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Intro When I moved to BR, I was alone and lonely. I got an apartment with a BR, Kitchen, Bath and a den area. My furniture was the back-porch furniture from my parent’s house. I guess my mom got some that was better. My kitchen table was an old cafeteria table the hospital where my dad worked threw away.…

Humans invent dragons to represent the CHAOS in our world that we cannot CONTROL . Examples: Canaanite Mythology: Yam (the sea); Tunnan (sea dragon); Lotan (giant serpent); defeated by Baal Babylonian Mythology: Tiamat (the deep sea/salt water) defeated by Marduk If you keep bogies and goblins away from…

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places, to the praise of his glorious grace, with which he has blessed us in the Beloved. In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses,…

Steve Bateman at TGC I do not know if you have seen the advertisements yet, but did you know there is an election coming up It is a pretty significant one. And with an election of this magnitude there can be anxiety Be prepared for a deluge of desperate pleas, dire warnings, accusations and rumors. The…

I Have Engraved You on the Palms of My Hands Isaiah 49:8–16 (ESV) 8 Thus says the Lord: “In a time of favor I have answered you; in a day of salvation I have helped you; I will keep you and give you as a covenant to the people, to establish the land, to apportion the desolate heritages, 9 saying to the…

I. The Means of our service. 8 For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, 9 not of works, lest anyone should boast. 10 For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them.…

Seasons of not being able to hear the voice of God. I have found that people get stuck and for some reason believe they can not hear God. God’s thoughts for you out number the sands of the earth. ( Psalm 139:17-18 ) God speaks in three primary ways. Thought, picture, or feeling. When He speaks, your…

Spiritual Beings Today we are going to finish up this detailed study of spiritual beings. We have been making our way through a Bible Project study of the Elohim in the Bible. In the first week we learned that “Elohim” is the Hebrew word for “Spiritual Beings.” The word “Elohim” was also used as a name…

Last week we discussed the truth that we are all addicted to something. And we need to admit that we are powerless, that in our own power our lives are unmanageable. Until we admit this, we will keep living broken, miserable lives. As Paul wrote: For I know that good itself does not dwell in me, that…

Open 1 In those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that the whole empire should be registered. 2 This first registration took place while Quirinius was governing Syria. 3 So everyone went to be registered, each to his own town. 4 Joseph also went up from the town of Nazareth in Galilee, to Judea,…

20 Therefore by the deeds of the law no flesh will be justified in His sight, for by the law is the knowledge of sin. 20 Moreover the law entered that the offense might abound. But where sin abounded, grace abounded much more, 15 What then? Shall we sin because we are not under law but under grace? Certainly…

Psalm 103:1-5 A local Chamber of Commerce invited a local pastor to offer the blessing at a banquet that set to honor local elected officials. The master of ceremonies in the fluster of the program forgot to call for the prayer and didn’t discover the mistake until the meal was nearly over. He was embarrassed…

In part 4 of our How to build your faith series, we explore the transformative power of gratitude as a vital key to building and fortifying our faith. Rooted in Psalm 100:4 and Colossians 2:6-7, we understand gratitude as an attitude of thankfulness, demonstrating trust in God's goodness. Gratitude becomes a catalyst for faith, offering a weapon against doubt and positively impacting mental well-being. Examining biblical examples, we see how figures like David, Paul, and even Jesus practiced gratitude in various circumstances. The message emphasizes that gratitude is a choice, essential not just in times of abundance but especially in adversity. Practical steps, including journaling and intentional thanksgiving, are explored to help cultivate gratitude in daily life.

Intro: “Fifty-eight percent of people who identify as Christian do not believe the Holy Spirit is real. At least that is what the Cultural Research Center at Arizona Christian University found in a study done in 2021. Nearly 70 percent of US adults self-identify as Christian, but many of them express…

Make Forgiveness Your Aim Who Killed Sara? is a television series about a young man who went to prison for a crime he didn’t commit — murdering his sister Sara — with the promise from a very powerful and connected man that he’d only serve two-months. In exchange for his corporation he and mother would…

"Anything God has ever done, he can do now. Anything God has ever done anywhere, he can do here. Anything God has ever done for anyone, he can do for you." [A. W. Tozer on God’s Power, Citation: As seen in Leadership Weekly (10-09-02)] 1 Bless the Lord , O my soul: And all that is within me, bless his…

Deuteronomy 16:8-21:9 REVIEW This is our fifth message from Devarim- Deuteronomy elle-ha deverim = these are the words Picture of Journey An 11 day journey that lasted 40 years Reason why the journeys are moments and opportunities to learn The first generation that came out of Egypt was “thick headed”…

Over the last few weeks I’ve been scrolling through Social media and one of the things that I see are the back to school pictures. All these parents…including myself, are taking pictures of their little ones beginning their first day of the new school year. And then at the end of the year they are going…

This morning we continue on our journey through the gospel according to Matthew....a journey that we have entitled The King and His Kingdom . Please grab your copy of God’s Word and turn with me to Matthew 2 . When you are there and if you are able to, please stand for the reading of God’s inspired,…

Intro: Leading worship in Rossville with laryngitis (Make a joyful noise) With that said, we're going to read Psalm 100 , because I want to talk about worship today. I'm excited to just talk with you about worship. But, I want to talk about worship maybe in a different way or come at it from a different…

Good morning! Today we continue in our journey in our series of messages together entitled “The Heart of Worship” to discover more clearly what the true nature of worship is and looks like, taking Jesus’ word to the Samaritan women at the well in John 4 as our guide where he told her that the Father…

SUMMARY: The cares —including suffering—of God’s people have both a present blessing and a future hope: as our Creator and Lord uses tribulation to keep pointing us to His faithfulness. GOAL : That my hearers will understand that though Christians endure tribulations and anxieties, God cares and has…

Knowing God – Part 4 – The Acts of God Proposition: God wants us to Know Him by knowing His Sovereign Acts An attribute refers to the characteristics of a person. In other words, attributes describe the nature of God. We learned that it is impossible to describe who God is in one word or a small sentence.…

Did you know that at least a few songs, or hymns, that are considered to be Christmas songs, really not particularly Christmas songs? I want to mention two of them this morning. One is the song we sang first this morning. “Joy to the World” was not written as a Christmas Song. It was written by Isaac…

1 Bless the Lord , O my soul: And all that is within me, bless his holy name. 2 Bless the Lord , O my soul, And forget not all his benefits: 3 Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; Who healeth all thy diseases; 4 Who redeemeth thy life from destruction; Who crowneth thee with lovingkindness and tender…