November 10 2013 Building A Life Of Sacrifice

BUILDING A LIFE OF SACRIFICE

Mark 12:41-44

Verse 41-42 – Jesus sat down opposite the place where the offerings were put and watched the crowd putting their money into the Temple treasury. Many rich people threw in large amounts, but a poor widow came and put in two very small copper coins, worth only a fraction of a penny.

Three Lessons On Sacrificial Giving

1. Her sacrifice symbolized her faith.

Verse 42 – The poor widow woman came.

Matthew 6:33 –But seek first His Kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.

2. Her sacrifice symbolized her surrender.

Verse 44 – But she, out of her poverty, put in everything, all she had to live on.

Romans 12:1-2 – I beseech you therefore brethren that you present your bodies a living sacrifice unto God.

3. Her sacrifice symbolized her love.

Matthew 22:36-37 – Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the law? Jesus replied, love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul and with all your mind.

Three Practical Thoughts on The Life Of Sacrifice

1. Only the gift that cost really counts.

2 Samuel 24:24 – Neither will I offer burnt offerings that cost me nothing.

2. Our privacy is a gift to give.

Paul Said – We have been bought with a price.

3. Being personal with someone else.

March 11 2012 Love In The Life Without Limits

Love In The Life Without Limits

Mark 12:41-44

Verse 41-42 - Jesus sat down opposite the place where the offerings were put and watched the crowd putting their money into the Temple treasury. Many rich people threw in large amounts, but a poor widow came and put in two very small copper coins, worth only a fraction of a penny.
Three Lessons on Giving Living

1. Your giving is a symbol of your Faith.
Verse 42 - The poor widow woman came.

Matthew 6:33 - But seek first His Kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.

2. Giving needs to be sacrificial.
Verse 44 - But she, out of her poverty, put in everything, all she had to live on.

Romans 12:1-2 - I beseech you therefore brethren that you present your bodies a living sacrifice unto God.

3. Giving expresses love.
Matthew 22:36-37 - Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the law? Jesus replied, love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul and with all your mind.

Three Practical Thoughts on Life Without Limits

1. Only the gift that costs really counts.
2 Samuel 24:24 - Neither will I offer burnt offerings that cost me nothing.

2. Our privacy is a gift to give.
Paul said - We have been bought with a price.

3. Being personal with others.

October 31 2010 The Harvest And Our Confession

The Harvest And Our Confession
 

(Jonah 1:7-16 - Then the sailors said to each other, "Come, let us cast lots to find out who is responsible for this calamity." They cast lots and the lot fell on Jonah. So they asked him, "Tell us, who is responsible for making all this trouble for us? What do you do? Where do you come from? What is your country? From what people are you?" He answered, "I am a Hebrew and I worship the LORD, the God of heaven, who made the sea and the land." This terrified them and they asked, "What have you done?" (They knew he was running away from the LORD, because he had already told them so.) The sea was getting rougher and rougher. So they asked him, "What should we do to you to make the sea calm down for us?" "Pick me up and throw me into the sea," he replied, "and it will become calm. I know that it is my fault that this great storm has come upon you." Instead, the men did their best to row back to land. But they could not, for the sea grew even wilder than before. Then they cried to the LORD, "O LORD, please do not let us die for taking this man's life. Do not hold us accountable for killing an innocent man, for you, O LORD, have done as you pleased." Then they took Jonah and threw him overboard, and the raging sea grew calm. At this the men greatly feared the LORD, and they offered a sacrifice to the LORD and made vows to him.)

Lessons From The Confession

1. Confession moves us out of our confinement
 

(Verse 8 - What do you do? Where do you come from? What is your country? From what people are you?)

Perhaps much of what is wrong with the world today is because the church has lived in confinement concealing its identity.

2. Confession solves the confusion of the world
 

(Verse 10 - What have you done?)

When there is a lack of sincerity in our faith, a deviation in our walk or an attitude of indifference, people around us find an increase in uncertainty about their feelings toward God.

(verse 11 - So they asked him, "What should we do to you to make the sea calm down for us?)

*Peter
*Paul

3. Confession will calm the storm in other people's lives

It is often the sacrificial giving of our lives that God works through to touch those who are around us.

October 31 2010 The Harvest And Our Confession

The Harvest And Our Confession

(Jonah 1:7-16 - Then the sailors said to each other, "Come, let us cast lots to find out who is responsible for this calamity." They cast lots and the lot fell on Jonah. So they asked him, "Tell us, who is responsible for making all this trouble for us? What do you do? Where do you come from? What is your country? From what people are you?" He answered, "I am a Hebrew and I worship the LORD, the God of heaven, who made the sea and the land." This terrified them and they asked, "What have you done?" (They knew he was running away from the LORD, because he had already told them so.) The sea was getting rougher and rougher. So they asked him, "What should we do to you to make the sea calm down for us?" "Pick me up and throw me into the sea," he replied, "and it will become calm. I know that it is my fault that this great storm has come upon you." Instead, the men did their best to row back to land. But they could not, for the sea grew even wilder than before. Then they cried to the LORD, "O LORD, please do not let us die for taking this man's life. Do not hold us accountable for killing an innocent man, for you, O LORD, have done as you pleased." Then they took Jonah and threw him overboard, and the raging sea grew calm. At this the men greatly feared the LORD, and they offered a sacrifice to the LORD and made vows to him.)

Lessons From The Confession

1. Confession moves us out of our confinement

(Verse 8 - What do you do? Where do you come from? What is your country? From what people are you?)

Perhaps much of what is wrong with the world today is because the church has lived in confinement concealing its identity.

2. Confession solves the confusion of the world

(Verse 10 - What have you done?)

When there is a lack of sincerity in our faith, a deviation in our walk or an attitude of indifference, people around us find an increase in uncertainty about their feelings toward God.

(verse 11 - So they asked him, "What should we do to you to make the sea calm down for us?)

• Peter
• Paul

3. Confession will calm the storm in other people's lives

It is often the sacrificial giving of our lives that God works through to touch those who are around us.