Discover The Book MinistriesGEM-R-19 130512AM Encouraging Wives & Moms.doc How to Encourage Your Incredible Wife & Mother Ephesians 5 Today is Mother’s Day, and husbands and children all over America have been thinking of ways to honor their wives and mothers. There have been meals planned, gifts purchased, and cards written. All of those are wonderful. But the […]
God’s Pathway to Eternal, Life-long Usefulness
GEM-R-18 110130AM EBG-34 Summary .doc 21st Century Men of Grace: God’s Pathway to Eternal, Life-long Usefulness Titus 2:2-8 One day each of us get to stand in front of Jesus who loved us, died for us, bought us, and asked us to live as His servants the rest of our lives. He has […]
Sound Speech – Healthy Communication In A Decaying World
GEM-R-17 110123AM EBG-32 Speech.doc 21st Century Men of Grace: Sound Speech: Healthy Communications in a Unhealthy World Titus 2:8 As we open to Titus 2:8 we are turning to the final quality God has expressed that He desires to see in every young man in Christ’s Church. Amazingly, the final quality is about the […]
Incorruptibility – Guarding Against Corrosion in a Decaying World
GEM-R-16 110116AM EBG-32 Incorrupt.doc 21st Century Men of Grace: Incorruptibility: Guarding Against Corrosion in a Decaying World Titus 2:7 As we open our Bibles to Titus 2:7 we come to what may be one of the greatest issues confronting our culture, our world, and our church this morning. We are watching humanity “rusting” from […]
Reverence – Staying Focused on God in a World of Distractions
GEM-R-15 110109AM EBG-31 Reverence.doc 21st Century Men of Grace: Reverence: Staying Focused on God in a World of Distractions Titus 2:7 This morning as we open to Titus 2:7, we return to the 21st Century Men of Grace Series we have been studying this past year. As you turn back to that little […]
In Doctrine Showing Integrity – True Doctrine That Resists Ancient Heresies
GEM-R-14 101114AM EBG-30 Truth.doc 21st Century Men of Grace: In doctrine showing Integrity: True Doctrine that Resists Ancient Heresies Titus 2:7 Since the Garden of Eden, the Liar from the Beginning who wouldn’t abide in the Truth has sought to corrupt the truth of God in humans with his devilish lies. Just like rat […]
In Doctrine Showing Integrity – Believing Right So That You Behave Right
GEM-R-13 101031AM EBG-29 Integrity.doc 21st Century Men of Grace: In doctrine showing Integrity: Believing Right so that you Behave Right Titus 2:7 As we open our Bibles to Titus 2, do you remember few weeks ago, when I asked you to share with me what you MOST wanted to be taught from God’s Word? […]
In All Things Showing Yourself A Pattern Of Good Works – Following Christ in a Christless World
GEM-R-12 101024AM EBG-28 Pattern.doc 21st Century Men of Grace: “In all things showing yourself to be a pattern of good works”: Following Christ in a Christless World Titus 2:7 Today as we open to John 10, we are looking at one of the most foundational truths of being born-gain Christians. Jesus made salvation, eternal […]
Sober Minded – Choosing Restrained Living in an Un-Restrained Culture
GEM-R-11 101017AM EBG-27 Sober-Minded.doc 21st Century Men of Grace: Sober-Minded: Choosing Restrained Living in an Un-Restrained Culture Titus 2:6 Today, God asks for every man in Christ’s Church to make daily choices to regain and maintain a sober-minded restrained life, surrendered to God’s gracious sanctifying power. Open in your Bibles with me to Titus […]
God’s 12 Step Program for Every Man in Christ’s Church
GEM-R-10 100926AM EBG-26.doc 21st Century Men of Grace: God’s 12 Step Program for Every Man in Christ’s Church Titus 2:2, 6-8 If we gathered every young man in the church to give them the most important Biblical lessons they would ever get—what would those lessons be to prepare them for a life of blessing, […]
Staying Tender Hearted in a Cruel World
GEM-R-08 100307AM EBG-8Healthy Love.doc Grace Energized Men: Staying Tender Hearted In a Cruel World Titus 2:2e Love is the greatest of all the manifestations of God at work in the life of His children. That is why Jesus warned His disciples that it would be increasingly harder and harder to maintain that strong and […]
Guarding a Healthy Mind in a Sick World
GEM-R-07 100228AM EBG-7HealthyFaith.doc Grace Energized Men: Guarding a Healthy Minds In a Sick World Titus 2:2d Earth’s darkest hours are dead ahead. Jesus warned us that at the end of days, the world will be subjected to the most intense bombardment of deceptions, false teachings, and truthlessness ever poured out on humanity. How healthy […]
Grace Energized Men – Living Wisely in a Foolish World
GEM-R-06 100214AM EBG-06 Temperate.doc Grace Energized Men: Living Wisely in a Foolish World Titus 2:2c God is vitally interested in your minds. If you believe right, you will behave right. But if we aren’t careful our minds get dulled, and infected with so many viruses that we no longer have a mind under God’s […]
Grace Energized Men Are Reverent – Getting Serious About God in An Amused World
GEM-R-05 100207AM EBG-05 Reverent Grace Energized Men Are Reverent: Getting Serious About God in An Amused World Titus 2:2b God has explained the pathway to being highly useful to Him in the 24 words of Titus 2. God through His Word says that the second key ingredient is: a chosen way of life He […]
Maintaining a Balanced Life in an Obsessive-Compulsive World
GEM-R-04 100131AM EBG-04 Sober.doc Grace Energized Men are Sober— MAINTAINING A BALANCED LIFE IN AN OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE WORLD Titus 2:2 God has placed a “Help Wanted” ad online in His Word. He wants to enlist a special group of older and younger men to be highly useful to Him. These godly men, along with their […]
Grace Energized Men – Who Don’t Waste Their Lives
GEM-R-03 100124AM EBG-03 Waste.doc Grace Energized Men— Don’t Waste Your Life Titus 2:1-2 As we open to the book of Titus, remember that the New Testament has three letters written specifically to pastors, explaining how they are to teach and lead Christ’s flock. Titus is one of the three, and is a book about […]
God’s Recovery Plan is Sanctification
GEM-R-02 100117AM EBG-2 Recovery.doc God’s Recovery Program is Sanctification Titus 1:10-16 God’s recovery program for fallen mankind is always sanctification. Christ’s New Testament church was born into a sin-warped, dark-hearted world of mixed-up marriages, sin-scarred lives, and confused families. As we open to the book of Titus this morning, never forget that is the context. […]
The Pathway to Usefulness – Consecration
GEM-R-01 100110AM EBG-01 Usefulness The Pathway to Usefulness: Consecration Isaiah 6 The pathway to usefulness is consecration. That is the pathway that God had to lead Isaiah along. That is the pathway we all need to follow. Only what is attached to God will last forever. Anything that is not attached to God […]
Communion
100314AM EBG-9 Hope .doc Grace Energized Men Finishing Hopefully in a Despairing World Titus 2:2 COM-09 GEM-R-09 100314PM As we open to Titus 2, we are considering the power of hope. When things get darkest in life, what one truth keeps folks going? It’s the word: hope. Someone once described how dependent we are as […]