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Why Sick Sinners Get Jesus and He Them
Matthew 9:9-13

1. Everybody moves towards God at a different pace, v. 9
Following Jesus involves two things:
a)glory orientation
b)experiences
Luke 5:27-28

2. New converts are the most intentional with the faith, v. 10
Ephesians 2:11-13
• no capacity
• no real Community
• nothing beyond you to look forward to
• positivity but no real hope
• a gnawing aloneness

B: Begin with prayer
L: Listen
E: Eat
S: Serve
S: Story

3. Our lives should require explanation, v. 11-13

Mental worship...
1. How do you expose your non-Christian friends to Jesus?
2. Are you more known for talking or listening?
3. If you were going to throw a party and all the guests were going to be people just like you, what kind of people would fill the room?
4. How do you serve the people you profess to love?
5. Does your definition of “great” come close to how God defines greatness?
6. How often do you eat with “tax collectors and sinners?”

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1. Easy is not best - v 13&14
2. Popular is not right - v 13&14
3. Develop habits based on principle, not preference - v 13&14
4. Recognize good preachers/teachers:
A. Compare to the Bible
B. Character vs Charisma
C. Consider the Product
5. Heart that Matters - v 21-23
6. Living outweighs the Doing - v 21-23
7. Living on Feeling is Unstable - v 24-27
8. Living on proper belief will support a Lifetime - v 24-27

Mental Worship
1. How could you be more immersed in the Gospel?
2. Where could you be intentional with the Gospel?
3. Are you more often giving in to comfort and preference or obedience?
4. Where have you not put God first?

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How Prayer Transforms The Golden Rule
Matthew 7:7-12

1. Prayer involves persistence, v. 7-8
Three kinds of prayers...
a)asking- prayer for provision
b)seeking- prayer for direction
c)knocking- prayer for breakthrough
Luke 18:1-8
2. Prayer puts us in touch with the nature of God, v. 9-11
Matthew 26:39
3. If we relate to God properly we will relate to people differently, v. 12
Mental worship...
1. Are you currently asking, seeking or knocking?
2. Have you ever thanked God for unanswered prayer?
3. Do you trust God’s nature or your need when you pray?
4. Does your parenting leave room for your kids to feel their need for God?
5. When was the last time you ever experienced the “how much moreness” of your heavenly Father?

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How to Be a More Enjoyable Person
Matthew 7:1-6


1. Put Away Your Judgmental Heart. v. 1-2
 • Keep Thinking 
 • Stop Obsessing Over Small Things
 • You Condemn Yourself
 ⁃ With Others v.2
 ⁃ Condemn Yourself With God, 2 Corinthians 5:10

2. See The Cartoon You v. 3-4

3 .Don’t be Unthinking. v .6

4 Right Judgement Has an Order. v. 5

A. First Get Clear Eyes 
B. Then Do Holy Work

Four types of speech.

• Teach: Instruct what God says to believe and behave. 
• Correct: Warning, “Change what you are doing.”
• Encourage: Don’t stop! Keep doing good work!
• Console: Let me join you in your burden.

Mental worship

1. In what situations are you quick to be a fault-finder? 
2. Does anyone come to mind whom you need to build more trust with?
3. Is there harshness you need to take responsibility for?
4. What small thing do you need to stop obsessing over?
5. Are you losing or gaining relationships in the last 2 years?

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Communion
I Timothy 1:12-17
1. Everybody has a past, v. 13
“People get confused in this life about what they want, what they’ve done and what they think
they should have because of it. Everything they think they are or did takes a hold so hard that it
won’t let them see what they can be.”
2. Anybody can receive God’s mercy, v. 13
3. Grace brings stuff with it, v. 14
4. Mercy always comes with a mission, v. 15-17

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Matthew 6:25-34
How To Change Your Relationship with Anxiety

1. A proper definition of life, v. 25
2. A motivating perspective on life, v. 26
Two things we can learn from birds...
a) God’s provision is more reliable than my performance
“Jesus looks at the world and sees abundance. He has a conception of the
universe as beautiful creation that is packed with opportunity and resources and
potential. Jesus walked around with this deep conviction that despite all of the pain
and suffering that he saw going on in the world, despite all the pain and suffering
that he himself experienced, he still believed that Yahweh the God of Israel, the
creator of heaven and earth is an extremely generous host who has given an
overabundance of resources and opportunities to all of us.” - Tim Mackie
b) my value is not determined by how much I have in my “barn.”
Luke 12:13-21
3. A right view of yourself, v. 26b
Three simple reasons for human value/dignity...

a) humans are the only thing made in God’s image
b) humans were given the cultural mandate
Genesis 1:28
c) because Jesus said so

4. A biblical view of the role of anxiety, v. 27-30
Questions we should ask ourselves when feeling anxious...
a)What is anxiety accomplishing for me?
b) What am I considering too much or not enough?
c)Do you believe God will do for you?, v. 30
d) In who or what is my faith?

5. A right view of the Father, v. 31-34
Matthew 6:7-8
“But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness...”
Ways we seek our own righteousness...
a)You always have to be right, even when you’re wrong
b) You cannot stand to be misunderstood
c)You insist on always knowing

Mental worship...
1. What changes do you need to make to the way you define life?
2. Who do you compare yourself to and what is the outcome of that comparison?
3. Where do you go, what do you look to in order to feel your value?
4. Do you think more about the size of your barns or the state of your soul?
5. In what ways do you seek your righteousness?
6. How much of today gets eaten up by tomorrow in your thoughts?

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What Allegiance to God Looks Like
Matthew 6:19-24

1. What do we treasure v.19-21
a. Bad investments v.19
⁃ Moth = anything nature can destroy
⁃ Rust = anything time can decay
⁃ Thieves = anything that can be taken without warning
b. Good investments v.20
c. Your heart follows your treasure v.21
2. What do our eyes see? v.22-23
a. Healthy eyes bring light to the body
b. Bad eyes bring darkness to the body
c. Don't confuse the two
3. Who is our master? v.24
a. Good master
b. Bad master
c. Everyone is a slave to something

Mental Worship...
1)What earthly treasures are most tempting for you to spiritually invest in? Why?
2)Where do you find yourself spiritually investing in heavenly treasures?
3)How do you see your heart following your treasures?
4)Are your eyes healthy or not? How would you know?
5) Who / what are you a slave to?

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Matthew 6:16-18
The Freedom of Fasting

1. It is assumed that Christians fast, v. 16
“The greatest enemy of hunger for God is not poison but apple pie. It is not the
banquet of the wicked that dulls our appetite for heaven, but mindless nibbling at
the table of the world.”

-John Piper, A Hunger for God

2. Fasting is for God, v. 16
When we embrace that fasting is for God two things happen:
a) it eliminates anybody having to know
b) it affects what I do while fasting
Zechariah 7:1-6
Isaiah 58:3-5

3. Fasting is in secret, v. 18
Four thoughts that accompany habitual sin...
a God is ________.
b There is no use.
c There is no stopping.
d There is no hope.

Nehemiah 9:1-2

Mental worship...
1 What has most shaped how you think about fasting?
2 What spiritual habits do you practice to stay connected to your faith?
3 Do you ever wonder if your spiritual habits matter?
4 What do you feel when you read that "your Father sees in secret? "
5 Is the lie you believe about God or yourself?

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Matthew 6:5-15
How To Pray Big & Free

1. Prayers is not for managing people’s opinion, v. 5-6
2. Prayer is not where you control God, v. 7
3. Prayer is a demonstration of what you believe, v. 8
Two things to believe...
a) “for your father”
b) “knows what you need before you ask him.”

4. Prayer has structure, v. 9-13
Structure of the disciples prayer...
a) acknowledgement- “Our father in heaven...”
b) nature
1) name- “Hallowed be your name..."
2) Kingdom- ...”your kingdom come...”
3) will- ...”your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.”
c) needs- “...give us this day our daily bread...”
d) responsibility- ”...and forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors.”
e) freedom, “And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.”
I Corinthians 10:13

Mental worship...
1. When you pray, are you more mindful of God or the people in the room?
2. Does your life “hallow” God’s name?
3. Do you ever sound like an orphan when you pray. Like someone who doesn’t have a Father?
4. What would change about your prayers if you believed that God knows what you need before
you asked Him?
5. How is your spiritual ability these days?
6. What two words best describe your prayer life?

