True Love Community Podcast

Passage: 2 Peter 3:15-18 Sermon Notes: Intro: - What type of people we are to be while we wait - Spotless and Blameless - This week is Part 2 1. People with Salvation Mindset a. Age of Salvation i. Anything built that has no eternal value will not. ii. Spend your life building on what will last. 2. People of the Word - Those who twist the word a. Progressive Christianity i. Sells itself as a valid option for Christians. ii. Seems more acceptable, more likable, a more palatable version of The faith. iii. But at the heart of it, it really is not Christianity at all. b. Progressive Christianity Symptoms i. Faith is celebrated, but not The Faith ii. Belief in Jesus can be both orthodox and blasphemous. iii. Love for God is defined whether you are loving people. iv. Hypercritical of Evangelical Christians v. Bible is important for some spiritual truth but is major

Passage: 2 Peter: 10-14 Sermon Note: How are we to live as believers, while we wait? I. Spotless and Blameless a. Spotless to our Character; Blameless to our Reputation i. Spotless but not blameless--Unreconciled ii. Blameless not Spotless--Hypocrite iii. Spotless and Blameless--Holy iv. Not Spotless and Not Blameless—Heathen b. Point is to continuously deal with the sins in our lives i. Discern, detest and Confess it ii. Go to war against it iii. Be faithful to the means of grace c. Secular and Christian understanding of Constraint Living i. “We are always bound to something, to say you’re not is lying to yourself. To liberate yourself in music, you must constrain, bind yourself, to practice. True freedom is not the absence of constraint but rather teh choice of which liberating constraints to put yourself under.” II. With Peace a. Enjoying the Peace of God i. Peace that comes from certainty and assurance of what’s to come. ii. Lots of us are not at peace, because we do not know what’s to come. 1. Secular

Passage: Luke 22:24-30 Sermon Notes: Sermon in a Sentence: Jesus is the GOAT, and the Christian’s greatness is found in sharing in His humiliation, service, suffering, and sacrifice. 1. The world is wrong about the GOAT (greatest of all time). 2. The greatest is the one who humbles themself to serve. 3. The greatest is the one who stays with and shares in Jesus’ suffering. 4. The greatest is the one who has a relationship with Jesus and will judge the world with Him. 5. Jesus is the GOAT.

Passage: Luke 10:25-42 Sermon notes: Sermon in a Sentence: Sit under Jesus in order to zealously love your neighbor Point 1: Ask the right question Point 2: Have the right posture

Passage: John 4:1-26 I. Worship is Real Life a. Happens anywhere at any given moment II. Worship Seeks to Create Ability to Give Life III. Worship is Done in Spirit and Truth

Passage: 1 John 1:1-4

Passage: Romans 10:9-15

Passages: 1 Timothy 2:1-15 & Matthew 26:26-29

Passage: Herbrews 5:11-6:3 Sermon Notes: 1. Rhythms of Relationship Series a. Us to God b. God to Us 2. Today is the first of a 2 part series, regarding our Relationships with Brothers and Sisters. a. It’s the first part because it centers on the spiritual maturity and growth of the individual first. b. Then next week we will finish it up with how that maturity and growth ought to play out with those around us. I. 4 Signs of Spiritual Immaturity vs 5:11-14 a. You Don’t Listen i. Numbed to the Word of God b. You Are Forgetful i. Sign of Selfishness c. You Are Unskilled i. You’re not a student of God’s Word d. You Are Undiscerning i. Easily susceptible to deception II. Strive for Growth vs 6:1-3 a. Grow from the Elementary Doctrine b. Rhythm of Relationship i. First spiritual immaturity is a warning sign of apostasy 1. “It’s always amazed me how people spend their lives not having time for God, being too busy for Him — but hoping to go to heaven for all eternity, and be with the God for whom they had

Passage: James 2:19-26, 2 Corinthians 7:8-12 Sermon in a Sentence: Make God your Lord through genuine faith and godly repentance 1. Faith is trust in the right object 2. Faith is demonstrative 3. Faith is accompanied by godly repentance

Passage: 1 John 4:7-21 Sermon in a Sentence: At the heart of Christian faith is a relationship of love with a God who is Perfect Love and who demonstrated that love for us most perfectly in His Son Jesus Christ. Sermon Note: 1. God is Love 2. We were created for relationship with Him 3. Sin ruins our relationship with God 4. God restores our relationship in Jesus 5. We love because He first loved

