Church 10/21/2023
Offertory scripture:
God is good and He loves you.
We give because we love God.
We love and honor Him with our giving.
The Bible also says that He is love. We are given the commandment to love others.
Examine your “love” walk. If you have a need for something, examine yourself and asking how your walk with God is going (in terms of loving God and loving others).
Honor God with your giving but also by examining your “love” walk.
Sermon message:
We need God in the time we live right now. Not only God but we need faith and faith in His Word.
Thesis: Faith works.
Faith still works. 1 Peter 5:8
Jesus explains that faith works.
Matthew 17:20
Faith is very important.
Mark 9:23 all things are possible to those who believe
Hebrews 11
Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego found that faith in God works.
Daniel found that faith in God works.
Gideon found that faith in God works.
Joshua found that faith in God works.
Abraham found that faith in God works.
A total of fifteen men of faith came forward that faith in God works.
Faith in God still works today.
Point #1: Faith works in the presence of fear.
David found that faith in God works, even when Goliath the giant was there.
Even military members in combat have to deal with fear. Having a little fear does not make you a coward. The key is to overcome fear. Sometimes you have to fight spiritual battles on your knees.
Sometimes the people who take risks in the name of faith in God have a lot of fear. But the key is they overcome it and obey God.
Point #2: Faith works in your heart and is released from your mouth.
The heart-mouth connection
What’s in your heart comes out of your mouth.
Matthew 12:34 out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks.
Consider when the ten spies came back from the land of milk and honey. They spoke faith because they believed God and had faith.
Matthew 12:35 the treasure that is in your heart will produce appropriate fruit. Good treasure in your heart = good things out of your mouth. Evil treasure in your heart = evil things out of your mouth.
Romans 10:8-10
Mark 11:23 if you have faith and speak it, it will come to pass.
Whatever goes into our hearts comes out of our mouths.
Romans 10:17 faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.
What you say can work both ways. It can also affect your life.
Proverbs 18:21. Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and they that love it shall eat its fruit.
Point #3: Faith is a spiritual force that works in changing the (seen) world.
2 Corinthians 4:18
Fight in the spirit realm.
Point #4: Faith works by love.
Galatians 5:6 in Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision avails anything, but rather faith working by love.
The two great commandments:
Love God. Love others like you love yourself.
Caution: Faith will not work in an unforgiving heart.
Faith comes from God who works in love. We cannot speak faith if our hearts are holding on to unforgiveness.
Have you forgiven others?
Have you forgiven yourself?
You need to forgive in both. Otherwise faith will not work in you.
Faith works in a forgiving heart.
Offertory scripture:
God is good and He loves you.
We give because we love God.
We love and honor Him with our giving.
The Bible also says that He is love. We are given the commandment to love others.
Examine your “love” walk. If you have a need for something, examine yourself and asking how your walk with God is going (in terms of loving God and loving others).
Honor God with your giving but also by examining your “love” walk.
Sermon message:
We need God in the time we live right now. Not only God but we need faith and faith in His Word.
Thesis: Faith works.
Faith still works. 1 Peter 5:8
Jesus explains that faith works.
Matthew 17:20
Faith is very important.
Mark 9:23 all things are possible to those who believe
Hebrews 11
Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego found that faith in God works.
Daniel found that faith in God works.
Gideon found that faith in God works.
Joshua found that faith in God works.
Abraham found that faith in God works.
A total of fifteen men of faith came forward that faith in God works.
Faith in God still works today.
Point #1: Faith works in the presence of fear.
David found that faith in God works, even when Goliath the giant was there.
Even military members in combat have to deal with fear. Having a little fear does not make you a coward. The key is to overcome fear. Sometimes you have to fight spiritual battles on your knees.
Sometimes the people who take risks in the name of faith in God have a lot of fear. But the key is they overcome it and obey God.
Point #2: Faith works in your heart and is released from your mouth.
The heart-mouth connection
What’s in your heart comes out of your mouth.
Matthew 12:34 out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks.
Consider when the ten spies came back from the land of milk and honey. They spoke faith because they believed God and had faith.
Matthew 12:35 the treasure that is in your heart will produce appropriate fruit. Good treasure in your heart = good things out of your mouth. Evil treasure in your heart = evil things out of your mouth.
Romans 10:8-10
Mark 11:23 if you have faith and speak it, it will come to pass.
Whatever goes into our hearts comes out of our mouths.
Romans 10:17 faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.
What you say can work both ways. It can also affect your life.
Proverbs 18:21. Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and they that love it shall eat its fruit.
Point #3: Faith is a spiritual force that works in changing the (seen) world.
2 Corinthians 4:18
Fight in the spirit realm.
Point #4: Faith works by love.
Galatians 5:6 in Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision avails anything, but rather faith working by love.
The two great commandments:
Love God. Love others like you love yourself.
Caution: Faith will not work in an unforgiving heart.
Faith comes from God who works in love. We cannot speak faith if our hearts are holding on to unforgiveness.
Have you forgiven others?
Have you forgiven yourself?
You need to forgive in both. Otherwise faith will not work in you.
Faith works in a forgiving heart.
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