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1 Samuel 15 READ 1 Sam 15:1-9 What is the nature of Saul‘s sin? Saul has already accomplished the gross part of God‘s command. He has slaughtered most of the people of Amalek. He doesn’t seem to have a problem with that part of God‘s command, rather he has something and better in mind when it comes to…

NOTE: This is a manuscript, and not a transcript of this message. The actual presentation of the message differed from the manuscript through the leading of the Holy Spirit. Therefore, it is possible, and even likely that there is material in this manuscript that was not included in the live presentation…

Psalm 11 For weeks and now months, missionaries have been told to leave Ukraine. Western nations have abandoned their embassies and the oligarchs, businessmen, and those who can afford to do so are leaving their country, protecting their families from war. But Vasyl Ostryi, his wife, and four girls decided…

Christ does for poor what they can't do for themselves and the wealthy often refuse to do.

Restoring Fellowship 15 “If your brother sins against you, go and tell him his fault, between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you have gained your brother. 16 But if he does not listen, take one or two others along with you, that every charge may be established by the evidence of two or three…

24 By faith Moses, when he was grown up, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh’s daughter, 25 choosing rather to be mistreated with the people of God than to enjoy the fleeting pleasures of sin. 26 He considered the reproach of Christ greater wealth than the treasures of Egypt, for he was looking to…

In our series on the Ten Commandments, we are ready for the Sixth Commandment, which says, “ You shall not murder .” ( Deut 5:17 ). As I was preparing for that message, and remembering that we would be celebrating Communion today, I could not help but think of Hebrews 12:24 . This verse compares the…

I heard this story from another pastor who heard it from another pastor, let’s call him Larry. Pastor Larry went to visit a member of his church – let’s call him Henry, who was in the hospital with terminal cancer. The family called Larry and told him that the doctors had given Henry just a few days…

The Chief Priests and Elders have just questioned Jesus’ authority while He was teaching in the temple. Who gave you permission to teach and preach like you do? The people accepted Jesus as the “prophet from Nazareth in Galilee” 11 And the crowds said, “This is the prophet Jesus, from Nazareth of Galilee.”…

Pastoral Prayer: If you have been one social media lately…, you may have seen reports about a revival breaking out at Asbury University. From my understanding a routine chapel service ended on February 8th, but the students present did not want to leave the room. Students began to stand up and give testimony…

INTRODUCTION We are continuing our study today about relationships in the church. The subject today is, “dealing with sin in the church”. Paul made this comment in his letter to the Corinthians, “a little leaven levens the whole lump” ( 1 Cor. 5:6 ). Sin is like a cancer that begins as one tiny spot…

Introduction We are drawing near to the end of the book of Hebrews. After this week, we only have two weeks left in the book. I have greatly enjoyed the journey we have taken. I thank all of you for being willing to listen to God’s word. Not just simply to listen, but take this text that was written…

Introduction Over the years, I have tried to read a chapter in Proverbs each day. Over the last few months, I have altered my schedule to where I make it a point to spend time in the Word of God before I do anything else. I do this for a few reasons: I don’t get busy & forget about it. I begin my day…

Overcoming Drama-Makers - Lessons Learned Today, we’re going to continue in the series we’ve been in called No More Drama. What I want to do this week is take you through some final steps that summarize what to do with the drama makers in your life. I’m calling this message Keeping the drama-makers from…

Introduction Due to a drain on the emotional and spiritual well being of the believers they were in a state of emotional and spiritual fatigue. This could easy lead to a state if apostacy. A place where they would easily become lethargic and insensitive the voice of God. Main Point 14 Pursue peace with…

In the movie Liar, Liar, Max Reede is having maybe his 10th birthday party... but he’s waiting very nervously for his Dad to show up. His father is both a compulsive liar and successful lawyer, and he has promised... promised that he will not miss Max’s birthday. But Max has heard all of this before.…

Isaiah 7:14 In 1999, George Bell, CEO of the search engine Excite (second largest at the time, only behind Yahoo), turned down a game-changing offer, the opportunity to purchase a young startup called Google. The purchase price was only $750,000, while Google’s current valuation stands at $1.6 trillion.…

Discouraged? They could be growing disheartened by the fact they are fulfilling their responsibility to bear each others burdens and help those in need and are being taken advantage of. 14 And we urge you, brothers, admonish the idle, encourage the fainthearted, help the weak, be patient with them all.…

Introduction: 18 “And to the angel of the church in Thyatira write: ‘The words of the Son of God, who has eyes like a flame of fire, and whose feet are like burnished bronze. 19 “ ‘I know your works, your love and faith and service and patient endurance, and that your latter works exceed the first. 20…

1 Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a huge crowd of witnesses to the life of faith, let us strip off every weight that slows us down, especially the sin that so easily trips us up. And let us run with endurance the race God has set before us. 2 We do this by keeping our eyes on Jesus, the champion…

A Worldly Church Revelation 2:12–17 (ESV) 12 “And to the angel of the church in Pergamum write: ‘The words of him who has the sharp two-edged sword. 13 “ ‘I know where you dwell, where Satan’s throne is. Yet you hold fast my name, and you did not deny my faith even in the days of Antipas my faithful…

Introduction: It has been said in the past that the church is the only fellowship in the world where the one requirement for membership is the unworthiness of the candidate (repeat). What a statement, Church. Wouldn’t churches across the world look a little differently if this was how we truly viewed…

Unforgiven Then Peter came up and said to him, “Lord, how often will my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? As many as seven times?” Jesus said to him, “I do not say to you seven times, but seventy-seven times. “Therefore the kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king who wished to settle accounts…

Responding to the Government This is another significant area of Christian response. We’ve considered how Christians should respond to others (12:14-16), to evil (12:17-21), and now to the government. This is in tune with discerning the good, acceptable, perfect will of God (12:2), and in tune with relating…