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Practicing Righteousness
Matthew 6:1–4

1. It’s not what we do but why, v. 1
Matthew 6:1
In this one verse Jesus tells us three things...

a) practicing righteousness reinforces who we are

Practicing righteousness means a lifestyle that demonstrates inner transformation which shows
up in our life rhythms, daily choices, relationships and posture towards others that goes beyond
rule keeping and to the authority and sufficiency of King and Kingdom.

b) where and why matter
c) its possible for heaven to have no consequence of how you lived on earth

2. Giving to the needy is assumed behavior, v. 2

Here is what happens when you give to the needy...
a) you are lending to God
Proverbs 19:17
b) you are seeing the world the way God sees it
c) you are avoiding judgement through stewardship

Luke 16:19-25

3. Giving can be a form of taking, v. 2-4a

4. Let the fact that God knows be enough for you, v. 3-4
Matthew 6:3-4

Mental worship...
1. What do you do in order to practice your righteousness?
2. Does being anonymous take the joy out of giving or add joy to giving?
3. Do you practice your righteousness enough to feel confident about your faith?
4. How often do you think of yourself as “lending to God?”
5. Are you a different person in the “synagogue” than you are in the “streets?”

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My Prayer for Our Church
Isaiah 6:1-13

Context of Isaiah...

1) God’s people trusted in human leadership more than they trusted God
2) Increased wealth brought a diminished view of God
3) People felt secure in their sins as long as they performed the right religious rituals
4) They presumed upon God’s grace and so they required God’s judgement

1. That we would see God, v. 1
2. That we would grow in our knowledge of God, v. 1-4

God is...
a) enthroned
b) transcendent
c) worshipped
d) consequential

3. That we would make progress on our stuff, v. 5
4. That we would receive from the Lord, v. 6-7
Two things to notice...
a) “your guilt is taken away”- how you feel about what you did
b) “your sin is atoned for”- what you did

5. That we would hear from the Lord, v. 8-13

“Men wanted for hazardous journey. Small wages, bitter cold, long months of complete
darkness, constant danger, safe return doubtful. Honor and recognition in case of success.”
~ Ernest Shackleton

Mental worship...
1. Where do you look to see God at work?
2. What is one thing you want to better understand about God?
3. How do you know you are progressing spiritually?
4. Is there a painful gift the Lord wants to give you?
5. Do you hear from the Lord?

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Matthew 2:13-26
Loving God’s Sovereignty
What it is- God’s sovereignty is the belief that God is the ultimate King, controlling
history, nature and individual lives with perfect wisdom, justice and mercy.
What it means- God’s sovereignty means He has supreme, absolute power and authority
over all creation and every event, working all things according to His ultimate will for his
glory, with nothing outside His control or knowledge, though this concept intersects with
human free will and the problem of evil, implying He allows, but doesn’t directly cause, all
negative events.

1. God’s sovereignty is relational, v. 13-15
2. God’s sovereignty is sustaining, v. 16-18

"We must simply listen to God when it comes to the sovereignty of God. We must
have God tell us what it means for him to be sovereign, lest we import limitations
or possibilities into God that he doesn’t find in himself.”

- John Piper

3. God’s sovereignty is hopeful, v. 19-23

Three reasons God’s sovereignty is hopeful...
a) It is hopeful because it reminds us that God is actively involved in all the affairs
of our lives.
- Romans 8:28-32
b) It is hopeful because sovereignty doesn’t allow moments to become bigger than
they were intended to be.
c) It is hopeful because time fills up but never runs out.
v. 15- “This was to fulfill what the Lord had spoken by the prophet, “Out of Egypt I
called my son.”
v. 17- “Then was fulfilled what was spoken by the prophet Jeremiah...”
v. 23- And he went and lived in a city called Nazareth, so that what was spoken by
the prophets might be fulfilled, that he would be called a Nazarene.”

Mental worship...
1. Do you really believe God is for you?
2. Have you ever gone through something that you were only sustained by your
understanding of God’s sovereignty?
3. If God came to you in the context of your fears, what is the first fear He would
speak to?
4. Are you more prone to put limitations or possibilities onto God that do not exist
in God?
5. Have you allowed anything to become bigger than it was intended to be?

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The Joy of Having A King
Matthew 2:1-12

1. Worship Him, v. 2
• Revelation 4:9-11

2. Kill Him, v. 3-8
What we know about Herod...
a)he has no rightful claim to the throne
b)used violence to stay on the throne
c)would kill again to keep his throne
• Luke 19:11-27
• Revelation 19:15-16
3. Give to Him, v. 9-11
Two things we should see here...
1)God comes to us in a language we understand
2)God wants to be found
4. Obey Him, v. 12

Mental worship...
1. Are you ready for what Jesus will be like when he returns?
2. How often does your posture change in worship?
3. In what “language” do you need God to speak to you?
4. Has God ever warned you about something or somebody?
5. By how you live, who or what is the biggest authority in your life?

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Matthew 1:18-25

1. Understand that life is designed to be a response to what God is doing, v. 18
Luke 1:26-38

2. Who you are informs your response, v. 19
Two things about Mary & Joseph...
a)how heaven talks about them
b)how they respond

3. Be responsible with the revelation you receive, v. 20-24
Guidelines for interpreting dreams...
a)Does it align with Scripture?
b)Understanding a dream requires prayer and wise counsel.
c)Should be interpreted with humility.
d)Who does this invite me to trust?
Jeremiah 23:25-29

. Learn to glorify God in what you don’t do, v. 25
“...but he knew her not until she had given birth to a son. And he called his name Jesus.”

Mental worship...
1. What do your prayers demonstrate that you know?

2. Is there a difference in your vertical and horizontal righteousness?
3. Do you ever wonder how heaven talks about you?
4. What would it feel like for you to say, “Let it be to me according to your word?”
5. Should you pray differently knowing that God knows what you are thinking before you say
anything?
6. What could you not do this week that would glorify God?

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Matthew 1:1-17
Finding Hope In The Genealogy of Jesus
1. Because God is telling a big Story, v. 1
Genesis 3:15
Psalm 89:49-51
Genesis 2:4
2. Because God uses imperfect people as a part of His story, v. 2-15
a) Tamar
b) Rahab
c) Ruth
d) Bathsheba
e) King Solomon
f) Manasseh
g) Jacob

3. Because of the virgin birth the perfection of Jesus is sufficient for your
imperfection, v. 16
Matthew 1:16
Isaiah 7:10-14

Romans 5:12-14
4. Because God was at work then and is now, v. 17
Romans 5:1-5

Mental worship...
1. How often do you feel connected to the bigness of the Story God is telling?
2. Do you most often use your imperfection as an excuse or your perfection in
Christ as an explanation?
3. How does the doctrine of original sin help you explain the state of the world, a
person’s need for the redemption that is found only in Christ and the doctrine of
the virgin birth?
4. Do you ever confuse the “then” and the “now” of the Christian life?
5. Have you developed enough character to be a hopeful person?

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How the Spirit Helps us to Hope
Romans 8:22-30
(Place each of these 3 groupings of questions on their own slide i.e. fight questions, then flight
etc...)
Fight Questions
1. What emotion do you fear feeling?
2. What is this emotion trying to tell you?
3. What is one way you can fight to feel the emotion you fear the most?
Flight Questions
1. What do you run to instead of God when you are afraid?
2. Who are the friends you trust to hear your fears and help you face them?
3. How will you strengthen this friendship when you are not afraid? (What do you need to do to
be a better friend?)
Freeze Questions
1. What frantic activities do you need to freeze?
2. How does the hope of the resurrection inform your relationship to fear?
3. What would change about your attitude and interactions if you truly believed God is working
all things together for good?
Three things that give you false hope
a. Thin theology of heaven
b. Thin theology of suffering
c. A compulsive need for total control
Mental Worship
1. What emotion do you fear feeling?
2. What is this emotion trying to tell you?
3. What do you run to instead of God when you are afraid?
4. Who are the friends you trust to hear your fears and help you face them?
5. How does the hope of the resurrection inform your relationship to fear?

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Matthew 5:43-48
The Reassuring Power of Enemy Love

1. Enemy love is evidence of authentic faith, v. 43-45
2 Kings 6:20-23

2. Enemy love is how God loves, v. 45b-47

Two questions we have to answer today…
a) who do you love? v. 46
b) who do you greet? v. 47

3. Enemy love is God’s nature, v. 48
a) Jesus incites a pre-evangelistic despair that prepares us for the gospel.
b) You don’t need a relationship with God just for forgiveness; you need a relationship with Christ for capacity. 

Mental worship…
1. Do you feel capable of loving your enemies?
2. What is different about the way you love and greet from the way non-Christians love and greet?
3. Is there a “moreness” to the way you live? 
4. What is a first step you could take this week towards enemy love? 
5. Do you see God’s commands through the lens of His promise? 
6. Who do you spend time with that is like looking in a funhouse mirror? 

