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For those of you…and I do hope that most of you, if not all of you are participating in the daily readings that we are doing as a church… if you are doing those readings Friday was a significant day for us personally as a couple, and as a family. Psalm 22-24 were part of the readings for the day, in…

Amos 5 is the Lord’s attempt to cause a stiff necked and hard hearted people to turn from their sin and seek Him. How do you get a hard hearted person to seek the Lord How does the Lord motivate hard hearted people to seek Him? Seeking the Lord is not a once and done decision. Seeking the Lord is a lot…

Our next stop on our journey through the minor prophets is the book of Joel, which is a very interesting book for a number of reasons. First, It is difficult to place Joel accurately in the timeline of Israel’s history. Some suggest it is pre-exile and others suggest it is post-exile. Personally, I think…

Introduction The voice we drop into when we talk to kids vs adults. Embarrassing when you get those two mixed up. The added stress for parents, especially moms. Conversations about the struggle of loneliness and craving for interaction with other adults. I think sometimes there is just a need to be recognized,…

It seems to me that there are times life feels like a battle. In some places like the Ukraine there is a literal battle going on, but the world we live in is more than just physical. There is a spiritual realm as well, a dimension which we often are unaware of but still is closely connected to the physical…

Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord. We are living in an age where it seems that everyone is seeking after something. Many young people are seeking to establish their place…

Evening 17 December 23

David’s Song of Thanksgiving 1 Chronicles 16:8–13 (ESV) Oh give thanks to the Lord ; call upon his name; make known his deeds among the peoples! Sing to him, sing praises to him; tell of all his wondrous works! Glory in his holy name; let the hearts of those who seek the Lord rejoice! Seek the Lord and…

1 There shall come forth a shoot from the stump of Jesse, and a branch from his roots shall bear fruit. 2 And the Spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him, the Spirit of wisdom and understanding, the Spirit of counsel and might, the Spirit of knowledge and the fear of the Lord . 3 And his delight shall…

Intro: Some things are worth waiting for; yet when we get them we wonder why we did not enjoy that blessing all along. We just passed the Canadian Thanksgiving feast day and the USA one is coming. After enjoying all the food you can possibly force down your own throat, you sometimes wonder why you waited…

21 But this I call to mind, and therefore I have hope: Love 22 The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; his mercies never come to an end; 23 they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. Mercy and faithfulness are expressions of the Lord’s steadfast love. The Work of Christ embodies all…

Amos 5 is the Lord’s attempt to cause a stiff necked and hard hearted people to turn from their sin and seek Him. How do you get a hard hearted person to seek the Lord How does the Lord motivate hard hearted people to seek Him? All of us need to seek the Lord more than we currently are seeking. All of…

He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High Shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. I will say of the Lord , He is my refuge and my fortress: My God; in him will I trust. Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, And from the noisome pestilence. He shall call upon me,…

When we feel most power less, He is powerful!

Dedicated faith Mary whom was healed of seven demons ( Lk 8:2 2 and also some women who had been healed of evil spirits and sicknesses: Mary who was called Magdalene, from whom seven demons had gone out, Mary who was at the cross ( Mt27:56 56 Among them was Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James…

Zephaniah, the name itself means “the Lord hides,” Likely written around 621 B.C. Josiah began to make major policy changes as he “began to seek the God of David his father” ( 2 Chr 34:3 ). Apparently, this indicates that he renounced the gods of Assyria and rejected completely the syncretistic policies…

The careful reader of the book of Amos can “feel” the voice of God piercing through their soul like the roar of a mighty lion! 2 And he said: “The Lord roars from Zion and utters his voice from Jerusalem; the pastures of the shepherds mourn, and the top of Carmel withers.” Amos not only delivers a powerful…

We are…The body! Here we are again – we have gathered to worship our Lord and savior. We are taking these weeks to look at the body of Christ – the church. What is the church? Last week we looked at the Nature Of The Church and we found that the Bible calls the church: 1. A FELLOWSHIP 2. A FAMILY 3.…

Intro: Back in January I preached on a theme. Priorities. We learned to prioritize the eternal. Namely, people and God’s Word. The saved, the church. The unsaved, those that need the gospel. And God’s Word. We were reminded that our priorities must be in step with the mind of Christ. This morning we…

After Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of King Herod, wise men from the east arrived in Jerusalem, saying, “Where is he who has been born king of the Jews? For we saw his star at its rising and have come to worship him.” When King Herod heard this, he was deeply disturbed, and all Jerusalem…

Habakkuk writes: Habakkuk 3:17–19 (ESV) Though the fig tree should not blossom, nor fruit be on the vines, the produce of the olive fail and the fields yield no food, the flock be cut off from the fold and there be no herd in the stalls, yet I will rejoice in the Lord ; I will take joy in the God of…

Introduction: We live in a world of uncertainty. Each day we are faced with news of more and more uncertainty in our culture in our government, and in some of our families and other areas of our lives. We all deal with these things in different ways. When we are uncertain or scared we need to understand…

Last week we covered the darkest day in history. The day when the king of the universe was executed. The day when it seemed the forces of darkness had won. The day when grief and sorrow plagued the hearts of His followers as they saw the one who they believed to be the messiah, the one who they thought…

Intro Galadriel, the elf queen in Tolkien’s Lord Of The Rings, is at the top echelon of creatures in the Tolkien universe. She is one of the three leaders of the three elven kingdoms in the books. But she stands alone in power and potential. During one scene in the second book (and movie) The Two Towers,…