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Resolve to Rejoice
Let Your Spirit SOAR - Isaiah 40 forms the foundation for how we soar with God.
Many Miraculous Signs - Based on Mark 16
How God Gets Things Done - John 14:12 "Truly, truly, 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 the Father."
Dan Mohler - The Transforming Power of the Gospel - Dan spoke at a special weekend service on helping believers experience the transformational love of God and using their God-given gifts to spread the good news of the kingdom to the world.
Do You Know He's Arisen? Easter provides the perfect opportunity to reflect upon the power of Jesus' resurrection.
Col. Sid Oaksmith shares his testimony of how God has been faithful through his life and military career, including the Gulf War.
Consecration Sunday - Are You Cheating God?
Key verse: Malachi 3:10 Bring all the tithes into the storehouse so there will be enough food in my Temple. If you do,” says the LORD Almighty, “I will open the windows of heaven for you. I will pour out a blessing so great you won't have enough room to take it in! Try it! Let me prove it to you!”
· Wrong giving
o From guilt
o From allowing yourself to be manipulated or swindled
o To look good to other people
o To try to bribe God
o To try to obligate God to you
· Right giving
o An offering of thanks, praise or worship
o A donation toward a good cause
o A seed of faith toward meeting a need in your life
o A gift of obedience to a prompting from God
o For any of these, the amount can be any size from minimal to sacrificial
· Tithing (Malachi 3:8-12)
o A tithe, by definition, is ten percent of whatever comes to you
o Jesus affirmed the practice of tithing (Matthew 23:23; Luke 11:42)
o A tithe is your due to God (verse 8)
Less is cheating God (verse 8)
Israel was cursed for cheating God in this way (verse 9)
o Your tithe is to be brought to God’s storehouse to provide for the needs of God’s work (verse 10)
o A tithe opens the windows of heaven for you (verse 10)
o Your tithe carries a promise of overflowing blessings for you (verses 10-12)
o This is the only place God invites us to test his promise (verse 10)
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All Saint's Sunday - Passengers to Eternity
Key Verse Philippians 1:21-26
-Calvinist understanding
TULIPTotal depravityUnconditional electionLimited atonementIrresistable gracePerseverance of the saints
God's sovereignty means everything that happens is predestined to happen and isGod's will
-Wesleyan understanding
Foreknowledge does not imply coercionGroups are predestined but each individual can freely choose their allegianceGod sovereignly allows us freedom, so many things that happen are not God's will
-God causes everything to work together. . .. . . for the good. . .. . . of those who love God. . .. . . and are called . . .. . . according to his purpose for them.
Seven Reasons to Be Thankful
Scripture lesson: Romans 8:31-39
Key verse: Romans 8:39 Nothing in all creation will ever be able to separate us from the love of God that is revealed in Christ Jesus our Lord. Romans 8:39
Seven reasons to be thankful:
God is for us (verse 31)
God gave his Son for us (verse 32)
God will also give us everything else (verse 32)
God gives us right standing with himself (verse 33)
Jesus is praying for us (verse 34)
God gives us victory over every trouble (verses 35-37)
Nothing can ever separate us from God's love (verses 38-39)
Trinity United Methodist Church
1300 West Street
Annapolis, Maryland 21401
"I want us to be so filled with God's Holy Spirit, led by the Holy Spirit, empowered by the Holy Spirit, that people will say, 'If you want to know what Jesus is like, find somebody from Trinity.'" - Pastor David Wentz
