Take On the Easy Yoke

October 15, 2023

Col. 3:1-4,10, then Mt 11:28-30; 28:18-20; Eph 4:12-14 — To live Christ-centered lives we must become Jesus’ disciples, that is, students. We must become His apprentices to learn from Him how to live the kingdom life and how to become perfect like Christ; how to hear and do His Word, and to know and practice his life.

This is part of our series, Christ-Centered, Community-Concerned, exploring our church’s mission-vision statement in light of the book of Colossians. What does this mean and what does it look like in our personal daily lives and in our church life and ministries? How does this shape our thoughts, minds, attitudes, words, and actions? Credit is given to the following sources that informed and were used in this series: Dallas Willard’s Renovation of the Heart & The Spirit of the Disciplines.

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Let Go of Self! Hold On to Jesus!

October 8, 2023

Col. 3:5-11; Luke 9:23-25; 14:26-27; Mt. 10:37-39; Ps. 46:10; Jer. 18:1-10 — Let go of self and the world, and hold on, cling to Jesus. Dying to self and following Jesus is the only way to become his students, the only way to learn from Him to be like Him, and how to live the kingdom life. Dying to self we surrender all and let God be God in our lives. Let God, the Potter, mold and shape us, the clay. Be still and know that I am God.

This is part of our series, Christ-Centered, Community-Concerned, exploring our church’s mission-vision statement in light of the book of Colossians. What does this mean and what does it look like in our personal daily lives and in our church life and ministries? How does this shape our thoughts, minds, attitudes, words, and actions? Credit is given to the following sources that informed and were used in this series: Dallas Willard’s Renovation of the Heart & The Spirit of the Disciplines.

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Lost Souls Let Go of Self!

October 1, 2023

Col. 3:1-11; Rom. 1:18-32; 3:10-18 — To be Christ-Centered and become like Christ we must let go and surrender all to God and let God be God in our lives. However, for that to happen we must first recognize and acknowledge the lost and ruined state of our souls; the radical evil and sin in us and the world, that is, self-worship and self-idolatry, wanting to be gods ourselves in the place of God. The first step in letting go and total surrender is do deny self, die to self, take up our crosses and follow Jesus.

This is part of our series, Christ-Centered, Community-Concerned, exploring our church’s mission-vision statement in light of the book of Colossians. What does this mean and what does it look like in our personal daily lives and in our church life and ministries? How does this shape our thoughts, minds, attitudes, words, and actions?

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Christ-Centered Means Total Surrender

September 24, 2023

Colossians 3:1-4; 1:15-23; 2:9-15 — To be Christ-Centered is to know, believe, and live out the gospel of Jesus Christ. Jesus is the Lord of Creation, Lord of Salvation, Lord of the Church, and Lord of the New Creation. Therefore, we surrender totally to Him and trust Him absolutely as our Lord and Savior. We surrender all we are and have, the whole of our lives to Him.

This begins our new sermon series, Christ-Centered, Community-Concerned, exploring our church’s mission-vision statement in light of the book of Colossians. What does this mean and what does it look like in our personal daily lives and in our church life and ministries? How does this shape our thoughts, minds, attitudes, words, and actions?

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