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Even as a small church… even in a pandemic… you guys have made a difference this year. Fuel the Future… Food Distribution… Food Pantry… Feeding Sick people… Feeding grieving families… Christmas Service - One Day to Feed the World - We are not here just to go to church and enjoy each other… Jesus said……

Reaching the Next Generation In Mark 6:30–44 , this passage details one of Jesus’ greatest miracles, apart from the Resurrection, because this miracle is recorded in all four Gospels 30 And the apostles gathered themselves together unto Jesus, and told him all things, both what they had done, and what…

Haggai, Malachi ((1) Call for Repentance (3:7)) The problem was that Judah failed to recognize that they had strayed from the divine path. Although they had noticed the absence of God’s blessings (1:2; 2:13–14, 17; 3:14–15), they had not noticed the absence of their God. They were like the stereotypical…

Understanding the different types of giving. This topic has a lot of heat behind it. I understand how much of your life you give to get this thing called money. I understand how much time you think or ever worry about money. I would like to bring you a gift that will free you from feeling like you are…

NOTE: This is a manuscript, and not a transcript of this message. The actual presentation of the message differed from the manuscript through the leading of the Holy Spirit. Therefore, it is possible, and even likely that there is material in this manuscript that was not included in the live presentation…

Notes for message 1. The Call to Corporate, Public Lamenting, 2:15-17. 15 - trumpet = shofar, this time calling for a public assembly. fast = to sacrificially go without food in order to devote oneself to a higher spiritual purpose. proclaim a solemn assembly = a call to consecrate themselves as a people…

When the discipleship of Christ turns into legalism it robs our joy; return to the bewtter purpose--Christ in You!

22 All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had spoken by the prophet: 23 “Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and they shall call his name Immanuel” (which means, God with us). 8 Prophecies of Birth Over 300 prophecies in the OT pointing to Jesus. Peter Stoneman, Chairman of the Department…

Praying To The Father We’re in week 3 of our series looking at God’s grace in the church from the book of Ephesians. Last week in verses 3-14, Paul spent 14 verses blessing the Lord for the fact that we, as believers, receive every spiritual blessing…in Christ.” The blessings include being chosen, sanctified,…

The parable we hear this morning follows the one we heard last week. In that parable, Jesus compared the kingdom of heaven to ten virgins who were waiting for the bridegroom. The bridegroom was delayed, and his delay revealed which of the virgins were foolish and which were wise. The wise virgins brought…

What is love? Poets, philosophers, theologians and artists have attempted for a very long time to define that four letter word. Song writers have, too. Did you know that more songs have been written about love than any other topic in the world? Here’s a few of the songs about love. The Partridge family…

Parents are powerful. They shape our view of the world, ourselves, and also our view of God. Adults shape children’s life. Yet, we cannot, must not, nor forget how just a single adult pouring into a kid’s life can change the trajectory. God is the beginning and the End. We read about this in Scripture…

25 And he said to them, “O foolish ones, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken! I. EYES THAT CANNOT SEE Luke 24:13–16 (ESV) — 13 That very day two of them were going to a village named Emmaus, about seven miles from Jerusalem, 14 and they were talking with each other about all…

We are starting a new three week series leading up to Thanksgiving. This series addresses how we can develop a heart of gratitude to God, which in turn leads to generous giving. Thankfulness is not an occasional act but a lifestyle of intentional and spontaneous appreciation that leads us into the presence…

Introduction Good Morning we will be in 1 Peter 3:8-9 . So two verses this morning. I was going to do more, but felt led as I have for much of 1 Peter to slow down, cover less text but be more in depth. Football fans have do you remember a quarterback for the Indianapolis Colts named Andrew Luck? He…

Draw Near to God (Seeing things from His perspective) Psa.73 Intro: Seeing things from a different perspective can be a real eye opener. Take for instance Christian and Hopeful from John Bunyan's book Pilgrims Progress. When him and Hopeful were in the valley they could not see anything good but once…

Intro “This above all, to thine own self be true” This and many other ideas lead us to seek to understand who we really are. We live the children's story of the Ugly Duckling. It speaks of our nature in terms of what we must become rather than the awkward intermediary state. Sometimes we misapply it.…

Intro: One witty person has written: * "A dentist's mistake is pulled out, * A lawyer's mistake is imprisoned. * A teacher's mistake is failed, * A printer's mistake is corrected. * A pharmacist's mistake is buried. * A postman's mistake is forwarded. * An electrician's mistake could be shocking!" We…

Intro: Today's message is where the rubber meets the road in the Christian life. Most of us know how to put our Sunday faces on. We know how we outta dress, the tone our voices should take, and all the other Christian trappings that we bring to our public worship. The question is... who are you when…

This Week’s Theme: Spiritual Preparation Word for the Week is Idolatry : It is the worship or adoration of anyone or anything other than the Lord God. Idolatry includes the worship of other gods, such as those of the nations surrounding Israel, images or idols and the creation itself. Memory verse: 2…

We come back this morning to the longest chapter in Genesis— Genesis 24 . It’s an incredible account, marking the important shift in the story of God’s people. The focus is changing, as generations change, from Abraham to Isaac. We read not quite half of Genesis 24 last week. In Genesis 24 , the Hero…

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…

Intro How do people come to a new life with God? How do people hear and discover, how do they experience the kingdom of God? Let’s look to the bible to answer some of these questions Let’s read Matthew 5:13-16 “You are the salt of the earth, but if salt has lost its taste, how shall its saltiness be…

This morning, I am going to use the New American Standard Bible for our Scripture reading. I have chosen to do so because there are four words in our text that I believe they translated more accurately than our pew Bible. We begin at vs.1 , of chapter four. “Now, Israel, listen to the statutes and the…