Sermon

The Birth of the Church - Acts 1:4-5,14 and 2:1, 13

Quote: How good and pleasant it is when brethren dwell together in unity.


Points:

I. United in Expectation ( vv. 1:4-5)

II. United in Prayer (v. 1:14)

III. United in Location and Purpose (2:1,13)


Application:

1- Why do you think the Church does not spend time discussing Jesus’

Ascension and Pentecost?

2- What did you learn from our discussion on the two baptisms?

3- What do you think of the statement: “Nothing builds unity amongst

believers any more than carrying one another’s burdens to the Lord

in prayer”.

4- What did you learn concerning the “significance” and “importance” of

Pentecost?

5- Have you ever been guilty of trying to explain the “supernatural” by

using “science”?


Ministry Opportunities:

22nd - Corporate Praise/Prayer/Bible Study- 7-9pm

26th – Graduation Sunday ( all high school and post graduate students-

Junior College, Trade School, Undergraduate, Post-Graduate)



That’s My Child - I Kings 3:16-28

Quote: If any of us had to wait for God to love us based on our

performance we would all be out of luck.


Points:

I. The Backstory ( vv. 16-22)

II. The Wisdom of the King ( vv. 23-28)


Sermon Application:

1. Did or do you have a standard for perfection for your mother? As a

mother have you placed perfection as your standard?

2. If you were given one prayer request from God, what would that

request be?

3. What are some of your fondest memories you have of your mother?

Of being a mother?

4. What did you learn about “compassion” in today’s message?

5. What did you learn about “wisdom” from King Solomon?


Prayer Accomplishes Much - James 5:16

Sermon Outline- May 5, 2024


Text: James 5:16

Title: Prayer Accomplishes Much

Quote: Prayer is a call, to not bend our knees, but to bend our heart.


Points:

I. Confessional Prayer ( v.16a)

II. Healing Prayer ( v. 16b)

III. Effective Prayer ( v. 16c)

Sermon Application:

1. In our introduction of our sermon, which definition of prayer impacted

you most?

2. What did you think about the following quote: Prayer is a call, to not

bend our knees, but to bend our heart,

3. What did you learn about accountability as it relates to prayer?

4. Did you know we have a responsibility to confess our sins to one

another?

5. Did you know before today’s message that an aspect of our healing is

related to us praying for one another?

6. What do you think is meant by the phrase- “availeth much” ?


Ministry Opportunities:

8 th – Corporate Praise, Prayer, and Bible Study

15 th - The Charter- 4pm

18 th – Ladies’ Prayer Breakfast- 9:30-11:30am

Out of Order - Matthew 6:32-34

Quote: If your priorities are not right, you won’t be right.

Points:

I. I’ll Take An Order of That (vv. 32-33)

II. I’ll Take A Double Order of That ( v.34)


Sermon Application:

1. Do you live for the present? Do you live for your pleasure?

2. What do you think of the following statement: If your priorities are not

right, you won’t be right.

3. What did you learn about the phrase:” but seek first His kingdom”?

What is meant by “seek”? What is meant by “kingdom”?

4. Are you an “intimate” of God? Why or Why not?

5. What did you learn from our discussion on -Automatically Seeking

Three Things?


Ministry Opportunities:

1 st - Corporate Praise/Prayer/Bible Study 7-9pm

4 th - Couples’ Small Group-10:30-12:30- Breakfast/Brunch and Movie-

(please R.S.V.P. no later than 5/1

5 th - Lord’s Supper

Ain’t No Need To Worry/ Don’t Worry Be Blessed: Matthew 6:25-31

Quote: To worry is to insult God


Points:

I. Don’t Worry Over Food ( vv. 25-26)

II. Don’t Worry Over Clothing ( vv. 27-31)


Sermon Application:

1. What did you learn from our discussion on the meaning of the word

“worry”?

2. What did you learn about the phrase-“Take No Thought”?

3. What did we learn about the difference between “foresight” and

“foreboding”?

4. Have you found yourself worrying about what you will eat/ what you

will wear?

5. What insights did you gain from our conclusion discussion?


Ministry Opportunities:

21 st - Kidz Zone

24 th – Praise/Prayer/Bible Study- 7pm-9pm


Don’t Be Foolish: Never Say Never - Luke 22:31-34- Part 2

Quote: Only when you are in the sifter can you know exactly what you will

or won’t do!


Points:

I. What A Fool Says (v.33)

II. When A Fool Is Corrected (v.34)


Sermon Application:

1. What did you learn from our discussion concerning the possible reasons for sifting?

2. Are you guilty of acting like Peter-speaking before allowing the Holy Spirit to provide you what to say?

3. Have you been guilty lately of thinking you are ready for anything that comes your way? See 1 Cor. 10:12

4. What did you glean from our discussion of the five remember statements?

5. What did you learn from our discussion of “passive denial” of Jesus?


Ministry Opportunities:

17 th – Corporate Praise/Pray/Bible Study- 7-9pm

20 th – Ladies’ Small Group- 10-11:30

21 st - Kidz Zone

Roughed Up-Yet Covered By Prayer - Luke 22:31-34- Part 1

Sermon Outline- April 6, 2024


Text: Luke 22:31-34- Part 1

Title: Roughed Up-Yet Covered By Prayer

Quote: God must sift us before He shifts us.

