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February 25-27, 2025Strengthening Your Grip on Encouragement
In this lesson, we will learn that encouragement is not the responsibility of a gifted few but the responsibility of the entire family of God. That means you.
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In Israel's northern city of Caesarea Philippi, among the ruins of a worship centre dedicated to the Greek god Pan, a cave exists that was long believed by those who worshipped there to be the doorway into the netherworld. It was in the vicinity of this grotto, the alleged gateway to hell, that Jesus promised: "Upon this rock I will build My church; and the gates of Hades will not overpower it" (Matthew 16:18).
From Pentecost in the first century to the present day, Satan has attempted to destroy Christ's Church—yet it endures. From a small group of Jewish outsiders in Jerusalem 2,000 years ago, Christ built His Church to reach even the remotest parts of the world. Despite controversies, wars, and denominational splits, the Church continues to be the means through which God announces to a dark and dying world that light and life have come in the person of His Son, Jesus Christ.
For these reasons, and many more, we learn about and appreciate the body of Christ, the Church.
Strengthening Your Grip on Involvement
Itʼs a bit dismaying to realize that you’re going to be spending eternity with people in the family of God you don’t even speak with on earth! Quite frankly, when someone has wounded us with his or her sharp quills, it’s natural to want to keep our distance. But we do need each other, needles and all!
Strengthening Your Grip on Priorities
Priorities govern the words of spiritual nourishment that come from the pulpit. It’s easy to see a church’s priorities when the ministry is just starting out, when the ink of the congregation’s ideals is still wet on the paper. But later on, when storms roll in, the priority list can get blown away in a gust of confusion.
Seven Building Blocks for Leaders
Christian leaders with character continue to be in demand. Ezekiel recorded God’s plea for leaders who would “stand in the gap before Me for the land,” but, tragically, He “found no one” (Ezekiel 22:30).
Being Real, Being Gentle
Our attitude towards one another must be gracious. There’s love when you’re gracious, there’s tenderness when you’re gracious.
Being Involved
Being involved means more than shaking hands with people on your way out of a church service—it’s investing in the lives of others.
Covering All the Final Bases
Expounding on Paul’s words in Titus 3, Pastor Chuck Swindoll exhorts Christ-followers to embrace the privilege of serving the Lord.
When Doing What’s Hard Is Best
Teaching from 1 Timothy 5 and Titus 3, Pastor Chuck Swindoll delineates how serving God requires our best effort, right motives, and devoted work. Choosing to sidestep God’s directives, on the other hand, can result in disaster.
The Tough Side of Ministry
The Apostle Paul made a point to warn believers against wasting time with useless quarreling. He urges believers to devote themselves to doing good.
Living before a Watching World
From Titus 3, Pastor Chuck Swindoll unfolds truths that believers can apply to their daily lives and interactions. He insightfully connects how we treat others to our connection with God.
