Dancing With God

SERMON THEME   

The version of the gospel that we hear these days: if you give your life to Jesus, you will have a trouble-free life (no opposition, no hindrances). The current of the culture is opposite of how we are called to live. We need to go against the current to fulfill the purpose of God in our lives. The enemy doesn’t fight when he “has you”. When you say yes to God, the battle begins. Pastor Richard shares reflections of “necessary detours” that occur when dancing with God.

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SCRIPTURES

Hebrews 12:1-3 (NLT); 2 Timothy 2:3-5; Romans 8:11; Acts 20:24

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DISCUSS AND REFLECT

• You are fighting for a reason. Find out what that reason is, and don’t take your eyes off the prize!

• How is Jesus our example of how to run OUR race, according to Hebrews 12:1-3?

• Think about a time when Holy Spirit attempted to guide you, resulting in a “necessary detour”. What were some signs that He was trying to guide you? Did you heed?

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PRAYER POINT

The church would go out and make disciples. 'And Jesus came and said to them, "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, '

Matthew 28:18-19 ESV

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NEXT STEPS

All Liberty Church partners and attendees are invited to take their next step. What is your next step? Is it water baptism, joining Growth Path, joining the Impact team or joining a LIFE group?

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Keep In Step

SERMON THEME   

Pastor Sam gave a word in the 8 am service that breakthrough is “in you” personally. Holy Spirit is on the move so we want to talk about falling in line with what Holy Spirit is doing. Holy Spirit wants to live in you. Will you stay in step with Him? Much like ballroom dancing, we must learn how to keep in step with Holy Spirit.

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SCRIPTURES

Galatians 5:25 (whole chapter is important); Acts 1:8; Colossians 1:16; Colossians 3:1-3

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DISCUSS AND REFLECT

·         Where is the Spirit’s dance floor (where is He moving)?

·         We often wonder how to defeat our sinful nature. It’s by keeping in step with the Spirit. How can we practically keep in step?

·         Where is your Jerusalem? Where is your Judea?

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PRAYER POINT

Pray for boldness to go out and preach the gospel with accompanying miraculous signs.

'And he said to them, “As you go into all the world preach openly the wonderful news of the gospel to the entire human race! Whoever believes the good news and is baptized will be saved, and whoever does not believe the good news will be condemned. And these miracle signs will accompany those who believe: They will drive out demons in the power of my name. They will speak in tongues. They will be supernaturally protected from snakes and from drinking anything poisonous. And they will lay hands on the sick and heal them.”

Mark 16:15-18 TPT

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NEXT STEPS

All Liberty Church partners and attendees are invited to take their next step. What is your next step? Is it water baptism, joining Growth Path, joining the Impact team or joining a LIFE group?

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Everybody Go!

SERMON THEME   

The mentality of every Christian should be to show the same type of love that we show ourselves to our neighbor. The natural progression of this Christian life is: get saved, get set free, get sent out to go, get someone else. All of the commandments break down to two categories, our relationship with God and our relationship with others (neighbors). Our responsibility is to go to our community and be the light, much like the game “Capture the Flag”.

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SCRIPTURES

Matthew 22:36-40; 2 Corinthians 3:18; John 4:34-48; Acts 1:8

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DISCUSS AND REFLECT

·         What are some ways we can love our neighbor/friend like we love ourselves? 

·         What are some things that you feel disconnect us from God? 

·         What does it mean to be truly set free from your sin? 

·         What does it mean to work a harvest?

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PRAYER POINT

Ask for the Nations.

'Ask me to give you the nations and I will do it, and they shall become your legacy. Your domain will stretch to the ends of the earth.'

Psalms 2:8

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NEXT STEPS

All Liberty Church partners and attendees are invited to take their next step. What is your next step? Is it water baptism, joining Growth Path, joining the Impact team or joining a LIFE group?