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Matthew 5:38-42
How The Violence of God Triumphs Over The Violence of Man

1. The insufficiency of proportionate justice, v. 38
The law did three things...
a) takes punishment out of the realm of private vengeance
b) gave judges a clear and just formula for punishment
c) it forbid vendettas and excessive retribution

“...I have killed a man for wounding me...”
-Genesis 4:23

Why do we insist on retaliation?
a) embarrassment
b) justice
•
“Slowly and imperceptibly, the one true God begins acquiring the features of the
gods of this world. For instance, our God simply gratifies our desires rather than
reshaping them in accordance with the beauty of God’s own character. Our God
then kills enemies rather than dying on their behalf as God did in Jesus Christ.”

― Miroslav Volf,
Free of Charge: Giving and

Forgiving in a Culture Stripped of Grace

c) unbelief

“If God were not angry at injustice and deception and did not make the final end to
violence God would not be worthy of our worship. Here, however, I am less
interested in arguing that God’s violence is not unworthy of God than in showing
that it is beneficial to us. Life has rightly drawn our attention to the fact that in a
world of violence we are faced with an inescapable alternative: either God’s
violence or human violence. Most people who insist on God’s “nonviolence”
cannot resist using violence themselves. They deem the talk of God’s judgment
irreverent, but think nothing of entrusting judgment into human hands, persuaded
presumably that this is less dangerous and more humane than to believe in a God
who judges! And so violence thrives, secretly nourished by belief in a God who
refuses to wield the sword.”

-Miroslave

Volf, Exclusion & Embrace

2. The capacity of life in the Kingdom, v. 39-42
• Matthew 11:12
As Christians we have the capacity to demonstrate four things...
a) a different response to evil, v. 39
• Romans 12:14-21
b) a different response to guilt, v. 40
c) a different response to authority, v. 41
d) a different response to need, v. 42

Mental worship...
1 Is there anybody that you’ve punished too much and you don’t know how to get
it back to where it should be?
2 Do you feel you actually have the capacity to respond differently when violated?
3 Does your response to evil say more about you or God?
4 How does the Gospel inform your response to the poor and needy?
5 What or who have you lost sight of?

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Communioin

I Corinthians 11:23-26
1. Remember Jesus
2. There is a new way to relate to God.
3. We are proclaiming the Lord’s death.

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Matthew 5:33-37
The Insufficiency of Swearing

1. We must reclaim a sense of our self, v. 33-36
Here is the progression in how we lose ourselves...
1)we become disillusioned with ourselves
2)we become distrusting of ourselves
3)we become destructive towards ourselves

Signs you are losing yourself...
a)seeking external validation
b)difficulty with decisions
c)feeling lost
d)emotional fog
e)loss of identity
f) negative self-talk
g)always changing to fit in
h)increased anxiety and insecurity
Hebrews 6:13-16

2. We must reclaim simple speech, v. 37

Mental worship...
1. What do you point to when you go outside of yourself to establish your integrity?
2. Is there anybody in your life who has slowly stopped believing you?
3. What is the motive when you are less than truthful, less than forthright and lacking integrity in
your speech?
4. When is the last time you did something you didn’t want to do just because you couldn’t say,
“No”?

5. What needs to change in what you believe in order for there to be a change in how you talk?

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Dr. Christopher M. Brooks
Pastor to Pastors | Local Church

Joy Is The Serious Business of Heaven
Abide in Love, Joy FULL
John 15:5–11

I. Key Theme: MENO AGAPE HARAH PLAYRAO
("Abide – Love – Joy – Full")

II. Abide (Meno) – Remain in Christ
Definition: To dwell, endure, make your home.

• Spiritual Practice:
  
  

 
Training the mind to return to God like a compass needle to north.
Reflection: What are you abiding in today?

III. Love (Agape / Hessed) – Steadfast Love
Definition: Loyal, never-ending, sacrificial love.
Scripture:
  • “No greater love…”
  • “Perfect love casts out fear.”
Reflection Questions:
  • Who loves you well?
  • Who or what taught you to love better?

IV. Joy (Harah) – Strength from the Lord
Definition: Gladness, delight, cheerfulness.
Scripture:
  • “The joy of the Lord is our strength”
  • “Everlasting joy will crown their heads” (Isaiah 35:10)
Reflection Questions:
  • What fills or drains your joy?

V. Full (Playrao) – Living in Wholeness
Evidence of abiding:
  • Keeping His commands
  • Loving God and others through the Spirit
  • Repenting quickly and returning
Not a strategy to avoid problems, but a skill to endure them.

VI. Neuroscience of Love & Joy
Dr. Allan Schore: Joy and attachment form brain development.
Right Brain (Fast Track):
  • Relational identity
  • Emotional connection
  • Character formation
Left Brain (Slow Track):
  • Logic, strategy, problem-solving
Critique of modern discipleship:
  • Left-brain heavy (doctrine, willpower)
  • Right-brain light (attachment, joy)
Call to become “full-brained” Christians
  • Combining emotion, intellect, and identity in Christ

VIII. Joy as a Spiritual Discipline
Joy is a theological virtue, not just an emotion.
Seen throughout Scripture:
  • Even in suffering (Paul: “sorrowful yet rejoicing”)
  • Jesus Himself was "for the joy set before him endured the cross”
Joy empowers us to face trials with strength and hope.
Quote: “Joy is the serious business of heaven” – C.S. Lewis

IX. Practical Steps to Abide in Love & Be Full of Joy
Abide
  • Spend time in Scripture and fellowship.
  • Make room for God’s Word in your life.
Love
  • Rebuild relational attachments to God and others.
  • Ministry without love is empty.
Joy
  • Joy is transmitted face-to-face and through voice.
  • “You make us joyful with your presence” (Ps. 21)
Full
  • Let the Spirit fill you.
  • Be delighted in God’s presence—and delight in others.

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Neil McClendon, Lead Pastor
Grand Parkway Baptist Church

Matthew 5:31-32
A Gospel Informed Understanding of Divorce

Introductory thoughts…

1) read through the right lens
2) let Bible counsel Bible
3) seek to understand the cultural context
4) seek to understand the biblical context


Four questions we need to answer today….

1. Is there ever a biblical grounds for divorce?

a) adultery- “sexual immorality”
b) abandonment due to spiritual incompatibility

• Corinthians 7:12-16

c) abuse

• 1 Timothy 3:1-3
• Ephesians 5:28-30

2. How does divorcing someone make them commit adultery? Why is it considered adultery to marry a divorced person? 

3. So what do I do if I’m divorced and remarried and according to what I’ve heard today, I committed adultery? 

a) ask God’s forgiveness
b) ask your partners forgiveness
c) ask your former spouse’s forgiveness
d) stay committed to your relationship

• Samuel 8:4-9

Mental worship…

1. What lens do you read the Bible through?
2. Who or what has most shaped the way you think about marriage?
3. Do you think people have been hurt more by what the church says or doesn’t say about divorce?
4. Have you ever been a part of a church that practices church discipline?
5. What questions do you have after what you heard today?

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Matthew 5:27-30
The High Price of Lust

1. Jesus upholds the sufficient sanctity of marriage, v. 27-28

• Genesis 2:24

God’s design for marriage…
a) priority loyalty- “Therefore, a man shall leave his father and mother…
b) lifelong loyalty- …and hold fast to his wife…
c) bodily loyalty- …and they shall become one flesh.”

2. The eye reveals what is in the heart, v. 28

Lust does four things…
a) starts with dissatisfaction
b) turns people into things
c) teaches you to relate to the world out of your appetites instead of your understanding
d) trains you to sow to the flesh

• Galatians 6:7-8
• Galatians 5:19-21

Signs You Are Sowing to the Flesh
1) Pleasure becomes your master- "sexual immorality, impurity, sensuality . . .”
2) Worship is misplaced- “. . . idolatry, sorcery . . .”
3) Conflict is your pattern- “. . . enmity, strife, jealousy . . .”
4) You can’t control your emotions- “. . . fits of anger . . .”
5) Competitiveness is your posture- “..rivalries, dissensions, divisions . . .”
6) You refuse to celebrate others- “. . . envy . . .”
7) Escapism is a way of life- “. . . drunkenness, orgies, and things like these.”

3. Jesus is trying to change the way we view sin, v. 29-31

• Matthew 7:24-27


Mental worship…

1. In your opinion, have Christians changed the way the culture views marriage or has the culture changed the way Christians view marriage? 
2. Is there anybody or anything that you currently desire too much?
3. What struck you today as something you will need to think more about? 
4. If you are a Christian, how has your view of sin changed since you came to faith? 
5. How do you feel when the rain, floods and wind beat down on your life?

