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The bible definitely makes a differentiation between the non-believer and the believer..between the non-believer and the unfaithful or faithless. 1 My son, keep my words, And lay up my commandments with thee. 2 Keep my commandments, and live; And my law as the apple of thine eye. 3 Bind them upon thy…

Jealousy - Good? Bad? 14 But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your heart, do not be arrogant and so lie against the truth. 16 For where jealousy and selfish ambition exist, there is disorder and every evil thing. What is jealousy? A greedy or prideful longing for something that belongs…

Intro Have you ever been exiled? Maybe you were exiled from a classroom for misbehaving? (I have) Maybe you were at odds with your spouse and you were exiled to the couch? Perhaps you were exiled by people at work, they excluded you from a group of colleagues? Perhaps you were exiled from society and…

Rebellion of the Gods (Section Review & Discussion) Read Supernatural, chapters 3–4. Read and prepare to discuss Genesis 1–3 ; 6:1–8 . The Big Picture In chapters 3–4 of Supernatural, we learned about God’s original home, the garden of Eden. The garden was a place of God’s physical presence, a locatable…

Temptation is like getting hooked by a fishing lure John Ortberg said that temptation is like getting hooked by a fishing lure. To illustrate, he told this story: Recently my wife and I went fly-fishing for the first time. Our guides told us that "to catch a fish you have to think like a fish." They…

Intro We will follow our usual pattern of working our way through the passage. There are two main pictures here, the scene on the boat, and the scene between Jesus & Peter. Then there’s the closing verse to finish the book off! Jesus Brings Fruitfulness A Picture of Ministry As per usual in the book…

Reflections on Psalm 78 We are going to spend a few weeks on Psalm 78 , the second-longest Psalm in the Bible. In case you don’t know, Psalm 119 is the longest Psalm, with 22 sections of about 8 verses each, making 176 verses. Each of those sections is in alphabetical order, with every line in the section…

In our introduction to the series of worship you will see: Worship is a part of your make-up as a person ( Genesis 1:26-27 ) How the God of the Bible views worship as a priority ( Exodus 20:3-6 , Isaiah 42:8 ) How your view of God affects your worship ( Isaiah 6:1-5 ) How the previous 3 considerations…

Intro - My testimony of seeing a vision of my sins falling to my side. I went through the temptations of my teenage years, the learning and failures of my twenties, the struggle of my 30s with testimonies in each one. On this side of 40 and almost 50 I recognize that the an essential element of faith…

Here we are at the first Sunday in the New Year of 2022. And often we pledge to make a new start to have a better and more fulfilling life than what we had this past year. And there is nothing wrong in desiring that. But the difference in desire and obtaining a more fulfilling life depends on what we…

Please open with me to the Old Testament book of Nahum. If you have a hard time looking for it, it's just before the book of Habakkuk that we studied not too long ago, nestled between that and Micah. We're working through books of the Bible in our Sunday Services, and we typically alternate by going…

Exegetical Point: Homiletic Point: Intro Tola & Jair Deborah & Barak raised our eye-brows, Gideon made us shake our heads, Abimilek made us feel sick, so what’s next? What awful chapter will follow? Thankfully we have A little reprieve - an opportunity to catch our breath. Two Judges that seem insignificant…

Worry Warts Series Luke 12:22-31 Wasting Time on Worry- I Couldn't Care Less Luke 12:32-34 Faith over Fear- Takin' Care of Business Luke 12:13-21 Worrying about Wealth....... see Psalm 39.6 and Prov 15:16 - Don't Worry Be Happy Luke 12:8-12 Worrying About My Witness- Without A Care In The World 8 “And…

Peace is the fourth theme of our Advent series from the Christian Women Conection Christ’s Birthday Observance. Christmas Together is the over-all theme of the Christ’s Birthday Observance for 2021. It is a theme that calls us all together, asking us not to be separated by the things that the world thinks…

Balancing Love and Truth John was committed to the truth, there is no doubt about that. From the beginning we see him as a spiritually aware man who sought to know and follow the truth. When we first encounter John, both he and Andrew are disciples of John the Baptist. But like Andrew, John without hesitation…

Mountains and Valleys Penetrating into Canaan and establishing itself as an independent state didn’t solve the problem of cosmic geography for Israel. If anything, it sharpened the conflict. Not only was Israel surrounded by hostile nations and their gods, but there were also pockets of supernatural…

Introduction We are in a study of the book of James Sometimes as I read James, think he may have been a little ADHD. He changes subjects often and it appears that there is no rhyme or reason to his letter. Yet if you look closer you will see that he has a line of thought. In Chapter 2, he is describing…

Review: Last week we looked at the passage in Isaiah that we are all familiar with this Christmas time. We focused on the beginning verses that were promises foretold by the prophet Isaiah about the great hope of Israel- the Messiah. This messiah was promised to come and bring blessing to his people…

Introduction Why do we care about this group? estimated that 900,000 JW’s spend 10hrs/month going door to door in the US while another 100,000 pioneers devote 100 hrs/month. Very active group that is much bigger than it appears Multiple congregations fill one of those Kingdom Halls so what appears as…

summary The major focus of Rev 19:1-10 is the marriage supper of the Lamb (vv. 6-10). This meal, a celebration of the victory over the Beast and his followers, is the climax of an ancient Old Testament motif: the “meal with God” or communal meal in God’s house where the Lord is present with his people.…

When God is going to work, MOST often... He uses His people He prepares His people AND… His people should be in a state of preparedness to be used by God! As we observe the early church today in our passage, we will take note of several things that prepared them to be used by God for an amazing work…

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…

Call to Worship: Isaiah 53:10-54:7 Scripture Reading: Luke 1:26-38 , 46-56 Benediction: Jude 23-24 Announcements: Security System installed Livestream staying and live Covenant Renewal Church Picnic - July 17th Joint Service - Aug 28 Today: SWF, Communion, Potluck Call to Worship: Isaiah 53:10-54:7 To…

As I was growing up my dad was a strong man. As a fireman, he worked out with weights and he also spent a good deal of his life at the French Riviera Spa ( a local gym in the 70-80s). He told me a story one time when he was working out at the gym and a guy near him torn his bicep muscle working out.…

A Place of Provision (3-31-19) Hebrews 9:1-7 1 Now even the first covenant had regulations of divine worship and the earthly sanctuary. 2 For there was a tabernacle prepared, the outer one, in which were the lampstand and the table and the sacred bread; this is called the holy place. 3 Behind the second…