{"id":12404,"date":"2024-10-14T09:18:40","date_gmt":"2024-10-14T13:18:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/?p=12404"},"modified":"2024-10-18T09:32:06","modified_gmt":"2024-10-18T13:32:06","slug":"what-care-looks-like-obedience-is-encouraged","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/2024\/10\/what-care-looks-like-obedience-is-encouraged\/","title":{"rendered":"What Care Looks Like (Obedience is Encouraged)"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n

2024 THEME: Run with the Horses<\/span><\/h2>\r\n

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SERIES: Feels Like Home<\/span><\/h2>\r\n

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TITLE: What Care Looks Like (Obedience is Encouraged)<\/span><\/h2>\r\n

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Scripture: Col. 2:16-3:4<\/span><\/h2>\r\n

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I. WHAT CARE DOES NOT LOOK LIKE<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\r\n

Two words conflict and collide: always. They are (legalism<\/strong><\/span>) and (grace<\/strong><\/span>).<\/p>\r\n

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        1. (Legalism<\/strong><\/span>)- Fleshly attitude which conforms to a code.<\/li>\r\n
        2. (Grace<\/strong><\/span>)- God\u2019s unmerited favor.<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n

          What does Colossians 2:15-23 teach us?<\/p>\r\n

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                1. Our sins were nailed to the Cross, not (a deed we do<\/strong><\/span>).<\/li>\r\n
                2. Freedom comes through Christ, not (rules and regulations<\/strong><\/span>).<\/li>\r\n
                3. We are free from the (bondage of religion<\/strong><\/span>).<\/li>\r\n
                4. (Religion<\/strong><\/span>) does not save us.<\/li>\r\n
                5. We are not left (powerless and chained<\/strong><\/span>).<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n

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                  II. WHAT DOES CARE LOOK LIKE?<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\r\n
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                        1. People leave if we don\u2019t take care of them in (times of trouble<\/strong><\/span>).<\/li>\r\n
                        2. Caring for people is (hard work<\/strong><\/span>).<\/li>\r\n
                        3. The purpose of caring is to point people not to (the church<\/strong><\/span>), but to the (true Shepherd<\/strong><\/span>).<\/li>\r\n
                        4. No sorrow should ever be carried or suffered (alone<\/strong><\/span>).<\/li>\r\n
                        5. The family that (prays together<\/strong><\/span>) stays together.<\/li>\r\n
                        6. A caring church (rejoices and weeps<\/strong><\/span>) together.<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n

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                          THEME: Run with the Horses
                          SERIES: Feels Like Home
                          NEXT WEEK: Home Has a Purpose
                          SCRIPTURE: Luke 15:11-32<\/span><\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

                          2024 THEME: Run with the Horses SERIES: Feels Like Home TITLE: What Care Looks Like (Obedience is Encouraged) Scripture: Col. 2:16-3:4 I. WHAT CARE DOES NOT LOOK LIKE Two words conflict and collide: always. They are (legalism) and (grace). (Legalism)- Fleshly attitude which conforms to a code. (Grace)- God\u2019s unmerited favor. What does Colossians 2:15-23 … <\/p>\n

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