Sunday 02/18/18 Series: He Gave Gifts Message – Gifts, Motives & How-to’s Click HERE for Video Gifts, Motives & How-to’s In Chapter 12 we saw WHAT the Spirit speaks WHEN He speaks through us in the Gifts. His testimony is the blessedness of Jesus. He is the Anointed Messiah, He is God’s Son, He is Deity, He was born of a virgin… etc. In Chapter 13 we learned the power and motivation behind those Spirit graces is Agape… first for God, then our spiritual siblings in Christ and thirdly for the world. Here in Chapter 14 […]
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Loving Gifts from a Loving God
Sunday 02/11/18 Series: He Gave Gifts Message – Loving Gifts from a Loving God Click HERE for Video Introduction If you remember, we began this series with the letter Paul wrote to the Ephesian church and after all the encouragement he gave them, he pointed out that there is only ONE body we have been baptized into, serving ONE Lord and therefore sharing ONE Father Who is in, above and through us all. He then told us that when Jesus led away our captors into their eternal captivity He gave Gifts to men! What did He mean […]
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Gifts, Ministries & Energies Pt. 1
Sunday 02/04/18 Series: He Gave Gifts Message – Gifts, Ministries & Energies Pt. 1 Click HERE for Video At the end of today’s message, I felt led to encourage our church towards faith in recognizing their gifts, using them and seeking God for the expression of greater gifts. I decided to separate that part of the message from the main portion and make it available here – Encouragement towards faith. Today we are going to learn about three categories of God’s grace given to His people, to equip, mature, strengthen, exhort, comfort and edify each other. […]
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Maturity: The Purpose of Gifts Pt. 3
Sunday 01/28/18 Series: He Gave Gifts Message – Maturity: The Purpose of Gifts Pt. 3 Click HERE for Video Maturity: The Purpose of Gifts Up to Last week… Paul has pointed out to us… Who we are in Christ That we have been brought into union with God, and along with our Jewish brothers of faith are now part of His family, citizens, partakers of His promises. We are seated with Christ at the right hand of the Father That we are destined to exist to the praise of His glory We are destined to be prepared […]
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Maturity: The Purpose of Gifts Pt. 2
Sunday 01/21/18 Series: He Gave Gifts Message – Maturity: The Purpose of Gifts Pt. 2 Click HERE for Video Maturity: The Purpose of Gifts Last week… Paul to Ephesians… Everything leading up to chapter 4 Who they are in Christ United with Him – in God’s family, citizens, partakers of His promises. Seated with Him One with the Jews Destined to exist to the praise of His glory Destined to be prepared a dwelling place for God Therefore I urge you to live a life of humble gratitude mindful and worthy of the blessings you’ve been invited […]
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