Summit Church Garden City

1st Samuel - The Seed of Self-Destruction - Pastor Ovi

1. Making foolish decisions will always cost you

2. Learn to not waver back and forth on decisions
- don’t make promises you can’t keep
- be willing to admit when you’re wrong
- don’t lose trust with people
- don’t become weary and give up

3. Who’s estimate is more important to you, man’s estimate or God’s estimate?

1st Samuel - How Big of an Army Does God Need - Pastor Ovi

1. Do not fight like the world fights

- we fight a spiritual battle
- we fight with spiritual weapons

2. Move forward with faith

- the church should be on the offensive
- nothing can hinder the Lord from saving
- true faith always results in action

3. Victory comes from the Lord

- the battle is not yours but God’s
- your faith will encourage others to follow Christ

1st Samuel - What God Wants From You - Pastor Lucas

1. It is impossible to obey the commands of God without the heart of God

2. God desires a life dedicated to Him instead of a life dedicated to ritual.

1st Samuel - How to Finish Strong - Pastor Ovi

1. Maintain a good reputation with God and man
- make yourself accountable to the people in your life (v1-3)
- if you’ve wronged anyone, make it right (v3-5)

2. Give testimony of God’s goodness

3. Urge people to follow God
- remind people of the consequences of obedience and disobedience (v12-15)
- warn people that God calls them to repentance (v16-18)

4. Never stop praying

1st Samuel - How God Confirms His Chosen Leaders - Florin Leahu

Outline:

v1-4, Despair

v5-10, Decision

v11-15, Deliverance

1st Samuel - Saul Becomes King - Pastor Ovi

1. Begin with the Holy Spirit
- the Holy Spirit changes your heart (v9)
- the Holy Spirit brings visible change (v 10-12)
- the Holy Spirit leads you to worship (v13)

2. Let God do the promoting
- wait for God’s timing (v 14-16)
- trust God to open the right doors (v 17-19)
- humble yourself and let God lift you up (v 21-24)

3. Serve an audience of one
- honor God and His Word (v25)
- know that you will have followers and critics (v 25-27)

1st Samuel - When God Chooses You for a Task - Pastor Ovi

1. God’s providential hand is at work in our life
- in our family background (verses 1-2)
- in the interruptions and setbacks (verses 3-4)
- in the people He has placed around us (verses 5-10)
- in the timing of events (verses 11-14)

2. A peek behind the scenes
- God’s plan precedes your present circumstances (15)
- God’s plan is bigger than you (16)
- God will tell you what you need to know when you need to know it (17)

3. A divine appointment
- God’s plan is often different from our plan
- God’s plan is always better than ours

Baptism and the Gospel - Pastor Ovi

1. Why do people that call themselves Christian do not get baptized?

- do not understand the importance of it

- more committed to a church tradition than the Word of God

- pride

- thought they were Christian but they are not

2. What is baptism?

- From a physical point of view, baptism is a ceremony during which a person, in the name of the Father, Son, and the Holy Spirit, is immersed in the water.

3. What’s the purpose of baptism?

4. Do you have to be baptized to be saved?

5. When should I be baptized?

Park Service 3 - In Christ Alone - Our Future Hope - Pastor Ovi

John 17

Park Service 2 - In Christ Alone - Sanctification - Pastor Ovi

John 17