Like it Matters
Part 1 & 2
Part 2, Week 6
February 11, 2024 • Pastor Jason Miller • Ephesians 2:19–22, Romans 12:3–8
KEY SCRIPTURE https://www.bible.com/bible/111/eph.2.19-22 19 Consequently, you are no longer foreigners and strangers, but fellow citizens with God’s people and also members of his household 20 built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus himself as the chief cornerstone. 21 In him the whole building is joined together and rises to become a holy temple in the Lord. 22 And in him you too are being built together to become a dwelling in which God lives by his Spirit. https://www.bible.com/bible/111/rom.12.3-8 3 For by the grace given me I say to every one of you: Do not think of yourself more highly than you ought, but rather think of yourself with sober judgment, in accordance with the faith God has distributed to each of you. 4 For just as each of us has one body with many members, and these members do not all have the same function 5 so in Christ we, though many, form one body, and each member belongs to all the others. 6 We have different gifts, according to the grace given to each of us. If your gift is prophesying, then prophesy in accordance with your faith 7 if it is serving, then serve; if it is teaching, then teach 8 if it is to encourage, then give encouragement; if it is giving, then give generously; if it is to lead, do it diligently; if it is to show mercy, do it cheerfully. PRAYER Father, I praise you because you are faithful even when I am not. Holy Spirit, speak to me this morning, I want to listen. Thank you for my church family. Help me to love my church like you do! Just as I am not perfect, neither is your church. Where I need to show grace, help me. Where I need to forgive, help me. Where I need to step up, help me. Holy Spirit, help us to be a church set apart for Jesus! In Jesus’ name I pray, Amen.
Part 2, Week 5
February 4, 2024 • Pastor Jason Miller • 1 Corinthians 9:19–23
KEY SCRIPTURE https://www.bible.com/bible/111/1co.9.19-23 (The Message) Even though I am free of the demands and expectations of everyone, I have voluntarily become a servant to any and all in order to reach a wide range of people: religious, nonreligious, meticulous moralists, loose-living immoralists, the defeated, the demoralized—whoever. I didn’t take on their way of life. I kept my bearings in Christ—but I entered their world and tried to experience things from their point of view. I’ve become just about every sort of servant there is in my attempts to lead those I meet into a God-saved life. I did all this because of the Message. I didn’t just want to talk about it; I wanted to be in on it! PRAYER Father, Do what you need to do in me so that you can do what you need to do through me. Holy Spirit, help me to become more like my King - King Jesus! Where there is fear, help me trust; where there is anger, help me to forgive; where there is doubt, help my unbelief. Let Your word find a home in my heart. In Jesus’ name, Amen
Part 2, Week 4
January 28, 2024 • Megan Dennis • Matthew 11:28–30
KEY SCRIPTURE https://www.bible.com/bible/111/mat.11.28-30 28 “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. 29 Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. 30 For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.” PRAYER Jesus, I know life can be tiresome. Does life have to be this hard? Teach me to rest like you did. Bring a refreshing wave of rest upon me. Holy Spirit, search me and know me. Bring restoration to my life. Amen Additional sermon notes can be found at https://notes.subsplash.com/fill-in/view?page=h12szkv9ahttp://subsplash.com/fill-in/view?page=b1gp6hyy6
Part 2, Week 3
January 21, 2024 • Jennifer Colby • 1 Thessalonians 1
KEY SCRIPTURE https://www.bible.com/bible/111/1th.1.1-10 1Paul, Silas and Timothy, To the church of the Thessalonians in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace and peace to you. 2 We always thank God for all of you and continually mention you in our prayers. 3 We remember before our God and Father your work produced by faith, your labor prompted by love, and your endurance inspired by hope in our Lord Jesus Christ. 4 For we know, brothers and sisters loved by God, that he has chosen you, 5 because our gospel came to you not simply with words but also with power, with the Holy Spirit and deep conviction. You know how we lived among you for your sake. 6 You became imitators of us and of the Lord, for you welcomed the message in the midst of severe suffering with the joy given by the Holy Spirit. 7 And so you became a model to all the believers in Macedonia and Achaia. 8 The Lord’s message rang out from you not only in Macedonia and Achaia—your faith in God has become known everywhere. Therefore we do not need to say anything about it, 9 for they themselves report what kind of reception you gave us. They tell how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God, 10 and to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead—Jesus, who rescues us from the coming wrath. PRAYER Father God, We praise you. Your unfailing love is priceless, and we delight in you. For in you is life and light. Your ways are good, and your words are true. Open our eyes so that we may see more of you. Increase our faith, and stir us to respond to you in obediences and love. In Jesus’ Name, Amen. Additional sermon notes can be found at https://notes.subsplash.com/fill-in/view?page=b1gp6hyy6
