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 Beyond the First VisitGary L. McIntosh "This book will enable tens of thousands of churches to develop a game plan for reaching, welcoming, including, and developing new people in the local church's life."-George G. Hunter III, Asbury Theological Seminary. Click here to purchase your copy. |
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 Preview this "Thank You, Lord!" Preacher's Package for Thanksgiving Sunday, November 19th. Pastor, the Sunday before Thanksgiving is the perfect time to encourage your congregation to place a thankful spirit squarely into the center of their Thanksgiving Holiday. And this CD is full of options to help you pull that off. Use its pre-service PowerPoint slide show to set a thankful mood. Preach a powerful sermon from Luke 17:11-19 called "Only One Out of Ten." Accent it with eye-catching graphics. Show an inspirational Church Video about our Thanksgiving heritage. Distribute Thanksgiving Journals to encourage your people to write down 50 things that they are thankful for, and share them on Thanksgiving. CLICK HERE for more details online, or call us toll-free at 1-866-433-PRAY today. But hurry! Thanksgiving Sunday (11-19-06) is only three weeks away. |
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 A Dime and Some Timeby Ron Alexander Malachi 3:7-3:14 We discover quickly here in our text beginning in verse 7 that God’s anger with the Children of Israel as always was due to a severe lack of compliance to the ordinances set forth in the law. It appears that this generation of Israelites was following in the disobedient footsteps of their fathers. more »   Does it Really Pay to Serve the Lordby Toby Powers Matthew 19:16-19:30 This passage of Scripture deals with the time when Jesus had told the rich young ruler to sell out the god of riches in his life and follow Jesus, if he chose to go to heaven. He had told the disciples that it would be extremely difficult for a rich man to get to heaven, and they had come to question if anybody could get saved (v. 25)? Jesus response was clear (v.26). more »  Made to Serve Godby Brian Moon Ephesians 2:10 We have been taking an in-depth look at why on earth am I here, or what is the purpose of life. We discovered that there are 5 basic purposes of life and so far we have been through 3 of them. We said that our first purpose if to know and love God, the second purpose was to belong to God’s family, and the third purpose was to become more like Jesus and that brings us to tonight’s purpose. more »  Free to Serveby Deryl Bahn Romans 8:1-8:10 By now we’ve all seen vivid pictures of how oppressive governments like the Taliban heartlessly enslaves its own people. But there is something even more oppressive that enslaves people right here in our own homeland! Sin enslaves us. Sin follows a similar pattern with each commandment of God’s law: more »  Christian Servanthoodby Stephan Brown Matthew 20:20-20:28 In this question to Jesus, James and John were interested in glory, position, and rank. They wanted to be associated with Jesus, so that they could share in his glory. And it was at this time that Jesus chose to reveal something very important to them. That following Him, and even being a leader of his church, would not be like what they were thinking at all. more » |
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Who Can Serve? “Everybody can be great … because anybody can serve. You don’t have to have a college degree to serve. You don’t have to make your subject and verb agree to serve. You only need a heart full of grace. A soul generated by love.” SOURCE: Martin Luther King, Jr Contributed by: Darryl Bell
Desiring ServanthoodIn May of 1846 an evangelist, now mostly forgotten, named “James Caughey” (pronounced “coffee”) visited a chapel in Nottingham England and preached a sermon on the words recorded in St. Mark, “Therefore I say unto you, what things so ever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them.” Caughey preached that the key to this verse was to learn to desire God’s desires, and that God’s foremost desire was that we develop the character of a servant, to help the poor, and to spread the gospel that souls might be saved. A gangly young man was present at this service. He’d been saved for two years but had been drifting. But that day in May, God spoke to this gangly young man through evangelist James Caughey. The Holy Spirit gave the young man a passion for desiring servanthood. The young man acted on God’s direction, and he devoted himself to starting an organization committed to the salvation of souls and service to the needy. A sermon on “desiring servanthood” inspired the young, gangly William Booth to fulfill his destiny and found the Salvation Army. Contributed by: Timothy O'Fallon
AuthorityReal authority is the power to serve. SOURCE: Dick McMullen Contributed by: SermonCentral
The Hands of a Servant"You are familiar with Albrecht Durer’s famous painting "The Praying Hands," but do you know the story behind it? The painting was inspired by the sacrificial, loving acts of a friend. Durer and an older friend were struggling to make a go as artists. Recognizing Durer’s talent, the older man took a job to provide for both of them until Durer could complete his art studies. The work was labor, but he did it gladly for his friend. Finally, Durer made a sale. The money was enough to care for both of them for several months. Now his older friend could resume his painting, but the older man’s hands had become so stiff from the hard labor that he was unable to paint. One day when Durer returned home, he found his friend in prayer, his work-worn hands folded reverently. Durer painted a picture of these hands, capturing them for ages to come as a memorial to the love and sacrifice of his older friend." SOURCE: Frank Morgan, Jr. Keys To Unlock Yourself. Nashville : Braodman Press, 1985, pp. 75-76 Contributed by: John Williams III
The Call of the Church“Once survival has become our supreme goal, we have lost our way…, the church is not called to survive history but to serve humanity. As with each individual, there is a difference between living and existing for the church…The church exists to serve as the body of Christ, and it is through this commitment to serve that we are forced to engage our culture…The serving that we are called to requires direct contact. You cannot wash the feet of a dirty world if you refuse to touch it” SOURCE: Erwin Mc Manus, An Unstoppable Force pg. 23 Contributed by: Michael McCartney |
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