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What Riverwood's story looks like for the year 2013.

Mary's visit to Elizabeth to announce her good news.

First Sunday of Advent. Mary discovers she will be the mother of the Savior.

Joy in the secret of contentment.

Joy in our “thinking” part 2 (are our thoughts lovely, pure, honorable…)

Joy in our “thinking” (when we pray). Part 1 of 2

Straining and pressing towards the joyous prize in Christ.

Rejoicing in “knowing” Christ and the power of his resurrection.

Rejoicing while we are working on our salvation.

We grow/nurture unity by practicing… Love (v.2) Harmony (v.2) Humility (v.3) Selflessness (v.4)

Joy in the midst of suffering for the gospel.

Rejoicing in the “advancement” of the gospel.

The joyous “partnership” of the gospel among believers.

Introduction to the study of the book of Philippians.

As Christ followers we all have a "Seat at the Table," but which table is it, the dining room or the folding card table?

What does God desire, and as followers of Him, do our own personal desires align with His desires, how can you tell?

Warning of getting "shipwrecked" in your faith by listening to false teachings.

Introduction to the Transferring Truths sermon series.

God is the same now as He was then, whether in Waukegan, Jerusalem, or Kent.

God and sinners reconciled.

Mission of God is the RESTORATION of relationship between himself and mankind. And God has chosen us to communicate this reality. Helping people understand that they can connect with God like he intended it to be!

God is Jealous and WRATH and at the same time he is Holy!

And what John is saying is that God is not one who simply loves, but he is the definition of love. And when we think back to scripture we know that God is revealed as the Trinity, the father, son, and spirit.

So James is saying that Prayer is powerful not because it is words. But rather it is powerful because of what those words do! Those words give us accesses. But not to some manager. It gives us access to the ALMIGHTY GOD. The God that is Able, He is Transcendent, he is SOVEREIGN & Immanent. HE IS NOT LIKE YOU OR ME! He is not a bigger, stronger, faster human. Rather he is unique and prayer gives us access to him and God answers prayer

How near are you to God?

How near is your God?

What Scripture reveals will help you with your trust issues in good times in bad. For at the conclusion of the matter we should recognize this…God is Sovereign.

God is Revealed through Jesus Christ. And we are going to be challenged to consider our ACTIONS and how we respond to what JESUS exemplified and said.

Sometimes on purpose and many times on accident we think about God as if he is just a bigger, stronger, faster version of us! But God is not made in OUR image – We are made in HIS!

Too many Christians think that redemption is the end and that nothing follows. And as a result of this misnomer, over time they fall to the attacks of the Enemy and fail to STAND in the power and strength of the HOLY SPIRIT in order to live the life that they were SUMMONED to live and as a result they lose their first love!

Submission is still necessary when we don’t like the position God has placed us, or the task that he has called us to do.

The key phrase we’re going to look at is found in Eph 5:18, “Be filled with the Spirit.” This is God’s command to each of us.

If we are to walk worthy of our Summons we are expected to be people who imitate our Father. In fact, A Worthy Life is a life that Imitates God.

But in reality, what is called for is not a uniformity but each person using his diversity to promote UNITY that leads to MATURITY! In Ephesians 4 we are going to see Paul, deals with diversity, and maturity which facilitates UNITY.

Ephesians 4 marks the transition for Paul in this book. Because fortunately for us Ephesians not only calls us to live a worthy life it also instructs us on how to do it!

If there was anyone who understood the necessity of God’s empowerment and the possibility that FEAR has to cripple us and make us into people who say “I know, I know” but really don’t have the ACTIONS to back it up, it would be Paul.

As we look into Ephesians over the next couple of weeks, there is going to be a Revelation and it that has much to do with the Church, how God uses it and what he desires for it.

Paul in the book of Ephesians is praying. For when you care about someone else, one of the greatest things you can do is pray for them! In many ways he is praying for his spiritual children.

It is a life that gives praise, no matter the circumstances and no matter what is going on. It realizes that what has been done FOR us by GOD is greater than anything that can be done TO us by the world.

Each of us who confess to be followers of Christ, have as Summons, and it has not been given by the county court but it has been given by the one who made us! It has been given by the one who sacrificed his life for us! – Jesus Christ