Northpoint Church-new Braunfels, Texas

Col. 3:9-159 Do not lie to one another, since you have put off the old man with his deeds, 10 and have put on the new man who is renewed in knowledge according to the image of Him who created him, 11 where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcised nor uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave nor free, but Christ is all and in all. 12 Therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, put on tender mercies, kindness, humility, meekness, longsuffering; 13 bearing with one another, and forgiving one another, if anyone has a complaint against another; even as Christ forgave you, so you also must do. 14 But above all these things put on love, which is the bond of perfection. 15 And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to which also you were called in one body; and be thankful.

1 John 3:1-3 3 Behold what manner of love the Father has bestowed on us, that we should be called children of God! Therefore the world does not know us, because it did not know Him.a. The Love of God is __________________________.His love is……b. God’s faithful love never comes to an __________________. 1. God’s Love Is _______________________________________.Psalm 89:2 “I will declare that your love stands firm forever, that you established your faithfulness in heaven itself.” Psalm 100:5 For the Lord is good and his love endures forever.2. God’s Love Is ________________________. - Jeremiah 31:3-4 / Isaiah 43:13. God’s Love Is __________________________.  - Romans 8:31-324. God’s Love Is __________________________. 5. God’s Love Is Unbreakable - Romans 8:37-396. God’s Love Is _____________________________.  1 John 4:19 / John 3:167. God’s Love Is Forgiving. Isaiah 38:17/ Revelation 1:5p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 9.0px Optima; color: #000000; -webkit-text-str

The Kings choice. Part 2Acts 13:22-23And when He had removed Saul, He raised up for them David as king, to whom also He gave testimony and said, 'I have found David the son of Jesse, a man after My own heart, who will do all My will.' From this man's seed, according to the promise, God raised up for Israel a Savior--Jesus—1. Man’s choice. We want a king.Judges 21:25 In those days there was no king in Israel; everyone did what was right in his own eyes.The people were rejecting God as their King – God has always desired a people to know Him – to Love Him – to seek Him - to be led by HimThey ask for King - that we also may be like all the nations. 1 Sam. 8:1-21God has given us the ability to choose. Everything we choose is not God’s will.What was God’s choice? He wants to be their King. The people had rejected God as their King – God has always desired for a people to know Him – to Love Him – to be led by Him2. The first King’s choice - Saul did it His way. 1 Sam. 13:13-14 13 And Samuel said to S

The Kings choice.Acts 13:22-23And when He had removed Saul, He raised up for them David as king, to whom also He gave testimony and said, 'I have found David the son of Jesse, a man after My own heart, who will do all My will.' From this man's seed, according to the promise, God raised up for Israel a Savior--Jesus—David is in Sixty-two chapters. His name is mentioned over 1,000 times. David, King of Israel. A man after God’s own heart. 1. Man’s choice. We want a king.Judges 21:25 In those days there was no king in Israel; everyone did what was right in his own eyes.The people were rejecting God as their King – God has always desired a people to know Him – to Love Him – to seek Him - to be led by HimThey ask for King - that we also may be like all the nations. NLT 1 Sam. 8:1-22God has given us the ability to choose. Everything we choose is not God’s will.Judges 21:25 In those days there was no king in Israel; everyone did what was right in his own eyes.Everyone was a law unto themselves.&n

Got Love?1. We have _________________________.Psalms 27:10 10 When my father and my mother forsake me, Then the LORD will take care of me.Psalms 68:5-6 5 A father of the fatherless, a defender of widows,Is God in His holy habitation. 6 God sets the solitary in families…Isa. 64:8 But now, O Lord, You are our Father; We are the clay, and You our potter; And all we are the work of Your hand.Whether or not we had an earthly father that was seeking us and seeking our spiritual well-being, we do have a Heavenly Father who loves us.Eph. 3:14-19 (New Century Version) 14 So I bow in prayer before the Father 15 from whom every family in heaven and on earth gets its true name. 16 I ask the Father in his great glory to give you the power to be strong inwardly through his Spirit. 17 I pray that Christ will live in your hearts by faith and that your life will be strong in love and be built on love. 18 And I pray that you and all God’s holy people will have the power to understand the greatness of Christ’s love—how wide and

Got Lift?Psalm 40:1-31 I waited patiently for the Lord; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry.2 He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings. 3 And he hath put a new song in my mouth, even praise unto our God: many shall see it, and fear, and shall trust in the Lord.1. The Lord ________________________ us up.Eph. 2:5 even when we were dead in trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved), 6 and raised us up together, and made us sit together in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, 7 that in the ages to come He might show the exceeding riches of His grace in His kindness toward us in Christ Jesus.a. He _____________________________ us up.  Psalm 145:14 / Psalm 113:6-8b. He ____________________________ us up. 2. _______________________________ will this be? John 14:15-17 / John 15:26 / Luke 24:49 / Acts 2:17 / Acts 3:19-21What we hunger and thirst for is

