May 15, 2016 | Sermon Notes
Our Mission: Taylors FBC exists to make disciples as we encounter God, equip believers, and engage the world.

John 13:1-7
1. Generous giving hinges on contentment with God’s plan.
2. Generous giving sets aside entitlement for the good of others.
3. Generous giving displays a second-mile heart in a one-mile world.
Matthew 5:38-42

John 13:12-17
4. Generous giving ignites love throughout the body of Christ.
5. Generous giving reflects the gospel.
2 Corinthians 8:9

May 8, 2016 | Sermon Notes
Our Mission: Taylors FBC exists to make disciples as we encounter God, equip believers, and engage the world.

Esther 4:13-17
1. God positions people for the next step of innovative faith (Esther 4:14).
2. Reaching and transforming people is at the heart of innovative faith (Esther 4:13-14).
Esther 3:13, Esther 4:1-3
3. Innovative faith chooses between the fear that holds back and the faith that steps out (Esther 4:16).
4. Innovative faith is ignited and guided as we pursue God (Esther 4:15-16).

May 1, 2016 | Sermon Notes
Our Mission: Taylors FBC exists to make disciples as we encounter God, equip believers, and engage the world.

Matthew 25:14-18
1. Our motivation springs from a submissive response to a gracious King.
2. Your gifts and service are uniquely fitted and distributed to you by God.
Matthew 25:19-30
3. Everybody serves is measured by faithfulness.
4. Everybody serves moves you to risk.
5. The greatest example and expression of service is Jesus bringing you the gospel.

April 24, 2016 | Sermon Notes
Our Mission: Taylors FBC exists to make disciples as we encounter God, equip believers, and engage the world.

The average evangelical church in North America exists for itself. Churches are preoccupied with themselves. – Bill Hull

Bridges give life through two-way movement! Without its own bridges to the world, church life–in time–fades into isolation, self-congratulation, and finally, irrelevance. – Robert Lewis

Acts 1:4-11
1. The perspective changes from our self-centeredness to God’s heart and strategy.
2. The power comes from the Holy Spirit to transform us and point to the work of Jesus.
3. The plan calls for using everyday disciples of Jesus to fulfill a global, eternal vision.
Life on Mission – Dustin Willis and Aaron Coe, Moody Publishers

A. Identify –look to your left and to your right B. Invest – pray and act.

C. Invite – ask them into a new relationship or environment.

D. Increase – step out or send out.

April 17, 2016 | Sermon Notes
Our Mission: Taylors exists to make disciples as we encounter God, equip believers, and engage the world.

Mark 1:14-20
1. Jesus invites people to be his disciples in order to disciple others.
2. Jesus produces disciple-makers from every walk of life.
Acts 4:13

Ephesians 4:11-13
3. Disciple-makers set their eyes on people whom God can transform and use.
4. Disciple-makers open the Word and their lives to lead others.

We equate discipleship with religious knowledge. – Ed Stetzer

If you’ve only studied the Bible for history, for ammunition or for a rulebook for life, go back, throw on lenses of faith & hunt down Jesus. – Beth Moore

Christian beliefs aren’t to be stacked in the mind’s warehouse; they’re to be applied to life and discipleship. – D. A. Carson

5. Disciple-makers reproduce themselves.
1 Corinthians 11:1

Philippians 3:17

John 14:12

Jesus ministry was intentionally restricted to Israel for three years. The twelve disciples would take the message to the ends of the earth.

April 10, 2016 | Sermon Notes
Our Mission: Taylors exists to make disciples as we encounter God, equip believers, and engage the world.

John 4:16-26
1. Confession of our sin and brokenness.
2. Submission to the leadership of the Holy Spirit.
3. Response to the person and work of Jesus.

April 3, 2016 | Sermon Notes
Our Mission: Taylors exists to make disciples as we encounter God, equip believers, and engage the world.

Matthew 28:16-20
1. Encounter God: where God reveals Himself and is worshiped.
2. Equip Believers: where God readies you to invest in others.
3. Engage the World: where God reaches the lost through His people.
Bookends: the power and presence of Jesus.