Declare His glory among the nations, His wonderful works among all peoples.
1 Chronicles 16:24, HCSB
We should seek God in all things, and we should bring others to seek His glory by showing the great things He has done, most importantly the death and resurrection of Christ that brings salvation to even the most horrible sinner.
“For nothing will be impossible with God.”
Luke 1:37, HCSB
We should seek God in all things, knowing He can give children to the childless, heal the sick, and save the worst of sinners.
Finally brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable — if there is any moral excellence and if there is any praise — dwell on these things.
Philippians 4:8, HCSB
God works in us by the power of the Holy Spirit, helping us to focus on the goodness of God and His movements in the world through the Scriptures and the contentment He brings through His presence.
Be diligent to present yourself approved to God, a worker who doesn’t need to be ashamed, correctly teaching the word of truth.
2 Timothy 2:15, HCSB
God works in us by the power of the Holy Spirit, and He is our first source of wisdom in reading and understanding Scripture. It is still good to be trained in sharing His Word.
I have treasured Your word in my heart so that I may not sin against You.
Psalm 119:11, HCSB
God works in us by the power of the Holy Spirit, working through His inspired Word to transform our minds and hearts to be more like Christ.
I preached again!
Unfortunately, we were having audio issues on Sunday morning. There currently is not a video or audio of the sermon. If I am able to add one later, I definitely will. Regardless, here is my PowerPoint to at least have an idea of what I preached. May you enjoy even this little bit.
For the word of God is living and effective and sharper than any double-edged sword, penetrating as far as the separation of soul and spirit, joints and marrow. It is able to judge the ideas and thoughts of the heart.
Hebrews 4:12, HCSB
God works in us by the power of the Holy Spirit, beginning with the words of Scripture He inspired and toward the Word made flesh, transforming our minds and hearts.
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
John 1:1, HCSB
God works in us by the power of the Holy Spirit, and He began this by becoming one of us through Jesus so that we may know God is with us.
Our little congregation has congregational voting included in our bylaws. If we make changes to those bylaws, bring on new elders or deacons and pastors, or need to make major decisions like about a new building/property, we need at least three-fifths vote in favor. To remove a leader only takes a simple majority. If at least half are not comfortable with thay leader, they cannot effectively lead. All other decisions are handled by the pastors and the Board made up of deacons and elders.
There is nuance and wiggle room on a lot of this, but we also know most people will not be that involved with much of the day-to-day to need to vote on most things.
Daniel
In a previous article I wrote on the question “Is the Practice of Church Members’ Voting Biblical?” where I argued that it is biblical for the congregation of the church to have authority to vote on certain matters concerning the church. But what are those areas that the congregation can vote on?
Question: What should the Church Congregation vote on?