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2022 The Year of Rebirth Last year was a year of rebirth, in the aftermath of Covid and the loss of pastor it would have been easy to give up and quit. To close the church as so many others did, but you chose to stick it out to search out another pastor and to continue as a church despite the many strugles.…

Jesus’ outline of Revelation: - Revelation 1:19 . What was seen: Jesus Glorified - Revelation 1:9-20 . What is: the Seven Churches - Revelation 2-3 . What will be: Jesus’ judgement in the seven seals, trumpets and bowls. Revelation 4-22 . Revelation 3:1 . 1 “And to the angel of the church in Sardis write:…

What Is Discipleship? First, I want to start with a few questions. One, What is a disciple? Two, Who is a disciple? Three, HOW do we disciple? To answer what is a disciple, a disciple is one who devotes themselves to learning the teachings of Jesus and following His example in obedience through the power…

Introduction Newton’s first law of motion / The law of motion: An object at rest stays at rest and an object in motion will stay in motion with the same speed and direction unless acted upon by an unbalanced force. Why New Years can be a helpful time. An unbalanced or outside force that gets us to move.…

True Discipleship The Summer of 2006 was an Exciting summer for me. It was the summer that Corrie and I got married. Father’s Day Weekend. But more importantly than that…It was the Summer the Dallas Mavericks made it to the NBA Finals. To Be honest with you, I don’t care much about basketball. But you…

Let us pray…Gracious and loving God, on this first Sunday in Lent, we are standing at the stream of life and longing for your presence amongst us in this time that seems to be a never ending period of grief, despair, sorrow, and sadness. We are ready to celebrate and be able to praise you once again.…

If you were to walk around our city, you could go to areas that are building new homes and you would see concrete slabs. The rest of the house can’t go up until the foundation is laid. No walls can be built. No roof shingled. No plants planted. No windows installed. No walls painted. No memories made…

How many of you like to be a part of something? I believe that most people like to be a part of a group. Whether it is a social group or religious group or an online community, we do better as people when we are a part of a group. We like being with people that have the same interests that we do. When…

2 Peter 3 Good morning Church! We are now returning to where we left off on our study of God’s Word. In the past couple weeks we examined the cross of Christ and the Resurrection of Christ. We looked at the foundations of our faith. Today we are continuing on teaching through the Scriptures so that we…

Introduction How many of you have eaten lobster before? I ate lobster one time at a restaurant right on the water not far from Plymouth, Massachusetts. I’ve eaten lobster, but one life that I cannot relate to and that probably none of us can relate to, is the life of a lobsterman. A lobsterman is someone…

Ultimate Triumph is guaranteed when Christ returns, so don't surrender

Just a closer walk with thee. . . Transformation happens from the inside out, what we know, what we believe will impact what we do. You want to have a closer walk with God, with Christ, with the Spirit, that is what this series has been about and will continue to be about helping us to grow, to mature…

Welcome Good morning everyone and welcome once again. This morning we are going to begin a short break from the Gospel of John. For the next 4 weeks we are going to be looking at what Lent can and should mean for us since it begins this Wednesday. Which this is another reminder that we will have our…

1 Timothy 4:1-9 We have been going through a series on Change, entitled the Truth about Change. We started off by realizing the truth that Change is going to Happen, we just need to choose to trust that God is going to work it to good in our lives. To that end, we talked about Romans 12:1-2 , where Paul…

19 On the evening of that day, the first day of the week, the doors being locked where the disciples were for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and said to them, “Peace be with you.” 20 When he had said this, he showed them his hands and his side. Then the disciples were glad when they…

Close your eyes. Mine are closed too. Who here, if they’re honest, carries some level of hang-up around sharing who Jesus is to them? Keep your eyes closed and put your hand up if that’s you. Put your hands down, and open your eyes. I can imagine the scene in this moment from today’s story. Jesus is…

Ephesians Good morning church! I want to welcome you all here this morning, we are very glad you are here. Before we go too far into our service, I want to invite you back on Wednesday evening for our midweek study. At 6pm we are having an Agape Supper, lovingly bring something to share with your brothers…

What does it mean to be a servant? A person under tribute, a bonds person or slave, by right of purchase, pledge for indebtedness, or indenture (legal agreement, contract, or document). As we look at the upcoming Experiencing God, one of the first things we must establish is - what is our relationship…

What a week this has been for our country! In the middle of this 4th of July weekend we think about decisions the U.S. Supreme Court handed down in these last few days before summer recess Two of these decisions have impacts on religious freedom. First, the court ruled in favor of a U.S. Postal employee…

1 Corinthians is a book about finding glory only in the Lord. This becomes obvious by the last verse of chapter one. While some people find glory in power, some in what they can do or get away with, and still others find glory in looking good, looking smart or looking spiritual, the Apostle Paul encourages…

This year one of the things that I am most excited about is to help our church grow in our love for God. I want to help men and women and our students and children know what deep discipleship is all about. We want to have a passion for God and His Word because without it we won’t know how to function…

Today, we are concluding a series that we began several weeks ago called Collide. So far, we laid the foundation of standing firm in our faith when the world attempts to convince us of a different value system. Next, we talked about the importance of allowing God to transform our minds, and from there,…

Background & Introduction Background 2 Timothy was written by the apostle Paul. It was his last letter before his martyrdom, about ad 67. It was written to Timothy who Paul had placed in charge of the church at Ephesus. Timothy was a young companion of Paul, and this letter as well as 1 timothy was written…

Announcements Happy Birthday Merry Missions Thank you! Both the Catalan’s and Mrs. Kelsey have received their “packages!” I look forward to making this an annual event. Merry Christmas Card Sunday Thank you for being a blessing to our Academy families! Christmas Eve Service Usual morning services. Countdown…

NOTE: This is a manuscript, and not a transcript of this message. The actual presentation of the message differed from the manuscript through the leading of the Holy Spirit. Therefore, it is possible, and even likely that there is material in this manuscript that was not included in the live presentation…