Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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If You Love Me
Pastor Phil Vance Highlights: 1.) Three conditions to be met in prayer A. Pray in faith B. Pray in Christ’s name C. Pray in loving obedience 2.) Commandments: words to live your life by to make it good, not regrettable. 3.) True love is demonstrated in actions, not just words. 4. There are lots of…
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The AMAZING things Jesus says about us!
Pastor Phil Vance Highlights: 1.) Jesus will satisfy your hunger, not just alleviate it. 2.) You can Hunger and Thirst for the wrong things. Jesus encourages us to Hunger and Thirst for the right things: righteousness. 3.) Like the Prodigal Son, hunger will ruin us if not satisfied properly. 4.) The outpouring of the Holy…
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Spirit vs. Flesh “Game On”
Pastor Phil Vance Highlights: 1.) God almighty asks man to pray for Him. It is an expression of relational need from the perfect Son of God. How vulnerable of God! 2.) Prayer helps us battle the flesh and honor the Spirit. When we have to fight a Spirit vs. Flesh battle, we need to understand…
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Spirit vs. Flesh – Game On! (Round 3)
Pastor Phil Vance Highlights: 1.) The enemy’s goal is to get you OFF THE TRUTH however he can! He will mesmerize you with the things of this world!!! You are fighting the flesh. Don’t give up even for one minute!! 2.) God gave us a great boost by having begun in the Spirit. Are we…
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The Holy Spirit and Me
Pastor Phil Vance Highlights: 1.) Under the Old Covenant, the LETTER of the law KILLS. Under the New Covenant, the SPIRIT gives LIFE! 2.) Truth applied without Grace brings death. 3.)The Letter of the Law shows us our sin but it is powerless to Help us Out of It. It is the power of the…
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Leaodicea – The Luke Warm Church
Pastor Phil Vance Highlights: 1.) Relationship with Jesus takes energy to grow. If you do nothing, it becomes lukewarm. 2.) Man sizes up the natural – what’s outside. God sizes up the spiritual – what’s inside. 3.) Embrace the Refiner’s Fire and let Him Burn Away the stuff in your life that is not good.…
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Pew 2 You – 1/26/2014
Pew 2 You Pastor Phil Vance The Holy Spirit – Our Helper 1/26/2014 Highlights: 1.) Aspects of the Holy Spirit: he is our helper, our master, our comforter. 2.) To want more of God is to want to walk more in the Spirit of God. Us AND the Holy Spirit (not or) – that’s God’s…
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Pew 2 You – 12/8/2013
Pew 2 You 12/8/2013 Pastor Phil Vance Following Jesus – The Reward Highlights: 1.) Jesus understands that there is a cost to following Him. If you pay the cost to follow Jesus, there is a REWARD for those choices you make. 2.) Followers of Jesus are not making sacrifices, we are making investments! But not all dividends will be received in this…
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December 2013 Connect Group Leader Training
Click Here: December Connect Group Leader Training Dan offers encouragement, thanks and a December training challenge based around the greatest gift of all: God’s only son, Jesus. Please watch the video and take time to complete the assignment. You can respond to us with what you did and how the Lord directed you at danandcassi@gmail.com. Please…
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Pew 2 You – 11/17/2013
Pastor Phil Vance Serving the Servant 11/17/2013 Highlights: 1.) Following Jesus involves serving. Do we follow Jesus for what He can do for us or for we can do for Him? 2.) Jesus tells us that when we are serving others, we are in fact serving Him. In the same manner, when we neglect others, we…
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