5 Types of “Bones” in the Church

from: http://thebiblechristian.com/

1. Wishbones: Folks always wishing for better things, but never willing to work and pray for them. ( If you always looking to plug in to the church, it may be your “calling” that thing you wish was taking place)

2. Jawbones: The gossiping kind that keep the church in turmoil.

3. Funny bones: like the bone in the elbow that throws a person into a tizzy when it hurt. They are touchy, wear their feelings on their sleeves, and are always talking about leaving the church. (We need to be preaching the Gospel to ourselves daily)

4. Dry bones: Orthodox but dead as fossils.

5. Backbones: The spiritual support of the church that keeps the body standing. (about 10% of all folks in the church)

5 More Types of “Bones” in the Church

from Todd Friel

1. Crabby Bones: Conservatives who haven't applied their theology to their hearts.

2. Cheeky bones: Conservatives who complain about everything theology.

3. Humor bones: Pastors who put on shenanigans instead of services.

4. Them bones: Everyone is a problem, except themselves

5. Sissy Bones: Conservatives who refuse to name the names of false teachers.

10 Thief's stealing time in your life.

• Thief 1. consists of idleness or sloth.

• Thief 2. Excess of Sleep.

• Thief 3. Inordinate adorning of the body.

• Thief 4. Unnecessary pomp and extravagance in household furniture and domestic entertainments.

• Thief 5. Needless fasting, gluttony and drinking.

• Thief 6. Idle talk.

• Thief 7. Vain and sinful company.

• Thief 8. Excess of Worldly cares and business.

• Thief 9. Vain, ungoverned and sinful thoughts.

• Thief 10. Unsanctified, ungodly heart; for this loses time, whatever men are doing-- because they never intend to do anything for the glory of God.

How to Train your Child to Worship

from: The Rev. Dr. Brian M. Abshire

• Train them to worship at home.
  

• Teach them that worship is about praising God, not entertaining man. (It not about us put about Him)
  

• If your kids can't sit still, it is not a fidgeting problem,” but a “parenting problem.”
  

• Make the sanctuary a quiet place for worship preparation, not Christian high fives.
  

• Don't allow kids to escape worship with trickery: potty runs fidgeting, naughtiness.
  

• Don't take young children to a nursery, use the cry room... with the sermon pump in.
  

• Don't let your children distract themselves with the hymnal, guest cards, or crawling.
  

• No toys (or coffee) in the sanctuary.
  

• Don't let your kids entertain others during worship.
  

• Doodle? No. Draw pictures of the sermon? Yes.

Five reasons why God leaves sin in His people.

Source: Wretched TV

• God leads sin in His people- to promote their humility. Pride springs from inordinate self-love – which is odious to God, for it robs Him of His glory. Since God will be glorious unto His saints, He subdues their pride – by leaving that in them which humbles their hearts.

• As God left some of the Canaanites in land – to prove Israel, so He leaves sin in us – to humble us. Sin has a continual abasing influence, bringing us to realize more and more our utter insufficiency and complete dependence upon God.

• Sin has an evangelical influence, for it serves to make us more conscious of the perfect suitability of the great Physician for such lepers as we feel ourselves to be.

• Sin's presence has a God-honoring influence, for it brings the renewed soul to marvel increasingly at His “long-suffering to us” (2 Peter 3:9)

• Sin's presence should promote a spirit of forbearance to our fellows: we ought not to expect less failure in them – than we find in ourselves.

Sings you are not awakened in the Gospel

Jared Wilson

• The gospel doesn't interest you – or it does, but not as much other religious subjects.
  

• You take everything personally.
  

• You frequently worry about what other people think.
  

• You treat inconveniences like minor (or Major) tragedies.
  

• You are impatient with people.
  

• In general, you have trouble seeing the fruit of the Spirit in your life.
  

• The Word of God holds little interest.
  

• You have great difficulty forgiving.
  

• You are told frequently by a family member of friend that you are too controlling.
  

• You think someone beside yourself is the worst sinner you know.

Are you a Snarly Christian?

• Are you easily offended by other believer's behavior?
  

• Are you apt to be suspicious of them?
  

• Are you more apt to judge them?
  

• Are you more apt to gossip about them?
  

• Are you more apt to NOT think the best about them?
  

• Are you willing to humble yourself and serve them?
  

• Do you ever say, “Yes, he is a believer, but...”
  

• Do you ever say “Wow, and I thought he was saved.”
  

• Do you ever break fellowship with this person?

