Grand Parkway Baptist Church

Neil McClendon, Lead Pastor
Grand Parkway Baptist Church

Communion
I Timothy 1:12-17
1. Everybody has a past, v. 13
“People get confused in this life about what they want, what they’ve done and what they think
they should have because of it. Everything they think they are or did takes a hold so hard that it
won’t let them see what they can be.”
2. Anybody can receive God’s mercy, v. 13
3. Grace b...

Neil McClendon, Lead Pastor
Grand Parkway Baptist Church

Matthew 6:25-34
How To Change Your Relationship with Anxiety

1. A proper definition of life, v. 25
2. A motivating perspective on life, v. 26
Two things we can learn from birds...
a) God’s provision is more reliable than my performance
“Jesus looks at the world and sees abundance. He has a conception of the
universe as beautiful creation th...

Ian Weber, Student Pastor
Grand Parkway Baptist Church

What Allegiance to God Looks Like
Matthew 6:19-24

1. What do we treasure v.19-21
a. Bad investments v.19
⁃ Moth = anything nature can destroy
⁃ Rust = anything time can decay
⁃ Thieves = anything that can be taken without warning
b. Good investments v.20
c. Your heart follows your treasure v.21
2. What do our eyes see? v.22-23
a. Healt...

Neil McClendon, Lead Pastor
Grand Parkway Baptist Church

Matthew 6:16-18
The Freedom of Fasting

1. It is assumed that Christians fast, v. 16
“The greatest enemy of hunger for God is not poison but apple pie. It is not the
banquet of the wicked that dulls our appetite for heaven, but mindless nibbling at
the table of the world.”

-John Piper, A Hunger for God

2. Fasting is for God, v. 16
W...

Neil McClendon, Lead Pastor
GRAND PARKWAY BAPTIST CHURCH

Matthew 6:5-15
How To Pray Big & Free

1. Prayers is not for managing people’s opinion, v. 5-6
2. Prayer is not where you control God, v. 7
3. Prayer is a demonstration of what you believe, v. 8
Two things to believe...
a) “for your father”
b) “knows what you need before you ask him.”

4. Prayer has structure, v. 9-13
St...

Neil McClendon, Lead Pastor
GRAND PARKWAY BAPTIST CHURCH

Practicing Righteousness
Matthew 6:1–4

1. It’s not what we do but why, v. 1
Matthew 6:1
In this one verse Jesus tells us three things...

a) practicing righteousness reinforces who we are

Practicing righteousness means a lifestyle that demonstrates inner transformation which shows
up in our life rhythms, daily choices, relatio...

Neil McClendon, Lead Pastor
GRAND PARKWAY BAPTIST CHURCH

My Prayer for Our Church
Isaiah 6:1-13

Context of Isaiah...

1) God’s people trusted in human leadership more than they trusted God
2) Increased wealth brought a diminished view of God
3) People felt secure in their sins as long as they performed the right religious rituals
4) They presumed upon God’s grace and so they required God’s j...

Neil McClendon, Lead Pastor
GRAND PARKWAY BAPTIST CHURCH

Matthew 2:13-26
Loving God’s Sovereignty
What it is- God’s sovereignty is the belief that God is the ultimate King, controlling
history, nature and individual lives with perfect wisdom, justice and mercy.
What it means- God’s sovereignty means He has supreme, absolute power and authority
over all creation and every event, working all things according to...

Neil McClendon, Lead Pastor
GRAND PARKWAY BAPTIST CHURCH

The Joy of Having A King
Matthew 2:1-12

1. Worship Him, v. 2
• Revelation 4:9-11

2. Kill Him, v. 3-8
What we know about Herod...
a)he has no rightful claim to the throne
b)used violence to stay on the throne
c)would kill again to keep his throne
• Luke 19:11-27
• Revelation 19:15-16
3. Give to Him, v. 9-11
Two thing...

How To Be At Peace With What God Does

Pastor Neil McClendon

GRAND PARKWAY BAPTIST CHURCH

Matthew 1:18-25

1. Understand that life is designed to be a response to what God is doing, v. 18
Luke 1:26-38

2. Who you are informs your response, v. 19
Two things about Mary & Joseph...
a)how heaven talks about them
b)how they respond

3. Be responsible with the revelation you receive, v. 20-24<...

Neil McClendon, Lead Pastor
GRAND PARKWAY BAPTIST CHURCH

Matthew 1:1-17
Finding Hope In The Genealogy of Jesus
1. Because God is telling a big Story, v. 1
Genesis 3:15
Psalm 89:49-51
Genesis 2:4
2. Because God uses imperfect people as a part of His story, v. 2-15
a) Tamar
b) Rahab
c) Ruth
d) Bathsheba
e) King Solomon
f) Manasseh
g) Jacob

3. Because of the virgin birth ...

Pastor Chris Brooks
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How the Spirit Helps us to Hope
Romans 8:22-30
(Place each of these 3 groupings of questions on their own slide i.e. fight questions, then flight
etc...)
Fight Questions
1. What emotion do you fear feeling?
2. What is this emotion trying to tell you?
3. What is one way you can fight to feel the emotion you fear the most?
Flight Questions
1. What...

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Neil McClendon, Lead Pastor
Grand Parkway Baptist Church

Matthew 5:43-48
The Reassuring Power of Enemy Love

1. Enemy love is evidence of authentic faith, v. 43-45
2 Kings 6:20-23

2. Enemy love is how God loves, v. 45b-47

Two questions we have to answer today…
a) who do you love? v. 46
b) who do you greet? v. 47

3. Enemy love is God’s nat...

Neil McClendon, Lead Pastor

GRAND PARKWAY BAPTIST CHURCH

Matthew 5:38-42
How The Violence of God Triumphs Over The Violence of Man

1. The insufficiency of proportionate justice, v. 38
The law did three things...
a) takes punishment out of the realm of private vengeance
b) gave judges a clear and just formula for punishment
c) it forbid vendettas and excessive retribution

“...I have killed a man f...

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Matthew 5:33-37
The Insufficiency of Swearing

1. We must reclaim a sense of our self, v. 33-36
Here is the progression in how we lose ourselves...
1)we become disillusioned with ourselves
2)we become distrusting of ourselves
3)we become destructive towards ourselves

Signs you are losing yourself...
a)seeking external validation
b)difficulty with decisions

Oct 19, 2025

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Dr. Christopher M. Brooks
Pastor to Pastors | Local Church

Joy Is The Serious Business of Heaven
Abide in Love, Joy FULL
John 15:5–11

I. Key Theme: MENO AGAPE HARAH PLAYRAO
("Abide – Love – Joy – Full")

II. Abide (Meno) – Remain in Christ
Definition: To dwell, endure, make your home.

• Spiritual Practice:
  
  

 
Training t...

Oct 12, 2025

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Neil McClendon, Lead Pastor
Grand Parkway Baptist Church

Matthew 5:31-32
A Gospel Informed Understanding of Divorce

Introductory thoughts…

1) read through the right lens
2) let Bible counsel Bible
3) seek to understand the cultural context
4) seek to understand the biblical context


Four questions we need to answer today….

1. Is ...

Oct 5, 2025

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Neil McClendon, Lead Pastor
Grand Parkway Baptist Church

Matthew 5:27-30
The High Price of Lust

1. Jesus upholds the sufficient sanctity of marriage, v. 27-28

• Genesis 2:24

God’s design for marriage…
a) priority loyalty- “Therefore, a man shall leave his father and mother…
b) lifelong loyalty- …and hold fast to his wife…
c) bodily loyalty...