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January Spiritual Life - Spiritual Fruit Pt.7 Spiritual Life - Spiritual Fruit Pt.7 Date: January 4, 2004 Sun AM Teacher: Pastor Star R. Scott Synopsis: The strongest love that exists is obedience and choice; it's not emotion. Our natural tendency is envy. The greatest of us is the one most aware of his debt and the servant of all. The fruit of the spirit is to love God and your neighbor. To forgive is not once for all but daily. Love is the will of God being done in the believer's life. The fruit of the spirit always represents the spirit of the law, not the letter of the law. All the fruits find their strength in love. It's how you respond when people are at their worst that shows genuine love. The Africa Vision Unfolding The Africa Vision Unfolding Date: January 4, 2004 Sun PM Teacher: Pastor Ron Zarou Spiritual Life - Spiritual Fruit Pt.8 Spiritual Life - Spiritual Fruit Pt.8 Date: January 7, 2004 Wed PM Teacher: Pastor Star R. Scott Synopsis: How you relate to one another tells how you're walking in the Spirit. When you're emptied of self you'll fill others with Jesus. Look beyond minor irritations. Live a life of forgiveness. Don't try to turn them into you - make them the best them they can be. Willful emptying of ourselves to help others. He that loveth not is selfish- too busy to serve the body - knoweth not God. Empty yourself to fill the other person with the glory of God. Having freely received look for opportunities to freely give. Spiritual Life - Spiritual Fruit Pt.9 Spiritual Life - Spiritual Fruit Pt.9 Date: January 11, 2004 Sun AM Teacher: Pastor Star R. Scott Synopsis: Walk in the Spirit by allowing the self life to be crucified. The reason we can't get free from the flesh is because we're preoccupied with it. You are not more of a sinner because you commit an act of the flesh. Love always acts. The expression of love is a choice to let God live through us. Motivate one another to live for God's glory and not their own. We need to become obsessed with being mixed in and working in harmony with the body. Bring one another to the place of selflessness. Be kind, tenderhearted one to another. Love doesn't think evil; it doesn't minimize sin in one's own life but magnify it in another's life. Spiritual Life - Spiritual Fruit Pt.10 Spiritual Life - Spiritual Fruit Pt.10 Date: January 11, 2004 Sun PM Teacher: Pastor Star R. Scott Synopsis: The fruit of the spirit is the practical working of Jesus in our lives. Fruit will manifest when we are one with one another. We get focused on the blemish and don't see the person. Tenderness. Endurance isn't just tolerating each other; it's getting involved. Sometimes its easier for us to forgive the big sins rather than the small ones. It's a high calling to be used as a pruning instrument for someone. Forbearance and forgiveness go hand in hand; the ability to set aside. Do not think your conscience is the highest moral standard. The mature party bears the infirmity of the weak. Forgive them from the perception of the wickedness in your own heart. There is no clearer look into our own hearts than when someone sins against us. Pastor Panel Discussion Pastor Panel Discussion Date: January 14, 2004 Wed PM Teacher: Pastoral Staff Synopsis: When God forgives our sin, in His mind, it never happened. But when we refuse to forgive, all of our sins are brought back into God's mind. You have to be able to forgive yourself. All of our sin is against God. Forgiveness is an act of faith - an expression of love. Not To Us Pt.1 Not To Us Pt.1 Date: January 18, 2004 Sun AM Teacher: Pastor Richard Miller Synopsis: Whenever we're seeking our own glory we're robbing God's glory. We forget that God has "set us so". Whenever you're not satisfied in Father, something is wrong with your communion. I want my talk and my actions to bring glory to God and not myself. You have got to do whatever it takes to stop the sin that takes you. You get free from pride through worship and ascribing all glory and majesty to God. Make God big and make me small. If God is not your trust you're going down. Give no opportunity to your flesh by waking in the greater power of the Holy Spirit. Your glory and trust in yourself is what prevents you from knowing Father. He strips your glory away so you can know His glory. God's Glory on Display Pt.1 God's Glory on Display Pt.1 Date: January 18, 2004 Sun PM Teacher: Pastor Chuck LaRock Synopsis: It violates the purpose of God when we try to get glory for ourselves. God created us to bring Him glory. It's offensive when we want to take credit from God's glory. God wants us to bear fruit for His glory. All creation speaks of God's glory. God has designed for us to find joy, delight and gladness in all He is. Take some time to mediate on His greatness and the glorious splendor of his majesty. We're being delivered from the love of us. It's so much better to rejoice and delight in God than to rejoice and delight in yourself. God wants us to find our joy and contentment and satisfaction in Him. When you get a glimpse of God you don't need anything else. Every attribute of God is awesome. God delights in His own glory. There is no greater love that God can have for you than to point you to Himself. God's Glory on Display Pt.2 God's Glory on Display Pt.2 Date: January 21, 2004 Wed PM Teacher: Pastor Chuck LaRock Synopsis: When God gives it's at great cost to Himself. When He gives it's to receive glory. God delights in love. God's attributes reveal His glory. We only see a manifestation of God's glory - not the fullness. Satan wanted to compete with God for His glory. Man wants to glorify himself. When you trust in your prayer time and bible study you're trying to enhance God's glory. God wants all the glory for your salvation. When we fear man instead of God we rob His glory. No man is to be our joy or delight. Power comes with revelation of God. We provide a good contrast for God's glory. Our death produces life in others because they see the glory of God. Not To Us Pt.2 Not To Us Pt.2 Date: January 25, 2004 Sun AM Teacher: Pastor Richard Miller Synopsis: God is jealous for His glory. Make sure none of God's glory goes to your idols. How much of God's glory you can see is in direct proportion to how much of your glory has been stripped away. Job was a man that God was proud of. God puts you in the fire to destroy any hope and trust you have in yourself. God wants us to stay until we are thoroughly melted. Trials are to prove our faith, purify our faith and exercise our faith. Your faith is genuine if you're willing to die for it. People who faint don't have genuine faith. The Christian walk is a walk of chastening. Not To Us Pt.3 Not To Us Pt.3 Date: January 25, 2004 Sun PM Teacher: Pastor Richard Miller Synopsis: Making sure God gets His glory. We like to get some of the credit. God receives glory when we become vessels of honor through which His spirit can flow. The gifts working in you are only from the grace of God. Seek the power - don't seek the position. You're just trying to draw attention to yourself. Don't go beyond the grace. Mama Zebedee. How much of our worship is pure? In the world - position is power. In the Kingdom of God all the praise goes back to God. Worship to Him takes priority over ministering to needs. Ministering to need is for worship to God. There is no sibling rivalry in the Body. Vacuuming the carpet is supernatural when it's done to the glory of God. God's Glory on Display Pt.3 God's Glory on Display Pt.3 Date: January 28, 2004 Wed PM Teacher: Pastor Chuck LaRock Synopsis: We are too big and God is too small in our eyes. God will become bigger in our eyes if devotion is in our hearts. Is the way I live proficient in expressing what I believe in Him? Who should be the object of our affection? Devotion to self is death. He wants our life to be all about Him. We fail to see the huge gulf between God and us. God wants to be glorified in us all the time. Our self is always screaming for attention. Trying to find fulfillment and contentment in self is death. God wants us to pursue glorifying Him.	