Points:

I. A Determined Adversary ( v.31)

II. A Diligent Advocate ( v.32)

Application:

1- What did you learn from today’s message concerning spiritual

sifting?

2- What two points concerning Satan did you gleam from verse 31?

3- What should we do during our shifting season?

4- What do you think of the saying-God must sift us before He shifts us.

5- Do you view Jesus as your powerful Advocate? Why or Why not?

6- How does it change your life’s perspective that the Lord is praying for

you?


Ministry Opportunities:

8 th - Search Committee- 7:30pm

9 th - Advisory Board Mt. 7pm

10 th - Corporate Praise/Prayer/Bible Study- 7-9pm

13 th – Men’s Small Group- 7:30am


Gone But Not Forgotten - 1 Peter 1:3-5

Quote: Without the belief in the resurrection, the Christian faith could not

have come into being.


Points:

I. Praise Him (v. 3a)

II. Bless Him (v.3b)

III. Thank Him (v.3c)


Application:

1. How often do you remind yourself that you are not home yet?

2. When was the last time you praised Him for His great mercy?

3. What did you learn from our discussion on “Living Hope”?

4. What did you learn from our importance of the resurrection of Jesus

Christ?

5. What did you learn about our inheritance?


Ministry Opportunities:

3rd - Corporate Praise/Prayer/Bible Study – 7-9pm

6th Couples’ Small Group 10:30-12

7th – Lord’s Supper

9th - Advisory Board Meeting

Triumphant King - Mark 11:7-11

Text: Mark 11:7-11

Title: Triumphant King

Quote: God is most glorified in us when we are most satisfied in Him.

Points:

I. Submission To The Triumphant King ( vv. 7-8)

II. Adoration Of The Triumphant King ( vv. 9-10)

Application:

1. Have you ever felt that there are no unimportant or menial tasks

when it comes to serving the Lord?

2. If the Lord has need of something in your possession, do you quickly

share said possession?

3. How will you observe this year’s “Passion Week”?

4. What did you learn from our discussion of “Submission”?

5. What did you learn about the distinction between Adoration and

Worship?

Ministry Opportunities:

26 th - Pastor’s Follow-Up Appointment with Orthopedic

27 th – Praise/Prayer/Bible Study- 7pm-9pm

29 th - Good Friday

31 st - Resurrection Sunday- 11am

"Popeye Saints" -1 Corinthians 15:9-10

Title: Popeye Saints

Text: 1 Corinthians 15:9-10

Quote: Grace- God Riches At Christ Expense

Points:

I. Apostle of God (v.9)

II. Grace of God (v.10)

Application:

1-Have you ever felt like the Apostle Paul that your past disqualifies you to

be used by God? Why?

2-What do you think of the statement: “ The Gospel is a message of what

God has done for me, what I could not do for myself”?

3-What did you learn from our discussion on the “Three Distinctive

Meanings of Grace”?

4- What did you learn from our discussion on “Grace”?

5-What did you learn from the statement: “The Gospel’s focus is on Jesus

performance for us, not our performance for Him”?

6- What did you learn from our discussion on the “Three Types of Grace”?


Ministry Opportunities:

31st - Corporate Praise/Prayer/Bible Study- 7-9pm ( last Corporate

Wednesday until February 21st )

3rd - Couples’ Small Group- 10:30 ( Zoom)

4th – First Sunday

5th – Pastor’s Surgery- Saint James Hospital, Olympia Fields

"Hilarious" -2 Corinthians 9:6-7

Outline-January 21, 2024

Text: 2 Corinthians 9:6-7

Title: Hilarious 

Quote: We give to please-not to receive

Points: I. Sowing Saints (v.6) II. Cheerful Saints (v.7)

Application:

1-When you give- is the purpose of your giving to please God, or to please yourself?

2- What do you learn from the statement: “When it comes to us giving- we cannot out give our Heavenly Father”?

3- How would you explain the spiritual principle of Sowing and Reaping?

4-Are you a hilarious giver? What did you learn from the various definitions of the word “hilarious”?

5-What did you learn from our discussion on the “Principle of Intent”?

6- What did you learn from our discussion on “stewardship”?

7-What did you learn from our discussion on “How We Are To Give God’s Way”?

8- What did you learn from our discussion on the “3 Corollaries”?

Ministry Opportunities: 24th-Corporate Praise/Prayer/Bible Study

27th -Men’s Small Group-7:30/ Ladies’ Small Group-10

28th -Sunday School-9:30/ Search Committee Status Mtg.- After Service

"God’s Upward Call" - Philippians 3:14

Outline-January 14, 2024


Text: Philippians 3:14

Title: God’s Upward Call

Quote: Each step of fellowship with Christ now is a little bit of heaven

Points:

I. Goal-Oriented Saints ( v. 14a)

II. Upward-Calling Saints ( v. 14b-c)

Sermon Application:

1-How much do you use your age or circumstances to affect you pressing

on toward the goal?

