The question isn’t do you have a degree, but to what degree are you willing to sacrifice your life for the cause of Christ?
Acts 9:36–43
Now there was in Joppa a disciple named Tabitha, which, translated, means Dorcas. She was full of good works and acts of charity. In those days she became ill and died, and when they had washed her, they laid her in an upper room. Since Lydda was near Joppa, the disciples, hearing that Peter was there, sent two men to him, urging him, “Please come to us without delay.” So Peter rose and went with them. And when he arrived, they took him to the upper room. All the widows stood beside him weeping and showing tunics and other garments that Dorcas made while she was with them. But Peter put them all outside, and knelt down and prayed; and turning to the body he said, “Tabitha, arise.” And she opened her eyes, and when she saw Peter she sat up. And he gave her his hand and raised her up. Then, calling the saints and widows, he presented her alive. And it became known throughout all Joppa, and many believed in the Lord. And he stayed in Joppa for many days with one Simon, a tanner.
Message Notes:
1. Their LIFE speak for them.
2. Their ABSENCE leaves a mark.
3. Their STRENGTH is God working through them.
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The Value of Togetherness | Unleashed Wk 5
November 3, 2024 • Andy Addis • Philippians 1:27
We can’t recreate the glory of God, but we can tell the story of God and let Him reveal His glory to others.
Philippians 1:27
27 Only let your manner of life be worthy of the gospel of Christ, so that whether I come and see you or am absent, I may hear of you that you are standing firm in one spirit, with one mind striving side by side for the faith of the gospel,
Message Notes:
1. PURPOSE: A life of value.
2. ONENESS: A life in unity
3. FOCUS: A life on mission
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The Marks of a Maturing Follower | Unleashed Wk 4
October 27, 2024 • Andy Addis • Acts 18:24–28
Discipleship is a journey, but even slow walk takes you somewhere.
Acts 18:24–28
24 Now a Jew named Apollos, a native of Alexandria, came to Ephesus. He was an eloquent man, competent in the Scriptures. 25 He had been instructed in the way of the Lord. And being fervent in spirit, he spoke and taught accurately the things concerning Jesus, though he knew only the baptism of John. 26 He began to speak boldly in the synagogue, but when Priscilla and Aquila heard him, they took him aside and explained to him the way of God more accurately. 27 And when he wished to cross to Achaia, the brothers encouraged him and wrote to the disciples to welcome him. When he arrived, he greatly helped those who through grace had believed, 28 for he powerfully refuted the Jews in public, showing by the Scriptures that the Christ was Jesus.
Message Notes:
1. FAITH - Using what you've got
2. HUMILITY - Learning from others
3. GROWTH - Progressing in devotion, knowledge, and service
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The Value of Change | Unleashed Wk 3
October 20, 2024 • Andy Addis • Romans 12:1–2
Grace saved you, but now grace is meant to sustain you.
Romans 12:1-2
I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship. Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.
Messages Notes:
1. Our change is INTENTIONAL
2. Our change is REVOLUTIONARY.
3. Our change is TRANSFORMATIONAL.
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"Surrender without worship is just giving up."
Mark 14:3-9
3 And while he was at Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as he was reclining at table, a woman came with an alabaster flask of ointment of pure nard, very costly, and she broke the flask and poured it over his head. 4 There were some who said to themselves indignantly, “Why was the ointment wasted like that? 5 For this ointment could have been sold for more than three hundred denarii and given to the poor.” And they scolded her. 6 But Jesus said, “Leave her alone. Why do you trouble her? She has done a beautiful thing to me. 7 For you always have the poor with you, and whenever you want, you can do good for them. But you will not always have me. 8 She has done what she could; she has anointed my body beforehand for burial. 9 And truly, I say to you, wherever the gospel is proclaimed in the whole world, what she has done will be told in memory of her.”
Message Notes:
1. Surrendered Worshipers INITIATE Worship
2. Surrendered Worshipers VALUE Jesus Above All
3. Surrendered Worshipers LIVE For Jesus Alone
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The Value of Belonging | Unleashed Wk 1
October 6, 2024 • Andy Addis • Ephesians 2:18–22
The bonding agent of the body of Christ is Christ.
