Heaston Church

1) Know your authority; 2) Know whose message you bring; 3) Know the message you bring.

The Church cannot grow with a one man show....it takes everyone doing their part.

Christians: Be reconcilers because you have been reconciled

Missions exists because worship of God does not (- John Piper, "Let the Nations Be Glad")

The Church is a group of people who belong to Jesus, are being built by Jesus, and who bring the message of Jesus.

Baptism publically connects me to who I have already been privately connected to.

Security in Salvation is based on God, not on me.

A Christian is someone who has been given new spiritual life by God through believing in Jesus.

When it comes to sin, the longer it sits the stronger it gets.

Sin devastates us; God delivers us.

You were designed to reflect God.

1. The Spirit convicts us of sin (John 16:8-11); 2. The Spirit connects us to the Savior (1 Corinthians 12:13); 3. The Spirit empowers us to live (Galatians 5:16-17).

Jesus reveals God to us and reconciles us to God.

We exist to bring glory to the Father by knowing His love.

Through the Bible we have both an invitation and information.

We were dead BUT GOD...1)...has a great love for us; 2) ...is rich in mercy; 3) ...saved us through His grace

God is both infinitely powerful and intensely personal.

Jesus was raised to make us new

Because Jesus was raised we can be made right with God.

When you pray: 1) Do not try to impress others (6:5-6); 2) Do not try to impress God (6:7-8); 3) Follow the example of Jesus (6:9)