Everett Spencer continues the series "What's A Party Without Gifts?" with part 7 in this Wednesday service.
What's A Party Without Gifts? Part 7
Everett Spencer
Wednesday, September 15, 2010
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Monday, September 20, 2010
09/12/10 - LifeGate Day / Are We There Yet PT1 - Pastor Tony Ashmore
Pastor Tony Ashmore begins a new series on parenting entitled "Are We There Yet?" in this Sunday service.
LifeGate Day / Are We There Yet? Part 1
Pastor Tony Ashmore
Sunday, September 12, 2010
www.mylifegatechurch.com
Sermon Notes:
Are We There Yet?
Navigating the Parenting Journey
Proverbs 22:6 (AMP) Train up a child in the way he should go [and in keeping with his individual gift or bent], and when he is old he will not depart from it.
(Message) Point your kids in the right direction—when they're old they won't be lost.
Ephesians 6:1-4 Children, obey your parents because you belong to the Lord, for this is the right thing to do. 2 “Honor your father and mother.” This is the first commandment with a promise: 3 If you honor your father and mother, “things will go well for you, and you will have a long life on the earth.” 4 Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger by the way you treat them. Rather, bring them up with the discipline and instruction that comes from the Lord.
Luke 2:52 Jesus grew in wisdom and in stature and in favor with God and all the people.
LifeGate Day / Are We There Yet? Part 1
Pastor Tony Ashmore
Sunday, September 12, 2010
www.mylifegatechurch.com
Sermon Notes:
Are We There Yet?
Navigating the Parenting Journey
Proverbs 22:6 (AMP) Train up a child in the way he should go [and in keeping with his individual gift or bent], and when he is old he will not depart from it.
(Message) Point your kids in the right direction—when they're old they won't be lost.
Ephesians 6:1-4 Children, obey your parents because you belong to the Lord, for this is the right thing to do. 2 “Honor your father and mother.” This is the first commandment with a promise: 3 If you honor your father and mother, “things will go well for you, and you will have a long life on the earth.” 4 Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger by the way you treat them. Rather, bring them up with the discipline and instruction that comes from the Lord.
Luke 2:52 Jesus grew in wisdom and in stature and in favor with God and all the people.
09/08/10 - What's A Party Without Gifts PT6 - Pastor Tony Ashmore
Pastor Tony Ashmore continues the series "What's A Party Without Gifts?" with part 6 in this Wednesday service.
What's A Party Without Gifts? Part 6
Pastor Tony Ashmore
Wednesday, September 8, 2010
www.mylifegatechurch.com
What's A Party Without Gifts? Part 6
Pastor Tony Ashmore
Wednesday, September 8, 2010
www.mylifegatechurch.com
Wednesday, September 8, 2010
09/05/10 - Connect With Your Destiny - Pastor Tony Ashmore
Pastor Tony Ashmore teaches on "Connect With Your Destiny" in this vision Sunday service.
Connect With Your Destiny
Pastor Tony Ashmore
Sunday, September 5, 2010
www.churchatmirrorlake.com
Sermon Notes:
The Church, The Gospel, Our Destiny
1 Timothy 3:14-16 “I am writing these things to you now, even though I hope to be with you soon, 15 so that if I am delayed, you will know how people must conduct themselves in the household of God. This is the church of the living God, which is the pillar and foundation of the truth.
16 Without question, this is the great mystery of our faith: Christ was revealed in a human body and vindicated by the Spirit. He was seen by angels and announced to the nations. He was believed in throughout the world and taken to heaven in glory.”
Connect with Your Destiny
1. The Law of Retribution for sin (the law of sin and death) is confirmed by our conscience. We know it is the truth. The result of sin is our separation from God, thus the elimination of our destiny.
Romans 5:12 “When Adam sinned, sin entered the world. Adam’s sin brought death, so death spread to everyone, for everyone sinned.”
Hebrews 2:3 (AMP) “How shall we escape [appropriate retribution] if we neglect and refuse to pay attention to such a great salvation [as is now offered to us, letting it drift past us forever]? For it was declared at first by the Lord [Himself], and it was confirmed to us and proved to be real and genuine by those who personally heard [Him speak].”
2. For the Christian, our account has been settled once and for all. The law of retribution will not cease but has already been executed for us at Calvary. All my sins—past, present and future—were covered by Calvary!
John 5:24 “I tell you the truth, those who listen to my message and believe in God who sent me have eternal life. They will never be condemned for their sins, but they have already passed from death into life.”
