Committed Confidence | Pastor Julius T. Davis, Jr. | April 16, 2023
Committed Confidence | Pastor Julius T. Davis, Jr. | April 16, 2023
1John 5:14-21
A. Ask, seek, and knock
B. Confidence is freedom of speech
C. Opposite is not praying due to thinking that God will not hear and answer you
D. Decreed will
Wednesday Noon Bible Study | FBC of Girard
Theology You can Count On | Pastor Julius T. Davis Jr.
The Mediocrity of Christian Men in America
An excerpt from the sermon "The Sufficiency of Scripture in the Disciple-Making Ministry of the Church and the Home" at the National Center for Family Integrated Churches by Voddie Baucham.
God Doesn't Want You to Just Go to Church
PLEASE READ: I get a lot of comments on this video about how the Bible talks about church being a good thing. Let me briefly explain my heart behind this video. The point of the video was not that God doesn't want us to go to church. I understand that the message in this specific video gets lost sometimes (sorry for that). The point was that God doesn't ONLY want us to go to church. He really wants our hearts. He wants us to trust Him with our whole hearts, and there's more to trusting God that just attending church.
For a long time, I attended church thinking that I was earning God's love by what I did. We cannot earn God's love. Despite our sin, He loved us perfectly by sending Jesus to die on a cross. Now, we can be forgiven and begin a relationship with Him by believing in Jesus as our Lord and Savior.
I believe that attending church is a great way for a believer to grow spiritually and to be encouraged in the Lord. The point was simply that God desires more than that.
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God Doesn't Want You to Go to Church on Sunday. He doesn't want you to throw some money in the offering. What He wants is a great deal more valuable. When we gave Him our worst, Jesus gave us His best. He lived the perfect life, died on the cross for our sins, and rose again to new life. He gave us everything.
Kingdom Men Rising, Tony Dungy
ABOUT THE FILM
Kingdom Men Rising is a documentary film exploring what it means to be a real man in the midst of cultural trends in which there is confusion about masculinity. The film takes a journey that challenges men to rise above what we have become to lives of no more sitting on the sidelines, no more passivity, and no more excuses.
The film draws from the experiences of author, pastor and speaker Dr. Tony Evans. Through the stories of several men, the film drives us toward God’ ultimate purpose for masculinity and design for men. Featuring Grammy award winning entertainer Kirk Franklin, Heisman trophy winner Tim Brown, former Dallas Cowboy quarterback Jon Kitna, Super Bowl winning coach Tony Dungy, NFL vice president Troy Vincent, author Priscilla Shirer, and others, Kingdom Men Rising provides an honest portrayal of today’s man that is countered by God’s original design.