Part 2, Week 2
January 14, 2024 • Pastor Jason Miller • 2 Timothy 1:1–14
KEY SCRIPTURE https://www.bible.com/bible/111/2ti.1.1-14 1 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by God’s will, for the sake of the promise of life in Christ Jesus: 2 To Timothy, my dearly loved son. Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord. 3 I thank God, whom I serve with a clear conscience as my ancestors did, when I constantly remember you in my prayers night and day. 4 Remembering your tears, I long to see you so that I may be filled with joy. 5 I recall your sincere faith that first lived in your grandmother Lois and in your mother Eunice and now, I am convinced, is in you also. 6 Therefore, I remind you to fan into flame the gift of God that is in you through the laying on of my hands. 7 For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but one of power, love, and sound judgment. 8 So don’t be ashamed of the testimony about our Lord, or of me his prisoner. Instead, share in suffering for the gospel, relying on the power of God. 9 He has saved us and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given to us in Christ Jesus before time began. 10 This has now been made evident through the appearing of our Savior Christ Jesus, who has abolished death and has brought life and immortality to light through the gospel. … 13 Hold on to the pattern of sound teaching that you have heard from me, in the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus. 14 Guard the good deposit through the Holy Spirit who lives in us. PRAYER King Jesus thank you the gift of my salvation, for saving me, not by anything I’ve done but by everything you did for me. Holy Spirit, fan into flame a passion for Jesus, for your mission and for your Word. Thank you for the gospel, the good news that is set me free from sin and death. Speak through your word, soften my heart where it is hard and help me live in your Spirit’s power and boldness in my life and in this church. In Jesus name Amen! Additional sermon notes can be found at https://notes.subsplash.com/fill-in/view?page=sytta1rd6http://subsplash.com/fill-in/view?page=sytta1rd6
Part 2, Week 1 • 01.07.2024
January 7, 2024 • Pastor Jason Miller • Romans 10:8–10
KEY SCRIPTURE https://www.bible.com/bible/111/rom.10.8-10 8 But what does it say? “The word is near you; it is in your mouth and in your heart,” that is, the message concerning faith that we proclaim 9 If you declare with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. 10 For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you profess your faith and are saved. PRAYER Jesus, I confess that I have not always cared about what matters to you. Holy Spirit, change my heart to care about what brings glory to God! Speak through your Word, to reveal in me and to show me what matters to you. Thank you Father for loving me, Jesus for saving me, Holy Spirit for making me more like Jesus. In the powerful name of Jesus! Amen
Part 1, Week 4 • 11.26.2023
November 26, 2023 • Pastor Derek Crawford • Deuteronomy 10:12–21, 1 John 4:11–19, John 3:16–17
KEY SCRIPTURE https://www.bible.com/bible/111/1jn.4.11-12 11 Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. 12 No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God lives in us and his love is made complete in us. PRAYER I praise and thank you, Father, for Your steadfast love towards me. Thank you, Lord, for Your never-failing faithfulness, comfort and grace, which is new every morning and refreshed every day. Thank you that You are a God who cares for each and every one of Your children. Thank you, Holy Spirit, for your wisdom; teach me to share the love of God with those around me. Amen.
Part 1, Week 3 • 11.19.2023
November 19, 2023 • Megan Dennis • Philippians 2:3–4
KEY SCRIPTURE https://www.bible.com/bible/111/php.2.3-4 3 Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves, 4 not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of the others.
Part 1, Week 2 • 11.12.2023
November 12, 2023 • Pastor Jason Miller • Psalm 63:3–4
KEY SCRIPTURE https://www.bible.com/bible/111/psa.63.3-4 3 Because your love is better than life, my lips will glorify you. 4 I will praise you as long as I live, and in your name I will lift up my hands. PRAYER Holy Spirit come. Fill my vision with the beauty and glory and majesty of Jesus. Help me to lay my life at the feet of my King and Savior. Holy Spirit I want to make room for you, for your Word to speak to me. Open the eyes of my heart, I want to see You, Lord! I’m sorry for the times I live half-heartedly for you. Help me to worship you, to love you, to serve you with all of me. Unleash your glory, power and presence this morning Lord! Come Lord Jesus Come! In the mighty and powerful name of Jesus Amen!
Part 1, Week 1 • 11.05.2023
November 5, 2023 • Pastor Jason Miller • James 5:16, Daniel 9:1–23, Daniel 10:12–13, 1 Thessalonians 5:17, Philippians 4:6
KEY SCRIPTURE James 5:16 (NIV) 1 Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person is very powerful in its effect. PRAYER Holy Spirit, come! Give me eyes to see and ears to hear. Where I am resistant, closed off or afraid, help me to trust in your Words, Lord. Jesus, I confess I do not always trust or follow your commands or desires for my life. Forgive me, heal me and reveal in me what you have for me this morning. Speak to me. I want to listen. In the powerful name of Jesus, Amen.