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Today, Marks the Sunday before Thanksgiving. What do you think I am going to talk about today? Any guesses? >>>> Thankfulness. I realize that holidays can become a cliche. But at the same time - they don’t have to be. They also can be used as quick - Spiritual check ups. ILLUSTRATION: Many of us as we…

Intro On this Thanksgiving weekend... With the images and stories of Southwest’s long involvement with Guatemala perhaps bringing up memories and experiences, or for those of us who have arrived here more recently, stirring curiosity and a better understanding of the history of this community.... In…

24 He put another parable before them, saying, “The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a man who sowed good seed in his field, 25 but while his men were sleeping, his enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat and went away. 26 So when the plants came up and bore grain, then the weeds appeared also.…

Everyday With Jesus Praise the Lord, God our Savior, who helps us every day. Selah Confession of Faith I am not moved by what I see or by what I feel. I am moved by what I believe. I believe the WORD of God! The victory is mine! I have it now! I can see it through the eyes of my faith! INTRODUCTION:…

And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “Behold, the dwelling place of God is with man. He will dwell with them, and they will be his people, and God himself will be with them as their God. Thesis/ Central Idea: Man is created to be with God in a relationship entered into by faith, expressed…

25 And whenever you stand praying, forgive, if you have anything against anyone, so that your Father also who is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses.” Introduction: How do we apply forgiveness? What does it look like in our lives? How should it operate? Thesis: God’s forgiveness of believers’ sins…

8 If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. 9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 10 If we say we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us. Central Idea/ Thesis: God…

15 but in your hearts honor Christ the Lord as holy, always being prepared to make a defense to anyone who asks you for a reason for the hope that is in you; yet do it with gentleness and respect, Thesis: Everyday Christians are ready to give an answer to the Hope that lies in them. Introduction: 2021…

First Things First As we come to the end of Matthew we find what is appropriately called the Great Commission; Context: Jesus has ministered for 3 to 3 1/2 years, He called 12 men to follow Him (including the one who betrayed Him), He has been challenged, arrested, tried, convicted, scourged, crucified,…

46 While he was still speaking to the people, behold, his mother and his brothers stood outside, asking to speak to him. 48 But he replied to the man who told him, “Who is my mother, and who are my brothers?” 49 And stretching out his hand toward his disciples, he said, “Here are my mother and my brothers!…

7 The path of the righteous is level; you make level the way of the righteous. 8 In the path of your judgments, O Lord , we wait for you; your name and remembrance are the desire of our soul. 9 My soul yearns for you in the night; my spirit within me earnestly seeks you. For when your judgments are in…

Big Idea of the Message: Our use of technology can be a witness to our faith. Questions People are full of questions - what are we eating, when are we going to be done, do I have to go, why do you do that every time and the list could continue endlessly; The through a two year old into the mix and you…

First Things First As we come to the end of Matthew we find what is appropriately called the Great Commission; Context: Jesus has ministered for 3 to 3 1/2 years, He called 12 men to follow Him (including the one who betrayed Him), He has been challenged, arrested, tried, convicted, scourged, crucified,…

My Confidence is in the Lord 1 The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The Lord is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid? 2 When the wicked, even mine enemies and my foes, came upon me to eat up my flesh, They stumbled and fell. 3 Though an host should encamp against me,…

34 And calling the crowd to him with his disciples, he said to them, “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. 35 For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake and the gospel’s will save it. 36 For what does it profit…

The Bible describes characteristics of what it means to be set free in Christ; how does this freedom shape our everyday life?

9 After this I looked, and behold, a great multitude that no one could number, from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, with palm branches in their hands, 10 and crying out with a loud voice, “Salvation belongs…

21 For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. Introduction: Thesis/ Central Idea: Treasure has at best only short-term benefit but can bring spiritual dangers. Spiritual treasure is of eternal value and comes from knowing and serving God. The limitations of accumulated treasure It is…

1 You then, my child, be strengthened by the grace that is in Christ Jesus, 2 and what you have heard from me in the presence of many witnesses entrust to faithful men, who will be able to teach others also. 3 Share in suffering as a good soldier of Christ Jesus. 4 No soldier gets entangled in civilian…

11 If the serpent bites before it is charmed, there is no advantage to the charmer. 12 The words of a wise man’s mouth win him favor, but the lips of a fool consume him. 13 The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness, and the end of his talk is evil madness. 14 A fool multiplies words, though…

1 You then, my child, be strengthened by the grace that is in Christ Jesus, 2 and what you have heard from me in the presence of many witnesses entrust to faithful men, who will be able to teach others also. 3 Share in suffering as a good soldier of Christ Jesus. 4 No soldier gets entangled in civilian…

Sometimes we try so hard to make Christmas feel special that forget the ways in which Christmas is also ordinary; God did something special when Jesus was born at Christmas, but it came into an ordinary world in an ordinary way.

Introduction Good Morning, We will be in 1 Peter 4:7-11 this morning. Stewardship is one of the great principles of the New Testament that is all over the place, yet we so often and so quickly seem to forget it. When you hear stewardship your mind probably jumps to money or finances.Which is certainly…

Joseph and Mary were given an assignment by God. God told Mary… And the angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God. And behold, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus. He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most…

1 Long ago, at many times and in many ways, God spoke to our fathers by the prophets, 2 but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed the heir of all things, through whom also he created the world. 3 He is the radiance of the glory of God and the exact imprint of his nature,…