Want To Make A Practical Difference In The Church? (Part III)
“Let love be genuine. Abhor what is evil; hold fast to what is good. Love one another with brotherly affection. Outdo one another in showing honor.” - Romans 12:9-10 ESV
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Want To Make A Practical Difference In The Church? (Part II)
“In his grace, God has given us different gifts for doing certain things well…” - Romans 12:6 NLT “If your gift is to encourage others, be encouraging. If it is giving, give generously. If God has given you leadership ability, take the responsibility seriously. And if you have a gift for showing kindness to others, do it gladly.” - Romans 12:8 NLT
Want To Make A Practical Difference In The Church? (Part I)
“Having gifts that differ according to the grace given to us, let us use them: if prophecy, in proportion to our faith; if service, in our serving; the one who teaches, in his teaching..." - Romans 12:6-7 ESV
[Practical Proverbs You Need To Know]: Discipline
“Whoever loves pleasure will be a poor man; he who loves wine and oil will not be rich.” - Proverbs 21:17 ESV
| Small Group Leader Interview | Chad and Kayleen Stephens
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Your Ultimate Faith Life In A Small Group (Part III)
“In the human body there are many parts and organs, each with a unique function. And so it is in the body of Christ. For though we are many, we’ve all been mingled into one body in Christ. This means that we are all vitally joined to one another, with each contributing to the others.” - Romans 12:4-5 TPT
Your Ultimate Faith Life In A Small Group (Part II)
“Just as our bodies have many parts and each part has a special function, so it is with Christ’s body. We are many parts of one body, and we all belong to each other.” - Romans 12:4-5 NLT
Your Ultimate Faith Life In A Small Group (Part I)
“For as in one body we have many members, and the members do not all have the same function, so we, though many, are one body in Christ, and individually members one of another.” - Romans 12:4-5 ESV
[Practical Proverbs You Need To Know]: God’s Way
“Every way of a man is right in his own eyes, but the Lord weighs the heart.” - Proverbs 21:2 ESV
[Colossal Failures Found In The Bible]: Solomon’s Wife
“Solomon brought Pharaoh’s daughter up from the city of David to the house that he had built for her, for he said, “My wife shall not live in the house of David king of Israel, for the places to which the ark of the Lord has come are holy.” - 2 Chronicles 8:11 ESV
Promising Hope For A New Miracle (Part III)
“No unbelief made him waver concerning the promise of God, but he grew strong in his faith as he gave glory to God, fully convinced that God was able to do what he had promised.” - Romans 4:20-21 ESV
Promising Hope For A New Miracle (Part II)
“In hope he believed against hope, that he should become the father of many nations, as he had been told, “So shall your offspring be.” He did not weaken in faith when he considered his own body, which was as good as dead (since he was about a hundred years old), or when he considered the barrenness of Sarah’s womb.” - Romans 4:18-19 ESV
Promising Hope For A New Miracle (Part I)
ALC Recommends : Small Groups and Leaders "That is why it depends on faith, so that the promise may rest on grace and be guaranteed to all his offspring—not only to the adherent of the law but also to the one who shares the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all, as it is written, “I have made you the father of many nations”—in the presence of the God in whom he believed, who gives life to…
[Practical Proverbs You Need To Know]: Procrastination
“The sluggard does not plow in the autumn; he will seek at harvest and have nothing.” - Proverbs 20:4 ESV
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A Strong Spiritual Life In A Fallen World (Part III)
“For he is not a [real] Jew who is only one outwardly and publicly, nor is [true] circumcision something external and physical. But he is a Jew who is one inwardly, and [true] circumcision is of the heart, a spiritual and not a literal [matter]. His praise is not from men but from God.” - Romans 2:28-29 AMPC
A Strong Spiritual Life In A Fallen World (Part II)
“For you are not a true Jew just because you were born of Jewish parents or because you have gone through the ceremony of circumcision. No, a true Jew is one whose heart is right with God. And true circumcision is not merely obeying the letter of the law; rather, it is a change of heart produced by the Spirit. And a person with a changed heart seeks praise from God, not from people.” - Romans…
A Strong Spiritual Life In A Fallen World (Part I)
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[Practical Proverbs You Need To Know]: Generosity to the Poor
“Whoever is generous to the poor lends to the Lord, and he will repay him for his deed.” - Proverbs 19:17 ESV
[Colossal Failures Found In The Bible]: People
“Or do you presume on the riches of his kindness and forbearance and patience, not knowing that God’s kindness is meant to lead you to repentance? But because of your hard and impenitent heart you are storing up wrath for yourself on the day of wrath when God’s righteous judgment will be revealed.” - Romans 2:4-5 ESV
Our Obsession With Identity In The World (Part III)
“Paul, a loving and loyal servant of the Anointed One, Jesus. He called me to be his apostle and set me apart with a mission to reveal God’s wonderful gospel. (7) I write to all his beloved chosen ones in Rome, for you are also called as holy ones. May his joyous grace and total well-being, flowing from our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ, rest upon you. My commission is to preach the good news.…