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Neil McClendon, Lead Pastor
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The Inward Life of the Kingdom
Matthew 5:21-26

Four lenses for the rest of this chapter…
a) Jesus is more concerned with motive than checking the box
b) Christians are held to a higher ethical standard
c) The Gospel always invites us to think deeper
d) Truth turns radishes into carrots

1. Life in the Kingdom calls for integration, v. 21-22
a) name calling- “You fool!” 
b) insults
c) angry

Here is what we need to understand about anger…

1) anger manifests when your illusion of control is exposed
2) anger justifies your response to people and things with which you do not agree
3) anger requires something of others but never you
4) anger happens when you don’t know what to feel- anger is the soldier we send out to protect us.
5) anger is typically connected to fear

2. Reconciliation is inconvenient, v. 23-24

3. Integrated people can agree quickly, v. 25-26

Mental worship…

1. Are you more of a radish or a carrot when it comes to integration?
2. Have you dehumanized anybody lately in how you treated them or talked about them? 
3. Does anybody have something against you right now? 
4. How often are you inconvenienced in the name of obedience? 
5. Is there anything you know you need to do and are running out of time to do it?

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Neil McClendon, Lead Pastor
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Do you think living by the Ten Commandments is enough to be right with God? What about the other 603 laws in the Old Testament? In this powerful message, Pastor Neil McClendon unpacks Jesus's statement that He came not to abolish the law, but to fulfill it. The sermon reveals how a "rules-based" relationship with God will always leave us condemned, and how true righteousness comes only through Jesus Christ

This message will help you understand:
  • Think Properly (v. 17)
  • Understand Deeply (v. 18)
  • Teach Rightly (v. 19)
  • Hear Clearly (v. 20)

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A Right View of the Law
Matthew 5:17-20


1. Think properly, v. 17

Thinking about the law...

a) the law cannot change your heart
b) God never intended for the law to be a perfect or permanent basis for our relationship with Him.
c) Jesus fulfills the demands of the law on the Cross
   • Colossians 2:13-15
d) Jesus’ fulfillment of the Law makes salvation possible for humanity
e) Jesus’ fulfillment of the law provides a different motivation for obedience

2. Understand deeply, v. 18

3. Teach rightly, v. 19
  • Galatians 3:23-26

4. Hear clearly, v. 20

Signs of self-righteousness...

1) Do not take feedback or criticism well
2) Outward focussed
3) Competitive
4) A comparative mindset
5) A lack of community orientation
6) You are not to be embarrassed

  • Philippians 3:1-12


Mental worship…

1. Are there areas where you are still striving or working to achieve something that Jesus has already accomplished for you?
2. Do you ever relax some of the things the Bible clearly teaches? If so, for who?
3. What consistently motivates you to obey God?
4. How often do you reference the law when talking to people about God?
5. Do you understand what it means to be self-righteous versus trusting in Jesus’ righteousness? 

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The Consequential Nature of Kingdom Faith
Matthew 5:13-16

1. There is a problem we have to overcome, v. 13

! Peter 4:1-4

Four ways salt loses its saltiness…
a) it is absorbed by its surroundings
b) exposure to moisture
c) confusion about the purpose of the church
d) churches that try to make Christianity interesting instead of making Christians consequential 

2. There is a responsibility to embrace, v. 14
a) identity- who God says I am
b) activity- what God commands me to do

3. True faith is distinguished by the number of people who are affected by it, v. 15-16

Mental worship…

1. How is your life distinguishable from the unbelieving world?
2. What environments have been affected by your faith?
3. Do you think you really understand the ramifications of your identity?
4. Does God leaving you here in this world make you think God is missional or mindless? 
5. Is the life you are currently living causing others to think about heaven?
6. Which does your faith need more: flavor or illumination? 

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Dr. Sam Storms
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If The Kingdom of God is Here, Why Is The World Such a Mess?
Dr. Sam Storms


1. The Kingdom of God is the power of the Holy Spirit to bring forgiveness and salvation through Jesus Christ.

2. The Kingdom of God is the power and presence of the Holy Spirit to bring physical healing to our bodies.

3. The Kingdom of God is the power and presence of the Holy Spirit to bring restoration to our mind and emotions.

4. The Kingdom of God is the power and presence of the Holy Spirit to drive out demons and set people free.

5. The Kingdom of God is the power of the Holy Spirit to grant innumerable spiritual blessings such as righteousness, peace and joy.

6. The Kingdom of God is the power of the Holy Spirit in creating and shaping a spiritual community of Christian men and women who live in harmony and love.

7. The kingdom of God is the power of the Holy Spirit to bring us into intimate knowledge of the Lord Jesus Christ.

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Blake Hardcastle, Equipping Pastor
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What’s it like in the New Kingdom?
Matthew 5:1-12

Intro - What is Jesus Doing v.1-2

1. Kingdom People are Aware They are Needy. v.3-6
 • The Poor in Spirit
 • The Mourners
 • The Meek
 • The Hungry and Thirsty for Righteousness

2. Kingdom People Choose to Live for God. v.7-
 • The Merciful
 • The Pure in Heart
 • The Peacemakers

3. Kingdom People Expect Persecution. v.10-12



Mental Worship

 1.  Where have the beatitudes brought you affirmation you are in the Kingdom? 
 2.  Is there a conversation you have been putting off?
 3.  When is the last time you experienced persecution? Can you rejoice over it?
 4. Do you know the Idols that most often tempt you?
 5. Are you seeing God lately or does he seem hidden?
 6. Is someone trying to make peace and you’re putting them off?

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God’s Timing, People & Power
Matthew 4:12-25

1. God’s timing, 4:12-17
• Isaiah 9:1-2

Biblical examples…
a) David & Goliath
b) Judges 5
c) Omer of manna

Exodus 16:31-32

d) Apostle Paul
• 2 Corinthians 1:8-10

2. God’s people, 4:18-22

What God looks at and for in people…
a) willing not perfect
b) your future not your past
c) faith not promises

3. God’s power, 4:23-25


Mental worship…
1. Do you sense holy momentum on your life these days or is it just you and your ideas fueling your choices? 
2. Since becoming a Christian what is something you’ve been able to do that you couldn’t do before? 
3. Are you okay with your kids leaving you to follow God’s will for their lives?
4. When you look back at your past, what are some of the experiences you’ve had that strengthen your faith in the present? 
5. Could your life, as it is currently being lived, sustain a demonstration of God’s power?

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Matthew 4:1-11
Learning From Temptation


In the wilderness they should have learned three things:

1) not to depend on bread alone but on Gods’ word
2) not to put God to the test
3) to worship God alone

1. Temptation comes around our biggest appetites, v. 2-4

Our appetites do four things…

1) create opportunities- so we must learn to ask, “What opportunity does  this appetite present?”
2) remind us of our responsibility
3) reflect our identity
4) give somebody/something glory


2. The enemy attacks the last thing you believed, v. 3

Genesis 3:1     
Matthew 3:16  
Matthew 4:3     


3. Our response to temptation is often times a test, v. 5-7

Exodus 17:1–7


4. Temptation is an opportunity for God to see what you will settle for, v. 7-10


Mental worship…

1. Do you have any appetites in your that concern you? 
2. Is there anything you once believed but now you doubt it? 
3. Is there anything the Father says about you that you find hard to accept?
4. When you are tempted does God have to prove himself all over again or have you tasted enough of His goodness to trust Him?

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Thinking Through The Questions
Matthew 3:13-17

1. What does it look like to be missional? v. 13

2. Why does Jesus get baptized?

Four reasons Jesus gets baptized…
a) identifies with the people
b) submits to the will of the Father
c) practices what He preaches- Matthew 28:18-20
d) to fulfill all righteousness


   Two ways…
1) confirms John as the forerunner to the Messiah
2) confirms Jesus as the Messiah

• Isaiah 42:1
• Acts 8:30-35

3. What are my real needs?, v. 17

Our three biggest needs…

a) identity- “This is my son…"
b) affection- …whom I love…"

Could we with ink the ocean fill and were the skies of parchment made, 
were ev’ry stalk on earth a quill and ev’ry man a scribe by trade, 
to write the love of God above would drain the ocean dry;
  nor could the scroll contain the whole, tho' stretched from sky to sky. 

• Disbelief- the inability to accept something as true
• Unbelief- the unwillingness to believe

c) acceptance- “...with whom I am well pleased.” 


Three back to school questions…

1) “In God, who’s word I praise, in God I trust; I shall not be afraid. What can flesh (people) do to me?” - Psalm 56:4
2) “The Lord is my light and my salvation whom shall I fear: The Lord is the stronghold of my life: of whom shall I be afraid?”  - Psalm 27:1
1) Why are you cast down, O my soul, and why are you in turmoil within me? Hope in God; for I shall again praise him, my salvation and my God.”  - Psalm 42:5


Mental worship…

1. If un-seized time flow to your weakness, where does your unseized time most often go?
2. Which is bigger, your “from” or your “to?” 
3. Have you ever been baptized? Why did you or why haven’t you? 
4. Are you more guilty of disbelief or unbelief? 
5. Where were you when you really understood the love of God for what it is? 
6. Who's acceptance do you probably want too much?

