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Faithful to the Finish
Peter's final call to a young and growing church
Grace and Glory
A short series through the highlights of 1 Peter
Entrusted
Gifts, risk, and the return of the King
It is important to be a part of a body of believers and know them intimately, and both serve and submit to it so that you may experience the power of being united to the head, Jesus Christ.
TITLE: MY ALL IN ALL SCRIPTURE: EPHESIANS 1:22-23 This is an exciting text found in this first chapter of the book of Ephesians. In this text, the Apostle Paul reflects upon when JESUS ASCENDED INTO HEAVEN - it was God's INCOMPARABLY great power and mighty strength at work. So, how much power ...read more
Scripture: Ephesians 1:22-23
Denomination: Baptist
As Paul continues to address the problems in the church at Corinth, he now turns to the issue of spiritual gifts and how the church is supposed to function like a human body.
Introduction: A. Many of you know how much I love the Peanuts comic strip. 1. In one of the strips, Snoopy, the lovable beagle, was pictured with his left leg broken. 2. Snoopy philosophized about his plight one day while perched on top of his doghouse. 3. He thought, “My body blames my foot for ...read more
Scripture: 1 Corinthians 12:1-31, 1 Corinthians 12:12-31
Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ
High Hopes – God has high hopes for us who He designed to Succeed - background of the body – facts
The Body Beautiful Part 2 High Hopes Designed to Succeed We are in the midst of a new series, entitled “The Body Beautiful” The idea behind this series is to get us to the place where we not only have an understanding of the parts of the body and the reason for the Body of ...read more
Scripture: 1 Corinthians 12:12-31
Denomination: *other
We are one body, but we are not all the same. Jesus has set it up so that each of us builds up the church in our own unique way.
Today we have the privilege of working through some of the most complicated verses in the entire book of Ephesians. Before we dive in though, we should remind ourselves of last time's verses. Are we feeling a little rusty, when it comes to Ephesians? Paul, up to this point in the letter, has ...read more
Scripture: Ephesians 4:7-15
Spiritual body building to be able to say, "I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me" included building relationships in Christ with that end in mind.
Take a piece of “notes” paper from the pew in front of you. Write your answer to this question: What would you say are the three most important qualities of a good friend? Go ahead, write what you think are the three most important qualities of a good friend. We will be looking at this toward ...read more
Scripture: Philippians 2:1-17
A description of how they discovered and dealt with sin in the day of Joshua.
The discipline of the body Joshua 7 There were three churches – a Pentecostal, a Presbyterian and Baptist and these three decided to sponsor a community-wide revival. After the revival had concluded, the three pastors met at Tim Horton’s for coffee to discuss their ...read more
Scripture: Joshua 7:1-26
Jesus heals a Ruler's son
Healing Broken Bodies Remember / Share a time when a loved one’s life was hanging by a thread? What questions do we ask ourselves? Where is God? Is God listening? Why does God heal some and not others? Is my faith too weak? Why is God letting this happen (to me)? Today’s message hits ...read more
Scripture: John 4:43-54
Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational
The Bible says that God reveals Himself in His creation, and that is so true when we really look carefully at Bible Science. Here we take a look at the human body and evolution.
Bible Science As we look at the second of our short series titled Bible science, I want to again remind you that although I will be talking science stuff, the main point is to look at how God created something so complicated, but at times so simple, how all the moving parts fit and function ...read more
Scripture: Leviticus 17:11, Leviticus 15:13, Genesis 17:12
Like Jesus, Christians are to build their lives around the principle of generosity.
What would you say to people you love who you are never going to see again? For many of us that brings to memory an emotionally powerful moment in our life. May be it was tender words of affection and admiration or it may have been tearful words of confession and forgiveness. I’ve been at this ...read more
Scripture: Acts 20:17-35
God invites ordinary people to partner with Him, building lives of lasting significance through faithful service, rooted in Christ and empowered by His presence.
Some mornings I picture the Father handing us a hard hat and a pair of work gloves, smiling as if to say, “Come with Me. Let’s build something beautiful.” Can you see it? The sun coming up over a field that’s waiting for seed, a foundation ready for bricks, and God inviting ordinary people—people ...read more
Scripture: 1 Corinthians 3:9
Topics: God's Builders, Building
In these statements, Paul gave to Timothy, Titus, and now to us, principles which are true and dependable, truths upon which we can build our faith and our lives in Christ.
Desire to Serve A Trustworthy Statement 09/21/08 PM Text: 1 Timothy 3:1 Introduction In this lesson we draw again from the letters of Paul that we often refer to as the “Pastoral Epistles”, those letters written to Timothy and Titus. In this lesson, as with the others, we focus on a particular ...read more
Scripture: 1 Timothy 3:1
Being a part of the body of Christ means using our gifts to build God’s kingdom
Stewardship of Talent 1. I’ve learned that something said once can be important. It might be worth listening to. But I know that if someone says it twice, it’s even more important. If someone is willing to repeat themselves, than they feel that what they are saying is very important. But when ...read more
Scripture: Obadiah 12:4-8, Obadiah 1:4-8
Denomination: Holiness
God has given you spiritual gift(s) to build and bless others in the body of Christ.
Question: How many ministers does CWBC have? 1? 4? Everyone? Nowhere does the Bible teach the pastor is the only minister. The Bible teaches all Christians are ministers. READ 1 Peter 4:10-11. “Each one” received a gift. God is a giver. 1. GOD GAVE YOU GIFTS. THREE GIFTS GOD GIVES YOU THE ...read more
Scripture: Romans 12:3-8
Sinful lying harms the body of Christ while speaking truthfully strengthens unity and builds it up.
Big Idea: Sinful lying harms the body of Christ while speaking truthfully strengthens unity and builds it up. We are continuing our series in Ephesians, Brought to Life; Brought Together. As I have said, Ephesians can be divided into two sections, chapters one through three describes what God ...read more
Scripture: Ephesians 4:17-24
God calls each of us to the Adventure of Life He has set before us. Everyone has his or her own path, but we all have the same call. Today we examine the call to minister to our families.
Choose Your Own Adventure! “Be a Family Man!” Today the Adventure that we are called to is “Be a Family Man!” That may sound like it’s aimed only at fathers, but Family Man has a better ring to it than “Family Person”. So when we say Family Man, we are ...read more
Scripture: Matthew 12:46-50
Denomination: Foursquare