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Problems happen when we forget. This is true of many things in life. It is especially true when we forget our priorities and the essentials of life. The major things need to stay major and the minor the minor. This weekend has been set aside by our nation to stop and remember, lest we forget, that freedom…

Good morning, Gateway Chapel! If we haven’t met... Connect Card by the Coffee Machine Normally we do announcements at the end, but I wanted to end with Jesus today and not a reminder of the stuff you have to do, so we’re going to do this stuff in the middle. Is that okay? Maui Relief Fund Membership…

It is not sufficient merely to say that you trust Christ for salvation, then to imagine there is nothing further to be done. This would be like someone hiring a pilot to safely bring a ship into harbor. But when the pilot arrives on board, the crew all go to their bunks and go to sleep. The pilot would…

Summary: Voluntary Slavery Slavery in Paul’s day was very different in many ways than the slavery we think of. Paul is using a certain type of slavery in his day as a limited illustration. There was voluntary slavery in the Roman empire in Paul’s day that was beneficial for the poor. This is the type…

Honest To God A Psalm of David. 1 I will sing of steadfast love and justice; to you, O Lord , I will make music. 2 I will ponder the way that is blameless. Oh when will you come to me? I will walk with integrity of heart within my house; 3 I will not set before my eyes anything that is worthless. I hate…

Intro; Being a good parent can be a difficult and challenging venture, but at the same time can be the most rewarding and fulfilling thing we ever do. The Bible has a lot to say about the way we can successfully raise our children to be men and women of God. As a good parent, the most important thing…

Submit to God James 4:6 (ESV) 6 But he gives more grace. Therefore it says, “God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.” James 4:7–10 (ESV) 7 Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. 8 Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands,…

Romans 3:19–20 (ESV) — 19 Now we know that whatever the law says it speaks to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be stopped, and the whole world may be held accountable to God. 20 For by works of the law no human being will be justified in his sight, since through the law comes knowledge…

Does God Exist? The question of the existence of God in the scope of human history is not a new one, but it is not particularly old either. When one examines cultures throughout history there seems to have always been a “something greater” that is in control of it all. For instance in school we studied…

Today is a special day in the life of our church. Today we will install and ordain elders and deacons that will serve among us in the coming weeks, months and years. In our denomination, once you are ordained you are ordained to that office for the remainder of your life within our denomination. We do…

God’s Guarantee To Sinners John 6.37-40 Introduction: Life is filled with uncertainties! You never know one day to the next just exactly what will happen. In fact, the Bible warns us about presuming on the future - Pro. 27:1 1 Boast not thyself of to morrow; For thou knowest not what a day may bring…

The Name YHWH = Yahweh = The LORD, was considered too sacred to pronounce, so adonai = my lord was substituted in reading The Name Yahweh is best described to mean “present to act” Immanuel = God is with us, Yahweh is present, accessible to help when we call 23 “ Behold , the virgin shall be with child…

Call to worship Welcome everyone! TITUS 2:11-14 “For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to all men, instructing us to deny ungodliness and worldly desires and to live sensibly, righteously and godly in the present age, looking for the blessed hope and the appearing of the glory of our…

Introduction: Good morning. It is good to be in the house of the Lord this morning with you. The Bible says that when two or more are gathered, that He is here - among us. We gathered this morning to worship the almighty. It is good. This morning we are continuing our study of the book of Romans. And…

Often we think that we are the ones who approach God; in fact, it is God who approaches us. How does your life form a response to God?

What does God want you to consider about your present circumstances? Are you weighed down with the hardship of life? Do you feel like not matter what you do, you can’t get your feet under you? Does hardship in your life just seem endless; does it seem like it overshadows everything? When hardship comes,…

INTRODUCTION Martyn Lloyd-Jones said... Love does not look at itself—it is absorbed in the object of its love. The Love of God , 77 That is so true! And that is the kind of love that God calls us to give Him A love that is “absorbed in” Him It is clear in Scripture that we are to love God That is without…

Introduction We are continuing in the great faith chapter, Chapter 11 of the book of Hebrews today and we will be looking at the second person that the author uses as and example of what faith looks like. If you remember from previous sermons that chapter 11 sits as an encouragement between the end of…

Introduction Breaking things. Fixing brakes, plumbing, etc... It’s just what people do. When we consider the things of God, church, marriages, even religion, we break things. In spite of the work that the Holy Spirit is doing in our lives, we are still sinful and imperfect. John gives both a call of…

Gen. 16:1-14 THE GOD WHO SEES Intro : Ill. The Context. Hagar is alone, frightened and sure that God is nowhere around. Yet, in her trial, God knew exactly where she was. He saw every move she made and He came to her to offer comfort and hope. I cannot answer the “Why” questions in your lives, but I…

Good Morning. Turn in your Bible with me to Psalm Chapter 15. Steve has already read this for us today, but now I want you to see this passage and what the Psalmist wants us to truly know? Here in Psalm 15 we see that David is earnestly crying out to the Lord. We see here in his brief prayer that he…

If you have your Bible (and I hope you do), please turn with me to Genesis 16 . If you don’t have a Bible of your own, please let me know and I’ll give you a Bible you can keep. If you are able and willing, please stand with me for the reading of God’s Holy Word. 1 Now Sarai, Abram’s wife, had borne…

4 And you know the way to where I am going.” 5 Thomas said to him, “Lord, we do not know where you are going. How can we know the way?” 6 Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. 7 If you had known me, you would have known my Father…

There is a constant conflict within our hearts, it is the conflict of comfort with what we know verses the need to embrace that which is new. People like what they know, they like being with people like them and in essence people don’t like change. Who remembers the movie Happy Feet? There was this constant…