February Not To Us Pt.4 Not To Us Pt.4 Date: February 1, 2004 Sun AM Teacher: Pastor Richard Miller Synopsis: We are surrounded by enemies. The enemy will do anything that would cause us to hesitate. Most of our failures are because of the weights we picked up along the way. Cast down imaginations. If its not drawing you closer to God it's from the enemy - it's a weight. Everything we tasted left a seed. Seduction is gradual. Man without God is on a course of destruction. We work so hard on things that don't matter. God will let you find out that without Him there is no hope. You will walk free from the entanglements of this world to the degree you learn there is nothing in this life worth living for. The only meaning and worth is in the will of God. You wouldn't want the world's approval if you had Father's approval. There is no greater joy than pleasing Father's heart. God's Glory on Display Pt.4 God's Glory on Display Pt.4 Date: February 1, 2004 Sun PM Teacher: Pastor Chuck LaRock Synopsis: With God you are not just sustained. God satisfies abundantly. God is not stingy - we fail to draw upon Him. We give up too soon on God and don't press in. God is all satisfying if we'll give Him the opportunity. Your affections for God will be more easily stirred when you have a pattern of spending time with Him. Ask God to make himself real through the trials in your life. Serving God is not something we do out of obligation. Make the Lord the object of your delight. Find your joy in the Lord in spite of how things are going. Don't be your own god. We need a bigger vision of God. We should have strong affections for the Lord. Our Father Our Father Date: February 4, 2004 Wed PM Teacher: Pastor Star R. Scott Synopsis: God can not be comprehended but He can be known. Attributes of God. We don't know our Father because He's infinite. You haven't begun to taste the infinite love the Father has for you. In Father's family there are no favorites. We are loved equally and totally. Everything you can imagine God is - He is beyond. God is no respecter of persons. Where you are will make you who you need to be for His glory. Strongest spirit your kids will face is humanism. Has the God you serve been created to serve you in your mind? God loves you. He made you what you are and He's making you who you will be. God sees the finished product. Our Father's Gift Pt.1 Our Father's Gift Pt.1 Date: February 8, 2004 Sun AM Teacher: Pastor Star R. Scott Synopsis: Fatherhood of God. Nothing in your life happens that Father doesn't allow and use to your good. Father doesn't love us because we're worthy, but because He's God. He can't be comprehended but He can be known through the Holy Spirit. What God did 2000 years ago; He expects to do in your life today. We need a fresh outpouring of the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit is not an "IT." He is a distinct personality. He desires to speak to us. Nothing will happen without your pursuit. Prayer is communion. You're not heard for your much speaking but for your purposeful speaking. We have to ask the Holy Spirit to be involved in our lives. We try to use our own inner voice as the Holy Spirit. We think our will is the will of God. The power of God works readily in the empty life. The voice of the Holy Ghost is always in contrast to natural wisdom. The Holy Spirit never speaks of Himself. Our Father's Gift Pt.2 Our Father's Gift Pt.2 Date: February 8, 2004 Sun PM Teacher: Pastor Star R. Scott Synopsis: You won't hear the voice of the Holy Spirit until you can say, "...not my will." The liar will tell you whatever you want to hear. The inability to deal with truth will keep you in darkness the rest of your life. God wants to reveal your heart to you so He can make you who He wants you to be. Maybe your perception of yourself is not correct. Micaiah - do you want to hear something good or the truth? There is nothing more dangerous than believing a lie about yourself and surrounding yourself with people who support the lie. Are you going to trust God with your life or not? When you choose the voice of darkness, God becomes your enemy. Father is trying to make you in His image. Reprioritize your treasures so you can hear the Spirit of Truth. Our Father's Gift Pt.3 Our Father's Gift Pt.3 Date: February 11, 2004 Wed PM Teacher: Pastor Star R. Scott Synopsis: Father will see to it that you are the best you that you can be. If you're going to be a champion, then it starts with knowing the truth about who you are. God is perfection in a hostile environment. We're vexed constantly. We mistake knowledge for experience, maturity and fruit. Don't listen to the knowledge that comes out of your head. Listen to the fruit that comes out of your heart. You don't want to be answered according to your idols. We're endangered by the ever present battle with pride. God wants to bless you - why are you trying to protect your idols from God? Your idols have a hold on you because you've never done without. We're in shape for what we're doing but are we in shape for what's coming? Do you know the God of the Bible or the God you've created? The voice of God: works with your soul, never overrides will, releases the gift of faith and self is always present. Whenever you hear confusion you need to back off - you're not ready to make a decision. We're on a mission to leave a greater generation. The Holy Spirit will always speak toward the motive and not the circumstances. We expect perfection in every area of our life except spiritually. Our Father's Gift Pt.4 Our Father's Gift Pt.4 Date: February 15, 2004 Sun AM Teacher: Pastor Star R. Scott Synopsis: God's love for you in infinite. Idealistic. We think everything needs to be perfect in our natural life, but we settle for good enough in our Christian walk. Most of us spend our time praying about things God isn't speaking about. Most of the time the voice we hear is conscience. The voice of self is affected by external input. Our conscience is usually dealing with things God isn't talking about. Everything with the voice of God is eternal about the kingdom and character. Seek First. If you're not at peace you don't believe God loves you and can provide for you better than you can for yourself. God doesn't want to talk about the house you live in but how you run your household. If it's under the lordship of Jesus you're not worried about it. We believe what we've heard about God but we don't have a relationship. Pastoral Panel Discussion Pastoral Panel Discussion Date: February 15, 2004 Sun PM Teacher: Pastoral Staff Synopsis: We want to know more than we need to obey. God won't tell you to do something that will result in less fruit for the kingdom or less glory for Himself. You miss God when you overlook general revelation for specific guidance. You know you're temperate when you can do without the other things. Why aren't we addicted to prayer and the presence of God? We'll never be better until we can face the truth of what we are. If you're predominantly praying about temporal things they are idols. A Heart To Pursue A Heart To Pursue Date: February 18, 2004 Wed PM Teacher: Pastor Chuck LaRock Synopsis: Are you putting forth effort? Pursuing the knowledge of God. Seek revelation that's new to you. God reveals himself through creation, the Word, Person of Jesus. We see God's glory in the way Jesus lived. Are you aggressive or passive in your prayer time? We need a deeper understanding of the simple things. Humility. Draw courage and inspiration through saints dead and alive. Have a heart fixed on the Lord. Don't give up in opposition. Passion to live what you see and know. Meditate expectantly waiting for revelation to come at any moment. He wants us to see Him as great and glorious. Loving His Appearing Pt.1 Loving His Appearing Pt.1 Date: February 22, 2004 Sun AM Teacher: Pastor Richard Miller Synopsis: How much in the forefront of our mind is the Lord's return? Are we preparing for that place as much as the groom is? The Lord's return should preoccupy your thoughts. Thief in the night. What are you conscious of? There's a difference between doctrine and expectation. Wise and foolish virgins. To the foolish, the preparation is obligatory. Live together with the Lord. The preparation for the wedding is not too much - it's a joy. Loving His Appearing Pt.2 Loving His Appearing Pt.2 Date: February 22, 2004 Sun PM Teacher: Pastor Richard Miller Synopsis: He gave to every man His work. We all have a task. The servants were doing their Lord's business. Completely abandon the self life. Everything we've gained goes back to Him. God expects you to be a profitable servant. Self righteous people see holiness as a way of advancement. Holiness is about being involved in other people's lives. Jesus is looking for a bride that has the same heart that he has. The task is to love these brothers and sisters the way he has loved you. Prepared for the Lord's return is in direct proportion to how much of your life you've given away for your brother's and