Got Power? Pentecost in the 1st PersonActs 2:1-8, 12-21Here is God’s answer for the ‘famine’ of the Spirit and the Word.Pentecost promotes Jesus & His church.1. The Why of Pentecost?Matt. 28:18-20 19 Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations….Go ________________ something.Mark 16:15-2015 And He said to them, "Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature….Go ________________ something.John 14:12 12 “Most assuredly, I say to you, he who believes in Me, the works that I do he will do also; and greater works than these he will do, because I go to My Father.Go ________________ something.How can this be? Zech. 4:6-72.    What is Pentecost? Luke 24:49 / Acts 1:4-8 / John 7:37-39There is refreshing ______________________ at Pentecost. Acts 3:19-213.   We, The Church was created to __________________________. 2 Tim. 1:6-8a. Jesus said we must be ‘______________’ - Born Again. John 3:3-6 / Titus 3:5-6 b. There’s more.  Jesus said be ‘___________

Got Purpose?Eph. 3:20-2120 Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us, 21 to Him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus to all generations, forever and ever. Amen.How Big Is God?Acts 2:1717 ‘And it shall come to pass in the last days, says God, That I will pour out of My Spirit on all flesh; Your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, Your young men shall see visions, Your old men shall dream dreams. 18  And on My menservants and on My maidservants I will pour out My Spirit in those days; And they shall prophesy.1 Cor. 2:9-129 But as it is written:“Eye has not seen, nor ear heard, Nor have entered into the heart of man The things which God has prepared for those who love Him.”10 But God has revealed them to us through His Spirit. For the Spirit searches all things, yes, the deep things of God. 11 For what man knows the things of a man except the spirit of the man which is in him? Even so no one

David Ran.1 Sam. 17:48 As the Philistine moved closer to attack him, David ran quickly toward the battle line to meet him.David ran toward Goliath in public after He ran toward a Lion & Bear in private.What did He run toward? Goliath / Lion / Bear - battles/a fight Private Victory seems to precede Public VictoryWhat do we run toward? the Battle - fight the good fight of faith - Everything thing that God says do - Acts 13:22-23What battles do we need to be engaged in? - Personally: Be Strong in the Lord - Eph. 6:10-18 - Personally: Growth Faith is both Private and Public. p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Optima; color: #000000; -webkit-text-stroke: #000000} p.p2 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Optima; color: #000000; -webkit-text-stroke: #000000; min-height: 14.0px} span.s1 {font-kerning: none} span.Apple-tab-span {white-space:pre} Leadership is first private then public.p.p2 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 18.0px; font: 12.0px Optima; color:

A King's HeartThere is a divine viewpoint and the human viewpoint. As Humans, We are mostly focused on the physical appearance.Don't misunderstand me, I am for being healthy. But God has another standard. When Samuel was looking for a man to succeed Saul as King of Israel, God said to Samuel… "Do not look at his appearance or his stature, because I have rejected him (Eliab). For the Lord does not see as man sees;[a] for man looks at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart.” (1 Sam. 16:7). Man places a high value on the externals God examines deep within that man for something more. Man judges one on the basis of one's appearance, but God examines the heart.In Biblical thought, the heart was the central organ that controlled all activities thus determining one's character of living. The heart housed the place where qualities worth having in our lives were first formed. The heart embodied the womb of character.There is a divine viewpoint and the human viewpoint. ‘we walk by faith not b

Why David?Acts 13:22-23And when He had removed Saul, He raised up for them David as king, to whom also He gave testimony and said, 'I have found David the son of Jesse, a man after My own heart, who will do all My will.' From this man's seed, according to the promise, God raised up for Israel a Savior—Jesus—There are tools, keys, nuggets that we can pick up as we study and look at His life. For what purpose? for the sake of our KING. For His Kingdom. Since the time of Joshua leading up to the time of David there has been very limited divine viewpoint in the land…I Sam. 3:1p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Optima; color: #000000; -webkit-text-stroke: #000000} p.p2 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Optima; color: #000000; -webkit-text-stroke: #000000; min-height: 14.0px} span.s1 {font-kerning: none} span.Apple-tab-span {white-space:pre} Now the boy Samuel ministered to the Lord before Eli. And the word of the Lord was rare in those days; there was no wides

Mary's sermon.John 2:1-5 1 On the third day there was a wedding in Cana of Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there. 2 Now both Jesus and His disciples were invited to the wedding. 3 And when they ran out of wine, the mother of Jesus said to Him, “They have no wine.”4 Jesus said to her, “Woman, what does your concern have to do with Me? My hour has not yet come.” 5 His mother said to the servants, “Whatever He says to you, do it.”1. Whatever......2. He says to you.....3. Do it.....

