Unstoppable Friends

Notes: Unstoppable Friends

August 8 2013 

Start Rally with Jack Hibbs

1. Unstoppable friends for those who don't know Jesus.

Spreading the word to your friends and family needs to come from love not duty.

2. Do you love your friends enough to be inconvenienced or in trouble over standing up for faith.

Mark 2:1-12 (NKJV)

And again He entered Capernaum after some days, and it was heard that He was in the house. [2] Immediately many gathered together, so that there was no longer room to receive them, not even near the door. And He preached the word to them. [3] Then they came to Him, bringing a paralytic who was carried by four men. [4] And when they could not come near Him because of the crowd, they uncovered the roof where He was. So when they had broken through, they let down the bed on which the paralytic was lying. [5] When Jesus saw their faith, He said to the paralytic, "Son, your sins are forgiven you." [6] And some of the scribes were sitting there and reasoning in their hearts, [7] "Why does this Man speak blasphemies like this? Who can forgive sins but God alone?" [8] But immediately, when Jesus perceived in His spirit that they reasoned thus within themselves, He said to them, "Why do you reason about these things in your hearts? [9] Which is easier, to say to the paralytic, 'Your sins are forgiven you,' or to say, 'Arise, take up your bed and walk'? [10] But that you may know that the Son of Man has power on earth to forgive sins"-He said to the paralytic, [11] "I say to you, arise, take up your bed, and go to your house." [12] Immediately he arose, took up the bed, and went out in the presence of them all, so that all were amazed and glorified God, saying, "We never saw anything like this!"

Matthew 28:19 (NKJV)

Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,

3. Activate your faith like you mean it.

Put it to work.

4. Jesus calls us to do something greater. God has given you the mission to tell others the Gospel, Not to raise the dead.

Mark 1:16-18 (NKJV)

And as He walked by the Sea of Galilee, He saw Simon and Andrew his brother casting a net into the sea; for they were fishermen. [17] Then Jesus said to them, "Follow Me, and I will make you become fishers of men." [18] They immediately left their nets and followed Him.

Acts 1:6-8 (NKJV)

Therefore, when they had come together, they asked Him, saying, "Lord, will You at this time restore the kingdom to Israel?" [7] And He said to them, "It is not for you to know times or seasons which the Father has put in His own authority. [8] But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth."

John 9:4 (NKJV)

I must work the works of Him who sent Me while it is day; the night is coming when no one can work.

How to Lead Others to Christ

Notes: How to Lead Others to Christ

Harvest August 1, 2013

John 4

1. We are to go into all the world and preach the gospel.

2. We are to preach it everywhere.

3. Gods way to reach people is through people. We don't want people to go to hell.

4. You are to preach the gospel all the time.

5. How are we to do this.

1. We need to go to wherever, to whosoever, whenever God directs me.

2. We need to use tact.

"Tact is the art of making a point without making an enemy." Sir Isaac Newton

Start a conversation, ask about themselves, it's their favorite subject.

We needs a tactful, friendly, engaging approach.

Jesus often answered a question with a question.

Tell your story. The personal testimony, no one can argue what God has done for me.

Your story is a powerful bridge for the gospel message.

1. Don't glorify or exaggerate your past.

Telling your story is all about getting to His story.

"Would you like to accept Jesus Christ right now?"

Acts 2:37-38 (NLT)

Peter's words pierced their hearts, and they said to him and to the other apostles, "Brothers, what should we do?" [38] Peter replied, "Each of you must repent of your sins and turn to God, and be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins. Then you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

Matthew 28:19-20 (NLT)

Therefore, go and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. [20] Teach these new disciples to obey all the commands I have given you. And be sure of this: I am with you always, even to the end of the age."

We are first to be disciples of Jesus and then to disciple others and repeat the process.

You need the outlet as much as someone else needs the input.

Daniel 12:3 (NLT)

Those who are wise will shine as bright as the sky, and those who lead many to righteousness will shine like the stars forever.

The Hard-to-Swallow Truth about Obedience

Notes: The Hard-to-Swallow Truth about Obedience

Jonah Chapter 1 week 2 

July 21, 2013 

Pastor Greg Laurie

God is a God of second chances.

Sin will take you further then you want to go. It will keep you longer them you want to stay. Sin will cost you more then you want to pay.

