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When Life Gets Messy
August 29, 2010
Matthew 7:24-29
A firm foundation in Jesus Christ is required to weather the storm of life.
How is your foundation?
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Fruit Inspection
August 22, 2010
Matthew 7:16-23
Anyone who claims to know Jesus should have evidence - or fruit - that reveals the state of this relationship. Does your internal attitude line up with your external behavior?
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Which Road Are You On?
August 15, 2010
Matthew 7:13-15
Jesus describes a wide gate that leads to destruction and a narrow gate that leads to life.
Which one will you choose?
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The God You Seek
August 08, 2010
Matthew 7:7-12
"Ask and it will be given to you. Seek and you will find."
These familiar biblical phrases demonstrate God's generous love. We need to respond to God's love by depending on Him and treating others with the same kind of love.
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Nobody's Perfect
August 01, 2010
Matthew 7:1-6
"Judge not" is a commonly quoted biblical phrase that is often taken out of context and used inappropriately. When Jesus makes this iconic mandate, he wants us to interpret when and how to judge and to use the standard that he puts forth in this passage from His Sermon on the Mount.
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Chase What Matters
July 25, 2010
Matthew 6:25-34
Anyone can have the propensity to worry, but the antidote to worry is to replace it with seeking God's kingdom and his righteousness.
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When the Game is Over it All Goes Back in the Box
July 18, 2010
Matthew 6:19-24
The concept of "treasures in heaven" is a popular topic of discussion among followers of Jesus, but to often our focus is on earthly things. We've got to figure out how to make changes in our lives in order to focus on the eternal.
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God's Secret Weapon
July 11, 2010
Matthew 6:16-18
Fasting is a discipline for all believers that is often neglected, but if we'll just step out and try fasting, we will develop our hunger for God and release His power into the world.
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For Display Only
July 04, 2010
Matthew 6:5-15
When we forget that our relationship with God is the reason behind our prayers, we risk "faking it" when we pray. We have to rediscover our relationship with God as the center of our prayer life.
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The Discipline of Secrecy
June 27, 2010
Matthew 6:1-4
Jesus tells us to give to the needy in secret, which speaks to the motives behind our generosity. We need to step out in the practice of secret giving in order to build the right motives into our lives.
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Christian Hatred
June 20, 2010
Matthew 5:43-48
Jesus commands us to love everyone, including our enemies - which is a task. To obey this command, we must expand our circle of concern and care to include our enemies.
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Extra Mile People
June 13, 2010
Matthew 5:38-42
Sometimes certain people in our lives require much from us. Loving extravagantly often involves laying down our rights and doing far more than is expected of us.
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Stop Swearing
June 06, 2010
Matthew 5:33-37
If we stop making casual promises and keep the promises we make, we stand out as people of our word.
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The 'D' Word
May 30, 2010
Matthew 5:31-32
When we put Jesus first in our marriages, we reflect the permanence of God's love and stand out from the world.
Link to:
NLCC Elders' Statement Regarding Divorce.
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Self Amputation
May 23, 2010
Matthew 5:27-30
Sexual immorality runs rampant in our culture and those of us who follow Jesus can be prone to sin in this area. We need to take whatever steps are necessary to root sexual immorality out of our lives!
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Don't Get Mad... or Even
May 16, 2010
Matthew 5:21-26
We're told in the sixth commandment not to murder, but Jesus takes the spirit of the law deep into our personal space by expanding murder to include hatred, anger, and even name-calling. Anger breaks our relationship with God and with people so we have to deal with it by resolving it quickly.
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The Value of Mom
May 09, 2010
2 Timothy 1:4-5, 3 John 1:4
God greatly values mothers and He entrusts them with high responsibility. Catch the vision for what mom was created to be and honor her in a way that gives God glory.
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Make a Difference
(Mission Focus Sunday)
May 02, 2010
Revelation 5:9
At
a glance we might just be a medium sized church in Morton,
but if
you take a closer look you'll find out that God is using
this church
body to make a global impact. Guest speaker, Ken Reutter,
missionary
to Brazil will challenge us to make a difference.
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Jump the Canyon
April 25, 2010
Matthew 5:17-20
God is holy and demands righteousness from his people. The problem is that we can never meet His standards. We must accept the righteousness of Christ in order to be in right standing with God.
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Flavor Migration
April 18, 2010
Matthew 5:13-16
Everyone has influence, but sometimes we forget that God has given us the responsibility to use our influence to impact the people He has placed in our lives. Jesus wants to change the world through each one of us.
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Shockingly Different
April 11, 2010
Sometimes the life of a Christian is hard to differentiate from the life of someone outside of Christ. As we start our series covering Jesus' Sermon on the Mount, we'll find that we are commanded to be shockingly different.
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Stand Out:
The Sermon on the Mount was given by Jesus Christ to an audience of His followers, for those who have already accepted Him as Lord. Listen-in and learn with us as we go through the Sermon of the Mount with this perspective.
