Calvary Chapel Chattanooga

EKKLESIA: a gathering of citizens called out from their homes into some public place, an assemblyan assembly of the people convened at the public place of the council for the purpose of deliberating…POLITIKE (the earliest meaning): pertaining to public affairs, concerning the governance of a country or peopleMatthew 16:18John 1:12-13Romans 1:7; 12:1-2, 42 Corinthians 6:14-18; 11:2Ephesians 1:1; 5:31Philippians 1:1Colossians 1:1-21 Peter 2:4-5

Paul’s Guidelines for giving:1. Regular, Routine. 2. Worshipful!3. Proportionate. 4. Accountable. Practical guidelines for giving:1. Priority.2. Percentage. 3. Progressive. 4. Prompted.

1. God speaks specifically and has a unique and personal plan for your life!2. If God can do this much with just 60 families - How much more can He do with 1000?

Love:· Bears all things (To protect by covering, to roof over in silence)· Believes all things (Believes the best)· Hopes all things (Hope in the finished work of Jesus)· Endures all things (No escape clause)All things = unconditional

1. Your love and mine will be tested!2. Hold your tongue!3. Don't hold a grudge!

· Real love makes less of self and more of others!· God only humbles those who make Him!· Humility, without which we cannot be loving, is an act of the will - Choose humility!

ENVY: a feeling of discontented or resentful longing aroused by someone else's possessions, qualities, or luck.Envy & love are incompatible!There's more to what we envy than we understand!Envy doesn't deliver!Why envy what another has when it may be God's plan to specifically bless you through it?

1. Love, which is kind, seeks to do good to others. 2. Love, which is kind, possesses a reciprocal hope!3. Love, which is kind, responds to the kindness shown us!4. Love, which is kind, can bring some of the best things to us: humility & gratitude. 

· Patient Love maintains composure.· Patient Love stays on the porch.· Patient Love waits with hope.· Patient Love runs towards repentant hearts. 

The Almighty: This word 'Almighty' translates from the ancient Greek word 'pantokrater,' which literally means, "The one who has his hand on everything." It speak of the great sovereign control of Jesus over everything - past, present, and future. - Guzik

1. Faith is more than mere words!2. Faith is for all; those near and far!

God's will in 6 words: ALWAYS JOYFUL, ALWAYS PRAYERFUL, ALWAYS GRATEFUL!What can we learn?1. God's will in 6 words: Always joyful, always prayerful, always grateful!2. Prayer is at the heart of God's will for us!3. Assess whether you're in God's will by the presence of these 3: Joy, Prayer, Gratitude!

Real freedom is not found in what I am now free to do, but in what I am free to do and… CAN STILL CHOOSE NOT TO!!!Our fight for freedom will only be won if we understand it can be lost.Unlike any other religion or faith in the entire world, ours is the only one where God became like us so we could become like Him.

1. Chains2. Prayer3. Justice

About an advancing church:1. Is guided by God, while opposed by Hell!2. Is in partnership with God!3. Will never take the place of God!4. Will make family a priority!5. Will be like Jesus when afflicted!

Wonderful – Marvelous, to evoke wonder, miraculous· Wonder in His Creation (Psalm 8:1-4)· Prayer Awakens the Wonder of God· Wonder of His Holiness (Isaiah 6:5)· Wonder in the Presence of Jesus Alone!· Wonder Eternally