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William Booth’s Passion The story is told of General William Booth, the founder of the Salvation Army, and the day Queen Victoria of England asked to meet with him. Because she had heard so many favorable things about his work in the slums, she asked him for the secret of his success. “Your Majesty,”…

Intro Last week we studied what evil looks like, what evil people look like. We see that Gods Judgments are true and righteous. We talked about Moral suicide. Personally, up to and including globally. Romans does not mince words, it lays it out simply and is crystal clear. If the church in Rome had a…

God Regularly Gathers Us for Worship God grows us, by establishing routines for worship. We grow, by obeying God’s plan, for our spiritual and physical growth. God established Three Main Festivals a year. One could say Four; However, the day of atonement was closely tied to the “Feast of the tabernacles”…

Introduction When you look around at the brokenness and it breaks you. Hurricane damage in Florida. Recent school shooting in Uvalde. The continuing atrocity by the Russian military on the Ukrainian people. Driving around OKC and seeing the number of homeless. Hate and division that are running rampant…

First Assembly of God Pursue God, Build His church, Reach the world…all in love. Core Values Our church values prayer, Bible study, and worship. We value community outreach and missions; paired with discipleship to grow strong believers. We put a premium on servant-driven, humble ministries such as feeding…

Amos 4:1-13 The Bible tells us that one day we will all stand before God. In truth we will all kneel before God. 10 That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth; But everyone will give an account for what they have done with their…

Introduction We all know of people, we may be the person, who ask for things that seem ridiculous. This is fine, except when the people expect to receive whatever it is they ask for. They have an entitlement mentality that drives them and expect exactly what they ask for regardless what it is. Stories…

The Contest Plague of blood 16 But indeed for this purpose I have raised you up, that I may show My power in you, and that My name may be declared in all the earth. Plagues of frogs Plagues of lice Plagues of flies Pharaoh’s compromising offer. Characters: God, Moses, Pharaoh, Aaron. If God be against…

Nehemiah 8 March 26, 2023 Introduction: Good morning once again. I invite you to open your Bibles or your devices to Nehemiah chapter 8. Today we are going to see what happens when the Word of God is honored by the people of God. Up to this point Nehemiah has come from Susa where he was serving as cup…

True Faith Manifests Into Action Rev. Thomas A. West, Sr July 1, 2021 Good Morning, Today I want to talk to you about a thing called faith. James 2:26 says For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also. Yes, “Faith without works is dead”, and a dead faith is worse than…

In today’s text we find Jesus once again in conversation. In the preceding chapter Jesus was engaged in a midnight conversation with a devoutly religious Jew and a learned theologian named Nicodemus. Today’s text, , is a conversation with an uneducated and immoral Samaritan woman. The contrast between…

The title of my message is Jesus: The Center of My Purpose. From Christ’s crucifixion and His resurrection—authentic Christianity has always faced the challenge to either conform to Christ or conform to this world. There is no middle ground. Every generation has had to face the question on who will we…

From Slavery to Nationhood The Cry of a People 6 And Joseph died, all his brothers, and all that generation. 7 But the children of Israel were fruitful and increased abundantly, multiplied and grew exceedingly mighty; and the land was filled with them. 8 Now there arose a new king over Egypt, who did…

Tonight, we will learn 5 principles of prayer that will help you in your prayer life. God has principles in place for prayer that will bring him to answer you and all of us want God to answer our prayers. Tonight we will look to James, the half brother of Jesus and draw some principles out of them that…

This Torah Portion: Gen 28:10-32:3 Hosea 12:13-14:9 John 1:41-51 Introduction In the previous Torah portions we talked about God calling Abraham out of his country and family We also heard how God also uses his daughters - a couple of weeks ago: Sarah - Abraham’s wife Last week we also examined the role…

Intro Working our way through Ezra-Nehemiah This week and next are all that we have left Looking at how God rebuilds the temple, the walls, and most importantly the people after exile Exiled for their failures to follow God and do his will and work. Important to remember why, exactly, it was that the…

O you who love the Lord , hate evil! He preserves the lives of his saints; he delivers them from the hand of the wicked. Do you hate evil or do you just complain about it? “The verb śānē and its derivatives have the root meaning “to hate.” It expresses an emotional attitude toward persons and things…

Introduction Torah Portion This Torah Portion goes from Deuteronomy 1:1-3:22 Devarim defined in different ways. Consider 3 These are the words which Moses spoke to all Israel on this side of the Jordan in the wilderness, in the plain opposite Suph, between Paran, Tophel, Laban, Hazeroth, and Dizahab.…

Laws for a Holy Nation The Mosaic Covenant 2 “I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. 3 “You shall have no other gods before Me. God, who is the only God, must always come first Living a Full Life: A Pictorial Interpretation of the Ten Commandments…

Introduction Each of us here have heard the Garth Brooks song “Shameless” I am certain. In this song he sings lyrics like, “Well, I'm shameless, when it comes to lovin' you I'll do anything you want me to, I'll do anything at all, And I'm standin', here for all the world to see.” Shameless means that…

What is the purpose of your life? Why are you here? What about the Church? What is its purpose? Why does it exist? When Christ called those first disciples, he said: 19 And he said to them, “Follow me, and I will make you fish for people.” The Church has a purpose, amen? We have a purpose… we have a…

Let us trade our hypocritical prayers of publicity and verbosity for the sincere prayers of privacy and simplicity.

Introduction In the history of the world there is no single event that is more significant or impactful than the resurrection of Jesus Christ. Taken in conjunction with the events that happened on the cross - because really you cannot separate the one from the other. They are two acts if you will in…