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The Lust Of The Flesh Galatians 5:17–21 (TPT) 17 For your self-life craves the things that offend the Holy Spirit and hinder him from living free within you ! And the Holy Spirit’s intense cravings hinder your old self-life from dominating you! So then, the two incompatible and conflicting forces within…

Intro; Tonight we come to the Seventh Command given by God to the nation of Israel. Though this is listed as #7, I believe this command to be probably the most important in the commands dealing with our horizontal relationships. This command affects more than just a marriage, but the family which also…

If you have your Bibles let me invite you to open with me to the book of Mark chapter 8. We are going to begin reading with our last paragraph from last week’s sermon and then continue on through the end of chapter 8. So look with me at Mark 8:27-33 27 And Jesus went on with his disciples to the villages…

Introduction We are still working our way through the book of James. The overall theme of the series to to see how we are to live out the Christian life. James has covered topics like going through trials, showing favoritism, showing your faith by your works, and controlling your tongue. And last week,…

Evening 27 August 23

1. The source of animosity. (vs. 1-3) What causes quarrels and what causes fights among you? Is it not this, that your passions are at war within you? A. The origin of animosity. B. The anatomy of animosity. You desire and do not have, so you murder. You covet and cannot obtain, so you fight and quarrel.…

Leaven is a biblical illustration of permeation, influence. John F. MacArthur The whole idea of our spiritual conversion and our walk with God is to separate ourselves from sin.....To be holy as God is holy To be as unleavened rather than leavened…or to live in purity without hypocrisy or doublemindedness.…

Ash Wednesday I shared this quote with you from Dr Lisa Hancock who writes helpful worship resources for the United Methodist Church. We must encounter our sinfulness and frailty not with shame and blame but with honesty and truth, trusting that God receives our confession. I don’t have along sermon…

Introduction If we keep one foot on one side of a fence and the other on another side, we will never go anywhere or do anything. We will be hung up and of no use to anything. We must make a decision and move forward. If we stay hung up and do not move, that bull may very well put on one side or another.…

Who is the God of Israel? Author: Hosea The prophet carried a relatively common name among Jews of his day. His name, Hosea, means “deliverance” or “salvation.” This was Joshua’s (Moses’ successor) original name ( Num. 13:16 ) before it was changed by Moses to Joshua (Yehoshua). Date: 755 - 735 BC. Audience:…

Adultery the dangers of the adulteress (vv. 1–6), the final price of infidelity (vv. 7–14), and the delights of married love (vv. 15–20). Then a reminder is given that sin is ultimately an issue with the Lord (vv. 21–23) A. The Dangers of an adulterer (1-6) 1 My son, give attention to my wisdom, Incline…

An evangelist preaching a revival one night asked all who wanted to go to heaven to raise their hands. Everyone in the audience did so, except one elderly man sitting near the front of the sanctuary. The preacher pointed his curly finger at him and said, "Sir, do you mean to tell us that you don't want…

A Cal to Spiritual Wholeness Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God. Verse 4 James calls the Church or believers adulterers and adulteresses. Actually, there is only one word…

Reflections Study group Joy & Helen attended Rev. Geoff New’s seminar on preaching the parables Geoff has developed, based on the work of Warren Wierbse, and with its roots in Ignatian spiritual disciplines, a way of reading the parables that immerses us deeply in the Living word of God. We’ve had two…

Love story - even with all its conflicts - we aspire and anticipate the happily-ever-after ending “He Is” - forever faithful - the faithful husband Shared Hebrew root for name Hosea = Salvation Joshua / Jesus = God is Salvation Your relationship score: 1 (poor) - 5 (great): Supervisor? Co-workers? Spouse?…

“You shall not commit adultery. Introduction Applies to men and women Physical intimacy is for marriage and only marriage . Physical intimacy is discussed in the Bible in very positive ways. Song of Songs Start by discussing marriage, then the duties required, and finals the sins forbidden. Marriage…

“You have heard that it was said, Do not commit adultery. But I tell you, everyone who looks at a woman lustfully has already committed adultery with her in his heart. If your right eye causes you to sin, gouge it out and throw it away. For it is better that you lose one of the parts of your body than…

TEXT: JAMES 4:1-6 | MORE GRACE FOR SELFISHNESS INTRO EXPLANATION : As we jump back to where we finished in chapter 3, we are reminded back in v.13 as James asked that rhetorical questions, “Who is a wise man and endued with knowledge among you?” It was a question posed to the Christians in the church.…

Leader Guide ESV, Unit 14, Session 2 © 2019 LifeWay Christian Resources. Permission granted to reproduce and distribute within the license agreement with purchaser. Edited by Rev. Lex DeLong, M.A. Summary and Goal With great power, God delivered the Israelites out of slavery in Egypt, led them for forty…

A woman had returned home from an evening of church services when she was startled by an intruder robbing her house of its valuables. She yelled "Stop! Acts 2:38 !" (Repent and be Baptized, in the name of Jesus Christ, so that your sins may be forgiven.) The burglar stopped in his tracks. The woman calmly…

25 See that you do not refuse him who is speaking. For if they did not escape when they refused him who warned them on earth, much less will we escape if we reject him who warns from heaven. 26 At that time his voice shook the earth, but now he has promised, “Yet once more I will shake not only the earth…

God’s Bride is Israel There is a recurring theme throughout the whole Bible relating to the institution of marriage. Once I was able to see that God sees the institution of marriage as holy. It is separate than any other relationship that we have with others. I myself failed at recognizing this early…

INTRODUCTION . “ Mississippi Squirrel Revival ” - Ray Stevens First Self-Righteous Church - Pascagoula The day the squirrel went berserk In the First Self-Righteous Church In that sleepy little town of Pascagoula (Pascagoula) It was a fight for survival that broke out in revival They were jumpin' pews…

Scripture Reading: Introduction: Appreciate the good and the bad. To appreciate the good, you must appreciate the bad. What do you think I mean by that? The more significant to bad seems, the more desirable the good will be. James wants his readers to appreciate the good and the bad of the trouble they’re…

Matthew 12:38-42 Then some of the scribes and Pharisees answered him saying, “Teacher, we want to see a sign from you!” But he answered and said to them, “An evil and adulterous generation desires a sign, and no sign will be given to it except the sign of the prophet Jonah! For just as Jonah was in the…