Our current sermon series “Who Are We?”

Who are we? Citizens Body Family Bride Soldiers Temple Unlocking fall 2015 Adoration Worship Praise Love Surrender Joy Walking in truth Peace Promise Who are we? Citizens Body Family Bride Soldiers Temple Citizens - It doesn’t matter where you came from, you are now all covenanted to God and one another Body – Family – Bride - Soldiers - Temple -

Unlocking fall 2015 Army of God Disclaimer: Army of God (AOG) is a Christian terrorist organization that has engaged in the use of anti-abortion violence in the United States to fight against abortion. The Army of God is an underground terrorist organization active in the United States formed in 1982. In addition to numerous property crimes, the group has committed acts of kidnapping, attempted murder, and murder. Mothers day and army of God. Antithetical Yet both are capable of eliciting strong and powerful imagery that evokes Mother – Army – We’re small today, only a couple of hundred of us here today (that’s for the people listening in War is a clash between oppossing wills. The end purpose of war is that the enemy would do our will. To completely, utterly and thoroughly destroy their ability to inflict pain or trouble on us.

Unlocking fall 2015 2 Timothy 2:2-4 (NASB) 2  The things which you have heard from me in the presence of many witnesses, entrust these to faithful men who will be able to teach others also. 3  Suffer hardship with me, as a good soldier of Christ Jesus. 4  No soldier in active service entangles himself in the affairs of everyday life, so that he may please the one who enlisted him as a soldier. 2 Timothy 2:2-4 (NASB) 2  The things which you have heard from me in the presence of many witnesses, entrust these to faithful men who will be able to teach others also. 3  Suffer hardship with me, as a good soldier of Christ Jesus. 4  No soldier in active service entangles himself in the affairs of everyday life, so that he may please the one who enlisted him as a soldier.

Qualities of a good soldier Unlocking fall 2015 Qualities of a good soldier Good soldiers know they are part of a team. Good soldiers don’t take sides. There’s only one side – Jesus Christ Good soldiers believes in the cause A good soldier knows his weapon A good soldier doesn’t collaborate with the enemy A good soldier endures hardship A good soldier is not just a defender but a liberator Good soldiers know they are part of a team. Good soldiers don’t take sides. There’s only one side – Jesus Christ Good soldiers believes in the cause – He’s give his life. You’ve never lived until you find something you’d die for. A good soldier knows his weapon A good soldiers doesn’t collaborate with the enemy

Unlocking fall 2015 Soldier of God I am a soldier in the army of my God. The Lord Jesus Christ is my Commanding Officer. The Holy Scripture is my code of conduct. Faith, prayer and the Word are my weapons of warfare. I have been taught by the Holy Spirit, trained by experience, tried by adversity and tested by fire. I am a soldier in the army of my God. The Lord Jesus Christ is my Commanding Officer. The Holy Scripture is my code of conduct. Faith, prayer and the Word are my weapons of warfare. I have been taught by the Holy Spirit, trained by experience, tried by adversity and tested by fire.

Unlocking fall 2015 I am a volunteer in this army, and I am enlisted for eternity. I will not get out, sell out, be talked out or pushed out. I am faithful, reliable, capable and dependable. If my God needs me, I am there. I am a soldier. I am not a baby. I do not need to be pampered, petted, primed up, pumped up, picked up, or pepped up. I am a soldier. No one has to call me, remind me, write me, visit me, entice me or lure me. I am a volunteer in this army, and I am enlisted for eternity. I will not get out, sell out, be talked out or pushed out. I am faithful, reliable, capable and dependable. If my God needs me, I am there. I am a soldier. I am not a baby. I do not need to be pampered, petted, primed up, pumped up, picked up, or pepped up. I am a soldier. No one has to call me, remind me, write me, visit me, entice me or lure me.

Unlocking fall 2015 I am a soldier. I am not a wimp. I am in place, saluting my King, obeying His orders, praising His name and building His kingdom! No one has to send me flowers, gifts, food, cards or candy, or give me handouts. I do not need to be cuddled, cradled, cared for or catered to. I am committed. I cannot have my feelings hurt bad enough to turn me around. I cannot be discouraged enough to turn me aside. I cannot lose enough to cause me to quit. I am a soldier. I am not a wimp. I am in place, saluting my King, obeying His orders, praising His name and building His kingdom! No one has to send me flowers, gifts, food, cards or candy, or give me handouts. I do not need to be cuddled, cradled, cared for or catered to. I am committed. I cannot have my feelings hurt bad enough to turn me around. I cannot be discouraged enough to turn me aside. I cannot lose enough to cause me to quit.

Unlocking fall 2015 When Jesus called me into this army, I had nothing. If I end up with nothing, I will still come out ahead. I will win. My God has and will continue to supply all of my need. I am more than a conqueror. I will always triumph. I can do all things through Christ. When Jesus called me into this army, I had nothing. If I end up with nothing, I will still come out ahead. I will win. My God has and will continue to supply all of my need. I am more than a conqueror. I will always triumph. I can do all things through Christ

Unlocking fall 2015 The devil cannot defeat me. People cannot disillusion me. Weather cannot weary me. Sickness cannot stop me. Battles cannot beat me. Money cannot buy me. Governments cannot silence me, and hell cannot handle me. I am a soldier. Even death cannot destroy me. For when my Commander calls me from His battlefield, He will promote me to captain and then allow me to rule with Him. I am a soldier in the army, and I’m marching claiming victory. I will not give up. I will not turn around. I am a soldier, marching heaven-bound. Here I Stand! The devil cannot defeat me. People cannot disillusion me. Weather cannot weary me. Sickness cannot stop me. Battles cannot beat me. Money cannot buy me. Governments cannot silence me, and hell cannot handle me. I am a soldier. Even death cannot destroy me. For when my Commander calls me from His battlefield, He will promote me to captain and then allow me to rule with Him. I am a soldier in the army, and I’m marching claiming victory. I will not give up. I will not turn around. I am a soldier, marching heaven-bound. Here I Stand!

"A man may have to die for our country, but no man must, in any exclusive sense, live for his country. He who surrenders himself without reservation to the temporal claims of a nation, or a party, or a class is rendering to Caesar that which, of all things, most emphatically belongs to God; himself." C.S. Lewis.

Never give up what you want the most for what you want for the moment

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