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The Book of James (Part 1) – The Rock Church Worship Service
Paul (O Israel) Stephen Youth Group Bake Sale this week Rubio’s next week Women’s Retreat Paul Jon New series on the book of James Overview tonight, launch it next week V.1-4 Interesting book Wisdom literature Case law Tie the practices of the scripture and apply them to your life These beliefs will raise questions about how we apply them Moves to the here and now How should we be living this life that God has called us to If we are a people that believe in the resurrection, how does that change how we view other people? When I become a Christian it’s more than a ticket to Heaven It’s entrance to a community, called the church Church like a laboratory Not about status and position, but relationship Can’t stay in comfort circles, have to expand in the family of God How does my belief in the resurrection affect me? … Continue reading →
The Rock Church Worship Service
Paul Jon Jonah Our vision as a church Value of… Mustard seed movement Just because we can’t see God working doesn’t mean He isn’t Single eye vs evil eye Sees the need and fill the needs Uganda school Westside pregnancy center Want to be present in the lives of the outcasts Brian Lucas has an opportunity Brian Bears to the kids at the Union Rescue Mission and for kids at the beach day Jon Jonah 1:1-3 God is calling Jonah to an incredible task Modern day terrorists, Jew killers, Assyrians Tell them to turn to God Why would a religious man turn away from God? 4:2 abounding in love They could turn on me or they could repent and want to be my best friends! God put me in this tight corner Root problem: *I* will decide whether this particular thing gets me where I want to go This doesn’t … Continue reading →
The Rock Church Worship Service
Paul (You are holy) Jon Genesis 21:1-7 Key – 6 Made her laughter something redemptive Gen 12 bless nations of the world Messiah will fix it all God gives a promise, but not a deadline Life keeps ticking away Abe hits 100 Gen 17:17 – God reassures him and Abe is incredulous Scoffing laughter, sarcasm Sarah hears, Gen 18:12, and is sarchastic Lost belief in supernatural God As we get older, faith gets harder Intellectually skeptical Afraid to hope – males us vulnerable…don’t want to get hurt… We love control, we hate disappointment Afraid of boredom…don’t want to wait Start to close our hearts…get jaded Laughter of addiction and fixation Gen 21:8-10 Celebrations full of laughter Cast out Hagar and son, they can’t laugh Ishmael laughing AT Isaac? Laughter turns to anger Something wrong with this laughter…displaces God from the throne of our hearts, fromour center If anything disappoints us, … Continue reading →