The Pursuit of Faith PT2

SERMON THEME   

This is a continuation of our message from last week. When you know the will of God, you can pray according to the will of God. Faith has the language of thanksgiving. You have to believe when you pray, and speak. You must make sure you eliminate doubt. Get a rhema from God what His purposes right now. This is how you produce faith.

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SCRIPTURES

James 1:5-6; Romans 10:17; Matt 11:2-6

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DISCUSS AND REFLECT

·         Can Faith and Doubt can exist at the same time?

·         Explain what doubt does to a person’s faith?

·         From the story of John the Baptist, How did Jesus explain we should deal

with Doubt?

·         Can faith be strengthened, if so explain?

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PRAYER POINT

Pray for the heart of believers concerning government on every level.

'Remind people to respect their governmental leaders on every level as law-abiding citizens and to be ready to fulfill their civic duty. And remind them to never tear down anyone with their words or quarrel, but instead be considerate, humble, and courteous to everyone. 

Titus 3:1-2

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NEXT STEPS

All Liberty Church partners and attendees are invited to take their next step. What is your next step? Is it water baptism, joining Growth Path, joining the Impact team or joining a LIFE group?

The Pursuit of Faith

SERMON THEME   

Everything we do requires faith. Faith is not mystical, and it is not just knowledge. It is a substance the grows in the heart or spirit of a man. Faith accesses the realities of heaven and brings those realities to earth.  We must pursue faith.

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SCRIPTURES

2 Corinthians 5:7, Hebrews 11:1; Romans 5:1-2

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DISCUSS AND REFLECT

·      Fear will sink you. Is there any fear that is gripping and controlling your decision making?

·      If being in faith truly meant you automatically had zero unbelief, why did Jesus include this part about not doubting in your heart?

·      Have you been in situations where you had faith and doubt at the same time? Discuss.

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PRAYER POINT

Pray for the churches in Solano County

'praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, being watchful to this end with all perseverance and supplication for all the saints— '

Ephesians 6:18 NKJV

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NEXT STEPS

All Liberty Church partners and attendees are invited to take their next step. What is your next step? Is it water baptism, joining Growth Path, joining the Impact team or joining a LIFE group?

Twenty Twenty Vision

SERMON THEME   

God is giving us new eyes and new vision for what is happening this year. Come up to see things from God’s perspective. Worship is not a prelude to the sermon. Worship is the sound of eternity. The church needs to stand up and stop being apathetic.

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SCRIPTURES

Romans 13:11-14 TPT; Isaiah 60; Psalm 67

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DISCUSS AND REFLECT

·         What does it personally mean to you to get in tune with what the Spirit of God is doing?

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PRAYER POINT

Pray for boldness to go out and preach the gospel with accompanying miraculous signs

And he said to them, “As you go into all the world, preach openly the wonderful news of the gospel to the entire human race!  Whoever believes the good news and is baptized will be saved, and whoever does not believe the good news will be condemned. And these miracle signs will accompany those who believe: They will drive out demons in the power of my name. They will speak in tongues. They will be supernaturally protected from snakes and from drinking anything poisonous. And they will lay hands on the sick and heal them.”

Mark 16:15-18 TPT

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NEXT STEPS

All Liberty Church partners and attendees are invited to take their next step. What is your next step? Is it water baptism, joining Growth Path, joining the Impact team or joining a LIFE group?

3 Keys to Supercharge your Fast

SERMON THEME

·         We fast so we move away from something toward something.

We disconnect from our flesh to connect to God.  The goal of the Christian life is to become more like Christ – to conform or “Re-present” His image to the lost world. Fasting provides purpose to every test and trial that we experience.  Our character of being transformed into His image is developed through the times of testing and trials in our life.  The wilderness is often are “heavenly development system” in which we climb the mountain to see the “big picture” of what God sees and is doing in our lives.

·         Fasting purifies our Faith.

Fasting and prayer will address unbelief in our lives.  When unbelief is present, you will not see the power of God move in your life.  Fasting and prayer is the fertile ground for faith and hope to develop which are the two essential ingredients for miracles to take place in our lives.

