Romans 14:13-23 Pitfalls & Pursuits

Wiregrass Church

5 options on Sundays at 10:30 AM 1. On campus 2. www.wiregrass.church (live and recorded media options-audio only or video) 3. Facebook Live: Wiregrass Church 4. YouTube channel: Wiregrass Church New Tampa 5. Wiregrass Church app- available on iTunes, Google Play, & Amazon App stores

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Wiregrass Church
28125 County Line Rd, Zephyrhills, FL 33543, USA
Sunday 10:30 AM

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If this is your first time or first time in a while, we are so glad you have joined in with us today! You may also use this to update your contact information, sign up for an event, or take a next step in your life. Pastor Carl would love to send you a text or an email this week. This way you will also have his contact information and give more opportunities to connect in the days ahead. He, the staff, and the church will be praying for your prayer requests this week. (If the prayer requests are confidential, they will not be shared publicly.)

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Download the Wiregrass Church app!

Click on the link to download the new Wiregrass Church app! Choose from the iTunes App Store, Google Play, or the Amazon App Store.

https://subsplash.com/wiregrasschurch/wiregrass-app

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http://www.wiregrass.church

New to Wiregrass? Want to know more about this church family? Ready to join as a partner? Recently joined as a partner? RSVP and enjoy a great meal and an engaging time of getting to know the heart of this church!

Invite your friends and neighbors! We will spend the afternoon enjoying good food and good company! We will end the evening around the campfire.

Tampa Bay Baptist Association Annual Celebration 10/16/22

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Tampa Bay Baptist Association Annual Celebration

October 16, 2022

We are looking forward to seeing all of you, pastors and church members at our Annual Celebration.

South Tampa Fellowship - Ballast Point

5101 Bayshore Blvd

Tampa, FL 33611

4:00 p.m. dinner | 5:00 p.m. Celebration

No RSVP required

Special Guest Preacher - Dr. Ben Mandrell, President & CEO of Lifeway. Prior to joining Lifeway, Ben planted a church in Colorado, and pastored a church in Tennessee.

Special Music - The South Tampa Fellowship worship team will lead us in a time of incredible praise and worship.

Stories from the field - Pastors and church planters will share stories about what God is doing in our TBBA churches and church plants.This is one of the biggest events of the year in the life of our Association. We look forward to celebrating with you!

3 Good Reasons To Be Baptized

If you have repented (turned) from your sins and received Jesus Christ as your Savior and Master, we invite you to read this well written and concise article on why you should be baptized. This article may give a fresh perspective to those who have already turned to Jesus and been baptized as well. Enjoy…

https://www.crossway.org/articles/3-good-reasons-to-be-baptized/

options for giving

WAYS TO GIVE... give online-We want to make obedient and cheerful giving as simple and secure as possible. Use the online giving option on this link, the website, or the app to give a one time or recurring gift. You can use a bank account, debit card, or credit card. Using a bank account incurs the lowest processing fee for the church however, feel free to use the method that is best for you. give in person-We provide offering boxes and envelopes around the auditorium. We do not normally take up an offering during the worship services so feel free to place your gift in an offering box before or after a service. We consider giving as an act of worship according to Scripture so whether you click the submit button or place a gift in the offering box, the Lord knows our hearts as we obey Him. mail a check-You or your bank can write a check and mail your gift to the church office. Many people set up Wiregrass Church as an online bill pay with their bank. The bank mails a check directly to the church office for you. This option is usually free with your bank and neither you or the church incur processing fees. Wiregrass Church
28125 County Line Rd. Wesley Chapel, FL 33543

https://wiregrass.church/give

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Celebrate Recovery every Monday evening

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Are you struggling with hurts, habits, and hang ups in your life? Maybe it is because of hurt someone else has caused you or hurt you have brought on yourself? CR is a ministry based on the Beatitudes in Matthew 5 to bring real healing whatever the struggle may be in your life. We meet every Monday evening beginning at 6:30 PM with food and coffee. The gathering begins at 7 PM. Childcare is provided.

Freedom

Celebrate Recovery is designed to help people find freedom from hurts, habits and hang-ups including addictions, compulsive and dysfunctional behaviors. The purpose of the Celebrate Recovery @ Wiregrass ministry is to fellowship and celebrate God’s healing power in our lives through the “8 Recovery Principles.” This experience allows us to “be changed.”

