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Introduction History here at Eastwood - the chicken coop. When I came in January of 1999, we’d run around 50 - 60. Easter in ‘99 we had around 75 people and we were so excited! The first major remodel of this sanctuary and we were in the Fellowship Hall (pre-walls). And it felt so full! Through my 22…

Do you believe the Bible is true? Do you believe what the Bible reveals about God and His chosen people? Why do you believe what you believe? The scripture is about so much but it is mostly about God’s redemption and deliverance. God has plan on how He chooses to deliver. YHWH always reveals 100’s of…

Prayer 1 Thessalonians 1:2–3 (LSB) We give thanks to God always for all of you, making mention of you in our prayers; 3 remembering without ceasing your work of faith and labor of love and steadfastness of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ before our God and Father, In his opening words to the church at…

Soul talk Can you define the soul? Your soul is what integrates, what connects, what binds together your will, then your mind (those thoughts, feelings, and desires going on all the time), and then your body (with all of its appetites, habits, and behavior). John Ortberg, Soul Keeping: Caring for the…

Remember God’s Care These past few weeks I’ve been reading up on church history in preparation for Sunday school. And as you might find if you ever studied church history for yourself, there are so many testimonies of Christians who have faithfully served the Lord that are inspiring for your life here…

INTRODUCTION . A few years ago a friend telephoned with an urgent request. “Phil,” he said, “I’m calling to ask a favor. I need the most precious thing you have.” Can you guess what he needed? He was asking for my time, of course. (Exodus - Saved for God’s Glory) 1 Then God spoke all these words, saying,…

Intro: Martin Luther King, Jr. said, "Whatever your life's work is, do it well. A man should do his job so well that the living, the dead and the unborn could do it no better. If it falls your lot to be a street sweeper, sweep streets like Michelangelo painted pictures, like Shakespeare wrote poetry,…

Introduction Called as Pastor of FBC Bagdad five years ago yesterday. 18 Where there is no prophetic vision the people cast off restraint, but blessed is he who keeps the law. We must continually place ourselves under the authorities set over us by God, or we will eventually walk out from under authority…

Redemption is not a “do it yourself” project. The kind of redemption that God has in mind is one that only he can accomplish. It is the kind of redemption that leaves you speechless. John Cartwright The exodus shows that there is a God who saves, who delivers his people from bondage. Philip Graham Ryken;…

Introduction: At the end of the 1983 college basketball season, Duke lost by 43 points in the ACC tournament. The program was in disarray and many thought that Coach K’s career was over. How could he keep his job after such a poor performance? At dinner, which was at Denny’s that night (notice it wasn’t…

John 3:16 . 16 “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. Christmas is the perfect time of year to remember the culmination of God’s love in Jesus’ birth, death and resurrection. Yet walking in the reality of this love…

As we prepare for Easter and take time to remember the suffering and sacrifice of Jesus that gives us hope in this life and the one to come, we need to take time to truly be thankful. The reason why I say that, is because it has become so easy these days for us as Christians to complain about things…

Please turn in your bibles to Ephesians 2:11-22 . The Book of Ephesians is addressed to the church at Ephesus and likely some surrounding churches Big Picture: Know who you were. Know what is yours in Christ. Know what you are in Christ now. = So the apostle is laying the foundation in the early part…

Intro: Have you ever looked around and asked yourself if God even cares? Maybe you haven’t but you know someone who has expressed that to you. Today we start a new book in our Minor Prophets series. The people that Zechariah addressed were expressing doubts about if God even cared about them any more.…

Intro And he told them a parable, saying, “The land of a rich man produced plentifully, and he thought to himself, ‘What shall I do, for I have nowhere to store my crops?’ And he said, ‘I will do this: I will tear down my barns and build larger ones, and there I will store all my grain and my goods.…

God's Promises About Giving Today we're going to begin a new series for the summer that I'm very excited about. I want to begin by telling you that the words, promise and promises, are actually used over a thousand times, in different English translations of the Scripture. One scholar did a study. He…

Introduction Good Morning we will be in 1 Peter 3:8-9 . So two verses this morning. I was going to do more, but felt led as I have for much of 1 Peter to slow down, cover less text but be more in depth. Football fans have do you remember a quarterback for the Indianapolis Colts named Andrew Luck? He…

As I begin, I just want to say how wonderful it is to share our worship today witht eh Fijian Methodist Church. It is a real blessing for us to have you among us, and we pray that today, and the weeks and months ahead, that we can be a blessing to you. That’s the message that I want to bring today. You…

And if you call on him as Father who judges impartially according to each one’s deeds, conduct yourselves with fear throughout the time of your exile, 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, For this reason,…

How many of you enjoy when we sing together, “Blessed Assurance”? It’s beautiful, isn’t it? Blessed assurance, Jesus is mine! Oh, what a foretaste of glory divine! Heir of salvation, purchase of God, born of his Spirit, washed in his blood. As many of you know, I wish I had a deep voice that could just…

14 Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse them. 15 Rejoice with those who rejoice, weep with those who weep. Talk about leaning on the Lord, blessing those who persecute you. One of the hardest things to do is put away a personal attack and forgive someone who has tried to do intentional…

When Sin Exiles You from God Psalm 137 Psalm 137 is a vivid picture of the soul wrenching despair that God’s people felt as they were in captivity. Psalm 136 and 137 being back to back is a crazy roller coaster of emotions. Psalms 136 is exuberant and joyful in praise for their deliverance from captivity.…

It is deeply ingrained in every person to know where they come from. It is a natural part of who we are. Many of you are probably familiar with Ancestry.com, a site dedicated to people building family trees and discovering their ancestry. Just last year, a woman found her biological father through DNA…

Remember to Thank God! Thanksgiving Day, a day our nation has set aside to remember to give thanks to our God. In the creation account in the Book of Job we read, “The morning stars sang together and all the angels shouted for joy” (38:7). That’s the beginning of creation. And in Revelation, the very…