Welcome & Call to Worship
Great Things
Grace So Glorious
Prayer
How Great Thou Art
“A God-Centered God”
Isaiah 48:9-11
God will not share His glory with another! In other words, He’s a jealous God. So many times, in the
Scriptures, we see those who tried to get God on their side, to fight for their cause. But guess what?
God, jealous for His own glory, doesn’t take sides. He fights for Himself, stands for His glory, and
isn’t manipulated by our clever ploys to get Him to bless us. If God is passionately committed to His
own glory, then we must fight against all that stands against His glory, in our hearts and in our
obedience. Understanding our God-centered God ought to produce in us a Glory-Centered joy.
Three Biblical Examples of God’s God-Centeredness …
1. He Doesn’t Play Favorites [Joshua 7:1-15]
2. He Will Not Be Manipulated [1 Samuel 4-7]
3. He’s Not Impressed [Acts 5:1-11]
For Spiritual Conversation: Talk about the Biblical story that most helped you understand God’s glory
and why.
All Glory Be To Christ
Congregational Worship
God Is For Us
Welcome & Call to Worship
Living Hope
Holy Forever
Salt and Light: Living Faithfully in a Changing Culture
5 Cultural Idols Shaping Our Generation:
- The Idol of Self
- The Idol of Approval
- The Idol of Autonomy
- The Idol of Image
- The Idol of Comfort
Christ Is Mine Forevermore
New Member Covenanting
Jesus Messiah
Communion
Congregational Worship
Rise With The Sun
Welcome & Call to Worship
As For Me
What A Beautiful Name
Prayer
The Love of God
Winsomely Sharing The Gospel
Colossians 4:2-6
How To Pray
- Persistently
- Watchfully
- Thankfully
What To Pray
- Pray for the Missionary
- Pray for Open Doors
- The Mystery of Christ to be Clear
3 Ways of Direct Involvement
- Wise Behavior
- Salty Speech
- Individual Attention
Congregational Worship
Worthy Of Your Name
Welcome & Call to Worship
King Of My Heart
Prayer
He Will Hold Me Fast
James 4:1-6
At Redeemer, we want to be a church that is focused on the deepest parts of us: our hearts. We
want to be more concerned about our affections than our behavior because wrong living always
flows from wrong loving. The Apostle James will help us see if we have left our first love and begun
loving/ worshipping a counterfeit god to try to extract from it what only God can give. This text
will help us identify and repent from idolatry which is best understood as spiritual adultery!
1. The symptoms of wrong loving
-Symptom #1: loving pleasure
-Symptom #2: a demanding heart
-Symptom #3: coveting other people’s stuff
-Symptom #4: seeking to manipulate
2. The diagnosis of wrong loving: spiritual adultery
-The nature of physical adultery
-The nature of spiritual adultery
-The nature of the seductive mistress (the world)
-The nature of our jealous lover (God himself)
3. The cure for wrong loving: grace
-The nature of grace
-How grace becomes real in our experience
For Spiritual Conversation:
What aspect of this message did you find most convicting? Why? When we struggle with idolatry,
we look to counterfeit gods to give us what only God can. We treat someone or something as our
functional savior that gives our lives meaning, purpose, acceptance, a sense that we matter, etc.
Typically our struggles fall into one of these four areas that we might call “deep idols of the heart:”
the worship of power (success, influence, money), the worship of approval (affirmation, love,
relationships), the worship of comfort (privacy, lack of stress, freedom to do what I want), control
(self-discipline, certainty, keeping standards to know I’m okay).
Congregational Worship
O Come To The Altar
Welcome & Call to Worship
As For Me
In Christ Alone
Prayer
King of Kings
“Invested Ambassadors”
2 Corinthians 5:17-21
If you love the King, you will love His Kingdom. The King’s embassies here on earth are every local
church where His beauty and message are exalted. As a follower of the King, connected to one of
His embassies, that makes you an ambassador. This is what meaningful membership is all about – an
invested ambassador living under the authority of the King in His church serving for the glory of the
Kingdom. We pray Redeemer is a faithful embassy filled with invested ambassadors.
Three Defining Features of Kingdom Ambassadors …
1. Your Truest Identity: “In Christ” [v17]
2. Your Greatest Calling: “Through Christ” [v18-19]
3. Your Deepest Loyalty: “For Christ” [v20-21]
- For Spiritual Conversation: Describe one area of obedience as an ambassador you believe the King
would have you pursue with greater diligence.
Welcome & Call To Worship
Congregational Worship
Song of the Saints
As For Me
Sacrificial Care for the Vulnerable
Build My Life
Prayer
Before the Throne of God Above
Communion
Congregational Worship
How Marvelous
Welcome & Call to Worship
Jesus Strong & Kind
Abide
“What My Heart Says”
Psalm 27:7-14
All too often we approach others with a spirit of selfishness, and that can also be the way we approach God in prayer. What can He do for me? How can I get what I need? When will the bad stuff of life be turning into the good stuff? But what if prayer is less about the stuff and the circumstances and more about the Person Himself? The Psalmist models the kind of prayer that seeks the face of God with a singular priority. If we seek His hand for what He gives, we will almost certainly miss His face. But in seeking the face of God we get His hand too, because He loves to give good gifts to his children.
Three Core Features of Prayers that Seek the Face of God …
- A Singular Seeking [Psalm 27:7-10]
- A Humble Asking [Psalm 27:11-12]
- An Expectant Doing [Psalm 27:13-14]
∙ For Spiritual Conversation: Which one of these core features is most lacking in your personal prayer life?
Grace Will Prevail
Congregational Worship
The Lord Our God
Welcome & Call to Worship
Come Behold The Wondrous Mystery
Goodness of God
Prayer Moment
I Am Not My Own
Redeemer Top Ten: Christ Centered Biblical Community & The One-Anothers
John 13:34-35
God commands his people to live in Christ centered community
- The New Commandment to Love One Another
- Christ Modeled How to Love One Another
- Our Love for One Another Confirms Our Faith
Congregational Worship
O Praise the Name
Welcome & Call to Worship
Known and Loved
Lord I Need You
Prayer
Speak O Lord
“Open to the Open Word”
Luke 24:13-49
As we think about the kind of culture we want at Redeemer around the Scriptures, we come first to consider how Jesus handled the Scriptures. His method of teaching, along with the nature of the inerrant Word of God, become the central basis for how we teach and preach. Our commitment to verse-by-verse exposition with a careful eye on Christ in all the Scriptures is what we believe fuels a deep and abiding love for God.
Three Biblical Examples that Shape our Commitment to Expositional Preaching …
- Jesus’ Models Christ-Centered Teaching [Luke 24:27]
- Ezra Models Verse-By-Verse Teaching [Nehemiah 8:8]
- Paul Models Heart-Transformational Teaching [1 Timothy 1:5]
∙ For Spiritual Conversation: Share one personal insight or commitment on how you want to grow in your relationship to the Scriptures.
Welcome & Call to Worship
Congregational Worship
Nothing But The Blood
Cornerstone
Looking Back to Moving Forward
Ephesians 2:8-10
Give Us Clean Hands
Yet Not I But Through Christ in Me
Communion