"Out of Focus" - Luke 12:13-21

Text: Luke 12:13​-21

Title: Out of Focus

Quote: The pleasure of what we enjoy is lost by coveting more.

Points:

I. Focus on Worldly Riches ( vv. 13-15)

II. Focus on Godly Riches ( vv. 16-21)

Sermon Application:

1. After today’s message, what did you learn about greed/covetousness? Are

you greedier than you thought?

2. Take the “Greed” Test? How well did you do? What are you being led to

pray about after taking the test?

3. What did you learn about being viewed as a “fool” by God?

4. What is meant by the saying: “A ship should be in water, not water in the

ship”? How does this saying relate to our possessions?

5. What did you think/learn from Chuck Swindoll’s three questions?

Ministry Opportunities:

February 24 th - 7:00​-7:30​- Corporate Prayer

February 24 th - 8:00​-9:00​pm- Corporate Bible Study- 2 Corinthians 8:1-15-

Application

Hindering on GOD’s love - 1 Corinthians 13:4-7, 1 Corinthians 11

Outline-February 14, 2021

Text: 1 Corinthians 13:4-7 and 1 Corinthians 11

Title: Hindering God’s Love

Quote: Patience is letting your motor idle when you feel like stripping the gears.

Pts: I. Loveless Church- 1 Corinthians 11 and 13:1-3

II. Loveless Saints- 1 Corinthians 13:4-7

Sermon Application:

1. If you were to examine your life, how much of your love life is based on emotions and how much is Spirit led? Why do you think this is the case?

2. Would God judge your home to be a loving home? Would God judge your church to be a loving church?

3. As you take inventory of your love life according to verses 4-6, which elements of love is lacking? Which ones are flowing? ( Be careful you don’t want to boast-smile)

Ministry Opportunities:

14th – Lord’s Supper- immediately after Message

17th- Corporate Prayer- 7:00​-7:30pm

17th – Corporate Bible Study- Application Time- 8:00​-9:00pm

18th – Ministerial-Zoom- 11:30​-12:30​ ( Presentation: Immunity/Liability of Church-COVID-19 by Pastor Denny)

Adopted and Grateful For It - Romans 8:15-17

Text: Romans 8:15​-17

Title: Adopted and Grateful For It

Quote: As heirs of God, our inheritance is secure

Points:

I. Spiritual Adoption (v.15)

II. Spiritual Inheritance (vv. 16-17)

Sermon Application:

1. How do you demonstrate your appreciation for your spiritual adoption which provides you a new Father and a new Family?

2. What did you learn from our discussion on the 3 Legal/Spiritual Steps of adoption?

3. What did you learn from today’s message about your spiritual heirship?

Ministry Opportunities:

10th – Corporate Prayer- 7:00​-7:30pm

10th - Corporate Bible Study- 8:00​-9:00pm 2 Corinthians 8: 14-15

14th- Observance of Lord’s Supper

"Mortified"- Romans 8:12-14

Outline- January 31, 2021

Text: Romans 8:12​-14

Title: Mortified

Quote: Assurance is not the salvation itself but the certainty of it.

Points:

I. Obligation ( vv. 12-13a)

II. Mortification ( vv. 13b-14)

Sermon Application:

1. Are you guilty of using euphemisms? Do you use euphemisms to describe your sinful behavior, or the sinful behavior of others? Why?

2. Do you truly believe that your flesh is no longer your master? (i.e. ”Obligation”)

3. When did you learn that we are to please God- not to make us right with Him but because He has made us right with Him?

4. What did you learn about spiritual mortification?

5. What did you learn about breaking the grip of sin/growing in Godliness?

6. What action steps do you believe you might implement in your area(s) of spiritual growth?

"The Righteousness of GOD " - Romans 1:17

January 24,2021- Outline

Text: Romans 1:17

Title: The Righteousness of God

Quote: What man cannot do by human effort, God does by His power

Points:

I. The Gospel Reveals ( v.17a)

II. Faith to Faith (v.17b)

III. Live by Faith (v.17c)

Sermon Application:

1. What did you learn about the righteousness of God? What did you think about man’s 2 great problems?

2. What did you learn from today’s message about “faith”? What do you think about the following statement: “We’re called to live in the gospel, not to embrace it and then lay it aside for works/self-righteousness”?

3. Have you ever been guilty of trying to work your way to God? If yes, how? Have you ever been guilty of working for God’s acceptance?

4. Did you receive any liberation from today’s message from faulty thinking/ faulty living?

Ministry Opportunities:

27th- Corporate Prayer- 7-7:30pm

27th- Corporate Bible Study- 2 Corinthians 8

"Unashamed Gospel Saints" - Romans 1:16-17

Outline-January 17, 2021

Text: Romans 1:16​-17

Title: Unashamed Gospel Saints

Quote: There are two things to do about the Gospel believe it and behave it.

