In our series Fifty To 50 at RVC we have been walking through the book of Nehemiah. In chapter 1 we see an outline in verses 5-11 of Nehemiah praying to God because his city is in ruins. What is amazing about these verses is that we see Nehemiah model how to effectively pray when [...]
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Exponential Day 1: Matt Chandler
April 20, 2010
Matt Chandler “Paul continually preaches the gospel to people who have already heard it.” Romans 1:13-15 1 Corinthians 15:1-6 – past tense, present tense, future tense “The gospel should not be assumed.” Galatians 1:6-9 Ephesians 2:1-10 – the gospel “The gospel isn’t something that just saves you, it’s something you walk in.” The Gospel Defined [...]
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Exponential Day 1: Mark Batterson (Right Now Pre-Conference)
April 20, 2010
Mark Batterson – Right Now Session 1 “God doesn’t do what He does because of us. He does what He does in spite of us.” Matthew 10:1 “A lot of people want Jesus to follow them. It should be the other way around.” “Ministry is not a career. It’s a calling.” “I don’t get paid [...]
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Crazy Week
January 28, 2009
Well.. It’s been a while. The last 10 days or so have been busy. Last monday, Heather and I were at a Young Pastors Event in Niagara Falls. It’s always great to catch up with friends and meet new people. Then… on Thursday we took twelve of us from our youth team to Awakening in [...]
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God Make Us Focused
June 19, 2008
GOD MAKE US FOCUSED Nehemiah 4 The Reality WE HAVE ONE ENEMY who wants to destroy our lives. John 10:10, Nehemiah 4:1-3 How did Nehemiah and his crew remain focused? 1) They were ENTHUSIASTIC as they worked (verse 6) “At last the wall was completed to half its height around the entire city, for the people had worked [...]
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God Make Us Unified
June 11, 2008
Last night @ EMG our Prayer was GOD MAKE US UNIFIED. A number of parents joined us! It was a great time together. Here’s what we talked about. Ephesians 4:1-16 How can we see this happen? 1) Unity requires EFFORT (vs 3-6) 3Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond [...]
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Consistency
June 4, 2008
Last night at EMG we started the ONE PRAYER series with GOD MAKE US CONSISTENT. It’s been on my heart big time! Here’s what we talked about 2 Timothy 2:1-7 2 Opening Instructions Verse 1 – Stand STRONG in the GRACE of Jesus. Verse 2 – PASS on the MESSAGE 3 Examples of Consistency 1. [...]
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Practice What You Preach
February 19, 2008
Tomorrow at EMG we are talking about PRIORITIES. I’ve spent part of the night preparing. It’s hard to talk about priorities. We all have things that can get out of line at times and even for myself I am challenged to keep God, my family and the body of Christ at the forefront of [...]
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Fear
January 26, 2008
FEAR “God has not given us a spirit of fear but of LOVE, POWER, and a SOUND MIND.“ 2 Timothy 1:7 1) Replace fear with LOVE Matthew 22 – The Greatest Commandment 2) Replace fear with POWER Acts 2 – The power and presence of God 3) Replace fear with a SOUND MIND “Tell me O [...]
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