Fellowship Church - Prairieville, LA

Alive: The Greatness of Grace Ephesians 2:8-10, 1:15-23, Ezekiel 37 Grace is first. -Grace is God’s goodness given to the underserving and unmeriting. Grace is everything. -Grace is that salvation, security, workmanship, and good works are all God’s work. Grace is God’s will. -It is God’s will to restore humanity to Himself .Grace is God’s work. -Grace works when we stop working for it. Grace is free. -Grace is a gift freely given and freely received. Grace enlightens. -Grace brings light into our darkness. Grace draws. -Grace calls; it does not command. Practicing Grace 1. Listen. 2. Stop trying. 3. Stop resisting. 4. Work from grace, not for grace. 5. Worship from grace, not for grace.

Alive: The Giver is the GiftEphesians 2:4-7, Ezekiel 37:7-14But God…-The greatest interjection in history is Jesus.Being rich in mercy…-The wealth of God’s mercy is not diminished by price of our transgression.Because of the great love…-The love of God is because God is love.With which he has loved us…-We do not cause why God loves us but we do cause how God loved us.Even when we were dead in our trespasses…-If God loved us then and there, He loves us anywhere.Made us alive together with Christ Jesus…-He who is the Giver of Life is, Himself, the Life given.By grace…-Grace is for the good of the given, not the Giver.You have been saved…-We have not yet experienced the totality of salvation; but we are totally saved.Love exists because God exists.-The Love of God is Personal.-The Love of God is Powerful.

Alive: From Death | Ezekial 37:1-8 & Ephesians 2:1-3 Look Alive: Live a life of joy, passion, and excellence. We look alive because we are. This death is real. (Ephesians 3:17-24) * The nature is our birth; the actions are our choice. Don’t dress up death. * Repentance is dying to death. Don’t return to death. * Those made alive no longer desire to live in death. Don’t judge decay. * We are not better; we are different. Don’t doctor decay. * Speak life.

Alive: More than a Look Ephesians 2:1-10 & Ezekial 37 Look Alive: Live a life of joy, passion, and excellence. -We look alive because we are. We look how we live. -Love the provision. (Ephesians 1:3-15) Love the Provider of life by loving the life provided. -Love the making. We cannot be joyful in, while begrudging, the making. -Love being alive. Do you love life in Christ?

7 Struggles of Suburbia The Never-Ending Cycle of Indulgence Winning is more than not sinning; it is wise living. Ecclesiastes 2:1-11 Is pleasure good? (Eccl. 2:24, 3:12-13, 3:22, 5:18, 8:15, 9:7)God is the Creator of pleasure. (Eccl. 11:13-14) * The purpose of pleasure is greater than the experience of pleasure. (Prov. 20:1, 21:17) Pleasure was created for our good to God’s glory. (Gen. 1:10,12,18,21,25,28-31) * Pleasure in created things was created to cause our pleasure in the Creator and the Creator’s pleasure in us. (Prov. 28:7, 30:8-9, Eccl . 10:16-17) The more we consume, the more we are consumed. (Psalm 78:29-31, Prov. 23:1-3) * A driven pursuit for pleasure causes a diminished experience of pleasure. (Prov. 25:16&27,20:1, 23:20-21) Satisfaction over gratification. (1 Cor. 6:13)