Our Obsession With Identity In The World (Part II)
“This letter is from Paul, a slave of Christ Jesus, chosen by God to be an apostle and sent out to preach his Good News. God promised this Good News long ago through his prophets in the holy Scriptures. The Good News is about his Son. In his earthly life he was born into King David’s family line, and he was shown to be the Son of God when he was raised from the dead by the power of the Holy…
Our Obsession With Identity In The World (Part I)
ALC Recommends : VBS Registration https://alcspf.churchcenter.com/registrations/signups/3694032 “Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle, set apart for the gospel of God, which he promised beforehand through his prophets in the holy Scriptures, concerning his Son, who was descended from David according to the flesh and was declared to be the Son of God in power according to the…
[Practical Proverbs You Need To Know]: Generosity
“Many seek the favor of a generous man, and everyone is a friend to a man who gives gifts.” - Proverbs 19:6 ESV
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Important Truths You Need To Know (Part III)
“...for I did not shrink from declaring to you the whole counsel of God.” - Acts 20:27 ESV “I know that after my departure fierce wolves will come in among you, not sparing the flock; and from among your own selves will arise men speaking twisted things, to draw away the disciples after them.” - Acts 20:29-30 ESV
Important Truths You Need To Know (Part II)
“for I did not shrink from declaring to you the whole counsel of God.” - Acts 20:27 ESV “Therefore I testify to you this day that I am innocent of the blood of all,” - Acts 20:26 ESV
Important Truths You Need To Know (Part I)
ALC recommends : VBS Save the date - July 26-29 “for I did not shrink from declaring to you the whole counsel of God.” - Acts 20:27 ESV “testifying both to Jews and to Greeks of repentance toward God and of faith in our Lord Jesus Christ.” - Acts 20:21 ESV
[Practical Proverbs You Need To Know]: Blessed To Give
“In all things I have shown you that by working hard in this way we must help the weak and remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he himself said, ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive." - Acts 20:35 ESV
[Colossal Failures Found In The Bible]: The Nation of Judah
"Hilkiah the high priest said to Shaphan the court secretary, “I have found the Book of the Law in the Lord’s Temple!” Then Hilkiah gave the scroll to Shaphan, and he read it." - 2 Kings 22:8
What Does A Genuine Revival Offer More Of?: Change
“Also many of those who were now believers came, confessing and divulging their practices. And a number of those who had practiced magic arts brought their books together and burned them in the sight of all. And they counted the value of them and found it came to fifty thousand pieces of silver.” - Acts 19:18-19 ESV
What Does A Genuine Revival Offer More Of?: Miracles
“And God was doing extraordinary miracles by the hands of Paul, so that even handkerchiefs or aprons that had touched his skin were carried away to the sick, and their diseases left them and the evil spirits came out of them.” - Acts 19:11-12 ESV
What Does A Genuine Revival Offer More Of?: Spirit
ALC Recommends: Bible In Song by Project Love on Spotify “And he said to them, “Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?” And they said, “No, we have not even heard that there is a Holy Spirit.” And when Paul had laid his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came on them, and they began speaking in tongues and prophesying.” - Acts 19:2, 6 ESV
[Practical Proverbs You Need To Know]: Isolation
“Whoever isolates himself seeks his own desire; he breaks out against all sound judgment.” - Proverbs 18:1 ESV
[Amazing Stories Of Jesus In The World]: Interviews with Dr. Hennis (Part V)
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[Amazing Stories Of Jesus In The World]: Interviews with Dr. Hennis (Part IV)
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[Amazing Stories Of Jesus In The World]: Interviews with Dr. Hennis (Part III)
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[Amazing Stories Of Jesus In The World]: Interviews with Dr. Hennis (Part II)
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[Amazing Stories Of Jesus In The World]: Interviews with Dr. Hennis (Part I)
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[Colossal Failures Found In The Bible]: Jereboam
- 1 Kings 14:1-18 NLT
Ways Devoted Fathers Can Lead For A Lifetime (Part III)
“Can anyone object to their being baptized, now that they have received the Holy Spirit just as we did?” So he gave orders for them to be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ. Afterward, Cornelius asked him to stay with them for several days.” - Acts of the Apostles 10:47-48 NLT
Ways Devoted Fathers Can Lead For A Lifetime (Part II)
“This is the message of Good News for the people of Israel—that there is peace with God through Jesus Christ, who is Lord of all.” - Acts of the Apostles 10:36 NLT
Ways Devoted Fathers Can Lead For A Lifetime (Part I)
ALC recommends : Father’s Day this Sunday! “Cornelius stared at him in terror. “What is it, sir?” he asked the angel. And the angel replied, “Your prayers and gifts to the poor have been received by God as an offering!” - Acts of the Apostles 10:4 NLT
[Practical Proverbs You Need To Know]: Stop Strife
“Better is a dry morsel with quiet than a house full of feasting with strife.” - Proverbs 17:1 ESV
[Prophecies You Need To Know]: Great Open Door
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