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Neil McClendon, Lead Pastor
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The Kingdom And The Power Thereof
Matthew 3:1-12


Purpose of Matthew
 a) tell the story of Jesus
 b) apologetic and evangelistic
 c) explore the reality of the Kingdom
 d) catechetical- to teach the truths of Christianity and their ethical implications


1. The proportionality of repentance, v. 1-3

The Kingdom of heaven/God is best understood by two words…
 a) reign
 b) realm

2. The requirement of baptism, v. 4-10
 a) confession, v. 6
 b) demonstration, v. 7-9

Repentance is a change of mind and actions wherein we cease our approval of wickedness (in others) and justification of bad behavior (in self). It is foremost a decisive reorientation of one’s life away from the self and toward the Lord. But this subsequent repentance flows from and confirms the initial act wherein we realize our desperate state, admit our need of pardon and come to Jesus in a childlike manner.

c) sanctification, v.10


“Sanctification is a progressive work of God and man that makes us more and more free from sin and like Christ in our actual lives.”
            -Wayne Grudem, Systematic Theology


Galatians 5:22-24


“Repentance is an inward matter, which has its seat in the heart and soul, but afterwards yields its fruits in a change of life.”            - John Calvin

3. The moreness of Jesus’ baptism., v. 11-12

-Romans 8:9-11


a) Holy Spirit- the person of God

b) fire- the power of God





Mental worship…

1. Do you spend more time asking God to bless your will or submitting to His?
2. How would you describe the Kingdom of God in one sentence?
3. What do you point to on the outside that is proof that you have been changed on the inside?
4. What do you walk away wanting to think more about this morning?
5. Which do you seek more often, forgiveness or fire?
6. How do you keep your love for God from getting cold?

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Blake Hardcastle, Equipping Pastor
Grand Parkway Baptist Church

Essentials of a Biblical Fit
Psalm 77

1. Put your heart in your mouth. v.2-5

Selah = pause, reflect, meditate. 

2. Throw your fit to the right audience. v.1-2

3. Burn the house down. v.5-9

4. Borrow Hope. v.10-18 
 • v.10-12
 • Psalm 46:1
 • Hosea 11:8-9 
 • v.13
 • v.19-20

“God is cunning; He knows how to get our attention. Rather than let us wallow in the mediocrity of complacency, He lets us experience what it would be like to live without him. He abandons us in order to shatter our illusions and then to lead us into a deeper relationship with him.” 

• The Cry of the Soul, Allender and Longman
  
  

Mental Worship:

1. Is there someone you need to ask forgiveness for throwing an unbiblical fit? 
2. Do you cry out to God like this psalmist, or are you on your best manners when talking to him?
3. Is there something that if you knew God would resolve it, you would throw a biblical fit?
4. What situations tempt you to complain, get resentful, or lose hope?
5. Does the truth that God comes close in your trouble help you look at hard things differently?

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Pastor Clyde Copeland
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What Kind of Love Is This?
1 John 3:1

1. "See…"

2. "…what kind of love the Father has given us, that we should be called children of God…"

-Five kinds of God’s love
a. God’s love for God.
b. God’s love for His creation
c. God’s loving and salvific stance toward a fallen world
d. God’s particular, electing, adopting love for his children
e. God’s conditional love for his children

• 1 John 4:10
  
  

3. "…and so you are."

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Ian Weber, Student Pastor
Grand Parkway Baptist Church

The Purpose of Salvation
Titus 2:11-15


1. What is the purpose of Salvation v.12-13

A. To renounce ungodliness and worldly passions v.12
⁃ Isaiah 5:20 - moral confusion
⁃ Romans 1:18 - suppresses truth
⁃ Jude 1:4 - deny Jesus Christ
⁃ 2 Timothy 3:1-5
⁃ 1 John 2:15-17
B. To live in this age
3 ways Christians are to live in this age 
⁃ Self controlled
⁃ Upright
⁃ Godly lives
C. To wait for our blessed hope v.13
⁃ Titus 2:13
⁃ Luke 12:36


I What do you put your hope in?

II. Why did Jesus Give himself up for us? v.14
A. To redeem us from lawlessness
B. to purify us
C. to produce Zeal for good works in us


Have you experienced this kind of salvation?


III. the purpose of salvation is not
A. Escapism
B. A Private Matter
C. Contentment with our current condition


Mental Worship questions

1. What would you have said was the purpose of salvation before this morning? Did this morning change, add, or subtract from your understanding of that purpose?
2. Has the Holy Spirit trained you to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions? What is your evidence?
3. What would you have said before this morning are the three things the holy Spirit trains believers to be? Why do you think this passage says self-control, uprightness, and godly living? To what degree do those three characteristics define you?
4. What do you put your hope in? Have you ever put your hope in something that has failed you? Does knowing that Jesus is coming back and that he is going to make every wrong right help you get through tragedy?
5. Jesus gave himself up to redeem and purify us which should lead to a “Zeal for good works.” Where does this come out in your life?
6. Did anything you hear this morning convict you to live for a bigger view of salvation?

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Julian Solis, Spiritual Formation Pastor
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Created For Glory
Genesis 1:26-28

Embrace Dignity
• Genesis 1:26-28
• Psalm 8:5-6

Confront the Curse 
• Genesis 9:6
• James 3:9

Think I forgot how to be happy
Something I'm not, but something I can be
Something I wait for
Something I'm made for 

• Billie Eilish O'Connell / Finneas Baird O'Connell
  
  

Find Restoration in Jesus
 • 1 Corinthians 15:49

Mental Worship
1. Has sin—either your own or someone else’s—robbed you of a sense of identity, dignity, or purpose? How does the good news of Jesus speak into that today?
2. How does knowing that you were created for God’s glory shape your vision of life?
3. How might the truth that all people are made in God’s image affect your view of family, culture, and work right now (v. 5)?
4. How does God’s plan to make you more like Jesus help you envision your future? What is your next step to join Him in that work?

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Neil McClendon, Lead Pastor
Grand Parkway Baptist Church


The Balance of God
Jonah 4:5-11

1. The direction of disobedience, v. 5

 Here are some examples from Genesis of how eastward movement symbolizes departure from God’s will…

 a) Adam & Eve are put out of the Garden on the east side
 b) Cain settles east of Eden
 c) The builders of Babel are headed east when they decide to build a tower so as to make a name for themselves
 d) Lot separated from Abram and traveled east near Sodom and Gomorrah

Here is how we drift away from God…

 1) a fixation on the physical over the spiritual in your priorities
 2) a loss of sensitivity

“You will say that these are very small sins; and doubtless, like all young tempters, you are anxious to be able to report spectacular wickedness. But do remember, the only thing that matters is the extent to which you separate the man from the God. It does not matter how small the sins are provided that their cumulative effect is to edge the man away from the Light and out into the Nothing. Murder is no better than cards if cards can do the trick. Indeed the safest road to Hell is the gradual one — the gentle slope, soft underfoot, without sudden turnings, without milestones, without signposts.”  - C.S. Lewis, The Screwtape Letters

 3) the glorification of feelings


2. God acts sovereignly to reveal His nature and our need, v. 6-8

Three ways God demonstrates His nature…

 a) His name- v. 6- “YHWH Elohim”
 ⁃ YHWH- speaking to Israelites (particular) 
 ⁃ Elohim- speaking to non-Israelites (universal) 
 b) His sovereignty- “appointed…”
 c) His patience- v. 9 


Three ways God demonstrates our need…

 a) provision- v. 5
 b) experience- v. 6
 ⁃ Matthew 7:1-2
 c) isolation- v. 8b


3. God is not ashamed of you, v. 10-11

 2 Peter 3:9-10


Mental worship…

 1. What does drifting away from God feel like in your life?
 2. Are you biggest priorities physical or spiritual in nature?
 3. What is the latest thing you could clearly identify as God’s provision?
 4. Is there anything you think or feel but you only say to yourself?
 5. What are some of your takeaways from the book of Jonah?

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Wade Burgess
Executive Pastor


The Cure for Circumstantial Amnesia

Psalm 136

His steadfast love endures forever

His - God
 • Psalm 23
 • Psalm 90
 • Psalm 103
 • Psalm 139
 • Psalm 145

Steadfast - a firm, unwavering commitment and determination
Love - God’s love is the only one experienced from a perfect being with perfect intent
Endures - to withstand hardship, persecution, or adversity with patience and perseverance

We cure amnesia by:

1 Giving Thanks - v 1-4
2 Seeing Nature - v5-9
3 Telling Stories - v 10-22
4 Recognizing the Order - v 23-26


Mental Worship
1. How could you make it a habit to count your blessings?
2. If you were to write your own Psalm, what should it include?
3. If your story is only of pain and heartache, what do you think God is up to?
4. Are you more likely to remember than anticipate God's goodness?

