Five Stones Church - Nc

Jonah 4:1-11 ESV • How we react is a better gauge of our heart than how we act. • Do you care more about __________ than about people coming to know Christ? • God doesn't just want to wake up Jonah; He wants to wake the church. • Are you personally obeying God in this great commission, or have you fallen asleep?

Do you respond to God with Worldly Sorrow or Godly Sorrow? Worldly Sorrow is concerned with the consequences of being found out, with the punishment for discovery, with the loss of image or with embarrassment. It never changes a life. Godly Sorrow is the kind of sorrow which causes you to put aside the embarrassment, the humiliation, and the consequences. It is the kind of sorrow which causes you to be concerned with the sin you have committed  and the God you have offended. It is a sorrow which works repentance. It always leads to eternal life

A real encounter with the living God changes everything! The local church is the hope of the world!  -Bill Hybels If you were to wander around our city just for one day what would you find? Jonah 2:10-3:5

How should you respond when you are in a storm of disobedience? God cares as much about you as he did for Jonah. What is it going to take to get you to come out from the depths? What is going to get you to stop your downward journey? Jonah 1:17-2:10 ESV

Jonah 1: 4-17 How do you respond to the storm? Everything depends on how we respond to the storm. Is there a gap between what you believe/confess and how you are living?

• The call on your life might not be to a place as dangerous as Nineveh, but it is a call all the same. • The enemy will always provide a ticket if you are looking. • What is your Ninevah? • God's relentless love is chasing after you.

The trellis is the framework that is needed to support the vine so that it grow and reach its full potential. As the ministry grows the trellis will also need attention.  Vine work is the work of planting, watering, fertilizing and tending the vine.  Mark 8:34-35 Matthew 28:19-20 The goal of the church is to grow the Vine and not the Trellis.

Both Singleness and Marriage Are Good and Gifts from God. Both Singleness and Marriage Display the Gospel. Both Singleness and Marriage Are Under Attack.

Daryl Sutherland, the new Five Stones Student/Engage Culture Pastor brings the message.

Judges 16:4-31 Don't get to the end of your life and realize that you have missed out on the life that God wanted for you. • The grass isn't greener on the other side of the fence.  • The grass is greener where you water it.

Judges 16:1-4 When a person falls into a great sin, it is not an accident. Don't think your sin won't be found out….You Will be Seen. Sin is not something that you play with. Sin is patient Sin is quiet Sin leads to destruction The sign of a strong person is not their outward strength or skill.  The sign of a strong person is their inner strength. Don't Always Expect God to Bail You Out.

First Pride and then the CRASH!   First pride, then the crash — the bigger the ego, the harder the fall. Proverbs 16:18 MSG Don’t place your personal pleasure over purpose. Don’t Live for Yourself! The Cure for Pride is the Gospel.

Sometimes we allow the mystery to overshadow the obvious. Judges 14:10-20

Judges 14: 1-9 Do you live your life doing what is right in your own eyes or God's? 

What's under the surface is more important than what is visible.  • What compromises are you making in your life?   • What boundaries have you chosen to ignore?  Judges 13:1-25

If you believe in ultimate truth, how can you communicate it in a world that doesn’t want to hear it? How can you be salt and light? Put Relationships First Live a Life of Humility and Compassion Live a Life that stands out from those around you Expect Persecution

Can Christians Drink and Not Sin? Romans 14:17 ESV Some common thoughts covered are:  The wine in the Bible was not the same type of wine that we have today. Genesis 9:20-21 ESV John 2:1-11 ESV 1 Timothy 3:2-3 ESV 1 Timothy 3:8 ESV If Jesus turned the water into wine He would have been promoting drunkenness. Luke 7:33-35 ESV Alcohol can cause others to sin. Romans 14:21 ESV Can anyone drink? 2 Peter 2:19 ESV

What's on the inside will show up on the outside. Deuteronomy 6:4-9

How does God answer prayer?

What is your testimony? 1 John 5:6-12