"humility" Tagged Sermons
Upside down anger
Jesus packs so much in His Sermon on the Mount. In just 15 minutes of reading, Jesus covers a large swath of topics: God’s Law, our sinfulness, God’s sinlessness, lust, divorce, adultery, revenge, loving our enemies, giving, prayer, fasting, anxiety, judgement, and yes, anger. In chapter 5, we learn from Jesus on how to respond righteously in our anger. Joe shows us that we need to turn our approach to anger “upside down.”
This Anxious Heart
Anxiety exists because sin exists. Our hearts were never meant to be anxious, and yet because of Genesis 3, they are. This anxious heart of ours needs hope, and it needs to be changed from the inside out. Joe shows us three ways to pursue hope in an anxious world, from the book of 1 Peter.
Love is not Prideful
We are prone to think too highly of ourselves and too little of others, but genuine love will magnify others at the expense of self.
Sacrifice, Not Selfishness
Christians are called to joyful sacrifice, not selfish gain.
Those Who Are Poor in Spirit
Life in the Kingdom- Those Who Are Poor in Spirit Matthew 5:1-3 These teachings can only be lived out by the _________________________ working in us. The Beatitudes describe the Christian’s ______________________. The poor in spirit are those who come to God because of their ____________________________.
Jesus Calls Us to Be Humble
Luke 14:7-14 7 Now he told a parable to those who were invited, when he noticed how they chose the places of honor, saying to them, 8 “When you are invited by someone to a wedding feast, do not sit down in a place of honor, lest someone more distinguished than you be invited by him, 9 and he who invited you both will come and say to you, ‘Give your place to this person,’ and then you will begin with shame to…
A Divided Church
1 Corinthians 1:10-17 10 I appeal to you, brothers, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree, and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be united in the same mind and the same judgment. 11 For it has been reported to me by Chloe’s people that there is quarreling among you, my brothers. 12 What I mean is that each one of you says, “I follow Paul,” or “I follow Apollos,” or “I follow Cephas,” or…