sisters. We all need to do our part to prepare the bride. Laying down your life for your children. Purify yourself. You're ready for the rapture if you've loved your brothers. If you don't have confidence in the day of judgment its because you're not doing your job. Lovest Thou Me? Pt.1 Lovest Thou Me? Pt.1 Date: February 25, 2004 Wed PM Teacher: Pastor Star R. Scott Synopsis: Obedience changes you. Disobedience is denying the Lord. Without Jesus we produce nothing. If it is for God - then it must be by God and nothing else is acceptable. You can't go back and be the success that you were. Are you content in what God has made you? You're only happy where God has put you. We're not following God we're abiding in Him. Is God sufficient when everything else goes away? Don't worry about what everybody else is doing. Do you love Jesus? If you love Him, you'll have different treasures. The amount of love you have for the Lord will be shown in the amount of time you spend knowing Him, declaring Him, and living for Him. Follow me. Don't say you love Him and your house is out of order. Your treasures are temporal. The religious Jesus is embraced while the Biblical Jesus is rejected. Lovest Thou Me? Pt.2 Lovest Thou Me? Pt.2 Date: February 29, 2004 Sun AM Teacher: Pastor Star R. Scott Synopsis: Not my will but thy will is what it means to be a Christian. Our life process of sanctification is to know who we are. It's in our momentary dying that we live. We need to die to every area of our lives. Satan desires to sift you. Doctrine doesn't hold up - only relationship. For faith to be perfected it has to be tried. Once you can own up to the fact that you're a failure then you can be a success. When you fail - get up and finish the task. Your love correlates to your obedience. God can affect His will with anyone that doesn't quit. Past performance is irrelevant, only present availability matters. If you love Jesus, you will be hated by all natural men. Lovest Thou Me? Pt.3 Lovest Thou Me? Pt.3 Date: February 29, 2004 Sun PM Teacher: Pastor Star R. Scott Synopsis: Jesus isn't taken up with anything that glitters. He's taken up with you. Obedience is a choice. You can't be tempted beyond your ability to do what's right. Not an obedience that brings salvation, but an obedience brought about by salvation. If you love Him, do whatever it takes to crucify your flesh. Obedience is the consequence of regeneration. Grace is the source of obedience not a substitute for obedience. We are no longer slaves to sin because of heart obedience. The more you obey, the weaker sin is in your members. Decide to obey before the temptation. As soon as you decide to obey, Satan will try to distract you. To will and to do. The nature of Jesus was obedience to the Father. Jesus was not perfect because He was God; He was perfect because he obeyed God. If you're gonna call Him Lord, than represent Him correctly.
March See His Glory at the Cross See His Glory at the Cross Date: March 3, 2004 Wed PM Teacher: Pastor Chuck LaRock Synopsis: Holiness and purity at the cross. Suffering was the just recompense for our sins. When we look at the suffering Jesus we see the horror of our sin. Our sin is great because our God is great. Serve Him with gladness. Honor the Lord with your substance. How far behind the Apostle Paul are we? We can be blind to the magnitude of our wickedness. We're more uncomfortable when we don't have on the right clothes than when we don't have on Jesus. We should have a heart to represent Jesus well. We should not take the works of our flesh lightly. Jesus is the greatest hero the world has ever known. Lovest Thou Me? Pt.4 Lovest Thou Me? Pt.4 Date: March 7, 2004 Sun AM Teacher: Pastor Star R. Scott Synopsis: Don't ever think you deserve to live in ease and comfort. Are you trusting in the hands of Allstate or in the nail pierced hands of Jesus? What is the fruit in your life that says you love Him more than everything else? Ministry of Jesus was summed up in the Garden of Gethsemane. Ask for wisdom. Do you always pray for the easy way out or do you pray for wisdom? God is working in our lives to make us dependent on Him. Its all the stupid little decisions you're making on your own that's causing all your big problems. Obedience is humility in action. How do we know we're being obedient if we don't know what's being required of us. Obedience is the primary requisite for a successful life. It's amazing how you obey when God brings the sufficiency. Take whatever you have and combine it with a spirit of humility and it will be enough. Offer everything up to God and He'll make up the difference. You can't live on your past experiences; you must have a fresh visitation. Momentary dependence in every situation. No natural man will take you through the wilderness - only the Holy Spirit. Confident in your steps being ordered by the Lord. You're confused because you're double minded. When you seek God with all your heart you will be filled. Have we accessed everything available to us? God has more for us in direct proportion to our pursuit and obedience. Survey who you're hanging out with. The obedient experience fruit and rest. To be obedient to God you have to war with self. There are no answers in the world. Lovest Thou Me? Pt.5 Lovest Thou Me? Pt.5 Date: March 7, 2004 Sun PM Teacher: Pastor Star R. Scott Synopsis: Obedience is humility in action. Be aware of what you are able to do with God's strength. Everything you need to live a godly life has been given to you. Humility is not denying what you are it's yielding what you are to God. We are not all equal. Humility is the ability to recognize what we are, thank God for it, and yield it to Him for His glory. Redemption is stronger than genetics. God never makes exceptions to His law. God's faithfulness is to the obedient. We sell out cheap. We undervalue His blood and overvalue our ease, comfort and rights. When you choose not to obey the Word you're ashamed of the Word. Every act of disobedience is what caused Jesus to suffer on the cross. He's calling us to faithfulness without compromise. You obey or you're ashamed. At the point that disobedience becomes a lifestyle you are without a foundation. How Adults Relate To Teens How Adults Relate To Teens Date: March 10, 2004 Wed PM Teacher: Pastor Jeff Heglund Synopsis: We crave intimacy. Natural man wants to sneak around. Use your singleness for God instead of pursuing selfishness. Honor God in our relationships. Purity ushers you into the presence of God. Stay free in your heart and mind. Learn how to relate to the opposite sex in the body. The wrong mate is hell on earth. In a good marriage you're working through some pain. There is no commitment outside of engagement. Don't take fire into your bosom. Don't get alone. Whatever you feed will lead. Starve the Sumo of your sex drive. Don't freak out when you see obvious interest. Trust them until they give you a reason not to. Give them some rope. We're pretty much invincible except from within. Awake Out Of Sleep Pt.1 Awake Out Of Sleep Pt.1 Date: March 14, 2004 Sun AM Teacher: Pastor Richard Miller Synopsis: Know the time we're in. High time. The highest priority. Sleep. State of confusion. Numb. People like to live in fog because they don't like to deal with reality. The enemy loves ambush. The enemy wants you isolated and unaware. Jacob's ladder. You are spiritually asleep if you can't discern the Spirit of the Lord. How long are you going to let the worship leader worship for you? We're always betting that we have one more chance. Are you willing to gamble that THIS time is THE time? Walk as though you have nothing to hide. You are spiritually awake when every moment you are aware of His presence and His expression through you. It's easier to sleep than fight. Sleep on. It's too late. Don't let routine lull you to sleep. The problem is our heart. Christian life is a life of remembrance. We need to be continually reminded to obey. Everything I do is to prepare for the day of the Lord. Cares of this world. We don't believe the Lord can come back at any moment. Attend upon the Lord without distraction. Awake Out Of Sleep Pt.2 Awake Out Of Sleep Pt.2 Date: March 14, 2004 Sun PM Teacher: Pastor Richard Miller Synopsis: Watchfulness is a state of preparation. Watching is living for the eternal. Watch for the Lord's return. Give strict attention to. On guard to temptation. Satan knows which buttons to push. Spiritual awareness only comes from the presence of God. Only in His presence are our eyes opened. Watch through prayer. Our salvation is