·         Fasting will help us pursue our encounter with God and allow us to know Him more intimately.

Growing in intimacy with God and growing in knowledge of Him is one in the same.  The more we know God the more we love God.

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SCRIPTURES

James 1:2-17; Matthew 17:14-20; 1 Cor. 10:13

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DISCUSS AND REFLECT

·         Am I thinking, acting and living in a way that I am more like Christ than I was a month ago, a year ago, etc.

·         What are your responses to the tests and trials you may be going through?  How are these tests developing your character and increasing your faith in God?

·         Are there areas in your life where you need to exercise increased faith to see the power of God move in your life?

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PRAYER POINT

Pray That We Know God and Our Identity in Him.

that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and of revelation in the knowledge of him, 18 having the eyes of your hearts enlightened, that you may know what is the hope to which he has called you, what are the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints, 19 and what is the immeasurable greatness of his power toward us who believe, according to the working of his great might.

Ephesians 1:17-19

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NEXT STEPS

All Liberty Church partners and attendees are invited to take their next step. What is your next step? Is it water baptism, joining Growth Path, joining the Impact team or joining a LIFE group?

Fasting for Divine Alignment

SERMON THEME

2020 is the year for Kingdom Alignment in which we declare the fulfillment of prophetic promises given to the church and its individual members. Success in our lives is dependent upon being aligned with God’s perfect will and plan for our lives. God gave us a pattern for doing this. Prayer and fasting aligns us with Heaven’s assignment for our lives. Through prayer and fasting we are obedient in putting God’s kingdom first. All other things come into alignment when we seek to put God first and follow through on his plan for our lives. Isaiah 58 outlines the many benefits of fasting which include healing, answered prayer, forgiveness, provision for us financially and restoration of the power of God in our lives. The hunger caused by fasting should drive us to experience the hunger for God’s presence in our lives and experiencing more of Him.

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SCRIPTURES

Isaiah 58; I Timothy 1:18; Daniel 9-10; Matthew 6:16-17

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DISCUSS AND REFLECT

1. Have there been prophetic promises given to you that you have not yet realized that you can declare during this fast and bring them into being? 2. Are there areas in your life or in your family in which you feel need to be better aligned with God’s plan and purposes?? 3. Are there areas in your life in which you need to humble yourself during this fast and seek God’s forgiveness to experience His freedom?

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PRAYER POINT

Father God, we ask during this fast that the prophetic word given to each of us would be fulfilled this year as we declare our desire to be aligned with your purpose and will in our lives.

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NEXT STEPS

Continue to seek after God during this fast and recall the prophetic word that may have been given to you in the past and declare its fulfillment this year in your live and that of your family.

The Necessity of Betrayal

Sermon Theme

As believers, we may all go through times/circumstances where we have been betrayed. These betrayals can cause us to run towards or away from Jesus. Our dependence needs to be on God’s spirit alone.

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Scriptures

1 Corinthians 11:18

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Discuss & Reflect

·         Think about a time when you felt betrayed. Did you run toward Jesus or did you try to appease the flesh?

·         Having heard Pastor Richard’s message, how will you respond when betrayal comes your way?

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Prayer Point

Prayer Point

During this week of Thanksgiving we pray grace extends to more people which increases Thanksgiving

For it is all for your sake, so that as grace extends to more and more people it may

increase thanksgiving, to the glory of God.

2 Corinthians 4:15 ESV

Next Steps

All Liberty Church partners and attendees are invited to take their next step. What is your next step? Is it water baptism, joining Growth Path, joining the Impact team or joining a LIFE group?

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The Power of Perseverance

Sermon Theme

Perseverance is a biblical character trait that is developed over time. Perseverance begins to develop when you choose to hang with God when the going gets tough because you trust that He is working on your behalf. As you read the Bible you will discover that you cannot get through life as a victorious Christian without the requirement to persevere. Any victorious follower of Jesus will be schooled by the Holy Spirit in perseverance. It’s a qualifier for usefulness in the kingdom of God. Perseverance is a continued effort to do something and to become something despite difficulties, failure, or opposition.

