Episodes
Monday Jun 27, 2016
Anger!
Monday Jun 27, 2016
Monday Jun 27, 2016
☼ Playing God….. Jonah 4:1
⌂ What seems to be wrong to me about what God is doing?
⌂ What do I become angry about?
☼ How Not to Pray ! …. Jonah 4:2-3
◊ Do I pray …or do I tell God what to do?
◊ 4 Great Attributes of God
• Gracious & Compassionate
• Slow to Anger
• Abounding in Love
• Relents from Sending Calamity
◊ Bad prayer request…..
⌂→ What do you have in your life…that, if it was taken
from you, would cause you to run from God?
☼ God’s Great Question? …..Jonah 4:4
►Isit right for you to be angry?
☼ Throwing a Spiritual Tantrum….. Jonah 4:5-9
□ Building a Victim shelter.
□ God gives grace and a plant!
□ Am I happy about the wrong things?
□ God gives consequences.
□ Conviction – Another Question….
☼God Answers …. Jonah4:10-11
⌂ Are we concerned about the right things?
⌂ God’s great concern for lost people.
Apply!
⌂→ What seems wrong to you about what God is doing?
⌂→ Has God stepped in front of your idol?
⌂→ Have I built an idol of anger or despair?
⌂→ Is your identity built on something other than Jesus?
⌂→ Do I see people through the eyes of Jesus?
Sunday Jun 19, 2016
A Second Chance - Mark Brauss
Sunday Jun 19, 2016
Sunday Jun 19, 2016
→An Explosion of Grace
☼ The God of Second Chances …..Jonah 3:1-2
⌂ The WORD
⌂ The Command
⌂ The City
⌂ The Message
☼ Obey? ….. Jonah 3:3-5
◊ Decision ….
◊ A Prophecy of 8 Words
⌂ Judgment
• From the Outside
• From the Inside
• From Jesus? ….. Revelation22:14-17
◊ Revival…..God Moves
☼ A King’s Decision …… Jonah 3:6-9
→ 4 Steps of Response
• Rose • Took Off • Covered • Sat Down
→ Philippians 2:5-11
╬ Proclamation
⌂ No Food or Drink
⌂ Call Urgently to the One True God
⌂ Give Up Evil Ways &Violence
☼God Sees….. Jonah3:10
╬ The Compassion of God …… Matthew 9:35-38
☼ Proclaiming the Good News
☼ Seeing the Crowds ↔ Compassion
☼ The Harvest is Plentiful
☼ The Need for Workers
→ What Does God See In Your Life? …..in Your Actions?
Sunday Jun 12, 2016
Stress - Mark Brauss
Sunday Jun 12, 2016
Sunday Jun 12, 2016
► Pray ! ….. Jonah 2:1-2
• Am I in the belly of a fish that God has provided?
• What is my current distress?
→ Have I called to the Lord? (I Peter5:7)
☼ 2 Powerful Actions God Takes When You Pray:
1. He answers you!
2. He listens to your cry!
► A Psalm of Drowning …. Jonah 2:3-7
⌂ Why does God overwhelm us?
⌂ What pit has the LORD brought you up from?
• Genesis 50:20 ↔ Philippians 2:13
⌂ What to do when you feel your life ebbing away?
►The Power of Choice …. Jonah2:8-9
∆ Idols – The Exaltation of My Opinion
My Logic
My Intelligence
☼ Current Cultural Idols:
⌂ A Low View of Who God is….
⌂ A Low View of God’s Word…..
⌂ A Low View of the Church …..
⌂ A Low View of My Actions(Sin) ….
→ Consequence → turn away from God’s love / forfeit grace
☼ A Vow ….
◊ Grateful Praise?
◊ My vow will match my actions.
◊ Will I share the Gospel?
• Romans 1:16 • Romans 10:13 • Philippians 2:9-11
► When God moves …. Jonah 2:10
Sunday Jun 05, 2016
Running from God - Mark Brauss
Sunday Jun 05, 2016
Sunday Jun 05, 2016
☼ Veggie Tales? ….
•Matthew 12:39-41/Luke 11:29-32
☼ When God Speaks to You …. Jonah 1:1-3
⌂ Go ! …. Ninevah?
⌂ Run ?
Tarshish ← 2500 miles ← Joppa → 550 miles → Ninevah
☼ God moves ….. Jonah 1:4-6
☼ A Question of Identity …. Jonah 1:7-9
⌂ 5 Questions….
⌂ 1 Answer…..
⌂ The Dichotomy → Beliefs ↔ Action
☼ Confrontation …. Jonah 1:10-12
◊ What have you done?
◊ What should we do?
◊ Owning Your Problem….
☼ Crisis Management….. Jonah 1:13-15
□ Self Effort
□ Pray !
□ Obeying God…..
☼ God Answers .…. Jonah 1:15-17
╬ He calms the sea…..
╬ He allows the opportunity to trust Him…….
╬ He provides the fish ….