Sermons
"It's Not Over" - Luke 22:31-32
Outline-March 21, 2021
Text: Luke 22:31-32
Title: It’s Not Over
Quote: We operate spiritually at the level of our faith.
Points:
I. Our Adversary (v.31)
II. Our Advocate ( v.32)
Sermon Application:
1. Do you sometimes forget who are your spiritual adversaries? ( i.e. your flesh, the world, Satan) What did you learn about Satan’s objective(s)?
2. What did you learn about sifting?
3. What impacted you about Jesus Christ being our Advocate?
4. What do you think of the following statement: We operate spiritually at the level of our faith?
5. In what areas of your life, do you struggle with over-confidence/self-confident? What do you think about the statement: We are weakest in the area of our greatest strength?
Ministry Opportunities:
24th – Corporate Prayer- 7:00-7:30pm
24th - Corporate Bible Study- 8:00-9:00pm – 2 Corinthians 8:22-24
"What's The Use" - Ecclesiastes 1:7-9
Outline-March 14, 2021
Text: What’s The Use
Title: Ecclesiastes 1:7-9
Quote: If it’s new it’s not true; if it’s true it’s not new. H.A. Ironside
Points:
I. Spinning Circles ( vv. 7-8a)
II. Unfulfilling Circles ( vv. 8b-9)
Sermon Application:
1. Have you ever done a “Life Review”? If so, what is the assessment of your life? What have you accomplished? What role has your relationship with the Lord played?
2. What do you think about St. Augustine’s quote? He who has God has everything. He who does not have God has nothing. He who has God and everything has no more than he who has God alone.
3. How much weight do you place on your labor/work under the sun? Does your labor/work give you your identity?
4. Have you ever asked yourself- What is the meaning of life? Is life worth living? If someone were to ask you this question-what would you tell them?
5. Does life seem like a treadmill at times? What do you do to get off the treadmill?
Ministry Opportunities:
17th – Corporate Prayer – 7pm-7:30
17th -Corporate Bible Study- 8pm-9pm 2 Corinthians 8:20-24
"Comforting Word" - Isaiah 40:6-8
Outline-March 7,2021
Text: Isaiah 40:6-8
Title: Comforting Word
Quote: God’s Word is Bigger Than Our Biggest Problem
Point: I. In Need of Comfort
Sermon Application:
1. When you are hurting/suffering, what role does God’s Word play in comforting you?
2. When you are hurting/suffering what or who do you turn to first, second, third? Why?
3. What scripture(s) provide you comfort when you are going through difficulties? Have you memorized such scriptures? Have you shared such scriptures with others?
Ministry Opportunities:
• There will be no corporate prayer or corporate bible study on March 10th – Pastor and Wonda will be celebrating 31st Wedding Anniversary
17th – Corporate Prayer – 7:00-7:30pm
17th - Corporate Bible Study- 2 Corinthians 8:20-24- 8:00-9:00pm
"Unabashed Saints" - Jeremiah 6:16
Outline- February 28, 2021
Text: Jeremiah 6:16
Title: Unabashed Saints
Quote: We must speak God’s truth in a situation regardless of how it might affect
you.
Points:
I. Rejecting God’s Path ( v. 16a-b)
II. Rejecting God’s Reward ( v. 16c-d)
Sermon Application:
1. What are some of the latest crossroads that you have encountered? What
was your reasoning in choosing the path you took?
2. What did you learn from the Five-Point Guidance discussion concerning
crossroads?
3. Do you understand the importance of valuing honor and shame?
4. Do you find yourself leaving the ancient paths just because to do so
includes going through barren places?
5. What did you learn from the “Three Truths” about accepting the ancient
path? ( i.e. reward)
Ministry Opportunities:
3 rd – Corporate Prayer- 7:00-7:30pm
3 rd – Corporate Bible Study- 2 Corinthians 8: 16-21- 8:00-9:00pm
"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 - 8:00-9:00pm- 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:
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?
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?
When was your last spiritual slump? What did you do, or what do you need to do to be rescued from such a slump?
Are you seeking spiritual cheerleaders from outside instead of being your own spiritual cheerleader?
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?
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