Distinguishing Marks of a Quarrelsome Person

by Kevin DeYoung

• A quarrelsome person is habitually disagreeable and decisive.

1. You defend every conviction with the same degree of intensity.

2. You are quick to speak and slow to listen.

3. You are not looking to learn in a conversation, you are looking to defend, dominate and destroy.

4. Your only model for ministry is the showdown on Mount Carmel.

5. You never give the benefit of a doubt.

6. You put the worst construction on everything.

7. You have no unarticulated opinions.

8. You are unable to sympathize with your opponents.

9. Your first instinct is to criticize. Your last instinct is to encourage.

10. Your “thing” is the only grid you see through.

11. You derive a sense of satisfaction from being rejected an marginalized.

12. You are always in the trenches with grenades strapped to your chest, never in the mess hall with ice-cream and ping-pong. (Not having fun in ministry)

13. You have never change your mind on an important matter.

“The Once of year Lifestyle”

Michael Bishop Jr.

Place: Mt. Nebo United Methodist Church, Ackerman MS

Date: 5-1-2011

• Romans 8:3-17

1. Unforgiving sin build up in our lives and we life in darkness

• Romans 8:5-8

• Romans 6:20-23
  

• 1 John 3:8-10
  

• Roughly 13% of Jesus teachings and half of his parables are in reference to hell, judgment, or punishment. “The existence of hell, the instruction by Jesus of hell should reveal to us how sinful sin truly is and how rebellious we really are,” - Mark Driscoll

• Isaiah 66:24 ( NKJV ) ²⁴“And they shall go forth and look Upon the corpses of the men Who have transgressed against Me. For their worm does not die, And their fire is not quenched. They shall be an abhorrence to all flesh.”
  

• It matters not how spiritual a church may profess to be, if souls are not saved, something is radically wrong, and the professed spirituality is simply a false experience, a delusion of the devil. People who are satisfied to meet together simply to have a good time among themselves are far away from God. Real spirituality always has an outcome. Oswald J. Smith (b. 1889)

• When was the last time you truly felt the Sprite of God move?

1. With the Sin in our life, true Worship takes a Back seat.

• John 4:10-26

  Worship is not:

  A. Geography … it can be done anywhere.

  B. Race … the woman was a Samaritan.

  C. Anything and everything … Jesus said, “You worship what you do not know.” There is such a thing as wrong worship.

  D. Terminology … the main word here means to “bow down,” but we dare not get lost in mere lexical studies.

  E. Enthusiasm … ”inspirit” means something different than “clap your hands.”
  

• If you are singing a song in church and thinking about your neighbor, you are not worshiping Christ. If you are sitting during a prayer and thinking about your fantasy team, you are not worshiping Christ. If you are listing to me preach today, but you wondering when I'm going to finish this sermon, you are not worshiping Christ. You worship the One True God when you focus on Him.

• How often Christians assume they have worshiped God simply because they have been in church! We are told that the church building is “God’s house” (an inaccurate designation borrowed from the Old Testament temple) and conclude that worship must take place there! Not necessarily. God was not pleased with the worship at Jerusalem (the Holy City). Nor is he impressed with beautiful cathedrals. Erwin W. Lutzer (1941– )
  

• Worship leads to a further disclosure of God. The point of John 4 is not to give us a manual of personal evangelism. As the woman talks about worship with Jesus, He is revealed. First she sees Him to be just a man, then a prophet, then the Messiah, and finally the Savior of the world.
  

• If worship and preaching the gospel is not the focus of what we do for Christ, we are wasting our time. Many people think that we need more talking and lest singing. The point of singing is not to fill time in the worship gathering. The point is to worship the One and Holy God, to give thanks and honor to Him for what we did not acquire.
  

• Knowing Jesus Christ as your Savior is a relationship not a theological virtue. Like any other relationship, we cannot experience the fullness of Christ if we don't take the time to Praise Him, to SING to Him, to study about Him, and talk about Him. If we are not doing these things, we are better off entering the Pits of Hell.

1. There is only one way for forgiveness .

• Romans 8:14-17
  

• 2 Corinthians 5:20-21
  

• Romans 5:8-10
  

• 1 John 1:9

• It is the Savior, Jesus Christ, though Grace alone, by faith alone, and by serving Him in a way that glorify Him and Him alone that we are save for the Pitts of Hell! We cannot “do this” and “do that” to get save.
  

• If we are not continuing killing the sin in our lives, than the sin will kill you.

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