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Now I will tell you what! preparing this weeks sermon was quite difficult! I spent a lot of time working through this text. reading commentaries and wrestling with the themes that seemed at first to not really flow into the kindo cohesive whole that is easy to understand. And quite frankly it wasn’t…

If one’s creed does not control one’s conduct, his creed is worthless! In his book, In The Eye of the Storm , Max Lucado tells the story of Chippie the Parakeet… Chippie never saw it coming… one minute he is perched peacefully in his cage… and other next he is sucked in, washed up, and blown over! It…

Rethinking Trials and Temptations GOSPEL – Mark 1:12-15 THEME: Jesus overcomes Satan and rescues people from the devil’s dominion by His Gospel. GOAL: That the hearers realize that the decisive battle against Satan has been fought and won. MALADY: We are such easy prey for Satan. We think we must overcome…

Has there ever come a time in your life where all you could think about was the trials and struggles of life? What is so difficult about trials is the not knowing of what may come. I mean why we doubt, and fear, and despair is because we don’t know how things will end. How does our trial end, and will…

The resurrection of Jesus from the dead brought to an end the power of our common enemies — sin, death, and the devil. Life for the people of God should be pleasant, a mere step away from heaven. The victory is complete, and it is ours. But it seems like the battle continues to rage in the form of tests…

Has there ever come a time in your life where all you could think about was the trials and struggles of life? What is so difficult about trials is the not knowing of what may come. I mean why we doubt, and fear, and despair is because we don’t know how things will end. How does our trial end? That is…

Introduction Thankfulness seems to be a lost art today. Warren Wiersbe illustrated this problem in his commentary on Colossians. He told about a ministerial student in Evanston, Illinois, who was part of a life-saving squad. In 1860, a ship went aground on the shore of Lake Michigan near Evanston, and…

God intends for you to have steadfast faith in this life! If you don't, it is not HIS fault.

3 For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received: that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures, 4 that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day in accordance with the Scriptures, Paul tells us that Jesus was buried and rose again on the third day! That…

Over the last few weeks, people have talked about the end times more than in the weeks prior. I have preached about the end in the last few years more than I have in the years prior. I believe that Christ is returning soon. It is so important that we get ready. In our text today, Jesus tells the church…

Introduction We’re continuing our study of James He was the half-brother to Jesus Earliest book written, in the 40’s This is a letter is all about how our faith should affect our works, deeds, actions. I left out a note on the word “Greetings” in verse 1. It is the usual greeting with which, as the papyri…

Joshua 1:8 (KJV 1900) 8 This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success. Summer to Remember…

Distraction leads to disunity which creates a disconnect from the traction needed to keep moving. Jesus says to Martha when visiting the home of Mary and Martha, "You are worried and upset about many things, you are distracted, but only one thing is needed." ( Luke 10:41 ). Does it feel like you are…

Intro; As we come to the end of our study on “What Is Faith?” , we’re going to look at a montage of people and their faith. One main theme runs through these last verses on faith and it’s “A Faith that Perseveres”. The word perseverance means “to bear up under.” It describes someone who remains steadfast…

Trials

Faith and endurance are practiced by having the right perspective, not just in the big things, but in the mundane. We must see Jesus’ victory in the minutia. It is then that we have the proper perspective on the whole of life’s valleys and mountain tops. The valleys are the hardest to keep proper perspective…

We are reminded that Jesus graciously and intentionally put Himself in our place. We are encouraged to proudly associate with our faith.

We’ve all experienced victories of some sort in our lives as well as experienced fear and failure. Yet all these experiences accomplish nothing if they don’t bring about some type of change in our lives. The victories are not really victories if they don’t bring about a positive change as a result. likewise,…

Judges 2:8-15 When you consider the Greatest Generation – those who lived, worked, and toiled, sweat, sacrificed, fought and died for freedom and against tyranny. A generation that learned early that if you wanted to eat you had to work. Nothing was given to you; you had to go to work and work hard and…

Pastor Michael Mehring I want to take us on a journey — a journey of the last few days of Jesus life— we will be Going… —from the garden — through the trial — to the cross — engaged in the battle of the ages — and finishing with the victory!! Let’s begin from the garden Jesus was facing Substitution…

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…

Victory in the face of defeat God’s mission for us calls us forward into battle, despite the fears we may face. Telemachus (read from book). What lengths are you willing to go through to follow God’s call on your life? What walls must you hop over, what arena must you face, what brawl must you enter,…

Intro; This morning I want to look at Easter from a different prospective, but with the same outcome. The Apostle Paul in his writings, often uses analogies of one preparing/training themselves for a sporting event with the intent of winning. 24 Do you not know that those who run in a race all run, but…

Verses 37-42 Notice that Jesus doesn’t call him Peter, He calls him Simon as He refers to the old fleshly nature of Simon... It was Jesus who first told Simon that His new name would be Peter, and now He is reminding him of who he is without Christ... 42 He brought him to Jesus. Jesus looked at him and…

1 John 5:4–5 (NLT) 4 For every child of God defeats this evil world, and we achieve this victory through our faith. 5 And who can win this battle against the world? Only those who believe that Jesus is the Son of God. 1 Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has become a child of God. And everyone…