Theme: The Beatitudes It is Mission Sunday and our Bible study draws our attention to evangelism as a be-attitude. Hope you are ready? See attached outline for your reference and preparation. Key Learning Points: 1. Evangelism is a primary reason Jesus Christ calls people to Himself. It is a call, commission, and commandment to all believers, and we have been given power and authority to do it. Like Paul, it is a necessity laid upon Read more…
Theme: The Beatitudes Brethren, Often, our prayers tend to incline towards a problem free life. But in ‘Blessed are those who mourn,’ our Lord Jesus seems to be turning that on its head. Please see attached outline as you prepare for this challenging teaching on the blessedness of loss/grief. Key learning points include: God desires that we mourn when we commit sin, i.e., experience godly sorrow, and that we repent genuinely and turn away from Read more…
Theme: The Beatitudes This SUnday, we continue our study on the blessedness of those who are poor in spirit. This time, our focus is on humility and dependence as aspects of that poverty of spirit. Key Learning points include: 1. Dependence on God enables humility because we realize Jesus is the only possible strength for our weakness. To pretend otherwise is folly. 2. When we all humble ourselves before God and one another (whether we Read more…
Theme: The Beatitudes This week we dig into the kingdom blessings. Our first stop is surrender as an aspect of being poor in spirit. Key Learning points include: 1. Jesus came to this earth not to set up a physical, material, or political kingdom but to usher in a spiritual kingdom, the kingdom of heaven. 2. To be candidates for God’s kingdom, we need to be spiritually poor – this requires that we surrender our Read more…
Theme: The Beatitudes Happy New Year!!! The introductory notes to the 2022 quarter 1 sermon series fittingly reminds us that the dawn of a new year is a drawing closer of the coming of the Lord. And we need to live as those who are eagerly expecting that coming of the Lord (2 Peter 3:11). So, we start the year with a look at the Beatitudes. The goal is to help us understand the nature Read more…
Theme: Servant Leadership Brethren, The New Year is just a few hours away. May GOd take us there safely. Beginning Sunday, January 1, we start a new quarter series on Servant Leadership. And our first topic is: Christ our example of a servant leader. This is a fitting way to start the New Year, looking at an aspect of the life of Jesus and His invitation to us to follow in His servant example, which is so Read more…
Theme: The World Earnestly Awaits Your Manifestation Brethren, Trust this message finds you well. Christmas in the air! In John 3:19 Jesus declared the entrance of light into the world. But sadly, men preferred darkness rather than the Light. So, He left us here to continue to shine the light into our world. Salt and light are the focus of our Bible study this Sunday as we continue the quarter series on The World Eagerly Awaits Your Read more…
Theme: Love: A More Excellent Way Compliments of the season. All this quarter, we have been exploring Love- A more excellent way. THis week, we turn our focus to a real and direct command – Love one another. See attached outline for your reference. Key learning points include: 1. Love one another is a command not a suggestion. A distinguishing mark of being a follower of Christ is a deep, sincere love for brothers and Read more…
Theme: Love: A More Excellent Way I trust this finds you well and rejoicing in Jesus. We continue with our quarter series on Love- A more excellent way. The topic we are considering this time is ‘Love finds joy in doing good’ See attached outline for your reference. Key Learning points include: 1. Love that finds joy in doing good is decided, intentional and premeditated 2. Since love comes from God, the ability to find Read more…
Theme: Love: A More Excellent Way Our series on Love-A More Excellent Way is getting more tangible as we look at God’s love in action. Key learnings 1. God’s Love is Revealed in Christ – Christians must look to God and to Jesus Christ for a picture of what love in action is (relentless, enabling, other seeking, self-initiating & sacrificial) and apply them to our lives. 2. God’s Love is Revealed through His Children – Read more…