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INTRODUCTION: Welcome/Prayer In accordance to the gracious will of God, we have been gathered together to hear from God tonight. He will speak to us from 2 Samuel 9 , and He will give us an example of an incredible act of faithfulness by a king to a member of his enemy’s house. In doing so, God points…

Introduction 1 Peter 1:22-25 is where we will be this week. Back may years ago when I ran track… emphasis on many years ago. I had a certain strategy that I employed in High School. I knew that I wanted to win more than the other person did. So depending on who I was running against I employed two strategies.…

Introduction: According to multiple estimates, the average American produces around 4 pounds of trash per day. This amounts to a little over 1400 lbs of trash per year! Before you start worrying that this is going to be a political message, let me let you know why I mention this. We produce a lot of…

INTRO Text Last week we looked at Hosea 4 where God began to spell out the charges He was bringing against Israel. For nearly 200 years Israel’s kings and priests led the people away from faithfulness to God. They exchanged worship and devotion of the one true God for the false gods of the neighboring…

God’s gift given to his people has an expected result; the prophet Micah tells us that sometimes our expectations need to align with the gift God gives.

Background of I Peter The Author Peter , an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the strangers scattered throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, AUTHOR PROFILE: PETER • Simon, a fisherman, who followed John the Baptist until his brother Andrew introduced him to Jesus • Name changed to Peter…

In Hosea chapter one, we saw the indictment God brought against Israel. Remember that the nation had split in two and the prophecies of this book focus on the northern kingdom. God took the marriage between Hosea and Gomer to illustrate the crimes Israel was committing against Him. The imagery of the…

Context: In response to Moses question to see God’s glory. His name is His glory,His nature,His character,His person,His doctrine,and His standard of living God’s proclamation and the view of His glory happened in transit A fixed view of glory is yet to come The best we have in this world is transient…

Context: In response to Moses question to see God’s glory. His name is His glory,His nature,His character,His person,His doctrine,and His standard of living God’s proclamation and the view of His glory happened in transit A fixed view of glory is yet to come The best we have in this world is transient…

Justice and mercy are the tangible expressions of loving our neighbors as God has loved us. They are the ways that we live like Jesus here and now, affirming the goodness of Gods image in others and anticipating the overflowing shalom peace and flourishing that characterizes Gods coming kingdom.

Great Commandments In the next several weeks, you will find the parts of Deuteronomy we have already looked at and those to come interweaving with each other, with a continuous theme throughout. The theme is that through Moses, God is reminding the Israelites that He is their God, and has already shown…

Introduction Rejection to Disappointment. All have experienced it. Relationships, jobs, health, culture. Maybe with the world, or political leaders. This same disappointment was experienced by the Jewish people in 586 BC. To understand this disappointment, it is necessary to refresh our OT history timeline.…

INTRODUCTION (Smile): Welcome/Prayer (Review Chiastic structure of chapters 21-24) Our passage, 2 Samuel 22:1-30 … has us at the climax, the high point of this final section of 2 Samuel Today, by David’s very own words, not that of the author, but David himself, we read of his faith and his viewpoint…

INTRODUCTION: Welcome/Prayer Turn to 2 Samuel 21:1-14 We’re entering into the final section of 2 Samuel… which consists of chapters 21-24 This last section has two things worth discussing before we dive into pur passage today. First matter of discussion is one of chronology. When did the events listed…

God works 28 And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose. 28 And we know that God causes all things to work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose. 28 And we know that in…

For all of my life since coming to faith in Jesus, I have been Baptist. I don’t think I’m just Baptist because that was the denomination I was saved in. I’m Baptist by conviction. I’m Baptist with a capital B. I have studied Baptist history, studied the Baptist Faith & Message, and believe that if I…

Introduction: We live in a culture of cancellation. However, this culture is not the kind of cancellation that is godly. People are oftentimes canceled in our culture for having a Biblical view of things such as abortion, Biblical views on sexuality, or their rejection of universalism. This cancel culture…

SERMON TITLE: The Crucified & Risen King Good News : Special Easter Edition Happy Easter! Christ is Risen! Christ is risen indeed! But 2000 years ago that headline - Crucified King Seen Alive - seemed impossible. The Women Expected Death At The Grave 2000 years ago, Mary Magdalen, Mary the Mother of…

Welcome... Introduce self... Pray... Heavenly Father, please give me clarity in the words I speak. Please fill us with the truth of your word and grant us repentance where there is sin, understanding where there is confusion, and wisdom where there is foolishness. Open our ears and our hearts, Turn our…

Intro The whole world runs on relationships. Everywhere you look you’ll see an interconnected web of relationships. Every part of our communal life is based around relationships between people. Some are familial, some are business, some are civil, some are military, some are religious. One thing it doesn’t…

Exodus 23:20-33 20 “Behold, I send an angel before you to guard you on the way and to bring you to the place that I have prepared. 21 Pay careful attention to him and obey his voice; do not rebel against him, for he will not pardon your transgression, for my name is in him. 22 “But if you carefully obey…

Last week, we said that hospitality is a three-legged stool, with the first leg being our experience of God's gracious nature. Tonight we look at the second leg, hospitality as covenant union. Hospitality as Covenant Union Just as there is a real union between each believer and God, by virtue of covenant,…

Let’s Talk About the Church so we can understand a little more what it means to be “The Church of God”. There is no such thing as a church that has no set of beliefs, and that is true of us as a movement. We have called ourselves the Reformation Movement of the Church of God, which is a nominator that…

1. The state of affairs: Judah under judgment, 1:1-12. A. A rousing appeal to tell future generations, 1:1-3. 1 -- The source of inspiration is the “word of the LORD.” When Yahweh is used (33 times in Joel) it emphasizes His personal name, indicating intimacy and covenant. When Adonai is used, it suggests…

Marriage By Design Alright church. Week 6 of our Hot Topics series. We are wrapping up this series next week with the most voted on topic, Mental Health. It’s actually such an important topic, I am looking at a small group centered around mental health. But this week we are looking at another one of…