Linden Road Church
Ever Wonder Why? Wk5 - Why Can't I Stop...?
Worship Gathering
Locations & Times
Linden Rd Presbyterian Church
160 S Linden Rd, Mansfield, OH 44906, USA
Sunday 10:00 AM
How can we pray for you?
Please use this link to email in your prayer requests. Our prayer team will be praying for you this week.
https://form.jotform.com/60857057937165Digital Connection Card
Let us who you are and how we can connect with you.
https://lindenroad.churchcenter.com/people/forms/126326
see below for link to poster of all dates. please download and share.
March of Prayer 2022 Poster
download a copy of the 2022 March of Prayer calendar of events. Linden Road is hosting 3/29.
https://www.lindenroad.church/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/MoP-22-Poster-.pdfLet No Man Separate: How to Pray for Ukraine
Here's a link to help you learn more of how to pray for Ukraine. Anton Ivanov is a 2021 M.Div. graduate of Beeson Divinity School. He is Russian and his wife is Ukrainian. Dasha is a member of Third Presbyterian Church (PCA) in Birmingham, AL, while Anton serves there as assistant pastor. The following is a testimony from Anton.
https://www.beesondivinity.com/blog/2022/pray-for-ukraineFirst Person with Wayne Shepherd
Here's the full interview with Pastor Sergey Nakul from Ukraine.
https://www.buzzsprout.com/121603Ever Wonder Why? - Week 5 Why Can’t I Stop...?
Practical
Emotional
Relational
Physical
Spiritual
You’re focusing on the poison of religion and forgetting the power of grace.
Religion is our attempt to earn God’s approval by following all the rules.
For the grace of God has appeared that offers salvation to all people. Titus 2:11 NIV
GRACE: Greek: charis:
the unmerited goodwill and favor of God
The grace that saves you is also the grace that sustains you.
For the grace of God has appeared that offers salvation to all people. It teaches us to say “No” to ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright and godly lives in this present age … Titus 2:11-12 NIV
How Does God’s Grace Change Us?
The focus of religion is outward.
“Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside they are full of greed and self-indulgence. Blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of the cup and dish, and then the outside also will be clean.” Matthew 23:25-26 NIV
The power of grace is inward.
I pray that from his glorious, unlimited resources he will empower you with inner strength through his Spirit. Ephesians 3:16 NLT
▪Religion says, “Try harder.”
▪Grace says, “Trust more.”
But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” … For when I am weak, then I am strong.
2 Corinthians 12:9-10 NIV
Asking for help is never a sign of weakness. It’s a sign of wisdom.
You’re trying to meet a need or relieve a hurt with something besides
God’s grace.
… But where sin increased, grace increased all the more … Romans 5:20 NIV
Practical
Emotional
Relational
Physical
Spiritual
You’re focusing on the poison of religion and forgetting the power of grace.
Religion is our attempt to earn God’s approval by following all the rules.
For the grace of God has appeared that offers salvation to all people. Titus 2:11 NIV
GRACE: Greek: charis:
the unmerited goodwill and favor of God
The grace that saves you is also the grace that sustains you.
For the grace of God has appeared that offers salvation to all people. It teaches us to say “No” to ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright and godly lives in this present age … Titus 2:11-12 NIV
How Does God’s Grace Change Us?
The focus of religion is outward.
“Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside they are full of greed and self-indulgence. Blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of the cup and dish, and then the outside also will be clean.” Matthew 23:25-26 NIV
The power of grace is inward.
I pray that from his glorious, unlimited resources he will empower you with inner strength through his Spirit. Ephesians 3:16 NLT
▪Religion says, “Try harder.”
▪Grace says, “Trust more.”
But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” … For when I am weak, then I am strong.
2 Corinthians 12:9-10 NIV
Asking for help is never a sign of weakness. It’s a sign of wisdom.
You’re trying to meet a need or relieve a hurt with something besides
God’s grace.
… But where sin increased, grace increased all the more … Romans 5:20 NIV
ACEs Test
What ACEs do you have? There are 10 types of childhood trauma measured in the CDC-Kaiser Permanente Adverse Childhood Experiences Study. (There are many others…see below.) Five are personal — physical abuse, verbal abuse, sexual abuse, physical neglect, and emotional neglect. Five are related to other family members: a parent who’s an alcoholic, a mother who’s a victim of domestic violence, a family member in jail, a family member diagnosed with a mental illness, and experiencing divorce of parents. Each type of trauma counts as one. So a person who’s been physically abused, with one alcoholic parent, and a mother who was beaten up has an ACE score of three.
https://acestoohigh.com/got-your-ace-score/
Muskingum Valley Presbytery - Church Partnership-Starting Point
Matt Skolnik–General Presbyter of MVP led a lunch (3/8/22) conversation that was designed for elders and pastors to continue a dialog to help empower elders to lead the church in this new world. Matt’s presentation can be downloaded via the link below.
https://www.lindenroad.church/church-partnership-starting-point/