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02/19/23 - Jason Norvell - Why Are We Not Preaching Prosperity?

Deuteronomy 30:15-20 “Now listen! Today I am giving you a choice between life & death, between prosperity & disaster. 16 For I command you this day to love the Lord your God and to keep his commands, decrees, and regulations by walking in his ways. If you do this, you will live and multiply, and the Lord your God will bless you and the land you are about to enter and occupy. 17 “But if your heart turns away and you refuse to listen, and if you are drawn away to serve and worship other gods, 18 then I warn you now that you will certainly be destroyed. You will not live a long, good life in the land you are crossing the Jordan to occupy. 19 “Today I have given you the choice between life and death, between blessings and curses. Now I call on heaven and earth to witness the choice you make. Oh, that you would choose life, so that you and your descendants might live! 20 You can make this choice by loving the Lord your God, obeying him, and committing yourself firmly to him. This is the key to your life. And if you love and obey the Lord, you will live long in the land the Lord swore to give your ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.”

1. We Have Been Taught Wrong
a. Didn’t it say you would suffer for Christ?
b. Isn’t money evil?
c. Don’t just the wicked prosper?

2. We May Have Skipped That in Our Bible Reading “Plan”
- Psalm 25:12-13 Who are those who fear the Lord? He will show them the path they should choose. 13 They will live in prosperity, and their children will inherit the land.
- Psalm 34:12-14 Does anyone want to live a life that is long and prosperous? 13 Then keep your tongue from speaking evil and your lips from telling lies! 14 Turn away from evil and do good. Search for peace, and work to maintain it.
- Proverbs 11:24-25 Give freely and become more wealthy; be stingy and lose everything. 25 The generous will prosper; those who refresh others will themselves be refreshed.
- Jeremiah 29:11 “For I know the plans I have for you,” says the Lord. “They are plans for good and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope.

3. How Can We Change This Concept
a. Define It
b. Make God the Priority
c. Stand on the promises of God!
Romans 9:7-9 Being descendants of Abraham does not make them truly Abraham’s children. For the Scriptures say, “Isaac is the son through whom your descendants will be counted,” though Abraham had other children, too. 8 This means that Abraham’s physical descendants are not necessarily children of God. Only the children of the promise are considered to be Abraham’s children. 9 For God had promised, “I will return about this time next year, and Sarah will have a son.”
d. Claim the promises of God!
Genesis 12:1-3 (NLT) [The Call of Abram] The Lord had said to Abram, “Leave your native country, your relatives, and your father’s family, and go to the land that I will show you. 2 I will make you into a great nation. I will bless you and make you famous, and you will be a blessing to others. 3 I will bless those who bless you and curse those who treat you with contempt. All the families on earth will be blessed through you.”

• God, I leave my comfort zone and follow Your design.
• You make us a great nation.
• You make me blessed.
• You bless me to bless others.

02/15/23 - Pastor Bryan Roberts - Bible Study

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Lesson 23

Romans 14

02/12/23 - Pastor Bryan Roberts - Ask Anything In My Name

Ask Anything in My Name!

John 14:12-16 NKJV

¹² “Most assuredly, I say to you, he who believes in Me, the works that I do he will do also; and greater works than these he will do, because I go to My Father. ¹³ And whatever you ask in My name, that I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. ¹⁴ If you ask anything in My name, I will do it. ¹⁵ “If you love Me, keep My commandments. ¹⁶ And I will pray the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may abide with you forever

 

1. Believe In Me!

 

1. Ask Anything In My Name!

 

