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But God Ephesians 2:1-10 Continuing in our study of Ephesians where we are discovering God’s grace in the church. Today we are moving into Chapter 2. Another paragraph made of 2 long sentences. Having described our spiritual possessions in Christ in chapter one, Paul turns to a complementary truth: our…

4 But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, 5 even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved— 6 and raised us up with him and seated us with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, In the Progress Magazine…

As we read the bible, we have this wonderful opportunity to learn about God, and to learn about ourselves. This week we are heading into our second week of studying the book of Ephesians - and as we discussed last week - the first half of this book essentially discusses who WE are in Christ. We are continuing…

33 But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you. You hear the Kingdom of God or the Kingdom of Heaven talked about. Do you know what it is? Can you define it? Do you know what the Bible says about it? It was is a popular topic in the New Testament.…

Introduce self... Pray... Heavenly father, I praise you that you are great. I praise you that you were before all things and that by you all things hold together. Thank you for coming down from heaven in likeness of sinful men, to make a way for rebels like me to return to you. I confess that I fall…

Good morning and welcome to Dishman Baptist Church. Please turn in your Bibles with me to Ephesians 2 , Ephesians 2 . Oh what a dark picture has been painted for us. Paul, after describing the glorious station of Christ at the end of chapter 1, has immediately contrasted His station with the condition…

(S1) SERIES—When God Intervenes—2 words that change everything — No matter what your going through, how you feel about your self, your life, or your circumstances...There is always a BUT God Last week—Jacob— BUT GOD has seen my hardship —Undeserving Today—One who is most deserving... SHEPHERD: confident,…

We are all striving for something. I believe this is a lyric of a song but I am not certain. Basic needs: power/achievement, freedom/independence, fun/enjoyment, survival, and belonging. These are some of our basic needs and sometimes they compete with one another. Sometimes we want what we need. Sometimes…

Intro In December 1914, 5 months into the First World War there was as one day truce along certain parts of the western front on Christmas Day. The reports state that from one trench on the British side they were singing Christmas carols, and on the German side they were also singing Christmas carols.…

(S1) Singing a song—How well do you pay attention to the words? Rock N’Roll Days Words of the Psalms are songs of the heart—They come from most intimate, conflicted, trying, thoughtful, delicate, deep places of the human spirit. In them, one can hear the rolling unpredictable seas of human emotion, along…

Nehemiah 6:15–19 (KJV 1900) 15 So the wall was finished in the twenty and fifth day of the month Elul, in fifty and two days. 16 And it came to pass, that when all our enemies heard thereof , and all the heathen that were about us saw these things , they were much cast down in their own eyes: for they…

The Goodness of God Before we get into the attribute we are going to look at today I want to start off with the beginning of an interaction Jesus has with the man known as the rich young ruler. I’m not going to explain the whole interaction, but I want this to be the beginning of our study this morning.…

How can a Good God Allow Evil?

Introduction: Last week Pastor Dan stood in this space and gave a very important message on the daily choice we make to Follow the Lord, and the blessings that come with that decision. Today we are continuing our verse by verse study in the Book of Romans, chapter 8, if you have a Bible please turn to…

God did not spare His Son Hope for a New Year Romans 8:28–32 (ESV) 28 And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose. 29 For those whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, in order that…

INTRODUCTION Perseverance Defined Steady persistence in adhering to a course of action, a belief, or a purpose. Review Barry’s lesson Experienced Failure Don’t live in the Past Keeping moving Take it one day at a time Cary’s Lesson on Up again Down Again Faith Show Slides Paul says “I press on toward…

The Word will take effect Faith comes by the word ( Rom10:17 ) and Paul is using the word to bring faith, the right faith to the Jewish brethren. Think back, or look back (9:1-5) what gifts has God given to Israel? Previously Paul has given, reminded his Brethren: Given gift of the Law Given Gift of…

O Lord , our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth! You have set your glory above the heavens. Out of the mouth of babies and infants, you have established strength because of your foes, to still the enemy and the avenger. When I look at your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and…

(S1) — SERIES — BUT GOD… —Adam/Eve: But God called out...Give ‘em a pass —Noah: But God remembered…flood Today, Jacob (elephant in the room)—If anyone doesn't deserve a BUT God… Rap Sheet —cheater, deceiver, trickster, grifter, liar, manipulator, con-artist, thief... Jacob was always looking out for…

(S1) Jesus’s came to shake things up—His entrance into the world, would disrupt the norm, turn humanities ways on its head—Change the order of things “30 But many who are the greatest now will be least important then, and those who seem least important now will be the greatest then.” In today’s gospel,…

Intro; Last week I told you that after all the blessings we receive in the Person of the Holy Spirit, that the last two messages we would look at would be warnings concerning Him. We spoke last Sunday morning about “Quench Not the Holy Spirit”. Paul warned the church at Thessalonica not to “quench” stifle,…

NOTE: This is a manuscript, and not a transcript of this message. The actual presentation of the message differed from the manuscript through the leading of the Holy Spirit. Therefore, it is possible, and even likely that there is material in this manuscript that was not included in the live presentation…

Grave clothes or Grace clothes?

Persecution Is Real 16 “Behold, I am sending you out as sheep in the midst of wolves, so be wise as serpents and innocent as doves. 17 Beware of men, for they will deliver you over to courts and flog you in their synagogues, 18 and you will be dragged before governors and kings for my sake, to bear witness…