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Jonah 4:1-5
God’s Freedom To Be God

1. God’s nature doesn’t conform to our emotions, v. 1

Four things about anger…
a) anger is a secondary emotion
b) anger doesn’t earn me the right to be in charge
c) anger turned inward becomes depression
d) anger is an invitation to identify your root idols

Four root idols…
 Power: a longing for influence or recognition
 Control: a longing to have everything go according to my plan
 Comfort: a longing for pleasure
 Approval: a longing to be accepted or desired

2. God’s nature is not subject to our preferences, v. 2-3

Components of a prophetic complaint…
a) We accuse God of injustice
b) We point to something God said, did or didn’t do as evidence
c) We request a correction of the injustice

Three things about God’s nature…
1) it’s not one dimensional
2) it’s not open to interpretation
    • Exodus 34:6-8
3) it’s expressed in God’s timing
    • Nahum 1:1-15

3. God’s nature invites self-reflection, v. 3-4

Mental worship…

1. What is your theology of anger?
2.  Does your love of country ever over rule God’s love for the nations?
3. Are you balanced in your view of God’s nature? 
4. What part of your life is God’s nature inviting you to think about today?
5. What kind of spiritual progress have you made over the past year?

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Neil McClendon, Lead Pastor

The Essence of Biblical Repentance
Jonah 3:3-3:10

1. The message you preach informs the response, v. 3b-4
Romans 3:23
Romans 3:21-25

2. There is a difference in repentance and appeasement, v. 5-9

Notice what they did…
a) they believed God, v. 5
b) they were sorry, v. 5
c) they went into a complete fast
d) they prayed, v. 8
e) they turned from sin and violence, v. 8

2 Corinthians 7:8-13

The fruit of repentance…
1 earnestness- what is your focus?
2 eagerness to clear yourselves-is telling the truth hard for you?
3 indignation- where is your anger directed?
4 fear- what is your fear?
5 longing- what is the biggest desire of your heart?
6 zeal- what are you most passionate about?
7 punishment- who do you want to punish?
8 proof- what do you point to as evidence that your repentance is real?
9 comfort- who is comforted by your repentance?


3. God’s mercy is easily accessible, v. 10
Ephesians 2:4-6
Lamentations 3:22-24
Isaiah 30:18
Psalm 103:8
Hebrews 4:16
Psalm 23:6



Mental worship…

1. What is missing from the message you preach?
2. Which best describes the way you respond when you sin: appeasement or 
    repentance? 
3. What did you hear today that you will think about this week? 
4. Do you believe God’s mercy is as big as His sovereignty? 
5. Do people enjoy themselves around you?

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Jonah 2:10-3:3b
God’s Commitment to the Message


1. God speaks to anyone who will listen, v. 2:10

Some of the ways God speaks to us…

a) Creation

Psalm 19:1-4
Romans 1:18-20

b) Bible/the Word

Psalm 1:1-3

c) prayer
d) spiritual authority
e) circumstances


2. God repeats Himself, v. 1-2

Three similarities between them…

a) Peter ran from his calling, just like Jonah, and Peter got a second chance to submit to God. 
b) Peter is similar to Jonah in that he was the first of the apostle to cross the Jew/Gentile boundary with the gospel.
c) Peter receives his vision about the animals being clean at the house of Simon the Tanner in the city of Joppa. 

3. God speaks through His prophets, v. 2


“We are not diplomats but prophets, and our message is not a compromise but an ultimatum.”

• A.W. Tozer
  
  

Three evidences of a prophet…

a) They live in the unseen.
b) The speak for God.
c) They move according to the word of the Lord, v. 3


= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = 

Mental worship…


1. When is the last time you had good “tone” on something? 
2. When you pray, are you talking to God or thinking about the people in the room who are hearing you? 
3. Have you ever tried to disqualify yourself with your behavior from something God was calling you to?
4. What one word best describes a life lived according to the Word?
5. What would you like to ask God to repeat?
6. Do you have prophetic friends and who are they?

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Neil McClendon, Lead Pastor
Grand Parkway Baptist Church


The Glory of Disobedience
Jonah 1:17-2:10

Introductory thoughts…

     a) We have consumed Jonah upon our comfort theology
     b) The book of Jonah was not recorded as they were happening. The first part of our passage is descriptive and then there is this long psalm of thanksgiving from verses 2-9 which describes, after the fact, what Jonah went through.
     c) You have to pick your miracle.

1. A sovereign God does everything for a reason, v. 17
-Matthew 12:38-41

2. It’ never too late to pray, v. 2:1-2
Luke 16:22-24

3. There is a consequence for disobedience, v. 3-6a

Progression of disobedience…
     a) deceitfulness of sin
     b) rationalization

“Rationalization is a process of not perceiving reality, but of attempting to make reality fit one’s emotions.”
                 -Ayn Rand
c) hardness of heart
d) seared conscious

4. This is a picture of salvation, v. 6b-9
Ephesians 2:1-2, 4-5

“The highest motive, in heaven and earth, for obedience is love resulting from gratitude.”
             -Dan DeHaan

Mental worship…

1 Do you ever find yourself asking God to prove Himself to you?
2 What is the weirdest place you’ve ever prayed from?
3 Thinking back in your life, can you see places where sin deceived you?
4 Do you believe in a God who punishes sinners not just sin?
5 What is the trajectory of your relationship with God these days? Down, away, or up? 
6 Do you have to work up the energy to be thankful or does it come naturally? 

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How To Solve A Problem
Jonah 1:4-2:1

1. What is the nature of the problem? v. 5-6
Jeremiah 23:18-22

Three kinds of response to the problem…

a) spiritual- “each cried out to his god”   
1) polytheism- the belief or worship of more than one god.
2) monotheism- the belief that their is only one God. Dt. 6:4
3) henotheism- the belief that there are many gods who are the same 
               but they are just called by different names. 

b) physical- “and they hurled the cargo that was in the ship into the sea to lighten it for them.”
c) emotional- “But Jonah had gone down into the inner part of the ship and had lain down and was fast asleep.” 


Inappropriate sleep patterns/habits are many things…
a) a sign of depression
b) a form of avoidance
c) subtle form of escape
d) unconscious denial- an unconscious response to a conscious problem. 

2. Who is responsible for the problem? v. 7-16

3. What is God’s response to the problem? v. 17

“God’s grace is not infinite. God is infinite, and God is gracious. We experience the grace of an infinite God, but grace is not infinite. God sets limits to His patience and forbearance. He warns us over and over again that someday the ax will fall and His judgment will be poured out.”  - R.C. Sproul

Mental worship…

1. Are you currently living in disobedience to something the Lord has told you to do?
2. What is the order by which you respond to problems? 
3. Is God repeating anything to you these days?
4. Is there anybody that you refuse to have your mind changed about?
5. How is God’s judgment a sign of His love? 
6. Have you ever had an experience with God’s judgement that turned your heart back towards God?

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How to change spiritual numbness
1Samuel 3:1-18

1. Believe that God wants to speak to his people. v.1-4

How God speaks
A. The Spirit
B. The Scripture 
C. The Church

2. Know God must reveal himself. 4-7

3. Remember God is patient but not a pushover. 11-14

Obstacles to hearing God
A. Sin   
B. Inexperience
C. Expectation

4. Accept that God does what he wants. v.16-18


Mental Worship

How does God usually get your attention?
Has God reveled himself to you? How do you know?
What is a recent Word God has said to you? What are you doing with it?
If God were to answer the next thing you ask him, what would you ask?
Has God ever used hardship as a way of rescuing you?
What do you have to do more of, or less of, to hear God better?

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God’s Big Picture Plan for Resurrection Sunday
Luke 24:36-49

1. That something hard to believe would happen, v. 36-43
     Two responses to Jesus…
          a) doubt, v. 38
          b) disbelieved for joy, v. 41

“"If Christ is not risen, nothing else matters. And if Christ is risen, nothing else matters.”
             - Jaroslav Pelikan

2. That we would have a Bible we can believe, v. 44

3. That Christ should suffer, v. 46
     Luke 9:22

Three reasons Christ had to suffer…
     1) because we’ve all sinned and fallen short of God’s standard
     2) because our sin separates us from God
     3) because sin requires a sacrifice for us to be reconciled to God

4. That on the third day He would rise from the dead, v. 46
     Some examples of the third day pattern…
          a) Genesis 1:9-13- God creates dry land, vegetation, plants, trees
          b) Genesis 22:4- “On the third day, Abraham saw the place…”
          c) Jonah 1:17- in belly of the fish for three days and nights
          d) Hosea 6:1-2

5. That change would be possible for everyone, v. 47
     a) “of sins”
     b) “in his name”
     c) “to all nations” 

6. That we would have the capacity to do what God requires, v. 49

Mental worship….
1 How often do you struggle with doubt and are you doubting anything these days? 
2 When is the last time you experienced something so good it was hard for you to believe it?
3 What is one thing you would be willing to start believing about the Bible?
4 Have you gotten to your “third day” yet?
5 Do you need forgiveness for sin or do you need God to change how you  feel about what you did?
6 Do you ever experience this power that God promises?

