Pastor Frank

FollowUp 11-16-16

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Message Title: Kingdom Focus
Series: In God We Trust

Verses used:
Psalm 20:7, Isaiah 26:4, Psalm 118:8-9, 1 Timothy 6:4-5, 11-16

Key verses:
1 Timothy 6:11-12New International Version (NIV)
11 But you, man of God, flee from all this, and pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, endurance and gentleness. 12 Fight the good fight of the faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called when you made your good confession in the presence of many witnesses.

Sermon Notes:

Notes:
1. Flee from all of this division.
2. Pursue the qualities of Christ’s Kingdom.
3. Fight the good fight.
4. Take hold of what He has done for you.

FollowUp 11-09-16

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Message Title: In God We Trust
Series: In God We Trust

Key verses:
Psalm 9:10
Those who know your name trust in you, for you, LORD, have never forsaken those who seek you.
Psalm 20:7
Some trust in chariots and some in horses, but we trust in the name of the LORD our God.
Psalm 22:4
In you our ancestors put their trust; they trusted and you delivered them.
Psalm 22:5
To you they cried out and were saved; in you they trusted and were not put to shame.

Psalm 118:8-9New International Version (NIV)
8 It is better to take refuge in the LORD
than to trust in humans.
9 It is better to take refuge in the LORD
than to trust in princes.

Isaiah 26:4New American Standard Bible (NASB)
4 “Trust in the LORD forever,
For in GOD the LORD, we have an everlasting Rock.

2 Corinthians 1:9New American Standard Bible (NASB)
9 indeed, we had the sentence of death within ourselves so that we would not trust in ourselves, but in God who raises the dead;

Sermon Notes:

6 things to remember this election as followers of Jesus.
1. No matter who wins, Jesus remains King. (1 Tim 6:15-16)
2. Voting in this country is not just a privilege but a responsibility.
3. As a follower of Jesus be informed, be prayerful, vote your conscience.
4. Be civil. (Mt 5:9)
5. Pray for those running. (1 Tim 2:1-4)
6. Love God. love people. (Mk 12:31-32)

FollowUp 11-02-16

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Message Title: Wisdom from the book of Job
Series: Respect the Beard

Key verses:
Job 1:8-11New International Version (NIV)
8 Then the LORD said to Satan, “Have you considered my servant Job? There is no one on earth like him; he is blameless and upright, a man who fears God and shuns evil.”
9 “Does Job fear God for nothing?” Satan replied. 10 “Have you not put a hedge around him and his household and everything he has? You have blessed the work of his hands, so that his flocks and herds are spread throughout the land. 11 But now stretch out your hand and strike everything he has, and he will surely curse you to your face.
Job 1:20-21 New American Standard Bible (NASB)
20 Then Job arose and tore his robe and shaved his head, and he fell to the ground and worshiped. 21 He said,
“Naked I came from my mother’s womb,
And naked I shall return there.
The LORD gave and the LORD has taken away.
Blessed be the name of the LORD.”

Sermon Notes:

1. Sin equals suffering

2. Righteousness equals success

3. This is known as simple wisdom.

4. Job is known in the scriptures as an example of complex wisdom.

5. The book of Job is about a battle in heaven over motives.

6. The wise person will love and trust God in spite of the severe ups and downs of life.

FollowUp 10-18-16

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Message Title: Shut Your Mouth! God’s Wisdom and Our Words
Series: Respect the Beard

Key Verses: Matt 12:35-37; 1 Pet 3:9-12

Sermon Notes:

1. What you say matters to God. (Matt 12:35-37; James 1:26)

2. What you say can damage your life.

a. Hasty words hurt others and cost us relationships. (Prov. 21:23; 29:20; James 1:19-20)

b. Lying words break trust and lead to ruin. (Prov. 12:22; 26:26; Ps 34:12-13)

c. Perverted words hurt our souls and draw us under the world’s control. (Prov. 15:4; 17:20; James 3:5-6; Eph. 4:29)

3. What you say shows who you really are. (Matt. 12:35; James 3:9-11)

4. What you say can bring healing to others. (Prov. 12:18; 16:24; 18:21; Eph. 4:29)

Something to think about this week…
“Silence frees us from the need to control others. One reason we can hardly bear to remain silent is that it makes us feel so helpless. We are accustomed to relying upon words to manage and control others. A frantic stream of words flows from us in an attempt to straighten others out. We want so desperately for them to agree with us, to see things our way. We evaluate people, judge people, condemn people. We devour people with our words. Silence is one of the deepest Disciplines of the Spirit simply because it puts the stopper on that. When we become quiet enough to let go of people, we learn compassion for them.”
— Richard J. Foster, Freedom of Simplicity: Finding Harmony in a Complex World.

