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Good Morning, if you have your Bibles turn with me to Isaiah Chapter 55. The title of our message today is, “God’s Ways are not our Ways.” Has there ever come a time where you have said these words. God’s Ways are not my ways. His thoughts are not my thoughts? In other words, we are acknowledging that…

R. Kent Hughes, in his book Liberating Ministry From The Success Syndrome tells a story of a gospel singer and songwriter who was associated with Dwight L. Moody. The story goes “It was Christmas Eve 1875 and Ira Sankey was traveling on a Delaware River steamboat when he was recognized by some of the…

Prepare the Way Several years ago, I was used to train dogs. In that business, I got to work with all types of trainers. I worked with search and rescue dogs, drug dogs, and even some agility dogs. Even though I knew what they could do, it was still amazing to see them work. They would know where to…

“Foundations Series” Well Good Morning, today we are continuing in our Foundations Series. There is nothing worse that walking down a stairway in the dark and missing a step or thinking there is a step there and falling down and hurting ourself. We so desperately need a firm foundation. And the same…

Some of you have heard me tell a story before of my first year preaching, when a lady decided she needed to have a sit-down with me and tell me my sermons were accusatory. She went on to tell me that in a recent sermon, I had used the word repentance 39 times! Now, in that sermon, I was preaching from…

The late president Calvin Coolidge returned home from attending church early one Sunday afternoon. His wife had been unable to attend, but she was interested in what the pastor preached about in the service. “What did he speak about today?” she asked. Coolidge responded, “Sin.” Mrs. Coolidge pressed…

A brief recap... We are in the beginning section of John’s gospel we are calling the revelation to Israel, which starts n verse 19 of chapter 1 through John 12:50 . The summary statement on this section is as follows: The revelation of the Son of God to Israel was presented by John through his record…

Last week we spoke on the Gospel and Faith. As someone put it, “unrestrained loyalty.” The Gospel is the power of God for salvation It is Gods righteousness revealed to man It is applied to faith. It starts with Jesus and ends with Jesus - AMEN Today we look at the flip side Paul’s talks about salvation…

Has anything exciting ever happened in your town? (Allow response.) Maybe a circus or a fair or even the President came to your town! What do people usually do when something exciting is going to happen? (Allow response.) They might put posters up or show what is happening on TV. They could even post…

New Year’s Resolution: Draw closer to God than every before! How? Read Bible more, pray more, go to church more, all good ideas. Any motion toward God must first begin with repentance. We don’t like to talk about repentance much let alone put it into action. This same problem was facing the Jews in Ezekiel’s…

I like to preach in series. I feel like we can stay on a particular topic for several weeks. Last week we just finished a series on Prayer. Next week we will begin a series on Following Jesus. But, I also like to have a single sermon placed in amongst series so that I can give you a lesson that is not…

Jesus gives sight to a man who has been blind his whole life. Jesus continues to shine light into lives that have been lost in darkness.

Today if you have brought your Bibles turn with me to Hebrews chapter 12. If you don’t have a Bible I want to encourage you to follow along because we will have God’s Word provided for us on the Screens behind me today. You may be here today and say why is God’s Word so important for us to look at? Because…

We are surviving birthday season at our house. Jan 30th was Grace’s birthday. This past Monday was David’s birthday. This week is Valentine’s Day. The following week is my birthday. Crazy season. It’s a time of celebrating what God has done in each person’s life and remembering the journey to this point.…

9 What then? Are we better than they? Not at all. For we have previously charged both Jews and Greeks that they are all under sin. 20 For when you were slaves of sin, you were free in regard to righteousness. 34 Jesus answered them, “Most assuredly, I say to you, whoever commits sin is a slave of sin.…

Introduction If you have your Bibles let me invite you to open with me to the book of Mark. We will begin reading in verse 1 this morning and we will read through verse 8. Last week we were introduced to the author of this book and some of the theme of this book. Mark was an eye-witness of so much of…

· If you were with us last week – you heard the apostle Paul continue to set the record straight regarding the Law of God… · Paul’s point was to elevate the INTENT of the Law – because by doing THAT – it would shine a spotlight on how the Galatian believers who were embracing the False Teaching – were…

When I was a kid, I had to plant a seed for some sort of VBS craft. Every kid got a styrofoam cup, some dirt, and a seed. I have no idea what the overall purpose was for the craft. But, hey, I was excited to plant that seed. I took the styrofoam cup home. Proudly placed it on our front stoop. And promptly…

This Week’s Theme: A God Who is Unimpeachable Word for the Week is God’s Judgment : God judges the world by identifying and condemning sin and by vindicating and rewarding the righteous. God exercises temporal judgment on the world and on his people; final judgment will take place when Jesus Christ returns.…

John the Baptist 5 In the days of Herod, king of Judea, there was a priest named Zechariah, of the division of Abijah. And he had a wife from the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth. 6 And they were both righteous before God, walking blamelessly in all the commandments and statutes of the…

Text - Nehemiah 9 Subject - Compassion Theme - God’s compassion Thesis - We can confess our sins before God because He is gracious and compassionate. Principle - Even though we are unfaithful, God is always faithful. Intro Many of us are familiar with the saying Winston Churchill made “Those who fail…

The heavenly Father is always ready to give what we need; sometimes the question is if we are ready to receive it.

Psalm 86:11 (ESV) — 11 Teach me your way, O Lord, that I may walk in your truth; unite my heart to fear your name. 11 Teach me your way, O Lord , that I may walk in your truth; unite my heart to fear your name. Deuteronomy 10:12-13 (ESV) — 12 “And now, Israel, what does the Lord your God require of you,…

Intro; All of us have been hurt by someone before and have had a hard time forgiving them. When we don’t forgive, the memory of the hurt darkens our past, clouds the present and shackles our future. Forgiveness is an integral part of the Christian’s life. We have been forgiven in Christ therefore we…

As we continue to consider our prayers, I thought that it would be good for us to consider how we deal with times when we are grieving, or sad, or even depressed. How should we pray then? I’m going to read some quotes about depression. And after I read them, I will tell you who said them, and that may…