Download Life Guides >Sermon Text: John 7:37-39 Drink and Live: From Dry Wadis to Flowing Rivers This weekend marks a weekend of holidays. On the church calendar, 50 days after Easter is the day of Pentecost, the day Jesus poured out his Holy Spirit on his fledgling church. On the modern U.S. calendar, Monday is set…
Sermon Text: Acts 2:1-21 Pentecost is an everybody thing. I don’t think we focus on that quite enough. We emphasize the good for everybody nature of Good Friday and Easter – rightly so! Pentecost is another good for everyone thing that shows how much God wants to save all people and assure them that this…
Life Guide The Festival of Pentecost: Then and Now What Actually Happened What it Meant for the people then What it means for us today When the day of Pentecost came, they were all together in one place. 2 Suddenly a sound like the blowing of a violent wind came from heaven and filled the whole house where…
Do you know what the fastest growing religion in the world is? You might guess Islam or Hinduism, but that would only be true if you were talking about the amount of people who are automatically born into those religions. If you’re talking about the group that has the most people converting to it per…
The Day the Christian Church was Born 1. What happened? 2. What does it mean? 3. What does it mean for you and me? 2 When the day of Pentecost came, they were all together in one place. 2 Suddenly a sound like the blowing of a violent wind came from heaven and filled the whole house where they were…
Life Guide Life Guide – Leader’s Notes Acts 2:1-21 1When the day of Pentecost came, they were all together in one place. 2 Suddenly a sound like the blowing of a violent wind came from heaven and filled the whole house where they were sitting. 3 They saw what seemed to be tongues of fire that separated and came to rest…
Life Guide Life Guide – Leader’s Notes John 16:5–11 5 but now I am going to him who sent me. None of you asks me, ‘Where are you going?’ 6 Rather, you are filled with grief because I have said these things. 7 But very truly I tell you, it is for your good that…
Life Guide Family Guide Christian, Don’t Show Favoritism! 1. Because of what it reveals about your heart 2. Because of what you know about your Savior 1 My brothers, as believers in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ, don’t show favoritism. 2 Suppose a man comes into your meeting wearing a gold ring and fine…
Life Guide Life Guide – Leader’s Guide Family Devotion Guide Luke 14:25-33 25 Large crowds were traveling with Jesus, and turning to them he said: 26 “If anyone comes to me and does not hate his father and mother, his wife and children, his brothers and sisters—yes, even his own life—he cannot be my disciple.…
Life Guide Life Guide – Leader’s Guide Family Guide Don’t you just love Christmas time? We love the great Christmas hymns. “Hark! The herald angels sing, glory to the newborn king. Peace on earth and mercy mild, God and sinners reconciled.” We love thinking of Jesus, cute little, Jesus, lying in a manger. You know…