http://www.metrocommunitychurch.com Here is the descriptives test... en Here is the descriptives test... Metro Community Church no Metro Community Church Paul Westbrook ℗ & © 2010 Metro Community Church 720 God uses human relationships to grow us closer to Himself. Relationships are powerful things; relationships intersect with our faith for good or for bad; being aware of the significance of relationships allows us to leverage our relationships. While God orchestrates strategic relationships, we have a part. We need to be intentional about putting ourselves in environments where God has the potential to provide us with strategic relationships and we must make ourselves available to be used relationally by God. http://www.sermoncloud.com/metro-church/significant-relationships http://media.monkserve.com/EKK/115/livingclosetogodwk6audio.mp3 Sat, 06 Feb 2010 23:18:54 GMT Paul Westbrook Living Close to God bible,relationships,god,human,intentional,strategic,faith 46:16 One of the six things God uses to grow our faith is through God-honoring financial management. We cannot serve both God and money. Pastor Paul explained the 10-10-80 plan. First 10% of our income should be our tithe, the next 10% is what we should save, and the remaining 80% is what we use to live on. Our tithe is what is actually given to the church (storehouse) and doesn't include other gifts given to other good causes. We should stay away from debt, we should be consistent with our saving, and we should put something aside to help others. http://www.sermoncloud.com/metro-church/new-perspective http://media.monkserve.com/EKK/115/livingclosetogodwk4audio.mp3 Sat, 23 Jan 2010 00:01:03 GMT Paul Westbrook Living Close to God tithe,god,storehouse,10-10-80,debt,saving,finances,financial,others,help 50:12 In order to grow in our faith, we must have spiritual disciplines in our lives. The six things God uses to grow our faith are practical biblical teaching, purposeful spiritual habits, god-honoring financial management, personal ministry, significant relationships, and defining experiences. This message is on the discipline of scripture meditation. We need to push ourself to reflect on scripture on a consistent basis and and need to push ourself to apply scripture consistently. As we meditate on scripture, we need to ask ourself, "is there an attitude, behavior, or relationship I need to changed based on this scripture?" http://www.sermoncloud.com/metro-church/purposeful-spiritual-habits http://media.monkserve.com/EKK/115/livingclosetogodwk3audio.mp3 Sat, 16 Jan 2010 23:54:08 GMT Paul Westbrook Living Close to God consistency,reflection,god,scripture,meditation,bible,habits 46:29 It is critical that we put God's truths into action. We must move beyond accumulating information and knowledge about God and do what he says..to do it. Obedience is what makes the difference. In order for us to do what God says, we must have purposeful spiritual habits, God-honoring financial management, serve in a personal ministry, have significant relationships, have practical biblical teaching and use our defining experiences in life to move us closer to God. http://www.sermoncloud.com/metro-church/life-changing-truths http://media.monkserve.com/EKK/115/livingclosetogodwk2audio.mp3 Sat, 09 Jan 2010 23:57:41 GMT Paul Westbrook Living Close to God life,truths,bible,obedience,action,knowledge,information,god,close,living 45:04 God is honored by big faith. Big faith paves the way for great intimacy with God. There are things that help us grow our faith such as practical biblical teaching, spending alone time with God, honoring God with our finances, being involved in a personal ministry, etc. The greater the faith, the stronger our relationship is with God. http://www.sermoncloud.com/metro-church/increasing-our-faith http://media.monkserve.com/EKK/115/livingclosetogodwk1audio.mp3 Sat, 02 Jan 2010 23:57:23 GMT Paul Westbrook Living Close to God faith,intimacy,god,bible,growth,relationship 44:50 Now that Christmas is over, how do we follow Jesus now? We should go to sleep with Jesus on our mind, we should wake up with Jesus, get ready for our day with Jesus, work throughout the day with Jesus and face interruptions with Jesus. In waking up with Jesus we need to acknowledge our dependence on God, tell God about our concerns for the day, and renew our invitation for God to spend the day with me. http://www.sermoncloud.com/metro-church/maintaining-the-spirit-of-christmas http://media.monkserve.com/EKK/115/preparing-our-heart-for-christmaswk4audio.mp3 Sat, 26 Dec 2009 16:12:52 GMT Paul Westbrook Preparing Our Heart for Christmas christmas,jesus,sleep,wake,ready,work,interruptions 48:50 Some people don't embrace Christianity because they received a poor explanation of Christianity and have viewed improper application of how Christianity is lived out. The message of Christmas is how God proved his love by giving us the best gift of all. The gift of Jesus Christ is free but we have to receive it. We can't receive it through our performance or our good deeds. http://www.sermoncloud.com/metro-church/more-than-gifts http://media.monkserve.com/EKK/115/preparingourheartforchristmaswk3audio.mp3 Sat, 19 Dec 2009 23:05:04 GMT Paul Westbrook Preparing Our Heart for Christmas giving,give,love,life,christianity,gift,christmas 43:09 We are all in need of a Savior. We cannot save ourselves. Jesus came to save us, not to mess up our life. We all need to acknowledge that we are in need of a Savior. http://www.sermoncloud.com/metro-church/our-greatest-need http://media.monkserve.com/EKK/115/preparing-our-heart-for-christmaswk2audio.mp3 Sat, 12 Dec 2009 23:37:25 GMT Paul Westbrook Preparing Our Heart for Christmas christmas,people,all,jesus,salvation,savior 45:11 Christmas is for all people, not just for good people. When we give God the credit, we in turn get peace. We can experience God's favor in spite of our failings. We don't have to impress God, he loves us just as we are. We need to slow down the pace of life and reflect on the true meaning of Christmas. http://www.sermoncloud.com/metro-church/inner-peace http://media.monkserve.com/EKK/115/preparing-our-heart-for-christmaswk1audio.mp3 Sat, 05 Dec 2009 23:10:49 GMT Paul Westbrook Preparing Our Heart for Christmas christmas,god,jesus,savior,angel,failings,meaning,credit,peace 39:56 People not knowing what to believe because they compare Christianity to other religions. All the different denominations, translations and interpretations of the bible confuse people. Other religions are spelled DO; Christianity is spelled DONE. http://www.sermoncloud.com/metro-church/i-dont-know-what-to-believe http://media.monkserve.com/EKK/115/wallswk4audio.mp3 Sat, 28 Nov 2009 23:38:02 GMT Paul Westbrook Walls belief,believe,christianity,religions,translations,denominations,interpretations,bible 46:01