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Thursday Aug 25, 2022
Thursday Aug 25, 2022
Something Greater
Matthew 6:25–34
Pastor Jayson Workman
South Gate Baptist Church — August 21, 2022
Introduction:
Do you have a religious reputation or a real relationship with Jesus?
Faith in God’s purpose and promises overcomes our fears.
- Calling—to live something greater
Jesus stands in the midst of our fears and call us to a life of faith.
- Challenge—to look at God’s promises instead of your problems
We maximize our problems and minimize God’s promises.
Quote: “Often times, the situation at hand looms larger in our minds than the promises of God.” —Jerry Bridges
Psalm 121:4 Behold, he who keeps Israel will neither slumber nor sleep.
- Confidence—to have enough faith to pursue God’s Kingdom
Quote: “We’re called to a life of faith, but faith isn’t natural to us. Doubt and worry are. So, God in grace works to craft faith in us.” —Paul Tripp
Hebrews 11:1 Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.
Quote: “God prefers the impossible. Although He cares for our needs before we know that we have them, His mighty acts are showcased best against the backdrop of insurmountable odds. Anything less would detract from His greatness.” —Edward Welch
Romans 10:17 So faith comes from hearing, and hearing through the word of Christ.
Quote: “Faith is about knowing God in an intimate, personal way and trusting God because He is trustworthy, Faith sees more, not less.”
Wednesday Aug 17, 2022
Wednesday Aug 17, 2022
Greater Than
Matthew 6:19-24
Pastor Jayson Workman
South Gate— August 14, 2022
Introduction
John 10:10 The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly.
The path to something greater is living for eternity
- Purpose—We are called to a greater significance. (vv. 19–20)
Question: What do you think will be most important 5 minutes after you die?
- Passion—We are called to a greater affection. (v. 21)
Jesus wants to be our primary source of security and significance.
- Priority—We are called to a greater clarity. (vv. 23–24)
Hebrews 12:2 . . . looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith. . . .
Tuesday Aug 09, 2022
Tuesday Aug 09, 2022
Greater Than: Fierce Devotion
Pastor Jayson Workman
Matthew 6:16-18
August 7, 2022
Introduction:
John 10:10 The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly.
The secret to something greater is a fierce devotion to God.
- Confrontation of character (v. 16)
Their pursuit of REPUTATION was a choice to forfeit their REWARD.
CHARACTER > reputation
Pretending to be religious isn’t the same as pursuing Jesus.
- Cost of compromise (v. 16)
Compromised motives will compromise your reward.
- Calling to communion (vv. 17–18)
Do you have a religious reputation or a real relationship with Jesus?
Hebrews 12:1-2 Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith. . . .
A heart fiercely devoted is determined to remove distractions.
Monday Aug 01, 2022
Monday Aug 01, 2022
Greater Than: A Path for Prayer
Student Minister Zach Stewart
Matthew 6:5–15
July 31, 2022
Big Idea: The pathway to a life greater than begins with prayer.
- Praise
Matt. 6:9 Our Father in heaven, hallowed be Your name.
- Priorities
Matt. 6:10 Your kingdom come, Your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.
- Provision
Matt. 6:11 Give us this day our daily bread.
- Personal Relationships
Matt. 6:12 And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors.
- Protection
Matt. 6:13a And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.
- Promise
Matt. 6:13b For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.
Tuesday Jul 19, 2022
Tuesday Jul 19, 2022
City on a Hill: Love Your Enemies
Worship Minister Derick Mickan
Matthew 5:43–48
July 17, 2022
Big Idea:
God’s calling on us is not OUTRAGE, but to ENGAGE the world around us.
John 3:17 [ESV] For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through Him.
- Loving your enemies involves a COUNTERINTUITIVE mindset. [vv. 43–45]
- Loving your enemies EXPOSES your motives. [vv. 46–47]
- Loving your enemies will mean MATURING in love. [v. 48]
Instead of displaying OUTRAGE, try showing love that REDEEMS.
- Begin dialogue with people instead of picking fights.
- Stop posting divisive things on social media.
- This week, specifically show love to someone who has opposed you.
