Storyside Church

Back 2 School Part 3 - Serving - Pastor Micah

How can I help with the harvest?

Cause vs. Applause

Matthew 9:35-38

Then Jesus made a circuit of all the towns and villages.  He taught in their meeting places, reported kingdom news, and healed their diseased bodies, healed their bruised and hurt lives.  When he looked out over the crowds, his heart broke.  So confused and aimless they were, like sheep with no shepherd.  "What a huge harvest!" he said to his disciples.  "How few workers! On your knees and pray for harvest hands!"

Value every village.

Hebrews 10:25 (NLT) - And let us not neglect our meeting together, as some people do, but encourage one another, especially now that the day of his return is drawing near.  

Help the hurting

The burden that breaks the Shepherd

It's work!

You can't "hope" for a harvest!

Back 2 School - Pastor Adam

1. We love the Church - A) Pray for the Church B) Be a Bringer C) Serve the Church D) Attending Faithfully

Psalm 92:13 - Planted in the house of the Lord, they will grow well in the home of our God.  (NLV)

2. We love God's Word

Psalm 119:105 - We love God's word Your word is a lamp for my feet, a light on my path.  (NLV)

- God's word is the standard in which I should measure my intents, motives and actions.

A) Live a life that exemplifies Christ

- But whatever happens, make sure that your everyday life is worthy of the Gospel of Christ. - Philippians 1:27 (Ph)

B) Be Generouse

Proverbs 11:24 - The world of the generous gets larger and larger; the world of the stingy gets smaller and smaller. (MSG)

"A tenth of all you produce is the Lord's, and it is holy." Leviticus 27:30

3. We love His Presence

Psalm 16:11 - You make known to me the path of life; in your presence there is fullness of joy; at your right hand are pleasures forevermore. (ESV)

2 Corinthians 3:17 - Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.

Worship is Surrender

Pause - Don't Quit - Pastor Micah

It's always too soon to quit! - Norman Vincent Peale

Quit - To give up or to admit defeat.

I Kings 19 (N.L.V.)

1. Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done.  He told her how Elijah had killed with the sword all the men who spoke for Baal.  2. Then Jezebel sent news to Elijah, saying, "So may the gods do to me and even more, if I do not make your life as the life of one of them by this time tomorrow."  3. Elijah was afraid.  He got up and ran for his life.  When he came to Beersheba of Judah, he left his servant there.  4. But he himself traveled for a day into the desert.  He came and sat down under a juniper tree.  There he asked that he might die, saying, "It is enough now, O Lord, Take my life.  For I am not better than my fathers. "  5. When he lay down and slept under the Juniper tree, an angel touched him.  The angel said to him, "Get up and eat."

- I quit when they say...

- I quit when I lose long term vision.

- I quit when I'm afraid.

- I quit when I'm alone.

- I quit when I'm down.

Galatians 6:9 - Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.

I Kings 19:5 - When he lay down and slept under the juniper tree, an angel touched him.  The angel said to him, "Get up and eat."

While you're quitting - He's coming! 

The Healing Word - Pastor Micah

Pastor Micah shares healing scriptures.

Faith, Favor & Godly Protection - Pastor Micah

Pastor Micah shares Bible Scriptures.

Back 2 School - Pastor Micah

Shut Up and Dance - Pastor Ethan

Luke 1

6 - Zechariah and Elizabeth were righteousin God's eyes, careful to obey all of the Lord's commandments and regulations.  7 - They had no children because Elizabeth was unable to conceive, and they were both very old.

13 - But the angel said, "Don't be afraid, Zechariah! God has heard your prayer.  Your wife, Elizabeth will give you a son, and you are to name him John. 18 - Zechariah said to the angel, "How can I be sure this will happen? I'm an old man now, and my wife is also well along in years."  19 - Then the angel said, "I am Gabriel! I stand in the very presence of God.  It was he who sent me to bring you this good news!  20 - But now, since you didn't believe what I said, you will be silent and unable to speak until the child is born...

