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How are you doing? Have you taken the time to assess how you’re doing? It really is important for our own health (not just personally, but as a church) to take the time to stop and ask ourselves, how are we doing? When we see unrest around our world, and in our own communities it can raise the anxiety…

Prayer is coming into communication with the living and active God... Prayers moves us from the: Physical to the Spiritual Temporal to the Eternal From self-focus to God-focus This week we are going to look at the NT How Not to Pray 5 “And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to…

Good morning Church, take your copy of God’s Word turn to 1 Peter 4:7-11 In today's message, we will explore what it means to serve for God’s glory. 1 Peter 4:7 (NKJV) 7 But the end of all things is at hand; Lets stop right there. What does Peter mean by saying this? Serve God with the End in Mind 11…

The end of all things is near . This isn’t as doomsday as it sounds. But it is true. The end of all things is near. Peter has just written about Jesus’ suffering, His death, His resurrection, and His ascension. It makes sense now for Peter to talk about the end. The end of all things is near. This doesn’t…

1 Peter 4:7-19 Good morning church! I want to dig right in this morning, so turn to 1 Peter chapter 4 if you haven’t already and I’ll begin reading where we left off. 7 But the end of all things is at hand; therefore be serious and watchful in your prayers. 8 And above all things have fervent love for…

Introduction While I was preparing this sermon I came to realise that God had been doing a work in me not only during my Christian life, nor in the period just before I was reborn, nor during adolescence, nor during my childhood but even before my birth. And do you know what? It’s true for you too! As…

Walk in wisdom toward outsiders, making the best use of the time. Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how you ought to answer each person. Therefore, having put away falsehood, let each one of you speak the truth with his neighbor, for we are members one of another.…

1 Peter is the first letter that we have from the Apostle Peter in the New Testament. The overall theme of the book is that believers should follow Christ’s example by joyfully enduring persecution. 1 Therefore, since Christ has suffered in the flesh, arm yourselves also with the same purpose, because…

We have allowed comfort to over shadow sanctification If you have spent anytime reading the New Testament you know we have two natures: flesh Spirit We can only nurture one or the other each has an inverse impact on comfort and suffering Serving the flesh means immediate comfort and long term suffering…

11 Besides this, since you know the time, it is already the hour for you to wake up from sleep, because now our salvation is nearer than when we first believed. 12 The night is nearly over, and the day is near; so let us discard the deeds of darkness and put on the armor of light. 13 Let us walk with…

10 As each one has received a gift, minister it to one another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God. Everyone Has a Gift Peter was one of Jesus’s close friends He was ++A Fisherman ++Called to follow Christ ++To be a fisher of men He was a target of Satan 31 And the Lord said, “Simon, Simon!…

14 But this I confess to you, that according to the Way which they call a sect, so I worship the God of my fathers, believing all things which are written in the Law and in the Prophets. 15 I have hope in God, which they themselves also accept, that there will be a resurrection of the dead, both of the…

Today is special. Today we celebrate communion. We begin again with a fresh understanding of God’s grace. With the week in between Christmas and the new year, I am hopeful we have had some time of peace. That we have had some time of rest, and we have new joy in our lives. And that is an incredible thing.…

Romans 13:11-14 As we have made our way through this section of Romans we have looked at the Believer’s relationship with: God - 12:1-2 Himself - 12:3-8 Other Believer - 12:9-13 Unbelievers - 12:14-21 the Government - 13:1-7 Fellow Citizens - 13:8-10 And now we come to verses 11-14 of Chapter 13 where…

17 Pray without ceasing. 18 Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints; I. How can you walk with God without communication with Him? 3 Can two walk together, except they be agreed? A. God has desired for…

12 Now when Jesus heard that John had been put in prison, He departed to Galilee. 13 And leaving Nazareth, He came and dwelt in Capernaum, which is by the sea, in the regions of Zebulun and Naphtali, 14 that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Isaiah the prophet, saying: 15 “ The land of Zebulun…

Introduction Good Morning, We will be in 1 Peter 4:7-11 this morning. Stewardship is one of the great principles of the New Testament that is all over the place, yet we so often and so quickly seem to forget it. When you hear stewardship your mind probably jumps to money or finances.Which is certainly…

We are just finishing up our birthday season. We have Christmas, then Nancy and Grace’s birthdays are in January, and David’s and mine are in February. That makes for a lot of gifts being given in two months. The kids have been thrilled. I am looking at the house, wondering what we are going to do with…

I’m so grateful to be able to worship with you all in person again. It was just almost three years ago when we worshipping virtually. What a weird time that was, and likely we will continue to talk think about it for years to come. It was so funny to me that just last year my son had a school spirit…

This is our 3rd week in the teaching portion of our EMPTY acronym, our flyover of the New Testament. It’s a 40,000 foot flyover, but its giving us a sense of the overarching message of redemption and seeing the connections of the New Testament back to the Old, and the flow of the story from Genesis on.…

Intro: In Philippians 2:12 , The Apostle Paul encourages us to… “ ...work out your own salvation with fear and trembling ;” This does not mean that we are to “work for our salvation”… Because we cannot earn it… It is a free gift. But to work out our salvation is referring to our responsibility, as believers,…

Today is a special day in the life of our church. Today we will install and ordain elders and deacons that will serve among us in the coming weeks, months and years. In our denomination, once you are ordained you are ordained to that office for the remainder of your life within our denomination. We do…

Rick Rood in Ch. 6 of the book, “When Suffering is Redemptive, ” asked the rhetorical question, “If God loves me, why has He allowed me to suffer in the ways I have?” Through the experience of great loss at a time that is typically the prime of life for a young couple preparing for ministry, he came…

Last week Peter declared to the church… we have seen the extent our God went through for us, now get ready, move forward, let people watch, but expect resistance keeping the goal in your sights regardless! Peter challenged the followers of Christ to PRACTICE PERSEVERANCE !!! This week as Peter continues…

What would you do if today was your last day? Spend time with family and friends Say what you’ve been too scared to say Pet all the animals you can Eat what you like Donate your organs Give to charity Forgive and apologize Do something thrilling Do what you are afraid of Go where you’ve always wanted…