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God’s grace shines brightest in our darkest trials. God expects the progress of spiritual formation in the lives of His people. The Apostle Paul wrote, “For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to all men, instructing us to deny ungodliness and worldly desires and to live sensibly, righteously,…

This is supposedly a true story. It took place off the coast of Newfoundland with the Canadian authorities. The event was chronicled in the following transcript. Naval Ship: Please divert your course 15 degrees to the North to avoid a collision. Canadians: Recommend you divert YOUR course 15 degrees…

Jesus was leaving his disciples again. Christ spent 40 days reassuring his disciples that he will never leave them or forsake them. Jesus spoke about the Kingdom of God throughout these 40 days. The disciples were to wait for what he promised them before he died. This was the Advocate who would act in…

Announcements Are there any announcements? FCC Outreach Meeting to be scheduled soon. Pray for Carolyn Swanson she is having surgery on her esophagus tomorrow in Seattle. There is prayer and Bible study every Sunday morning at 9:15am. It is led by Patti Pointer who is a dynamic teacher. Please come and…

Introduction The Parent Test “In the end on style will emerge victorious and win the honor of being deemed ‘the best’ way to raise a child. There’s no cash prize, but the feeling of smugness is priceless.” Paul gives direction here to guide how a Christian family looks when it comes to children and their…

Call to worship 1 I will bless the Lord at all times; His praise shall continually be in my mouth. 2 My soul shall make its boast in the Lord ; The humble shall hear of it and be glad. 3 Oh, magnify the Lord with me, And let us exalt His name together. 4 I sought the Lord , and He heard me, And delivered…

From Comfort to Coming We have looked at the comfort of Christ coming (1The4:13-18) to the certainty and method of His coming, now to what we need to do to be prepared for His coming, and, yes, the warnings about not being prepared for His coming. Don’t be uninformed; be comforted that He is coming (1The4:13,…

I. Transformational Dependency on and Discipline of God's Grace ++A. Be aware of the trap of pride and guilt. ++B. Abandon personal performance and embrace God’s grace. ++C. Continually commit yourself to the foundation of grace (at the start and end of each day) II. Transformational Dependency on and…

Prayer I think most if not all of you are aware that I currently preach here every Sunday... But also have a job down the street at IMARC Research... I’ve been there for a little over 12 years now, and I can tell you that one of the constants that I’ve seen as part of that job in all that time is this…

Opposed by the Jews (finish it up) Opposed (adj) - eager to prevent or put an end to; disapproving of or disagreeing with. (of two or more things) contrasting or conflicting with each other. Have you ever stood or been in opposition to someone, or something? How did you handle it? How has Jesus handled…

Logos / Rhema Two greek words in NT to describe the word of God - logos and rhema. LOGOS - refers to God’s living Word in Jesus, and God’s written word in the bible. This is what we’ve been looking at so far in our ‘how to hear God’ series - last week Shirley did a brilliant job working through hearing…

2 Peter 3:8-18 The Christmas season is a time of anticipation. We anticipate the parties we will attend the presents we will give and receive the time we will spend with our family possibly a trip we will take the seeing loved ones we do not often see and possibly many more things. As Christians we anticipate…

Intro: Yesterday we celebrated the birth of Jesus. His first coming… and now this morning we are going to be talking about His second Coming. One of the toughest subjects of study in all of scripture is the study of the end times. Prophecy is a very difficult subject. The language is heavily figurative,…

Introduction: Pastor and theologian John MacArthur discusses three popular ways of viewing the world throughout history. The first being the cyclical view. This is one that is common in Eastern thought such as Hinduism in which there is a continual cycle of death and rebirth - reincarnation. This cyclical…

Good morning and welcome to Dishman Baptist Church. Please take your Bibles and turn with me to Ephesians 5 , Ephesians 5 . If you don’t have a Bible and would like to follow along please raise your hand and someone will bring you a Bible. We have been progressing through this book studying what Paul…

The Monster no one wants to talk about. We don’t want to talk about lust. no one does… well let me rephrase. no one want to talk about their own lusts, but we often have no trouble talking about the lusts of others. Lust is one of those monsters that often starts out really small. barely noticable, really.…

Introduction Welcome to Dishman Baptist Church. It is a privilege and an honor to worship with you this morning. I missed the chance last week to reminisce a bit - this weekend is the one year anniversary of our first visit here. It seems so surprising to me that that was already a year ago. So much…

22 When the time came for the purification rites required by the Law of Moses, Joseph and Mary took him to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord 23 (as it is written in the Law of the Lord, “Every firstborn male is to be consecrated to the Lord”), 24 and to offer a sacrifice in keeping with what is said…

Living Wisely Be very careful, then, how you live—not as unwise but as wise, making the most of every opportunity, because the days are evil. Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the Lord’s will is. Do not get drunk on wine, which leads to debauchery. Instead, be filled with the Spirit, speaking…

As you listen ask these questions: What is the context of the command? How are we filled with the Holy Spirit? How do we know if we are filled with the Holy Spirit? When you go through trails what spills out? Is this it the Fuirt of the Spirit?

Pastor Mike Nasci teaches verse-by-verse through the Bible, finished Romans with chapter 11:25-36.

One day as Jesus approached Jerusalem, he looked, came to a sudden stop and just burst out weeping. Through his tears Jesus said: 41 As Jesus approached Jerusalem and saw the city, He wept over it 42 and said, “If only you had known on this day what would bring you peace! But now it is hidden from your…