Three types of storms:

Protecting

Perfecting

Correcting

Jonah was in a correcting storm. "Reaping what you sow"

Jonah 1:4-5 (NLT)

But the Lord hurled a powerful wind over the sea, causing a violent storm that threatened to break the ship apart. [5] Fearing for their lives, the desperate sailors shouted to their gods for help and threw the cargo overboard to lighten the ship. But all this time Jonah was sound asleep down in the hold.

Romans 13:11-12 (NLT)

This is all the more urgent, for you know how late it is; time is running out. Wake up, for our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed. [12] The night is almost gone; the day of salvation will soon be here. So remove your dark deeds like dirty clothes, and put on the shining armor of right living.

Jonah 1:8 (NLT)

"Why has this awful storm come down on us?" they demanded. "Who are you? What is your line of work? What country are you from? What is your nationality?"

Matthew 27:63 (NLT)

They told him, "Sir, we remember what that deceiver once said while he was still alive: 'After three days I will rise from the dead.'

Some times nonbelievers have a better idea of how a believer should act then a believer does.

Nonbelievers will fear God while believers will not.

Jonah 1:16 (NLT)

The sailors were awestruck by the Lord's great power, and they offered him a sacrifice and vowed to serve him.

Jonah 1:17 (NLT)

Now the Lord had arranged for a great fish to swallow Jonah. And Jonah was inside the fish for three days and three nights.

This is one of the most questioned stories in the Bible.

Jonah 2:7 (NLT)

As my life was slipping away, I remembered the Lord. And my earnest prayer went out to you in your holy Temple.

Jonah did not ask for deliverance he gave praise.

2nd Chances:

Adam and Eve

King David

Sampson

Simon Peter

Jonah was repented and regurgitated

Remember, repent, repeat (do the first works quickly)

Go! - Here Am I...Send Him!

Here Am I...Send Him! 

Jonah 1
7/14/13 
Pastor Greg Laurie
Harvest OC

Here am I send him.

We all deserve judgement.

1 Corinthians 1:21 (NKJV)

For since, in the wisdom of God, the world through wisdom did not know God, it pleased God through the foolishness of the message preached to save those who believe.

Jonah 7/27/13

1. To reach our culture we must preach the Gospel.

Theology without apology.

Matthew 4:17 (NLT)

From then on Jesus began to preach, "Repent of your sins and turn to God, for the Kingdom of Heaven is near."

Matthew 10:7 (NLT)

Go and announce to them that the Kingdom of Heaven is near.

2. We are to preach the message He has given.

Nothing is going through you until it has happened to you.

Our job is to deliver it, not to change it.

There is explosive power in the essential message of the gospel.

Gods rep or prophet is usually an ordinary person.

An unlikely candidate.

3. Gods prophet or rep is speaking for someone else

If our message is rejected or accepted we don't take it personally. Don't take the blame or the credit.

4. The true prophet recognizes rue results are not up to him.

God does not require success, he requires faithfulness

3 marks of a good message.

1. Our message must be delivered with urgency!

2. Our message must be clear definite.

The Gospel is not simplistic but it is simple.

Romans 6:23 (NLT)

For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life through Christ Jesus our Lord.

Whenever God gives a warning that is a good thing.

Galatians 1:6-8 (NLT)

I am shocked that you are turning away so soon from God, who called you to himself through the loving mercy of Christ. You are following a different way that pretends to be the Good News [7] but is not the Good News at all. You are being fooled by those who deliberately twist the truth concerning Christ. [8] Let God's curse fall on anyone, including us or even an angel from heaven, who preaches a different kind of Good News than the one we preached to you.

The true gospel.

1. We are all sinners.

1 John 1:8 (NLT)

If we claim we have no sin, we are only fooling ourselves and not living in the truth.

James 2:10 (NLT)

For the person who keeps all of the laws except one is as guilty as a person who has broken all of God's laws.

Romans 3:10-12 (NLT)

As the Scriptures say, "No one is righteous- not even one. [11] No one is truly wise; no one is seeking God. [12] All have turned away; all have become useless. No one does good, not a single one."

Romans 5:6-8 (NLT)

When we were utterly helpless, Christ came at just the right time and died for us sinners. [7] Now, most people would not be willing to die for an upright person, though someone might perhaps be willing to die for a person who is especially good. [8] But God showed his great love for us by sending Christ to die for us while we were still sinners.

John 14:6 (NLT)

Jesus told him, "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one can come to the Father except through me.

Acts 4:12 (NLT)

There is salvation in no one else! God has given no other name under heaven by which we must be saved."

1 Timothy 2:5 (NLT)

For there is only one God and one Mediator who can reconcile God and humanity-the man Christ Jesus.