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Staying Power // Pastor Joe Tennyson

6-8-25 Setlist: Firm Foundation (He Won't) Thank You Jesus For The Blood Great Is Thy Faithfulness Do It Again Sermon Notes: Key Verse: “Are you tired? Worn out? Burned out on religion? Come to me. Get away with me and you’ll recover your life. I’ll show you how to take a real rest. Matthew‬ ‭11‬:‭28‬‬ ‭(MSG‬‬) Jesus didn’t die on a cross for you so He could have visitation rights. Key Passage: Walk with me and work with me—watch how I do it. Learn the unforced rhythms of grace. I won’t lay anything heavy or ill-fitting on you. Keep company with me and you’ll learn to live freely and lightly.” Matthew‬ ‭11‬:‭29-30‬‬ ‭(MSG‬‬) Key Verse: As for you, see that what you have heard from the beginning remains in you. If it does, you also will remain in the Son and in the Father. 1 John 2:24 Key Verse: Remain in me, and I will remain in you. John 15:4a Key Passage: For a branch cannot produce fruit if it is severed from the vine, and you cannot be fruitful unless you remain in me. “Yes, I am the vine; you are the branches. Those who remain in me, and I in them, will produce much fruit. For apart from me you can do nothing. John 15:4b-5b Key Verse: “I have loved you even as the Father has loved me. Remain in my love. John 15:9 Key Verse: So we have come to know and to believe the love that God has for us. God is love, and whoever abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him. 1 John 4:16 You gotta LOVE the Jesus way to stay. Key Verse: When you obey my commandments, you remain in my love, just as I obey my Father’s commandments and remain in his love. John 15:10 You gotta OBEY to STAY. Key Verse: Loving God means keeping His commandments. 1 John 5:3 We don’t try harder, we abide harder. Key Verse: No one who abides in Him keeps on sinning… 1 John 3:6a Key Verse: For God is working in you, giving you the desire and the power to do what pleases Him. Philippians 2:13 Key Passage: But the Holy Spirit produces this kind of fruit in our lives: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. Galatians 5:22-23a Discussion Questions 1. What do you feel like God is saying to you through this message? 2. What spoke to you during this message? Why? How can you apply it to your life?