Romans 12:13 Contribute to the needs of the saints and seek to show hospitality. We are designed to worship God, not just through music on Sundays, but through practical action every day. We’ve studied worship as discernment, being the church, loving each other, being passionate, enduring troubles and more. In this post, we’ll consider three […]
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Romans 12:12 Three more ways to worship God with practical action: Rejoice in hope, be patient in tribulation, be constant in prayer. Rejoice in Hope Rejoice means to be glad. Hope means anticipation of something certain. Here God is not saying, “Be glad because something good might happen.” He’s saying, “Be glad because something good
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God has been teaching us what to believe and what to do. In this verse, he teaches us how to be. Do not be slothful in zeal, be fervent in spirit, serve the Lord. Romans 12:11 Note the underlying assumption that one can change the way they are. We are expected to respond obediently to
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Here are my notes from the final three evenings of revival last week: Monday: 1 John 3:1-3 Our privilege: we are loved by God. In Jesus, God lavished his love on us, transforming us from enemies to children. Our promise: Jesus will return. We will be like him, perfect physically, emotionally and spiritually. We will
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Romans 12:9-13 You may have noticed a common theme among the sermons at Dulin’s Grove: It’s all about Jesus! It is important to me that our people understand that their good deeds and religious activities do not earn God’s favor. God already loves us maximally through Jesus. This point has been clearly made during our
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I’ll be posting a summary of my notes from each night of revival this week. Here are my takeaways from last night: 1 John 2:1-6 This stuff about Jesus is either true or false, real or fake. In our over-familiarity with Jesus, we tend to reduce him to myth and morality tale (like one of
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