Growth

We open the door by sharing our experiences, strengths and hopes with one another. In addition, we become willing to accept God’s grace in solving our life problems. By working and applying these Biblical principles, we begin to grow spiritually. We become free from our addictive, compulsive and dysfunctional behaviors. This freedom creates peace, serenity, joy and most importantly, a stronger personal relationship with God and others.

Healing

As we progress through the program we discover our personal, loving and forgiving Higher Power – Jesus Christ, the one and only true Higher Power. No hurt is beyond healing! No habit is beyond help! No hang-up is beyond hope! Jesus changes everything!

Coed Belong Groups-Interactive Bible Study

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Join in with Pastor Carl as we study and apply God’s Word verse by verse on Wednesday evenings. Food and coffee are available at 6:15 PM and the study begins at 6:45 PM. Student ministry and childcare are provided.

Unveiled! An interactive study of Revelation

Belong Group: Experiencing God

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Stay tuned as we finished series and hope to offer it again!

Join Claudia George on Wednesdays as she leads an in depth study on Experiencing God from Henry Blackaby. This discipleship group will help you see where God is at work around you and calling you to join in with Him in His work. Food and coffee are available at 6:15 PM and the study begins at 6:45 PM

connect on wiregrass.church under Belong Groups

What Is Baptism? A 3-Day Plan To Prepare Or Decide

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Women’s Belong Group: A Woman of the Word

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This series has finished. Stay tuned for a new Bible study for ladies coming soon!

Belong Group-We Can Trust the Bible

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Join in with Pastor Mark on Sundays at 9:15 AM as we answer why we can trust the Bible. Adults and youth alike will benefit from this interactive study. This is a coed Bible study.

connect on wiregrass.church under Belong Groups

Student Ministry

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Join in with Pastor Steve and the team on Wednesdays as they enjoy food, opportunities to hang out, games, and time in the Bible. They will deal with real struggles and find real victory in Jesus and His Word. Food is available at 6:15 PM and they meet at 6:45 PM.

Romans 14:13-23 CSB

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📖 Scripture

Romans 14:13-23

🎨 Story

💡Proposition/Big Idea

This passage gives us good guardrails on pitfalls to avoid and what to pursue within the church family and even larger applications.

❓Interrogative-Question

-What is the context of judging/not judging according to Scripture?

-How do we avoid pitfalls or stumbling blocks on opinions that aren’t communicated in Scripture?

-What does this passage challenge us to pursue?

🚂 Transition

Verse 1 gives an overview and clarity in dealing with differences in the Christian community/family for the whole chapter…

Romans 14:13-23 Pitfalls and Pursuits

Scripture repeatedly teaches us about judging and not judging others appropriately

1.Judge o___________ according to Scripture

2.A______________ judge others based on Scripture

3.Do not judge others based on o______________ not in Scripture

Based on the first half of chapter 14, verse 1 gives an overview of the whole chapter.

Pitfalls

Vs. 13-16

Stronger and weaker Christians should never let an o______________ or f______________become a p______________ or stumbling block.

How do we walk according to l____________?

Vs. 17-18 (see I Corinthians 8:8-13)

What the Kingdom of God is NOT…t________________ o______________, temporal s_______________________.

What the Kingdom of God IS… r_____________________, j___________, and p____________ through the H_____________ S_____________

These q_______________ are acceptable to God and, in general, receive a____________ from people, especially true Christians.

F_____________ on what matters.

Pursuits

Vs. 19

What to p___________

Vs. 20

What to a_____________

Vs. 21

F______________ vs. r__________________________

Vs. 22

Do not c__________ or c_____________ the c________________ of other believers by your freedom.

Vs. 23

How our c_______________ affects our f___________ and true r____________________.

Answers

1, 2, 3 Ourselves appropriately opinions

Vs. 13-16 opinion freedom pitfall

Vs. 17-18 temporal opinions sustenance

Righteousness joy peace Holy Spirit

Qualities approval

Focus

Vs. 19 pursue

Vs. 20 avoid

Vs. 21 freedom responsibility

Vs. 22 corrupt condemn conscience

Vs. 23 conscience faith righteousness

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