV), Matthew 18:31 (NIV), Matthew 18:32 (NIV), Matthew 18:33 (NIV), Matthew 18:34 (NIV), Matthew 18:35 (NIV)

The Parable of the Rich Fool

Luke 12:13-21, 32-34 “Money flows effortlessly to that which is its God.” – Tim Keller *BIG IDEA: Guard against greed by being rich toward God. The problem is greed, the solution is giving. Giving…

Luke 12:13 (NIV), Luke 12:14 (NIV), Luke 12:15 (NIV), Luke 12:16 (NIV), Luke 12:17 (NIV), Luke 12:18 (NIV), Luke 12:19 (NIV), Luke 12:20 (NIV), Luke 12:21 (NIV), Luke 12:32 (NIV), Luke 12:33 (NIV), Luke 12:34 (NIV)

Prevailing Christianity

Exodus 17:8-16 We all have battles in our life. We would rather be winning than losing in our battles. Prevailing = an ongoing act of winning. We all need to be prevailing in our Christian life. Our…

Exodus 17:8 (NIV), Exodus 17:9 (NIV), Exodus 17:10 (NIV), Exodus 17:11 (NIV), Exodus 17:12 (NIV), Exodus 17:13 (NIV), Exodus 17:14 (NIV), Exodus 17:15 (NIV), Exodus 17:16 (NIV)

The Parable of the Persistent Friend.

Luke 11:1-13 Jesus tells us how to pray. What to Ask For: •That Gods name would be holy to the world. • Jesus to return and set up his kingdom. v.2. Many of us have a hard time asking Jesus to come…

Luke 11:1 (NIV), Luke 11:2 (NIV), Luke 11:3 (NIV), Luke 11:4 (NIV), Luke 11:5 (NIV), Luke 11:6 (NIV), Luke 11:7 (NIV), Luke 11:8 (NIV), Luke 11:9 (NIV), Luke 11:10 (NIV), Luke 11:11 (NIV), Luke 11:12 (NIV), Luke 11:13 (NIV)

The Parable of the Shrewd Manager

Luke 16:1-13 Use what you have in order to have friends in Heaven. Three truths about money: 1: We are only managers. vv 1-9 We are not our own and neither is our stuff. 1 Cor 6 We manage it only…

Luke 16:1 (NIV), Luke 16:2 (NIV), Luke 16:3 (NIV), Luke 16:4 (NIV), Luke 16:5 (NIV), Luke 16:6 (NIV), Luke 16:7 (NIV), Luke 16:8 (NIV), Luke 16:9 (NIV), Luke 16:10 (NIV), Luke 16:11 (NIV), Luke 16:12 (NIV), Luke 16:13 (NIV)

The Parable of the Wheat & the Weeds

Matthew 13:24-30 It is a fallen world and a mixture of good (wheat) and bad (weeds) are mixed up together, living side by side.. The enemy has planted the weeds among us. He plants seeds of doubt and…

Matthew 13:24 (CEB)

The Parable of the Sower

Mark 4 Matthew 13 THREE THINGS WE SHOULD SEE: 1. The sower (God) sows. He broadcasts freely to all the world just as the sower broadcasts seed. It is not wasteful to God to sow even into hard hearts.…

Matthew 13:1 (NIV), Mark 4:1 (NIV)

I'm Thankful! Philipians 4:10-23

The joy of contentment in Christ 1. We should give whatever we can, whenever we can. vv. 10; 14-16. The secret to contentment is not in gathering or hanging on to things but in giving away, in being…

Philippians 4:10 (NIV)

I'm Pressing On: Phil 3:12-4:1

The joy of forward momentum.. Here is what we need to press on... 1. We need to cultivate a healthy dissatisfaction with where we are in our relationship with Jesus. vv. 12-13 In other words...We need…

Philippians 3:12 (NIV)

I Want to Know Christ: Phil 3:1-11

1. We must be on alert. vv. 1-3 Circumcision of the heart not physical act that God requires Deut 10:16 & 30:6 Rom 2:28-29 Here is the principle: Beware of buying into a faith that rests on what we…

Philippians 3:1 (NIV)

I've Got Work To Do: Phil 2:12-30

I. There's something I need to work out. vv.12-13 What is this? My Salvation A. This is challenging B. This is encouraging II. There's something that needs to come out. vv.14-16 What is this? My…

Philippians 2:12 (NIV), Philippians 2:13 (NIV), Philippians 2:14 (NIV), Philippians 2:15 (NIV), Philippians 2:16 (NIV), Philippians 2:17 (NIV)