Points:

I. Unashamed (v.16a)

II. Unashamed Believers (v.16b)

III. Unashamed Priority (v.16c)

Sermon Application:

1. Have you ever studied the Book of Romans?

2. What did you learn about the Gospel? What did you learn about the various false gospels?

3. Have you ever been ashamed of the Gospel?

4. What did you learn about the power of God for salvation?

Ministry Opportunities:

20th – Corporate Prayer- 7:00​-7:30pm

20th – Corporate Bible Study- 2 Corinthians 8:7-9- 8:00​-9:00pm

21st – Virtual GLD Ministerial- 11:30​-1

Soulful Benefits- Psalms 103:3-5

Outline- January 10, 2021

Text: Psalm 103:3-5

Title: Soulful Benefits

Quote: God pardons like a mother, who kisses the offense into everlasting forgiveness. Henry Ward Beecher

Points:

Pardoning God (v.3a)

Healing God (v.3b)

Redeeming God ( v.4)

Satisfying God (v.5)

Sermon Application:

Do you have a better appreciation of God’s Judicial Forgiveness and Parental Forgiveness?

Do you place more emphasis on spiritual healing or physical healing? Why?

What do you think of the statement: “We are loved with everlasting love and showered day by day with His mercy”?

Do you truly believe our Heavenly Father does not withhold any good things from those who walk uprightly?

What did you learn about the eagle’s molten process? How does that relate to us spiritually?

Ministry Opportunities:

13th- Corporate Prayer- 7:00​-7:30pm

13th – Corporate Bible Study- 8:00​-9:00pm – 2 Corinthians 8:6-9

17th- Limited In-Person Worship Service- 11am-noon

"Soulful Saints" - Psalm 103:1-2

Title: Soulful Saints

Text: Psalm 103:1-2

Quote: Charles Spurgeon: We often write our blessings in the sand and we engrave our complaints in the marble!

Points:

Soulful Praise ( v.1)

Soulful Pondering (v.2)

Sermon Application:

1. What do you think of Charles Spurgeon’s quote: We often write our blessings in the sand and we engrave our complaints in the marble! Are you more of a sand writer or a marble writer?

2. When was the last time you took a spiritual inventory? Are you overdue for a spiritual inventory? What’s keeping you from taking the time and doing such an inventory?

3. When was your last spiritual slump? What did you do, or what do you need to do to be rescued from such a slump?

4. Are you seeking spiritual cheerleaders from outside instead of being your own spiritual cheerleader?

5. When was the last time you prayed to God for the sole purpose of praising Him? How long can you pray without asking for something?

6. Are you a forgetful person? Are you a forgetful person of the Lord’s benefits? What steps can you take to assist you in not being so forgetful?

Ministry Opportunities:

6th- Corporate Prayer- 7:00-7:30pm

6th -Corporate Bible Study- 2 Corporation 8:5-9

17th or 24th – Limited In-Person Worship Service 11am-12pm

"Hope in The Lord Almighty- p.2" - Luke 2:29-35

Text: Luke 2:29-35

Title: Hope In The Lord Almighty- Part 2

Quote: The whole world is affected in one way or another by Jesus

Point: I. Hope In Christ Fulfilled

Sermon Application:

1.Are you spiritually ready to depart in peace?

2.What’s tying you down to this earth?

3.What did you learn about the- The Stone, The Sign and The Sword?

4. Are you still excited, joyful about your salvation? If yes, why? If not, why?

Ministry Opportunity:

30th – Corporate Prayer- “Evening of Praise and Thanks” 7:00-7:30pm

30th – Corporate Bible Study- 2 Corinthians 8:4-5- 8:00-9:00pm

"Hope In The LORD Almighty - p.1 " - Luke 2:25-28

Title: Hope In the Lord Almighty- Part 1

Text: Luke 2:25-28

Quote: When we live in the power of the Holy Spirit, our lives are marked by hope in the Lord Almighty

Point: I. Hope In Christ

Ministry Application:

What did you learn about biblical hope v. worldly hope? Which hope do you truly live your life?

Do you truly believe lack of resources are not a hindrance to spiritual service? What do you think of the world’s teachings that crime and unlawful behavior is due to a lack of resources?

Would the Lord Almighty describe you as righteous and devout? Not positionally speaking but practically speaking.

Do you live in expectancy and anticipation? If yes, does this manifest itself in your prayer life, in your giving?

If God were to withdraw His Holy Spirit from us, would others even notice the difference? Would you even notice?

Ministry Opportunities:

23rd – Corporate Prayer- 7:00-7:30pm

23rd – Corporate Bible Study- 2 Corinthians 8:3-5- 8:00-9:00pm

"The Package" - Luke 1:39-45

Outline-December 13, 2020

Text: Luke 1:39-45

Title: The Package

Quote: We need other saints to share the watershed moments of our lives.

