- Story of Frog and Rock

- Acts 17:24-31 – Paul speaking to Athens

#1 – Giving is about the heart not finances

- 2 Cor. 9:6-13

#2 – God doesn’t NEED our money

- Matt. 17:24-27

#3 - You will be obedient and blessed

- Mal. 3:6-12

#4 – How important is our money systems?

- Rev. 21:18-21

- Can we trust the Lord for our finances?

- Story of Frog and Rock

- Gen. 1:1-5

- John 1:1-5

The entire bible is a miracle

- Eph. 1:3-8

#1 - When do we get it?

- Isa. 40:12, 22-31

#2 – Why would we ever turn our back on God

- Gal. 4:8-9

Community of Grace

Community of Love

Community of Hope

Community of Growth

Community of Worship

Community without Borders

- Lev. 19:9-18

- LOVE one another

- John 14:34-35

- loving God means loving others

- John 14:15

- 1 John 2:3-6

- love means obedience

- Matt. 6:24

- love means commitment – completely

- Ps. 97:10

- love means hating sin

- John 8:3-11

- love is grace and forgiveness

- Love means accountability

- Matt. 24:9-14

- Luke 19:28-44

#1 – The coats and palm branches are not for us

#2 – We have been picked to carry the King

#3 – We are just doing what we were created to do

- Don’t let your influence get bigger than your integrity

- King Xerxes got upset at Queen Vashti

- Xerxes loved Esther and made her Queen – not just concubine

Faith is:

#1 – Trusting God when it doesn’t make sense

- Esther 2:17-23

- Esther 3:1-5, 13-14

- Esther 4:6-16

- Esther 6:1-6

#2 – Trusting God WHERE you are

- Esther 7:3-6

- Esther 8:10-13

- Isa. 55:8-9

- Mark 6:1-6

- John 7:1-9

- Statements from James

- James 3:17-18

- James 2:5-7

- James 1:5-8

- 1 Cor. 15:6-8

#1 – Faith that surrenders pride

#2 – Faith that stands strong against anything

#3 – Faith that will change those around us

- Gen. 12:1-5a

- Gen. 12:10-20

#1 – Abraham was willing to follow God anywhere

- Gen. 15:1-6

#2 – Abraham couldn’t trust God with the smaller details

- Gen. 16:1-4

- Heb. 11:8-16

- Can we trust God for the big picture?

- Can we trust God with the details?

- Matt. 6:31-34

- Fanatical faith – put everything on the line for Jesus

- Mark 6:45-50

- Matt. 14:27-33

#1 – Peter walked when no one else would

#2 – Peter said he believed Jesus was the Son of God

- Matt. 16:15-17

#3 – Peter was going to fight for Jesus

- John 18:10

#4 – Peter stood up and spoke in face of persecution

- Acts 2:14

#5 – Peter embraced forgiveness when he doesn’t deserve it

- John 21:6-8

- John 21:15-17

- Gen. 37:9-11

- Gen. 37:18-20

- Gen. 37:26-32

- Gen. 39:1-6

- Gen. 39:10-12

- Gen. 39:19-23

- Gen. 40:8, 23

- Gen. 41:15-16

- Gen. 41:37-40

- Job 1:6-12

- Eph. 6:10-14a

- What kind of life do you want?

- God’s plan or yours?