3. Peace, instead of guilt, is mine through the knowledge that my sins have been judged and punished in Christ!
Galatians 3:13 “But Christ has rescued us from the curse pronounced by the law. When he was hung on the cross, he took upon himself the curse for our wrongdoing. For it is written in the Scriptures, “Cursed is everyone who is hung on a tree.”
John 14:27 “I am leaving you with a gift—peace of mind and heart. And the peace I give is a gift the world cannot give. So don’t be troubled or afraid.”
4. By faith, in spite of my doubts and fears, I lay hold of the free gift (at great cost to Him) of my rightness with God.
Romans 5:16 “And the result of God’s gracious gift is very different from the result of that one man’s sin. For Adam’s sin led to condemnation, but God’s free gift leads to our being made right with God, even though we are guilty of many sins.”
5. If I understand this salvation given to me, then my love demands I love for Him and unto Him as an act of gratitude and thankfulness.
2 Corinthians 5:14 “Either way, Christ’s love controls us. Since we believe that Christ died for all, we also believe that we have all died to our old life.”
1 Corinthians 8:6 “But we know that there is only one God, the Father, who created everything, and we live for him. And there is only one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom God made everything and through whom we have been given life.”
How? Love, Serve, Reach, Grow, Connect
Our vision as a church is to share the Life-Giving Message of Jesus with West Georgia and the world.
Our mission, the way we will do that, is by providing an environment where people can easily Love, Serve, Reach, Grow and Connect. Our destiny, personally and as a church, is found in loving, serving, reaching and growing. Note that love, serve, reach and grow will only happen when we connect. So, in essence, our mission is to connect so we can find and accomplish our destiny.
1. Connect to a local church. Learn and practice the ways of God.
2. Connect relationally to like-minded people. We are made to be social, in the image of God. We need to make life-long friends who will empower destiny.
3. Connect to your ministry. We need to know our gifts and connect to them to serve. Finding fulfillment and fulfilling destiny.
Some ways we empower this as a church:
- Connect Groups: Dinner, SOAP, Interest
- Growth Track
- Weekend Celebrations
- Ministry Teams
- Wednesday nights
- New enhancement---LifeCoaches
Connect With Your Destiny
Pastor Tony Ashmore
Sunday, September 5, 2010
www.churchatmirrorlake.com
Sermon Notes:
The Church, The Gospel, Our Destiny
1 Timothy 3:14-16 “I am writing these things to you now, even though I hope to be with you soon, 15 so that if I am delayed, you will know how people must conduct themselves in the household of God. This is the church of the living God, which is the pillar and foundation of the truth.
16 Without question, this is the great mystery of our faith: Christ was revealed in a human body and vindicated by the Spirit. He was seen by angels and announced to the nations. He was believed in throughout the world and taken to heaven in glory.”
Connect with Your Destiny
1. The Law of Retribution for sin (the law of sin and death) is confirmed by our conscience. We know it is the truth. The result of sin is our separation from God, thus the elimination of our destiny.
Romans 5:12 “When Adam sinned, sin entered the world. Adam’s sin brought death, so death spread to everyone, for everyone sinned.”
Hebrews 2:3 (AMP) “How shall we escape [appropriate retribution] if we neglect and refuse to pay attention to such a great salvation [as is now offered to us, letting it drift past us forever]? For it was declared at first by the Lord [Himself], and it was confirmed to us and proved to be real and genuine by those who personally heard [Him speak].”
2. For the Christian, our account has been settled once and for all. The law of retribution will not cease but has already been executed for us at Calvary. All my sins—past, present and future—were covered by Calvary!
John 5:24 “I tell you the truth, those who listen to my message and believe in God who sent me have eternal life. They will never be condemned for their sins, but they have already passed from death into life.”
3. Peace, instead of guilt, is mine through the knowledge that my sins have been judged and punished in Christ!
Galatians 3:13 “But Christ has rescued us from the curse pronounced by the law. When he was hung on the cross, he took upon himself the curse for our wrongdoing. For it is written in the Scriptures, “Cursed is everyone who is hung on a tree.”
John 14:27 “I am leaving you with a gift—peace of mind and heart. And the peace I give is a gift the world cannot give. So don’t be troubled or afraid.”
4. By faith, in spite of my doubts and fears, I lay hold of the free gift (at great cost to Him) of my rightness with God.
