DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE

Sermon Title: Four Commitments for the Next 200 Years

Sermon Text: Matthew 28:16-20

The Big Idea: The church is the body of Christ that obeys the commands of Christ.

Sermon Points:

1. Let's remain committed to believing in the sovereignty of God.

2. Let's remain committed to carrying out the mission of God.

3. Let's remain committed to proclaiming the message of God.

4. Let's remain committed to a biblical understanding of the presence of God.


Daily Devotional Guide

Towaliga Baptist Church has been around for 200 years. Every second of those two centuries has been a result of God's grace. There have been different buildings, different pastors, and different members but one thing has been the same - Jesus Christ is the risen King and head of the church. 


It's obvious to anyone who has been paying attention that even the best churches can stray from the path. What can we do to make sure that doesn't happen at Towaliga Baptist Church? How can we be even more faithful to God and His word over the next 200 years than we were in the last? For the answers to those questions, we look to the final words of Jesus in the Gospel of Matthew. As you read, listen, and pray this week, do so with a heart of gratitude for the countless ways in which God has blessed you and others through Towaliga Baptist Church. Also, pray for God's continued favor on our church. Maybe we're around for another 200 years. Maybe Jesus returns before then. We can't know for sure. But we can get in line with God's will. Whether Jesus returns tomorrow or people are still meeting together under the roof of Towaliga Baptist Church 200 years from now, may we be found faithful. 


Monday - Revelation 2:1-7

Tuesday - Revelation 2:8-11

Wednesday - Revelation 2:12-17

Thursday - Revelation 2:18-28

Friday - Revelation 3:1-6

Saturday - Revelation 3:7-13

Sunday - Revelation 3:14-22

DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE


Sermon Series: The Gospel of Joseph
Sermon Text: Genesis 47-50
Sermon Title: Five Ways the Story of Joseph Points To Jesus
Sermon Points:
1. Christ Our Advocate
2. Christ Our Suffering Servant
3. Christ Our Heir
4. Christ Our Lion
5. Christ Our Forgiveness
Big Idea: Only God can take the bad that has happened to us and turn it into what is best for us.

Daily Devotional Guide
The best way to make sense out of the story of Joseph is to understand that it’s not about Joseph. There is much we can learn from Joseph. He was resilient and faithful. He was far from entitled. He was wise and hardworking. But we miss the point of his inclusion in God’s word if we don’t see Jesus. Joseph points us to something greater. His story isn’t about him. It’s about Jesus.
The same could be said of us. The only way to make sense of your life is to view it through the lens of the holiness and supremacy of Christ. Failure to do so will leave us bitter, entitled, and disconnected from God.
As you listen, read, and pray this week, ask God to give you a Christ-centered perspective rather than a self-centered one. It’s not about us. Christ is the center of it all, whether we realize it or not. He alone will make the old new and bring life from death. Why would you want the story of your life to be centered on anyone else?

Monday - Psalm 23:1-6
Tuesday - 1 Samuel 17:1-58
Wednesday - Isaiah 53:1-12
Thursday - John 1:1-51
Friday - John 10:1-42
Saturday - 1 John 2:1-6
Sunday - Revelation 2:1-3:22