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Advent is a time for self-examination as we prepare for the coming of Christ. Today’s scripture lesson talks about John the Baptist, the greatest man ever born of women according to Jesus. His job was to prepare people’s hearts for the coming of Christ. From this passage, Matthew 3:1-12, we are reminded to conduct three important self-examinations frequently to live a fruitful life. Let's take a look and see how you can benefit from it.

Central Idea: The Crown of Eternal Life is achieved by effort, self-control, and self-examination, with tests allowing all participants the prize. Scripture Reading: 1 Corinthians 9:24-27 24 Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one receives the prize? So run that you may obtain…

Morning 14 May 2023

Scripture Reading Text: Matthew 5:21-24 ; 18:15-22 Announcements As of this past Sunday, we have had 9 FPM commitments turned in that equal $16,989.44. I failed to kick off Tract Month this past Sunday! Our K3/K4 preschool classes will be presenting “The Little Red Hen” this coming Friday morning at…

Good afternoon! It is a privilege to gather together in worship and fellowship today, as we embark on a transformative journey through God's Word. Today, we begin a new sermon series that holds the potential to bring healing, restoration, and renewed hope to our lives. Our focus will be on the profound…

1 For you yourselves know, brothers, that our coming to you was not in vain. 2 But though we had already suffered and been shamefully treated at Philippi, as you know, we had boldness in our God to declare to you the gospel of God in the midst of much conflict. Central Idea: We know that there are many…

The Heart of Humility Introduction: In the Gospel of Luke, we come to a profound teaching of our Lord Jesus Christ A parable that contrasts two men, two prayers, and two very different spiritual conditions. Imagine standing at a crossroads, two paths diverging before you, each leading to a destination…

Doing Good within the Body Let him who is taught the word share in all good things with him who teaches. Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap. For he who sows to his flesh will of the flesh reap corruption, but he who sows to the Spirit will of the Spirit…

INTRODUCTION Good morning, dear friends and fellow believers. Concluding our July topic of “Be Alert and Cautious to Discern Deception”. Today, we look at an important topic – "The Cost of Compromise." Compromise, though often portrayed as a virtue Marriage In First Cor. 6 - taking a brother to court…

Do not lie to one another, seeing that you have put off the old self with its practices and have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge after the image of its creator. We know that our old self was crucified with him in order that the body of sin might be brought to nothing, so that…

The Mission, should you choose to accept it... 19 Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 and teaching them to obey everything that I have commanded you. And remember, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”…

As many of you know my other job is in aquatics and I’ve worked for the Y for over 40 years. At meetings discussing risks in our pool areas I’ve watched a lot of videos as we talked about best practices for keeping our pools safe. I’ve watched security videos of pool staff around the country miss what…

Introduction In times past I have often spoken of our American forefathers: George Washington, Patrick Henry, John Adams - those great Godly men upon whose blood, sweat, tears & - most importantly, prayers - was founded. The reason we have the liberties that we do, is because of those who came before…

Good morning!! If I haven’t had the pleasure of meeting you…my name is John and I serve Mission Church as the Lead Pastor. I am honored and grateful to be with you this morning. Please grab your Bible and turn with me to Matthew 7:21 . We have been journeying together through the Gospel according to…

Psalm 17 A lie-detector (polygraph) test claims to show whether a person is being honest. The common method asks the subject a series of questions while measuring physiological reactions such as blood pressure, eye dilation, pulse rate, and perspiration – factors which are difficult if not impossible…

If you’ve been with us the past couple of weeks - 2 weeks ago we broke into chapter 5 of Galatians... And we saw that Paul highlighted for the Galatians - the 2 paths of humanity The path of Freedom The path of Slavery That freedom - ultimately, only comes through Jesus Christ... And that the only other…

Have you ever felt hopeless? Have you ever been addicted to a sin that you just can’t seem to break free from? Have you ever wondered about whether you are truly saved or not? Would you like to have peace and freedom. You can. It won’t be easy, but it will be simple. There is a big difference between…

Introduction *** TURN THE HOURGLASS OVER *** The week before last, I unveiled the theme for the year, and preached unto you a message titled ‘A Time for Consideration’. In that message I’d asked you just to begin the year in consideration of three things: Consider Time ( Itself ) I wanted us to ponder…

Growth Seminar We all need to grow; needed in all areas, except maybe waistline. We need to grow in our Christian walk too ( Eph4:14-15 ; 1Pt2:2 ) 14 As a result, we are no longer to be children, tossed here and there by waves and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, by craftiness…

Today, amongst other things, we will be hitting on wisdom. Specifically man’s wisdom and God’s wisdom. In that vain I looked up some words of wisdom “Before you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes. That way when you criticize them, you are a mile away from them and you have their…

Good morning, church. Today I want to talk to you about life and death. Not the physical life and death that we all experience, but the spiritual life and death that we all face. The Bible tells us that there are two ways to live: in the light or in the darkness, in the truth or in the lie, in the grace…

Introduction Today we are starting we are continuing to look at the Eucharist. The Lords Supper. It is a time of Remembrance that we talked about last week. It is a time of worship. Often it becomes a time of apathy, of motions, of ease. So we must Guard ourselves. Thus we are looking at How We prepare…

This morning’s Scripture lessons are from the books of Genesis and Exodus. The first is... And God saw everything that he had made, and behold, it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day. The second is... Now the serpent was more crafty than any other beast of the field…

He is able to grow us! I think we can all agree that growth as a Christian is vital if we are going to grow as the church. This applies in the world too that growth is necessary, but our focus is a closer walk with thee in our series. We are called to grow up in all things (Eph4:14-15) 14 As a result,…