Quivira Heights Church of Christ

04/10/2024

All Bible classes are canceled for the evening of 04/10/24. Are terrible virus has put all our teachers on the mend. We apologize for any inconvenience and pray that Lord willing we can see you Sunday morning,04/14/24.

God bless you all.

11/23/2022

08/11/2021

Our regular Bible study is canceled for Wednesday, August 11 2021 7:00 pm for a congregational meeting.

Please be patient with us and come Sunday to worship with us!

God bless

10/30/2020

Do you ever have trouble seeing the devils attacks? Maybe a hard time realizing what is from God and what is from the devil? Do you wonder what weapons God has given you to fight back against the devil and his schemes?

Join us Sunday morning at 10:30 a.m. for a lesson on "Knowing Your Enemy" and again Sunday at 4:00 p.m. for a lesson on "The Armor of God" and better equip yourself to handle the world you live in and how to be an effective soldier of Christ!

Our church family hopes to see you there!

08/28/2020

THIS IS NOT YOUR AVERAGE
BIBLE STUDY


Most Christians have Bible questions that they have never been able to answer. They say things like, why can't I understand when I read the scriptures? What does all this mean? Why do I see something different when I read than what you see? How do you study? Where do I start?

Well, I am going to answer these questions and many more in the "How To Study The Bible" series on Sunday mornings at the Quivira Heights Church of Christ at our 9:30a.m. Bible class.

I want you to know how to find God's truth on your own without anyone's bias opinion of what you should believe. I want you to know how to reason from God's word and rightly divide His truth without google or commentary helps. You were made to think logically and not to be a mindless drone, following the teachings of another person.

All that starts with having the right attitude towards Bible study and asking the right questions.

If you want to know more, please come and join us this Sunday and find out for yourself how to find God's truth.

08/28/2020

Back To The Basics
“Steadfastness of Hope”

The church at Thessalonica had only a basic understanding of how to be a church. There were three basic principles applied in the church there to help it grow. Paul says, constantly bearing in mind your work of faith, labor of love and steadfastness of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ in the presence of God our Father” 1 Thessalonians 1:3.

Today we will discuss a steadfastness of hope. This word literally means fixed in place.

A similar term used in the United States Army is “stand fast”. It is used when preparing for an enemy to attack and means to stand your ground no matter what.

The church in Thessalonica grew through trials and tribulations because they were steadfast in their hope in Jesus Christ. They believed that Jesus was seated at the right hand of God and they would join Him when this life was over. They were living for more than earthly gain.

The devil’s mission is to make you focus on earthly things. This is his attack.

When a Christian makes up their mind to be with the Lord no matter what trials or temptations they endure, they become steadfast in their hope and overcome the devil!

The steadfastness of hope is one of the reasons the church in Thessalonica grew and had a good reputation!

If Christians today are prepared to stand fast when the enemy attacks, the church will grow!

08/21/2020

Back To The Basics/Part 2
1st Thessalonians-Work of Faith

Paul had left Thessalonica rather abruptly (Acts 17:15-10) after a rather brief stay. The new converts there were left with very little external support during persecution. They didn’t have much spiritual knowledge. They didn’t even have a preacher or elders to guide them. However, the report Paul gets on the condition of the church about a year later from Timothy (1 Thessalonians 3:6-10) was an excellent report of faith! We saw in (Acts 17:7) that Jesus had become the king of their lives. This caused them to live by three basic principles of church growth that Paul mentions being thankful for.

The first basic principle that Paul was thankful for in his prayers was a “work of faith” (1 Thessalonians 1:3).

A basic truth some miss today, is that when you become a Christian you must be ready to get to work! (James 2:17) “Even so, faith, if it has no works is dead, being by itself”.
These new converts were seeing exponential growth because they exerted a lot of energy working for the gospel. They were practicing what they heard and understood. They were sharing the gospel so fervently that they became an example to believers who had been Christians much longer them (1 Thessalonians 1:7).

For a church to grow like the church in Thessalonica, it must have members who are excited to get out and share the gospel! They must have a “work of faith” modeled after the pattern that God has set before us.

If you understand “the Christ had to suffer and rise again the dead” (Acts 17:3), and that your sins can be washed away (Acts 22:16), then get to work sharing that good news!

08/14/2020

Back To The Basics
The Church In Thessalonica

When the first century church was established, there were many Christians who only had the basic fundamentals of how to be a church. The basics are what caused the church to grow like a wildfire and I believe that if the church would get back to those fundamental truths today, the result would be the same.
A great example of a basic and fundamentally converted church was the church in Thessalonica.
We find the establishment of the church in Thessalonica on Paul’s journey in Acts 17.

Acts 17:1-3 17 Now when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where there was a synagogue of the Jews. 2 Then Paul, as his custom was, went in to them, and for three Sabbaths reasoned with them from the Scriptures, 3 explaining and demonstrating that the Christ had to suffer and rise again from the dead, and saying, “This Jesus whom I preach to you is the Christ.” 4 And some of them were persuaded; and a great multitude of the devout Greeks, and a few of the leading women, joined Paul and Silas.

The Christians at this time understood the most important fundamental of all. They had the right perspective on who Jesus is.

Acts 17:6-7 “These who have turned the world upside down have come here too. 7 Jason has harbored them, and these are all acting contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying there is another king—Jesus.”

Christians in the first century had accepted Jesus as their King!

This commitment caused the world to be turned upside down. The church was growing because Jesus was their king.
When Jesus becomes your king, your whole life will change! Everything from gospel sharing, Bible study, money management, loving your spouse and kids the way God expects, loving your neighbor, how you perform at school or work, standing for what’s right etc. Your priorities will be in order and your spiritual life will grow. In turn, the church will also grow.

The main fundamental that we will see as we examine the church at Thessalonica, is no matter what takes place in their lives, Jesus remains where He belongs, as their king!

Keeping Jesus where He belongs causes exponential church growth!

08/07/2020

Back to The Basics
Get Your Priorities Straight

Gandhi once said, “Action expresses priorities”.

This is a basic principle that helped the church in Thessalonica grow.

1 Thessalonians 2:13 13 For this reason we also constantly thank God that when you received the word of God which you heard from us, you accepted it not as the word of men, but for what it really is, the word of God, which also performs its work in you who believe.

Christians in Thessalonica showed excitement about the gospel by sharing it with others. Their actions expressed their priorities. Gospel first, everything else second.
If you claim to be a Christian, do you believe that your priorities are straight? Does the gospel of Jesus Christ rule your life?

A study from a Neilson report, based on 36 million Americans, shows average Americans watch 35 hours of television per week. Almost the same number of hours required for a full-time job. That does not include time spent on social media apps, video games, recreational sports and hobbies.

Of course, work and sleep cannot be avoided and on average take up about 16 hours a day.

Christians, are your priorities are straight? Does your life style get in the way of the gospel? How much time are you participating in things that are not helping you get to heaven?

Paul praised the Thessalonian Christians because they were putting the gospel first and worldly things second.

Get your priorities straight! Be a Christian whose actions show that your priorities are about sharing the gospel with others and causing the church to grow!