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John 20:1–29 1 The first day of the week cometh Mary Magdalene early, when it was yet dark, unto the sepulchre, and seeth the stone taken away from the sepulchre. 2 Then she runneth, and cometh to Simon Peter, and to the other disciple, whom Jesus loved, and saith unto them, They have taken away the…

Then the children of Israel, the whole congregation, came into the Wilderness of Zin in the first month, and the people stayed in Kadesh; and Miriam died there and was buried there. Now there was no water for the congregation; so they gathered together against Moses and Aaron. And the people contended…

Understanding the Strategy to Defeating Temptaion

Read- 1 Sam 5:1-12 God Is Not a Good Luck Charm The people used God’s presence as a talisman in their fight Ark was regarded as a “god” by the Philistines When the ark was taken, the fear was that God’s glory had left them! The Defeat of Dagon You cannot equivocate God with any other “god” 5 I am the…

The Believer’s Warfare Message 9 The Helmet of Salvation Me: A Facebook post SBC-Pastors It’s certainly an interesting group No sure how well I fit in. I do get a lot of illustrations from it. It’s really like being a mail person you never know until you experience it A pastors question “I hear a lot…

6 I marvel that you are turning away so soon from Him who called you in the grace of Christ, to a different gospel, 7 which is not another; but there are some who trouble you and want to pervert the gospel of Christ. 8 But even if we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel to you than what…

Introduction This past week we held Revival Services - and for some of us, experienced a Revival. Rather than continue on in the series we’ve been in for the last month or so, I felt led to give you this message here today. But first, I want to revisit some of what we experienced here this week. SS -…

Punishment of Self-Indulgent lifestyle (Pride) 8 The Sovereign Lord has sworn by himself—the Lord God Almighty declares: “I abhor the pride of Jacob and detest his fortresses; I will deliver up the city and everything in it.” 9 If ten people are left in one house, they too will die. 10 And if the relative…

Hope for the Defeated "God recycles." He transforms lives. He restores. The messenger of this hope is Zephaniah. We don’t know much about him, but we do know his ancestry: 1 The word of the Lord that came to Zephaniah son of Cushi, the son of Gedaliah, the son of Amariah, the son of Hezekiah, during…

Sin Separates Humanity from God, But God Made a Way to Defeat Sin. 14 And the Lord God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life: 15 And I will…

Our culture We live in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation ( Php2:15 ), just as it was in the first century Our culture today the difference is we have a cancel culture Don’t agree, cancel Don’t like, just leave Don’t speak face to face, just argue on social media (put in illustration of men…

This Week’s Theme: The Church Succeeds As One Memory Verse: Numbers 32:18 “18 We will not return to our homes until every one of the children of Israel has received his inheritance.” This Week’s Word is Discourage : A sense of unhappiness arising from a loss of confidence in one’s own abilities, in the…

David’s Time on the Run Part 3 Today we are going to finish this section, and we have to move through a couple of areas and disregard a few things for this study because we do not want to get bogged down in the life of David only and especially during his time on the run, but nonetheless, these things…

Matthew 11:1-11 SURVIVING THE PRISON OF OUR DOUBTS Intro : This passage opens with John the Baptist, the forerunner of Jesus the Messiah, locked up and languishing in Herod’s prison house. John was in prison because of his preaching. Herod Antipas, who was king of a fourth part of the Roman province…

We are doing a series on Sundays I called Facing Your Giants . So far we have looked at giants like: Fear... Guilt and Shame... Lack of Integrity... and today we will Face the Giant of Temptation. I think we all understand temptation to some degree. There was a little boy in a grocery store standing…

Introduction Sermon Series: Doormat Christianity - We struggle with feeling like others are walking all over us as Christians There is a great scene in the first Spider Man movie, where Peter Parker is first grappling with obtaining his powers. He is in the cafeteria and ends up enraging the school bully.…

8 And when he had taken the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb, each holding a harp, and golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints. 9 And they sang a new song, saying, “Worthy are you to take the scroll and to open its seals,…

8 Be alert and of sober mind. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour. 9 Resist him, standing firm in the faith, because you know that the family of believers throughout the world is undergoing the same kind of sufferings. The devil or his demons are always…

I have made the statement over this past year that “I would rather take a decade of 2020 over six months of 2019”. I’m not saying that the difficulties we as a family went through were more or less difficult than what God may be allowing you to go through What I am saying is that life brings struggles,…

We are in the middle of a crazy time. I know I say this every week, but we are. We have the Corona Virus, which has caused our leaders to shut down the economy causing millions to be without jobs. Then you have the politicizing of the virus and the treatments of it. The president mentioned that Hydroxychloraquine…

We do not lose heart Ever feel discouraged or disheartened? It is easy to get like that when we go through face tough things. Paul had lot’s of reasons to lose heart, but did not, so let’s take some time and look today at how not to lose heart or being discouraged. Paul’s statement regarding losing heart…

In 1854, 17 year old Dwight Lyman Moody moved to Boston looking for work. His family was poor, since his father died and his mother was caring for 9 children. He was desperate for better living conditions, so his mother sent him away. He moved to Boston to work as a salesman for his uncle in the family…

You Shall Defeat Them as One Man We are nearing Christmas, it is just 10-days away. The time we celebrate the coming of our Lord in the flesh to save us from our sins. During this Advent season we have been reminded that the first Christmas wasn’t the first time our Lord revealed Himself to His people…

When we let God fight for us…

Distance can increase anxiety, but faithfulness brings joy.