Sermon Notes - Preparing for Tomorrow 12.11.11

Preparing for Tomorrow

Pastor A.L. Harris

In order to prepare for tomorrow you must sanctify yourself. To sanctify yourself is to commit to serving God with your whole heart. You must Love God with your whole heart. Also, commit to praying and fellowshipping with God consistently. Learn to live in the presence of the Lord. Many believers have made prayer an afterthought. We are supposed to always pray and fellowship with God. Prayer keeps you connected to God in the Spirit. The key word is consistency.

What does it mean to walk in the Spirit? Submit yourself totally to the Holy Spirit and the Word of God. Create a fellowship and prayer time, because on the other side there will be giants in the land.  Jesus was a man of prayer. Study Mark and Luke to learn about the life of Jesus.

Acts 12:1-5 refers to the earnest prayers for Peter while he was in prison. What would happen if the church would pray without ceasing?

Many people struggle to pray. You struggle because you have not developed a prayer life.

1)      Realize the prayer is essential to your spiritual growth and maturity. Know there is a need to grow spiritually and the only way to do this is through prayer.

2)      You must be intentional about praying. You can’t just want to pray everyday because something will always come up. Knowing and making something happen are two different things.

3)      When something is important you will do what you have to do to make it happen. Go and pray!

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Sermon Notes: 12.4.11 - Prepare For Tomorrow

Sunday 12/4/11

Pastor A.L. Harris

“Prepare for Tomorrow”

Joshua 3:1-5
In the last part of Deuteronomy and the first part of Joshua the nation of Israel is in transition. Moses has died and Joshua has become his successor.
When God gives you a promise, you may have to engage in spiritual warfare to get what belongs to you.
Sanctify means to consecrate yourself and set yourself aside for the exclusive use of God. Sanctification is an ongoing process.
Redemption is free, but sanctification will cost you.
If we are going to sanctify ourselves, we must (1) commit to serving God with your whole heart.
In order to serve you must love the Lord with your whole heart first. Luke 10:27
Whatever you love, you will serve. Luke 12:34
When you are totally committed, you will be obedient to Him and serve Him. A half hearted person is a person who will praise God on Sunday and lives for themselves on Monday. When praising God is what you do, but not who you are. When you are committed to something you do it because it is who you are.
1) Repent – turn away from anything that has kept my heart away from God. Ask yourself what do I need to change?
2) Intentionally make your relationship with God the most important relationship.
Manage your time wisely. Commit to prayer and reading the word daily. Keep your relationship with the Lord fresh and strong.

Wednesday Night Bible Study Notes - Breaking Addictions by the Power of Jesus Christ - 11.30.11

Wednesday Night Bible Study

November 30, 2011

Release From Addiction and Staying Free

We all know that decongestant will help relieve a stuffy nose, but it will not cure a cold. Likewise, you can fight with the symptoms of addiction, but you will not end addiction until you deal with the source.

1. Face the Facts

Romans 3:23

2. Admit your weakness, seek God’s help

Proverbs 16:18

1 Peter 5:6-7

1 John 1:7-9

Wanting + Liking = Satisfaction

In order to really be satisfied we have to be set free.

3. Prayer

1 John 1:8-10

Philippians 4:6-7

4. Reading and Memorizing Scripture

James 1:14

1 Corinthians 10:13

5. Accountability

James 5:13-16

6. Guard Yourself, avoid temptations

Proverbs 4:23

Ephesians 6:12-20

Romans 6:16

Romans 12:1-2

Mark 7:20-23

7. Displacement

Psalms 103:1-12

8. Fortification

Ephesians 6:13-17

Sermon Notes: 11.27.11 "Live Free"

Sunday 11/27/11

Pastor A.L. Harris

Series: Live Free!

John 10:10
The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly.

John 8:32
And you shall know the truth and the truth shall make you free.

How to Live Free:
1) Submit to the control and authority of the Holy Spirit.
2) Resist what tempts you.
a. Avoid people, places, and things.
3) Change how you think.
Proverbs 23:7, For as he thinks in his heart, so is he.

Your thinking dictates your actions. Right thinking will produce right actions. The same is true for wrong thinking. Wrong thinking will produce wrong actions.
Changing how you think involves renewing your mind.

Philippians 2:5, Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus, who, being in the form of God, did not consider it robbery to be equal with God, but made himself of no reputation, taking the form of a bondservant, and coming in the likeness of men.

Romans 12:2, And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.


- Read your Bible daily. Memorize scripture. Meditate on the Word both day and night.
- Stay away from TV shows and movies that will cause you to yield to your fleshly desires.
- Spend time with people of like faith. (People that add to your spiritual growth and maturity)