THIS WEEK AT CORNERSTONE COLLEGE SERVICE | TONIGHT | 6:30 PM
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Stop by the Welcome Center today for more information and the Connection Corner to connect with groups & service.
Cornerstone’s College Service meets tonight upstairs in the Journey Space. Take the stairs to your right next to the Connection Corner. While you are there, sign up for a Small Group. The College Service and Small Groups meet on alternating weeks.
LADIES TAILGATE EVENT |OCTOBER 7 | 6:30 PM Join us October 7th at 6:30 pm at the church for a Ladies Outdoor Tailgating Event. Bring your favorite Tailgating Food, chairs and wear your favorite team gear! We will have a Corn Hole Competition and Football Trivia for awesome prizes! Sign up at the Connection Corner or online today!
GOD, GUYS , GUNS & GRUB | OCTOBER 11 | 6:30 PM OPEN MIC NIGHT | SEPTEMBER 30 | 6:30-8:30 PM Don’t miss out! Sign up today for Open Mic Night at Cornerstone! Maybe you have wanted to try out that new monologue or song in front of a group of people, sharpen your poetry skills, or build your artistic experience with an audience! Join us in the Cornerstone Café for a fun night of musical and dramatic talent! Please sign up in advance to get a slot on the evening schedule by at www.signupgenius.com/go/30e0b4daaac2cab9cornerstone. We cannot wait to see you there for this exciting night of artistic expression. To invite your friends, pick up a flyer at the Connection Corner.
EVERY WEEK
For those of you who love all things fall and pumpkin, CornerScone café has brought back their delicious Pumpkin Spice Latte. Remember, all proceeds go to missions, so stop by the cafe and get yours today along with a delicious baked good.
SOFT BALL TEAM BBQ FUNDRAISER | OCTOBER 9 | 10:30-1:00
CORNERSTONE KIDS Our Kid's Ministry strategy is to combine the critical influences of the light of the church and the love of the family to show the next generation who God is more effectively than either one could do alone. Your kids will love Praise Park, birth to age 5, and Turn It Up for grades K-5.
HARMONY ‘N MOTION CORNERSCONE
All men are invited to a fun time with other men at our annual skeet shooting event at Steve Ebbert’s farm in Oglethorpe County Great fun & food and awesome fellowship! Sign up and pick up directions at the Connection Corner.
Help Cornerstone’s Softball team as they sell BBQ sandwich plates after each service. A portion of the money raised to go towards local missions and the remainder will go towards their team registration fees. FALL FESTIVAL | NOVEMBER 6 | SAVE THE DATE!
Harmony ‘n Motion is a music, movement, and stagecraft education program for boys and girls in grades four through twelve. They meet each Sunday, following the second service in the Music Room.
STUDENT MINISTRY Middle &High School Students meet every Wednesday at 7 PM upstairs in the Student space. Middle Schoolers have a service designed just for them during worship services on Sundays at 9:15 and 11:15. (On the first Sunday of each month , Middle Schoolers worship with their families). College/20 Somethings meet every Sunday at 6:30 PM with services & small groups on alternating weeks.
SMALL GROUPS Weekly Small Groups & Monthly Home Groups are an important part of our culture at Cornerstone. There’s sure to be a group that’s just right for you. Stop by the Connection Corner to find out more.
PRAYER CENTER Open daily for prayer form 9:00 AM– 5:00 PM. Equipping Classes meet at 5:15 PM on Thursdays followed by the Encountering God service at 6:30.
GROWTH TRACK Growth Track is the on-ramp to service and membership at Cornerstone! Here’s what you will experience in the 4 sessions: STEP 1: You’ll learn more about what it looks like to be a fully devoted follower of Christ. STEP 2: We will tell you more about our church, what we believe and what makes us unique. STEP 3: You will learn more about you, how your personality works and your unique gifts. STEP 4: We will partner you with our exciting ministries as we all work together to serve the Lord. In October, Growth Track meets on 4 consecutive Sunday mornings at 9:30 AM starting on October 2. You can sign up at cornerstoneathens.cc or at the Connection Corner.
SERMON NOTES
THREE JOY ROBBERS
JOYFUL AGAIN!
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Psalms 32:1 Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered…. Blessed is the man to whom the Lord does not impute iniquity, And in whose spirit there is no deceit.
THE __________ OF WHAT PEOPLE THINK. Hebrews 13:5 I will never fail you. I will never abandon you. So we can say with confi dence, “The Lord is my helper, so I will have no fear. What can mere people do to me?”
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THE ___________ OF THE ENEMY
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THE _______________ TO SIN A CYCLE.
Psalm 32:4, 5 For day and night Your hand was heavy upon me; My vitality was turned into the drought of summer. I acknowledged my sin to You, And my iniquity I have not hidden. I said, “I will confess my transgressions to the Lord,” And You forgave the iniquity of my sin.
Psalms 51 Forgive me according to Your tender mercies.
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Psalm 51:2-4 Wash away all my iniquity and cleanse me from my sin. For I know my transgressions, and my sin is always before me. Against you, you only, have I sinned and done what is evil in your sight; so you are right in your verdict and justified when you judge. Psalm 51:6-7 Behold, You desire truth in the inward parts, And in the hidden part You will make me to know wisdom. Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean; Wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow. Psalm 51:8, 10, 12 Let me hear joy and gladness let the bones you have crushed rejoice…. Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew in me a right spirit. Cast me not away from Your presence, take not your Holy Spirit from me…. Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation uphold me with your willing spirit.
Habakkuk 3:18 I will rejoice in the God of my salvation.
SMALL GROUP DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
THREE WORDS THAT DAVID HIGHLIGHTS 1.
Describe to your group the joy you experienced when you first knew Jesus. Has that sense of joy changed? How?
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Have you ever felt that you lost “the joy of your salvation?” Share the circumstances that brought that about? Be honest about where you are now.
Luke 15 - The prodigal son
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Which of the “Joy Robbers” have been an issue for you?
Nehemiah 8:10 The joy of the Lord is your strength!
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Have you overcome your fear of what other people think? What other people could do?
John 16:22 The joy that I give you, no man takes it away.
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How has fear of the enemy affected you?
John 16:24 Ask and you shall receive that your joy will be full!
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Have you ever been caught in a cycle of repeated sin? Are you there now? How is that stealing your joy?
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If you have overcome any of the “Joy Robbers” share with your group how God helped you to live in joy again.
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TRANSGRESSION - to go _______________the normal or known limit.
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SINS - to ____________ the mark.
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INIQUITY - to _______________ divine authority.
Psalm 16:11 In His presence is fullness of joy.