2- Is God’s goal for your life, your goal for your life? Why, or Why not?

3- What do you make of the statement: “The prize is not only a future prize

but also a present prize”?

4-What do you make of the statement: “Each step of fellowship with Christ

now is a little bit of heaven”?

5- What did you learn from our discussion on the following:

A. A Focused Life- Keeping Eye on The Prize

B. A Purposeful Life- Toward the Goad

C. A Fulfilled Life- In Christ Jesus


Ministry Opportunities:

14 th - Sunday School-9:30

16 th - Advisory Board Mtg. -7pm

17 th - Corporate Prayer and Bible Study- 7-9pm

20 th – Ladies’ Small Group- 10-11:30am

28 th – Pulpit Seach Committee Meeting- after Morning Service

‘Saintward” - Philippians 3:13

Outline-January 7, 2024


Text: Philippians 3:13

Title: Saintward

Quote: If our eyes are glued to the past, we will miss the blessing the Lord has for

us which lies ahead.

Points:

I. Backward Saints ( v.13 a-b)

II. Forward Saints (v. 13 c)

Application:

1- What role do the two key elements of pleasing God- pressing on play in

your spiritual journey?

2- What did you learn about spiritual forgetting?

3- Do you live life with more of a front view perspective or rear-mirror view?

Why?

4- Which of the 3 things we are to forget do you have the most trouble

forgetting?

5- What did you learn from today’s discussion on the “Dangers of

Unwillingness to Forget”?

6- What did you learn from today’s discussion on the “Advantages/Lessons”

learned from forgetting?

7- What do you think of the statement- Where we’re going is more important

than where we’ve been?

8- What did you learn from the four closing points of today’s sermon?

Ministry Opportunities:

10 th - Corporate Praise/Prayer and Bible Study- 7-9

13 th – Men’s Small Group-7:30am

14 th - Sunday School Class- 9:30am

"Pressing On" - Philippians 3:12-14

Outline-December 31, 2023


Text: Philippians 3:12-14

Title: Pressing On

Quote: God is seeking progression not perfection- Chuck Swindoll

Points:

I. Perfection (v.12a)

II. Pressing ( v.12b)

III. Lay Hold (v.12c)

Application:

1. Are you willing to allow the Holy Spirit to provide a 2023 spiritual

inventory?

2. Do you have a better understanding of spiritual perfection?

3. Read and Meditate on Philippians 3:10-11

4. What do you think of Chuck Swindoll’s statement: “God is seeking progress

not perfection”

5. Why is it important for you to know that you have not reached perfection?

6. Are you living your life as though God you know that Christ Jesus laid hold

of you?

Ministry Opportunities:

3 rd - Corporate Praise/Prayer and Bible Study-James 1:4-6- 7-9pm

6 th - Couples’ Small Group- 10:30-Noon

7 th - Lord’s Supper


"The Heavenly Gift" - Luke 2:1-7

Outline- December 24, 2023


Text: Luke 2:1-7

Title: The Heavenly Gift

Quote: Jesus is many things . . . but He isn’t convenient.

Points:

I. Heavenly Plan Fulfilled ( vv. 1-5)

II. Heavenly Room ( vv. 6-7)

Application:

1. Do you expect the Christian life to be convenient? If not, why are we so

troubled whenever an inconvenience occurs in our lives? Do you see

anything that poses an inconvenience to our lives as a nasty negative.

2. What do you think of the following statement: When we choose God’s

choice, we find the joy of obedience in the midst of being inconvenienced.?

3. What do you think of the following: We cannot celebrate The Birth of

Christ without considering Calvary, The Cross.

4. What steps do you daily take to make room for the Lord?

Ministry Opportunities:

27 th - Praise/Prayer and Bible Study ( James 1:4-5)


"My Praise Song" - Luke 1 :46-56

Text: Luke 1:46-56

Title: My Praise Song

Quote: Christ sends none away empty but those who are full of themselves? D.L. Moody


Points:

I. Personal Praise ( vv. 46-48)

II. Providential Praise ( vv. 49-54)


Sermon Application:

1- What do you think of the following statement: Ministry takes place when divine resources meet human needs through loving channels to the glory of God.?

2- What do you think about D. L. Moody’s quote- Christ sends none away empty but those who are full of themselves.?  

3- How often do you burst into a song of praise of the Lord? Do you normally only sing praise to the Lord during Praise and Worship? Are you able to burst into a song of praise during bleak circumstances?

4- Have you created your own “Magnificat”?

5- What does it mean to you that the Lord is mindful of you?

6- What did you learn from our discussion on those who are objects of God’s mercy? 



Ministry Opportunities:

20th – Charter- 4pm

20th- Corporate Praise/Prayer and Bible Study-James 1:3-5

24th – Sunday School – 9:30am