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We are on Christ’s mission to seek and save the lost. Intro Kids: What is a mission? It’s when you’re given a job to do. A special assignment, like being a secret agent who needs to break into the vault, or a soldier who needs to take out the enemy base, or an explorer who needs to find a new route over…

As we have been studying our way through Acts, we have been seeing the theme which is spelled out in the very beginning of the book. But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.” This…

KNOW YOUR MISSION , MOTIVE AND SPEAK

New Year, Same Mission

New Year, Same Mission

Some of you may remember the story. It happened in January of 2018. A state worker chose the wrong menu item for the state alert system and sent an alert to the entire island of Hawaii that said, “Ballistic missile threat inbound to Hawaii. Seek immediate shelter. This is not a drill.” For about a half…

God’s Mission In 1998, Steven Spielberg released a movie that would captivate the minds, hearts, and eyes of the American people. I remember seeing a trailer for the movie and I was fascinated by the Story line. Saving Private Ryan was a story about a group of WWII Soldiers who went behind enemy lines…

Some of the Pharisees warned Jesus about Herod. Many of the Pharisees had continuously questioned Jesus’ motives. Those in power felt threatened by Jesus’ popularity. Many other Pharisees were drawn to Jesus. Herod the Great Son of Herod the Great, the man who tried to kill Jesus by killing many newborn…

Why are you here? Why are you here? I don’t know if you’ve ever thought consciously about that. Many Christians or people who identify themselves as people of faith know that they’re “supposed” to attend church, but if you were to press in and ask why, many find it difficult to articulate the purpose…

God’s people are given a mission. The stories in Acts show us how that mission takes shape in the church; it is a mission that still takes shape in the church today.

Introduction In this series we are going to look at the birth and growth of the early church and ask ourselves the question “What about the early church is applicable to how we do church today?” The goal is that we will have a better understanding of not only the early church and Christian movement,…

Bad Job Descriptions Context: Jesus just sent out the 12 Read Luke 9:1–2 (HCSB) 1 Summoning the Twelve, He gave them power and authority over all the demons, and power to heal diseases. 2 Then He sent them to proclaim the kingdom of God and to heal the sick. 6 So they went out and traveled from village…

Introduction Today, please open your Bible’s to the book of Acts because we are starting a new series! Long book (28 chapters) so we’ll break it into “hunks” over several months (year?). Acts is "early church history” of how God worked/works to build his church! Written by Luke (doctor) and companion…

The Mission, should you choose to accept it... 19 Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 and teaching them to obey everything that I have commanded you. And remember, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”…

Jesus came He died,But thats not the end. 12 And when they were assembled with the elders, and had taken counsel, they gave large money unto the soldiers, 13 Saying, Say ye, His disciples came by night, and stole him away while we slept. 14 And if this come to the governor’s ears, we will persuade him,…

MAIN POINT: Jesus calls me to follow because someone’s life depends on it. ME: I’ve spent too much of my Christian life worrying about being good. Most of my Christian life has been about working really hard to be a good, moral person Stop doing that — start doing this Don’t say that anymore — say this…

Cooperation with Biblical Authority increases Mission Confidence.

Malachi 3:8-10 The Theme of our Upcoming Missions Month is Found Faithful in the Great Commission. This Sunday is really prep for next Sunday and on. We want to make sure that we have things lined up to fulfill God’s calling in our lives. Winter time at Maineville Baptist Church is usually spent trying…

Good morning... Introduce self... This morning we are going to do something a little different. We had a team go to Logan Utah on a scout trip. We are going to give that team the majority of our time this morning. How then will they call on him in whom they have not believed? And how are they to believe…

Introduction Last Sunday morning we concluded our missions conference for 2023. We were blessed to have missionaries from across the nation and the world to whom we support prayerfully & financially visit us & report on what God is doing with their missions. Today at the conclusion of the service, we…

Our Need for Hope Celebrating Christmas is our natural response to Emanuel - God With Us! Jesus came to visit His creation in humility and weakness. The incomparable, unique, immeasurable God placing Himself in our midst. What state of sadness or defeat can plead it’s case before the presence of the…

After this, the Lord appointed seventy-two others, and he sent them ahead of him in pairs to every town and place where he himself was about to go. He told them, “The harvest is abundant, but the workers are few. Therefore, pray to the Lord of the harvest to send out workers into his harvest. Now go;…

Then David blessed the Lord in the sight of all the assembly. David said, May you be blessed, Lord God of our father Israel, from eternity to eternity. Yours, Lord , is the greatness and the power and the glory and the splendor and the majesty, for everything in the heavens and on earth belongs to you.…

Today we will be completing our study through the Acts of the Apostles. As we typically do, I would like to read through the passage so we have the whole scene in mind, and then dig into it a little deeper. Over the last two weeks, we have seen Paul travelling to Rome as a prisoner. He, and the ship…

Chad Bird, in the foreword to a Lutheran devotional I love - the Sinner / Saint Devotional: Advent and Christmas, sums up my own feelings about Advent beautifully: “Advent is, in my opinion, the most wonderful time of the year. A month pregnant with hope. A month that whispers, amidst the guffaws and…