ALIVE Wesleyan Church is located in Central, South Carolina. We believe anyone who finds a personal relationship with Jesus Christ and an active role in Christian community will experience spiritual transformation! We are committed to this vision and to creating environments where people encounter Jesus and Christian community. We want everyone to Meet God, Grow in Faith, and Make a Difference.
“Life is either a daring adventure or it is nothing at all”
—Helen Keller
Matthew 4:18–22 One day as Jesus was walking along the shore of the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers—Simon, also called Pet…
JESUS ISN’T INTERESTED IN BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION.
HE’S INTERESTED IN HEART TRANSFORMATION.
Isaiah 29:13 (NIV) “These people come near to me with their mouth and honor me with their lips, but their he…
Amen.
Our Father, which art in heaven, hallowed by thy name. Thy kingdom come, they will be done in earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread and forgive us our debts as we forgive ou…
The most basic motivation for giving to God's work is self-interest.
The Bible speaks about giving out of spiritual gratitude.
The next level of motivation for giving is about spiritual obedience.
Highe…
Five uses for money:
Lifestyle
Taxes
Debt
Saving
Giving
80%-10%-10%
Matthew 6:19 “Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal.”
Our…
There is a sound I love to hear
It’s the sound of the Savior’s robe
As He walks into the room where people pray
Where we hear praises (Verse 2—worship) he hears faith.
Worship is my expression and belief…
Revelation 1:13–18 (NIV84) . . . among the lampstands was someone “like a son of man,” dressed in a robe reaching down to his feet and with a golden sash around his chest. 14 His head and hair were w…
Matthew 21:1-11 As they approached Jerusalem and came to Bethphage on the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent two disciples, saying to them, “Go to the village ahead of you, and at once you will find a donke…
Genesis 3:1 Now the serpent was more crafty than any other wild animal that the Lord God had made. He said to the woman, “Did God say, ‘You shall not eat from any tree in the garden’?”
Two Realities.
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Intimacy is formed through shared experiences over time.
Kingdom—Any place where what God wants done is actually done
What does it look like in my life?
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The upside down becomes the normal. The darkness becomes what everybody and everything adjusts to. It informs realities, determines values and establishes priorities.
What kind of person do you want to be?
What kind of life do you want to live?
What do you mean by “good?”
When we say life is good we are speaking of behavior or circumstances.
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Jesus came to set the upside-down, right side up.
Matthew 4:17 “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is near.”
“The Sermon on the Mount is not a set of principles to be obeyed apart from identification w…
Jesus came to set the upside-down, right side up.
Have’s - experience good things.
Have not’s — rest of us.
Anawim
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2 Corinthians 5:17 (NIV84) 17 . . . if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!
We learn (truth) in rows.
We grow (train) in circles.
Being a disciple is stepping i…
We want to reach spiritually hungry people and introduce them to a personal relationship with Jesus Christ and an active role in Christian community.
Mark 3:33–35 (NIV84) 33 “Who are my mother and my …
Do you have any porch people in your life?
Church attendance has been cut in half since the 1950’s.
We want to reach spiritually hungry people and introduce them to a personal relationship with Jesus C…
Who am I?
What am I worth?
Why am I here?
Who gets to write on your page?
If you knew, believed and lived out of what God says is true about you would it change anything?
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Luke 5:8 When Simon Peter saw this, he fell at Jesus' knees and said, "Go away from me, Lord; I am a sinful man!"
The first part is being awakened to who God is all of His glory, all of His holiness, …
We think if our lives were a little more perfect, then we’d be happy.
A perfect God sent his perfect Son so that, through Him, an imperfect people may reach and love an imperfect world.
So how do we,…