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Prayer of Adoration God of all time, help us enter the New Year quietly, thoughtful of who we are to ourselves and to others, mindful that our steps make an impact and our words carry power. May we walk gently. May we speak only after we have listened well. Creator of all life, help us enter the New…

John 16:16-33 There are many things that can be considered in this passage of scripture. We can see that our belief is nothing to glory in. Sometimes we think we are something because of our tremendous faith. Yet Christ tells the disciples who had just made a plain statement to the fact that they believed…

The Background This is Christmas week. Do you ever feel that there is so much to get done that you’re afraid you won’t get it all done? That happens a lot at this time of the year. We’ve got shopping to do Decorating Wrapping presents Getting food ready Cleaning house for guest And the list goes on and…

The End Times – Sermon #19 Revelation 7:9-17 A MULTITUDE NO MAN COULD NUMBER Intro: As we continue to move through the book of the Revelation, we are in the middle of a parenthetical passage. Chapter seven is inserted into the narrative to allow us to catch a glimpse of the grace of God at work during…

I have grown up in an America of whose people are fiercely patriotic. A patriot is one who has an intense love and support for his or her country. Around the world, patriotism takes on many forms. Here in America it is stadium sized flags, immense fireworks shows, music, artwork, and numerous other things.…

Belief in the promised Messiah pleases God more than acts of obligation

Luk e 2:1-20 What child is this Who's laid to rest On Mary's lap is Sleeping? Whom angels greet with anthems sweet While shepherd's watch are keeping This this is Christ the King Whom shepherds guard and angels sing Haste! haste! To bring him, Lord! The babe, the son of Mary Why lies He in such mean…

Philippians 1:27-30 Philippians 1:27–30 “Only conduct yourselves43 in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ so that—whether I come and see you or whether I remain absent—I should hear that44 you are standing firm in one spirit, with one mind, by contending side by side for the faith of the gospel,45…

Welcome to Branches Church! This is one of my favorite Sundays every year. All Nations Sunday! We have had a great time in worship and we are going to have a great time after service with some awesome food. Guests here today…we are thrilled that you are here to celebrate with us. Thank you for being…

In His Presence Only the humble believe him and rejoice that God is so free and so marvelous that he does wonders where people despair, that he takes what is little and lowly and makes it marvelous. And that is the wonder of all wonders, that God loves the lowly…. God is not ashamed of the lowliness…

Love - Part 2 This is my commandment: Love each other in the same way I have loved you. Confession of Faith I am not moved by what I see or by what I feel. I am moved by what I believe. I believe the WORD of God! The victory is mine! I have it now! I can see it through the eyes of my faith! Love We looked…

Intro: Greg sharing at a city-wide lock in and not prepared. Me in public speaking class writing 30 minutes before class and sang the National Anthem. You might be wondering what in the world these stories have to do with anything. There is a need for us as believers to not just know the name of Jesus,…

Those who desire to influence others ma lose their way spiritually, and judgment is inevitable and imminent.

Prayer Good morning... Today, our topic might look like a repeat of what we discussed 2 weeks ago... …but i think you’ll see that as we get into it... It will have a little bit of a different flavor to it... Today we’ll be looking at - The Vanity of Living Wisely Two weeks ago we looked at - The Vanity…

Jesus cmmissions ambassadors to spread a counter-cultural kingdom

Prayer I don’t know about you, but whenever I come across something that i REALLY REALLY like... I get this OVERWHELMING urge to tell others about it. If any of you know me enough to know that I’m obsessed with Shane & Shane (the singing group)... Then you also probably know that I LOVE to introduce…

Introduction Good morning and welcome to Dishman Baptist Church. I want to start off this morning with an observation and a question. The observation is that sometimes we really aren’t that nice to one another. Oh we mean to be and often we even go out of our way to not say things so that we are being…

Philippians 4:1-9 Philippians 4:1–9 “So then, my brothers and sisters, dear friends whom I long to see, my joy and crown, stand in the Lord in this way, my dear friends! I appeal to Euodia and to Syntyche to agree in the Lord. Yes, I say also to you, true companion, help them. They have struggled together…

14 For he is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken down the middle wall of partition between us ; 15 Having abolished in his flesh the enmity, even the law of commandments contained in ordinances; for to make in himself of twain one new man, so making peace; 16 And that he might reconcile…

Last week: We need the Spirit and the Word to fight temptations Deprivation can increase temptation Memorization can help application God’s commission requires submission. This week vs 5-13. Ministries are still tempted as Jesus was: Materialism: Pragmatism: Sensationalism: And Jesus, full of the Holy…

Text - Nehemiah 11-12 Subject - The city Theme - Restoring the city Thesis - Repopulating the city was necessary for the spiritual and social revitalization of the Jewish people. Principle - Christian, your participation is part of God’s plan in building His kingdom. Intro Last week we began looking…

COVID-19 Return Introduction: As I said last week, has been a long time since we’ve been able to gather as a church. and I have learned that when we are unable to gather together, there are certain truths to lose their focus. I wanted to take a few weeks to bring us in the remembrance some basics of…

God Has Led Us This Far and He Will Never Leave Us 19 The people crossed the Jordan on the tenth day of the first month. Then they camped at Gilgal, just east of Jericho. 20 It was there at Gilgal that Joshua piled up the twelve stones taken from the Jordan River. 21 Then Joshua said to the Israelites,…

“What Child is This?” is such a beautiful hymn, isn’t it? The tune is called “Greensleeves” and was written in England about the time of the sixteenth century. But it wasn’t until 1865, while our nation was in the midst of the Civil War, that an English poet wrote a poem called, “Manger’s Throne.” And…