Ephesians 2:18-22
For through him we both have access in one Spirit to the Father. So then you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God, built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the cornerstone, in whom the whole structure, being joined together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord. In him you also are being built together into a dwelling place for God by the Spirit.
Message Notes:
1. Our belonging is in HIM.
2. Our belonging becomes COMMUNITY.
3. Our belonging builds SOMETHING.
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The Reason For Godly Leaders | Titus Wk 5
September 29, 2024 • Joel Reiss • Titus 3
We all start at the same place, sinners in need of Grace.
Titus 3:1-15
Remind them to be submissive to rulers and authorities, to be obedient, to be ready for every good work, 2 to speak evil of no one, to avoid quarreling, to be gentle, and to show perfect courtesy toward all people. 3 For we ourselves were once foolish, disobedient, led astray, slaves to various passions and pleasures, passing our days in malice and envy, hated by others and hating one another. 4 But when the goodness and loving kindness of God our Savior appeared, 5 he saved us, not because of works done by us in righteousness, but according to his own mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewal of the Holy Spirit, 6 whom he poured out on us richly through Jesus Christ our Savior, 7 so that being justified by his grace we might become heirs according to the hope of eternal life. 8 The saying is trustworthy, and I want you to insist on these things, so that those who have believed in God may be careful to devote themselves to good works. These things are excellent and profitable for people. 9 But avoid foolish controversies, genealogies, dissensions, and quarrels about the law, for they are unprofitable and worthless. 10 As for a person who stirs up division, after warning him once and then twice, have nothing more to do with him, 11 knowing that such a person is warped and sinful; he is self-condemned. 12 When I send Artemas or Tychicus to you, do your best to come to me at Nicopolis, for I have decided to spend the winter there. 13 Do your best to speed Zenas the lawyer and Apollos on their way; see that they lack nothing. 14 And let our people learn to devote themselves to good works, so as to help cases of urgent need, and not be unfruitful. 15 All who are with me send greetings to you. Greet those who love us in the faith.
Message Notes:
1. Godly leaders REMIND you to stay on track.
2. Godly leaders RELATE to you.
3. Godly leaders RETELL the gospel.
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The Pastors Purpose | Titus Wk 4
September 22, 2024 • Andy Addis • Titus 2:11–15
The evidence of your salvation is the presence of the Holy Spirit in your life.
Titus 2:11-15
For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation for all people, 12 training us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives in the present age, 13 waiting for our blessed hope, the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ, 14 who gave himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify for himself a people for his own possession who are zealous for good works. 15 Declare these things; exhort and rebuke with all authority. Let no one disregard you.
Message Notes:
1. To celebrate the GRACE of the past.
2. To train disciples how to LIVE in the present.
3. To point to the great and coming day of JESUS in the future.
4. To be what Jesus REQUIRES, not what a congregation DESIRES.
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Generational Expectations | Titus Wk - 3
September 15, 2024 • Andy Addis • Titus 2:1–10
Titus 2:1-10
1 But as for you, teach what accords with sound doctrine. 2 Older men are to be sober-minded, dignified, self-controlled, sound in faith, in love, and in steadfastness. 3 Older women likewise are to be reverent in behavior, not slanderers or slaves to much wine. They are to teach what is good, 4 and so train the young women to love their husbands and children, 5 to be self-controlled, pure, working at home, kind, and submissive to their own husbands, that the word of God may not be reviled. 6 Likewise, urge the younger men to be self-controlled. 7 Show yourself in all respects to be a model of good works, and in your teaching show integrity, dignity, 8 and sound speech that cannot be condemned, so that an opponent may be put to shame, having nothing evil to say about us. 9 Bondservants are to be submissive to their own masters in everything; they are to be well-pleasing, not argumentative, 10 not pilfering, but showing all good faith, so that in everything they may adorn the doctrine of God our Savior.