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Scriptures

Luke 18:1-8, Romans 5:1-5, James 1:2-4, Romans 15:4

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Discuss & Reflect

·         What ways has the enemy tried to cause you to quit?

·         What area of perseverance do you need to currently develop? (prayer, character development as a          follower of Christ, hope and faith for your future, obedience to be more like Jesus)

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Prayer Point

Pray for good health and prosperity

Beloved friend, I pray that you are prospering in every way and that you continually enjoy good health, just as your soul is prospering

3 John 1:2 TPT

Next Steps

All Liberty Church partners and attendees are invited to take their next step. What is your next step? Is it water baptism, joining Growth Path, joining the Impact team or joining a LIFE group?

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Prepared for the Promise

Sermon Theme

While many times we prepare/plan for the worst, such as when the world was slated to tend in 1999, God has told us that he doesn’t have plans for bad, but plans for good. He has plans for all of us, a promise from God. We must ask ourselves what we are preparing for. Our nature is not to do something unless we can see a tangible result, but the results are determined by our preparation. Our spiritual, mental and physical health is important to the plans that God has for you. We must be prepared like David was when he was preparing for his promise.

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Scriptures

2 Timothy 2:20-24; Jeremiah 29:11; 1 Samuel 16

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Discuss & Reflect

·      What are some things you are doing to prepare yourself for what God has promised you?

·      What is your motivation behind your preparation? Are you doing it for man or for God?

·      How can you identify what type of preparation works best for you? (For example; does worshipping corporately help you, reading a preset bible plan on the bible app, following discussion guides like this?)

·     David had some great things in his inventory. What are some things that you need to add and take away from your inventory?

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Prayer Point

Pray for a joyful heart that would bring healing to those that need it

A joyful heart is good medicine

Proverbs 17:22 ESV  

Next Steps

All Liberty Church partners and attendees are invited to take their next step. What is your next step? Is it water baptism, joining Growth Path, joining the Impact team or joining a LIFE group?

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Praying From Victory, Pt.6: Praying the Promise

Sermon Theme

Our discussion continues about effectual prayer. Because we are one with Christ, we are in a place of authority and rule over the enemy. It is time to rise up and live and function from our position in Christ. God is looking for believing believers! In addition, our testimonies of miracles are tied to God’s Mission and purpose.

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Scriptures

Ephesians 1; Colossians 3:1; 2 Timothy 1:9; Psalm 24:7-10

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Discuss & Reflect

·      How does God word translate into power in our lives?

·      Is my provision tied to my purpose and destiny?

·      If so, is there any benefit to being in God’s will and purpose for my life?

·      What if I am not living in God’s will for my life?

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Praying From Victory, Pt.5

Sermon Theme

We come to God because we are clothed with Jesus’s righteousness. The righteousness is what enables us to come boldly to His throne. Through grace and the gift of righteousness we get to reign in this life. His mercy and grace to help when we need it most is at His throne. We are invited to live in this place where we are seated in heavenly places. Our perspective is shaped by where we are seated (Get God’s perspective).

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Scriptures

Isaiah 43; Hebrews 4; Colossians 3:1-3; John 3:12-13

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Discuss & Reflect

·         How does God want us to live down here in the first heaven?

·         If Jesus already did everything I need to fulfill my purpose how do I access his provision?

·         How should I pray knowing I can access what is in the 3rd heavens?

·         Pastor Richard previously described how we should ask for God’s strategy first, then fight with prophetic decrees and proclamations. Has this changed the way you pray?

