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Welcome/Bienvenido: Tithe and Offering Diezmo y Ofrenda Proverbs 3:9-10 (CSB) 9 Honor the Lord with your possessions and with the first produce of your entire harvest; 10 then your barns will be completely filled, and your vats will overflow with new wine . Proverbios 3:9-10 (NBLA) 9 Honra al Señor con…

God is Unstoppable But now thus says the Lord , he who created you, O Jacob, he who formed you, O Israel: “Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name, you are mine. When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they shall not overwhelm you; when you walk…

Introduction Elder, Overseer, and Shepherd are the three biblical titles for Pastor (they are used interchangeably depending on what function the Pastor is doing.) Elder- Wisdom Overseer- Bishop, Oversight Shepherd- Pastoring 1 I exhort the elders among you as a fellow elder and witness to the sufferings…

Introduction Haggai 2:10-19 is where we will be this morning. Let’s Read and pray and we will dive into the text. 10 On the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, in the second year of Darius, the word of the Lord came to the prophet Haggai: 11 “This is what the Lord of Armies says: Ask the priests for…

Introduction Tag at the end of letters. Theology and Doctrinal Foundation Living Hope Holy Living Living Stone- Holy People Practical Application of the Theological and Doctrinal Foundation Gospel Centered Works Submission: Rights Career Spouse Gospel Central Living Suffering Lean into Christ End is…

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…

Introduction Memories often fail at remembering what exactly happened. Power Rangers- 1 On the twenty-first day of the seventh month, the word of the Lord came through the prophet Haggai: 2 “Speak to Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, to the high priest Joshua son of Jehozadak, and to the…

We will be in 1 Peter 5:5-11 today. Happy Palm Sunday! Humility has always been difficult for Humans, and lest you think this is simply a more modern day struggle, we didn’t struggle with this back in my day, Let me quote t he Words of Mac Davis from the 1070s, which we can spin in my office is you wish……

Introduction When you picture God what do you see? “What comes into our minds when we think about God is the most important thing about us”- A.W. Tozer. Talk to any person about who God is and they will give you different answers. In the Rabbit Trails class we have been talking about God in the Trinity…

Introduction Good Morning we will be in 1 Peter 3:8-9 . So two verses this morning. I was going to do more, but felt led as I have for much of 1 Peter to slow down, cover less text but be more in depth. Football fans have do you remember a quarterback for the Indianapolis Colts named Andrew Luck? He…

Introduction 1 Peter 1:22-25 is where we will be this week. Back may years ago when I ran track… emphasis on many years ago. I had a certain strategy that I employed in High School. I knew that I wanted to win more than the other person did. So depending on who I was running against I employed two strategies.…

Introduction Blue-y Illustration: I’ll do this and then you do that... Setting for Haggai… Rebuilding the Temple after exile. Read Haggai 2:20-23 20 The word of the Lord came to Haggai a second time on the twenty-fourth day of the month: 21 “Speak to Zerubbabel, governor of Judah: I am going to shake…

Introduction Revival is always a hot topic amongst Christians. You’ll always hear someone say pray for revival… You’ll hear the pastors or leaders of ministries say revival is starting I can feel it… But what does the bible say? Haggai is a unique book in the bible, especially in the prophets because…

Introduction We will be in Haggai this morning. We finished 1 Peter last week, just a friendly reminder we record all those sermons, so if you desire you can go back and listen from the church’s website, fbcira.com. All the sermons I have preached are up unless we have technical difficulties. So Luke,…

Introduction Half truth is a a whole lie Now there was a famine in the land. So Abram went down to Egypt to sojourn there, for the famine was severe in the land. When he was about to enter Egypt, he said to Sarai his wife, “I know that you are a woman beautiful in appearance, and when the Egyptians see…

Introduction Good Morning everyone, We have a dozy of a text this morning and I want to just get into it. Genesis 6 is where we will be. If I had a nickel for every time I heard or read the phrase this is one of the most debated passages in Genesis, Old Testament, or Bible, I would have enough nickels…

Introduction Genesis 1:26-30 . is where we will be this morning. You may be thinking, didn’t you preach all of Genesis 1 and even some of Genesis 2 last week . You are right! But after some inner turmoil, and having some really good and deep discussions last Sunday night I decided I needed to preach…

Introduction Happy Mother’s Day! Glad you guys are here this morning. We will be in Genesis 7 today. Here we get the details to one of the most famous stories in the Old Testament. The flood. Nothing says mom like a global flood to cleans all the laundry! This is where Tide detergent get’s it’s name.…

Introduction Good Palm Sunday Morning everyone, We will be in Genesis 3 . We will be taking Lord’s Supper as part of the invitation, so if you do not have a cup of juice and bread now is a good time to grab one. Before we work through this passage let me remind you, I am preaching Genesis 3 in the mornings,…

Introduction Esther is now completely Queen. Mordecai is completely King. Haman, the enemy is dead, but his death decree is going to be enacted. Mordecai drafted a life decree to be enacted too. The day has finally come, what will happen? Will God’s people be saved? Will the life decree actually work,…

Introduction Last week we started Titus. Paul wrote this letter to Titus, who has been left on the Island of Crete. Crete is a pretty rough place, it’s the largest of the Greek Islands, full of mercenary soldiers who would fight for the highest bidder. It was filled with all sorts of terrible pg-13 things.…

Introduction I rejoiced in the Lord greatly that now at length you have revived your concern for me. You were indeed concerned for me, but you had no opportunity. Not that I am speaking of being in need, for I have learned in whatever situation I am to be content. I know how to be brought low, and I…

Introduction Desire to Press On Not that I have already obtained this or am already perfect, but I press on to make it my own, because Christ Jesus has made me his own. Brothers, I do not consider that I have made it my own. But one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what…

R. Kent Hughes, in his book Liberating Ministry From The Success Syndrome tells a story of a gospel singer and songwriter who was associated with Dwight L. Moody. The story goes “It was Christmas Eve 1875 and Ira Sankey was traveling on a Delaware River steamboat when he was recognized by some of the…

Welcome/Bienvenido: Tithe and Offering Diezmo y Ofrenda Hebrews 7:25 New King James Version (NKJV) 25 Therefore He is also able to save to the uttermost those who come to God through Him, since He always lives to make intercession for them . Hebreos 7:25 Reina Valera Revisada (RVR1977) 25 por lo cual…