Write something about our death to self and new life in Christ. Use examples of things that die and new life is produced as a result, after fire, changing of seasons, pruning.
Archive for the ‘Ideas’ Category
Life and Death
Posted in Ideas, tagged Christ, Culture, Death, Discipleship, Faith, Life, Righteousness, Salvation, Suffering on 20 April 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Leadership, Parenting, Power
Posted in Ideas, tagged Illustration, Leadership, Quotation, quote on 21 October 2008 | Leave a Comment »
You can teach what you know, but you can only reproduce who you are. –Jonathan McKee
Rub Your Eyes to See Clear
Posted in Ideas, tagged Doubt, Faith, Illustration, Prosperity, Trust on 8 March 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Illustration — Rub your eyes, ask God to see your full potential, through His eyes.
True Fasting
Posted in Ideas, tagged Fasting, Oppression, Prayer, Righteousness on 2 August 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Write something on what God sees as true fasting using Isaiah 58 as a reference. “On the day of your fasting, you do as you please and exploit all your workers.” (v. 3)
Isaiah speaks against our Western society
Posted in Ideas, tagged Culture, Individualism, Righteousness, Wickedness, Wrath on 31 July 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Write something with regards to Isaiah 56:9-12, and beyond. It talks about the wicked and how they are as lazy as dogs, lacking knowledge, with great appetites, “they never have enough.” Each seeks his own gain, similar to the individualism of our culture. As well it describes how they wish to party and have fun, [...]
Why do we go to church every week?
Posted in Ideas, tagged Church on 25 January 2007 | 3 Comments »
Write something on the need to have fellowship each week with other Christians as instructed by God. “Let us not give up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but let us encourage one another–and all the more as you see the Day approaching.” — Hebrews 10:25
To marry or not to marry a non-believer
Posted in Ideas, tagged Marriage, Weddings on 22 January 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Write something about the need people must have for marrying people who have committed their lives to Christ. They must not marry someone who is not a Christian. Prove this teaching by referring to the fall of the Israelite kingdom after King Solomon, the wisest man of the world, married foreign women and was led [...]
Acknowledge Him
Posted in Ideas, tagged Faith, Salvation, Trust on 3 December 2006 | Leave a Comment »
Proverbs 3:5-6 Write something bringing together this scripture along with the stories of the Israelite kings and how they failed when they stopped acknowledging God and looking to Him in all their ways. They looked to other means instead of God and that’s when things would start going wrong. We must put God first in [...]
The God of All Comfort
Posted in Ideas, tagged Doubt, Funerals, Trust on 12 November 2006 | 1 Comment »
For just as the sufferings of Christ flow over into our lives, so also through Christ our comfort overflows. — 2 Cor. 1:5 This passage in 2 Corinthians 1, verses 3-7, is perfect for using when trying to comfort someone in mourning. It stresses the fact that Christ suffers along with us. While the passage [...]