Romans 5:16 “And the result of God’s gracious gift is very different from the result of that one man’s sin. For Adam’s sin led to condemnation, but God’s free gift leads to our being made right with God, even though we are guilty of many sins.”
5. If I understand this salvation given to me, then my love demands I love for Him and unto Him as an act of gratitude and thankfulness.
2 Corinthians 5:14 “Either way, Christ’s love controls us. Since we believe that Christ died for all, we also believe that we have all died to our old life.”
1 Corinthians 8:6 “But we know that there is only one God, the Father, who created everything, and we live for him. And there is only one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom God made everything and through whom we have been given life.”
How? Love, Serve, Reach, Grow, Connect
Our vision as a church is to share the Life-Giving Message of Jesus with West Georgia and the world.
Our mission, the way we will do that, is by providing an environment where people can easily Love, Serve, Reach, Grow and Connect. Our destiny, personally and as a church, is found in loving, serving, reaching and growing. Note that love, serve, reach and grow will only happen when we connect. So, in essence, our mission is to connect so we can find and accomplish our destiny.
1. Connect to a local church. Learn and practice the ways of God.
2. Connect relationally to like-minded people. We are made to be social, in the image of God. We need to make life-long friends who will empower destiny.
3. Connect to your ministry. We need to know our gifts and connect to them to serve. Finding fulfillment and fulfilling destiny.
Some ways we empower this as a church:
- Connect Groups: Dinner, SOAP, Interest
- Growth Track
- Weekend Celebrations
- Ministry Teams
- Wednesday nights
- New enhancement---LifeCoaches
09/01/10 - What's A Party Without Gifts PT5 - Pastor Tony Ashmore
Pastor Tony Ashmore continues the series "What's A Party Without Gifts?" with part 5 in this Wednesday service.
What's A Party Without Gifts? Part 5
Pastor Tony Ashmore
Wednesday, September 1, 2010
www.churchatmirrorlake.com
What's A Party Without Gifts? Part 5
Pastor Tony Ashmore
Wednesday, September 1, 2010
www.churchatmirrorlake.com
Monday, August 30, 2010
08/29/10 - If I Die Before I Wake PT5 - Pastor Tony Ashmore
Pastor Tony Ashmore continues the series "If I Die Before I Wake" with part 5 of this Sunday service.
If I Die Before I Wake Part 5
Pastor Tony Ashmore
Sunday, August 29, 2010
www.churchatmirrorlake.com
Sermon Notes:
Heaven: The Culmination of Restoration
Matthew 19:28 (NKJV) “So Jesus said to them, “Assuredly I say to you, that in the regeneration (AMP-new age, the Messianic rebirth), when the Son of Man sits on the throne of His glory, you who have followed Me will also sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.”
Acts 3:21 “For he (Jesus) must remain in heaven until the time for the final restoration of all things, as God promised long ago through his holy prophets.”
Colossians 3:10 “Put on your new nature, and be renewed as you learn to know your Creator and become like him.”
The Big Idea:
The final Heaven is a resurrected Earth—the New Earth—a restoration of what Earth was intended to be. Our resurrected bodies are a return to what our bodies were intended to be.
Restore, Replenish, Renew, Resurrect, Redemption, Reconciliation, Regeneration, Recover (“re” is “ana” in Greek—same meaning: a return to an original condition)
“God always sees us in the light of what He intended us to be and He always seeks to restore us to that design.” (Alcorn)
All of Jesus’ miracles, except for the cursing of the fig tree which is to show us the foolishness of trusting a cursed world system, are restoration miracles. Illustrating the meaning of redemption: freeing creation from the bondage of sin and evil and reinstating life and living as intended by God.
Our celebration of Communion is a celebration of restoration:
1. The bread and the wine: a new covenant—a return to the relationship God intended. A restoration of mankind with dominion over sin instead of mankind ravaged by sin.
2. The Cross: Satan planned to kill the 2nd Adam just as he killed the 1st Adam. The temptation in the wilderness is the evidence of that plan. Satan thought he had succeeded when Jesus died on the cross. But there was a problem—the 2nd Adam didn’t die because he had to as a consequence of sin. He died because he chose to as a payment for the sin of others. His choice empowered him to win and positioned him for victory. His choice assured satan’s defeat and our victory. His choice at the cross restored our ability to make choices that position us for life as God intended.