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Praying From Victory, Pt. 4

Sermon Theme

When you get Born Again you are raised up into the heavens and seated with Christ far above ALL PRINCIPALITIES POWERS AND MIGHT or Rulers of this present darkness and the spiritual wickedness in Heavenly places. The third heaven is the place where God resides and rules. Christ’s resurrection revolutionized how we live our lives “down here”. We are one with Christ now, and we ought to live from our co-ascension in Christ. It is about access. Let us open the doors of revelation and walk out our purpose and destiny.

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Scriptures

Revelation 3:8, 20; Revelation 4:1; Ephesians 2:6-10

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Discuss & Reflect

·         How does God want us to pray regarding our problems?

·         Describe the three doors and how they relate to you?

·         If Jesus already did everything I need to fulfill my purpose how do I access his provision?

·         Pastor Richard previously described how we should ask for God’s strategy first, then fight with prophetic decrees and proclamations. Has this changed the way you pray?

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Praying From Victory

Sermon Theme

It is imperative that we play from a place of victory, not for victory. Praying from the 3rd heaven (beginning explanation last week, continuing this week) is praying from a place of victory. The three heavens are not physical locations, but places in the spiritual dimension. We also need to make sure that our perception of warfare is not OT based. This next season we are invited in a special way to go beyond what we believe is impossible and TO MAKE THE WORLD WHOLE.  

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Scriptures

Ephesians 1; Ephesians 6; Hebrews 4

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Discuss & Reflect

• Describe the three heavens and how they relate to you.

• Describe what it means to pray from a place of Victory.

• If the devil is already defeated, what is spiritual warfare about?

• Pastor Richard described how we should ask for God’s strategy first, then fight with prophetic decrees and proclamations. How will this new information change the way you pray?

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Effectual Prayer, Pt. 2

Sermon Theme

Our discussion continues about effectual prayer. Effectual, fervent prayer can look like the prayer of faith. We must know the authority we have as we partner with God to advance His kingdom. Praying effectually is not begging, it is proclaiming what God has told us and standing with Him to see it come to pass.

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Scriptures

James 5:14-17; Matthew 16; Ephesians 3:8-12

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Discuss & Reflect

•   Prayer is about discovering what God wants to do and then standing between heaven and earth being the conduit for it to be done. What are some “its” in your life that you are believing God for?

• God speaks to us in different ways. What ways do you personally tune in to God’s voice?

• Why is there more power in our prayers corporately?

• Discuss what it means to pray from a place of victory.

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Effectual Prayer

Sermon Theme

Effectual (white hot) prayer is the prayer that works. The book of James gives us instructions on how to watch what we say and the importance of effectual prayer. James points us to Elijah’s example of effectual prayer.

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Scriptures

James 5:13-18; 1 Kings 18:41-45

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Discuss & Reflect

• The book of James gives instruction on how to act when faced with trials, how to speak when in trials and how we should confess the sin of offense. In what ways has James 5:16 been used out of context to justify confessing sins to each other?

• In 1 Kings 18, Elijah prayed for rain and initially there was no sign of results. Reflect on times in your life that you have prayed and saw no results. Did you quit praying, or did you do as Elijah did and continue in prayer?

• Why do we need to pray?

• How is God speaking to you about what would it mean for you to pray effectually?

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The King's Table

Sermon Theme

Mephibosheth was five years old when he lost his father, grandfather, and became crippled for life all on the same day. Orphaned in Lo-debar, King David found and rescued Mephibosheth from an impoverished life to his reserved seat at King David’s table. Even as King David is a shadow and type of our King Jesus, we are being sought out after to accept the invitation of a lifetime to feast at the Lord’s table.

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Scriptures

2 Samuel 4:4; 2 Samuel 9:1-12, 13

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Discussion

1. What themes in Mephibosheth’s life are part of your own? Are you identifying with your condition more than the identity you were given by God? Caught in a vortex of defeat, what debilitating orphan mentality, including self-hating thoughts and actions, have kept you in the hand of the enemy? What about those desolate places of no or low expectation in your life?