Got Peace? The Lord is near.Isa. 9:6 For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.He won. He wins.  We ____________. We _____________.Rom. 8:37 Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us. We find our victory in His victory. We find our strength in His strength. We find our peace in His peace. Rom. 5:1-2 Therefore, having been justified by faith, we have[a] peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, 2 through whom also we have access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice/boast in hope of the glory of God.Isa. 26:3 / John 16:33 / John 14:27 / Rom. 15:13 / Col. 3:15 / Phil. 4:4-9.Matt. 8:23-27 Then Jesus got into the boat and started across the lake with his disciples.1. Jesus is in my __________________ and it’s all good.Matt. 8:24-2724 Suddenly, a fierce storm struck the lake, with waves breaking

Got Joy?Phil. 4:4 Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, rejoiceWhere does Joy come from?What does Joy do in our lives?Are you choosing Joy? 

We're stronger when we gather. What happens at the gathering can't stay here. It's always been 'we breathe in, we breathe out.' 'Freely we have received, freely give - Jesus.'

Our Hearts were made to BurnLuke 24:13-32  32 And they said to one another, "Did not our heart burn within us while He talked with us on the road, and while He opened the Scriptures to us?" Question: Does my heart Burn? The Burn Series: #2 - ’The church that Jesus loves.’1. What is the _______________________ of our hearts?Romans 12:11 Don't burn out; keep yourselves fueled and aflame.Burn defined: a :  to consume fuel and give off heat, light, and gasesb :  to be combustablec :  to contain a fired :  to give off light :  shine, glowe :  to be hot 2. Your temperature ___________________. What do I bring with me when we gather?3. The Church @ Philadelphia - Revelation 3:7–13a. WHAT Does Jesus pay _________________________ too?b. JESUS’ ___________________________ to the church @ Philadelphia. _______________________________ is a powerful force.c. OUR KING IS JESUS - Think bigger. d. THE CHURCH IS _____________________________________________. 1.

#1 - My Heart was made to Burn Luke 24:13-32  32 And they said to one another, "Did not our heart burn within us while He talked with us on the road, and while He opened the Scriptures to us?" Question: Does my heart Burn? 1.  It’s personal? What is the ____________________________ of my heart?2 Tim. 1:6-7 (NIV) For this reason I remind you to fan into flame the gift of God, which is in you through the laying on of my hands. For the Spirit God gave us does not make us timid, but gives us power, love and self-discipline.There is always the need to Fan. Stir. Rekindle. To Burn.Burn defined: 2. Your ____________________________________ matters.Col. 3:1-2 If then you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds/affection on things that are above, not on things that are on earth.Today there is no shortage of _________________________ in our land.  Col. 2:8 (BBE) Take care that no one

Revival of Thanksgiving. Why a series on Revival? 1. We are thermostats.Col. 3:1-2 If then you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds/affection on things that are above, not on things that are on earth.What is the temperature of our church? our hearts? my heart?2 Tim. 1:6-7 (NIV) For this reason I remind you to fan into flame the gift of God, which is in you through the laying on of my hands. For the Spirit God gave us does not make us timid, but gives us power, love and self-discipline.There is ____________________ the need to Fan. Stir. Rekindle. 2. What is _______________?  The Lord says this: Acts 2:17 / Acts 3:19-213. Jesus ___________ His church.  Thytira: A revival of the _________________.Rev. 2:20 Nevertheless, I have this against you: You tolerate that woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophet. By her teaching she misleads my servants into sexual immorality and the ea

Revival of the PureWhat is Revival? Isa. 57:15(NLT) The high and lofty one who lives in eternity, the Holy One, says this: “I live in the high and holy place with those whose spirits are contrite and humble. I restore the crushed spirit of the humble and revive the courage of those with repentant hearts.Revival influences_____________________________ .Revival is Obedience ____________________. Why a series on Revival? 1. We are ___________________________. Col. 3:1-2 If then you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds/affection on things that are        above, not on things that are on earth.2. To the Church in Thyatira Rev. 2:18-29 a.    These are the words of the Son of God. Jer 16:17 / Heb 4:13b.    I know _________________________. Rev. 2:19 I know your deeds, your love and faith, your service and perseverance, and that         you are now doing

A Revival of Truth - The Church at PergamumIsa. 57:15 (NLT) The high and lofty one who lives in eternity, the Holy One, says this: “I live in the high and holy place with those whose spirits are contrite and humble. I restore the crushed spirit of the humble and revive the courage of those with repentant hearts.Why a series on Revival? 1. As the church goes so goes the nation. As the individual believer goes - so   goes the church.Revival is Obedience ___________________. 2. What Jesus says to the church at Pergamum. Rev. 2:12-17a. The City of Pergamum.b. Jesus said, it’s the throne & dwelling place of ____________________.c. The Healing Center - Asklepiond. Pergamum pagan __________________ meets Jesus.e. Remember Antipas - ‘my faithful martyr.’ Rev. 2:13f. This is the___________________________ for the church at Pergamum. 3. Jesus doesn’t ___________ what’s happening outside the church but rather what’s happening inside the church. Rev. 2:14-15 / Acts 20:28-30 A.W