Life Changing: Good News
Speaker: Ronnie Roberts
Text: Ephesians 2:1-10
God offers salvation to bring those dead in sin to life.
I. We were dead in our sins.
II. God has made us alive together with Christ.
III. There is a new path for us to walk in Christ Jesus.
Life Changing: Understanding-When the Lights Come On
Speaker: Ronnie Roberts
Text: Ephesians 1:15-23
Change comes as we grow in understanding.
I. We look for God for understanding.
II. We need to understand what God has done for us.
III. We need to understand the great power that God works on our behalf.
Life Changing: Give Your Praise to God
Speaker: Ronnie Roberts
Text: Ephesians 1:3-14
God deserves our greatest praise.
I. God chose us for adoption as His children.
II. God lavished His grace upon us.
III. God sealed us with His Holy Spirit.
Living Faith: Rescue the Wanderer
Speaker: Ronnie Roberts
Text: James 5:19-20
We should act to bring the wanderer back.
I. It is possible for us to lose our way from the truth.
II. James encourages us to bring them back.
Will save their soul from death
Will cover a multitude of sins
III. Actively pursue.
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Lyrics of Christmas: Joy to the World
Ronnie Roberts
Thanks for checking out our Christmas Eve service. Have a blessed Christmas!
Lyrics of Christmas: O Holy Night
Ronnie Roberts
This Holy night is life changing.
I. It was the night of our dear Saviors birth.
II. The soul feels its worth because of His arrival.
III. He brings the thrill of hope and the weary world rejoices.
Lyrics of Christmas: O Come, O Come Emmanuel
Kaleb Hansen
I. The people longed for something greater than what they were experiencing.
II. God provides hope to even those who reject Him.
III. The true power of Christmas is found in the promise of an empty tomb.
IV. We are in this in between moment of waiting for Jesus to return, but we have a purpose in our waiting.
Lyrics of Christmas: Pray for Peace (Do You Hear What I Hear)
Ronnie Roberts
The world desperately needs peace.
I. The need for peace began with the birth of sinfulness.
II. Lasting peace cannot be achieved by human efforts.
III. With the birth of Jesus we celebrate the coming of peace.
Living Faith: Not Alone
Ronnie Roberts
Text: James 5:13-18
We have prayer to live out our faith in this world.
I. We pray and give praise individually.
II. We can ask the elders to pray over sickness.
III. Together we pray for one another to overcome.
IV. The prayer of the righteous is working.
Living Faith: Jesus is Coming
Ronnie Roberts
Text: James 5:7-11
We anticipate the return of Jesus.
Instructions as we wait for Jesus' return:
I. Be patient.
II. Establish your hearts.
III. Do not grumble against one another.
IV. Remain steadfast.
Living Faith: Passion for Riches
Ronnie Roberts
Text: James 5:1-6
James speaks the truth about worldly riches.
I. The pursuit of worldly riches will result in misery.
II. When desire for wealth takes advantage of others, God knows.
III. A self-centered focus on riches will end badly.
Living Faith: Arrogance
Ronnie Roberts
Text: James 4:11-17
Arrogance is thumbing your nose at God.
I. it is arrogant to place yourself in judgment over others.
II. it is arrogant to believe your plans will not fail.
III. To overcome arrogance, you must submit to the sovereignty of God.
Living Faith: "Warning about Worldliness"
Ronnie Roberts Text: James 4:1-10
This world has nothing good for us.
I. Our desires create hostilities.
II. Our desires come from our friendship with this world..
III. We can break our ties to this world through God's grace.
Living Faith: "God Given Wisdom"
Ronnie Roberts
Text: James 3:13-18
We are to live the wisdom of God.
I. The world does not supply this wisdom.
II. True wisdom comes from God.
III. This wisdom from God is displayed in His people.
Living Faith: "The Tongue in Your Mouth"
Ronnie Roberts
Text: James 3:1-2
Our tongues, though evil, can be used for good.
I. Good teaching is a serious responsibility.
II. James defines the troubles of the tongue.
a. the tongue is small but powerful.
b. the tongue is untamable.
c. the tongue reveals more about us than we care to admit.
Living Faith: Useless Faith
Speaker: Ronnie Roberts
Text: James 2:14-17
We cannot live a useless faith.
I. Where there are no works, there is no faith.
II. Where there is no faith, there is no salvation.
III. We are justified by works and not by faith alone. (vs. 18-26)
Living Faith: No Place for Favoritism
Speaker: Ronnie Roberts
Text: James 2:1-13
People living for Jesus must not show favoritism
I. Favoritism cannot represent Jesus.
II. We cannot live according to our worldly judgements. III. We are called to live according to the law of love.
Living Faith: BEING
Speaker: Ronnie Roberts
Text: James 1:19-27
We are the results of God's goodness.
I. Be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to anger.
II. Be doers of the word, and not hearers only.
III. Be pure and undefiled in religion.
Living Faith: Spiritual Fitness
Speaker: Ronnie Roberts
Text: James 1:9-15
James helps us understand spiritual fitness.
I. We are weakened by our wealth.
II. We are blessed by standing strong.
III. We are condemned when we blame others for our condition.
IV. We are exalted by God's good giving. (vs. 16-18)
