Runaway Peace Train by Don Campbell

Many people think that Christianity should be a PEACE TRAIN. No problems,
no worries, the Lord’s gonna take care of them all. Health and Wealth will be
ours.

But then reality kicks in and our Peace Train looks more like a Crazy Train.

John 14:27
Peace – not as the world gives

World – Peace = Absence of Conflict
Jesus – Peace = Comfort in the midst of Conflict

World – NO Peace? Change your circumstances – job, friends, spouse
Jesus – NO Peace? Change yourself or rather be changed by the Spirit

We know from Galatians 5 that Peace is a Fruit of the Spirit

Galatians 5:25
If we live by the Spirit…we keep in step with the Spirit.

This isn’t about changing your circumstances….it is about changing YOU.

There are some fundamental things that we fail to DO…STEPS on the SPIRIT’s PATH we miss…that can cause us to stunt the growth of our fruit crop of PEACE.

Matt. 6:12
forgive us AS WE forgive others

Matt. 6:14
If / Then statements should always be highlighted

Mark 11:25
When you stand praying, hold anything against anyone, forgive him

1 John 2:9-11
light vs. darkness – stumbling around in the darkness – crazy train

Eph. 4:26-27, 31-32
Don’t let the sun go down on your wrath. Devil a foothold.

Get rid of all malice and forgive.

Holding back forgiveness is like drinking poison and hoping the other person gets
sick.

Its time for a “Do-Over”





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The Thrill of Hope - Part 2 by Don Campbell

I was out of town this weekend so there are no notes.





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The Thrill of Hope by Don Campbell

Luke 1:5-27
700 Years of Waiting

Josephus tells of Pompey the Great entering the Holy of Holies

Romans 5:5
Hope does not disappoint

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Joy in the Morning by Don Campbell

John 15:10-11

Jesus sums it up in one word..

John 15:10

Joy is a byproduct of obedience

John 16:22

"No one will take away your joy"

John 16:20-21

Your Grief will turn to Joy

Psalm 126:3-6

Sow in tears...Reap in joy

“Weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning"

Psalm 30:5

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Thanks for the Fleas by Don Campbell

1 Thessalonians 5:16-18

“Give thanks in ALL circumstances”

Ephesians 5:19-20

“Always giving thanks for Everything”

Joseph in Egypt

Genesis 45:5,7,8

You didn’t send me..God sent me

Genesis 50:19-20

You meant it for evil, but God meant it for Good

Romans 8:28

Freedom =

“Thanking God for the good, the bad, and the ugly in my life and trusting Him to work it all out”

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Kingdom Steward (part 2) by Don Campbell

Don interviews each of the stewards who were given $100 last week to see what God did with that money.

Malachi 3:6-11

"Test me in this," says the Lord

I Commit my...

1. Time
2. Talents
3. Treasures

Romans 12:1-2

"Living Sacrifices"

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P.S. - We forgot to make sure that the microphone to be used by the people giving their "accounting" was properly routed to the recorder. So, I had to "enhance" the audio in those places. While it is not the best sounding thing in the world, I would encourage you to persevere and listen, there are some real gems that you don't want to miss! I do apologize for the issues, though.

Kingdom Steward by Don Campbell

Acts 13:36

"In your Generation"

Matthew 6:33

Seek the Kingdom First

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Living Stones by Don Campbell

I Peter 2:4-6

Living Stones

Psalm 139:13-14

Fearfully and wonderfully made

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What's Your Bowl of Stew? by Don Campbell

5 Fundamental Truths about Appetites

God created appetites, sin distorted them.

Appetites are never fully and finally satisfied.

Appetites always whisper NOW, never LATER.

Appetites only have “one-word-vocabularies” …MORE.

Your ability or inability to manage your appetites WILL determine the direction of your life.

Genesis 25: 29-31

Most ridiculous trade in History?

Genesis 25:32

Impact Bias and Focalism

Genesis 25:33

Don’t Swear…Reframe the Appetite

Genesis 25:34

Don’t Despise your Future

I must get in the habit of reframing my appetites into the context of God’s will for my life.

