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What are you doing here? Repeated question Out of my comfort zone learning lots of things Information vs. Experience Getting to know people Passion, gentleness, determination, mana Experiences I’ve never had before Tangata whenua side of powhiri sharing in the kitchen, and in the laundry making friends…

ILLUST: Comfort zones, False security Driving vs flying >450,000 die annually in auto wrecks 100-200 in plane crashes Driving and false sense of security/comfort zone Driving - YOU are in control Flying - You are not in control Comfort Zones People tend to get upset when comfort zones are threatened…

Intro Reading in history of the birtbs of significant people gioves you a very helpful perspective. You learn that in the midst of childbirth, every person is reduced to a mere mortal. No matter who that person is, they become subject to the same uncertainties, worries, and risks as all other fathers…

What is your faith journey? Our goal is to desire to glorify God and be used by the Spirit. It requires us to step out of our comfort zone. How do you surrender your day to the Lord? How is God personable to you? In prayer, we surrender our agenda. How do you witness to people on a trash route? We use…

Introduction Called as Pastor of FBC Bagdad five years ago yesterday. 18 Where there is no prophetic vision the people cast off restraint, but blessed is he who keeps the law. We must continually place ourselves under the authorities set over us by God, or we will eventually walk out from under authority…

15 So be careful how you live. Don’t live like fools, but like those who are wise. 16 Make the most of every opportunity in these evil days. 17 Don’t act thoughtlessly, but understand what the Lord wants you to do. 18 Don’t be drunk with wine, because that will ruin your life. Instead, be filled with…

We are in a message series titled, I have decided. Decisions that are critical to your life 1 - Getting closer to Jesus. If you get closer to him it will fuel everything else in your life. 2. Being a follower. we discovered it’s more serious that we may have thought. Deny Self, Take up Cross, and follow…

Spirit Filled Church There was no denying the fact there was something different about the times there in Jerusalem. What the Lord said was going to happen, well, it was happening! The when, how and why (Act1:8, 2:1-2) 8 but you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall…

We are beginning our journey for 14 weeks through the Bible. I know we’ve looked at the Bible before in our Casket Empty series, and the difference this time is that we’re challenging everyone to join us on this journey reading every word of the Bible in 90 days. You can meet with us in small groups…

Reaching the Next Generation In Mark 6:30–44 , this passage details one of Jesus’ greatest miracles, apart from the Resurrection, because this miracle is recorded in all four Gospels 30 And the apostles gathered themselves together unto Jesus, and told him all things, both what they had done, and what…

Our Bowl Peter the legend the rock And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not overcome it. I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven; whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed…

Community Thanksgiving Service 2021

Problem or Opportunity There are many times in life that we may face a situation in our lives that appears overwhelming or in other peoples lives that we feel there is no way to help; The thing is are we looking at the problem so intently that we are blinded to the opportunity; Notice in v. 5, I am sure…

Intro Growing up, my brother and I were pretty typical little boys. We both required behavior modification from time to time. I never did a lot, because I always got caught and most of the time, I learned from those mistakes. Door Bell ringing… Yelling at people in cars throwing stuff at cars As we grow…

Introduction Every now and then … and maybe you do this too… I wonder what I would have… own… if I didn’t know what everybody else owned. Wonder about how much money I might have saved if I didn’t know what everyone else spent theirs on. Sometimes we know too much… to much about what others have and…

The Great Commission Matthew 28:16–20 (ESV) Now the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain to which Jesus had directed them. And when they saw him they worshiped him, but some doubted. And Jesus came and said to them, “ All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go therefore…

The core reason for all crimes of violence, like the terror in New Zealand this week, is unhappiness. “Misery loves company.” Unhappy people want to make other people feel miserable so that they can feel better. It’s an attempt to take away the human sense of humor. As I’ve mentioned, humanity, humility, and humor came from the same root word “humus.” Therefore, a crime against happiness is a crime against humanity or vise-versa.

The Wisdom of God Several weeks ago, I preached about the omniscience of God. That is that God is all knowing. He knows the beginning from the end. He never grows in knowledge, rather he possesses it fully. There are no gaps in his knowledge. A few weeks before that we talked about the Sovereignty of…

Opening • Good morning and welcome • Boudreaux, the smoothest-talking Cajun in the Louisiana National Guard, got called up to active duty. Boudreaux's first assignment was in a military induction center. And because he was such a good talker, they assigned him the duty of advising new recruits about…

Intro Time zones and time change. Time change next week. That’s a reality of our current time system that is very inconvenient. But there are other aspects that we hardly think of that are very convenient. Time zones were created as a result of and by railroad companies. How could one town know when…

He shall be called Prince of Peace — Jesus is the Messiah who brings the restoration of shalom.

How should we view the Lord's Supper? Is it a serious, somber, individual thing? What if the Lord's Supper is a celebration? What if it's not supposed to be quiet and personal and guarded, but a joyous shared event? Join us this week as we dig into the meaning of the Lord's Supper!

Introduction Self Control Defined The ability to manage one's impulses, emotions, and behaviors to achieve long-term goals Read a little ahead and a after for immediate Context Now Adam knew Eve his wife, and she conceived and bore Cain, saying, “I have gotten a man with the help of the Lord .” And again,…

Introduction We are starting a series titled Guard Rails. We all know what Guardrails are… we have them on many of our roads and all of our bridges. How many of you would drive across the Huey P Long Bridge if it didn’t have any guard rails? The official definition if a guard rail is… Guardrails: System…