7-26-2015
Brock and Nancy Luginbill - International Missionaries to Ecuador

7-19-2015
"The Freedom of Forgiveness"
Ephesians 4:  29-32; Matthew 6: 12-15

THE FREEDOM OF FORGIVENESS Ephesians 4. 29-32; Matthew 6. 12-15 I.  ___-FORGIVENESS IS A HEAVY LOAD AND A DESTRUCTIVE FORCE A.  Unforgiveness often leads to “bitterness, rage, anger, harsh words, slander, divorce, strife, and other types of evil behavior- desires to “get even.”   B.  _______ marriage, every family, every church has times of disagreement, arguing, tension, and broken relationships.  II.  RESULTS OF _____________________ A.  Loneliness, bitterness, hatred  B.  __________ Spiritual Life- III.  THE BIBLE SAYS: ______________ A.  Jesus said it, Paul the writer of Ephesians…wrote it, wise men & women ever since have encouraged forgiveness.  B.  NOT AN EASY THING TO _____ IV.  BENEFITS OF FORGIVENESS A.  _____________ B.  Health & wholeness C.  Joy & graciousness V.  WHAT TO _____ - IN ORDER TO BEGIN FORGIVENESS PROCESS:   A.  Go to the person and “talk about it.”                                                   -Do a lot of “listening”                                                          -Hear the person’s motivation and their own pain/fear/struggle.                                                     -Assume responsibility for your actions & decisions to hold on to hurt.                                                     -Do something for the person who has hurt you…serve them, pray for them, do a kind deed.                                                   -Refuse to “re-hash & re-harbor” the same old issue  B.  Realize that forgiveness is often a __________…it may take some time C.  Ask Jesus to work in your heart, to help you forgive, and love like He does. VI.  TWO INDICATORS THAT YOU HAVE FORGIVEN (OR STARTING TO)  A.  Your feelings about the person have changed  B.  Forgiveness is genuine when you feel concern/compassion for the other person. VII.  HAS YOUR SPIRITUAL LIFE BEEN DERAILED BY UNFORGIVENESS & RESENTMENT?

7-12-2015
"Pleasure Without Penalty in God's Temple?"
1 Corinthians 6. 18-20, 1 Thessalonians 4. 3-8

Pleasure Without Penalty in God’s Temple?
1 Cor. 6. 18-20 -1 Thess. 4. 3-8

I.  THE ________________ CULTURE:
A.  Corinth – notorious as a city of wealth & ___________
B.  _________ of Aphrodite 

II.  WHAT DOES THE BIBLE ______?- 
A.  Paul is seeking to help Jesus’ disciples ______ WITH JESUS in a pagan culture.  
B.  Immoral sexual pleasure _______ penalty doesn’t exist 
C.  God ________ sexual experience to be part of the marriage of 1 man and 1 woman 

III.  MEN & WOMEN BATTLE SEXUAL _____ IN MANY FORMS:
A.  Homosexuality
B.  __________- Unmarried men & women living together, sleeping together  
C.  Others: Men & women battle against pornography

IV.  SEXUAL SIN HAS MANY _________________
A.  Personal Consequences:  Plus family, and social fallout
B.  _____________ Consequences:
C.  _____________ Consequences:

V.  SPIRITUAL CONSEQUENCES 
A.  How can you __________ your relationship with Jesus?  
B.  Will not God have the “last ________.”  (1 Cor 6. 9-11)

VI.  SEXUAL SIN CAN BE FORGIVEN
A.  King _________- a prime example
-God forgave him
-Yet the consequences ___________ him the rest of his life.
B.  Repentance is part of ___________- look at David’s prayer in Ps. 51

V.  BOUNDARIES CAN HELP TO PREVENT SEXUAL SIN:  (some to consider)
A.  Be ____________- 
B.  Remember who God made you to be: HIS ___________
C.  Flee-get away
D.  Take some specific ___________
E.  Walk with Jesus EVERYDAY- 


CONCLUSION:  You are not your own; you were bought at a price.  Therefore honor God with your body. (1 Cor 6.20) 

7-5-2015
"Freedom is Not Free"
John 9. 1-11, 19-25, 35-38