Looking for a Good Church (2 Thes 1:1-5)

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“Looking for a Good Church”

(II Thessalonians 1:1-5)

 

 

If looking for a church — What look for?

 

What God look for?

 

 

G ________________ Conversion.

 

“In”

Grace —

 

Peace —

 

I ____________________ Faith

 

“Growing more & more”

 

I Peter 1:6-7 Romans 8:35-39

Psalm 119:67, 71

James 1:2-4 I Peter 5:10

 

 

G___________________ Love

 

John 13:34-35 Romans 5:8

 

Love — not sentimentality/emotional — But:

 

S ____________ S____________.

 

Galatians 5:6

 

 

P ________________ Hope

 

“Persecutions” —

 

“Trials” —

 

Who should boast about us?

( Proverbs 27:2)

 

“Perseverance”—

Not grim — but joyful!

Titus 2:11-14

 

DON’T LOOK FOR SUCH A CHURCH —

                                         BE SUCH A CHURCH!

 

Singing the Lord’s Song in a Foreign Land

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“Singing the Lord’s Songs-

   In a Foreign Land”

(Psalm 137)

 

When happy, it is easy to sing!

When not?

 

 

“Zion” — Not just a __________ — But G _______!

 

 

What do I do? Remember…

 

  1. P ___________. ( I Timothy 2:1-4)

 

  1. God is still G __________.

 

  1. Not a _________. (Philippians 4:21-22)

 

  1. Our job is to S _________. Be F ___________.

(Ezekiel 33:1-9; 17-20)

 

(Not responsible for the R___________. But to sing!)

 

 

So How do I Sing?

 

  1. The strangeness of the ___________ is no excuse

for not singing.

 

  1. Learn to sing without w ________________.

 

Daniel 6:3-5 I Peter 2:11-12

 

  1. Allow set backs & challenges to provide opportunity

for __________.

Philippians 3:7-10     II Timothy 3:10-19

Matthew 5:11-12        Acts 16:16-40

 

  1. Gain strength from God’s S ____________.

(Psalm 1, 2, 100, 121, 122, 127)

 

 

Matthew 6:25-34

 

“I sing because I’m happy.”

“I sing because I’m free.”