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Illustration: Don't Let The Devil Hang A Nail On Your Door! A Haitian pastor illustrated to his congregation the need for total commitment to Christ by sharing this parable: A certain man wanted to sell his house for $2,000. Another man wanted very badly to buy it, but because he was poor, he couldn't…

As they passed by in the morning, they saw the fig tree withered away to its roots. And Peter remembered and said to him, “Rabbi, look! The fig tree that you cursed has withered.” And Jesus answered them, “Have faith in God. Truly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, ‘Be taken up and thrown…

Jesus notices empty worship The disciples wanted other believers to see them as superior. The Religious leaders wanted God to see them as superior to congregation God’s people wanted to God to exalt them over other people. Bartimaeus only want to see Jesus and Follow him. The rich young ruler want to…

Me We God 15 He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation. 16 For by him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all things were created through him and for him. 17 And he is before all things,…

1 Corinthians 1:1–9 1 Paul , called to be an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and Sosthenes our brother, 2 unto the church of God which is at Corinth, to them that are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, with all that in every place call upon the name of Jesus Christ our…

Big Idea - There is so much that divides us - but gratitude can unite us. The early church understood the place of Gratitude in Worship . Communion is the great unifier . 44 And all the believers met together in one place and shared everything they had. 45 They sold their property and possessions and…

We still looking at the Disciples Cross as an illustration to help us remember the important points surrounding discipleship. And we’ll be looking at it for the next few weeks to come. This is the Disciple’s Cross. The center of a Disciple’s life is Jesus. He must be our number 1 priority. We won’t be…

Welcome! Turn with me to Matthew 13 . We are going to be looking at this chapter today. Matthew 13 gives us an interesting concept taught my Jesus… that I think we often miss… You see, we often break it apart… looking just at the parables individually… Honestly… How many of you have read it as one section,…

Let’s go verbing! Faith is a noun, complete trust or confidence in someone or something. strong belief in God or in the doctrines of a religion, based on spiritual apprehension rather than proof. But, let’s take faith and put it into action. That is what you see tonight a progression of faith. Open your…

Opening Prayer Heavenly Father, we come before you today with grateful spirits and humble hearts. We thank you for your grace and mercy, for your love and faithfulness, for your word and your spirit. We ask you to open our eyes and ears, our minds and hearts, to receive your truth and to worship you…

We are continuing our series this morning Titled Waiting on God - Patience while waiting for the promise. Waiting on God to act or trusting His promises can be challenging. Sometimes we feel the need to take matters into our own hands, but the Bible shows us this doesn’t work out well. During this series…

Lord’s Prayer, components - Matthew 6 or Luke 11 FAITHFULNESS Talking “faithfulness” represents our relationship to the LORD Prayer is a key element to that relationship Prayer affects us and others The effectiveness to which we pray in faith-demonstrates to God and to ourselves the level of our faithfulness…

Intro: It’s hard enough in life today to live by faith, having the complete Bible to guide our lives in hope. Can you imagine “Dying In Faith” , without having ever having seen the promises of God fulfilled. That’s what Abraham and others in the hall of faith did. They lived trusting in God to keep his…

Abraham: Following In The Footsteps Of Faith Sermon #9 Genesis 15:7-21 Intro : The description of faith is found in Hebrews 11.1 1 Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. The definition of faith is found in Hebrews 12.2 2 Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher…

INTRODUCTION We are concluding our November sermon series of Staying Strong in the Lord with “Finding Strength in God’s Promises”. Just it give you can idea of the “promises” of God mentioned in the Bible. Here are 25 of 7,000 Finding strength in God's promises can be a somethings be a difficult task…

67 And his father Zechariah was filled with the Holy Spirit and prophesied, saying, 68 “Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, for he has visited and redeemed his people 69 and has raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David, 70 as he spoke by the mouth of his holy prophets from…

Scene 1/ Abraham’s life is a study in contrasts . We see both Great Risk & Great Reward. Abraham took a great risk in leaving his homeland. A man was identified in the ancient world as a member of his father’s household. When the head of the household died, his heir assumed that title and its responsibilities.…

Esther 2:1–18 (CSB) 1 Some time later, when King Ahasuerus’s rage had cooled down, he remembered Vashti, what she had done, and what was decided against her. 2 The king’s personal attendants suggested, “Let a search be made for beautiful young virgins for the king. 3 Let the king appoint commissioners…

God is Faithful 1 Corinthians 1:4–9 (ESV) 4 I give thanks to my God always for you because of the grace of God that was given you in Christ Jesus , 5 that in every way you w ere enriched in him in all speech and all knowledge — 6 even as the testimony about Christ was confirmed among you— 7 so that you…

As a believer in Jesus Christ are there things or circumstances that come up in your life that ever catch you off guard? Of course there is. Life and pain can so often catch us off guard. When we are left to our own thinking doubts and questions can often come up when life gets crazy and out of control.…

1 For you yourselves know, brothers, that our coming to you was not in vain. 2 But though we had already suffered and been shamefully treated at Philippi, as you know, we had boldness in our God to declare to you the gospel of God in the midst of much conflict. 3 For our appeal does not spring from error…

14 But this I confess to you, that according to the Way which they call a sect, so I worship the God of my fathers, believing all things which are written in the Law and in the Prophets. 15 I have hope in God, which they themselves also accept, that there will be a resurrection of the dead, both of the…

God’s Love Lives in Me # 14 1 John 4: 11-16 There can be no doubt that Jesus loved us. His great love was proven as He bore our sin and endured the judgment we deserved as He hung on the cross. He commands us in these verses to love one another as He has loved us. Our love for one another defines us…

Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see. Our Faith can be challenged and tested by the circumstances of life Our Confidence and Assurance can be eroded Paul’s experience we spoke about last week is an example of that He said… 1 Corinthians 1:8 8 We do not want…