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Read the Blueprints When considering constructing a building or house, the best successes come when plans are followed. An entire team of people who understand the plans are able to gather together and read from those plans what the end vision will entail. However, there are times when people attempt…

Speak To It 6 So he answered and said to me: “This is the word of the Lord to Zerubbabel: ‘Not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit,’ Says the Lord of hosts. 7 ‘Who are you, O great mountain? Before Zerubbabel you shall become a plain! And he shall bring forth the capstone With shouts of “Grace, grace…

A Prayer Jesus could have made, but didn’t One note while still in the garden Jesus mentions a prayer that He could have made, but chose not to. His arrest was voluntary submission to the plan. Angels are ministering spirits available for the work of God Heb 1:14 “Are they not all ministering spirits…

God uses pain to motivate repentance and reliance upon deliverers.

Introduction Called as Pastor of FBC Bagdad five years ago yesterday. 18 Where there is no prophetic vision the people cast off restraint, but blessed is he who keeps the law. We must continually place ourselves under the authorities set over us by God, or we will eventually walk out from under authority…

Disclaimer - pretty awful joke in many respects - but I think it dramatically makes the point Two hunters head out with rifles for a day of shooting. Hunter 1 collapses and Hunter 2 calls 999 as he just doesn’t know what to do... When his call was put through he explained that he was concerned his friend…

Isa 40 Isaiah 40:1–4 ““ Comfort , yes, comfort My people!” Says your God. “ Speak comfort to Jerusalem, and cry out to her, That her warfare is ended, That her iniquity is pardoned; For she has received from the Lord’s hand Double for all her sins.” The voice of one crying in the wilderness: “Prepare…

Now these are the chiefs of David’s mighty men, who gave him strong support in his kingdom, together with all Israel, to make him king, according to the word of the Lord concerning Israel. Now these are the men who came to David at Ziklag, while he could not move about freely because of Saul the son…

The Visions His 1st vision is God’s great love for Jerusalem and its people next vision is of the 4 horns/ world empires who are oppressing the People with the 4 Horns will be the 4 De-horners with the last craftsman who is the stone who crushes these world empires the 3rd vision was the millennial Kingdom…

Intro Week two of looking at - “beholding” - Jesus. And looking at the ways in which faith in Jesus Christ allows us to see and experiance the world in wonderful and unique ways. Last week we looked at trust Ahaz did not trust in God Rather he trusted in himself and in fleshly wisdom in the end this…

Intro: Greg sharing at a city-wide lock in and not prepared. Me in public speaking class writing 30 minutes before class and sang the National Anthem. You might be wondering what in the world these stories have to do with anything. There is a need for us as believers to not just know the name of Jesus,…

What are things that we praise God for? Why do we praise God? Scripture treats praise as the natural response of believers to God’s person and actions. What does praise mean? Praise is a part of worship! In worship human beings recognize God for his attributes and express this through adoration, praise,…

Matthew conclusion/ illness Planning an event Starting an organization Introduce structure of sermon 16 Now the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain to which Jesus had directed them. Now is de (but) This word does not just simply translate as a time reference but sets a contrast to the story…

Why would God want to strengthen us?

Jesus then began to speak to them in parables: “A man planted a vineyard. He put a wall around it, dug a pit for the winepress and built a watchtower. Then he rented the vineyard to some farmers and moved to another place. At harvest time he sent a servant to the tenants to collect from them some of…

It is easy to love those like us, but what about people who hate us? Find out how the Christian should love in this message from Matthew 5:43-48.

There is none so blind as he who will not see, none so deaf as those who will not hear. This saying seems to go back to the 1500s to English author John Heywood, a man famous for his poems and collections of proverbs. The proverb appears to be adapted from biblical texts Jeremiah 5:21 ““Hear this, O…

Happy “DO” Year! Happy New Year! Or maybe after today we can call this the “DO Year!” Cheesy, I know, but it will make sense in a few minutes. I am excited to kick off 2023 with the best group of people in the world on day one! I hope all of you had a wonderful Christmas and got to spend time with your…

How many of you have heard of the concept of a 5-tool baseball player? Traditionally the skill sets needed to be an excellent baseball player are broken down into 5 broad categories called tools. There is the Speed tool, The Fielding ability tool, the arm strength tool, hitting for a high average tool,…

Introduction As we have mentioned earlier, Covid has changed my plans. I will be putting on hold the continuation of the Series of What we hold to be true. A key component of this series was to get together and to study the Main idea. As this is difficult to do, I will be putting that on hold, but hopefully…

Introduction: We have just come through the climax of these first couple of chapters. And that climax was Christmas. We saw the birth of the Messiah - Jesus Christ. We saw the ordinary circumstances of a humble King born to two peasants and placed in a feeding trough. But then we saw the angelic worship…

Introduction This Torah Portion goes from Numbers 8:1-12:16 In our previous Torah Portion we spoke about Numbers 8:1-4 in the context of the rapture This week, we will talk about the Torah Portion, regarding The Set Up of the Lamps in the Lampstand: Menorah And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying: “Speak…

I’d like to begin this morning by rereading 1 Corinthians chapter 13. If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains,…

Introduction Good morning and welcome to FCC! He is Risen! Today, we want to pause for a moment to reflect on the cross and what the death, burial, and resurrection means for us. Jesus died for you and for me so we can not only live an abundant life in the here and now, but to live eternally with him…