Passage: Psalms 23:1-3a Sermon Notes: Review: 1. Rest is a Gift: that you may remember your identity, and the purpose of why you do what you do. 2. Rest so that you may Delight and know Him more 3. Rest so that He can prepare you to do what He has planned for you. Before God can work through you, He has to be With you. 4. Rest requires faith. The promise is that if you have the faith to rest, he can do for you in 6 days what you felt you need 7 days to do. 5. Rest requires God’s prescription not ours Intro: 1. The reason why we can’t Rest still, is because we are not content a. We are going to learn two things: i. The contentment that brings us Rest ii. How do we get it 1. The contentment that bring us rest is confidence in the Lord for our provision a. The issue of our hearts i. We are not satisfied. We are not content b. What contentment is not i. Living life denying hurt and disappointment ii. Being optimistic with every

Passage: 1 King 19:1-18 Sermon Note: 1. Rest is a Gift: that you may remember your identity, and the purpose of why you do what you do. a. Rest so that you may Delight and know Him more b. Rest so that He can prepare you to do what He has planned for you. Before God can work through you, He has to be With you. c. Rest requires faith. The promise is that if you have the faith to rest, he can do for you in 6 days what you felt you need 7 days to do. 2. In the same way, today we see the burn out of a man name Elijah and God’s prescription for Rest I. God cares for Elijah, physically, emotionally, and Spiritually a. Elijah’s work led him to a place of burnt out and depression b. Our world’s way of dealing with tiredness, we are either... i. Physical—pop a pill to feel better ii. Emotional—talk and talk, don’t do anything but just be able to word vomit iii. Spiritual—you blame yourself and your sin and your inability to Love the Lord c. God’s Prescription is all 3 i. Physical healing: gave him food ii. Emotion

Passage: Exodus 20:8-11; 23:12; 34:21; 16:22| Leviticus 2 Sermon Note: 1. Review: a. Rest is a Gift: that you may remember your identity, and the purpose of why you do what you do. b. Rest so that you may Delight and know Him more c. Rest so that He can prepare you to do what He has planned for you 2. Rest requires Faith: So today we are going to answer a. Why does God give us this rest? b. The amazing promise of God if we take the rest in faith I. (Why does God give us this amazing gift? Why does God allow for us to have this one day in seven in which we do not need to do the chores of life?) a. For our Refreshment Exodus 23: 12 i. So that when we go back to the daily chores of life, we can hit them with renewed energy and purpose. ii. We will be invigorated. We will come back with a new zest and a new enthusiasm for the rest of life, because we had a rest day. \ b. This gift is ever so important during the busiest time of the year. Exodus 34:21 i. I give you the rest day especially in those days. (Exodus 3

Passage: Mark 6:30-44 Sermon Notes: Intro: 1. Review a. Rest is a Gift b. Rest so that you may Delight 2. Rest creates Opportunities for God to work through you a. Before the Lord can work through you, He has to be with you 1. With you in Rest vs 30-33 a. Before the Lord can work through you, He has to be with you...in your rest i. They were about to be a part of one of the biggest miracle, they needed to be with Jesus in their Rest. b. A short time with Jesus can give you the power to do wonders 2. With you in Truth vs 34-35 a. Before the Lord can work through you, He has to be with you...in truth i. You have to know the truth and live by the truth. ii. This only happens when you spend time with God and let that truth sink into your soul iii. Rest allows for God’s truth to become a living reality and a driving force 3. With you in Power vs 36-44 a. He has to be with you...so that you would recognize His power

Passage: Mark 1:1-15 Sermon in a Sentence: Delight in the rest bought by the finished work of Christ. 1. Reflect on the wilderness 2. Recite the Cost 3. Rejoice in the redemption

Passage: Exodus 20:8-11; Hebrews 4

Passage: Daniel 1:17-21 Sermon in a Sentence: The faithfulness of God allows us to remain true to Him and advance His kingdom in the midst of a world where we are exiles.

Passage: Acts ⁠17:16⁠-34 Sermon Notes: wearetruelove.com/sunday

Passage: Acts 18:1-4, 24-28 Notes: Intro: 1. We know that work is not a negative thing, because our God worked. We know that work is not just a means to an end, but rather it’s God’s way of caring, loving and serving the world through our work. 2. However, sometimes when we think of work being spiritual, we only think of positions like pastors, and teachers and missionaries. We don’t think that our daily, ordinary work life has any big spiritual impact. Today I want to share with you that some of the greatest movement that God did in the early church was by simple ordinary individuals doing simple ordinary things 3. Today I want to share with you in this passage how ordinary people who lived lives of ordinary faithfulness, were used by God to do extraordinary things. 4. We will see how they chose to… a. Live with Missional Intention b. Work on Ordinary Practices c. Achieve Extraordinary Outcomes I. Live with Missional Intention vs 1-4 a. Paul, Aquila, and Priscilla—no matter where they go, they lived with