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God is at Work in Your Messed Up Family.

Speaker: Adam Godshall
Series: Joseph
Text: Genesis 37
Theme: God is at Work in Your Messed Up Family.

One: God is at work...

  • ...in the keeping of His promises
  • ...for the saving of His people
  • ...to the glory of His name.

Two: Five Stores to Make the Point

Three: Two Generational Influences

  • The sins of the fathers = the tragic impact of modeled, habitual sin
  • The grace of God = the transformational power of sufficient, sanctifying grace.

Four: Three Applications of Hope

  • Hope for you.
  • Hope for your family tree.
  • Hope in your local church.

By faith Joseph ~ Hebrews 11:22

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Believe God's Promise to Remedy Sin.

Speaker: Adam Godshall
Series: Joseph
Text: Genesis 1-37
Theme: Believe God's Promise to Remedy Sin.

One: The Generations of Genesis: In every generation, man is ravaged by sin.

Two: The Promise of God: In every generation, God has rescued by grace.

Three: The Challenge of Faith:

  • To see the ruin of sin, and yet...
  • ...to trust the promise of God.

Four: The Application for Us:

  • For salvation: confess sin & receive God's salvation
  • For temptation: reject the lies and believe in God's goodness
  • For hope: abandon dispair, and rest in God's faithfulness
  • For worship: die to self and live for your Creator/Savior/King

By faith Joseph... ~ Hebrews 11:22

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Approaching the Story of Joseph...

Speaker: Adam Godshall
Series: Joseph
Text: Genesis 37:1-2
Theme: Approaching the Story of Joseph...

One: We have morals to learn.

Two: We have pictures to see.

Three: We have commentary to consider.

Four: We have a story to follow.

Five: We have promises to believe.

Six: We have our God to trust.

By faith Joseph... ~ Hebrews 11:22

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You Must Worship with a Daily Life of Godliness

Speaker: Adam Godshall
Series: Why We Worship The Way We Do
Text: Romans 12:1-2
Theme: You Must Worship with a Daily Life of Godliness.

Signs that you may not understand a life of worship:

One: You are not often amazed by God's mercy.

  • ...as the strength of Paul's argument
  • ...as the motivation for my worship
  • ...as the example for our mercy

Two: You are not daily giving yourself to God's agenda.

  • A paradox: a living sacrifice
  • A call to holiness
  • A reasonable expectation

Three: You are not actively resisting the world's influence.

  • The great threat is worldliness
  • The subtle strategy is confromity

Four: You are not continually transforming with God's truth.

  • A process of metamorphosis
  • In the battlefield of the mind
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What Qualifies for Church Music (Part 3)

Speaker: Adam Godshall
Series: Why We Worship the Way We Do
Text: Ephesians 5:19
Theme: What Qualifies for Church Music (Part 3)

Test One: Is it theological?
Test Two: Is it God-centered?
Test Three: Is it excellent?
Test Four: Is it congregational?
Test Five: Is it passionate?
Test Six: Is it understandable?
Test Seven: Is it reverent?

Test Eight: Is it singable?

  • ...in its range
  • ...in its rhythm
  • ...in its musicality

Test Nine: Is it spiritual?

  • By the Spirit
  • From the heart
  • As worship to God

Test Ten: Is it distinct?

  • Seperate, not similar
  • Sacred, not common
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What Qualifies for Church Music? (Part 2)

Speaker: Adam Godshall
Series: Why We Worship the Way We Do
Text: Ephesians 5:19
Theme: What Qualifies for Church Music? (Part 2)

Test One: Is it theological?
Test Two: Is it God-centered?
Test Three: Is it Excellent?
Test Four: Is it congregational?

Test Five: Is it passionate?

  • as a result of truth
  • including a broad range of emotions
  • with an emphasis on joy

Test Six: Is it understandable?

  • Church music is communication.
  • Church music is literature.

Test Seven: Is it reverent?

  • It should be respectful.
  • It should be governed.

It is good to sing praises to our God ~ Psalm 147:1

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What Qualifies for Church Music? (Part 1)

Speaker: Adam Godshall
Series: Why We Worship the Way We Do
Text: Colossians 3:16
Theme: What Qualifies for Church Music? (Part 1)

Test One: Is it theological?

  • It should be orthodox.
  • It should be meaningful.
  • It should be clear.

Test Two: Is it God-centered?

  • God should be the subject and the object of our worship.
  • Personal pronouns may be express our needs or response.

Test Three: Is it excellent?

  • It should be non-distracting.
  • It should be fitting.
  • It should have musical quality.

Test Four: Is it congregational?

  • It should celebrate the human voice.
  • It should celebrate participation.

It is good to sing praises to our God ~ Psalm 147:1

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Our Liturgy: We Speak to God

Speaker: Adam Godshall
Series: Why We Worship the Way We Do
Text: Psalm 100
Theme: Our Liturgy: We Speak to God

Worship = my response to God's Worth.
Liturgy = the order of the service.

We speak to God through...

One: ...Prayer: whereby we (P)raise, (R)epent, (A)sk, and (Y)eild.

Two: ...Singing: as praise and as descipleship.

Three: ...Affirmations of our faith: from the Bible, and from church confessions.

Four: ...Giving: with thanksgiving and in faith.

Five: ...Congregational Responses: with "amen", through the ordinances, and by our resolve.

Present your bodies as a living sacrifice...which is your spiritual worship ~ Romans 12:1

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Our Liturgy: God Speaks to Us

Speaker: Adam Godshall
Series: Why We Worship the Way We Do
Text: Nehemiah 8:1-12
Theme: Our Liturgy: God Speaks to Us

Worship = my responds to God's worth.
Liturgy = the order of the service.

God speaks to us in...

One: ...the Call to Worship: a call for unity, focus, and praise.

Two: ...Scripture Reading: God has spoken with living words.

Three: ...Preaching: the explanation of, and exultation in, God and His work.

Four: ...Meditation: be still and know who God is.

Five: ...Benediction: a good word of sustaining truth.

Present your bodies a living sacrifice...which is your spiritual worship ~ Romans 12:1

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Read this one verse to better read the whole Bible

Speaker: Adam Godshall
Series: New Year's Focus
Text: Psalm 119:18
Theme: Read this one verse to better read the whole Bible

As you come to God's Word, know this

One: Open my eyes - God gives spiritual understanding.

Two: that I may behold - Beholding is an individual act.

Three: wonderous things - God's Word reveals wonderful truth.

Four: out of your law - The Bible is absolute authority.

Open my eyes, that I may behold wonderous things out of your law. Psalm 119:18

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