Sunday, November 25, 2012

Notes and Discussion Questions: The Gift // 11-25-12


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The Gift // 11-25-12


Click to Listen to, "The Gift" by Greg Sidders // Sunday 11-25-12, White Pine Community Church

No matter how much shopping you do this weekend, you won't find a gift that can compare to the one God has freely given to every Christian. It is a gift that can help you to joyful and strongly endure the struggles you are facing right now in a broken world.

So take a load off your mall-weary feet, and unwrap God's gift to you in this message.

Monday, November 12, 2012

Notes for: When Who You Are Is Not Who You Want To Be

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When Who You Are Is Not Who you Want To Be

Click to Listen to, "When Who You Are Is Not Who You Want To Be" by Greg Sidders // Sunday 11-11-12 White Pine Community Church

Carl Sandburg once wrote, "There is an eagle in me that wants to soar, and there is a hippopotamus in me that wants to wallow in the mud."

If you can relate, then you've probably wrestled with this question: How can I stop wallowing and start soaring?

The answer to living up to your potential (in that area of your life where you have been most frustrated by failure) is found in Romans 7 and 8, which we will study together this message.

Monday, November 5, 2012

Notes and Discussion Questions: Is Obedience Optional


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Is Obedience Optional?

 
It's a question many Christians ask, though few do so out loud.
Is obedience optional? 
 
If we are saved by grace through faith, and not by good works ... if we know that we will be acquitted on the day of judgment because Jesus died for our sins ... if we already have our ticket to heaven ... then does our behavior really matter? Of course it will please God if we obey Him, but will it really cost us anything if we don't?
You may be shocked at the Bible's answer to that question. It's in Romans 6:15-23, which we will be studying together in this message.

Wednesday, October 31, 2012

How to Break Bad Habits


Click to Listen to "How to Break Bad Habits" by Greg Sidders / Sunday 10-28-12, White Pine Community Church. 

Can good people have bad habits? 

Yes. And they can also break them.
 
In our Bridge to God series, we learned that Jesus not paid for our badness; He also gave us His goodness. But you don't want goodness that is only skin-deep, do you? You want to become a better person to the core of your being. The question is, how you conquer those deep-seated bad habits that linger even after you decide to follow Christ?

This message begins a new five-part series, based on Romans 6-8, that will help you to become in real life what you already are in God's eyes. Step one is to free the new you from that bad habit you never thought you could break.