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Good Morning! This morning I want to take sort of a before and after approach to today’s sermon, so I want to start with the before. But Saul was ravaging the church, and entering house after house, he dragged off men and women and committed them to prison. Now this is Saul in Acts Chapter 8 obviously,…

Introduction Happy Mother’s Day! Glad you guys are here this morning. We will be in Genesis 7 today. Here we get the details to one of the most famous stories in the Old Testament. The flood. Nothing says mom like a global flood to cleans all the laundry! This is where Tide detergent get’s it’s name.…

If we are genuinely following Jesus, we have to change how we work. Find out what it looks like to work with integrity as we look together at Ephesians 6:5-9.

Dilligently seeking God through his word will establish a gaurd on our heart needed to withstand temptaion when it comes.

In our sermon today we begin chapter 4. Today Paul reminds us to pass on our faith and to be dilligent in our study, becoming men and women who are prepared to spread the Gospel.

A powerful song was recorded and sung a number of years ago by Steve Green and contains these word: "God and God alone is fit to take the universe's throne. Let everything that lives reserve its truest praise for God and God alone." The Grace United crew deals with this very thing in Deuteronomy 6.1-9. Moses reminds the people, "You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart . . ." Start 2022 off right, giving a listen so you reserve your truest praise for God and God alone.

13 Now there was no bread in all the land; for the famine was very severe, so that the land of Egypt and the land of Canaan languished because of the famine. 14 And Joseph gathered up all the money that was found in the land of Egypt and in the land of Canaan, for the grain which they bought; and Joseph…

9 - 12 display dilligence dont be lazy diplay patience 13-20 - (Gen 22) Issac - Called to kill Issac God promises blessing and numerous offspring ( Rom 4 ) Imitate this kind of faith in a God that makes the impossible possible Is he who is all powerful have us defeated by fear? Looking to God rather…

The purpose of this paragraph is to show Peter’s readers that the spiritual blessings they now have are greater than anything that was envisaged by Old Testament prophets or even by angels. Thus Peter seeks to increase his readers’ appreciation for their great salvation in Christ.

Introduction As we near the end of Jesus’ sermon we see the potential for pride if it is misapplied Last week – pride of judgmentalness This week – pride of self-reliance From Adam and Eve in the garden to today, mankind longs to see himself standing in God’s place This is even seen in our “righteousness”…

INTRODUCTION GOOD MORING: A QUICK REVIEW OF WHAT WE HAVE DISCOVERED SO FAR IN THIS BEAUTIFUL AND POWERFUL LETTER FROM PAUL TO THE CHURCH OF EPHESUS. GOD THE FATHER CHOSE US GENTILE AND JEWS TO BE HIS CHILDREN BEFORE THE FOUNDATION OF THE WORLD. God the Father predestined us to be saved from sin, our…

Introduction: · “The Dating Game” – convincing a person to go on a date. · We’ve heard from “Lady foolishness” – this is now a passionate appeal from Lady Wisdom LET’S LOOK AT TWO THINGS THAT LADY WISDOM PROMISES, AND SEE IF WE CAN DECIDE WHETHER SHE’S WORTH COMMITTING TO. I) Lady Wisdom Promises the…

In order to get to this, there’s a few steps we take first. First, we accept this: My understanding isnt’ good enough At that time Jesus said, “I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and learned, and revealed them to little children. Yes, Father,…

26 And he said, “The kingdom of God is as if a man should scatter seed on the ground. 27 He sleeps and rises night and day, and the seed sprouts and grows; he knows not how. 28 The earth produces by itself, first the blade, then the ear, then the full grain in the ear. 29 But when the grain is ripe,…

INTRODUCTION: I- A COMMON SALVATION ( Jude 3 a ). 3 Dear friends, I had been eagerly planning to write to you about the salvation we all share. But now I find that I must write about something else, urging you to defend the faith that God has entrusted once for all time to his holy people. A- A common…

Prelude/Processional Opening Prayer Our heavenly Father, we are glad that we can pause at the beginning of Tommy’s memorial service to breathe to you a prayer for strength and guidance. We consider our acts today to be acts of worship, for in them we express our simple faith and trust in you. We ask…

15 See then that you walk circumspectly, not as fools but as wise, 16 redeeming the time, because the days are evil. 17 Therefore do not be unwise, but understand what the will of the Lord is . 18 And do not be drunk with wine, in which is dissipation; but be filled with the Spirit, 19 speaking to one…

1 Corinthians 15:58 1 Corinthians 15:58 Context: From v51-57 , the “mystery” that Paul speaks of in this verse is the change that takes place at the second coming of Christ At this time, some Christians will have never died, and others will have died, but that the bodies of both will be changed. “Behold!…

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Intro Missing painting William Rudolf Hurst This to me spoke powerfully of so many christiuans. Christians who are lkooking for peace, that they already have in Christ. 27 Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither…

TEXT: 4:7-11 INTRODUCTION One of the most meaningful, moving and motivating words of hope in this world of hurt is the word Peter shares in our text. The word is Jesus is coming. To a people who are being: · Pounded by their problems · Bombarded by their burdens · Hounded by their hardships · Sabotaged…

Intro On earth as it is in heaven. How many times has that phrase been spoken in your life time? Have we ever stopped to really think about that that means? There is a reason the Lord’s prayer moves from our Father’s name to asking for God’s kingdom to come to earth. When we are His children we should…

God calls us to be dilligent and disciplined in our relationship with him therefore be dilligent in the way you do quiet time

Depression, despair, distraction, darkness, doubt, disbelief, discouragement, - bring us down.. doubt leads to discouragement, which leads to distraction which leads to a lack of dilligence, which leads to disobidence which leads to disbelief. I have a pretty stressful job… as of lately it seems like…