Today's Sermon - How to Have a Servant's Heart

This morning I preached on 1 Peter 2:13-25 on "How to Have a Servant's Heart." This was part of my current series on BECOMING A 5C Christian. Last week I looked at Courage, and this week was focused on being Committed to service. As I look at the 5C's I think the concept of committment is the one that is often the most challenging. I stated today that there were four steps to learning how to have a Servant's Heart. 1. Remermber that your service Pleases God. 2. Realize that through service you become more like God. 3. Know that God is the one that will give you rewards for your service. 4. Know that service is what gives your life purpose. As a Church, I hope that we are committed to serving Christ because of all that He has done for us.

Olympics turn the most courageous into the most fearful!

Fear stops Olympic Bobsledders! CNN just posted an article about the Netherland bobsled team. You can read the article at: http://www.cnn.com/2010/SPORT/02/25/olympics.bobsled.driver.quits/index.html?hpt=Sbin

Last week I talked about becoming a courageous Christian. This article reminds me that there are many things that cause us fear.

Question: What are you the most afraid of?

Things that cause me the most fear...

1. Dying without telling my family that I love them.

2. Not winning my friend to Christ.

3. Not fulfilling my calling in God.

4. Failing to enjoy the defining moments of life.

5. Falling into Sins and letting those sins control me.

My Defining Moments in Ministry

I recently wrote an article for www.lifeway.com that explains my five defining moments of ministry. This article will give you a little insight to who I am. Enjoy. "For those of us that have been in ministry for awhile, it can seem that one Sunday runs into the next and that every Sunday becomes like the Sunday before it. However, as I look back over the landscape of ministry I find that there are some defining moments that have shaped me as a Christian leader. For the rest of the article go to: http://www.lifeway.com/article/170102/

The Most Courageous Man I Know

I just finishing preaching out of 1 Peter 1:3-9 about Having a Courageous Faith. I ended the sermon with this video clip from "The Passion of Christ." I think this is one of the most moving clips in this movie. It leaves no doubt that Jesus is the most courageous man I know.

5C Christian - Learning to have a Courageous Faith

New Sermon Series: Becoming a 5C Christian! Tomorrow we are going to be starting a new sermon series in 1 Peter called "Becoming a 5C Christian." Tomorrow we will be looking at 1 Peter 1:3-9 and talking about the "How to have a Courageous Faith." I am excited about this series because I think these 5 areas will be very enlightening because it is areas that we very seldom talk about as it pertains to our Christian life. A 5C Christian is one: 1. That has a Courageous Faith 2. That knows how to live a life on Contentment 3. That is Committed to Serving Christ. 4. That Confesses so they can live an Authentic Life. 5. That lives in Communion with God. You Can find more at our website at: www.therestorationpoint.com

Tiger Woods Press Conference - The Art of Confession

Tiger Woods has now confessed. He admitted in his press conference that he was living a life of excess because he thought that he deserving because of his accomplishments. He admitted that he thought he was different, but now realizes that he must play by the same rules as everyone else. The fact is that Tiger needed to confess. He had to admit to others about his mistakes. Confession is one of the 5C's to being a good Chrisitian. All of us must learn how to confess if we are going to have a deep relationship with Christ. Maybe Tigers greatest feat never happened on the golf course but rather in the club house where Tiger became real to all of us.

Snow, Snow and More Snow -

I am sitting here looking out my window at the snow...

I must admit that I feel like this poor guy after not being able to meet for two straight weeks because of the Frederick County Schools being closed. I encouraged all of our people to attend area churches that were open this weekend. This is one of the small problems of not owning your own building. However, I can think of some advnatages of meeting in a place like a school. For example:

1. No Building to Define You - We teach that the church is the people, not a building. We want to defined by our beliefs, values, and attitudes - not by a building. We are not against buildings, we just know that sometimes they can define what you do and who you are.
2. We are in the mainstream of culture - We meet in a school and the school is in the center of the neighborhood. We want to be out and in the midest of the people, not off some place where we are in a "holy huddle."
3. We able to focus on ministry and not upkeep - Owning a building means that you are responsible for the upkeep of the building. We, as a new church want to focus on how we can minister to the people and grow spiritually and not be concerned about the upkeep of a building.

So even though we weren't able to meet this week - I still like meeting in Whittier Elementary School but I do look forward to the snow stopping!

Why a Christian Church

Because of what we believe...

That Jesus is God's Son. He is the one that paid the sacrifice for our sins and is our only way of salvation. Jesus is who we seek to remember on a weekly basis and the one we seek to model after each day of the week. He is our personal Savior and the one that removes our guilt with His Grace.

Jesus means so many things to so many people, but it is the desire of our church to help people come to know Jesus personally and allow His Words help you to be restored, refreshed, and renewed.

Jesus is who we preach and why we serve. He is our model, our example, our guide, and our King. We love Jesus and we want all people to love Him to.

Becoming The People We Are Suppose to Become

This is our theme for 2010. We are a new church in Frederick Md meeting at Whittier Elementary School on Sunday mornings. We are a non-denominational Christian Church that believes in Restoring the New Testament Church. Over the next few weeks I will blog about our beliefs, our sermons (teachings); and our story about who we are and who we are becoming. I hope that you can join in on the journey and become restored, refreshed, and renewed.