Like Esau…we don’t know what God has planned for our future.

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God Glasses (part 2) by Don Campbell

When you see as God sees,

you'll do as God says

I can't judge as God does

I don't know everything

1 Corinthians 4:5

I have forgotten most of what I did know!

Romans 14:4,10

Rerouting

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God Glasses by Don Campbell

When you see as God sees, you'll do as God says

1 John 3:16-18

not words but actions

Isaiah 58

Praying and Fasting is a Waste of Your Time

Proverbs 19:17

Lending to the Lord

Proverbs 28:27

Hidden eyes are cursed eyes

Luke 14:12-14

Who do I invite in?

1 John 1:3-6

Walking the Walk

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Spiritual Initiative

Initiative

"Seeing what needs to be done and doing it"

Matthew 25:14-30

Counter-Cultural

Spiritual Initiative

“Seeing what God wants me to do, and doing it”

Spiritual Initiative

James 4:17

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I'm Just a Tree by Don Campbell

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Anchor Points by Don Campbell

“From the Beginning it was not so”

Institutional Memory

Romans 14:5

What about Special Days?

Acts 2:46-47 and Jude 12

Love Feast

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The God Amp by Don Campbell

2 Kings 7:3-7

God will Amplify Our Efforts

Joshua 3:14-16

On the edge of the promised land...

Matthew 14:24-33

One step towards the impossible...

Matthew 19:26

With God, all is possible!

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A Labor of Love by Don Campbell

Matthew 20:26-28

Greatest = Slave

Romans 5:8

God Demonstrates His Love…

Demonstrative Love is Love Indeed

Love without Labor is not Love

Love without Work won’t Work

Love that Works is Love that Works

Wuv

What will my labor of love be?

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Respectfully Yours by Don Campebell

Leviticus 19:3

Respect Your ‘rents

1 Peter 2:17,15

Who speaks for the person who’s not in the room?

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Paint by Numbers by Don Campbell

John 13:15-17

"Do what I have Done"

2 Corinthians 3:18

"being transformed into His likeness"

Luke 6:27-28

Love by numbers

Love by numbers

1. Do good to those who hate you
2. Bless those who curse you
3. Pray for those who mistreat you

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Now That You Know These Things... by Don Campbell

The best argument against Christianity is….

This is all an intellectual exercise.

We love to study, argue and debate things that really don’t matter and at the end of the day, we are no different than people who aren’t Christians.

This blank canvas = my life

Paint Supplies = learning/knowledge

1. Paint for Non-Painters (apply with fingers)

2. Paint for Professionals (born a painter)

3. The Latest Technologically advanced paint (internet only)

4. Grandma’s Paint (60 years….good enough for her…)

5. Special Paint – few people will ever find this paint….it is “the one true paint”…MOTPC - members of the paint club

Problem

At the end of years of study of swatches and techniques and colors and gathering all these materials…..the canvas still looks the same.

What has it made it from the CAN to the CANVAS?

Acts 17:19-21, 32-34

“We want to hear more….”

Talking and listening is ALL they did. This is us. If all we do is gather knowledge, then this is us. Very few accepted Jesus because it wasn’t about Jesus, it was about information. Today, this attitude sounds like this: "I just want to go deeper."

It is easier to LEARN something new rather than to APPLY what I already know.

Today this Athenian attitude my sound like this: "I just want to be fed." People do it because it is easier to be fed than to feed yourself

It is easier to LEARN something new than to make yourself APPLY what you know already.

1 Corinthians 13:2-3

There is no power in the paint

If knowledge doesn’t change me, I gain nothing.

Please understand, I am against EVER LEARNING but NEVER DOING.

John 13:12-17

The Power is in the Application

Jesus modeled the application first, then He talked about it.

You want to be blessed?

Don’t just talk about it.

DO IT.

LIVE IT.

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Leaveraging Influence by Don Campbell

Flattening the whole choir

Proverbs 22:24-25

1 Corinthians 15:33





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