Good News Church - Powell Ohio

SERMON IN A SENTENCE: "Fighting against sin all alone is as deadly as trying to perform your own open heart surgery."

SERMON IN A SENTENCE: "If people can’t trust your words, then they will never trust your message."

SERMON IN A SENTENCE: "Knowing how our story ends allows us to be patient through the trials of life."

SERMON IN A SENTENCE: "If tomorrow isn't promised, then today really matters."

Matthew 6:19-21 "19 Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moths and vermin destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. 20 But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moths and vermin do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal. 21 For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also."

SERMON IN A SENTENCE: "Let's leave the judging to the all-knowing Judge, and instead focus on living thankful lives to the true Judge for not giving us what we truly deserve."

SERMON IN A SENTENCE: "To win the battle within yourself, you must first surrender yourself to a life of selflessness."

SERMON IN A SENTENCE: "God desires to give us transcendent wisdom that is beyond our years."

SERMON IN A SENTENCE: "What you say matters, and can be used in both amazingly great ways, as well as incredibly destructive ways."

Dax is the "Pastor for Pastors" at 104.9 the River radio station in Columbus and was our guest preacher on June 11th 2017.

SERMON IN A SENTENCE: "Simply believing in something and actually allowing your life to be changed by that belief are two very different things."

Guest preacher Anthony Whitley.

James 2:1-13 "2 My brothers and sisters, believers in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ must not show favoritism. 2 Suppose a man comes into your meeting wearing a gold ring and fine clothes, and a poor man in filthy old clothes also comes in. 3 If you show special attention to the man wearing fine clothes and say, “Here’s a good seat for you,” but say to the poor man, “You stand there” or “Sit on the floor by my feet,” 4 have you not discriminated among yourselves and become judges with evil thoughts? 5 Listen, my dear brothers and sisters: Has not God chosen those who are poor in the eyes of the world to be rich in faith and to inherit the kingdom he promised those who love him? 6 But you have dishonored the poor. Is it not the rich who are exploiting you? Are they not the ones who are dragging you into court? 7 Are they not the ones who are blaspheming the noble name of him to whom you belong? 8 If you really keep the royal law found in Scripture, “Love your neighbor as yourself,” you are doing right. 9 But i

James 1:26-27 "26 Those who consider themselves religious and yet do not keep a tight rein on their tongues deceive themselves, and their religion is worthless. 27 Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world." Sermon In A Sentence: "Authentically following Jesus should not imply perfection, but instead an honest dependency and gratitude for the grace of Jesus."

James 1:19-21 - "19 My dear brothers and sisters, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry, 20 because human anger does not produce the righteousness that God desires. 21 Therefore, get rid of all moral filth and the evil that is so prevalent and humbly accept the word planted in you, which can save you."

James 1:22-25 "22 Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says. 23 Anyone who listens to the word but does not do what it says is like someone who looks at his face in a mirror 24 and, after looking at himself, goes away and immediately forgets what he looks like. 25 But whoever looks intently into the perfect law that gives freedom, and continues in it—not forgetting what they have heard, but doing it—they will be blessed in what they do."

Romans 8:31b-34 "If God is for us, who can be against us? 32 He who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all—how will he not also, along with him, graciously give us all things? 33 Who will bring any charge against those whom God has chosen? It is God who justifies. 34 Who then is the one who condemns? No one. Christ Jesus who died—more than that, who was raised to life—is at the right hand of God and is also interceding for us."

Acts 5:17-42 & Acts 20:22-24 (See sermon slides attached for more details)

James 1:9-12 -- "9 Believers in humble circumstances ought to take pride in their high position. 10 But the rich should take pride in their humiliation—since they will pass away like a wild flower. 11 For the sun rises with scorching heat and withers the plant; its blossom falls and its beauty is destroyed. In the same way, the rich will fade away even while they go about their business. 12 Blessed is the one who perseveres under trial because, having stood the test, that person will receive the crown of life that the Lord has promised to those who love him." Sermon In A Sentence: "True riches are only found by humbly serving the eternal king Jesus."

James 1:5-8 - "5 If any of you lacks wisdom, you should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to you. 6 But when you ask, you must believe and not doubt, because the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind. 7 That person should not expect to receive anything from the Lord. 8 Such a person is double-minded and unstable in all they do." Sermon In A Sentence: "Wisdom is given to those who are humble enough to ask God and who believe enough to receive it."