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Message given Christmas Eve concerning God overcoming our inadequacy and not feeling as if we are good enough. Merry Christmas!

I read the story about a dad who came to visit his daughter and her family and met them at Chick-fil-a for lunch as he came into town. After eating they decided to do some shopping and he decided to buy them a gas grill they had been wanting. But upon arriving back to her car they quickly discovered…

Intro: Expectations can make like hard or they can make life peaceful! When expectations are unrealistic it can make life seem impossible. 1. Jesus said He would build His Church 18 And I also say to you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build My church, and the gates of Hades shall not prevail…

Ephesians 5:1–5 Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children; and walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savour. But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not be once named amongst you,…

Grievance of the Spirit: Something in a Name Introduction There is something in the name that we give to others. It signifies who, what, and how we relate to them. We give others nicknames that we associate with them. Other times we use terms that are universal to call to someone. If we forget their…

During our Tuesday morning prayer, I encourage us to seek the moving of the Holy Spirit to impart to the Body a Word — something we need to hear. We have had many good Words to guide us, encourage us and challenge us. This past Tuesday morning Hector and Madeline Rivera were with us in prayer just before…

Introduction: What comes to your mind when I say the word “hostility”? Maybe you think of a hostile environment, like trying to build a home in a dessert away from infrastructure. Hostile. Maybe you think of the political duality in our country where democrats and republicans seem to not just balance…

Human Intervention Now Sarai, Abram’s wife, had borne him no children. She had a female Egyptian servant whose name was Hagar. Sarah had bore Abram nor children This is not new information, we found out about her barrenness when we first met her in Gen 11:30 . This information is for context. We also…

Introduction We have reached the last of the seven churches in the book of Revelation. If you remember we talked about the number seven representing completeness. Meaning that these churches can and will represent any church in any generation. Many commentators, scholars, and preachers believe that the…

Introduction We are beginning a new series in which we will be traveling through the book of Esther. Women’s ministry is also going through the book of Esther with Beth Moore. I am going to encourage you not to tell me where I overlap with Beth or where I differentiate from her. I like Beth Moores teaching…

The Heart is Key Psalms 57:1-11 My heart is fixed, O God, my heart is fixed: I will sing and give praise. The heart is an organ that weighs about ten to twelve ounces, it weights about one third of 1% of your body’s weight. Yet it pumps through itself forty-five pounds of blood per minute, 2700 pounds…

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The prophet Jeremiah asked a question that anyone under the sound of my voice who has been seasoned by life has also asked: Why do the wicked prosper? Modern culture has added another question: Who are you to call something wicked? I want to assert that the church of the Lord Jesus Christ cannot kowtow…

Turn to and read Mark 2:1-12 . Pray. Once Christ’s ministry began, He never looked back and He never slowed down. But, no matter how “busy” He was, He was never in a hurry He was never overwhelmed; He never got frustrated; He was always calm and at peace. WOW! Although there is more that could be learned…

Our Scripture lesson this morning comes from Deuteronomy 8:7-20 : For the Lord your God is bringing you into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and springs, flowing out in the valleys and hills, a land of wheat and barley, of vines and fig trees and pomegranates, a land of olive trees…

God dispersed the people for their own good, then later He united the peoples out of His mercy.

Open your Bibles at Is 52 ( Rom 8 ) The myth of progress Do you believe in the myth of human progress? Some people believe that human ingenuity can solve the world’s problems. Mind you they have some substance to their beliefs in some areas if you look back through history… In the 1700’s most parents…

Introduction What is purpose? Directions or goals we personally set. What is our purpose in life? Is it to become the next millionaire? Is it to be a dedicated and devoted spouse? Is it to be a disciplined employee? Is it to be the best parent to your children that you can be? If we spend time, though,…

Introduction If you will I want you to picture a perfect garden where nothing was amiss. Where everything was in perfection. All was well and good. There was no bitter struggle for who would be the leader. All were submitted to God. Then a serpent crept in and destroyed this perfection with deception.…

The Lordship of Jesus fulfills prophecy and challenges our assumptions about politics and religion.

When we think about our life, spirituality, and our purpose it is quite easy for us to feel overwhelmed. · We all have dreams and ambitions that we will never achieve—and many of us are coming to terms with this realization. · We all have sins that seem to crush, suffocate, and overwhelm us. · We all…

No one likes to have their life rerouted in directions that appear to be wasted; Jesus shows us that God uses these waiting times for his purposes.

1 Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, 2 looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him…

Who was John Huss and what got him killed by the Roman Catholic Church? Join Pastor Steve as he looks at the man and his ministry that led to the Protestant Reformation 100 years later.

Anger-Lust We have been diving in deep to Sermon on the Mount in Matthew chapters 5-7. A couple weeks ago, we looked at Jesus’ command that our righteousness must be greater than the righteousness of the Scribes and Pharisees. It was a mandate that in their minds would have been impossible to follow.…