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Full obedience to the Lord brings victory, but compromise leads to ruin.

The people live in nice comfortable houses but the temple lies in ruins. Their lives are in order but their worship is neglected.

How many of you - TAKE ISSUE - with the rising Cable costs in this country? How many of you take ISSUE - with the inflated gas prices in this country? How many of you take ISSUE with the absolute incompetence at ALL levels of our government? You know what that proves? It proves that we ALL - deal with…

You can ruin your life if you're irresponsible with your phone!

25 Then the king said to Zadok, “Carry the ark of God back into the city. If I find favor in the eyes of the Lord , he will bring me back and let me see both it and his dwelling place. Remember God’s Grace. 12 It may be that the Lord will look on the wrong done to me, and that the Lord will repay me…

Text : 1 Kings 21:1-20 For time sake, we’re only going to read it as we go through the text this morning, so please keep your Bible open or your bulletin out where you can see it to follow along. Sermon Title : How to Ruin the People of God in 5 Easy Steps Thesis : To Destroy the People of God, we must…

David. Yes, King David. 1 Again the anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel, and he incited David against them, saying, “Go, number Israel and Judah.” Again. Why again? Because earlier, in 21:1, God had been angry at Israel. And the “again” makes it a repeat of that.... you could say that Israel…

Good morning and welcome to Mission Church! My name is John and I serve Mission as the Lead pastor. I am honored and humbled to be with you this morning.....especially as we enter the Advent season. Traditionally... advent begins 4 Sunday’s before Christmas but this year we are going to start a week…

Good morning! If I have not had the pleasure of meeting you my name is John and I serve Mission Church as the Senior Pastor. I am honored and humbled to be with you this morning… especially as we continue our current sermon series through the book of Ruth entitled, “From Ruin to Redemption.” The story…

Introduction As I thought, prayed and considered what to preach today, I could find no peace. I read through various Scriptures and God didn’t give me liberty with any of it. Until this passage was brought to mind. This is one of the great parables of Jesus - one that is beloved by many throughout the…

Intro - Run through the communication Card When you think about Easter, there are two parts of it. Friday - Cross Sunday with the Resurrection. The two combined are what we celebrate as Easter. Most people understand the Friday part, but not so much the Sunday part. Jesus did something no one else has…

Wisdom and Foolishness Over the last several weeks we have been looking at what it means to live wisely. That’s the aim of Solomon’s approach in Ecc. He’s Looking out at the reality of the world and seeing that there is a right an wrong way to live. And in this mornings Scripture we are going to see…

Grace to you and peace, from God our Father and from our risen Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen. One of the joys of being your Pastor is the privilege of being around so many children almost every day. They all have the unique personalities, and yet they are all a joy to be around. But though their…

Introduction The Power of the Tongue Blessing vs Cursing Heaven vs Hell Peace vs Destruction The wise of heart will receive commandments, but a babbling fool will come to ruin. The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life, but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence. The lips of the righteous feed…

1 The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me, because the Lord has anointed me to bring good news to the poor; he has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to those who are bound; 16 And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up. And…

Introduction One inescapable part of life is that from time to time, we may be told some bad news. It might be a crisis in a loved one’s life or it might be an unexpected phone call from your doctor. There’s a few ways that humans can respond to such things. One temptation is that we simply try to escape…

Introduction We will be in Haggai this morning. We finished 1 Peter last week, just a friendly reminder we record all those sermons, so if you desire you can go back and listen from the church’s website, fbcira.com. All the sermons I have preached are up unless we have technical difficulties. So Luke,…

False and malicious talk about others. It not only harms those against whom it is directed, but also brings ruin to those who propagate it.

1 In the second year of Darius the king, in the sixth month, on the first day of the month, the word of the Lord came by the hand of Haggai the prophet to Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest: 2 “Thus says the Lord of hosts: These people…

History leading up to Haggai Northern Kingdom of Israel falls to Assyria in 722 B.C. Assyria then marched on Judah and Jerusalem Old Testament tells of a miraculous defeat of the Assyrians by God Nebuchadnezzar later conquers Jerusalem in 580 B.C. The Persians defeat Babylon in 539 B.C. Many Jews were…

There are many statements condeming the character, practice, and doctrine of false teachers who were leading astray the sheep of Christ.

Introduction I began to name this the ‘Bible Person Study’, but chose to go with the ‘Bible Character Study’. I hesitated to name it that, as I don’t want to diminish the fact that these are real people we’ll be examining. But the reason that it’s named the Bible Character Study is because we’ll be focusing…

Rage or Remorse?

Purpose: To encourage people to hope for the coming of the Jesus. Proposition: In Psalm 14 we see three reasons why we should hope for the coming of Jesus. [Steve Doosey (Fox News Network) “Son, our building has been hit. See you in heaven. Love, Dad.”] 1. Because The Wicked are Wicked. 1 The fool has…