Points:

Good News About The Package ( vv. 39-40)

Rejoicing About The Package (vv. 41-45)

Application:

Have you ever been perplexed, astonished, and/or flabbergasted by the workings of the Lord in your life? If yes, what has been your response? If no, why not?

When you are traveling on a challenging spiritual journey, other than the Lord Almighty, who do you seek encouragement? Are you a spiritual cheerleader? Do you have a spiritual cheerleader in your life?

This week work on your own “ The Magnificat”

Ministry Opportunities:

16th- Corporate Prayer- 7-7:30pm

16th- Corporate Bible Study- 8-9:00pm ( 2 Corinthians 8:1-3)

Bad Heart, Bad Feet, Bad Witness - Proverbs 6:16-19 p.3

Text: Proverbs 6:16-19- Part 3

Title: Bad Heart, Bad Feet, Bad Witness

Quote: God hates not only the mind that plans the evil but the feet that are

eager to carry it out.

Points:

I. Bad Heart ( v.18a)

II. Bad Feet (v. 18b)

III. Bad Witness ( v.19)

Application:

1. Is your heart beating with or against the Lord Almighty?

2. Are you devising wicked plans-i.e. pleasing yourself, making your own path,

fulfilling his own desires?

3. Are you surprised that your wicked plans have led to sadness, brokenness,

separation?

4. What did you learn about counteracting feet that are swift to run to

mischief?

5. Have you borne false witness?

Ministry Opportunities:

9 th - Corporate Prayer- 7-7:30pm

9 th – Corporate Bible Study- 2 Corinthians 8:1-3

"Hate Crimes" - Proverbs 6:16-19 p.2

Text: Proverbs 6:16-19- Part 2

Title: Hate Crimes

Quote: Sadly, too often lying comes easy.

Points: I. Hateful Tongues (v.17b)

II. Hateful Hands ( v.17c)

Application:

1. Do you have a lying problem? Do you see yourself as imitating Satan when

you lie? Do you view lying as hateful?

2. What did you learn about the following?

A. Origin of Lying

B. Operation of Lying

C. Overcoming Lying

3. Why has it become a big issue that every human life is of infinite value to

God?

4. Have you been guilty of shedding innocent blood?

5. What did you learn from the steps to avoid shedding innocent blood?

Ministry Opportunities:

2 nd - Corporate Prayer- 7-7:30pm

2 nd - Corporate Bible Study- 2 Corinthians- 8-9pm

"You ain't all that!" - Proverbs 6:16-19

Text: Proverbs 6:16-19- Part 1

Title: You Ain’t All That !

Quote: Wherever God sees pride lifting itself on high, He revolves to level it in the

dust

Points:

I. Six, Yes, Seven (v.16)

II. One, Sinful Pride (v.17a)

Application:

1. Are you guilty of having a lop-sided view of God? ( i.e. only God is Love)

2. Did you ever view yourself as a scoundrel?

3. What did you learn about the words: “hate” and “abomination”?

4. What did you learn about “haughtiness”?

5. What did you learn about the three varieties of pride?

6. What did you learn about the characteristics of pride?

Ministry Opportunities:

25 th - Corporate Prayer- Prayer of Thanksgiving 7:00-7:30pm

25 th - Corporate Bible Study- Hypotheticals- 2 Corinthians 7

"Dragnet' - Matthew 13:47-52

Outline- November 15,2020

Title: Dragnet

Text: Matthew 13:47-52

Quote: The Biblical idea of understanding isn’t just having a head full of

knowledge or facts but that it’s the right and proper application of those facts.

Points:

I. God’s Glorious Kingdom Dragnet ( vv. 47-50)

II. Godly Kingdom Understanding (vv.51-52)

Application:

1. How well do you handle punishment/discipline? How well do you handle

God’s discipline/punishment of you? Do you ever think it’s unfair?

2. Have you ever said you understand something when you really haven’t?

What do you think of the biblical definition of godly understanding which

includes not just knowledge or facts but having the right and proper

application of those facts?

3. Discipleship/Scribe-what is meant by not overemphasizing learning at the

expense of living?

4. What do you think of the growing discipleship test: Do you want more of

God’s Word or less?

Ministry Opportunity:

18 th - 7:00-7:30pm- Corporate Prayer

18 th - 8:00-9:00pm- Corporate Bible Study- 2 Corinthians 7 Hypothetical

"This Little Light of Mine" - Mark 4:21-25

Text: Mark 4:21-25

Title: This Little Light of Mine

Quote: The saint who has been enlighten must in turn enlighten others.