3. The candles: 2 Corinthians 5:19 “For God was in Christ, reconciling the world to himself, no longer counting people’s sins against them. And he gave us this wonderful message of reconciliation.” We have renewed access to God. Our prayers are heard and are powerful. We can change the course of history with our prayers. We can approach the throne of God on behalf of others.
Heaven reinforces our knowledge of a loving God who is for us, who wants us to have rich and satisfying life here and for eternity. Hell demonstrates clearly the result of pursuing an un-restored life. Restoration is only available in Christ. We cannot restore ourselves and therefore cannot access life as it is intended without Jesus.
2 Thessalonians 1:11 “So we keep on praying for you, asking our God to enable you to live a life worthy of his call. May he give you the power to accomplish all the good things your faith prompts you to do.”
A life restored to God-sufficiency instead of self-sufficiency. He enables, He empowers and He gives us the faith that prompts us. Life as God intended is a God dependent life—learning to simply do what the old hymn says: “Trust and Obey, for there’s no other way…”
If I Die Before I Wake Part 5
Pastor Tony Ashmore
Sunday, August 29, 2010
www.churchatmirrorlake.com
Sermon Notes:
Heaven: The Culmination of Restoration
Matthew 19:28 (NKJV) “So Jesus said to them, “Assuredly I say to you, that in the regeneration (AMP-new age, the Messianic rebirth), when the Son of Man sits on the throne of His glory, you who have followed Me will also sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.”
Acts 3:21 “For he (Jesus) must remain in heaven until the time for the final restoration of all things, as God promised long ago through his holy prophets.”
Colossians 3:10 “Put on your new nature, and be renewed as you learn to know your Creator and become like him.”
The Big Idea:
The final Heaven is a resurrected Earth—the New Earth—a restoration of what Earth was intended to be. Our resurrected bodies are a return to what our bodies were intended to be.
Restore, Replenish, Renew, Resurrect, Redemption, Reconciliation, Regeneration, Recover (“re” is “ana” in Greek—same meaning: a return to an original condition)
“God always sees us in the light of what He intended us to be and He always seeks to restore us to that design.” (Alcorn)
All of Jesus’ miracles, except for the cursing of the fig tree which is to show us the foolishness of trusting a cursed world system, are restoration miracles. Illustrating the meaning of redemption: freeing creation from the bondage of sin and evil and reinstating life and living as intended by God.
Our celebration of Communion is a celebration of restoration:
1. The bread and the wine: a new covenant—a return to the relationship God intended. A restoration of mankind with dominion over sin instead of mankind ravaged by sin.
2. The Cross: Satan planned to kill the 2nd Adam just as he killed the 1st Adam. The temptation in the wilderness is the evidence of that plan. Satan thought he had succeeded when Jesus died on the cross. But there was a problem—the 2nd Adam didn’t die because he had to as a consequence of sin. He died because he chose to as a payment for the sin of others. His choice empowered him to win and positioned him for victory. His choice assured satan’s defeat and our victory. His choice at the cross restored our ability to make choices that position us for life as God intended.
3. The candles: 2 Corinthians 5:19 “For God was in Christ, reconciling the world to himself, no longer counting people’s sins against them. And he gave us this wonderful message of reconciliation.” We have renewed access to God. Our prayers are heard and are powerful. We can change the course of history with our prayers. We can approach the throne of God on behalf of others.
Heaven reinforces our knowledge of a loving God who is for us, who wants us to have rich and satisfying life here and for eternity. Hell demonstrates clearly the result of pursuing an un-restored life. Restoration is only available in Christ. We cannot restore ourselves and therefore cannot access life as it is intended without Jesus.
2 Thessalonians 1:11 “So we keep on praying for you, asking our God to enable you to live a life worthy of his call. May he give you the power to accomplish all the good things your faith prompts you to do.”
A life restored to God-sufficiency instead of self-sufficiency. He enables, He empowers and He gives us the faith that prompts us. Life as God intended is a God dependent life—learning to simply do what the old hymn says: “Trust and Obey, for there’s no other way…”
Sunday, August 29, 2010
08/25/10 - What's A Party Without Gifts PT4 - Pastor Tony Ashmore
Pastor Tony Ashmore continues the series "What's A Party Without Gifts?" with part 4 in this Wednesday service.
What's A Party Without Gifts? Part 4
Pastor Tony Ashmore
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
www.churchatmirrorlake.com
What's A Party Without Gifts? Part 4
Pastor Tony Ashmore
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
www.churchatmirrorlake.com
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