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Scripture Intro: Series in the Psalms. Looked at all sorts of psalms. To set the stage for today’s psalm... Psalms 111-113 all begin with the word “Hallelujah” Translated in English as “Praise the Lord” That is also one of the Hebrew words that we have brought over into our usage. “Hallelujah” … a word…

Walk Different Eph. 4:17-32 From these sets of verses to Chapter 5:verse 17. Paul is going to expound even more on our Christian Walk. Here in our text (Ch.4:17-32) we are to “walk Different” In (5:1-2) we are to “walk in Love” In (Ch.5:3-14) we are to “walk in the light” In (Ch.5:15-17) we are to “walk…

This Week’s Theme: The Cost of Discipleship This Week’s Word Renunciation: The deliberate rejection or disavowal, especially of a person or object. Memory Verse: 2 Timothy 2:19 Nevertheless the solid foundation of God stands, having this seal: “The Lord knows those who are His,” and, “Let everyone who…

Saul and the mob were on a murderous rampage against the disciples. He had the high priest give them legitimacy. Synagogues did have the right to administer punishment (2 Cor. 11:24) , and Paul himself did recall his persecution to have been exceedingly fierce (Gal. 1:13). He was on his way to Damascus…

NOTHING FOR FREE If there is anything that life has taught me is that “nothing come free”; there is always a cost attached to it. So, the question of the utmost importance today is “How much does it costs?” Although “sin” is no longer considered a serious issue (by most people’s standards), I think I…

This Week’s Theme: Working God’s Way This Week’s Word is Renunciation: The deliberate rejection or disavowal, especially of a person or object. Memory Verse: Luke 9:23 “23 Then He said to them all, “If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow Me.”…

Introducing Tristan Beloat https://youtu.be/F4ueWJegE3A 2/3 of youth who grow up in the church will drop out between the age of 18-22 if you have a youth group of 15 that means only 5 will remain. While the 66 percent may be troubling for many church leaders, the numbers may appear more hopeful when…

INTRODUCTION: Someone once said, “A picture paints a thousand words.” WHICH IS MUSIC to the ears of any good, God-fearing PREACHER, because there are at least SEVEN METAPHORS (PICTURES) of what it will take to fulfill the twofold charge of (2:1-2)! 1. Be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus –…

Is Grace Unconditional? Do you love to eat? Have you had a great meal? 12 Then he turned to his host. “When you put on a luncheon or a banquet,” he said, “don’t invite your friends, brothers, relatives, and rich neighbors. For they will invite you back, and that will be your only reward. 13 Instead,…

John 7:53-8:11 Notes for the message: 1. Teaching in the Courtyard , 7:53-8:2. This arrangement of the paragraph throws light for us upon the loneliness of Christ. “Every man went to his home, but Jesus went to the Mount of Olives.” He had no home of His own. He was house-less and homeless in the world…

Liz coming down to go up= to go down. Crazy C. S. Lewis writes in his book Miracles that the central miracle asserted by Christians is the incarnation (143). He explains the descent and ascent of Christ vividly:In the Christian story God descends to re-ascend. He comes down; down from the heights of…

Last time we saw a portrait of God as the grieving father broken over His wayward son. God had brought discipline on Israel for their idolatry. This was something that was very difficult to do. As a father, he knew Israel needed punishment, but he wrestled emotionally in carrying it out. A loving parent…

Introduction Philippians 3:12-16 Not that I have already received this , or have already been made perfect, but I press on if indeed I may lay hold of that for which also I was laid hold of by Christ. Brothers, I do not consider myself to have laid hold of it . But I do one thing , forgetting the things…

Karen and I had a residence director in college named Phil. Phil is one of those people that is so comfortable being himself that it’s off-putting for a young man very full of himself but totally insecure. Phil never argued with anyone. If he knew the truth, he was at peace whether or not you accepted…

CALL AS APOSTLES 12 In these days he went out to the mountain to pray, and all night he continued in prayer to God. 13 And when day came, he called his disciples and chose from them twelve, whom he named apostles: 14 Simon, whom he named Peter, and Andrew his brother, and James and John, and Philip,…

Introduction We are talking about Spiritual Disciplines. Not some thing that Saves you but Something that grows you The spiritual disciplines are not to be seen as a pretext for separation and isolation from the world. Rather they should be regarded as a means to conquest over the world. Not the renunciation…

Welcome/Bienvenido: Tithe & Offering-Diezmo y Ofrenda Exodus 36:5-6 (NLT) 5 They went to Moses and reported, “The people have given more than enough materials to complete the job the Lord has commanded us to do!” 6 So Moses gave the command, and this message was sent throughout the camp: “Men and women,…

Even though Moses tried several times to opt out from following God’s direction, we can learn from Moses’ story what matters most about the direction of our faith today.

Not of This World In Jesus’ well-known prayer in the garden of Gethsemane before he was arrested for trial, he said of his followers, “They are not of the world, just as I am not of the world” ( John 17:16 ). Believers were certainly in the world, specially tasked by God to carry the gospel to every…

BAPTISM AS HOLY WAR First Peter 3:14–22 is one of the more puzzling passages of the New Testament. Set against the backdrop of the divine council worldview, however, it’s actually quite comprehensible. 14 But even if you might suffer for the sake of righteousness, you are blessed. And do not be afraid…

Common Men, Uncommon Calling Tonight we will start a study on twelve ordinary, common men who were called to an uncommon task. This study is to take the twelve disciples and place them, not as supernatural beings, but as common men that God used in extraordinary ways to spread the Gospel. Why do you…

Good morning and welcome to Dishman Baptist Church. What a beautiful weekend it is and what a pleasure it is to be here with all of you this morning. Please take your Bibles and turn with me to Jude. If any of you missed last week we have completed our study of Mark after nearly a year and half in that…

Good Morning! We are continuing our sermon series 9 Fruit 1 Flavor on the Fruit of the Spirit listed in Gal 5:22-23 . The the Fruit of the spirit is love, joy, peace, patience kindness, goodness, FAITHFULNESS. What is faithfulness? Faithfulness speaks of dependability and reliability. . … We sometimes…

Fasting is a temporary renunciation of something that is in itself good, like food, in order to intensify our expression of need for something greater — namely, God and his work in our lives.