Series: Life Lessons from the Mountain Title: Specks and Logs, Pigs and Dogs Text: Matthew 7:1-6 Tonight’s Takeaway – Be a righteous judge 1. Judge fairly 2. Judge graciously 3. Judge proportionately 4. Judge redemptively 5. Judge internally May we judge like Jesus!
Series: Life Lessons from the Mountain Title: I Need a Dollar Text: Matthew 6:24-34 Tonight’s Task – How do I strike down financial anxiety when it begins to rise up? Make your money serve you while you serve God Insist that there’s more to life than what money can buy Trust that God will provide…
Series: Life Lessons from the Mountain Title: Better than a Stocks, Bonds, and Mutual Funds Text: Matthew 6:19-24 Tonight’s Takeaway – Invest your earthly wealth in heavenly causes 1. You secure your treasure from being taken, tarnished, or torn 2. You demonstrate you love God and the things of God most 3. You prove you…
Series: Life Lessons from the Mountain Title: Without Gloom or Grimace Text: Matthew 6:16-18 Tonight’s Task: What is fasting, and how should we do it? 1. What is fasting? Definition: A Christian’s voluntary abstinence from a normal function, primarily eating, for spiritual purposes Types: a. a normal fast b. a partial fast c. an absolute…
Series: Life Lessons from the Mountain Title: Without Witnesses or Wordiness Text: Matthew 6:5-15 Tonight’s Task: How should we pray? 1. Pray to the audience of one 2. Pray with sincerity and brevity 3. Pray with the training wheels from Jesus 4. Pray with humility to God May our prayer be plentiful, powerful, and pleasing…
Series: Life Lessons from the Mountain Title: Without Fanfare or Forethought Text: Matthew 6:1-4 Tonight’s Task: How should we give to the needy? 1. Give to the needy out of Jesus’ expectation 2. Give to the needy without the intent of attracting the praise of man 3. Give to the needy with spontaneity and secrecy…
Series: Life Lessons from the Mountain Title: What Is Best in Life? Text: Matthew 5:43-48 Tonight’s Task: Why should I love my enemy? 1. God loves His enemies 2. God wants me to be outstanding 3. God plans to graciously reveal my imperfections 4. God desires to change my enemy through me May we love…
Series: Life Lessons from the Mountain Title: Two Wrongs Don’t Make a Right Text: Matthew 5:38-42 Tonight’s Takeaway – Show grace personally to others even when you are wronged 1. Vengeance is not yours to take 2. Grace is yours to give May we show grace by the grace of God!
Series: Life Lessons from the Mountain Title: Mean What You Say Text: Matthew 5:33-37 Tonight’s Takeaway – Live with such integrity that oaths are almost unnecessary 1. Not all oaths are forbidden 2. Oaths should not be made rashly 3. Oaths should not be made deceptively 4. Oaths should be made only in God’s name…