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Step 1: We admitted that we were powerless over our dependencies and that our lives had become unmanageable.

Nothing can separate us from the Love of God! Nothing!

Paul serves through suffering You know it was because of a bodily ailment that I preached the gospel to you at first, and though my condition was a trial to you, you did not scorn or despise me, but received me as an angel of God, as Christ Jesus. What then has become of your blessedness? For I testify…

Paul serves through suffering You know it was because of a bodily ailment that I preached the gospel to you at first, and though my condition was a trial to you, you did not scorn or despise me, but received me as an angel of God, as Christ Jesus. What then has become of your blessedness? For I testify…

Jesus uses the 10 commandments to relate a rich young man's need for God's grace.

Paul serves through suffering You know it was because of a bodily ailment that I preached the gospel to you at first, and though my condition was a trial to you, you did not scorn or despise me, but received me as an angel of God, as Christ Jesus. What then has become of your blessedness? For I testify…

God calls us to focus on the main thing. He commands us to Listen, Look, and Pay Attention.

a. Rapport for the time B. Reading of the text C. Review of the text D. Relevance of the text I. Paul’s pattern for ministry 1 Now at Iconium they entered together into the Jewish synagogue and spoke in such a way that a great number of both Jews and Greeks believed. If you are like me you picture Paul…

The greatest gift every given to mankind was Sent From God.

We live in a world of disgarce. Just look at Washington these days. However, we are called to shed the light of grace. It is the grace makes you the salt of the earth and the light of the world. Let's see how Jesus taught us to shed grace in this disgraceful world.

Acts 4:1–13 (ESV) 1 And as they were speaking to the people, the priests and the captain of the temple and the Sadducees came upon them, 2 greatly annoyed because they were teaching the people and proclaiming in Jesus the resurrection from the dead. 3 And they arrested them and put them in custody until…

God is not dead, nor does He sleep. Practical guidance for the life of a believer in the face of both joys and sorrows.

Jesus' role as a missionary from the Father to a lost and dying world.

Paul serves through suffering You know it was because of a bodily ailment that I preached the gospel to you at first, and though my condition was a trial to you, you did not scorn or despise me, but received me as an angel of God, as Christ Jesus. What then has become of your blessedness? For I testify…

Have you recognized your Need, to accept His Offer of salvation, to find Enjoyment in His loving kindness?

A crippled woman came to worship God. In the Lukan passage, we come upon a simple story of a woman who was worshipping in the same synagogue as Jesus. She had a physically crippling condition. Her condition kept her from standing straight up for eighteen years, not unlike what some experience today from…

LEGACY: something transmitted by or received from an ancestor or predecessor LEGACY: the long-lasting impact of particular events, actions, etc. that took place in the past, or of a person’s life I think if we all were honest with ourselves - we would agree that we all hope to leave a Legacy behind us…

Wedding invitations When I was training for the ministry, my mentoring minister gave me quite qa lot of advice about weddings - lots of it was useful, practical and wise. But, looking back, he gave em what now seems an incommensurate amount of advice on how to deal with the etique of wedding invitations.…

This week, we change from the faith of the Canaanite woman who requested mercy for her daughter to Jesus continuing to heal many. 29 Jesus went on from there and walked beside the Sea of Galilee. And he went up on the mountain and sat down there. 30 And great crowds came to him, bringing with them the…

There was a young couple getting married and they did the usual things a couple getting married does. They sent out save the date cards, booked the venue, got the preacher, chose bridesmaid dresses, ordered the tuxes, sent out the invitations, everything. The RSVPs started coming back and the guest list…

With Thanksgiving coming up this week, and with the changes of life and growing older, I guess I have gone a little nostalgic. I can remember the younger days of what Thanksgiving meant. Putting on warm clothes, getting a fire started to warm water, and turning the hogs into sausage, ham, pork chops…you…

4 Jonathan, the son of Saul, had a son who was crippled in his feet. He was five years old when the news about Saul and Jonathan came from Jezreel, and his nurse took him up and fled, and as she fled in her haste, he fell and became lame. And his name was Mephibosheth. 1 And David said, “Is there still…

Introduction Antique Road show El Albanil by Diego Rivera Hanging behind a door in a Corpus Christi home. Between $800,000 - $1,000,000!! How many times was that painting looked at and there was no idea of the value! This is what the Gospel does! When we are rejected, devalued, and forgotten. The Gospel…

The Lord’s Supper If you have trusted in Christ in save you from your sins, then you are welcome to participate. There are at least three things that you ought to do during this time: Examine yourself and confess known sin - commit to getting right with someone else after the service if necessary Remember…

A few years ago, I was at a prayer retreat with the New England District pastors. A pastor I’ll call S.T. asked us to pray for him. He had been a pastor in our district for over thirty years. He was about to spend three more days alone with God for a heart examination and he confessed that this was terrifying…