Churches That Heal part 2: Relational Connection

RELATIONAL CONNECTION 

CHURCHES THAT HEAL

June 4, 2023    Pastor Sam Goins

“Since we are all one body in Christ, we belong to each other, and each of us needs all the others.”  Romans 12:5b (NLT)

“If one member suffers, all suffer together.”  1 Corinthians 12:26 (ESV)

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“It is not good for man to be alone.”  Genesis 2:18 (NLT)

 “If one person falls, another can reach out and help. But people who are alone when they fall are in real tro

Why Churches That Heal?

WHY CHURCHES THAT HEAL?

May 28, 2023  Pastor Sam Goins

THE CHURCH IS CALLED TO TAKE THE LEAD IN DEALING WITH 

MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES 

“Jesus went through all the towns and villages, teaching in their synagogues, proclaiming the good news of the kingdom and healing every disease and sickness.” --Matthew 9:35 

PRACTICAL STEPS TO CARE FOR PEOPLE LIVING WITH HURTS: 

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“You must be compassionate, just as your Father is compass

SHOWING KINDNESS TO YOUR FAMILY

SHOWING KINDNESS TO YOUR FAMILY

May 14, 2023   Pastor Sam Goins

“Lord, I want to live a blameless life, but how I need your help Lord, especially in my own home, where I long to act as I should.”  Psalm 101:2 (LB) 

QUIZ: HOW KIND AM I WITH MY FAMILY?

 When my spouse or sibling or another family member....

Gets some details wrong while telling a story, do I

      __ Interrupt them and correct them publicly? 

__ Say nothing and let it go, knowing I’ve done the same?

Keeps making the

WHAT DO WE DO WHEN GOD SAYS NO

WHAT DO WE DO WHEN GOD SAYS NO

April 30, 2023  Pastor Sam Goins

“Call to me and I will answer you...”  Jeremiah 33:3 (NIV)

CAUTION: Use these to comfort yourself, NEVER EVER use them with someone in pain, because you don’t know why God said no to them.

 UNDERSTAND GOD SAYS ‘NO’ WHEN HE HAS

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“He knows about everyone everywhere. Everything about us is bare and wide open to the all-seeing eyes of our living God; nothing can be hidden from

HEALING PRAYER

HEALING PRAYER 

APRIL 23, 2023 PASTOR SAM 

“IF my people who are called by my name will humble themselves and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways, THEN I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sins, and I will heal their land.”     2 Chronicles 7:14 (NLT) 

 4 CONDITIONS 

ADMIT I’M NOT IN CONTROL 

“If my people WILL HUMBLE THEMSELVES...”  2 Chronicles 7:14a 

HUMILITY: 

IF I’M HUMBLE, GOD WILL GUIDE ME 

“God leads the humble in the right way and tea

CONVERSATIONAL PRAYER

CONVERSATIONAL PRAYER

April 16, 2023  Pastor Sam Goins

“Pray in the Spirit AT ALL TIMES with ALL KINDS OF PRAYERS, asking for everything you need. To do this you must always be ready and never give up. And always pray for all God's people.”  Ephesians 6:18 NCV

BY DEVELOPING 2 HABITS

KEEP A _________________________________ WITH GOD

“Pray on every occasion, as the Spirit leads.”  Ephesians 6:18 TEV

“Never stop praying! (Pray all the time!)”      1 Thessalonians 5:17 GW

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WHAT A DIFFERENCE ONE DAY CAN MAKE!- EASTER SUNDAY

WHAT A DIFFERENCE ONE DAY CAN MAKE!

Easter April 9, 2023  Pastor Sam Goins

“The Truth will set you free…  And if the Son sets you free, you will be really free!” – Jesus  (John 8:32, 36 GN)

WHAT DIFFERENCE DID JESUS’ RESURRECTION MAKE?