continually trying to be taken from us. Your grip should be getting tighter. Hold fast. Hasting - keep busy preparing. Can you discern the Lord at work in your life? Pleasures of this life. Are you dying more every day or is your flesh being resurrected more every day? Samson loosened his grip. Task at Hand Task at Hand Date: March 17, 2004 Wed PM Teacher: Pastor Steve Gardner Synopsis: Preach repentance and remittance of sins. You won't speak to every person you see. If you haven't repented, you're not free. The task at hand is to represent Father in the right way. There has to be an encounter with God. It's not your job that they get saved; it's your job to tell them what He told you to tell them. He's given us the power and authority to pull it off. The Joy of Dying Pt.1 The Joy of Dying Pt.1 Date: March 21, 2004 Sun AM Teacher: Pastor Richard Miller Synopsis: The right way to die is to lie still. The more you walk with the Lord you will be asked to die deeper deaths. The child of God is always ready to hear the voice of God. Every moment of waiting is the further proving of your heart. Your highest good is to die. God wants to find out what you're going to withhold. Every time you go up Mt. Moriah, God goes with you. Cast off the weights and sins. The joy was greater than the pain. Don't go on a seek and destroy mission to the flesh. Just keep obeying God. If the joy is not sustaining you you're dying the wrong way. The Joy of Dying Pt.2 The Joy of Dying Pt.2 Date: March 21, 2004 Sun PM Teacher: Pastor Richard Miller Synopsis: Chastening is for our good. God's proving. God's exercising. Progressive - deeper death. Self creeps in to our perceptions, our comments. You finish your course when you're through with this life. Finisher - one who completes to the end. God's coming after what you love. Jehovah Jirah - the Lord will see to it. Are you willing to give it all? Joy of knowing you're not alone. The joy gives the strength to endure the pain. Being reunited with the Father was the joy set before Jesus. You can't love the Father if you don't know Him. If you don't come to Him He can't run to you cry. Grace is sufficient. Rejoice in afflictions. Bitterness springs up because the joy is not set before you. Judgment According to Truth Pt.1 Judgment According to Truth Pt.1 Date: March 28, 2004 Sun AM Teacher: Pastor Star R. Scott Synopsis: We worship the creature more than the creator. Choose life. Sin is either lying dormant, subdued, or being empowered in your life. We only have the right to compare ourselves to Jesus. A bold stand for truth will not be tolerated today. We judge ourselves by our intentions. The word of God must be perceived as a unit. Man is depraved. Judge people not by their profession of Jesus but by their submission to Jesus. We are being vexed by the self-esteem gospel and the victimized mentality of life. They that knew God glorified Him not and were not thankful. Everything we do must be for the glory of God. Our obedience and love for one another indicated that Jesus is raised from the dead. Being born will send you to hell and being born again will get you out. All men are guilty and without excuse. Judgment According to Truth Pt.2 Judgment According to Truth Pt.2 Date: March 28, 2004 Sun PM Teacher: Pastor Star R. Scott Synopsis: Childlike faith and dependence. To walk in the moment is to experience eternity. Reprobate mind will never receive approval. Defecting into the kingdom of darkness. You get to think about yourself more highly that you ought to by thinking about yourself more often then you ought to. Be jealous for light and truth. You may not be partaking of the world, but are you sympathetic to it. Would you be doing it if you could? You're being drawn to the world to the degree of how little you've been tasting and seeing that the Lord is good. Are we thankful? Living in Liberty Pt.1 Living in Liberty Pt.1 Date: March 31, 2004 Wed PM Teacher: Pastor Star R. Scott Synopsis: Childlike Faith. Dependence. Reprobate mind will never receive approval. Calloused. Defecting into the kingdom of darkness. You are thinking of yourself more highly than you ought to by thinking about yourself more often than you ought to. Be jealous for light and truth. You may not be partaking of the world, but are you sympathetic to it? Would you be doing it if you could? To the degree that you're being drawn to the world is how little you've been tasting and seeing that the Lord is good. Are we thankful?	April Living in Liberty Pt.2 Living in Liberty Pt.2 Date: April 4, 2004 Sun AM Teacher: Pastor Star R. Scott Synopsis: Danger of vexation of the society we live in. Law of God. Moral law. Ceremonial law. Civil law. Liberty not to sin. Liberty to be free from the devil and a slave to God. Original sin came from the devil convincing man he could be free. Independence does not exist. You're under the lordship of Satan or God. You're never in liberty until you're walking in the truth. We're at liberty to love others. The Holy Spirit is the author of koinonea - not party time. We are not free from the law of love. We are free to serve one another. Liberty is being free from the works of the flesh. Who do you want to identify with? Liberty is being free from what anyone thinks or cares and doing what's right. Knowledge does not make you wise - obedience makes you wise. Living in Liberty Pt.3 Living in Liberty Pt.3 Date: April 4, 2004 Sun PM Teacher: Pastor Star R. Scott Synopsis: Your liberty is only a choice away. We don't abstain to be righteous. Abstinence does not make you holy. The only thing that satisfies is Jesus. Sin means to miss the mark. Sin is any choice that leads me to independence. Yield your members as instruments to righteousness to be free from sin. Yield yourselves to God. Start every day separating yourself to God. Flesh, Carnal, Worldly are all the same. Many of the things you wrestle with wouldn't be issues if you'd just yield to God. You have the right to die. We are never totally secular. Wherever we go someone is getting ministered to. Most of the time you would not take your liberty in something God has delivered you from. Why see how close you can get to it without sin? Living in Liberty Pt.4 Living in Liberty Pt.4 Date: April 7, 2004 Wed PM Teacher: Pastor Star R. Scott Synopsis: All of our lives are spiritually up and down. To live in the Spirit you will live in the community. No one can help you if you know it all. The Spirit of independence is the epitome of the carnal mind. Our equal rights movement is broken order. Eve immediately wanted someone else to join her in her independence. Adam chose Eve because he chose Adam. The problem with carnality is independence. The law is good. The law sets you free. Walking in the spirit is obeying the law. I'm righteous as long as I continue to believe His blood is sufficient. Carnal mindedness is rejecting God over natural wisdom. What can I do to become more dependent upon God? To become freer from the world. Who's your hero? To the degree that you derive pleasure from something is the power it has over you. It's not the amount of time but how important is it to you - the value or worth you place on it. Become spiritually minded by yielding yourself to God. Living in Liberty Pt.5 Living in Liberty Pt.5 Date: April 11, 2004 Sun AM Teacher: Pastor Star R. Scott Synopsis: The one that loves the Lord is adorning themselves with His character. We're in the last minute primping stage. Man has never had an original thought. You're identifying with one kingdom or another. Every amoral choice a man makes separate from the will of God is immoral. The moment a mind becomes secular its carnal. If it's not of God for God it's carnal. Yield yourselves unto God. Sin doesn't have dominion over you. You have to choose it. Besetting sins are constant. The carnal man will always gravitate toward sin. The more is yield myself to God the stronger my spirit gets. We want to be esteemed in the eyes of man. No condemnation is not no conviction. Image is nothing - substance is everything. Motive is everything in the kingdom. Which kingdom are you an evangelist for? Panel Discussion - Living in Liberty Panel Discussion - Living in Liberty Date: April 11, 2004 Sun PM Teacher: Pastoral Staff Synopsis: The secular becomes immoral when it's independent from God. Liberty to be free to glorify God. To every wrong decision there is a consequence. Parents can use rules as a replacement for a relationship. We need to have our own convictions. Follow those who are doing it right. Do you want to be a champion for