Big Idea: Being a faithful and wise servant, means you are prepared for the coming judgment. You are obeying Jesus’ commands to make disciples, and you are a good steward with all that he has provided you. Christ’s return is your hope and you are ready for the coming kingdom. Matthew 24:45-51 For sake of context, we will read all of chapter 24 “Who then is the faithful and wise servant, whom his master has set over his household, to give them their food at the proper time?...

Ice Breaker: What is something that you own that you would have a hard time giving away? Big Idea: Salvation is only possible because of the person and work of Jesus. Anyone who is seeking eternal life must go to Jesus and simply repent of their sins and trust in Him for salvation. Jesus invites people to have life. Read: Matthew 19:16-30 16 And behold, a man came up to him, saying, “Teacher, what good deed must I do to have eternal life?...

Read Luke 19:1-10 19 He entered Jericho and was passing through. 2 And behold, there was a man named Zacchaeus. He was a chief tax collector and was rich. 3 And he was seeking to see who Jesus was, but on account of the crowd he could not, because he was small in stature. 4 So he ran on ahead and climbed up into a sycamore tree to see him, for he was about to pass that way....

Big Idea A follower of Christ will put Christ and his commandments above everyone including self. Read: Matthew 10:34-39 “Do not think that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I have not come to bring peace, but a sword. For I have come to set a man against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law. And a person’s enemies will be those of his own household....

Big Idea Jesus invites people to have life. Read: John 7:37-39 37 On the last day of the feast, the great day, Jesus stood up and cried out, “If anyone thirsts, let him come to me and drink. 38 Whoever believes in me, as[a] the Scripture has said, ‘Out of his heart will flow rivers of living water.’” 39 Now this he said about the Spirit, whom those who believed in him were to receive, for as yet the Spirit had not been given, because Jesus was not yet glorified....

Big Idea God is available and ready to hear His people who seek Him through prayer. Read: Psalm 5:1-12 To the choirmaster: for the flutes. A Psalm of David. 5 Give ear to my words, O Lord; consider my groaning. 2 Give attention to the sound of my cry, my King and my God, for to you do I pray. 3 O Lord, in the morning you hear my voice; in the morning I prepare a sacrifice for you[a] and watch....

Big Idea The Word of God is needed for spiritual life and development. Read: 1 Peter 1:22-2:3 22 Having purified your souls by your obedience to the truth for a sincere brotherly love, love one another earnestly from a pure heart, 23 since you have been born again, not of perishable seed but of imperishable, through the living and abiding word of God; 24 for “All flesh is like grass and all its glory like the flower of grass....

Big Idea Seek the Lord instead of seeking after things, like those who have no hope. Read: Matthew 6:25-34 “Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing? “Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself....

Announcements Church office is closed Wednesday and Thursday No Mid-Week Activities on Campus this week Children’s Christmas Program is December 4th Church vote on 2023 spending plan is December 4th Big Idea The grace of God is required for life and godliness. Read: Titus 2:11-15 For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation for all people, 12training us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives in the present age, 13waiting for our blessed hope, the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ, 14who gave himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify for himself a people for his own possession who are zealous for good works....

Announcements November 20th: Christmas Decorating after Morning Worship. November 23rd: Church offices are closed and there are no mid-week activities. Christmas Eve: Services at 4:00 and 6:00 pm. Big Idea Right teaching leads to right living which displays the truth and beauty of the gospel. Read: Titus 2:1-10 But as for you, teach what accords with sound doctrine. 2Older men are to be sober-minded, dignified, self-controlled, sound in faith, in love, and in steadfastness....