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Three Truths That Transform
Luke 19:28-44

1. God has a plan for everything and our lives find fulfillment in God’s plan, v. 28-35
    • Zechariah 9:9
    • Luke 19:32

2. Worship accompanies what God does, v. 35-40
    • Three stages to worship…
          • what God does
          • who God is
          • what I do

3. Peace is found in a relationship with God, v. 41-44
    • Luke 14:31-32


Mental worship…

1. What area of your life feels like God does not have a plan for it?
2. Is your worship of God more about what He does or who He is?
3. Do you have a mechanism for remembering all that God has done in your life?
4. Have you made your peace with God?
5. Is there anybody that you are seeing as you need them to be but not as they really are? 

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Dr. Chris Brooks, Pastor to Pastors | Local Church

This sermon explores the “terrible word” of God’s judgment and the “terrific opportunity” of salvation, as seen in Zephaniah 3:14-17. We often forget that God is not a distant deity, but a mighty warrior who saves, comforts, and delights in His people.   

The prophet Zephaniah reveals that God’s salvation comes even from His own wrath, described as “The Day of the Lord”. This sermon will dive into the significance of the Day of the Lord, including both judgment and the hope brought by Jesus Christ.   

We'll discuss the specific reasons for God’s judgment: indifference, idolatry of affluence, and the sin of syncretism. But even within this message of judgment, there is a call to seek the Lord, pursue righteousness, and find hope in salvation.   

Ultimately, for believers, there is the “terrific opportunity” to anticipate the Judgment Seat of Christ, where we will account for our faithfulness. This sermon will encourage you to live in light of this reality.

A Terrible Word & A Terrific Opportunity
Zephaniah 3:14-17

1. Iniquity of Indifference
2. Idolatry of Affluence
3. Sin of Syncretism


Mental worship…

1. Where do you need God to quiet you with his love?
2. When was the last time you experienced God delighting you with gladness?
3. In what areas have you started to act as if the Lord will neither move for good nor bad?
4.  Where are you sacrificing your integrity to save a few bucks?
5. What profane beliefs are you mixing with your sacred faith?
6. If you were to  “quest for the broadest capacity of heavenly reward possible by faithfully serving God,” what would you do differently this week?
7. How do you rejoice and express your gratitude to God for saving you from his wrath?

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The Cure For Church Hurt
Ephesians 4: 1-15

1. This is what we do, v. 11-12

 a) equip the saints for the work of ministry
 b) building up the body of Christ (church) 

• 2 Peter 3:1
  
  

2. This is the goal for what we do, v. 13
 a) to the unity of the faith
 b) knowledge of the Son of God
 c) maturity 
 d) fullness

3. This is why we do it, v. 14-15
 a) in true growth everything gets bigger, v. 15
 b) we all have a part to play, v. 16
 c) growth is the by-product not the goal, v. 16

Mental worship…

 1. How well furnished is your spiritual house?
 2. Who do you spend time with that provokes you spiritually?
 3. How do you measure your spiritual growth?
 4. What is the last thing you’ve learned about Jesus and how is it affecting the way you live? 
 5. How often do you experience fullness? 

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Julian Solis, Spiritual Formation Pastor

How Low Can Grand Parkway Go?
Philippians 2:5-11

1. Think like Christ in your relationships (v. 5).

"Has it ever occurred to you that one hundred pianos all tuned to the same fork are automatically tuned to each other?
They are of one accord by being tuned, not to each other, but to another standard to which each one must individually bow.”
A.W. Tozer, The Pursuit of God


2. Give like Christ, who gave His life for you (vv. 6–8).

Matthew 23:12 Whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.
Matthew 20:25-28


3. Allow the Father to lift you up (v.9-11).

Isaiah 45:23



Mental Worship:
 
1. In what ways are selfish ambition, rivalry, or pride showing up in your life right now (vv. 3–4)?
2. This passage calls us to have the mind of Christ. Where do you see yourself living this out well, and where is there room for growth (v. 5)?
3. As a Christian, you’re thankful that Jesus humbled himself and gave his life for your sins. Following that pattern of the cross, how might God be calling you to humble yourself and give today (vv. 6–8)?
4. Where is the Lord pressing you to live this out most— your church, home, work, or community?

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How Do We Keep Going?
Acts 28:17-31

1. The corporate nature of faith, v. 17-22

Hebrews 11:6-13
Hebrews 11:17-12:2

2. The sufficiency of Scripture, v. 23-27

2 Peter 1:16-21

Three things we believe about the Bible…

a) the Bible isn’t someone’s opinion 
b) people didn’t write the Bible
c) he Bible is the product of divine inspiration

3. That there will always be an audience, v. 28-29

Revelation 7:9-12

4. Stay focussed, v. 30-31

The book of Acts ends with a focus on two realities…

a) the Kingdom of God
b) the Lord Jesus Christ

Acts 1:1-3

“There can be no Kingdom of God in the world without the Kingdom of God in our hearts.”
            

• Albert Schweitzer
  
  

Mental worship…

 1. Will those who have gone before you recognize what you call faith? 
 2. When you think and talk about Christianity is it more in terms of “me” or “we?” 
 3. Is there anything you think about the Bible that may surprise someone?
 4. How would you describe the Kingdom of God to someone totally unfamiliar with this reality? 
 5. What are some things that stood out to you about the book of Acts? 

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How To Endure A Long Journey
Acts 28:1-16

1. Kindness helps, v. 1-2

“Kindness is a language which the non-verbal can speak and the deaf can understand.”              
             -C.N. Bovee
Romans 2:1-5

2. No karma in the Kingdom, v. 3-6
 
Luke 13:1-5

 Four core problems with karma…

 a) You are responsible for everything that happens in your life both good and bad
 b) You need neither prayer nor worship
 c) You have no explanation for trauma or tragedy
 d) Karma nullifies the reality of grace

Psalm 103:8-14

3. The Kingdom comes, v. 7-10

Luke 10:1-12

Four reasons for miracles in the New Testament...

 a) demonstrate God’s power and authority
 b) validate the messengers
 c) immediately piqued people’s interest in the Kingdom of God
 d) established a platform for the Gospel
 

4. The Kingdom is communal by nature, v. 11-16

Three Taverns was a real place some two thousand years ago on the Appian Way,  just outside of Rome. It was a traveler’s rest and is mentioned in the book of Acts. We don’t know much about it, but from stories we’re told it was a place of thanksgiving and communal hospitality. We imagine Three Taverns as a place weary travelers in the ancient world found rest, community, and conversation—centered around food and drink at the table. Though the world has changed immensely since days of the Roman Empire, the culture of the table has been a constant throughout the ages. At Three Taverns, we believe, as we gather at the table and share our lives together over good food and drink, we are formed at our best as humans. 



Mental worship…

 1 What questions is your soul asking after hearing this sermon today?
 2 What was your last experience with kindness that really hit the mark?
 3 Are you a functional believer in karma?
 4 When the Bible says of God that, “He does not deal with us according to our sins” what does that make you think, feel or want to do?
 5 What about your life makes people curious about the Kingdom?
 6 Where do you experience rest, community and conversation?

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Dr. Christopher M. Brooks
Pastor to Pastors | Local Church

THE FOG OF WAR
Ephesians 6:10-18 New International Version

“There are two equal and opposite errors to which our race can fall about the devils. One is to disbelieve their existence. The other is to believe and to feel an excessive and unhealthy interest in them. They themselves are equally please by both or errors, and hail the materialist or the magician with the same delight.” - C.S. Lewis The Screwtape Letters

“The greatest trick the devil ever played was convincing the world he didn’t exist”

• Kaizer Soze
  
  

 • Why can't I stop all these random and reckless thoughts?
 • Why do I feel this low grade anxiety in my chest?
 • Why is my heart always at war with destructive desires?
 • Why am I prone to the very behaviors that tore family apart?
 • Why is so hard to concentrate when I pray?
 • Why is all the news bad, polarizing, and demonizing?
 • Why is there so much injustice in the world?
 • Why do I even care?