God? Living in Liberty Pt.6 Living in Liberty Pt.6 Date: April 14, 2004 Wed PM Teacher: Pastor Star R. Scott Synopsis: Conscience can be weak or strong, defiled and seared. Conscience feeds the soul. A knowing within. Ability to choose between right and wrong. Will assists conscience as much as conscience affects will. Word of God has to be the primary source in building your conscience. What are your convictions? Knowledge puffs us but love builds up. If you think you've got it all together you're in trouble. There's only one God. The weaker your conscience, the more dependent you are on works. You keep it from having power over you by having power over it. Liberty is building others up and denying ourselves. God will give you abundant. You don't have to take it - let God give it. The Mark of a Worshipper Pt.1 The Mark of a Worshipper Pt.1 Date: April 18, 2004 Sun AM Teacher: Pastor Richard Miller Synopsis: Worship must originate in God. God will never become the treasure of your heart without worship. When you come into His presence you realize how far short you fall. Imitating God. A true worshipper has poured his heart out as God has. Worship will affect your conversation. Foolish talk. Live a clean life free from sin. Your tongue will tell on you. Live in the light. Jealous for the honor of God. The Mark of a Worshipper Pt.2 The Mark of a Worshipper Pt.2 Date: April 18, 2004 Sun PM Teacher: Pastor Richard Miller Synopsis: To know His glory is to know there's nothing else to live for. The presence of God can tame your tongue. It can subdue your flesh. When God is precious to you you'll gladly lay your life down. Nothing keeps your heart sharp like worship. Walk circumspectly. Worship originates in God, flows through us, consummates in God. God gives us the grace to worship. Living in Liberty Pt.7 Living in Liberty Pt.7 Date: April 21, 2004 Wed PM Teacher: Pastor Star R. Scott Synopsis: Your conscience can't be your guide. It has to be constantly cleansed in the Word of God. Christianity is not easy. There is a cross to take up every day. You were not saved to keep you from going to Hell - you were born again to glorify Him. The Word is intolerant of those that name Jesus but aren't changed. The Intimacy of Prayer The Intimacy of Prayer Date: April 25, 2004 Sun AM Teacher: Pastor Richard Miller Synopsis: Primary purpose of prayer is intimacy with Father. Set the Lord before your face. Prayer is warfare. This earth is a dry and thirsty land. There's nothing here worth living for. Prayer is accessing the presence of God. Are you looking every day for the miraculous of God? We get too busy - just listen. When you go to prayer-don't be rash with your mouth. The purpose of prayer is not you-it's Him. Intimacy can be fearful. Being busy in the kingdom of God can be an escape from intimacy. Get rid of all your agendas and let God set course. The Spirit will begin to show you what you are to do. How painful is your prayer? Do you yearn for Him? His Spirit confirms to me that I am His son. Prayer is not to get your prayer list prayed. I Need Thee Every Hour I Need Thee Every Hour Date: April 25, 2004 Sun PM Teacher: Pastor Chuck LaRock Synopsis: Discouragement when family leaves. We can't do anything that counts without Jesus. Calling upon God and ask for strength. What do you see in Jesus that you need in you? If you're becoming unfruitful it's because you're not abiding in God anymore. Your enemy knows there is a war going on- do you know it? We can't be like Jesus without Jesus. Watch Pt.1 Watch Pt.1 Date: April 28, 2004 Wed PM Teacher: Pastor Star R. Scott Synopsis: You can't step outside your prayer closet without getting polluted. We're living in a day where people want to be told a lie. Be honest with the condition of your heart. Are you prepared for the return of Jesus? Men are soliciting lies and making heroes out of people who hate Jesus. Are you aware of the seduction taking place in your mind? All that live godly in Christ Jesus will suffer persecution. Where is the fruit of you affecting those around you? It's about whom you're living your life for. The churches are full of people who think man is good and the Bible says that man is totally depraved. Do you know how you've been influenced by the world? Until you live in the Word all that you believe about yourself is a lie. Watch in all things. Loving His appearing. Watchfulness - not just watching for Jesus but watching your own life and condition. What is your pearl of great price?
May Watch Pt.2 Watch Pt.2 Date: May 2, 2004 Sun AM Teacher: Pastor Star R. Scott Synopsis: The love of many will wax cold. If you're not living in the Spirit you will fulfill the lust of the flesh. What are you doing to prepare to stand? How much time are you looking in the mirror to see your condition? Grace enables you to live victorious over the sin that used to dominate you. Look at your doctrine - what do you believe? Watch - guard yourself against the cares of this world. Everyday is an opportunity to serve others. Is life a privilege? Are you thankful for where you are in the Lord? Am I content in Jesus? There is nothing that I'm not guilty of. We are all alike. We deserve to be poor, sick, naked, and in Hell. We've been seduced by the world that we need to have better. Discontentment breeds discontentment. Who are you hanging out with? We are worthy and acceptable by abiding in the beloved. We are worthy when we find out that we're not - true heart revelation. Are you a child of the light? Do you live in the light? This is who I am - help me change. Deliverance is a choice. You choose to be free. Discontentment and unhappiness is an indictment against God. Watch Pt.3 Watch Pt.3 Date: May 2, 2004 Sun PM Teacher: Pastor Star R. Scott Synopsis: He's coming for a bride with no association with the world's system. Lives that are not out of control. Enough Oil. Excess. If things are getting worse shouldn't you be getting better? The five foolish knew where to get the oil and so do you. You spent your time on yourself rather than preparing for His coming. What are you doing to discipline yourself and live a life to please God? Watch Pt.4 Watch Pt.4 Date: May 9, 2004 Sun AM Teacher: Pastor Star R. Scott Synopsis: Lovers of pleasure, ease and comfort. Being a Christian is hard. Watchfulness is being prepared for the persecution. Do I have sufficient oil? How disciplined are you as you watch your heart? Watchful to bring glory to Father every day. Foolish virgins. Momentary immediate sufficiency. Taken up with past preparation. We take for granted the presence of God. The over emphasis of individual worth. Muse - discipline of meditation on God. Amusement - keeps you from the discipline of searching your heart. The heart of the Savior is exceedingly sorrowful in this hour that His bride departs from Him and falls in love with His enemy. The spirit is willing but the flesh is weak. Make your flesh strong by walking in the Spirit. Prove that you're ready to die for the Lord by living for Him. We have the wrong perception of who we are. Seductiveness of discontentment. God isn't at the top of the list - He's the whole list. We're all alike we've got to help one another if we're going to be victorious. God will save by those that are not so easily distracted by ease and comfort. Watch Pt.5 Watch Pt.5 Date: May 9, 2004 Sun PM Teacher: Pastor Star R. Scott Synopsis: Watch. Look in the heavenlies for your treasure. Even as He is pure. What you do with your hands is being placed in the hands of Jesus. It's for Him. Excellence is a way of life. Look at the fruit you're putting out - what's the quality? Pattern. Who are you patterning your life after? Who's your hero? Is everything you're doing somehow hooked into the kingdom? You will be blind to your own condition without humility. For every Gethsemane where we slept, For every judgment hall where we denied Him, there is an upper room. Humility is casting your care upon Him. Prosperity is the judgment of God - not the blessing. It's how Antichrist will destroy us. As a nation we don't trust in God. We trust in money. You can't save enough money for what's coming. A man's righteousness will sustain him. Crucified Pt.1 Crucified Pt.1 Date: May 12, 2004 Wed PM Teacher: Pastor Star R. Scott Synopsis: Walk of daily death. What kind of effort are you putting into this life? Splitting houses. I die daily. We are supposed to be crucified every day. It's ugly, it's violent, it's real. Come off your throne and climb on your cross. We promote self in the guise of serving Jesus. When you accept Jesus