James 3:1-12
Accuracy (is it true?)
Intent (direction vs. destruction)
Motive (the “why” behind the words)
What is the AIM of my words?
Accuracy. Intent. Motive.
James 1:19 “let everyone be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to anger…”
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#LipSync: Are You Faking it?
Matthew 21:28-32 (reference)
Neither son intended to do the father’s will… but only the first son had a change of heart.
Neither son intended to do the father’s will… but only the first son was transparent.
Nothing good comes from faking it.
Take a step toward truth and transparency.
#LipSync: A Whole ‘Nutha Level
Words. Actions. Heart.
Psalm 19
Presumptuous means “overstepping bounds, taking liberties, going beyond what is right and proper because of an excess of self-confidence or arrogance, and failing to observe the limits of what is permitted or appropriate.”
Psalm 19:14
Our WORDS, our ACTIONS and our HEART (thoughts and feelings) need to be in sync with God’s will for us.
Philippean Missions
A Good (News) Christmas
More Than We Imagine (Part 3)
More Than We Imagine (Part 2)
More Than We Imagine (Part 1)
A New City
Revelation 21:1-5
Wayne Grudem: “Christians often talk about living with God ‘in heaven’ forever. But in fact the biblical teaching is richer than that: it tells us that there will be new heavens and a new earth an entirely renewed creation – and we will live with God THERE… There will also be a new kind of unification of heaven and earth… There will be a joining of heaven and earth in this new creation.”
Revelation 21:10-22:5
The new Jerusalem will be at the center of the future Heaven.
The new city will be a city.
The new city will be a physical place.
The new city will be beautiful.
The new city will be massive.
The new city will be perfect.
The new city will be radiant.
(Rev. 22:5)
The new city is where God dwells among us.
New Earth, New Heaven
Revelation 21:1-4
The new earth will be MUCH LIKE this earth, but it will be FAR BETTER than this earth.
Revelation 22:3
Isaiah 65:17-25
2 Peter 3:13
The new Earth is waiting on us.
Romans 8:19-23
The new Earth is the New Heaven. (They are one and the same.)
Ephesians 1:9-10
Jesus is the one who makes this possible.
Revelation 5:1-5, 9-13
Colossians 1:19-20