http://www.lifechurchfortbend.org Jesus never saw church as a place to go, but as a diverse people who love Him and who are learning to love others. LIFEChurch continues that tradition. Whatever your spiritual background or past, we want you to "come as you are. We are a church of real people seeking real life. LIFEChurch messages are updated weekly. en Jesus never saw church as a place to go, but as a diverse people who love Him and who are learning to love others. LIFEChurch continues that tradition. Whatever your spiritual background or past, we want you to "come as you are. We are a church ... LIFEChurch no LIFEChurch Fort Bend Podcast life@lifechurchfortbend.com ℗ & © 2009 LIFEChurch 720 BY NATURE, WE PURSUE WHAT WE DON’T HAVE. THE VOW OF PURSUIT: VOW #1: I PROMISE THAT GOD WILL BE MY #1 PRIORITY AND MY SPOUSE WILL BE MY #2. VOW #2: I PROMISE TO ALWAYS PURSUE MY TWO. For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh. Genesis 2:24 united—dabaq (daw-bak'); cling or adhere; to catch by pursuit, pursue hard with affection and devotion. WE JUDGE OUR SPOUSE BY HIS OR HER ACTIONS AND OURSELVES BY OUR INTENTIONS. CLOSING THE GAP BETWEEN INTENTIONS AND ACTIONS. WHEN YOU THINK SOMETHING GOOD, SAY IT. Pursue her with words of affection. Pursue him with words of affirmation. WHEN YOU THINK SOMETHING SPECIAL, DO IT. WHEN YOU WANT SOMETHING DIFFERENT, BE IT. To get what you’ve never had, you must do what you’ve never done. To get what you once had, you must do what you once did. CHRIST IS PURSUING YOU. Suppose one of you has a hundred sheep and loses one of them. Does he not leave the ninety-nine in the open country and go after the lost sheep until he finds it? Luke 15:4 http://www.lifechurchfortbend.org/sermon/the-vow-of-pursuit-part-2 http://www.lifechurchfortbend.org/mediafiles/062809-sunday-sermon.mp3 Sun, 28 Jun 2009 20:41:17 UTC Mike Baker The Vow pursue,pursuit,#1,#2 32:51 BY NATURE, WE PURSUE WHAT WE DON’T HAVE. THE VOW OF PURSUIT: VOW #1: I PROMISE THAT GOD WILL BE MY #1 PRIORITY AND MY SPOUSE WILL BE MY #2. VOW #2: I PROMISE TO ALWAYS PURSUE MY TWO. For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh. Genesis 2:24 united—dabaq (daw-bak'); cling or adhere; to catch by pursuit, pursue hard with affection and devotion. WE JUDGE OUR SPOUSE BY HIS OR HER ACTIONS AND OURSELVES BY OUR INTENTIONS. CLOSING THE GAP BETWEEN INTENTIONS AND ACTIONS. WHEN YOU THINK SOMETHING GOOD, SAY IT. Pursue her with words of affection. Pursue him with words of affirmation. WHEN YOU THINK SOMETHING SPECIAL, DO IT. WHEN YOU WANT SOMETHING DIFFERENT, BE IT. To get what you’ve never had, you must do what you’ve never done. To get what you once had, you must do what you once did. CHRIST IS PURSUING YOU. Suppose one of you has a hundred sheep and loses one of them. Does he not leave the ninety-nine in the open country and go after the lost sheep until he finds it? Luke 15:4 http://www.lifechurchfortbend.org/sermon/the-vow-of-pursuit-part-2 http://www.lifechurchfortbend.org/mediafiles/062809-sermon-video.flv Sun, 28 Jun 2009 20:41:14 UTC Mike Baker The Vow pursue,pursuit,#1,#2 32:51 TO REALLY BE FULFILLED IN LIFE, YOU HAVE TO FIND THE ONE. Jesus replied: "'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.' Matthew 22:37-39. GOD IS THE ONE. YOUR SPOUSE IS THE TWO. You shall have no other gods before me. Exodus 20:3 THE FOUR VOWS: THE VOW OF PRIORITY, THE VOW OF PURSUIT, THE VOW OF PARTNERSHIP and THE VOW OF PURITY. THE VOW OF PRIORITY: For this reason a man will leave his father and mother… Genesis 2:24 leave: `azab (aw-zab'); to loosen, relinquish, to let go of what you were holding and commit to something new. I PROMISE THAT GOD WILL BE MY #1 PRIORITY AND MY SPOUSE WILL BE MY #2. Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her…Ephesians 5:25 http://www.lifechurchfortbend.org/sermon/the-vow-of-priority-part-1 http://www.lifechurchfortbend.org/mediafiles/062109-sunday-sermon.mp3 Sun, 21 Jun 2009 02:11:52 UTC Mike Baker The Vow vow,priority,love,marriage 24:21 TO REALLY BE FULFILLED IN LIFE, YOU HAVE TO FIND THE ONE. Jesus replied: "'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.' Matthew 22:37-39. GOD IS THE ONE. YOUR SPOUSE IS THE TWO. You shall have no other gods before me. Exodus 20:3 THE FOUR VOWS: THE VOW OF PRIORITY, THE VOW OF PURSUIT, THE VOW OF PARTNERSHIP and THE VOW OF PURITY. THE VOW OF PRIORITY: For this reason a man will leave his father and mother… Genesis 2:24 leave: `azab (aw-zab'); to loosen, relinquish, to let go of what you were holding and commit to something new. I PROMISE THAT GOD WILL BE MY #1 PRIORITY AND MY SPOUSE WILL BE MY #2. Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her…Ephesians 5:25 http://www.lifechurchfortbend.org/sermon/the-vow-of-priority-part-1 http://www.lifechurchfortbend.org/mediafiles/062109-sermon-video.flv Sun, 21 Jun 2009 02:11:49 UTC Mike Baker The Vow vow,priority,love,marriage 24:21 Relativism—assumption that there is no such thing as absolute truth. Subjectivism—I, the subject, have the right to determine what is right and wrong without submitting my judgment to any authority outside myself. The most important virtue during the life of Jesus: Justice Today’s most important virtue: Tolerance For the time will come when men will not put up with sound doctrine. Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather around them a great number of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear.They will turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside to myths. 2 Timothy 4:3-4 TRUE-ISH BELIEFS ABOUT RIGHT AND WRONG: 1) I’m not a bad person. 2) You have no right to tell me how to live. 3) I can justify doing anything I want to do. TWO BLACK & WHITE TRUTHS ABOUT YOU: 1) YOU ARE A BAD PERSON. 2) YOU CAN FIND FORGIVENESS AND HEALING THROUGH CHRIST. http://www.lifechurchfortbend.org/sermon/as-long-as-you-dont-hurt-anyone-part-4 http://www.lifechurchfortbend.org/mediafiles/061409-sunday-sermon.mp3 Sun, 14 Jun 2009 20:11:45 UTC Mike Baker TRUE[ish] relativism,subjectivism,virtues,right,wrong 26:44 Relativism—assumption that there is no such thing as absolute truth. Subjectivism—I, the subject, have the right to determine what is right and wrong without submitting my judgment to any authority outside myself. The most important virtue during the life of Jesus: Justice Today’s most important virtue: Tolerance For the time will come when men will not put up with sound doctrine. Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather around them a great number of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear.They will turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside to myths. 2 Timothy 4:3-4 TRUE-ISH BELIEFS ABOUT RIGHT AND WRONG: 1) I’m not a bad person. 2) You have no right to tell me how to live. 3) I can justify doing anything I want to do. TWO BLACK & WHITE TRUTHS ABOUT YOU: 1) YOU ARE A BAD PERSON. 2) YOU CAN FIND FORGIVENESS AND HEALING THROUGH CHRIST. http://www.lifechurchfortbend.org/sermon/as-long-as-you-dont-hurt-anyone-part-4 http://www.lifechurchfortbend.org/mediafiles/061409-sermon-video.flv Sun, 14 Jun 2009 20:11:42 UTC Mike Baker TRUE[ish] relativism,subjectivism,virtues,right,wrong 26:44 http://www.lifechurchfortbend.org/sermon/sermon-for-sunday-june-7 http://www.lifechurchfortbend.org/mediafiles/060709-sunday-sermon.mp3 Sun, 07 Jun 2009 13:04:29 UTC 29:01 ARE ALL WORLD RELIGIONS BASICALLY THE SAME AND MOSTLY TRUE? JUST BECAUSE YOU’RE SINCERE DOESN’T MAKE WHAT YOU BELIEVE TRUE. THERE IS TRUTH IN MANY WORLD RELIGIONS, BUT ALL WORLD RELIGIONS CAN’T BE TRUE. DISCOVERING AND LIVING TRUTH MATTERS MORE THAN ANYTHING ELSE IN LIFE. 1) LOOK AT WHAT JESUS TAUGHT. 2) LOOK AT THE MIRACLES JESUS PERFORMED. 3) LOOK AT THE RESURRECTION. 4) LOOK AT WHAT JESUS CLAIMED. Either JESUS IS A LIAR, A LUNATIC or the LORD. http://www.lifechurchfortbend.org/sermon/as-long-as-youre-sincere-part-3 http://www.lifechurchfortbend.org/mediafiles/053109-sunday-sermon.mp3 Sun, 31 May 2009 15:04:07 UTC Mike Baker TRUE[ish] sincere,all_faiths_lead_to_god,true,truth,world_religions,jesus 35:32 ARE ALL WORLD RELIGIONS BASICALLY THE SAME AND MOSTLY TRUE? JUST BECAUSE YOU’RE SINCERE DOESN’T MAKE WHAT YOU BELIEVE TRUE. THERE IS TRUTH IN MANY WORLD RELIGIONS, BUT ALL WORLD RELIGIONS CAN’T BE TRUE. DISCOVERING AND LIVING TRUTH MATTERS MORE THAN ANYTHING ELSE IN LIFE. 1) LOOK AT WHAT JESUS TAUGHT. 2) LOOK AT THE MIRACLES JESUS PERFORMED. 3) LOOK AT THE RESURRECTION. 4) LOOK AT WHAT JESUS CLAIMED. Either JESUS IS A LIAR, A LUNATIC or the LORD. http://www.lifechurchfortbend.org/sermon/as-long-as-youre-sincere-part-3 http://www.lifechurchfortbend.org/mediafiles/053109-sermon-video.flv Sun, 31 May 2009 15:04:04 UTC Mike Baker TRUE[ish] sincere,all_faiths_lead_to_god,true,truth,world_religions,jesus 35:32