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6 For I am already being poured out as a drink offering, and the time of my departure is at hand. 7 I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. 8 Finally, there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will give to me on that…

25 And everyone who competes for the prize is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a perishable crown, but we for an imperishable crown . 26 Therefore I run thus: not with uncertainty. Thus I fight: not as one who beats the air. 27 But I discipline my body and bring it into subjection, lest,…

Joshua Chamberlain was a student of theology and a professor of rhetoric, not a soldier. But when duty called, Chamberlain answered. He climbed the ranks to become colonel of the 20th Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment, Union Army. On July 2, 1863, Chamberlain and his three-hundred-soldier regiment were…

“Our Greatest Needs – A Champion” He was called a champion. In modern English that term could mean the winner of the local softball league, but champion is a term that used to refer to a very specific type of warrior, a single combat warrior. In our age of Modern Warfare, it can be hard to remember what…

Names mean something to us. Alyvia (found it in a baby name book) Marie Jane (both grandma’s) Bennson (baby name book) Hugh Amyah (picked by Amy and spelled for her) Renea (Amy) Names meant even more in the Old Testament. They would name their children by how they felt, something that was happening,…

This is the first Sunday in Lent and is always the case, the primary thing we must address during this penitential season is temptation, and temptation to sin. We must address it because sin is the very reason why we are separated from God. Sin is the very reason why our first parents—Adam and Eve—were…

Champions Week 2019 is starting with Vision Sunday for Branches Church.

We’re finally to that point in 1 Samuel that everyone—and I mean everyone—is familiar with. This is no exaggeration; this isn’t a story only churchy people know. This story has become a favorite way to discuss an underdog scenario. We’ve got ourselves a real “David and Goliath” situation here. Worse…

1 So all the congregation lifted up their voices and cried, and the people wept that night. 2 And all the children of Israel complained against Moses and Aaron, and the whole congregation said to them, “If only we had died in the land of Egypt! Or if only we had died in this wilderness! 3 Why has the…

God Provides a Savior Intro This morning we are going to cover quite possibly my favorite bible story. It’s a story most people have heard before. In fact, its so prevalent that it has made its way into popular culture. This story is David and Goliath. I want to challenge you to listen very carefully.…

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1 Corinthians 13:1–7 (NASB95) 1 If I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but do not have love, I have become a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. 2 If I have the gift of prophecy, and know all mysteries and all knowledge; and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but do not have love,…

A. The Prerequisite for the Spirit (16:5–7): Jesus says unless he goes away, the Holy Spirit will not come. Codependent on his physical presence Walk by Faith and not by Sight II Cor 5:7 Total dependence on Jesus is by Faith Saved by Grace through Faith Eph 2:8-9 B. The purpose (16:8–15): The Holy Spirit…

Perhaps the bravest step of faith we see in the Old Testament happened when the shepherd boy, David, faced the giant, Goliath, with nothing more than a sling and some stones; how does that story help us face giants in our world today?

1 Samuel 17:1-11 Whatever giant you are facing today please know that with God it can be conquered. Now most giants are stronger than we are alone - Satan is much more powerful than any of us - but the Bible says: Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in…

EXODUS 6:1–8 Remember last week we ended in Chapter 5 with Moses feeling discouraged and not understanding why things got harder for the people of Isreal and not better. And that the people of Isreal blamed Moses for the trouble he brought upon them. Now in Chapter 6-7 we see God’s promised sovereign…

Introduction No other book in the bible has been more influential to the modern protestant american than the book of Romans. It is a book that so influenced a man named Martin Luther that he started, what now after all is said and done is called, the protestant Reformation. Accomplice to murder, persecutor,…

Mary At Elizabeth’s The Virgin Mary found out she was pregnant she made the trip to Cousin Elizabeth’s home Elizabeth prophesied about Mary and her Child the Messiah, the anointed one of God. to be the savior of the world God made flesh to be our perfect sacrifice for sin The baby John leaped in his…

We are surrounded by labels… amen?! There are warning labels… instruction labels… brand labels… Some labels become titles… Some are encouraging… others are hurtful in nature… Some labels are helpful… others are harmful… amen? Would you agree that when a label begins to become our identity, it becomes…

Who killed Goliath?

Join us today as we discuss whether truth can be relative or not.

What is a pattern? - a form or model proposed for imitation - a reliable sample of traits, acts, tendencies, or other observable characteristics of a person, group, or institution A dress pattern A flight pattern Spending pattern Behavior pattern Sin pattern Why does every human being tend toward a sin…

Recap Last time we got a bit of a foundation for the study, we covered the start of kings in Israel with Saul, and then the anointing of David to be king. Remember the nation wanted to be like everyone else and have a king, which they already had God. After Saul was named king he was disobedient to God’s…

“In Christ, we are Delivered, Saved, and Rescued from all fear and dread, free to live in the light of Christ Jesus our Lord.” This evening I am going to make an assumption that most of you remember “The Lone Ranger.” I was a fan. Countless times I turned on our old black and white to KTVU channel 2…