First Baptist Church Of Slidell, Tx

This is a picture of Israel, dry bones and dead to God. In some ways the Church is today. Can Israel be revived? Can the Church be revived? Only by God, Jesus. They were not alive until God breathed life into them.

Transformation,we need a change, Jesus changes everything. In Jesus we are recreated by God. Through Jesus we were reconciled to God. Galatians 3, Ephesians 2:10, Romans 3:10-12, John 3:19, Isaiah 59:2

Luke 22: 15 - 20 Leven represented sin it corrupts your whole life like leven rises the whole lump of doe. We needed someone that had no sin Hebrews 9:22 Without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness

Proverbs 28:13, Hebrews 12:15, John 10:10, Ephesians 4:31- 32 Bitterness: A long term anger that dwells in your life that someone sinned against you. Bitterness becomes a poison. Put away means to lift up.

Pour choices rely to poor decisions. Do not let outside choices determine your choices. Avoid being a people pleaser. Live up to your responsibility. When you make bad choices its easier to make more bad choices. God is always aware of what is going on. Out choices effect more than ourselves. Does God approve this? Theres no bad choice that God can't forgive.

Mark 4: 35-41, Matthew 8: 23-27 Uncertainty, panic: when we go through storms of life we lose control. panic will cause over reacting panic creates fear and trumps faith panic verbal or not verbal is saying God is not in control you never walk alone in time of uncertainty we live in times of uncertainty but Jesus is in the boat with us

The Story Of Joseph, Genisis 37:20 - 41:41, Suddenly something changes. Redemptive, Redeeming, Restores.

The ultimate wedding, God is the host, Jesus the groom and we are the bride. The Jewish wedding process 1st The Father chooses the bride. Genesis 24:2, Ephesians 1:3-5, John 6:37, 1Peter 2:9. 2nd The bride price, purchasing the bride 1 Corinthians 6:13-20, Acts 20:28. 3rd The engagement or betrothal time, for 1 year the groom would leave and prepare a place for his bride. John 14:1-2, II Corinthians 1:2. 4th The groom returns John 14:3, Matthew 24:36, Titus 2:13, I Thessalonians 4:14. 5th The wedding feast Revelation 19:6-9, Romans 10:9-10, Matthew: 1-4.

Philippians 4:6-7 Worrier: worry cancels out faith, faith cancels out worry. Worry will consume you. Worry kills you physically and kills you spiritually. Seek God first, faith will give you joy, and everything else will fall in place.

A influential woman: Will build deep relationships and can be transparent Is concerned for others, as a Christian it should not be about me but others. Just as Jesus it was about others and not Himself We invest in others, Naomi had been teaching Ruth about being a influential women.

Lamentations 3:22-24 Job 1:20, 3:11,26, 10:1, 30:15-17 We cannot allow depression to be an excuse to not worship God or sin against God. Job 2:9 Everyone handles depression differently Be there to be support, but remember they might not be in a spot to listen. Romans 8:28, Psalms 34:18, 42:11, 40:1-3, 46:1-3 King David and depression. I Kings 19:3 don't lay around, don't be by yourself, don't get caught up in a false reality. The Lord knows where your at, God knows whats going on, the Lord knows how to address you, a soft whisper. Service instead of self.

Mark 5: 2 - 20; Romans 8: 36 Physical bondage, work, internet, phone, something that consumes you Emotional bondage, depression, anxiety, guilt, bitterness spiritual bondage, forgiveness, satan, sin We need to seek out Jesus We need to submit to Jesus We become His testimony

Healthy Church will seek God When you do ministry you are worshiping God Healthy Church will send out its members Romans 10:14

Crisis causes us to seek God, stress, family, financial. How can I survive crisis: Prayer, Others prayer over you. There's nothing to big for God, God answers prayer How do we respond: discouraged, angry, impatient, we don't get the answer we were looking for, shocked. God heals in three ways, power of medicine, through miracles, majestically (takes us home) Pray in faith and except God's answer

Luke 24:1-8, Romans 5:12, John 11:23-44, John 10:10 Death is a result of sin, Jesus is the picture of life, Jesus is alive, He never sinned Jesus conquered sin

God sees our actions Philippians 4:6-7

We were dead now made alive, because Jesus rose from the dead We were slaves to the world, now we are sons because Jesus rose from the dead We were dysfunctional but now we are usable because Jesus rose from the dead. Its not of us, its a gift, grace by faith The Farther made Jesus alive again, so you could be alive again, so you could make the world alive again.

Being a witness for Christ Be focused on what God's telling us. Romans 3:23 God wants us to be a witness for Him, wherever we are. When your saved your rejoicing You reflect back when you were saved and rejoice.

they were guilty of jealously, they were guilty of conspiring, they were guilty lying, they were guilty of pride. God will protect the church. When obstacles take place you can't take it personally. We can't let our emotions take over us, and get the best of us. We need to work through the problem. Ask others for help. Come up with a solution that works for everyone.

Acts 3 & 4, Doing ministry reaps rewards. why do ministry? People matter to God. We do ministry because we have a message of hope. We were once on the outside looking in. What to expect when we do ministry? We get peoples attention. You reach the father in a family, you reach the entire family.