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The Cost Of True Worship Daniel 3:16-18 Courage In A Hostile Culture (Stories From Daniel) When and how do we stand against authority? Daniel 3:16-18  Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego replied to him, “King Nebuchadnezzar, we do not need to defend ourselves before you in this matter. 17 If we are thrown into the blazing furnace, the God we serve is able to deliver us from it, and he will deliver us from Your Majesty’s hand. 18 But even if he does not, we want you to know, Your…

Snobs Offend Jesus   Proverbs 25:6-7         What Would You Do (Series)   Proverbs 25:6-7 Do not exalt yourself in the king’s presence, and do not claim a place among his great men; 7 it is better for him to say to you, “Come up here,” than for him to humiliate you before his nobles. Pride is an ugly sin with great consequences.    Where or with who do you struggle with pride? James 2:1-4  My brothers, as believers…

Knowing God’s Power Personally   Exodus 13:17-18 What Would You Do (Series)   God’s path for you isn’t the shortest or the easiest path.                                     Exodus 13:17-18 When Pharaoh let the people go, God did not lead them on the road through the Philistine country, though that was shorter. For God said, “If they face war, they might change their minds and return to Egypt.” 18 So God led the people around by the desert road toward the Red Sea. The Israelites went up…

Inward Battles Cause Outward Battles James 4:1-7  What Would You Do (Series)   Vs. 1-3 The problem of conflicting passions.                                            James 4:1-3 What causes fights and quarrels among you?                                                           -We are at war with others. Don’t they come from your desires that battle within you? 2 You desire but do not have, so you kill. You covet but you cannot get what you want, so you quarrel and fight. You do not have because you do not ask God. 3 When you ask, you do not…

Real Freedom In An Oppressed Culture Hebrews 12:1-3 What Would You Do? (Series)   Hebrews 12:1a                                                                                                                       Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, Who are these witnesses and what do they have in common? Hebrews 12:1b                                                                                                                       let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us, Romans 12:21                                                                                                       Do not be overcome by evil but overcome evil with good. What hinders…

Defeating The Crafty Serpent    Genesis 3:1-7 What Would You Do? (Series)   Genesis 3:1a Now the serpent was more crafty than any of the wild animals  the Lord God had made. Know your enemy. Who Is Lucifer, Why Did He Rebel? ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Genesis 3:1b He said to the woman, “Did God really say, ‘You must not eat from any tree in the garden’?” He wants you to doubt God. Where do you struggle in trusting God? (2 Cor 10:4-5)…

The Power Of The Sabbath   Hebrews 4:1-13 What Would You Do? (Series) Hebrews 4:1-5    Therefore, since the promise of entering his rest still stands, let us be careful that none of you be found to have fallen short of it. 2 For we also have had the good news proclaimed to us, just as they did; but the message they heard was of no value to them, because they did not share the faith of those who obeyed. 3 Now we who have believed…

The Cure For Anxiety Psalm 139:23-24 What Would You Do? (series)   Psalm 139:23-24 Search me, God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. 24 See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting. Are you willing to be real with God? What are you afraid of? _______________________________________________________________________ Isaiah 43:2 When you go through deep waters, I will be with you. When you go through rivers of difficulty, you will not drown. When you walk…

Right Thinking    Genesis 2:25 What Would You Do?   Do you experience emotional freedom?     Genesis 2:25   Adam and his wife were both naked, and they felt no shame. What causes shame? Genesis 3:7-10  (Fear)  Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they realized they were naked; so they sewed fig leaves together and made coverings for themselves. 8 Then the man and his wife heard the sound of the Lord God as he was walking in the garden in the cool…

Sermon  12-20-20 Pastor Matthew Shorack    

You Have Found Favor With God  Luke 1:26-38   God With Us (Series)   In the sixth month of Elizabeth’s pregnancy, God sent the angel Gabriel to Nazareth, a town in Galilee, 27 to a virgin pledged to be married to a man named Joseph, a descendant of David. The virgin’s name was Mary. 28 The angel went to her and said, “Greetings, you who are highly favored! The Lord is with you.” Blessings can be challenging.    Why did Jesus choose Mary? _______________________________________________________________________ 29 Mary was greatly troubled…

You’ve Seen God   Service 12-5-20 John 14:1-9  God With Us (Series) John 14:1-4  “Do not let your hearts be troubled. You believe in God; believe also in me. 2 My Father’s house has many rooms; if that were not so, would I have told you that I am going there to prepare a place for you? 3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am. 4 You know the way…

Dancing in the Rain Sermon  11-30-20 God’s Purpose In Times Like These (Series)

Worship Directs Your Path    God’s Purpose In Times Like These (Series) Romans 12:1-2   Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship. 2 Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will. We all worship something or someone. …

God’s Job For Job           Job 42:1-2     God’s Purpose In Times Like These (Series)   2 Corinthians 4:17  For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all. Are you focused on the immediate or the long-term goals? Job 42:1-2 Then Job replied to the Lord:        2 “I know that you can do all things; no purpose of yours can be thwarted. God’s will is…

Romans 8:28-30                                                                                                     God’s Purpose In Times Like These (Series)   Sunday November 8th 2020           Pastor Matthew Shorack Romans 8:28 28 And we know that in all things God…