July 14, 2013
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Romans 12:1
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character study, worship
Justin Norden concludes our True Worshipers series with examining worship in the life of Paul. Romans 12:1 “I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship.”
June 9, 2013
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Romans 12:10-18
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relationships
Justin Norden continues our HONOR sermon series by talking about how to HONOR other believers and those around you.
February 10, 2013
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Romans 12:3-13
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discipleship
Pastor Gary Combs concluded the sermon series “Healthy for Life” with this message from Romans 12 on how we can grow in our sense of Christian belonging.
November 4, 2012
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Romans 12:1-2
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discipleship, generosity
Pastor Gary Combs continues the “Time to Thrive” sermon series with this message from Romans 12 entitled: “Time for Sacrifice.” This message describes how we can truly thrive by offering ourselves as living sacrifices to God. It may seem counter intuitive, but giving yourself fully to God results in living a truly abundant life!
January 23, 2011
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Romans 12:4-5
Pastor Gary Combs continues the sermon series “Simplify Life.” This message is taken from Romans 12:4-5 and is entitled “People Need People.” Answering the call to follow Jesus must include answering the call to become part of His body and one of His disciples. We need each other to grow.
August 16, 2009
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Romans 12:4-5
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fellowship
Many of you have made a commitment to Christ. You’ve surrendered your life to Him as Savior and Lord. But you’ve lost focus. You started out focused on Christ, but He is no longer the organizing principle of your life. He isn’t the focus.
Perhaps we’ve made following Christ too complicated. We’ve forgotten that following Christ means we have to hang out with the other disciples.
Can you hear Peter saying? “Sure Jesus, I’ll follow you, but do I have to hang out with Judas over there?”
No, following Christ, we become one of His disciples together. Connecting together as we follow Christ has a sharpening effect. It sharpens our focus on Christ.
As Proverbs 27:17 (NIV) says, “As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another.”
In the book of Romans the apostle Paul told the Roman Christians that even though they had followed Christ by an individual decision they must recognize that in following Him they had become one body, connected to other believers. When we follow Christ we make must make an individual decision to follow, but that leads to a corporate identity. We become the body of Christ connected to every other believer.