Message Today: Winning In The New Year! UpComing Events: Sun Jan 8 th Tues Jan 24 th

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1 Sun Jan 8 th Tues Jan 24 th FEBRUARY UpComing Events: 10am Mentoring/Parenting Class!! 11am Buh Bye Debt & Hello Abundance! 6pm Boomachickas' Night Out! - 2nd Street Sundries START Of Our NEW SCHEDULE!! Weekly Services: Mondays 7pm STARTING Feb 6 th : Men's Blue Bay! Wednesdays 7pm Maturity Meeting Thursdays 6:30 ABLAZE Youth! Grades am FrontLines Prayer Sundays 10am class, coffee & conversate! DISCIPLESHIP CLASS! 11am Worship Service Message Today: Winning In The New Year!

2 Winning In The New Year! 1/4/ NOTES at OR on YouVersion LIVE App Internet: Boomerang-S Key: Gimitpt! (God is moving in this place today!) 2017: A Triumphant Year For US! 2 Corinthians 2:14 NASB (14) But thanks be to God, who always leads us in triumph in Christ, and manifests through us the sweet aroma of the knowledge of Him in every place. 1. God wants each & every year to be for US! 2. For triumph to happen, we MUST let Christ us! 3. It possible for US to have persecution in the middle of triumph. 4. In the middle of persecution, trials & temptations, we should ACTIVELY put on a correct response. The correct response is to focus on AND act on the truth that God is leading us to in Christ no matter what we see or feel. God's Word trumps the world's facts! There's HOPE! 1. Our theme for 2017 is! 2. We believe that soon will become a very precious commodity! 1 Thessalonians 4:13 NASB (13) But we do not want you to be uninformed, brethren, about those who are asleep, so that you will not grieve as do the rest who have no hope. 3. As Christians, we should be without HOPE!

3 1 Peter 3:15 NASB but sanctify Christ as Lord in your hearts, always being ready to make a defense to everyone who asks you to give an account for the hope that is in you, yet with gentleness and reverence; 4. HOPE is one thing that to the world through us! Romans 15:13 NASB Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that you will abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit. ( and 1 Timothy 1:1) 5. God is the God of! As long as God is there, there IS! 6. We are supposed to in HOPE by the Holy Spirit! Even when we don't feel like it, in HOPE is available to us & we should apply faith towards it! We Must Take Action to Shine For Him! Proverbs 4:18 NASB But the path of the righteous is like the light of dawn, That shines brighter and brighter until the full day. 1. Every step of a Christian's life should get! Isaiah 60:1-3 NASB "Arise, shine; for your light has come, And the glory of the LORD has risen upon you. (2) "For behold, darkness will cover the earth And deep darkness the peoples; But the LORD will rise upon you And His glory will appear upon you. (3) "Nations will come to your light, And kings to the brightness of your rising. 2. As a Christian, I am called to the light of Jesus! But in order to do that I must to the actions & levels that Jesus has commanded me to! 3. God wants His to appear on you so that will come to the light of Christ in US!

4 4. God wants us to be with Him. Romans 8:32 NASB He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him over for us all, how will He not also with Him freely give us all things? 2 Peter 1:3 NASB seeing that His divine power has granted to us everything pertaining to life and godliness, through the true knowledge of Him who called us by His own glory and excellence. Ephesians 1:3 NASB Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ, 5. What are 3 verses that show that we have been given ALL things in Christ? 2 Corinthians 5:21 NASB (21) He made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, so that we might become the righteousness of God in Him. 1 Corinthians 10:23 NASB (23) All things are lawful, but not all things are profitable. All things are lawful, but not all things edify. 2 Corinthians 9:10 NASB (10) Now He who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will supply and multiply your seed for sowing and increase the harvest of your righteousness; 6. Just because ALL things are given does NOT mean we ALL things. 7. We CAN the harvest of our righteousness! This will be a year of intimacy, Word, worship, prayer, fasting, giving etc. These are ways to INCREASE the HARVEST of your RIGHTEOUSNESS! Be still & KNOW that He is God! Psalms 46:10 KJV Make plans for it! Be proactive! Schedule time with God!

5 ANSWERS: 2017: A Triumphant Year For US! 1. God wants each & every year to be TRIUMPHANT for US! 2. For triumph to happen, we MUST let Christ LEAD us! 3. It IS possible for US to have persecution in the middle of triumph. 4. In the middle of persecution, trials & temptations, we should ACTIVELY put on a correct response. The correct response is to focus on AND act on the truth that God is ALWAYS leading us to TRIUMPH in Christ no matter what we see or feel. There's HOPE! 1. Our theme for 2017 is THERE's HOPE! 2. We believe that soon HOPE will become a very precious commodity! 3. As Christians, we should NEVER be without HOPE! 4. HOPE is one thing that PREACHES to the world through us! 5. God is the God of HOPE! As long as God is there, there IS HOPE! 6. We are supposed to ABOUND in HOPE by the Holy Spirit! Even when we don't feel like it, ABOUNDING in HOPE is available to us & we should apply faith towards it! We Must Take Action to Shine For Him! 1. Every step of a Christian's life should get BRIGHTER! 2. As a Christian, I am called to SHINE the light of Jesus! But in order to do that I must ARISE to the actions & levels that Jesus has commanded me to! 3. God wants His GLORY to appear on you so that NATIONS will come to the light of Christ in US! 4. God wants us to be PARTNERS with Him. 5. What are 3 verses that show that we have been given ALL things in Christ? Romans 8:32, 2 Peter 1:3 & Ephesians 1:3 6. Just because ALL things are given does NOT mean we HARVEST ALL things. 7. We CAN INCREASE the harvest of our righteousness! Praise God!