III. Another Helper!

02/08/23 - Pastor Bryan Roberts - Bible Study

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Lesson 22

Romans 13

02/05/23 - Pastor Bryan Roberts - Worship Changes The Atmosphere

Worship Changes the Atmosphere

John 12:1-11 (NIV)
12 Six days before the Passover, Jesus came to Bethany, where Lazarus lived, whom Jesus had raised from the dead. 2 Here a dinner was given in Jesus’ honor. Martha served, while Lazarus was among those reclining at the table with him. 3 Then Mary took about a pint of pure nard, an expensive perfume; she poured it on Jesus’ feet and wiped his feet with her hair. And the house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume. 4 But one of his disciples, Judas Iscariot, who was later to betray him, objected, 5 “Why wasn’t this perfume sold and the money given to the poor? It was worth a year’s wages.” 6 He did not say this because he cared about the poor but because he was a thief; as keeper of the money bag, he used to help himself to what was put into it. 7 “Leave her alone,” Jesus replied. “It was intended that she should save this perfume for the day of my burial. 8 You will always have the poor among you, but you will not always have me.” 9 Meanwhile a large crowd of Jews found out that Jesus was there and came, not only because of him but also to see Lazarus, whom he had raised from the dead. 10 So the chief priests made plans to kill Lazarus as well, 11 for on account of him many of the Jews were going over to Jesus and believing in him. 

I. In Jesus’ honor  

II. Martha’s Worship
-Ephesians 2:10 says, “For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.”
-Saved People Serve People!  
-Titus 2:14 says, “Christ gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.
  
III. Lazarus’ Worship
-Acts 4:13 says, “Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that they were unlearned and ignorant men, they marvelled; and they took knowledge of them, that they had been with Jesus.”
-Are People Coming to Jesus Because of Your Life?
   
IV. Mary’s Worship
-Expensive
-Extravagant
-Personal
-Worship is a Function of Your Will  
-Worship Changes the Atmosphere

02/01/23 - Pastor Bryan Roberts - Bible Study

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Lesson 21

Romans 12 (continued)

01/29/23 - Pastor Bryan Roberts - Take Away the Stone

Take Away the Stone!
John 11:38-44 NKJV
38 Then Jesus, again groaning in Himself, came to the tomb. It was a cave, and a stone lay against it. 39 Jesus said, “Take away the stone.” Martha, the sister of him who was dead, said to Him, “Lord, by this time there is a stench, for he has been dead four days.” 40 Jesus said to her, “Did I not say to you that if you would believe you would see the glory of God?” 41 Then they took away the stone from the place where the dead man was lying. And Jesus lifted up His eyes and said, “Father, I thank You that You have heard Me. 42 And I know that You always hear Me, but because of the people who are standing by I said this, that they may believe that You sent Me.” 43 Now when He had said these things, He cried with a loud voice, “Lazarus, come forth!” 44 And he who had died came out bound hand and foot with graveclothes, and his face was wrapped with a cloth. Jesus said to them, “Loose him, and let him go.

For the Glory of God

Take Away the Stone!

If you believe you will see the glory of God revealed!

01/25/23 - Pastor Bryan Roberts - Bible Study

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Lesson 20

Romans 12

01/22/23 - PM - Donna Lancaster - Prayer - Devoted, Persistent, Passionate, Intercessory

F.B. Meyers - "The greatest tragedy of life is not unanswered prayers, but unoffered prayers."

1 Peter 4:7 "But the end of all things is at hand; therefore be serious and watchful in your prayers."

Colossians 4:2 "Devote yourselves to prayer with an alert mind and a thankful heart."

Devote

Persistent

Don't Give Up

The less we pray, the less we desire to pray.

Passionate

Intercessor

Intercessory prayer changes things!

Devoted, Persistent, Passionate, and Intercessors

01/22/23 - Pastor Bryan Roberts - For the Glory of God

For The Glory of God!
John 11:1-7 NKJV
11 Now a certain man was sick, Lazarus of Bethany, the town of Mary and her sister Martha. 2 It was that Mary who anointed the Lord with fragrant oil and wiped His feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick. 3 Therefore the sisters sent to Him, saying, “Lord, behold, he whom You love is sick.” 4 When Jesus heard that, He said, “This sickness is not unto death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of God may be glorified through it.” 5 Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus. 6 So, when He heard that he was sick, He stayed two more days in the place where He was. 7 Then after this He said to the disciples, “Let us go to Judea again.”

For the Glory of God!

Whom God Helps

You glorify God in what you go through!

Delay is not denial!

Don’t lose hope!

Are you living for the glory of God?