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From Good To Great
Contributed by Pat Damiani on Sep 19, 2006 (message contributor)
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1. While We Wait
Contributed on Sep 19, 2006
First in a series on the early church from Acts 1-4. This message deals with how to wait on God.
Note: Although my outline is very similar to a great sermon by Medford Foskey on this same passage, I only read his sermon after completing most of the work on mine. However I did "steal" his opening story. “It is a sin to be good if God has called us to be great.” That is the first line ...read more
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2. Plugging Into The Power - Part 1
Contributed on Oct 3, 2006
Second in a series on the early church. The first of a two-part message on how to get plugged into the power of the Holy Spirit.
It is a sin to be good if God has called us to be great.” Last week we began a journey to see how God can take our church from good to great. In Acts Chapter 1, we saw that Jesus commanded his followers to wait for the power that would come upon them when they received the Holy Spirit. But ...read more
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3. Plugging Into The Power - Part 2
Contributed on Oct 3, 2006
Third in a series on the early church. The second of a two-part message on how to get plugged into the power of the Holy Spirit.
“It is a sin to be good if God has called us to be great.” Two weeks ago we began a journey to see how God can take our church from good to great. In Acts Chapter 1, we saw that Jesus commanded his followers to wait for the power that would come upon them when they received the Holy Spirit. But ...read more
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4. The Focus Of Our Faith
Contributed on Oct 17, 2006
Fourth in a series from the book of Acts. This message focuses on the importance of the resurrection.
“It is a sin to be good if God has called us to be great.” For the last three weeks we’ve been looking at how God took the early church from good to great and some principles that we can apply so that God can do the same thing with our church. So far we’ve seen that sometimes God calls us to ...read more
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5. Time To Turn Around
Contributed on Oct 17, 2006
Fifth in a series from the Book of Acts. This message focuses on the need for a lifestyle of repentance.
There was a painter by the name of Jock, who was very interested in making a penny where he could, so he often would thin his paint to make it go further. As it happened, he got away with this for some time, but eventually the Church decided to do a big restoration job that involved the painting of ...read more
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6. Balancing The Body
Contributed on Oct 23, 2006
Sixth in a series on the early church. This message focuses on balancing the five purposes of the church.
Balance is really important in our lives: • When we first learn to walk, the biggest hurdle we face is not usually that we don’t have enough strength; it’s that we have to figure out how to stay balanced • On our cars, it’s important to keep our tires balanced. Anyone who has ever tried to drive ...read more
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7. Caring For The Community
Contributed on Oct 31, 2006
Seventh in a series on the early church. This message focuses on how believers are to care for the needs of others.
Let’s see how well we can remember our theme for this series of messages. Since this is now week number seven, we ought to all have it down pretty well by now: “It is a sin to be good if God has called us to be great.” As we’ve gone on this journey from good to great, we’ve learned that if ...read more