The fog of war is the uncertainty in situational awareness experienced by participants in military operations. The term seeks to capture the uncertainty regarding one's own capability, adversary capability, and adversary intent during an engagement.

 • The devil is diabolos (Greek) – slander or accuser
 • The satan is hassatan (Hebrew) – accuser, howler, morning star
 • The evil one
 • The tempter
 • The destroyer
 • The deceiver
 • The great dragon. Who deceives the whole world
 • The ancient serpent who leads the whole world astray

Jesus also called him the prince of this world – archon - the highest ranking roman official in a city or region (John 12v31, 14v30, 16v11).

He claimed of the kingdoms of the world were his to give a way and Jesus didn’t disagree with him (Matthew 4v8-10).

He was created by God, (Ezekiel 28v15) This is key; he's not God's equal and opposite but a created being with a beginning. And an end.
 
His original role seems to have been the spiritual formation of human beings through testing. Think of how a teacher tests children to bring them to maturity. But (as we see in the story of Job) he began to drift from his charter and used his skill set to tempt human beings into spiritual deformation (Job 1vs6-12, 2v1-7, Matthew 4v1-11)
 
He sat on God's divine council, a group of hand-selected spiritual beings whose job was to collaborate with God's rule over the world (Gen 3, Isaiah 14v12-13, Ezekiel 28v12-15), But he choose to rebel against God's rule, to seize the world's throne for himself, and to enlist as many creatures as possible in his violent insurgency (Ezekiel 28v15-17, Revelation 12v1-9, 14v9-12, Luke 10v18, Isaiah 14v12-17).

For thousands of years, he held sway as the "prince of this world, "(John 14v30, 2 Corinthians 4v4, 1 John 5v19)
 
Jesus came "to destroy the devil's work (1 John 3v8). To"tie up strong man"(Mark 3v27) and set humanity free (John 8v32, 36)
 
Jesus's kingdom was, and still is, nonviolent. How-ever, Jesus likened the kingdom to a warlike assault on the "gates of hell (Matthew 16v18).”

In this ongoing war, harm - spiritual, mental, emotional, and even physical-is a very real possibility.
 
Our great hope is in Jesus's return to finish what he started.


MENTAL WORSHIP

 1. How do you understand the concept of spiritual warfare, and what role do you think believers should play in it today?
 3. What specific pieces

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How To Survive a Shipwreck
Acts 27


1. Have friends, v. 1-8

“I have many things to write you, but I don’t want to write to you with pen and ink. I hope to see you soon, and we will talk face to face. Peace to you. The friends send you greetings. Greet the friends by name.”

• 3 John 13-15
  
  

"Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another, 'What! You too? I thought I was the only one.’" 

• C.S. Lewis
  
  

2. Follow truth not money, v. 9-12

“For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evils. It is through this craving that some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many pangs.”

• I Timothy 6:10
  
  

3. Face the wind, v. 13-15


4. Allow the storm to clarify what is essential, v. 16-20


5. Listen to spiritual authority, v. 21-26

v. 24- “God has granted you all those who sail with you!” 


6. Have a means of measuring progress, v. 27-32

“They took a sounding...”


7. Find something to be thankful for, v. 33-38


“And when he had said these things, he took bread, and giving thanks to God in the presence of all he broke it and begin to eat.”


8. Do your part, v. 39-44

“He ordered those who could swim to jump overboard first and make for the land, and the rest on planks or on pieces of the ship. And so it was that all were brought safely to land.” 


Mental worship…

1. Who are the friends you look to in order to survive a storm?
2. What is your affection level towards money?
3. Are you avoiding anything or anybody that you need to face?
4. Before what people is it hardest for you to pray?
5. Have your emotions calibrated more towards the positive or the negative 
    because of the storms you’ve endured?
6. Looking back, what is the biggest storm you’ve been through and what 
    did God teach you about yourself, Himself and your faith?

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Tyler Moffett
Teaching Pastor at Grace Fellowship Church


John 1:1-5 (ESV)
 
LIGHT IS POWERFUL
 
LIGHT IS REVEALING

FIRST OPTION: HIDE
 
John 3:16-20 (ESV)

SECOND OPTION: CONFESS

John 3:21 (ESV)

1 John 1:5-10 (ESV)

"Any acceptance of the gospel that does not lead to a life of ongoing confession and repentance is not actually a belief in the gospel. To be 99% known and 1% unknown is to be completely unknown. And if you choose to live your life that way, you'll never experience love. You'll never be able to receive it because you are convinced that if the 1% was found out, they would reject you." – Matt Chandler

In confession the break-through to community takes place. Sin demands to have a man by himself. It withdraws him from the community. The more isolated a person is, the more destructive will be the power of sin over him, and the more deeply he becomes involved in it, the more disastrous is his isolation. Sin wants to remain unknown. It shuns the light. In the darkness of the unexpressed it poisons the whole being of a person. This can happen even in the midst of a pious community. In confession the light of the Gospel breaks into the darkness and seclusion of the heart. The sin must be brought into the light. The unexpressed must be openly spoken and acknowledged. All that is secret and hidden is made manifest. It is a hard struggle until the sin is openly admitted. But God breaks gates of brass and bars of iron (Ps. 107:16)." – Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Colossians 1:13-14 (ESV)


Questions
• What is the status of your heart this morning?
• Is there some aspect of your life that is currently in the dark?
• Where is God calling you to confess & repent this morning?
• The breakthrough to community often comes through confession. Who do you need to confess to this week?
• Do you believe you can be forgiven of all sin?

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Neil McClendon, Lead Pastor

Elements of An Effective Testimony
Acts 26:1-32

1. A past, v. 1-11

The glory of your present life should always eclipse the shame of your past. If not, you will always fear your past.

2. A conversion experience, v. 12-18

Three things that are universal for every conversion experience…

a) God appears to you, v. 16
b) God delivers you, v. 17
c) God sends you, v. 17-18

 Four things happen when people’s eyes are opened…

1) they turn from darkness to light
2) turn from the power of Satan to the power of God
3) they receive forgiveness of sin
4) they get a place among those who are sanctified by faith in Jesus (the Church) 


3. A consistent life, v. 19-23

A converted life is consistent to three things…

a) God’s vision for their life, v. 19-21
b) God’s help, v. 22 
c)  Biblical doctrine, v. 22b-23

 1)  atonement- Jesus died in your place/for your sins
 2)  resurrection- the receipt that confirms God’s acceptance
 3)  salvation- you can change because of the first two


4. A shared focus, v. 24-29


Mental worship…
 1 What are some of the “goads” in your life and to what are they pointing you?
 2 Is your life more of a reflection of God’s vision or your desires? 
 3 Have you ever experienced the help that comes from God? 
 4 What kind of world would it be if everyone was like you are spiritually? 
 5 Are you a prisoner to anything these days?

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The Ordination of Ian Weber
I Kings 19:19-21

"God’s call is an inner conviction given by the Holy Spirit and confirmed by the Word of God and the body of Christ.”
-Erwin Lutzer


1. You’ve got to understand some things, v. 19

Two things come with the Call to ministry…

a) gravity
b) gladness

2. You’ve got to say good-bye to some things and people, v. 20

3. You’ve got to sacrifice some things, v. 21

4. You’ve got to follow somebody, v. 21

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Gospel Perspective
Philippians 1:3-11

1. Look, God’s good work is sure
2. Look, God will bring His work to completion

Additional Verses Referenced:
   Philippians 1:9-10
   Philippians 2:16
   Philippians 3:20
   Philippians 4:4-5

Mental Worship:
1. What in your life has been eclipsing the good news of Jesus?
2. How does knowing that, God never stops working to redeem you, strengthen your faith?
3. Name three people that regularly help you maintain a “Gospel Perspective”. 
   a. If you can, praise God for them.
   b. If you can’t, pray to find them.
4. How does anticipating “The Day of Jesus Christ” encourage you to live for Him today?

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Big Picture Parenting
Luke 15:11-32

1. Always balance resource and relationship, v. 11-13

2. Consequences are necessary, v. 14-19

The Consequences of No Consequence…

a) irresponsible adults
b) more of the same
c) difficulty with social norms
d) impaired decision making ability 
e) over reliance on parents

3. Stay on the porch, v. 20

4. Beware of the style of relating, v. 21-24

Two dominant styles of relating:

a) transactional
b) relational

5. Never allow your children to be self-righteous, v. 25-32


Mental worship…
1 How does your children’s behavior affect the way you relate to them?
2 Which do your kids currently enjoy more, the resources or the relationship?
3 What core convictions do you want to instill in your kids before they leave home? 
4 What do you count on to motivate change in your children? 
5 Do you allow your children to experience consequences?

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