Southside Baptist Church - Florence, SC

9-27-2015 - Promise of God's Answered Prayer

Stand Strong: Building Your Life on God's Promises - Week 4 - God’s Promise of Answered Prayer

THE BIBLE MEETS LIFE:  The majority of Americans claim to pray. We seek God’s assistance or intervention for everything imaginable, but not every prayer is answered as desired. God is not reluctant to hear us or answer us, but He knows our hearts and what we truly need. Jesus taught us to pray with persistence and trust that our heavenly Father will answer.

THE POINT: God always answers persistent prayer.

9-20-2015 - God’s Promise of Provision

Stand Strong: Building Your Life on God's Promises.  

Week 3 Topic - God’s Promise of Provision

THE BIBLE MEETS LIFE:  We don’t always make wise or correct decisions. When we discover our error or sin, how should we respond? Psalm 34 shows us that God responds to us when we turn to Him for help and deliverance. Life under God’s care is good because He provides all we truly need. In His love and faithfulness to us, God provides.

THE POINT: God provides for those who choose to live under His care. 

9-13-2015 - God’s Promise of Eternal Life

Stand Strong: Building Your Life on God's Promises.  

Week 2 Topic - God's Promise of Eternal Life

THE BIBLE MEETS LIFE:  Accomplishments, relationships, and possessions can make us feel happy for a while, but those things can’t ultimately satisfy us. However, the life Jesus offers us goes beyond a transient good feeling; the life He offers promises—and delivers—an abundant life that never ends. 

THE POINT:  You were created for eternal life in Christ. 

9-6-2015 - The Promise of God's Faithfulness

New series - Stand Strong: Building Your Life on God's Promises.  

Week 1 Topic - The Promise of God's Faithfulness

THE BIBLE MEETS LIFE:  We live in a society in which commitments and vows are regularly broken. Circumstances and life situations change, and people walk away from a commitment or agreement. Sometimes we “break faith” in a relationship simply because we’ve changed our minds or our feelings. Fortunately, God is not like us. God keeps His word to us and Psalm 89 gives us cause to celebrate God’s faithfulness.

THE POINT:  God is faithful in every circumstance. 

08-23-2015 - Return to the Task

Awake - The Call to a Renewed Life

Session 6 - Return to the Task

THE BIBLE MEETS LIFE: Do you ever wish you could just get away? Your schedule is slammed. You can barely keep up. And your perspective on what’s really important has become foggy. You need a break from the routine of your life. Sometimes you just need to stop and remind yourself what’s really important. Two powerful ways to regain your focus are prayer and fasting. They can revitalize you and lead you to fix your attention on the things that matter. In Acts 13, we see this principle at work in the church in Antioch. They prayed. They fasted. And God did something incredible.

THE POINT: An energized church tells the world about Jesus.

08-09-2015 - Return to God's Word

Awake - The Call to a Renewed Life

Session 4 - Return to the Task

THE BIBLE MEETS LIFE: Have you ever been backpacking or hiking? When you backpack, you only bring the essentials you’ll need to survive for the amount of days you’re hiking. One essential is a map—a real, paper map. You’ll make wrong turns and get turned around. But a map takes you where you want to go regardless of how lost you get. God has given us a map that never fails. This map—God’s Word—gives us His directions on how to live. It puts us on the right path. The Israelites knew this during the days of Nehemiah, and it is a truth we should cling to.

THE POINT: God’s Word is the map for a consistent life.

07-26-2015 - Return to Your First Love

Awake - The Call to a Renewed Life

Session 2 - Return to Your First Love

THE BIBLE MEETS LIFE: As we go through different stages in life, we change. And as we change, our interests change. Old interests take a backseat, and we find new interests. We find new, exciting things we love to do and lose our love for the former things. It’s all a part of growing and maturing.  But what if this happened in our relationship with Jesus? In Revelation 2, we get a glimpse into a church that had been busy doing many things for God but ultimately lost their “first love” for Jesus. It can happen to us too, but there is a solution.

THE POINT: Come back to a love for Jesus that fills your life.

07-19-2015 - Return to God

Awake - The Call to a Renewed Life

Session 1 - Return to God

THE BIBLE MEETS LIFE: “Where did I go wrong?” We start out with good intentions, but we get lazy. Our guard drops. Sin creeps into our lives. Before we know it we are far from God. What would it take to get your attention and bring you back? In the Book of Jonah, we find a man who knew God well yet refused to listen to Him. But God got Jonah’s attention in an unexpected way. And just as in Jonah’s life, God acts to get our attention and draw us back to Himself.

THE POINT: God’s call to return to Him requires a response.

07-12-2015 - Call Others to Step Forward

Be Strong & Courageous - Everyday Leadership from Joshua

Session 6: Call Others to Step Forward

THE BIBLE MEETS LIFE: Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address was a courageous call for our nation to pull together in unity. Years later Martin Luther King, Jr. called our nation to racial equality. Dr. King stood on the legendary shoulders of a leader who called people to a higher and nobler ground. Leaders influence others, calling them to the place God desires for them to go. At the end of his life, Moses did this for Joshua. And on the shoulders of Moses, Joshua challenged the people to new heights of love and loyalty for God. Our ultimate calling is to lead others to a place of greater commitment to God.

THE POINT: Leaders encourage others to follow God.

07-05-2015 - Work Through Conflict

Be Strong & Courageous - Everyday Leadership from Joshua

Session 5: Work Through Conflict

THE BIBLE MEETS LIFE: War breaks out when people or nations disagree on borders. The nations of Chile and Argentina were close to just such a war at the beginning of the 20th century.  Fortunately, they came up with a peaceful resolution. In honor of their agreement, they erected a statue that still stands today. Conflict happens, but what ultimately causes the most damage is mishandling conflict. You’ll probably never build a statue to commemorate the end of a conflict.  But you can always handle conflict with clear communication—and always bring glory to God.  

THE POINT: Leaders deal with conflict using straightforward communication.