Prezi

We had a great time worshiping with Highland Christian Fellowship yesterday. God has been using us and helping us grow. We even doubled in size in 2010. God is putting together a strong, healthy body that I hope will do much effective work in building the kingdom.

Yesterday I taught from Isaiah 9:1-7: When Christ Rules. I used a new presentation aid called Prezi. It is a creative new way to present text, images, and video during a speech (instead of Powerpoint). To see how it works and the main principles of the Isaiah 9 message, you can click through the presentation below.

How God Uses Resources in Our Lives

I just upload a message from Sunday, July 11 from 1 Kings. You can subscribe, download, or listen from the audio player in the right sidebar. Following the story of how God provided for Elijah, we observe several principles of how God uses resources in our lives:

1. God uses resources in our lives to provide for our needs (vv. 1-6).

2. God uses resources in our lives to direct us (vv. 7-9).

3. God uses resources in our lives to increase fellowship with others (vv. 10-16).

4. God uses resources in our lives to demonstrate his power (vv. 14-16).

Entrusting Ourselves into God’s Care (Psalm 16)

I just uploaded the sermon from July 4, Entrusting Ourselves into God’s Care from Psalm 16. Listen to it, download it, or subscribe to the podcast in the audio player in the right sidebar.

1. When we entrust ourselves into God’s care, our security is in God instead of our circumstances (v. 5).
2. When we entrust ourselves into God’s care, we trust God to work out our circumstances (vv. 5-6).
3. When we entrust ourselves into God’s care, he will lead us in the right way (v. 7).
4. When we entrust ourselves into God’s care, we can live with joy (v. 9, 11).
5. When we entrust ourselves into God’s care, we will be resurrected to eternal life (10-11).

A Godly Generational Vision

I have uploaded the teaching from Sunday: A Godly Generational Vision. This message was primarily inspired from our visit to the North Carolinians for Home Education Conference we attended last week. I was especially encouraged by Kevin Swanson of Generations with Vision. I had been memorizing and meditating on Deuteronomy 6 preceding the conference. This passage two basic principles related to a generational vision:

• The vision is for God’s people to live in loving, faithful obedience to him (vv. 4-5).
• Parents are responsible for teaching their children to live in loving, faithful obedience to God (vv. 7-9, 20-25).

As usual, you can listen to this message in the Teaching Audio player in the right sidebar. From the Player you can also download it or subscribe to messages from Highland Christian Fellowship as a podcast.

Submission in Ministry

I just uploaded the final part in the teaching series from 1 Corinthians 16:5-18 on Doing the Work of the Lord. This section is from vv. 15-18 and establishes the principles that as we all engage in the Lord’s work, we are to submit to others who are doing the Lord’s work. This message provides an opportunity to review the biblical bases for submission and principle from the text reveals the priority of ministry of the Gospel in the church. You can listen to or download the message from the audio player on the right.