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Timidity or Bold Love

Dennis McCallum

2 Timothy 1:6-10

Using your spiritual gifts or building a ministry is God's will for us but fear can get in the way of this goal. Fear holds us back from doing what God wants. It makes it very hard to take risks and ultimately leads to self-protection. God's will is that Christians overcome fear. Through faith and reliance on the Holy Spirit, a life of timidity can be transformed into a life of bold love. A life of power, love, and sound judgment can meet the needs of a dying world.

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2 Timothy 1:6-102 Tim 1:6-10 2Tim 1:6-10By Dennis McCallum Teaching Date: 05/28/2007Using your spiritual gifts or building a ministry is ...

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Live With the End in Mind

Jim Leffel

2 Corinthians 5:1-10

The way we view and live our lives as Christians is based on the biblical hope we have from eternal life. Having eternal life as an assurance despite the troubles of this life provides Christians with courage to stand up for what God cares about. We can experience a deep satisfaction in our relationship with God as we learn to please Him in this life, knowing that we will give an account to Him in the next. Setting our minds on eternity gives us wisdom on how to live our present lives as foreigners in Christ.

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2 Corinthians 5:1-102 Cor 5:1-10 2Cor 5:1-10By Jim Leffel Teaching Date: 03/18/2007The way we view and live our lives as Christians is ba...

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Adequacy

Jim Leffel

2 Corinthians 2:14-3:6

Paul shows that the basis of Christian's adequacy comes solely from God. Christians are competent and adequate through God to serve in the new ministry of grace by the leading and direction of the Holy Spirit. This sense of God-given adequacy allows others to sense God's presence in our lives and provides us with assurance to serve Him and others based on God's stamp of approval through His Son. As we live this way, the sincerity of what God has done in our lives is made more evident.

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2 Corinthians 2:14-3:62 Cor 2:14-3:6 2Cor 2:14-3:6By Jim Leffel Teaching Date: 02/18/2007Paul shows that the basis of Christian's adequac...

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Spiritual Attitudes that Transform

Jim Leffel

1 Thessalonians 5:16-24

Paul explains key attitudes that reflect and foster God's sanctifying work in a Christians life. The five attitudes he mentions are: 1) rejoicing; 2) prayerfulness; 3) gratitude; 4) sensitivity to the Spirit; 5) forth telling-giving God's perspective. God is involved in this lie long process of transformation.\r\n

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1 Thessalonians 5:16-241 Thess 5:16-24 1Th 5:16-24By Jim Leffel Teaching Date: 01/14/2007Paul explains key attitudes that reflect and fos...

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Jesus Steps Out

Dennis McCallum

Mark 1:9-13

Jesus' baptism by John the Baptist reflected that he would take over the work that preceded him by the Old Testament prophets. Jesus' temptation in the wilderness by Satan describes the intense spiritual battle that we, as Christians, are a part of. In order to be successful in spiritual warfare, Christians need to be rooted in God's truth to dismantle Satan's lies and have dependence on the Holy Spirit's power during times of temptation. Jesus was now ready to begin his ministry to tell people about the forgiveness possible through him.

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Mark 1:9-13Mark 1:9-13 Mark 1:9-13By Dennis McCallum Teaching Date: 09/23/2006Jesus' baptism by John the Baptist reflected that he would ...

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Praying for Spiritual Enlightenment

Gary DeLashmutt

Ephesians 1:16-22

Praying for spiritual enlightenment for ourselves and for others is important. Spiritual enlightenment involves the Holy Spirit supernaturally enabling us to see what God gives us through His son, Jesus. Gary DeLashmutt gives his personal testimony of how initial enlightenment sparked his relationship with God, then explains the role of enlightenment in spiritual maturity as to not get stuck in perpetual spiritual infancy.

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Ephesians 1:16-22Eph 1:16-22 Eph 1:16-22By Gary DeLashmutt Teaching Date: 03/26/2006Praying for spiritual enlightenment for ourselves and...

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Praying As Jesus' Representative

Gary DeLashmutt

Colossians 4:2-6

As Jesus' representatives, believers can pray for God's help in representing Him well. Gary DeLashmutt focuses on three types of requests we can make of God based on the prayer in Colossians: 1) create opportunities for me to share about Jesus' love; 2) show me how to demonstrate Jesus' love through my actions; and 3) enable me to express Jesus' love in this conversation.

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Colossians 4:2-6Col 4:2-6 Col 4:2-6By Gary DeLashmutt Teaching Date: 03/19/2006As Jesus' representatives, believers can pray for God's he...

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Praying When Your World is Rocked

Gary DeLashmutt

Acts 4:24-30

When we pray, God will help us overcome world-rocking crises. Overcoming may not mean deliverance from circumstances, but God can allow us to victoriously do His will in the midst of tribulation. The prayer in Acts includes three key points, that God would: 1) consider the threats against them; 2) enable them to represent Jesus well; and 3) pour out the Holy Spirit in healing so people may experience God. Gary DeLashmutt expounds on how this prayer serves as an example for us today. Includes a testimony by Bev DeLashmutt on a spiritual role model of victorious suffering in her life.

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Acts 4:24-30Acts 4:24-30 Acts 4:24-30By Gary DeLashmutt Teaching Date: 03/05/2006When we pray, God will help us overcome world-rocking cr...

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Praying for Others

Jeff Gordon

Ephesians 3:14-21

Why does anyone pray? The apostle Paul was compelled to pray when he reflected on the mystery of Christ. ?The mystery of Christ' is explored as well as how it embodies the way God pursues us despite a stark contrast between His perfect nature and our human nature. He advocates praying for ourselves and others as a means of relating to God and closes with two personal examples of lives transformed by prayer.

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Ephesians 3:14-21Eph 3:14-21 Eph 3:14-21By Jeff Gordon Teaching Date: 02/26/2006Why does anyone pray? The apostle Paul was compelled to p...

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