Thou shalt shut up the crowd

Thou shalt shut up thy mouth

Proverbs 21:23 Whoever keeps his mouth and his tongue keeps himself out of trouble.

Thou shalt shut up the facts

Summer Concert Series - Livin On A Prayer - Pastor Micah

Prayer is the difference between the best YOU CAN DO and the best GOD CAN DO.

P - Perception

R - Refocus

A - Absolve Debts

Y - You & Yours

Matthew 6

Our Father in heaven, Hallowed be Your name.  10 - Your kingdom come, Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.  11 - Give us this day our daily bread.  12 - And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.  13 - And do not lead us into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.  For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever.  Amen.

Prayer Point #1 - Perspective

- Our eyes must turn from the facts to the Father.

"Prayer is the rope that pulls God and man together.  But, it doesn't pull God down to us: It pulls us up to Him."

- Billy Graham

Prayer Point #2 - Refocus

- Prayer takes us from self - centered to self - surrender.

Prayer Point #3 - Absolve Debts

Absolve - To set or declare (someone) free from blame, guilt, or responsibility.

Prayer Point #4 - You & Yours

- Your company will often influence and impact your choices.

- 'Discern the Deliverer'

"If the Christian does not allow prayer to drive sin out of his life, sin will drive prayer out of his life" - M.E. Andross

Recap

P - Perception

R - Refocus

A - Absolve Debts

Y - You & Yours

I Hope You Dance - Pastor Micah

I hope you never lose your sense of wonder.

Isaiah 9:6 - For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given, and the government is placed upon his shoulder, and his name shall be called The Wonderful One, The Counsellor, The God, The Mighty One, The Eternal Father, The Prince of Peace.

Don't let some hell - bent heart leave you bitter.

Bitter - To be angry, hurt or resentful.

Hebrews 12

15...watch out that no poisonous root of bitterness grows up to trouble you, corrupting many.

Promise me that you'll give faith a fighting chance.

2 Timothy 4:7 - I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.

When you come close to selling out, reconsider.

And when you get the choice to sit it out or dance...I hope you dance.

Don't Stop Believing - Pastor Adam

Gen 37:3 - Now Israel loved Josph more than all his sons, because Joseph was born when he was an old man.  and Israel made him a long coat of many colors.

Gen 37:20 - "Come now, let's killl him and throw him into one of these cisterns and say that a ferocious animal devoured him.  Then we'll see what comes of his dreams."

Have you ever felt like the place that used to refresh you now restricts you?

Gen 39:12 She caught him by his coat, saying, "lie with me!"  But he ran out of the house leaving the coat in her hand.

What are you romancing in your life that you should be running from?

What dreams are you forgetting for a moment of pleasure?

What promises are you giving up on for a moment of persuasion?

Gen 41:14 - So Pharaoh sent for Joseph, and he was quickly brought from the dungeon.  When he had shaved and changed his clothes, he came before Pharaoh.

Gen 41:41 - So Pharaoh said to Joseph, "I hereby put you in charge of the whole land of Egypt."  :42 - Then Pharaoh took his signet ring from his finger and put it on Joseph's finger.  He dressed him in robes of fine linen and put a gold chain around his neck.

He changed - Pharaoh changed - You will never reach your destiny wearing what your past has put on you!

If you bring your past into your future you will never realize the potential you have in the pit/prison/palace.

When your only perception is full of the stuff in the promise you will always make it about you!!

When you feel you're the furthest away from the promise that's when God has you the closest!  

Gen 50:19 - But Joseph said to them, "Don't be afraid, Am I in the place of God?  :20 You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good to accomplish what is now being done, the saving of many lives.

Your dream is not for you but for a generation's deliverance.

Don't stop believing because there is a Purpose to the process!

4 Fundamentals that kept Joseph believing Covenant, Character, Consistency, Courage to believe God