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We are starting a new three week series leading up to Thanksgiving. This series addresses how we can develop a heart of gratitude to God, which in turn leads to generous giving. Thankfulness is not an occasional act but a lifestyle of intentional and spontaneous appreciation that leads us into the presence…

What do you abound in? What does the word abound mean? It is to exist in large numbers or amounts Biblical examples of abounding In lovingkindness and truth ( Exo34:6 ) exo34:6 “6 Then the Lord passed by in front of him and proclaimed, “ The Lord, the Lord God, compassionate and gracious, slow to anger,…

INTRODUCTION Final sermon is our August series “Winning the Good Fight” Today’s lesson is important and has an immediate practical application We will look at: Defining God’s Joy The Difference between Joy and Happiness Acknowledging the reality of challenging circumstances Developing a Joyful Lifestyle…

Life is about choices Life is about choices and you must choose, for not choosing is a choice and you live with that choice. Paul addresses, challenges the people to choose. (Insert Price is Right PowerPoint Here) Price is right, you get as close to the price as you can and you win something. Let’s make…

Learning How to Live Like Jesus This doesn’t have to do with long hair and a perfect beard, or togas and sandals, or learning Hebrew or the street language of Aramaic: Learning how to live like Jesus means learning how to live with his values for personal choices of behavior, and even more importantly,…

“I see!” said the blind man as he picked up a hammer and saw! What could go wrong? Have you ever made a choice that turned out badly, which you could’ve avoided by taking good advice more seriously, doing more research, or thinking more clearly beforehand? The Old Testament book of Proverbs gives some…

To Be, or Not To Be? “To be, or not to be, that is the question: Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, Or to take arms against a sea of troubles And by opposing end them. To die—to sleep, No more; and by a sleep to say we end The heart-ache and the thousand…

What is our Life Shaped By? Our schedules, like doctor’s appointments or our kid’s or grand-kids schedule?How about our work schedules or other commitments? It may not be a schedule but a to-do list that shapes our days. How about influences? What or even who influences your lifestyle or worldview? It…

What is our Life Shaped By? Our schedules, like doctor’s appointments or our kid’s or grand-kids schedule?How about our work schedules or other commitments? It may not be a schedule but a to-do list that shapes our days. How about influences? What or even who influences your lifestyle or worldview? It…

Titus 2:4-5 So far, Paul has given Titus guidance for pastors on the island of Crete, and he has given instructions for bad influencers in the church, too. In contrast to their unhealthy teaching, he’s described healthy teaching for older men and women, and all of this teaching centers around the right…

Introduction I began to name this the ‘Bible Person Study’, but chose to go with the ‘Bible Character Study’. I hesitated to name it that, as I don’t want to diminish the fact that these are real people we’ll be examining. But the reason that it’s named the Bible Character Study is because we’ll be focusing…

1 Peter 1:13-16 In the classic Italian children’s story of Pinocchio, Geppetto creates a wooden marionette puppet that becomes his son. When he sends Pinocchio to school, the puppet goes on a quest to become a real boy but faces unexpected challenges. He is robbed by a fox and cat, nearly burnt for firewood…

Is God Real to me? Genesis 1.1 June 6, 2010 Introduction: · Every day we are faced with decisions great and small. The pressures of the moment often determine how we will decide. · We need to get to the place that we have a firm foundation for our decision making process. The crisis-driven mentality…

Isaiah 7:14 In 1999, George Bell, CEO of the search engine Excite (second largest at the time, only behind Yahoo), turned down a game-changing offer, the opportunity to purchase a young startup called Google. The purchase price was only $750,000, while Google’s current valuation stands at $1.6 trillion.…

We will begin a journey today in the Psalms. This book is a compilation of the “greatest hits” of worship and devotional material for the nation of Israel. Some of the Psalms go at least as far back as Moses. Others are nearer to the time of Jesus than they are to Abraham. They are timeless because they…

INTRODUCTION Last lesson in how series of “Learning How to Fight”. This lesson is crucial as on many occasion we have seen, read and heard about the significance of having a renewed mind. Three important mind-altering points we will discuss today The Battle for Our Minds Impact of Our Thoughts The Process…

Introduction: We all have choices in life. Two roads - Robert Frost Speaks of a traveler in the woods that comes to a fork He cannot take both roads and so he must make a choice He thinks that he may return one day to travel the other road, but realizes how unlikely that will be The path he took has…

Introduction: It was 2007. I had worked for a church for ten years as their youth minister. When I began ten years before I promised the teens I would not leave unless the church decided it was time for me to leave. I was committed to the church, to the teens, and to helping them connect to God. Out…

There are many statements condeming the character, practice, and doctrine of false teachers who were leading astray the sheep of Christ.

The Problem of God’s Will Bill and John both going to same bible college, almost same identical circumstances. Both facing financial hardships. Bill: “I’m beginning to think that Bible college isn’t God’s will for me.” John: “When you came here, were you convinced it was God’s will?” Bill: “Sure, If…

Incompatible love: Sin and child of God Previously we looked at “sin” that is incompatible with the child of God. Sin is incompatible with the law of God ( 1Jn3:4-6 ) Sin is incompatible with the works of Christ ( 1Jn3:7 ) Sin is incompatible with the destroyed works of the devil ( 1Jn3:8-10 ) But on…

I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service. And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable…

Last week we embarked on a journey through scripture. We are taking a bird’s eye view of the Bible to see the thread of redemption woven through the tapestry of history. It is a challenge to read large portions of scripture at a time. The benefit of doing so is we can begin to see how these stories weave…

Intro What are your values? the core values that you use to make decisions? Your values are your core beliefs that shape everything you do in life. Some would say beliefs don’t matter, but they do. Belief Behavior Connection It does matter what you believe… it matters a lot. Your beliefs determine your…