as Lord you abdicate your personal will. What are you filling your time with? Crucify self. Make no provision for your flesh. Dying daily is a choice. Constant warfare against the promotion of self. We don't realize that we're rebels because we're born that way. Self will is an offense to God. Gems of Tozer: "The new cross does not slay the sinner; it redirects him." "We want to be saved but we insist that Christ do the dying." Man can share himself, sacrifice himself, but never dethrone himself. The man being crucified is facing only one direction. He's not going back. He has no further plans of his own. Praying With Power Pt.1 Praying With Power Pt.1 Date: May 16, 2004 Sun AM Teacher: Pastor Richard Miller Synopsis: Roll your care onto the Lord so you can get back to praying about the glory of God. How much of your prayer time is spent just worshipping Him. Instead of praying for the specific circumstance, pray for the glory of God. The details are His business. Press in and seek to know His glory. If your whole motive isn't to glorify Father your prayers are in vain. What you pray about shows where your treasures are. Glorify God in me. You're not praying correctly if you're leaving without power. As soon as your life means something to you you're lost. If you're praying for yourself more than your brothers and sisters you're going to fall. You can only know yourself as He reveals it to you. The purpose of our life is to know Father. You can't come out of the presence of God without being changed. Crucified Pt.2 Crucified Pt.2 Date: May 16, 2004 Sun PM Teacher: Pastor Star R. Scott Synopsis: Every time you obey God Satan is tormented. If we don't move in the name of Jesus we are not moving in the power of God. The day is at hand when the name of Jesus will be a reproach. We are not waiting for eternity - we are IN eternity. We are in a life of accountability. Life is vanity without Jesus. Life is a time span of accountability. We all need to die. God has changed your heart - you need to change your affections. We choose the devil and we need to choose the cross. I have what God wants me to have. If you call Jesus Lord He will take your life over. We can make it through anything just knowing He cares for us. Crucified Pt.3 Crucified Pt.3 Date: May 19, 2004 Wed PM Teacher: Pastor Star R. Scott Synopsis: Choose - most of us get what we really want. It's all vanity. Only God will satisfy. Obedience is an attitude of heart. We abstain for His sake - to glorify Him. What will bring Jesus more honor in my life? The devil never offered you the whole world because he knows he could get you for less. If you are a normal Christian, then everyone else sees you as an extremist. You have to die - the sooner the better. The more you do it the more natural it is. If you have an appetite to change then you're born again. What provision have you made to be free? How bad do you want it? Put on the new man. Spiritually exercise to the point that it hurts the natural man. Crucified Pt.4 Crucified Pt.4 Date: May 23, 2004 Sun AM Teacher: Pastor Star R. Scott Synopsis: You don't have to go to Africa but your heart does. If you want to know the power of God you have to be emptied of all your own power. When sin begins to dominate you again, you are not crucified. We want to experience the resurrection power but we don't want to experience the humility of death. Our decisions every day keep our children from the cross. You can't be risen until you've died. One indication is the affection in the heavenlies. Are you content in the Lord? You can have a lot of fun but only ministry is gratifying. What has your heart? What has crept in and choked out the Word of God? Sin is not to be dominant in our lives. Crucify the independent Spirit. Pursuit of vain glory. Is our daily life about glorifying God? Vain glory- misconception of who we are and the praises of men. How is your appetite to become more humble? I Need Thee Every Hour Pt.2 I Need Thee Every Hour Pt.2 Date: May 26, 2004 Wed PM Teacher: Pastor Chuck LaRock Synopsis: We have neediness for God to give us Spiritual Sight. How strong is your faith? How easily can you be shaken? Faith is trust - reliance on a person. If you pray little, you depend little on God. Prayer is communion with God. Condemnation comes from legalism and self-righteousness. Depending upon God for Sight. When we see spiritual things the world is not as enticing. Praying With Power Pt.2 Praying With Power Pt.2 Date: May 30, 2004 Sun AM Teacher: Pastor Richard Miller Synopsis: Life, Joy and Peace are in Jesus. Your Father is doting over you to make sure the maximum fruit is born. We are to be IN the Lord. We will be chastened every day until we get to Heaven. Branches that don't bear fruit can still be very busy. The branch is not producing acceptable fruit. The deeper cleansing that takes place is the surrender of your self will. We often fall into the trap of serving ourselves and using God as an excuse. God has a plan for your life - you don't have to come up with your own. Our primary focus in prayer is to be more like Father. Praying With Power Pt.3 Praying With Power Pt.3 Date: May 30, 2004 Sun PM Teacher: Pastor Richard Miller Synopsis: Father will hunt you down to find out your motive for following Him. Deny yourself. The power comes when you have the right motive. The heart is wicked. Lust is insatiable. The power from the vine only flows when you are surrendered. Shaking. Though He slay me. Shaking will purge out selfishness. Satan's watching you to see what causes you to turn back.	June Praying With Power Pt.4 Praying With Power Pt.4 Date: June 2, 2004 Wed PM Teacher: Pastor Richard Miller Synopsis: Those who come with selfish motives will be shaken out. A heart of repentance comes from the Lord alone. It is impossible to turn your own heart. If you don't have victory you need seek God. Godly sorrow is the fuel for repentance. What do you have going on in your heart that you can't see? God can not and will not give repentance to a heart that is not surrendered. The lion knows to devour the people whose hearts are not fully surrendered. Remember Lot's wife. Don't look back. Divided loyalties will keep you from finding repentance. What sin you play with on your heart will become a stumbling block in your life. Why do you want to be a part of this vine? Praying With Power Pt.5 Praying With Power Pt.5 Date: June 6, 2004 Sun AM Teacher: Pastor Richard Miller Synopsis: Scriptures are not just for instruction, but for imparting power. There is no spiritual need that you have that the scripture doesn't answer. The knowledge of God is the conduit through which His power flows through us. If you want to encounter God it's going to come through His word. God wants you to study the word to know His heart and thoughts. How empty are you willing to become to be used of God? He wants a bride that is completely consumed with His life. God is not to be an addition to your life He is to be your life. The word of God is to impart life. It's not about education - it's about empowering. Imbibe the heart of God. Praying With Power Pt.6 Praying With Power Pt.6 Date: June 6, 2004 Sun PM Teacher: Pastor Richard Miller Synopsis: The glory of God resides in our hearts as His word is written on our hearts. Bearing fruit is to be consumed for someone else. Holiness means you're devoted to God - not yourself. Holiness is giving your life away to God. Our prosperity has robed us of our dependence on each other. You job is to bear one another's burdens. As an expression of my service to God I serve you. Harvest Time Harvest Time Date: June 13, 2004 Sun AM Teacher: Pastor Star R. Scott Synopsis: The church's primary mission is to show the glory of God and exhibit His presence. Man is not the focal point - God is. Effective evangelism is sharing with people how good God has been to you. A man with an experience is never at the mercy of a man with an argument. An evangelist heralds God. It is a compulsion. If you are full of the Holy Spirit you will be a witness. Ye that make mention of the Lord keep not silent. How much do you talk about Jesus? The greatest ministry is your personal testimony. If you can't live for the Lord now how do you expect to handle persecution? You can only love to the degree of revelation of how you have been loved. The key ingredient is availability. Run to the Rest Pt.1 Run to the Rest Pt.1 Date: June 16, 2004 Wed PM Teacher: Pastor Star R. Scott Synopsis: Rest of God. The ability to know that God cares. God has made provision to refresh you. If you are not