John 13:34–35 [ESV] A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another. By this all people will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”
Monday Jul 11, 2022
Monday Jul 11, 2022
City on a Hill: Integrity
Matthew 5:33-37
Pastor Jayson Workman
South Gate Baptist Church—July 10, 2022
Introduction:
A life of integrity is built when our words and actions are true.
- Resist looking for a loophole. (v. 33)
- Reflect the highest absolute truth. (vv. 34–36)
Proverbs 6:16-17 There are six things that the Lord hates, seven that are an abomination to him: haughty eyes, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood. . . .
Proverbs 12:22 Lying lips are an abomination to the Lord, but those who act faithfully are his delight.
- Realize the importance of being truthful. (v. 37)
Deception destroys your character.
Luke 16:10 One who is faithful in a very little is also faithful in much, and one who is dishonest in a very little is also dishonest in much.
Deception destroys relationships.
Deception destroys your witness.
Tuesday Jul 05, 2022
Tuesday Jul 05, 2022
City on a Hill: Marriage
Pastor Jayson Workman
Matthew 5:31–32; 19:1–9
Introduction:
Commitment flows out of a marriage when Christ is the cornerstone.
- The concern is not moral conformity. (vv. 19:1–3)
- The commitment is a covenant. (vv. 19:4–6)
Quote: “These words are often said in a perfunctory way, but they speak to the deep spiritual reality of marriage: it is something God has done. To think of it as anything less is to diminish it.” —Matt Chandler, Mingling of Souls
- The cornerstone is Christ.
Continue to pursue Christ.
Continue to pursue your spouse’s heart.
Continue to confess.
Quote: “Every failure in your life, every shortcoming, every stumble, every bloody knee, every broken nose is redeemed by Christ and used by the Holy Spirit to help shape, mold, and serve what’s behind you.” —Matt Chandler
Tuesday Jun 28, 2022
Tuesday Jun 28, 2022
City on a Hill: Lust
Matthew 5:27-30
Pastor Jayson Workman
South Gate Baptist Church—June 26, 2022
Introduction:
Sexual purity is a journey; it’s about progress, not perfection.
Be careful not to seek satisfaction in sex; seek it from the Savior.
- Struggle for purity (vv. 27–28)
The meaning
The motive
Quote: “Sexual purity begins in the heart with a love for God that overwhelms all other loves that battle for the allegiance of the heart.” —Paul David Tripp
- Seriousness of purity (vv. 29–30)
- Steps (in the struggle) to a pure life
Quote: “Your standing with God is never based on the degree of purity of your heart and hands but on the perfect life of Christ lived for your sake.”
Pursue Jesus
Pursue community
Quote: “Lust blooms in the soil of disengagement.” —Jay Stringer
Pursue wisdom
Monday Jun 20, 2022
Monday Jun 20, 2022
City On a Hill: Anger
Matthew 5:21–26
Pastor Jayson Workman
June 19, 2022 — South Gate Baptist
Introduction:
When anger RULES in your heart, it will RUIN your life.
- Anger is rooted in the heart. (vv. 21–22)
Matthew 15:19 For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false witness, slander.
Luke 6:45 The good person out of the good treasure of his heart produces good, and the evil person out of his evil treasure produces evil, for out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks.
- Anger is reckless. (v. 22)
Hebrews 12:14–15 Strive for peace with everyone, and for the holiness without which no one will see the Lord. See to it that no one fails to obtain the grace of God; that no “root of bitterness” springs up and causes trouble, and by it many become defiled;
Gives the enemy a foothold
Destroys you and others around you
A heart RULED by anger will RUIN the best things in your life.
- Anger must be repented (vv. 23–26)
Forgiven people forgive people.
Monday Jun 13, 2022
Monday Jun 13, 2022
City On a Hill: Relationship, not Religion
Matthew 5:17-20
Pastor Jayson Workman
South Gate Baptist Church—June 12, 2022
A religion without a relationship is just a bunch of rules.
The foundation of our faith is grace, not our good works.
- Rules without a relationship is just religion.
It cannot save you.
Romans 8:3-4 For God has done what the law, weakened by the flesh, could not do. By sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and for sin, he condemned sin in the flesh, in order that the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.
It cannot sanctify you.
Romans 5:20 Now the law came in to increase the trespass, but where sin increased, grace abounded all the more. . . .
