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Discipleship: Living Life to the Nth Degree

Tony delivered this sermon at in on January 1, 2000

Description: Tony tries to spell out how we can live life “abundantly.” He puts a special emphasis on how service to others can bring personal fulfillment and engender joy.

1. Story about when Tony had to preach and was an hour late because of Daylight Savings Time

2. Most people that come down the aisle at evangelistic meetings don’t stay Christian

3. The first thing in maintaining yourself as a Christian is getting into Bible study

4. Story about the book “The Silver Trumpet” by J. Wesley Ingles that Tony’s mom gave him before he went off to college

5. You must know the author of the book

6. Read through the entire book of Mark

7. Early Christians were required to memorize the entire book of Mark

8. Read through the book of James

9. You have to get into the scripture and read it in depth, not superficially

10. Get into prayer

11. Story about Tony’s seven year old son and praying

12. Prayer is not a list of non negotiable demands to God

13. God knows what you have need of before you even ask

14. You need to ask, not to inform Jesus but to form a relationship of dependency

15. Christianity is a crutch for weak people; people just don’t realize how weak they are.

16. When you come to prayer, don’t come in an air of formality

17. Jesus wants us to be intimate with him

18. Romans 8

19. “abba” means daddy

20. When praying be sure to talk to Jesus with intimacy and love

21. God does not give you a map for life, God promises to be a presence in your life and if you are sensitive to it, He will guide you every step of the way

22. You have to form a support group

23. A real spiritual experience will not last, but you can be regularly refilled

24. The Holy Spirit becomes a power in our lives. The Bible says “Where two or three are gathered in my name, there I am also.”

25. Story about the nun who had never flown on a plane before

26. Story about the guy on the plane to Chicago that Tony just “leaned” on and focused Jesus on the guy

27. Paul said “I come to you not with excellency of words, but the power of the Holy Spirit”

28. Jesus empowers you through fellowship

29. Every Christian need a group that will hold him or her accountable

30. Without a support group, you are not going to live spiritually

31. You need an affiliation

32. Story about Tony as a pastor at a Presbyterian Church and instead of saying the “Lord’s Prayer” said “now I lay me down to sleep…” and the Mother’s Day scripture

33. The Church of Jesus Christ is full of sick people, but they know where to come for healing

34. The church equips the saints

35. The church’s job is to equip to for the work of the ministry

36. The Scripture says that you are the saints

37. You come to the church that the church might teach you and build you up and equip to in the ministry

38. You need the church and the church desperately needs you

39. Story about Tony’s church in West Philadelphia, Mount Carmel Baptist Church and the “preach off”

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Discipleship: Living Life to the Nth Degree

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