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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…

Introduction Good morning once again from the Pastor’s cave. I trust your couch is comfy this morning. You have your snacks, popcorn, or cheerios I hope you have your bible or favorite bible app handy. I’ll share a little about when and how we might be able to reopen at the end of our time together this…

This morning’s Scripture lesson comes from Eph 5:15-21 : Look carefully then how you walk, not as unwise but as wise, making the best use of the time, because the days are evil. Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is. And do not get drunk with wine, for that is debauchery,…

This morning’s Scripture lesson is taken from 1 Corinthians 14:1-20 : Pursue love, and earnestly desire the spiritual gifts, especially that you may prophesy. For one who speaks in a tongue speaks not to men but to God; for no one understands him, but he utters mysteries in the Spirit. On the other hand,…

Ephesians 4:7–11 (KJV 1900) 7 But unto every one of us is given grace according to the measure of the gift of Christ. 8 Wherefore he saith, When he ascended up on high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men. 9 (Now that he ascended, what is it but that he also descended first into the lower…

Start of 3rd Missionary Trip Mission report given, time spent, now time to move on. Paul now sets out on the 3rd missionary trip and we have another conversion story before us tonight. 23 And having spent some time there , he left and passed successively through the Galatian region and Phrygia, strengthening…

Once again, I would like to use Ephesians 2:18-22 as our Scripture text this morning. For through him we both have access in one Spirit to the Father. So then you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God, built on the foundation…

Holy Spirits Work God the Holy Spirit a person of the Trinity Regeneration / Born again Inspires the written scriptures gives prophecy to man the Bible is complete, it does not have new revelation When someone is saved the Holy Spirit takes up residence And if the Spirit of the one who raised Jesus from…

Introduction Over the past two weeks we have been looking at what the scriptures teach us regarding the third member of the Trinity, the Holy Spirit. This week we are going to look at what scripture teaches us regarding Spiritual gifts, or what some call the gifts of the Holy Spirit. I have said this…

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Today’s Text 4 God’s various gifts are handed out everywhere; but they all originate in God’s Spirit. 5 God’s various ministries are carried out everywhere; but they all originate in God’s Spirit. 6 God’s various expressions of power are in action everywhere; but God himself is behind it all. 7 Each…

Intro - Wednesday - Andre did a great job sharing his testimony. If you did not see it, go to our website to hear it. Had a great Valentine Banquet Friday We are in Week 2 of Our Church… probably should have called it HIS Church. Series is built on this verse. 18 Now I say to you that you are Peter (which…

Building on what the Lord is teaching as in this season That you’re justified/ Reconciled/Adopted/ Sanctified Then with His command to actually participate in His work Make every effort to live like you’re justified/reconciled/adopted/sanctified But what drives you to make every effort? What is the driving…

Building on what the Lord is teaching as in this season That you’re justified/ Reconciled/Adopted/ Sanctified Then with His command to actually participate in His work Make every effort to live like you’re justified/reconciled/adopted/sanctified But what drives you to make every effort? What is the driving…

Building on what the Lord is teaching as in this season That you’re justified/ Reconciled/Adopted/ Sanctified Then with His command to actually participate in His work Make every effort to live like you’re justified/reconciled/adopted/sanctified But what drives you to make every effort? What is the driving…

Building on what the Lord is teaching as in this season That you’re justified/ Reconciled/Adopted/ Sanctified Then with His command to actually participate in His work Make every effort to live like you’re justified/reconciled/adopted/sanctified But what drives you to make every effort? What is the driving…

1 Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. 2 And when He had fasted forty days and forty nights, afterward He was hungry. 3 Now when the tempter came to Him, he said, “If You are the Son of God, command that these stones become bread.” 4 But He answered and…

Building on what the Lord is teaching as in this season That you’re justified/ Reconciled/Adopted/ Sanctified Then with His command to actually participate in His work Make every effort to live like you’re justified/reconciled/adopted/sanctified But what drives you to make every effort? What is the driving…

Alan Bloom - “The Closing of the American Mind” - contemporary intellectual climate as one in which there is no ability to distinguish good from bad, truth from error, even the important from the unimportant. All such distinctions are seen as being contrary to the chief virtue in today’s world, that…

This is the story of the birth of the Church, without the Spirit, there would be no Church. Pentecost is celebrated at the time of the wheat harvest. Pentecost was near the time for wheat harvest. Not the season for creating new wine The firstfruits of the harvest were to be dedicated to God. John Wesley…

Evening 9 Apirl 2023

Intro - How many have a Baptist background? Methodist? Pres? Catholic? Pentecostal/Charismatic? Big Sinner? This is the challenge of leading a church, and of doing a series like this on the HS. Joke - How many BaPTIST does it take to change a lightbulb? Change, who said anything about change How many…

In honor of Father’s Day & in keeping with simplicity, I would like to open with some dad jokes: "What do you call a factory that makes okay products?" "A satisfactory." "What did the janitor say when he jumped out of the closet?" "Supplies!" "Have you heard about the chocolate record player? It sounds…

Introduction Last week we began our study on the third member of the Trinity, the Holy Spirit. We looked at who the Holy Spirit is, and what the Spirit offers to those who profess Jesus Christ as Lord. Essentially, we explored the theology of the Holy Spirit. The reason I began the series this way was…

The Holy Spirit is baptizing us daily in the cleansing blood of the Lamb. We see, hear, and feel the power of God in our lives and in the world. And we too – are witnesses for Jesus where we live and to the ends of the earth.