Romans 6:1 What shall we say then? Are we to continue in sin that grace may abound? By no means! How can we who died to sin still live in it?
Titus 2:11-12 For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation for all people, training us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives in the present age. . . .
- Renew a pursuit of Jesus, not rule-keeping.
Romans 8:1 There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.
- Renewal will result when you pursue Jesus.
Proverbs 24:16 Though a righteous man falls seven times, he will get up. . . .
Monday Jun 06, 2022
Monday Jun 06, 2022
Blessed Are the Peacemakers
Worship Minister Derick Mickan
Matthew 5:9
June 5, 2022
Matthew 5:9 Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God.
Big Idea: Pursuing peace is the pathway to untold blessing.
- A Peacemaker finds Blessing
- A Peacemaker builds Bridges
- A Peacemaker is Beloved
Important Point: The kingdom of God cannot be at war within itself.
Four questions that can help you identify if you are being a peacemaker:
- Are you aiming for restoration or for vindication?
- Are you being a comfort to others or a burden?
- If you are not in agreement, why?
- Would you characterize your life as one lived in peace?
Sunday Jun 05, 2022
Sunday Jun 05, 2022
Kingdom Manifesto: Pure in Heart
Pastor Jayson Workman
Matthew 5:8
May 29th, 2022
Introduction:
A pure heart precedes a powerful life.
John 1:12 But to all who did receive Him, He gave them the right to be children of God, to those who believe in His name. . . .
- A heart RESCUED from brokenness
Jeremiah 17:9 The heart is more deceitful than anything else, and incurable—who can understand it?
Luke 6:45 A good man produces good out of the good storeroom of his heart. An evil man produces evil out of the evil storeroom, for his mouth speaks from the overflow of the heart.
- A heart RELENTLESSLY devoted to Jesus
James 4:4 Adulteresses! Don’t you know that friendship with the world is hostility toward God? So whoever wants to be the world’s friend becomes God’s enemy.
- A heart rewarded for its DEVOTION
A heart fixed on CHRIST will never lack CLARITY.
Monday May 23, 2022
Monday May 23, 2022
Kingdom Makers: Blessed Are the Merciful
Matthew 5:7
Pastor Jayson Workman
May 22, 2022
Introduction:
A life without mercy is a life without freedom or purpose.
- Consider the MAGNITUDE of mercy
- CHARACTERIZED by mercy
Ephesians 4:32 Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you.
Quote: “Forgiveness isn’t a feeling. It is an action You don’t forgive and forget. You forgive and remember that you forgave.” —Joby Martin
Mercy GIVEN doesn’t mean mercy RETURNED.
- CONSUMED with the MISSION of mercy
Quote: “Start praying for an opportunity to point people to Jesus, and that’s a prayer that God can’t wait to answer.”
Quote: “If we had an accurate view of eternity (both the joy of heaven and the hopelessness of hell), everything would change about our priorities.”
Tuesday May 17, 2022
Tuesday May 17, 2022
Kingdom Makers: Blessed Are the Hungry
Matthew 5:6
Pastor Jayson Workman
May 15, 2022 — South Gate Baptist Church
Introduction:
Your hunger can be the pathway to personal blessing or burden.
- Hungry and not Happy
God is more concerned with WHO you are not WHAT you do.
You don’t know Jesus is all you need until Jesus is all you have.
Quote: “We are half-hearted creatures, fooling around with drink and sex and ambition, when infinite joy is offered to us, like an ignorant child who wants to go on making mud pies in a slum because he cannot imagine what is meant by an offer of holiday at sea, we are far too easily pleased.”
- Subtract the Substitutes
- Source of Satisfaction
Place of Righteousness
Pursuit of Righteousness
Purpose of Righteousness
Proverbs 11:19 Whoever is steadfast in righteousness will live, but he who pursues evil will die.
Monday May 09, 2022
Monday May 09, 2022
Kingdom-Makers: Meek
Pastor Jayson Workman
May 8, 2022
Matthew 5:5
Introduction:
A surrendered life is a secure life.
- A call to radical submission/surrender
Philippians 2:3-8 Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves. Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others. Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus, who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, but emptied himself, by taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men. And being found in human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross.
- A call to restful confidence
Galatians 5:22-23 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law.
- A call to real purpose
Matthew 6:33 But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.