Relationships #1 - The Men in Our Life
Relationships - Each week during the month of May we'll look at some categories of people who have had some form of influence upon our life.
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Grace Church holds a Meet & Greet for those who are newer to Grace Church on the 4th Sunday of each month following the service in CJ's coffee shop. It is a great opportunity to meet the staff and leadership of Grace Church and learn a little more about the church. It also gives us an opportunity to learn a little about you! Contact Leslie Booher if you have any questions ([email protected]).
Sunday, May 3rd - Claude Snider
Tuesday, May 5th - Pastor Don & Evie Roscoe
Wednesday, May 6th - Rick Vessecchia, David & Elesha Smith
Saturday, May 9th - Tonia Webster
Tuesday, May 5th - Pastor Don & Evie Roscoe
Wednesday, May 6th - Rick Vessecchia, David & Elesha Smith
Saturday, May 9th - Tonia Webster
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Our May series deals with the subject of RELATIONSHIPS. Each week we'll look at categories of people who have had some form of influence upon our life.
1. Negative Influence
2. Passive Influence (not moving or memorable)
3. Constructive Influence (mold areas of our life)
4. Positive Influence
1. Negative Influence
2. Passive Influence (not moving or memorable)
3. Constructive Influence (mold areas of our life)
4. Positive Influence
Today we're looking at the MEN in our life. Think back over your life and think of 1 or 2 men who have influenced you in a constructive or positive way.
Think fathers, relatives, husbands, bosses, friends, teachers, coaches, etc.
It has been said, "Some men are like a master builder and others are like a demolition specialist...systematically tearing us down. The results are a structure of significance or a pile of rubble."
Think fathers, relatives, husbands, bosses, friends, teachers, coaches, etc.
It has been said, "Some men are like a master builder and others are like a demolition specialist...systematically tearing us down. The results are a structure of significance or a pile of rubble."
1. The NEGATIVE Men / The Messed-Up
Psalm 1:1
Wicked - have not repented of sin and have established their own god
Sinners - those who attitudes, ambitions, affections, and actions are contrary to law
Mockers - individuals who openly display contempt for God, authority, and goodness
Psalm 1:1
Wicked - have not repented of sin and have established their own god
Sinners - those who attitudes, ambitions, affections, and actions are contrary to law
Mockers - individuals who openly display contempt for God, authority, and goodness
Psalms 1:1
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1 Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked, or set foot on the path of sinners, or sit in the seat of mockers.
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2. The PASSIVE Men / The Missing
Psalm 27:10
There are many ways that a child is abandoned in our world today but the hardest is what we will call "on-site" abandonment where the father is not emotionally or actively engaged.
Psalm 27:10
There are many ways that a child is abandoned in our world today but the hardest is what we will call "on-site" abandonment where the father is not emotionally or actively engaged.
Psalms 27:10
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10 Though my father and mother forsake me, the LORD will receive me.
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3. The CONSTRUCTIVE Men / The Molders
There is an incredible failure in America and in God's Church in molding the future of our young people. 2 Timothy 3:1-5
We have to be intentional! Be a disciple who makes disciples and quit living for this culture and playing church...we must live for Christ!
There is an incredible failure in America and in God's Church in molding the future of our young people. 2 Timothy 3:1-5
We have to be intentional! Be a disciple who makes disciples and quit living for this culture and playing church...we must live for Christ!
2 Timothy 3:1-5
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1 But understand this: In the last days terrible times will come.
2 For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy,
3 unloving, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, without love of good,
4 traitorous, reckless, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God,
5 having a form of godliness but denying its power. Turn away from such as these!
2 For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy,
3 unloving, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, without love of good,
4 traitorous, reckless, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God,
5 having a form of godliness but denying its power. Turn away from such as these!
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4. The POSITIVE Men / The Miracle Workers
Mark 5:19-20
The Lord made a real spiritual difference in the life of this man. Jesus challenged him to GO!
Mark 5:19-20
The Lord made a real spiritual difference in the life of this man. Jesus challenged him to GO!
Mark 5:19-20
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19 But Jesus would not allow him. “Go home to your own people,” He said, “and tell them how much the Lord has done for you, and what mercy He has shown you.”
20 So the man went away and began to proclaim throughout the Decapolis how much Jesus had done for him. And everyone was amazed.
20 So the man went away and began to proclaim throughout the Decapolis how much Jesus had done for him. And everyone was amazed.
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At the beginning of the service you identified a man or two who had made a positive influence in your life. The question is, what person is going to be able to say that about you someday? You must make a choice to be an influencer!
Have you signed up to serve & minister?
Have you been a part of a H.O.M.E. Group or Grace U Classes?
Have you gotten involved to make a difference in your community?
Psalm 78:70-72
Have you signed up to serve & minister?
Have you been a part of a H.O.M.E. Group or Grace U Classes?
Have you gotten involved to make a difference in your community?
Psalm 78:70-72
Psalms 78:70-72
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70 He chose David His servant and took him from the sheepfolds;
71 from tending the ewes He brought him to be shepherd of His people Jacob, of Israel His inheritance.
72 So David shepherded them with integrity of heart and guided them with skillful hands.
71 from tending the ewes He brought him to be shepherd of His people Jacob, of Israel His inheritance.
72 So David shepherded them with integrity of heart and guided them with skillful hands.
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