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The specific sin which often prevents us from living according to faith is our love for the world. Warn the hearers against the mixed or double loyalty that would cause them to shrink back and be destroyed (10:39). Remind them of the eternal inheritance and assure them of God’s faithfulness. Encourage…

Getting Attention Question: What are examples of a mindset? (positive, pessimistic, etc.) How would you complete this sentence: An anxious mindset describes someone who __________. Thriving Light Principle: Thriving in stressful times requires the knowledge , application , and practice of God’s Word.…

Getting Attention Question: What are examples of a mindset? (positive, pessimistic, etc.) How would you complete this sentence: An anxious mindset describes someone who __________. Thriving Light Principle: Thriving in stressful times requires the knowledge , application , and practice of God’s Word.…

Intro: What I want to look at today is not so much the aspects of the kingdom that are here and now and in us, but I want us to look at the kingdom that will be here soon. If Jesus said it's soon, then I'm allowed to say it's soon. I want to talk about Christian hope. I want to lift our eyes to what's…

(THANKFUL WORSHIP VIDEO) 1 Thessalonians 5:18 give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you. In just a few weeks we will be celebrating Thanksgiving. How can you be thankful in tough times? When the economy is not good. When things aren't going your way. How can…

Intro: My love for my Pampaw was fierce and when he died my faith was weak and I walked away from any faith I had left in me. (I won’t allow the same for my grands) If you have your Bibles, we want to look at Exodus, chapter 20. Even if you don't have a background in church, I think as we begin to read…

Intro: Good morning. If you have your Bibles, go ahead and grab those. John, chapter 4. We're going to look at the first 26 verses of this chapter in the gospel of John. You ever notice how great Jesus looks in all the pictures that you see of him? Like, you never see the grimy, beat up by the world…

Last we began our series on “Thankful in Everything” We are taking the rest of November and looking at the four keys to surviving stress which leads to one being thankful in everything. They're very simple to say, they're a lot more difficult to apply. And last week we looked at Step One. Step One: Worry…

Rejoice - Pray & Praise As we continue to go through this unsettled time together, we can go to the word of God to find encouragement for these difficult days. The Word of God is where we find hope in the most hopeless of situations. It is where we go to find what God has to say to us this morning. Paul…

Introduction: It’s been a busy, busy week with preparing for this service and with work and while trying to get everything ready for college. I kept going back and forth on where I wanted to go. Last year I took a day off from school and went to visit TBI’s campus. I just wasn’t for sure if that was…

Don't Worry - Seek the Kingdom! How can peace overcome our worry? · Our lives individually? · Our life together as a church? · We all have a natural tendency toward worry. My grandmother was known as a natural worrier coming up a cloud stories Guess I come by my tendency to worry honestly I did not think…

Review • Cooking • Fishing • Feasts • Money Parable of the Sower & the Seed 3 PARTS: 1. The Parable itself 2. Explanation of the Style 3. Explanation of the Parable Many refer to this parable as the parable of the soils because it is not really about the sower or the seed - it's really about the different…

When I did youth ministry, we would take kids to Chuck E Cheese. They had a game called Whack-a-mole. In WAM, moles pop up out of holes and you have to hammer them back down. But as soon as you slam one, another pops up. And on and on it goes. The thing about this game and the reason it’s just evil,…

13 Look here, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we are going to a certain town and will stay there a year. We will do business there and make a profit.” 14 How do you know what your life will be like tomorrow? Your life is like the morning fog—it’s here a little while, then it’s gone. 15 What you ought…

Passage: Matthew 6:25-34 Introduction: One of Henry Ward Beecher’s favorite stories was about a young man who was applying for a job in a New England factory. Asking for the owner, he found himself in the presence of a nervous, fidgety man who looked hopelessly dyspeptic. “The only vacancy here,” he…

INTRODUCTION Let’s turn together in our Bibles to the gospel of Matthew. Matthew chapter 6. & we’re gonna read verses 25-34. Matthew 6:25-34 . & when you find that in your Bible pls stand for the reading of God’s Word. The title of today’s teaching is: The King’s Cure for Worry In Matthew 6:25 , Jesus…

“He Is” - the arms that carry us our Burden-bearer the Restorer of Justice Oldest & First prophetic book - not much known about Amos - layman - not a prophet as a “job” - livestock farmer by trade Mainly the northern kingdom but Judah is mentioned a few times, too. Rich vs. poor; self-righteous, self-centered…

Intro And he told them a parable, saying, “The land of a rich man produced plentifully, and he thought to himself, ‘What shall I do, for I have nowhere to store my crops?’ And he said, ‘I will do this: I will tear down my barns and build larger ones, and there I will store all my grain and my goods.…

Over the last few weeks, we have looked at God’s promises… We looked at his promises about giving. Then we looked at God's promises of heaven, and then we looked at God's promises of His Spirit, the Holy Spirit last week. Today, I want us to look at God's promises about your future. Now, you ought to…

Whats so Good about Good Friday? Message 2 The Healing Power of the Cross Me: This man needs a doctor. i. Would be extremely crude by our standards today ii. The bible says little about this subject iii. Miraculous healings were different story i. We have many accounts ii. One of my favorites i. I’ve…

The Gospel of John records the words written above the cross on which Jesus died. It read: “Jesus of Nazareth, the King of the Jews.” Many of the Jews read this sign…but the chief Priests protested to Pilate: “Do not write “the King of the Jews, but that this man claimed to be king of the Jews.” Pilate…

God's Promises About Giving Today we're going to begin a new series for the summer that I'm very excited about. I want to begin by telling you that the words, promise and promises, are actually used over a thousand times, in different English translations of the Scripture. One scholar did a study. He…

“How much is enough?” Much of humanity is suffering with problematic preoccupations. That is to say that the vast majority of us have misunderstood life to be about getting rich. But it is entirely possible to be rich in this world and not rich toward God. Think about it, by and large everybody is trying…

Joy is mentioned 8 times in the Christmas Story It’s Christmas time and we want to look at the choices that create joy in your life but do it from the Christmas story tonight. Everyone has Christmas on their minds right now, especially the stores which seem to be doing well… at least by my observation.…