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This morning I want to preach a timely and I think providential message on the subject of giving. I don’t go out of my way to preach about giving. In fact I normally only talk about it as I am naturally preaching expository through a book. This year God worked so that we could address this subject right…

Introduction Romans 1:7-15 To all who are in Rome, loved by God, called as saints. Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for all of you because the news of your faith is being reported in all the world. God is my witness, whom…

Eph. 3:14-15 . Here we are, back to where Paul wanted to go at the beginning of chapter 3. Paul here is finally getting back to his inital thought that he started in v1. Paul must have been a Baptist Preacher, because this is not the first time he has chased a rabbit. Paul picks back up in unique fashion,…

Serving as Pastor Is a calling, privilege, opportunity, blessing and block of history that I have had opportunity to work out in several locations. Rainier, Oregon, my home congregation: Where I was brought up since age 9 through Sunday School and Youth Class, taught by Clyde Wemmer, Orville Harrison,…

Ground work: Isaac’s wife Rebekah was found barren but God, through the prayers and petitioning of Isaac, healed her of this condition and she was able to conceive. And the children struggled together within her; and she said, If it be so, why am I thus? And she went to inquire of the Lord . And the…

Jesus, Why Do You Seek a Sinner’s Baptism? Some called Jesus baptism his ordination into his mission as savior of the world. The Manger story, the arrival of the wise men, the 12 year old in the temple are all prologue. Now the hour for his ministry had come, and on the schedule of God's timetable he…

The motivation For God so greatly loved and dearly prized the world that He [even] gave up His only begotten (unique) Son, so that whoever believes in (trusts in, clings to, relies on) Him shall not perish (come to destruction, be lost) but have eternal (everlasting) life. We have started a journey to…

1 I love the Lord , because he has heard my voice and my pleas for mercy. 2 Because he inclined his ear to me, therefore I will call on him as long as I live. 3 The snares of death encompassed me; the pangs of Sheol laid hold on me; I suffered distress and anguish. 4 Then I called on the name of the…

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…

1 Hear this, all peoples! Give ear, all inhabitants of the world, 2 both low and high, rich and poor together! 3 My mouth shall speak wisdom; the meditation of my heart shall be understanding. 4 I will incline my ear to a proverb; I will solve my riddle to the music of the lyre. 22 And I saw no temple…

Getting Serious About Salvation Giving In to God’s Grace 1 I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship. God does not force our sacrifice of “Self” Sacrifice is something we have to…

Good Morning church. It is good to be together. Even though it is still cold outside. We believe that the purpose of the church is summarized in three things: Glorify God Equip the Saints Share the Gospel This morning, my message is primarily focused on that second task - to equip the saints. In full…

Today is the first Sunday in May - and so we’ll begin today to make our way through our annual May Sermon Series. I use the month of May to walk through various topics - topics I feel are important enough to revisit every year. Topics that we may not even address throughout a year due to preaching through…

Giving is returning to God a portion of what is already His. The earth and everything in it, the world and its inhabitants, belong to the Lord ; Job 41:11b (CSB) Everything under heaven belongs to me. Giving is an act of worship. But I have received everything in full, and I have an abundance. I am fully…

Intro: Our fathers. We all have one. If I were to poll 10 of you, I am sure that 10/10 people would have a dad. I know, shocking! It is sobering, however, to think of those 10 individuals and see: how many of them had a Father they could look up to? Would it be 9 out of 10, 7 out of 10, 4 out of 10?…

INTRODUCTION Today we’re gonna continue our series in Colossians. Let’s turn together in our Bibles to Colossians 2 . & we’re gonna read verses 1-4 . Colossians 2:1-4 . & when you find Colossians 2:1-4 in Your Bible Pls stand for the reading of God’s Word. The title of today’s teaching is: Fight for…

We are about to start Ephesians. Ephesians is a letter. But Why will this letter help you? #1 - it has a... A Credible Source 1:1a It’s going to be helpful because the person who wrote it knows what he is talking about. 1 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, To the saints who are in Ephesus,…

Why are we blessed beyond measure?

Ephesians 3: 8-13 I. The Person for Ministry A. A person of Humility Paul was genuinely amazed at the grace he had received. Being fully aware of the righteousness of God, Paul became keenly aware of his frailty and propensity to please the flesh. He remembered the man he was prior to salvation and the…

1 Last week we learned the value of sticking to our commitments and how much that impacts others around us. It is especially important as Christians to stick to our commitments and the beauty of sticking to our commitments is that we don't have to do it alone. When it comes to Christianity, I like to…

I Timothy 1:12-20 Scripture Reader: A.J. Katzberg Introduction Good morning once again to you. We are in the second week of our exploration of the first letter of Paul to the young pastor Timothy at the church in Ephesus. Each time I get into this letter I get more and more excited about what God has…

Paul , a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, separated unto the gospel of God, (Which he had promised afore by his prophets in the holy scriptures,) Concerning his Son Jesus Christ our Lord, which was made of the seed of David according to the flesh; And declared to be the Son of God with…

In the realm of property, Harold Samuel coined the phrase “location, location, location” as the three things that matter. In the realm of discipleship Edward Payson said: “Prayer is the first thing, the second thing, the third thing necessary to minister. Pray, therefore, my dear brother, pray, pray,…

Life is hard! There are times when it feels like it couldn’t get any worse, and yet you know it will get worse. There are times when you feel like giving up, even though you know you can’t. There are times when you have something very hard to do in the near future, and you are anxious about the unknown.…

Once again, I would like to use Ephesians 2:18-22 as our Scripture text this morning. For through him we both have access in one Spirit to the Father. So then you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God, built on the foundation…