being persecuted you probably are not living godly enough. You'll have to get rid of your agenda. The ability to live with out an agenda is the secret to living in the rest of God. God knows what you have need of. Anxiousness stems from discontentment. Lucifer is the originator of self promotion. Discontentment. Desire to excel. Only yoking with Jesus will give you rest. To be discontent is to say God doesn't care. When the grace of God is working in you, you will have rest. The promise of God is discerned by peace. The awareness of His presence comes from obedience. Father's Day Father's Day Date: June 20, 2004 Sun AM Teacher: Pastor Star R. Scott Synopsis: Training children. Discipline does not come natural. We are not patient enough. Don't tell your children how to pray - show them how to pray. Hands on. Whatever you are doing make your child a part. Admonition - to put into the mind by repetition. Brainwashing. Instruct by example and repetition. Be involved. Is your life one of consistency? Are you the same all the time? Are your judgments the same? I am not looking for my children to love me this week; I want my children to love me ten years from now. Be able to yield in your will but not God's will. Character development is a personal decision. Bless them with your presence. A child's glory is their father. Father does not require performance of you. You can never show too much compassion and mercy. Teach your children to love chastening. Run to the Rest Pt.2 Run to the Rest Pt.2 Date: June 20, 2004 Sun PM Teacher: Pastor Star R. Scott Synopsis: The promised land is a victorious life. Not everyone brought out of Egypt embraced the promise. Unbelief is an evil heart. God's ways are for your good and past your knowing. This life is not going to be without opposition. We don't judge the promises or presence of God by our current environment. Most of us want the miracle without the adversity. Has taking any of those pills caused you to believe in less than the finished work of Jesus? Faith is trust, reliance and assurance on God's promises. Act - I'm a doer of the word. Faith is the heart assurance that what God has promised He's going to finish. Why would you doubt God for anything when He's transformed your life? Run to the Rest Pt.3 Run to the Rest Pt.3 Date: June 23, 2004 Wed PM Teacher: Pastor Star R. Scott Synopsis: You will err in your heart if you don't know God's ways. You'll be deceived. Labor to enter God's rest. Good without God is evil. The Bible is foolishness to the natural mind. If you live in fear you're provoking God. Rest brings us to know that men walking in faith never fail. God is the source. Our lives are not lives of fate and chance. We're making decisions to walk differently than the rest of the world that it might be known that He is God. When was the last time you trusted only God? Count It All Joy Pt.1 Count It All Joy Pt.1 Date: June 27, 2004 Sun AM Teacher: Pastor Richard Miller Synopsis: Love is painful. The greater the love, the greater the pain. How do you do under trials and pressures? The spiritual man looks to the eternal realm. Count it all joy. We have no control over our life. A trial is anything that brings you to a decision to lay your life down for God's will. What does God think about me? Chastening is more powerful than your besetting sin. No matter how bad it gets, we are never outside of the Father's love and care. God invests His love in you for the eternal. We count it joy because God is in control. Trials prepare you for the coming of Jesus. The trial is to make you weak to perfect His strength in you. Count It All Joy Pt.2 Count It All Joy Pt.2 Date: June 27, 2004 Sun PM Teacher: Pastor Richard Miller Run to the Rest Pt.4 Run to the Rest Pt.4 Date: June 30, 2004 Wed PM Teacher: Pastor Star R. Scott Synopsis: Labor to enter in to rest. Be diligent in your doing in your studying. You can't rest until you know Father loves you and has good for you. All things work together for the good of those that love Him. Divine favor. God is able to establish us in this world's system without using their methods. When you're under the pressure, who do you go to? You don't need the solution as bad as you need the patience. Are you ready to go to war, or are you trying to lay low? The rest is the awareness and confident presence in the fiery furnace.
July Run to the Rest Pt.5 Run to the Rest Pt.5 Date: July 4, 2004 Sun AM Teacher: Pastor Star R. Scott Synopsis: Spirit of excellence is in laboring unto the Lord. There will be a new heaven and a new earth. Man can't destroy this planet and man can't save it. Live in the moment. You have too much when it's robbing your peace and contentment. Stuff won't satisfy. Rest is the ability to walk in faith. Our hearts are out of control because our minds are out of control. The word renews our mind and refreshes us. Do you make more preparation to go to the beach than the fortifying of your heart? Thankfulness doesn't need more. Not trusting in God is an evil heart. We want the promise without the affliction, but that's where the fourth man is. Pastoral Panel - Run to the Rest Pastoral Panel - Run to the Rest Date: July 4, 2004 Sun PM Teacher: Pastoral Staff Synopsis: Rejoicing is the overflowing of contentment. Volition is a consequence of what you fed your conscience. Choose! Pt.1 Choose! Pt.1 Date: July 7, 2004 Wed PM Teacher: Pastor Star R. Scott Synopsis: Sovereignty and free will. He's given us the grace to make the right choices and not faint. Make the right choice, and don't give up. God has given you free will to choose to honor Him. What you don't understand - trust that it's working for your good. You are where you are and you are what you are because you choose to be. Our choice is to honor God or honor ourselves. Lowliness of mind. You make the wrong choices by pride and selfishness. Any exaltation that is not of God is sin. If you're not doing God's will its because you choose not to. God's power is wanting to work in you for righteousness but you're suppressing it by your choices. Choose not to sin. We're giving too much credibility to sin. Change your surroundings to liberate yourself to obey. I Will Have Mercy Pt.1 I Will Have Mercy Pt.1 Date: July 11, 2004 Sun AM Teacher: Pastor Chuck LaRock Synopsis: Rejoice in receiving God's mercy and dispensing God's mercy to one another. Mercy is a delivery of goodness. You should have guilt when you do wrong - and you should be delivered from guilt. How am I treating others in relation to how God treats me? To focus on the sins in others lives is offensive to God. You don't need to hammer someone who's already crushed. Choices follow value. I Will Have Mercy Pt.2 I Will Have Mercy Pt.2 Date: July 11, 2004 Sun PM Teacher: Pastor Chuck LaRock Synopsis: God is abundant in mercy. He forgives iniquity, transgression and sin. He has a high standard for us, but He knows our frame. God is easy to please and hard to satisfy. The grace of God is that He condescends to help us. When we receive the mercy of God it softens our heart. Ask God to help you see mercy as valuable. Look Up! Pt.1 Look Up! Pt.1 Date: July 14, 2004 Wed PM Teacher: Pastor Star R. Scott Synopsis: He has gone to prepare a place for us. Look up. What are you looking for? Are your children looking up? Looking at the blessed hope will re-prioritize your life. He will appear to those that are looking for Him. You're going to be raptured by faith. Moderation - a disciplined life. He will come and not tarry. Sooner than we first believed. It's not about the date. It's about being ready. Are you compelled to have your family ready? Look Up! Pt.2 Look Up! Pt.2 Date: July 18, 2004 Sun AM Teacher: Pastor Star R. Scott Synopsis: Heaven is the presence of God. Affection. Heart. Are you preparing yourself for earth or for heaven? Judgment will come on all earth dwellers. Seek first the kingdom. Provide for yourself treasures in Heaven. Is your treasure the words "well done"? Blessed are those servants that the Lord finds watching. Establish your treasure. Be truthful with yourself. The foolish virgins thought they could live with less of the Spirit of God than they actually could. Look Up! Pt.3 Look Up! Pt.3 Date: July 18, 2004 Sun PM Teacher: Pastor Star R. Scott Synopsis: Looking up is a heart attitude. Preparation. Full extent. Are you obsessed with the coming of Jesus? Do we want to be a champion for Him? The rapture of the church is about glorifying God. Watch. Slumbered - nodding off. Slept - Spirit of self indulgence. Are you doing everything you can to stay awake? The blessed