Message Notes:
1. Older men are to be STABLE.
2. Older women are to be MODLES.
3. Younger women are to be PRODUCTIVE.
4. Younger men are to GET A GRIP.
5. Servants are to be WORTH IT.
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The Need For Strong Leaders | Titus Wk - 2
September 8, 2024 • Andy Addis • Titus 1:10–16
Titus 1:10-16
10 For there are many who are insubordinate, empty talkers and deceivers, especially those of the circumcision party. 11 They must be silenced, since they are upsetting whole families by teaching for shameful gain what they ought not to teach. 12 One of the Cretans, a prophet of their own, said, “Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, lazy gluttons.” 13 This testimony is true. Therefore rebuke them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith, 14 not devoting themselves to Jewish myths and the commands of people who turn away from the truth. 15 To the pure, all things are pure, but to the defiled and unbelieving, nothing is pure; but both their minds and their consciences are defiled. 16 They profess to know God, but they deny him by their works. They are detestable, disobedient, unfit for any good work.
Message Notes:
1. There is a need to CONFRONT.
2. There is a need to CORRECT.
3. There is a need to CLARIFY.
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The Expectation Of Church Leadership | Titus Wk - 1
September 1, 2024 • Andy Addis • Titus 1:1–9
What you need are leaders that are more like Jesus today than they were yesterday.
Titus 1:1–9
1 Paul, a servant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ, for the sake of the faith of God’s elect and their knowledge of the truth, which accords with godliness, 2 in hope of eternal life, which God, who never lies, promised before the ages began 3 and at the proper time manifested in his word through the preaching with which the command of God our Savior has entrusted me; 4 To Titus, my true child in a common faith:
Grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Savior. 5 This is why I left you in Crete, so that you might put what remained into order, and appoint elders in every town as I directed you— 6 if anyone is above reproach, the husband of one wife, and his children are believers and not open to the charge of debauchery or insubordination. 7 For an overseer, as God’s steward, must be above reproach. He must not be arrogant or quick-tempered or a drunkard or violent or greedy for gain, 8 but hospitable, a lover of good, self-controlled, upright, holy, and disciplined. 9 He must hold firm to the trustworthy word as taught, so that he may be able to give instruction in sound doctrine and also to rebuke those who contradict it.
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Message Notes:
1. The PERSONAL life of a leader.
2. The CHARACTER of a leader.
3. The RESPONSIBILITY of a leader.
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Protection: Anchored in Christ: And When You Pray Wk - 5
August 25, 2024 • Jason Waller • Matthew 6:13
There is a thread throughout the entirety of the Lord’s prayer and it can be summed up in one word; dependence.
Matthew 6:13
And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.
Message Notes:
Pray because we DRIFT from God.
Pray because God DEFENDS His people.
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Confession: Forgiveness Is The Key To Relationships: And When You Pray Wk - 4
August 18, 2024 • Eric Franklin • Matthew 6:12, Matthew 6:14–15
We can't feel our way to forgiveness. We have to trust that God is going to do what God can do.
Matthew 6:12, 14-15
12 and forgive us our debts,
as we also have forgiven our debtors.
14 For if you forgive others their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you, 15 but if you do not forgive others their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.
Message Notes:
1. Praying for a right relationship with GOD.
2. Praying for a right relationship with OTHERS.
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Provision: The Practice Of Pressing In: And When You Pray Wk - 3
August 11, 2024 • Ryan Booth • Matthew 6:11
As a society, we live in a way where we are physical glutton and yet we are are starved spiritually.
Provision: The Practice Of Pressing In
Matthew 6:11
Give us this day our daily bread,
Message Notes:
1. Pray because we are NEEDY people.
2. Pray because Jesus is the BETTER bread.
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Submission: The Proper Perspective Of Prayer: And When You Pray Wk - 2
August 4, 2024 • Matthew 6:10
Matthew 6:10
Your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.
Message Notes:
1. Praying for God's kingdom to REPLACE our own.
2. Praying for our OBEDIENCE to be absolute.
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