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Intro: Today we continue on our journey as we look at the seven cities and the seven churches that all received letters from Christ. Background The city’s name means “continual sacrifice” South East of Pergamum Founded as a military buffer city or watch tower on the road from the east heading towards…

Lent experiences? Lent is a period of 40 days, excluding Sundays between Ash Wednesday and Easter Represents Jesus’ time in the wilderness Supposed to be a fasting period Lexham Bible Dictionary defines fasting as A ritual of abstaining from food and/or drink for a predetermined period; Biblical basis…

Scripture Reading: Daniel 6:20-23 . Title of Message: God is Faithful “God is faithful!” Silas’s Accident Praying for your spiritual refreshment this week Pastor and for satan to be subdued. It must be important if all of these distractions have occurred already. - Jon Griffeth “God is faithful!” Deuteronomy…

The Resurrection of Jesus Christ Matthew 28:1-20

Cosmic Geography Last week we looked at YHWH’s disinheritance of the nations. This was the theological lens through which an ancient Israelite viewed her own nation with respect to all others, and her elohim YHWH, against the gods of the nations. By definition YHWH was superior he was Most High… the…

Last week we began a series called Prayer that Works. We looked Elijah’s prayer and how we can pray like a righteous man. Today we are going to look at the prayer of Daniel. How many of you pray a prayer and then you feel like giving up? Supposedly this is a true story. There was a Welsh Woman who lived…

There are a number of things that can hinder God healing me. These include my lack of faith, my lack of repentance, and the presence of sin in my life. All of these can invite the enemy to have a foothold in my life. Today we talk about what could be hindering your healing as we delve into deliverance.

Welcome... Introduce self... Pray... Heavenly Father, thank you for another day in which we can freely gather and worship you. Reveal yourself to our hearts. Give me grace as I preach your word and teach us all through the power of your Holy Spirit. In Jesus’ name, Amen. Then Amalek came and fought with…

Intro Frankly, I don’t know where to start with this passage today. It has been the hardest passage to deal with for preaching, not because the content is so obscure or confusing, but because it seems so irrelevant and unimportant to us here today in 2021. Why do we care about all these details of ancient…

Intro Ready to have you mind blown? I know for some of you what you will hear this morning will be new and weird and wonderful. It will open up you eyes to read the scripture in a way that you’ve never appreciated before. Some of you will think it’s crazy, and I can live with that. Some of our English…

Tough as Nails Today we are starting a new series we are calling “Unbreakable”. In this series we are going to look at the first few chapters of the book of Daniel. For several weeks now, God has been putting Daniel on my mind. Specifically this early part of his life. As I was preparing for this series…

Revelation 2:18 (ESV) 18 “And to the angel of the church in Thyatira write: Thyatira, the smallest of the seven cities but one that receives the longest of the seven messages. It was about forty miles southeast of Pergamum Pagan worship was associated with trade guilds in that each guild had its guardian…

Read Revelation 1:12-20 What happens to John next? 17 When I saw him, I fell at his feet as though dead. But he laid his right hand on me, saying, “Fear not, I am the first and the last, Fell at his feet as dead: 7 And I, Daniel, alone saw the vision, for the men who were with me did not see the vision,…

Setting the stage: 9 I, John, your brother and partner in the tribulation and the kingdom and the patient endurance that are in Jesus, was on the island called Patmos on account of the word of God and the testimony of Jesus. Fellow partaker in tribulation? Kingdom? and Patience/Perseverance? The three…

Introduction Last week we saw the prelude to Daniel’s last vision. In that prelude, Daniel was blessed with a vision of the pre-incarnate Christ. Then he was ministered to by an angel. We got a glimpse into the reality of Spiritual warfare. We saw that the prayers of the saints have effects in the physical…

Introduction Daniel has one more vision to tell us about. The content of his final vision is found in chapters 11 and 12 . Chapter 10 is a prelude to that vision. Chapter 10 is very important though as it gives us a unique glimpse into the relationship of prayer and Spiritual Warfare . Much of what the…

Daniel 10:10-21 Demonic Resistance Prince of Persia Prince of Greece Daniel is provided Spiritual insight into the Heavenly Spiritual Battle and into some of its implications on Earth Jude 8-10 A humble attitude about Demonic & Spiritual Warfare Eph 6:10-20 Battling Correctly A. The enemy (6:11b–12):…

History Lesson Chapter 10 of Daniel introduces the final vision of Daniel. It is important to pay attention to context. It is a prophesy, a specific prophesy as it will impact specific people. 14 “Now I have come to give you an understanding of what will happen to your people in the latter days, for…

Palm Sunday Foretold by the Prophets 9 Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion! Shout in triumph, O daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your king is coming to you; He is just and endowed with salvation, Humble, and mounted on a donkey, Even on a colt, the foal of a donkey. 22 The stone which the builders rejected…

Where do we start? 10 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, And the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding. 10 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom; A good understanding have all those who do His commandments; His praise endures forever. What do we tend to fear? The unknown…

Breaking through an area of resistance in our lives. 20 So David came to Baal-perazim and defeated them there; and he said, “The Lord has broken through my enemies before me like the breakthrough of waters.” Therefore he named that place Baal-perazim. Webster’s dictionary tells us that breakthrough means…

In every crowd there seems to be one individual who stands out above the rest. This could be for a variety of reasons. It could be their personality. It could be their position. It could be their looks. It could be their ability. As we come to the end of the book of Daniel, I would like to take one final…

In Daniel chapter 10 we really come to the close of the book of Daniel because chapters 10 through 12 encompass the last vision given to Daniel and, with it, we see a conclusion of Daniel’s ministry. Now I am come to make thee understand what shall befall thy people in the latter days: for yet the vision…

Hope in the Waiting What's holding back God's answer you're looking for? But if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all generously and without reproach, and it will be given to him. Have you asked God for understanding and it hasn’t come yet? Has there ever been something you believed…

11:1–45 This section outlines the succession of kings during the transition period from Persian dominance to Greek dominance—represented by the third and fourth beasts of Dan 7, and the ram and goat in ch. 8. The struggle for control of Palestine between the rival Hellenistic Greek kingdoms of the Ptolemies…