Sermon Outline 1.18.2026

Y’all Need the Church — Week 3: In Success
Texts: Deuteronomy 8:10–18; Ephesians 4:11–16

Title: The Church That Keeps Success from Becoming Pride
Big Idea:
 Y’all need the Church because when life is good, you need people who remind you that everything you have comes from grace, not from you.

1 – The Church Reminds Us Who Blesses (Deut 8:10–14)

• The Hebrew verb “bless” literally means to kneel in gratitude.

• Success should bring us to our knees instead of puffing up our chests.

2 – The Church Guards Against Forgetting (Deut 8:17–18)

• The word remember doesn’t mean “to recall information” but “to act on it.”
• God gives the Church “shepherds and teachers” to equip, not entertain...because we remember God as part of a truth-telling community when our hearts are tempted to forget.

3 – The Church Reframes Reward (Eph 4:12–13)

• Paul’s word for “build up” carries the image of constructing a house.

• Every believer contributes to the structure of the Church (gifts, resources, victories), which are materials for somebody else’s growth.

4 – The Church Anchors Success in Worship (Deut 8:10; 1 Tim 6:17–19)

• Every feast in Scripture was communal.
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Even tithes were meant to be eaten together before the Lord (Deut 12:7).