Points:

I. The Divine Purpose and Power of Light ( vv.21-22)

II. Divine Privileges of Listening and Hearing ( vv.23-25)

Ministry Application:

1. How are you doing in sharing the Light that has been given to you? Is your light shining or are you hiding it? Are you allowing the Word to be a lamp unto your feet or are you walking in darkness?

2. Are you careful to what you listen to? Do you understand- garbage in, garbage out? How well are you doing as it pertains to the 3 C’s- cautioned, counseled, comforted?

3. Are you a reservoir or a conduit?

4. Do you have a better understanding of the difference between listening and hearing?

Ministry Opportunities:

11th- Corporate Prayer- 7:00-7:30pm

11th- Corporate Bible Study 2 Corinthians 7:13-18/Review- 8:00-9:00pm

"Agents of Change " - Matthew 13:33-35

Title: Agents of Change

Text: Matthew 13:33-35

Quote: After a person receives Christ for eternity, he/she must represent Christ in history.

Points:

A Catalyst ( v.33)

A Revealer ( vv. 34-35)

Ministry Application:

Do you understand the difference between “exegesis” and “eisegesis”?

Are you allowing God to use you to slowly transform the world’s culture?

In 2020, what spiritual insights have you gleamed concerning Kingdom Truths/Principles?

Are you failing to make an impact due to a lack of godly contact with the world?

"GODLY PERSPECTIVE OF SIGNIFICANCE" - Matthew 13:31-32, Mark 4:30 - 32

Title: Godly Perspective of Significance

Text: Matthew 13:31-32 and Mark 4:30-32

Quote: Significance is a matter of perspective

Points:

I. Sowing of a Mustard Seed (v.31)

II. Growing of a Mustard Seed (v.32)

Application:

1. Are you ever guilty of thinking nothing good can come out of something so

small?

2. Do you truly believe- God has a way of bringing great things out of humble

beginnings?

3. What is the basis of your identity? What or Who are you rooted?

4. What is your perspective on what is significant in life?

Ministry Opportunities:

28 th - Corporate Prayer- 7:00-7:30pm

28 th - Corporate Bible Study- 8:00-9:00pm- 2 Corinthians 7:12-15

November 1 st - Time Change- Fall Back 1 Hour!

"Devilish Counterfeiter " - Matthew 13:24-30; 36 - 43

Text: Matthew 13:24-30; 36-43

Title: Devilish Counterfeiter

Quote: Our task is not to pull up the tares, but to allow them to co-exist with the

wheat until harvest time.

Points: I. Presentation of the Parable of the Wheat and the Tares ( vv. 24-30)

II. Explanation of the Parable of the Wheat and the Tares (vv. 36-43)

Application:

1. How do you respond to the tares and the enemy that confronts you? Have

you ever had the urge to call down fire on tares?

2. Do you have a better understanding why God allows Truth/False-Good/Evil

to co-exist?

3. Have you ever been a listener/follower of the enemy’s counterfeit gospels?

4. Why do you think the sons of the Kingdom of God spend more time judging

the sons of evil than shining the light of truth?

Ministry Opportunities:

21 st - Corporate Prayer- 7:00-7:30pm

21 st - Corporate Bible Study- 2 Corinthians 7:12-15- 8:00-9:00pm

Kingdom of GOD -p.2 - Matthew 13:5-9, 20-23

Outline- October 11, 2020

Title: Kingdom of God- Part 2

Text: Matthew 13:5-9, 20-23

Quote: The Bible has not become impotent, just sadly abandoned by the citizens

of the Kingdom of God.

Pts:

I. Shallow Soil (vv. 5-6)

II. Explanation of Shallow Soil (vv. 20-21)

III. Shared Soil ( v. 7)

IV. Explanation of Shared Soil ( v.22)

Application:

1. When was the last season in your believing life, when God’s Seed ( i.e.

Kingdom Truths/Principles) were sown on your shallow soil? Do you live

life based on impulses and/or instincts?

2. Do you find yourself whenever you “broadcast” God’s Seed that you look

for shallow soil?

3. As a citizen of the Kingdom of God, have there been times when God’s Seed

is choked off by your worries of this present age and the deceitfulness of

riches? If yes, what did you finally do to kill the weeds/thorns?

4. Have you had seasons when you were so busy living that you did not think

how you were living?

5. What do you think of the following statement: “Miscellaneous things can

become the cause of spiritual strangulation”?

6. How well do you understand your productivity ( i.e. fruit production) is

directly linked to your abiding in Christ? ( i.e. faithfulness as a citizen of the

Kingdom of God)

Ministry Opportunities:

October 12 th - GLD Conference- 9am-noon ( Virtual)

October 14 th – Corporate Prayer- 7:00-7:30pm

October 14 th – Corporate Bible Study- 8:00-9:00pm ( 2 Cor. 7:11-15)