FollowUp 10-12-16

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Message Title: Wisdom for Work and Wealth
Series: Respect the Beard

Key verses: Luke 12:13-21

Sermon Notes:

1. It is God’s will for us that we work. (Gen 2:15, 2 Thes 3:7-12)

2. God in whose image we are made is a worker. (Gen 1:1, 1:31, 2:1-2, Jn 5:17)

3. God doesn’t want us to be a sluggard. (Prov. 6:6-11, 24:30-34, 20:4, 21:25, 26:13-14)

4. God says that when we work, we work for Him! He is our boss! (Col 3:23-24)

5. God is above our money. (Prov. 3:9-10)
6. Our wealth is a tool to be used for His honor. (Prov 3:9-10)
7. Life lived without the reality of God in every moment is short sighted and foolish. (Lk 12:13-21, James 4:13-16)

Something to think about this week…

John Calvin: “It is the duty of all men to serve as God’s instruments here on earth, to reshape the world in the fashion of His Kingdom.”

Martin Luther: “A person’s vocation is their divine calling and all callings are of equal spiritual dignity.”

FollowUp 10-05-16

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Message Title: Love and Wisdom
Series: Respect the Beard

Verses used: Song of Solomon 2:3-7,3:5, 8:4, Prov 5:1-23

Key verses:
Song of Solomon 2:7, Prov 5:18

Sermon Notes:

1. It is better to learn and live than live and learn.

2. Song of Solomon is a picture of pure marital love that speaks openly and joyfully of human sexuality.

3. Song of Solomon provides a model for how a husband and wife were to feel toward one another and how they could express their feelings.

The warning label of Song of Solomon is:
4. Do not awaken love until it’s time. (2:7; 3:5; 8:4)
5. God’s laws are not restrictive but protective!
6. God values our human sexuality
7. God protects our human sexuality in the confines of marriage
8. God tells us to protect our marriages.

Something to think about this week…

Martin Luther said of sexual temptation, “We can’t do anything about the birds flying over our head, but we can prevent them from building a nest in our hair.”

FollowUp 9-28-16

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Series: Respect the Beard
Message Title: How Sticky Are You? Wisdom and True Friendship

How Sticky Are You? Wisdom and True Friendship

Verses used:Proverbs 17:17; 18:24; 14:20; 12:15; 27:5-6, 9; 28:23;

27:17; 13:20; 12:26; 22:24-25; 16:29; 1 Cor. 15:33; Ps. 26:4-5; Phil.

3:17; John 15:13

Key verse:Proverbs 18:24; John 15:13

Sermon Notes:

I. A friend sticks close.

II. A friend tells you what you need to hear, not what you want to hear.
Why we avoid transparency:

1. We are afraid of rejection.
2. We don’t want to be hurt.
3. We don’t want to meddle in people’s lives or have them meddle in ours.

III. A friend will lead you to Christ

FollowUp 9-21-16

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Series: Respect the Beard
Message Title: Wisdom Begins with God

Verses used: Prov 1:7, Prov 9:1, Ecc 1:1-3, Ecc 12:13-14,
Ps 19:1-2, Heb 1:1-2, Jn 17:3, Ecc 2:1-11, Mt 7:24-27

Key verse: Ecclesiastes 1:1-3, 12:13-14

Sermon Notes:

1. All mankind has some degree of the knowledge of God.
2. Creation give us a general revelation/knowledge of the existence of God. (Ps 91:1-2)
3. All mankind does not have specific knowledge/revelation of God.
4. Specific knowledge of our creator is the greatest knowledge that we could ever have.
5. Ecclesiastes uses the phrase “under the sun” 29 times.
6. Ecclesiastes uses the phrase “vanity” (NIV, NASB)`empty: vapor “meaningless” 36 times.
7. Wisdom begins with the knowledge and understanding of God.

FollowUp 9-14-16

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Series: Respect the Beard
Message Title: The Freedom of Choices

Mid-Week 9/14/16 from Woodbridge Community Church on Vimeo.

Verses used: Isa 1:16-18, Prov 16:3, 20:29, Job 12:12
Prov 2:1-8, Gen 1:27, 2 Cor 5:17-19

Key verse: Isaiah 1:16-18 (NASB)

Sermon Notes:

1. Wisdom is the application of knowledge.
2. The opposite of wisdom is foolishness.
3. To be made in the image of God means that we are moral, free, beings, with the ability of thought reason and choice.
4. It is good to be free, but freedom makes evil possible.
5. The origin of evil is in the misuse of freedom.
6. Free beings are held morally responsible for their choices.

A Change of Heart

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The Key Verses in this week’s message is as follows:

Jonah 3:4-6 (NIV)

4 Then Jonah began to go through the city one day’s walk; and he cried out and said, “Yet forty days and Nineveh will be overthrown.”

5 Then the people of Nineveh believed in God; and they called a fast and put on sackcloth from the greatest to the least of them. 6 When the word reached the king of Nineveh, he arose from his throne, laid aside his robe from him, covered himself with sackcloth and sat on the ashes.