hope puts in us a personal holiness. Five wise and five foolish virgins. Be ready. What is your treasure? If you are not continuously replenishing yourself you won't have enough oil. You can do everything right and not finish correctly and be lost. Don't take any chances. Covetousness Pt.1 Covetousness Pt.1 Date: July 21, 2004 Wed PM Teacher: Pastor Star R. Scott Synopsis: If you're discontent, it's because you love things. If there's no contentment then there's no godliness. What gives you worth? Don't put too much value on your stuff. Let God put the value on it and supply it. Your motivation was lust. Covetousness is a powerful spirit. Gratification of self worth. Over-evaluation of self. Spirit of envy. Don't covet your neighbor's stuff. It's not about the abundance, but the trust you put in them. Covetousness is not just greed or lust but what we will do to acquire it. Unjust plunder. Immoral, illegal means of acquiring. Perceiving everything I have as inferior to what I don't have. Covetousness is an indictment against God. Covetousness Pt.2 Covetousness Pt.2 Date: July 25, 2004 Sun AM Teacher: Pastor Star R. Scott Synopsis: Wanting to be exalted or recognized. I deserve the best. We get caught up with abundance when we should be focusing on needs. Be rich towards God. Treasures in Heaven. A man's life consists not in the abundance of what he has. Abundance of things vs. faith. Don't trust in the abundance; trust in the Source. We want to measure our work by people's recognition of it. Abundance that God is not the source of. Anything we possess out of selfishness. A spirit that will get it at any cost. Overvalue something. Long for. Sigh. Guard yourself from covetousness by putting a watch over your eyes. It's not how much you have but how much you have to have it and that you think you deserve it. Covetousness is worship of self. Covetousness Pt.3 Covetousness Pt.3 Date: July 25, 2004 Sun PM Teacher: Pastor Star R. Scott Synopsis: Idolatry of worshipping self and believing that you deserve more. No peace. If you're discontent, your kids will be discontent. Greed affects your house. There is a power to the deceitfulness of riches. It promises to satisfy. The Trust in the uncertain riches is sin. The fact that you are not rich toward God. Selfishness. Take no thought for tomorrow. Anxiety. Riches can't satisfy. Covetousness Pt.4 Covetousness Pt.4 Date: July 28, 2004 Wed PM Teacher: Pastor Star R. Scott Synopsis: Covetousness doubts the goodness and justice of God. Pride is the sister of covetousness. We need to be content in our godliness. Covetousness is idolatry - not worship of the item but worship of self. Godliness with contentment makes you the richest man on earth. There is no greater theft than to steal from God the love and the dependence He deserves. Nothing will rob the power of God any quicker than covetousness.	August Religion or Transformation Pt.1 Religion or Transformation Pt.1 Date: August 1, 2004 Sun AM Teacher: Pastor Richard Miller Synopsis: You must be in a community. Ordinance. Tradition. A true pastor cares about you getting to heaven. Establish a course. Discipled lives. Protect the flock. Does this tradition contradict the Word of God or help me serve God? Tradition can never replace the power of the Word of God in your life. Obedience from the heart. Perilous times. Form of godliness. Life of community is one of sacrifice. Religious people hate the power of God. Religion or Transformation Pt.2 Religion or Transformation Pt.2 Date: August 1, 2004 Sun PM Teacher: Pastor Richard Miller Synopsis: Rain righteousness. God visits a heart that is not distracted. Distraction is an issue of the heart not the environment. Condition of your heart comes down to affection. You're only distracted by what you put worth in. What prevents you from praying without ceasing? Carefulness - divided, distracted. Anxious- fear, cares, worries. Keep - mount a guard. This is warfare. The fiery darts have a target - your relationship with God. Everything of this world is part of a strategy to destroy your soul. God encounters the undivided heart. Fortify our trust to be in God alone. Covetousness Pt.5 Covetousness Pt.5 Date: August 8, 2004 Sun AM Teacher: Pastor Star R. Scott Synopsis: Life does not consist of the abundance of things. Our whole quest is to be like God. Are you rich towards God? Are you content in the progress? If you're redirecting your covetousness into the religious it won't satisfy either. Never more satisfied than when I died the most. Our hypocrisy keeps us bound in our covetousness. Fear of God. Treasure. Self promotion. To promote self is to deny God. When was the last time your kids had to believe God for something? Being rich toward God is about choice. Endure. Covetousness Pt.6 Covetousness Pt.6 Date: August 8, 2004 Sun PM Teacher: Pastor Star R. Scott Synopsis: Beware you forget not the Lord. Deceitfulness of riches. Cares of this world. Fear of lack. We think that we are required to provide the necessities and God will provide the abundance, but God must provide everything. Covetous spirit is not just wanting more. It's being unthankful for what you have. Lack of awareness that God deserves the Glory. The moment you begin to do less for God because of the stuff - you've sinned. God has blessed you to bless others. Don't make your goal to be rich. Make it to be content. Great is Thy Faithfulness Great is Thy Faithfulness Date: August 11, 2004 Wed PM Teacher: Pastor Star R. Scott Synopsis: To be trustworthy. God will be faithful to who He is. Faithful to fulfill His promises. His faithfulness to us is contingent upon our fear of Him. God is faithful to overcome your enemies. Worship must be based on who He is and not His performance. Your belief does not make God who He is. God will always be there for your good. He never sees me less than what He proclaimed me to be. Righteous Lot Pt.1 Righteous Lot Pt.1 Date: August 15, 2004 Sun AM Teacher: Pastor Star R. Scott Synopsis: We're living in the most dangerous time in history. Power of deceitfulness of sin. How much have you been affected? We do what we believe. Vexation occurs daily in our lives. Do you long for His coming? Do we have the appetite to be more righteous? Seeing and hearing. What are you doing to preserve assurance of your righteousness? We can't trust our perception of ourselves. You can't know your own heart. What made Lot righteous was not his behavior. What are you doing with what you have? Every time you encounter the world's system they want to kill you. Hostility. Spirit of Antichrist. Disobedience to God will give you a lifetime of trials. God will cut you off. Lot was becoming like the world and didn't realize it. Are you Abraham or Lot? Lot's children became the everlasting enemies of God. Righteous Lot Pt.2 Righteous Lot Pt.2 Date: August 15, 2004 Sun PM Teacher: Pastor Star R. Scott Synopsis: Consequences to ungodly living. Lot's righteousness was being worn out. Lot wasn't just observing - he was partaking. How far can we get from the world? Set a course now for righteousness. Sodom's sins were Pride, abundance of wealth and idleness. Lot's doctrine was in order but not his life nor his home. Pureness is a matter of heart. Lot's righteousness was his relationship to Abraham. In it and not of it. Grace to the Humble Grace to the Humble Date: August 18, 2004 Wed PM Teacher: Pastor Star R. Scott Synopsis: Pride is choosing your will over God's. Some of the proudest people in the world don't have any outward manifestation of pride. They refuse to do what God told them to do. Obedience to the word of God. Living to honor God. We obey to say thank you. You honor God because He's worthy. Humility is resisting the Devil. If you humble yourself God will enable you to become servant of all. When you can see yourself for what you are that's victory. Waiting On God Pt.1 Waiting On God Pt.1 Date: August 22, 2004 Sun AM Teacher: Pastor Richard Miller Synopsis: Heart of a servant. Waiting upon the Lord. Spiritual discipline to be practiced and exercised every day. Attitude of the heart. Internal more than external. Not passive - active. Pursuing. Deep internal death to self. Nothing is your own - not even your thoughts. Continual. Aware. Sensitive to His presence. Intimacy with Father. It's mercy to serve the Lord. To entwine. Beggarly. Consumed with your need but not preoccupied. Exclusive. You need God to incline your heart to Him. Perfect heart. Obedience. He is your God and there is no other. Fervent. Purify your heart. Waiting On God Pt.2 Waiting On God Pt.2 Date: