CLICK HERE for a simple PowerPoint for this message.(Thanks to www.sxc.hu for the background art)PASSAGE:John 5:1-9 (NLT)Afterward Jesus returned to Jerusalem for one of the Jewish holy days. [2] Inside the city, near the Sheep Gate, was the pool of Bethesda, with five covered porches. [3] Crowds of sick people-blind, lame, or paralyzed-lay on the porches. [4] [5] One of the men...
CLICK HERE for a simple PowerPoint for this message.(Thanks to www.sxc.hu for the background art)PASSAGE:John 9:1-33 (NLT)As Jesus was walking along, he saw a man who had been blind from birth. [2] "Teacher," his disciples asked him, "why was this man born blind? Was it a result of his own sins or those of his parents?" [3] "It was not because of...
CLICK HERE for a simple PowerPoint for this message.(Thanks to www.sxc.hu for the background art)PASSAGE:John 4:5-42 (NLT)Eventually he came to the Samaritan village of Sychar, near the parcel of ground that Jacob gave to his son Joseph. [6] Jacob's well was there; and Jesus, tired from the long walk, sat wearily beside the well about noontime. [7] Soon a Samaritan...
Changing A Culture With Your EarsText: Numbers 27:1-11Message Theme: Moses exercised the most forgotten leadership skill from people in a position of power—he listened carefully, prayed and then acted.What was the problem? (vs.26)Moses faced three problems: The practical question of the women: What shall we do? Life is unfair? God is unfair? The rules are unfair? The social question: What shall we do with these women? The...
Text: I Samuel 17Message Theme: David utilized four leadership courage builders when faced with intimidation. I. Research the controlling factors (vs.26)There are three controlling factorsGoliath: “Who is this uncircumcised Philistine that is defying the Armies of the Living God?"Saul: “What will be done for the man who kills this Philistine and removes this disgrace from Israel?”II. Rebuke the Naysayers“Elab, David’s older brother . ....
Text: Ecclesiastes 8: 1-9Message Theme: Solomon, recognizing that the times are turbulent, outlines six ways of being a leader in freaked-out times.I. Leaders make meaning of their role (vs.1)"Who knows the explanation of the things."II. Leaders can laugh (vs. 1) "Wisdom brightens a man's face and changes its hard appearance."III. Leaders know leadership is a calling, not a position (v. 2)"Obey the...