1.  HE FREED ME FROM _________________________

“The Lord says, ‘Forget about what has happened before.  Do not think about the past. Instead, look at the new thing I am going to do.’”  Isaiah 43:18-19 (NCV)

“The Lord is close to the brokenhearted

HOW TO PRAY --PATH TO PRAYER

HOW TO PRAY

PATH TO PRAYER

4-2-23  Pastor Sam Goins

“Where could I go to escape from you? Where could I ever get away from your presence?  If I went up to heaven, you’d be there; if I lay down in the world of the dead, you’d be there.  If I flew way beyond the east or lived in the farthest place in the west, you’d be there to lead me. You’d be there to help me. I could ask the darkness to hide me...but even darkness is not dark for you, and the night is as bright as the day.

PRAYER 101: TRUTHS TO KNOW

PRAYER 101: TRUTHS TO KNOW

PATH TO PRAYER

3-12-23  Pastor Sam Goins

“One day Jesus was praying in a certain place. When he finished, one of the disciples said to him, ‘Lord, teach us to pray...’”  Luke 11:1 (NIV)

OUR FRUSTRATIONS WITH PRAYER ARE CAUSED BY: 

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not a __________________________

not a __________________________

not a __________________________

not a ritual to ____________________________

 4 FOUNDATIONAL TRUTHS ABOUT PRAYER

GOD LOVES 

PATH TO PRAYER --GROWING SPIRITUAL MUSCLES

PATH TO PRAYER

GROWING SPIRITUAL MUSCLES

3-5-23  Pastor Sam Goins

Take time and trouble to keep yourself spiritually fit.  Bodily fitness has a certain value, but spiritual fitness is essential both for this present life and for the life to come. 1 Tim. 4:7-9 Ph

“We are not meant to remain as children at the mercy of every chance wind of teaching... Instead we are meant to hold firmly to the truth in love, and TO GROW UP IN EVERY WAY INTO CHRIST...”                            

WHO AM I?

WHO AM I?

2-19-23  Pastor Sam Goins

“You are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people belonging to God, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light. Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.”  1 Peter 2:9-10

GOD’S TRUE VIEW OF YOU: IN CHRIST . . .

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“You have been CHOSEN by

TRAINING DAY-- SUPERBOWL SUNDAY

TRAINING DAY

SUPERBOWL SUNDAY

2-12-23  Pastor Sam Goins

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… train yourself to be godly. 1 Timothy 4:7  

Training is doing what I can do today to enable me to do even more tomorrow. 

 So I run with purpose in every step. I am not just shadowboxing. 27I discipline my body like an athlete, training it to do what it should. … 1 Corinthians 9:26-27 NLT 

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Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s

Paper Walls

Paper Walls

2-5-23   Pastor Sam Goins

Jesus, undeterred, went right ahead and gave his charge: “God authorized and commanded me to commission you: Go out and train everyone you meet, far and near, in this way of life, marking them by baptism in the threefold name: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Then instruct them in the practice of all I have commanded you. I’ll be with you as you do this, day after day after day, right up to the end of the age.”  Matthew 28:18-20 Msg

MAKE A _

Paper Walls - Breaking Down the Walls

Paper Walls

Breaking Down the Walls

1-29-23   Pastor Sam Goins

“For this is how God loved the world: He gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life.  John 3:16

This is my commandment: Love each other in the same way I have loved you.  There is no greater love than to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.  You are my friends if you do what I command.  John 15:12-14  

PEOPLE WHO MAKE EXCUSES ______________________________

Paper Walls- How to Be the ONE to Reach ONE

Paper Walls

How to Be the ONE to Reach ONE

1-22-23   Pastor Sam Goins

SAY YES TO GOD!

“Then Jesus called his disciples and the crowds to come over and listen. ‘If any of you wants to be my follower,’ he told them, ‘you must put aside your selfish ambition, shoulder your cross, and follow me.’”  Mark 8:34 NLT

“Jesus called the crowd together with his disciples, and said to them, ‘If anyone wishes to follow me (as my disciple), he must deny himself (set aside selfish interests),