Vision 2010

Without a vision, people cast of restraint Proverbs tells us. Vision gives us a laser focus on what the Lord wants us to do and become. After months and even years of prayer and seeking the Lord, this talk is the unveiling of the vision the Lord has placed before Grace Church for 2010 and beyond. 

"Reproducing passionate followers of Jesus throughout the Downriver Community and beyond!" 

As passionate followers of Jesus we will GATHER to:

        ...GLORIFY God 

        ...GROW into His image 

        ...GIVE of our talents as we 

        ...GO with His power into the world.

January 17, 2010 "State of the Church: Vision 2010" (notes) 

Desperate To Grow

The greatest aspect of this journey through life with Christ is that we will never learn all there is about the goodness and character of Jesus. This does not mean that we do not attempt to learn -  just the opposite. We should be desperate to grow so that we can have a better understanding of who Jesus is. But how do you do that. Spiritual growth is very practical and can be strive after all who follow Jesus. This is a talk that takes the myths out of spiritual growth and gives practical advise to grow spiritually in the new year.

January 3, 2009 "Desperate to Grow" (notes)

Resources given during this sermon:

Bible reading plans:

Zondervan

Nav Press

How to journal:

Life Journal

Handouts:

Spiritual Disciplines

First steps to spiritual growth

Spiritual rut (this is down the page on the right hand side)

Books:

"Celebration of Discipline" by Richard Foster

"The Life You Always Wanted" by John Ortberg

Web sites:

www.blueletterbible.org

www.purposedrivenlife.com

www.youversion.com

www.allaboutgod.com

www.desireinggod.org

He Will Be Called

"For unto us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the government shall be on his shoulder, and his name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace." Isaiah 9: 6. There are many names for Jesus, but what do they really mean? Join us as we discover why He is called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, and Prince of Peace. You’ll gain a new and relevant perspective on the Savior who was born in a manger over two thousand years ago.

December 6, 2009 "Wonderful Counselor" (notes)

December 13, 2009 "Mighty God" (notes)

December 20, 2009 "Everlasting Father" (notes)

December 24, 2009 "Prince of Peace"

Experiencing God

We all want to know what God's Will is, it is one of our deepest desires in this life.  we want to know what God wants of us and what He wants us to do. On top of it all, we feel that He doesn't even speak any more, which leaves us completely confused and frustrated. This series takes a look at how we can "Experience God" in this life. Based on the best selling book "Experiencing God" by Henry Blackaby and Claude King, we learned how to know and do the Will of God.

October 11, 2009 "Working" (notes)

October 18, 2009 "Pursuing" (notes)

October 25, 2009 "Inviting" (notes)

November 1, 2009 "Speaking" (notes)

November 8, 2009 "Crisis" (notes)

November 15, 2009 "Adjustments" (notes)

November 22, 2009 "Obedience" (notes)

November 29, 2009 "Grace Family"

Letdown

Lets face it - life is hard. One reason why life is hard is that people close to us let us down all the time. Another reason is we feel that God lets us down too.
Have you ever felt let down by other people or by God? Do you ever wonder why people always seem to disappoint you, or why they never measure up to your expectations? What about God? If God is so good, why does He let bad things happen to good people? Where is God when you need Him? There are Biblical answers to these questions, and we will explore those in the series, Letdown.

September 27, 2009 "When People Let You Down" (notes)

October 4, 2009 "When God Let's You Down" (notes)

Supernatural

You may not believe it, but there is a world that exists that we rarely see. This world is the supernatural world. Here there is a battle that rages each and every day. In this series, we take a closer look at this world. We briefly look at different aspects and different beings of this world and what they do. This is just an overview of what we discover inn the bible about:

August 23, 2009 "Spiritual Warfare PART 1 and PART 2" (notes)

August 30, 2009 "Holy Spirit" (notes)

September 6, 2009 "Satan and Demons" (notes)

September 20, 2009 "Angels" (notes)

Dangerous Church

God desires every church to be dangerous. We need to be risk-taking and trusting Him to grow His Kingdom through us - the local church. Bill Hybles has said that the local church is the hope of the world. Each local church is made up of people who God chooses to use to advance His Kingdom. This is a two week series encouraging us to continue to become a "Dangerous Church!"

August 9, 2009 "A Safe Church" (notes)

August 16, 2009 "A Dangerous Church" (notes)

Elements

This is a series based on the 5 Biblical Purposes of; Worship, Fellowship, Evangelism, Discipleship, and Ministry. Grace Church is a Purpose Driven Church and this series looked at how we can take these purposes to a new level as a community of faith and also individually. Each sermon was named after each word in our Purpose Statement:

As Passionate Followers of Christ, we will GATHER to GLORIFY God, GROW into His image, and GIVE of our talents as we GO with His Power into the world.

July 5, 2009 "Going" (notes)

July 12, 2009 "Growing"

July 19, 2009 "Giving" (notes)

July 26, 2009 "Gathering"

August 2, 2009 "Glorifying"  (notes)