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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…

Introduction: 19 Do not quench the Spirit. 20 Do not despise prophecies, 21 but test everything; hold fast what is good. 22 Abstain from every form of evil. Pray. 1. Don’t quench the Spirit (v.19) 19 Do not quench the Spirit. The word to quench means to stifle or extinguish the Holy Spirit. How many…

I just want to say “Praise God” for the salvation's and baptisms He has allowed us to be part of the past two weeks, and as I started thinking about the new journey in life that these new Christians are taking, God pressed on my heart the question “What does it mean to follow Christ”? In biblical terms,…

Scene 1/ The Ten Commandments . Most people treat them as the ten rules; rules that if you sort of follow them, things will sort of be alright. Well the last 6 anyway. 5. Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land that the Lord your God is giving you. 6. You shall not murder.…

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…

Introduction Good morning and welcome to this gathering of Hope Bible Fellowship. My name is Cal and I am the pastor here. If you are a guest with us or just now joining us online I want to give you a special welcome. If you would fill out one of our connection cards on the table as you leave, we’d love…

This evening we are going to do something a little different. It was not uncommon in Israelite worship to have the congregation respond to the truth of God’s Word in song. We just experienced that in Psalm 136 . Originally, this psalm was sung, not read in worship. Psalm 136 is deceptively simple, but…

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…

It is no accident that the culmination of Paul’s abhorrence at the idea of continuing to live in sin lies not with himself, nor his readers, but solely and squarely upon the Lord Jesus Christ!

10:8-20 Living wisely is something that All Followers of Jesus should strive to do. Why? B/c Living a wise life is emulating Jesus’ life. He walked in wisdom b/c he is the creator of wisdom. So as we follow after him we should also be walking in wisdom. Growing in the understanding of how life works…

Good afternoon. Last week we saw kind of the thousand foot view of the final battle that is yet to come. And now we are going to spend the next two weeks at around the hundred foot mark. We are going to be given a more detailed picture of what is to happen during that final battle between Jesus and Satan.…

Good afternoon! We are continuing in our series on the book of Revelation. Look I know for most of us this study has not been easy. And I don’t believe that it should be easy. But we are almost done. After today we have only six more chapters to look at. And the last few are all super positive so just…

Thinking about New Year’s resolutions for the church.

Living Water Introduction 1 When Jesus learned that the Pharisees had heard he was making and baptizing more disciples than John 2 (though Jesus himself was not baptizing, but his disciples were), 3 he left Judea and went again to Galilee. 4 He had to travel through Samaria; 5 so he came to a town of…

Lord Jesus, you are the light of the world. You rescue us from the kingdom of darkness and bring us into the light of your perfect kingdom of love and goodness. We pray your kingdom would come and your will would be done in our lives, in our families, in our church, and in our community as it is in heaven.…

I remember growing up that my parents tried to get our family into part-time ranching, but in reality, the whole thing turned into an odd assortment of animals that the family shared responsibilities in caring for. Most of them had interesting names and I’ve got tons of stories involving most of the…

1 The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God. 2 As it is written in Isaiah the prophet, “Behold, I send my messenger before your face, who will prepare your way, 3 the voice of one crying in the wilderness: ‘Prepare the way of the Lord, make his paths straight,’ ” 4 John appeared, baptizing…

Good afternoon! I hope that everyone is doing well today. Today we begin a new series that I am calling Love Well Love Right. It is going to be a six part series, beginning today with a look at the nature and source of love. My hope through this series is that when we are done we have not only a better…

O God Our Help Good morrning! I am Pastor Garey I pastor the small church plant that meets in the afternoons right here after you all meet. We, as a church, are deeply thankful for the opportunity to have a place that we might call home and thank you all very much. So, when Pastor Dan asked if I would…

Acts 16:23-40 Scene 1: God wants us to be ready for anything! Because we never know what is just around the corner! Now what is around the corner could be very bad, like a major health crisis. Something like that can radically change your outlook on life. A few years ago when we had a house in a semi…

“ Spiritual Maturity is, in a sense, the state of responsibility .” It was quoted like this “the state of being mentally and emotionally well-developed, and therefore responsible: I like the way former columnist Ann Landers put it: Landers wrote that people display maturity in patience, perseverance,…

What do we know about the church? Understanding, being able to explain things within Christianity is important. We know what we believe, but why do we believe it? Can I explain my beliefs too others? That is what this series has been about. Why do I believe in God? Why do I believe in the Bible? Why…

Call out your favorite childhood stories - mine were Hardy Boys books! When families and close friends gather there stories fill the air. As children we loved to listen in on the stories our parents and grandparents told. We are able to remember stories much more easily than lists of dates and other…

Unrepentant Cities 20 Then he began to denounce the cities where most of his mighty works had been done, because they did not repent. 21 “Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the mighty works done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and…

Trouble in the Text: The people were not prepared to receive Jesus. This is the Good News of Jesus Christ. John was sent to prepare the way for the Son of God. Why did he need to prepare them? The people had strayed from the Law of God and needed to be cleansed, renewed. They were not prepared for the…