September 6, 2015
The Paths of Righteousness! Psalm 23:3

Cottonwood’s Core Values: Life Change! Our Journey together is a journey towards Christ and His Likeness! The scripture is filled with this Purpose for Our lives! 2 Corinthians 3:18, We all with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the Glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from Glory to Glory just as from the Lord, the Spirit! Romans 8:28 tells that we know that God causes all things work together for good to those who love God to those who are called according to His purpose! 29 For Those whom He always knew, He also predestined to become conformed to the image of His Son, so that He would be the first born among many brethren. To Be like Christ is the heart beat of the Gospel. So it is not enough to say you are following Christ! Our Life together, is to be intentional about thinking, acting and loving like Christ. Why? Because it is the very core of who we are as His Children! John tells us in 1 John 3:4 that we are the children of God, and it has not appeared as yet what we will be. We know that when He appears, we will be like Him because we see Him just as He is! Children, Looking like their father! Cottonwood believes that this kind of change is impossible apart from the work of the Holy Spirit and the help of others! None of us have arrived, but it’s not about perfection, It’s about a direction to what God has invited us to! This change does not come easy, but it is worth the pursuit. Not changing, not growing, not becoming more like Christ is not an option! Our very lives are to proclaim the powerful Themes of the salvation, deliverance, holiness, freedom and transformation. It is where we are heading and it is our desire that you have the opportunity, to worship, serve, walk with others in becoming all God intends for you to become in this season of our Lives as a Church Family!

We follow the Shepherd Who leads us in Paths of Righteousness!

John 10:27 My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me: and I give eternal life to them, and they will never perish; and no one will snatch them out of My hand.

I. The Path of Faith! We Believe!

Isaiah 59:2 But your iniquities have made a separation between you and your God, And your sins have hidden His face from you so that He does not hear.

Righteous By Faith – Romans 4:3-24 The Story of Abraham! Genesis 12, 13 and 15

The Right Paths! Walking Toward Christ and His Likeness!

II. The Path of Transformation! We Are Changed!
Galatians 5:16-24

III. The Path of Distinction! We Are Different!
Ephesians 4:17-5:3

My presence Will go with you and I will give you rest. And Moses said, If your Presence does not go with us, do not lead us up from here …….
For it is Your going with us, that we are distinguished from all the other people who are upon the face of the earth!

Ephesians 4:1 Walk in a manner worthy of the calling with which you have been called!

Ephesians 4:17 Walk no longer just as the Gentiles also walk in the futility of their mind.

Ephesians 5:1 Walk in Love

Ephesians 5:8 Walk as Children of the Light!

Ephesians 5:15 Be careful how you walk, not as unwise men but as wise.

IV. The Path of Eternal Influence! We Make a Difference!

Matthew 4:19 And He said to them, “Follow Me, and I will make you fishers of men.

We Follow! We Are Changed! Distinguished! Influential!