Guest speaker Logan Dagley, from The Summit Church in Durham NC, spoke on contentment and how Jesus is the good shepherd who gives us all we need.
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Church Planting Sunday
Church planting Sunday is not a break from our A Praying Church Series but rather an opportunity for us to continue to pray "your kingdom come" and see that through Jesus the "all the families of the earth will be blessed." From the beginning God's plan was that the gospel of Jesus was to be spread throughout the world primarily by the planting of churches that would be a blessing to the world by worshiping Jesus, being faithful to the Bible and planting other churches. Sharing our story as a church plant connects us with very first churches planted by the apostles.
We took the opportunity this Sunday to share about our partnerships with the Act29 Church Planting Network, the Summit Network, and the Bridge Church (also a part of the Summit Network). Also we formally announced our partnership with Village Belfast a church plant in northern Ireland. We are incredibly excited about what God is doing in and through our parters to spread the fame of Jesus.
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The Gospel and Rest - Mark 2:23-3:6
This week pastor John Murphy preached on Rest, and if most of us are honest we do not really know what rest means. Rest is often either seen as the chased after at all cost thing or seen as bad thing in our culture, but Jesus has something very different to say about rest. Jesus says that rest ultimately points to him.
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Growth and Maturity - Luke 17 - Bryan Hart
Bryan Hart, the guest speaker for this week, is a pastor at One Harbor Church in Morehead City, NC. He spoke on growth and maturity out of the all to familiar Luke 17 "faith of a mustard seed" story. Bryan boldly challenged us with the truth that if we are are never admit that we are immature in our faith there is a good chance that we are truly immature. Growing in our faith is all too important because as we cling to Jesus as our treasure we can rest assured in the hard times of life he calls us to.
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A Disciple Making Church - Nehemiah 3
What does an obscure text in Nehemiah about a wall being built have to do with discipleship in the church today? More than you think. We often shift the responsibility of the tasks we are given to "the professionals." This often happens with discipleship as well. We shift the responsibility to help disciple, instruct and love others to the "pro Christians" who can handle the task.
This obscure story about a list of people who did their part to rebuild the wall around Jerusalem points us to the truth that those people were significant in their insignificance to accomplish the task at hand. It takes a community of people, some of which who may seem insignificant, to disciple a person to walk with Jesus.
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Evangelism - Acts 26 - Bryan Hart
Bryan Hart, the guest speaker for this week, is a pastor at One Harbor Church in Morehead City, NC. He preached from Acts 26 about how evangelism is often misunderstood and left to the "professional christians." We can learn from Paul's example that our motivation for sharing our faith does not come from our own gifting but rather through our right response to the work that Jesus has done.
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The Gospel is For Everyone - Acts 16 - Ethan Welch
Pastor Ethan Welch from The Bridge Church, currently being planted in Wilmington NC, preached from Acts chapter 16.
The Gospel is for everyone. Its for the wealthy religious upperclass like Lydia. It is for the poor addicted lower class slave girl. The gospel is for the middle class Roman guard who thinks he is getting along just fine. The gospel transcends race, class, status, and circumstances to change everything about us through the person and work of Jesus.
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Easter - "It Is Finished" - 1 Corinthians 15:1-11
Sermon audio from Easter Sunday 2014. "It Is Finished" from 1 Corinthians 15:1-11.
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Psalm 28 - Elliot Grudem
There are obviously things in life that cause us great anxiety, where we don’t know what we’re doing or understand what’s going on. One of the best ways to confront these feelings is through prayer.
Prayer is God’s gift to us, to bridge the gap between our present realities and our future hope, and a consistent prayer life is a powerful way to increase trust in and love for God, deepen a relationship with Him, and learn to focus more and more on the eternally significant things in life.