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Break up your fallow ground. It is time for a new season of growth spiritualy. Apologies for the audio quality. It somehow switch to the computer microphone instead of the line input. (Apologies about the audio this week. For some reason the laptop mic was being used instead of the input from the sound system.)

Our Scripture lesson this morning comes from Acts 1:1-8 : In the first book, O Theophilus, I have dealt with all that Jesus began to do and teach, until the day when he was taken up, after he had given commands through the Holy Spirit to the apostles whom he had chosen. He presented himself alive to…

Acts 2:1-21 Rain in the Bible is an interesting thing... It is one of the great contrasts that we see... You know, there are several contrasts... Things that seem to be both good and bad... Lion - devil is said to roam around like a like seeking someone to devour Jesus will also return as the lion of…

A Plan from Creation And God said, “Let the earth sprout vegetation, plants yielding seed, and fruit trees bearing fruit in which is their seed, each according to its kind, on the earth.” And it was so. The earth brought forth vegetation, plants yielding seed according to their own kinds, and trees bearing…

Week 23. The Good News Of Pentecostal Power Happy Pentecost Sunday! 50 Days after passover is the festival of Pentecost. Pentecost was a feast of harvest. When they would celebrate the gathering of the fruit of the seed that had been planted. For the 120 disciples in the Upper Room 10 Days after the…

Instanty Obedience always beats lavish gifts!

This is the story of the birth of the Church, without the Spirit, there would be no Church. Pentecost is celebrated at the time of the wheat harvest. Pentecost was near the time for wheat harvest. Not the season for creating new wine The firstfruits of the harvest were to be dedicated to God. John Wesley…

Waiting for my gift I know there are many times where I have been excited to receive something. Especially in a time where I may not have felt well. Felt like I was left out of something or saddened by something else being taken away. Cass and I are not very good about waiting for our presents for each…

Opening • Good morning and welcome • Boudreaux, the smoothest-talking Cajun in the Louisiana National Guard, got called up to active duty. Boudreaux's first assignment was in a military induction center. And because he was such a good talker, they assigned him the duty of advising new recruits about…

Introduction If you are new to our church or missed last week we began a new series here on Sunday Morning. For the next few weeks leading up to the Easter season, we will be going to discover the book of Acts. Last week we discovered that the book of Acts is about the moving of God through the lives…

B UT UNDERSTAND this, that in the last days will come (set in) perilous times of great stress and trouble [hard to deal with and hard to bear]. For people will be lovers of self and [utterly] self-centered, lovers of money and aroused by an inordinate [greedy] desire for wealth, proud and arrogant and…

1 “Sing, O barren, You who have not borne! Break forth into singing, and cry aloud, You who have not labored with child! For more are the children of the desolate Than the children of the married woman,” says the Lord . To be barren was a curse. Those who were barren were ashamed. It was a painful thing…

Intro: Yesterday we celebrated the birth of Jesus. His first coming… and now this morning we are going to be talking about His second Coming. One of the toughest subjects of study in all of scripture is the study of the end times. Prophecy is a very difficult subject. The language is heavily figurative,…

Show “Lord I Need You Skit Guys” Video Whether we recognize it or not, the power of the Holy Spirit is working in our lives And, as most of us would admit we need the power of the Spirit in our lives! How many times do we find ourselves in situations like those in the video? Frustrated, in over our heads,…

It is a significant day in our country’s history. I doubt there are many of us here that don’t remember where they were the when they learned of planes hitting the world trade center, the Pentagon, and going down in a field in Pennsylvania. In the days that followed there was a palpable connection. I…

In Season or out of season — Preach the Word I charge you therefore before God and the Lord Jesus Christ, who will judge the living and the dead at His appearing and His kingdom: Preach the word! Be ready in season and out of season. Convince, rebuke, exhort, with all longsuffering and teaching. For…

God’s Calendar And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years: all months started on a new moon the month cannot start unless the new moon is sighted so what happens if the new moon…

Introduction: 23 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 24 “Speak to the people of Israel, saying, In the seventh month, on the first day of the month, you shall observe a day of solemn rest, a memorial proclaimed with blast of trumpets, a holy convocation. 25 You shall not do any ordinary work, and you…

"Happy Birthday Christian Church". Based on Acts 2:14-21. Pentecost is the birthday of the Christian Church since this is the celebration of the Holy Spirit coming to be with us, just as Jesus promised. Peter began the celebration with preaching which is where we get our example of preaching in church.

Grace to you and peace, from God our Father and from our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. The central concept for today’s message is time — kairos. As one examines time in today text as well as in other portions of Scripture, one quickly realizes that time is a gift. As with all other gifts, God calls…

Looking back and grounding in scripture When we had our AGM last year Rebecca and I were fresh into things and didn’t have a lot to report. It feels like we’ve been really active as a parish since then, punching well above our weight. But before we pat ourselves on the back, let’s draw back to scripture.…

Today we celebrate the Christmas Season’s beginning. Now, our decorators at church began that last week, so you already had a chance to see all these decorations thanks to the dedication and work of Patty, Andrea, Mary, and the help of Ben and Keon and Laura....anyone else? Bobbi and I were at Yucaipa…

Christmas is the BEGINNING of the Season!

The day of Pentecost was the day that the promise had finally come upon the disciples of Christ taking them from merely being followers and believers to now becoming the literal living church of Jesus Christ. I don’t want us to think that this was some random event that took place because it was something…