2. Affirmatively, accepting your reserved seat at the Lord’s table is not a one-time event. How are you feasting off of the intentional kindness of God in your life? How are you partaking of the richness and fullness of God? What scriptures, songs, and dance has the Lord given for your deliverance? Can you taste and see the goodness of God, in every aspect of your life?

3. Where and how is the Lord showing you His process of restoration? Is there a place in Him where your former life is no longer a place of shame and guilt; but, a launching pad of victory?

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Prayer

Father, thank you for this message. Your intentional pursuit and kindness toward us is overwhelming. More and more we find You in every good thing in our lives. Partaking of the fullness of your mercy and grace has so much to do with our encounters with You. Increase our encounters with You every day. Thank you that for making yourself known to us and everyone around us. You are truly glorious! Thank you for the feast that you have prepared for us to make us strong against the enemy of our mind. In Jesus, name. Amen

There's No Place Like Home

Sermon Theme

We often focus on the son who was lost in the parable in Luke 15. However if we change our perspective we will discover that Jesus was telling this story to teach about the Father’s heart towards the groups of people who were listening, the sinners and the religious people (Pharisees and Scribes). Each of us can be found in one of these categories. We can all learn about the Father’s heart. Our message to the world is that Home is where the Father is, and Jesus is the way back home.

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Scriptures

Luke 15:11-31

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Discussion

1. Which son have you been? Do you consistently wonder what the Father thinks about your past mistakes, overcome with shame, or do you pride yourself on your performance? His heart for either is for us to experience His embrace.

2. Have you experienced the grace of His embrace? What would it look like if you lived every moment in his embrace?

3. Like the robe given to the son in verse 22, we were given a robe. The robe of Christ’s righteousness. We no longer carry the stench of our sin. Have you accepted His approval? Have you really opened your heart to Him?

4. If you wonder How to experience His love, take some time to ask Him. Every one of us has different experiences, and He knows what has made you close your heart. Ask Him how to open it to Him. He’s a safe Father.

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Prayer

Father, we thank you that you are a safe Father and that like the father in this parable, you have accepted us as we have run back to you. Help us to live every day in your embrace as we realize that nothing matters more than your arms. As we continually experience your loving embrace we pray that we will come to the place where no one’s opinion of us matters more than what you have said about us.

The Power of Mother's Prayer

Sermon Theme

There is no other job that is as demanding and important as that of a mother. Mothers are the most influential people in the world. Mothers shape the lives of each person throughout their life time through their love, correction and mostly their prayers for their children. The prayers of godly mothers have eternal impact. Both in the Old Testament and the New Testament, God shows honor to mothers as demonstrated in the godly influence shown to Moses and to Timothy through the encouragement, teaching and prayers of their mothers and in the case of Timothy also with his grandmother. A godly mother who prays can have impact on her children even in the midst of a culture that is ungodly or in marriages in which there may be unbelievers. We can honor our mothers through various expressions of our love to them – through words, through touch and through our patience with them as they age. The mother’s prayers are often the thing that helps us through life’s difficulties and sustains us as we grow in our relationship with Christ

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Scriptures

2 Timothy 1:5; 2 Timothy 3:14-15; 1 Corinthians 7:14; Hebrews 11:23-29; Ephesians 6:2-3

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Discussion

1. Why was it essential for both Moses and Timothy to have the influence of a spiritual mother in growing up in a family and culture in which other influences could have shaped their lives?

2. For those who did not have the influence of a godly and praying mother in their lives, what are some of the ways in which the church family can help to provide this influence and support?

3. Are there ways in which you feel that you can provide greater honor and expression of love and appreciation to your mother in helping you to grow in your own walk with God?

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Prayer

Father, we thank God for the godly influence of mothers in our lives. We thank you for our mothers’ prayers and faithfulness to you and to all their children. We ask that we provide the honor, love and appreciation to them each day and that we in turn would lift them up in prayer, so their needs would be met and that they will experience the richness of your love to them.