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April: Physical Wellness Month
Responsible Ministry: H-3 Becoming Ministry
Theme: Maintain Your Body as A Temple of The Holy Spirit

Sermon Series: Maintain Your Body as A Temple of The Holy Spirit
Texts: 1 Corinthians 6:19-20; 1 Corinthians 9:24-27; Romans 12:1; 1 Peter 5:1-4

 

Sermon #1: Maintain Your Body Because It’s a Temple
Text: 1 Corinthians 6:19-20
SCI: Your Temple Doesn’t Belong to You, Your Temple Belongs to The Lord
Billboard: Maintain Your Temple!

Sermon #2: Maintain Your Body Through Training
Text: 1 Corinthians 9:24-27
SCI: Either We Allow Our Bodies to Control Us, Or We Control Our Bodies
Billboard: Train Your Body!

Sermon #3: Maintain Your Body Through Transformation
Text: Romans 12:1
SCI: Transformative Thinking Can Lead to Transformative Living
Billboard: Transform Your Thinking!

Pastor Crenshaw’s 17th Pastoral Celebration

(27 years of Pastoral Ministry)
Speaker: Pastor Wesley Thompson
Sermon #4: A Biblical Model of Godly Leadership for a 21st Century Church
Text: 1 Peter 5:1-4

 

 

Each Sermon Central Idea is developed in the form of an indicative.
Each Billboard is developed in the form of an imperative.
Sermon Series Overview and Outline
Prepared by Pastor Trevor Crenshaw for April 7, 2024 – April 28, 2024

Helpful Quotes

  •     “Since your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit, make the Holy Spirit feel at home in your body.” T. Crenshaw

  •    “Yielding our bodies to the Holy Spirit is not easy, but yielding our bodies to the Holy Spirit is essential.” T. Crenshaw

  •   “Yielding our bodies to the Holy Spirit will never happen when we fail to trust Him. On the other hand, yielding our bodies to the Holy Spirit can consistently happen when we trust Him.” T. Crenshaw

  •     “Yielding our bodies to the Holy Spirit is challenging, but yielding our bodies to the Holy Spirit is rewarding.” T. Crenshaw 

  •     “The Holy Spirit doesn’t work well through our stubbornness. He works well through our submission.” T. Crenshaw

  •     “Before the Holy Spirit can work through us, we must allow the Holy Spirit to work in us.” T. Crenshaw

  •     “The renovation doesn’t occur before the Holy Spirit takes up residence in our lives. Instead, when the Holy Spirit takes up residence in our lives, He is the one who initiates the renovation process.” T. Crenshaw

  •      “The Holy Spirit’s work in our lives is not painless but painful. This painful process is why many believers fail or struggle mightily to move beyond spiritual immaturity (1 Cor. 3:1-4).” T. Crenshaw

  •     “When the Holy Spirit dwells in us, He doesn’t desire control of a believer’s body, mind, and will at their convenience. The Holy Spirit desires total control even when it’s inconvenient.” T. Crenshaw

  •     “Will power alone cannot give us the self-denial needed to successfully refrain from participating in ungodly and immoral behaviors that can significantly diminish the quality and sustainability of our physical and spiritual well-being. We need the Holy Spirit’s power to provide the resources needed to resist the devil’s invitation to live antithetically to God’s divine standard of living for members of His family and the Christian community.” T. Crenshaw

  •      “We don’t get to choose how the Holy Spirit desires to use our temples. However, we get to decide whether we will cooperate wth the Holy Spirit when He tries to use our temples.” T. Crenshaw

(27 years of Pastoral Ministry)
Speaker: Pastor Wesley Thompson
Sermon #4: A Biblical Model of Godly Leadership for a 21st Century Church
Text: 1 Peter 5:1-4

(27 years of Pastoral Ministry)
Speaker: Pastor Wesley Thompson
Sermon #4: A Biblical Model of Godly Leadership for a 21st Century Church
Text: 1 Peter 5:1-4

 

 

Each Sermon Central Idea is developed in the form of an indicative.
Each Billboard is developed in the form of an imperative.
Sermon Series Overview and Outline
Prepared by Pastor Trevor Crenshaw for April 7, 2024 – April 28, 2024


Helpful Quotes

  •     “Since your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit, make the Holy Spirit feel at home in your body.” T. Crenshaw

  •    “Yielding our bodies to the Holy Spirit is not easy, but yielding our bodies to the Holy Spirit is essential.” T. Crenshaw

  •   “Yielding our bodies to the Holy Spirit will never happen when we fail to trust Him. On the other hand, yielding our bodies to the Holy Spirit can consistently happen when we trust Him.” T. Crenshaw

  •     “Yielding our bodies to the Holy Spirit is challenging, but yielding our bodies to the Holy Spirit is rewarding.” T. Crenshaw 

  •     “The Holy Spirit doesn’t work well through our stubbornness. He works well through our submission.” T. Crenshaw

  •     “Before the Holy Spirit can work through us, we must allow the Holy Spirit to work in us.” T. Crenshaw

  •     “The renovation doesn’t occur before the Holy Spirit takes up residence in our lives. Instead, when the Holy Spirit takes up residence in our lives, He is the one who initiates the renovation process.” T. Crenshaw

  •      “The Holy Spirit’s work in our lives is not painless but painful. This painful process is why many believers fail or struggle mightily to move beyond spiritual immaturity (1 Cor. 3:1-4).” T. Crenshaw

  •     “When the Holy Spirit dwells in us, He doesn’t desire control of a believer’s body, mind, and will at their convenience. The Holy Spirit desires total control even when it’s inconvenient.” T. Crenshaw

  •     “Will power alone cannot give us the self-denial needed to successfully refrain from participating in ungodly and immoral behaviors that can significantly diminish the quality and sustainability of our physical and spiritual well-being. We need the Holy Spirit’s power to provide the resources needed to resist the devil’s invitation to live antithetically to God’s divine standard of living for members of His family and the Christian community.” T. Crenshaw

  •      “We don’t get to choose how the Holy Spirit desires to use our temples. However, we get to decide whether we will cooperate wth the Holy Spirit when He tries to use our temples.” T. Crenshaw