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Power Up!
Contributed by John Dobbs on Jan 6, 2023 (message contributor)
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1. Connect To The Power
Contributed on Jan 6, 2023
Many are struggling through life feeling drained of spiritual energy. (Pain, Disease, Finances, Discouragements, Temptations). Like your phone or other electric devices, if you use them heavily without recharging, they go dead.
Power Up! Connect To The Power Matthew 3:1-17 Introduction Living for Jesus Christ is not an easy path through life. It is the BEST path, and it holds the most PROMISE, but not EASY. God knows we need His grace and mercy to be successful. In all of our efforts, we can lose our energy, find ...read more
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2. Power To Overcome Temptation
Contributed on Jan 13, 2023
When our spiritual batteries are low - we find ourselves in need of a recharge - to POWER UP! Last week we looked at the baptism of Jesus as a means to CONNECT to the Power! As powerful an experience as that is - we shouldn’t think it is the end of the journey - but the beginning.
Text: Matthew 4:1-11 1 Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted there by the devil. 2 For forty days and forty nights he fasted and became very hungry. 3 During that time the devil came and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, tell these stones to become loaves of ...read more
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3. The Power Of Influence
Contributed on Jan 20, 2023
Following those distinctive teachings of Jesus, he calls us to be people of influence in the world around us.
The word “influencer” has become popular especially as it relates to social media. You can do searches for the top Instagram influencers (or any other media). Mostly this relates to how many followers someone has. One article I read had the top five Instagram influencers (for the moment) - they may ...read more
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4. Power Of The Disciplines
Contributed on Jan 26, 2023
Today we go further into the Sermon on the Mount to hear Jesus talking about three spiritual disciplines of the Christian life.
Introduction In this series of messages we have been talking about powering up when our spiritual batteries get low. Matthew’s Gospel teaches… We establish a powerful connection to God in baptism. In addition, through the Spirit and Scripture we Overcome temptations. We share our influence to ...read more
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5. Power Up Relationships: The Golden Rule
Contributed on Feb 2, 2023
One thing that can de-energize our batteries is a spirit of judgmentalism in our relationships. It’s likely we all struggle with being judgmental.
We’ve been talking about how to POWER UP when our spiritual batteries are low. One thing that can de-energize our batteries is a spirit of judgmentalism in our relationships. It’s likely we all struggle with being judgmental. The problem is that it drains our relationships with others and God. D. ...read more
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6. Power Up Kingdom Living
Contributed on Feb 10, 2023
In Matthew Jesus frames up the Jesus Life by speaking about the Kingdom of God. Not a physical kingdom with walls, a castle, and a throne. It is a spiritual Kingdom. Jesus is our King.
Power Up Kingdom Living Matthew 13:31-51 Introduction Power Up - it’s what we need to do when our spiritual batteries get low. We need to connect to the power source, overcome temptation, use the power of influence, exercise the spiritual disciplines, and escape judgmentalism in ...read more
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7. Power Up Your Discipleship
Contributed on Feb 16, 2023
Jesus once asked a question about identity: “Who do people say that the Son of Man is?” Interestingly, he got several responses.
Introduction An estimated 113 million viewers watched the Super Bowl. What do people always talk about after a Super Bowl? Ads! Most expensive ever - at $7 million per 30 seconds. The most memorable ad I saw? Tubi - the one where everyone scrambled to find their remote control. ...read more
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8. Power Up Forgiveness
Contributed on Feb 24, 2023
There’s not a one of us that hasn’t had to exercise the power of forgiveness on a regular basis. We are humans surrounded by humans, there is a lot to forgive.
Introduction There’s not a one of us that hasn’t had to exercise the power of forgiveness on a regular basis. We are humans surrounded by humans, there is a lot to forgive. Sometimes it feels a little harder to forgive. Peter once asked, “Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me and I ...read more