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Therefore, having put away falsehood, let each one of you speak the truth with his neighbor, for we are members one of another. Be angry and do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your anger, and give no opportunity to the devil. Let the thief no longer steal, but rather let him labor, doing honest…

4 New Year’s Resolutions that will impact eternity. 1. To Find Pleasure in God Absorbed in the Sunset A mother had called her five-year-old son to dinner five times. He was slow responding. Impatiently, she declared, “This is the fifth time I have called Billy to dinner. I will have to see about this,…

Pursue love, and earnestly desire the spiritual gifts, especially that you may prophesy. For one who speaks in a tongue speaks not to men but to God; for no one understands him, but he utters mysteries in the Spirit. On the other hand, the one who prophesies speaks to people for their upbuilding and…

Text : 1 Corinthians 14:26-40 1 Corinthians 14:26–40 (ESV) What then, brothers? When you come together, each one has a hymn, a lesson, a revelation, a tongue, or an interpretation. Let all things be done for building up. If any speak in a tongue, let there be only two or at most three, and each in turn,…

Since we all are beneficiaries of God's grace, secondary issues must not divide us.

Introduction It is true that people are not ice cream. If we were we would not last a second in this Texas heat. Even though people are not ice cream we tend to have a preference we go to over the others. We walk in the ice cream shop and look at the options, knowing exactly what we are going to get…

Introduction Over the past two weeks we have been looking at what the scriptures teach us regarding the third member of the Trinity, the Holy Spirit. This week we are going to look at what scripture teaches us regarding Spiritual gifts, or what some call the gifts of the Holy Spirit. I have said this…

As we continue our Believe series, we come to the topic of Peace. Peace - it’s something we all want. We want peace of mind - peace in our lives, homes, nation, world. Every Miss America contestant wants world peace. We want peace, yet, we rarely experience it - there is always something that interferes…

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May the words of my mouth and the meditations of our hearts be alway acceptable in thy sight, O Lord, our strength and our redeemer. Amen. From the beginning of time, it seems that the way humans have made sense of the world is through stories. As individuals, we think of our lives in terms of autobiography,…

Introduction Back in the 19th century, a young boy had watched his dad become a great inventor and businessman. He and his family had moved from Stockholm to St. Petersburg, Russia to be with his father Immanuel who had moved there some time before in order to get his business off the ground and running.…

Paul exhorts the Roman church to put the concerns and weaknesses of others above their own freedoms and desires, thus fulfilling the law of love. This goes beyond loving your neighbor as yourself, and instead, prompts us to love others before ourselves.

Introduction 29 Let two or three prophets speak, and let the others weigh what is said. 30 If a revelation is made to another sitting there, let the first be silent. 31 For you can all prophesy one by one, so that all may learn and all be encouraged, 32 and the spirits of prophets are subject to prophets.…

Romans 14:14-23 Sermon Series: Romans Sermon Title: Nothing But Love Main Passage: Romans 14:14-23 Main Idea: Rather than discourage, judge, or even destroy your brother, you should love him because he is God’s child. INTRO : [thank interns for the skit] If the skit gets you thinking… “Wasn’t this last…

Spiritual Gifts Romans 12 pt 1 As we conclude our sermon series next week let us recall what we have been talking about since Father’s Day. There are two different Scriptures that talk about Spiritual Gifts, 1 Corinthians 12 and Romans 12 . According to 1 Corinthians 12 , there are 3 types of gifts –…

As we focus on the key verse Eph 3:17 , let us look at this series about the Church identity in this letter to the Church of Ephesus. Our church identity we talked about two weeks ago as in the Identity in Grace. Last week we continued the second part as the Spiritual Citizenship that we have in Christ;…

Sunday, October 10, 2021. 1 Corinthians 14:1-25 | "Say Amen." When the church says "Amen," it communicates a powerful witness of faith in God's word and works for both insiders and outsiders, believers and unbelievers. This message preaches from 1 Corinthians 14:1-25. It is part of a preaching series through 1 Corinthians "To The Church." The title of this sermon is "Say Amen."

Know Your Tools Part 4C: The Gifts of the Spirit Now concerning spiritual gifts, brothers, I do not want you to be uninformed. You know that when you were pagans you were led astray to mute idols, however you were led. Therefore I want you to understand that no one speaking in the Spirit of God ever…

Peter held Accountable for his faults We can look at this text in a few different ways. I won’t have time to cover them all but i do want to point them out to us for growth purposes. 1. The Boldness of Paul - being right is more important that being popular 2. The Bigness of Peter - He took his rebuke…

Main Point: The mission of the gathered church is to glorify God by edifying one another through the ministry of the word of God, purposefully engaging our minds.

Pastorals: Message Forty-Two Titus 2:1-10 ETS: Paul taught that Christian character and behavior were required for strong Christian witness. ESS: We should conduct our lives in a manner consistent with the Gospel. OSS: [MO: Ethical] { SO: I want the hearers to commit to behaving in a manner consistent…

The way of Christ is be in community with one another through cultivation, celebration and correction.

Announcements - Welcome Online & Visitors OFFERING Chili Cook Off Today! Men bring your camping chairs, we will play some corn hole. Elim Conference this coming weekend - Friday night at 6:30 at GCF, Saturday at 9 am at GCF. Sunday Here. Nov. 4th, Corn Maze 4 pm Nov. 11th, men’s breakfast Introduction…

2 Corinthians: Authenticate Ministry 2 Corinthians 12:11-21 11 I have been a fool! You forced me to it, for I ought to have been commended by you. For I was not at all inferior to these super-apostles, even though I am nothing. 12 The signs of a true apostle were performed among you with utmost patience,…

May the words of my mouth and the meditations of our hearts be alway acceptable in thy sight, O Lord, our strength and our redeemer. Amen. Today is the conclusion of our sermon series “Living Sacrifices: Living into the Christian Story” that we have been doing during this interval of Ordinary Time before…