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Before I had a child, I was always told that being a parent was the hardest job one could ever have, but worth every ounce of effort. I have found that to be true. Being a parent is a monumental task. Our responsibility to our children is to provide a home, food, clothing, a nurturing environment, protection…

Today, we are concluding our series, “This Thing Called Life” ~ we have been exploring the ways how living for Jesus is to IMPACT our everyday LIVES. We have been reminded that Jesus is more than a religious philosophy or ideology—Jesus came to offer us abundant LIFE. LIFE — What are we doing with our…

What is a disciple? a follower of Jesus that you have spiritual reproduced yourself in their life. One life-to a life-for life. Teaching them to observe all things that Jesus has commanded us. Disciples who make disciples who make disciples. How do you make a disciple? Follow One, Win One, Lead One.…

Life is about timing. Timing is important in many aspects of life. We all ask, “why”? The proverbial “why”. Yet, this is important. It is a fundamental question. Sometimes we get an answer. Are you a child or an adult? Interesting question isn’t it? Yet as we come to our text this morning it is important…

GIVING HONOR Eph 6:1-9 Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee. Honor is missing today in society and one of the places it is missing the most is concerning parents in general and mothers in particular on this day. Let’s face it, there…

Growing up is hard As families grow tensions grow between siblings E.g. Jeremy & I fighting & throwing stuff out of rooms Teenagers dealing with changes & finding place in family & life can be tense Growing older brings its own challenges Every stage of life has difficulties If we’re not growing, something…

1 Peter 4:7-11 The final stages or steps of any journey, program, or strategy are crucial ones because they determine the outcome of all that has come before and whether the journey, program, or strategy will ultimately be successful. Highschool and college or university seniors, for instance, follow…

“ Spiritual Maturity is, in a sense, the state of responsibility .” It was quoted like this “the state of being mentally and emotionally well-developed, and therefore responsible: I like the way former columnist Ann Landers put it: Landers wrote that people display maturity in patience, perseverance,…

Intro: When I went shopping at the mall for Christmas every year. I would get 20$ to get presents. What I heard was, get presents with this and what you have left is for you. We're going to be looking at the Great Commission, which we looked at in the past, but taking a second look at it today. Often,…

Jesus is the example of submission while maturing

Author - Apostle John? Audience - Not clear, people and churches in fellowship with the author in some way. If John, churches in Ephasus Occasion - refuting false teaching that was causing division in fellowship. We will deal with the specific nature of the false teaching when it becomes relevant. Generally…

Sometimes at these services I feel a little bit like Moses. I need an Aaron to speak for me. :) I find it very interesting how God gives us dreams, glimpses of what he is doing, long before he does it. Years ago I began to observe two trends that really disturbed me. The first trend was that my peers,…

Today we want to look at the Holy Spirit and Salvation. How does the Holy Spirit work in our lives to bring about salvation, and to, if you will, continue Salvation. The Holy Spirit brings us to Christ through conviction. The Hebrews word yahah express the idea of conviction. It means “to argue with,”…

What is a disciple? a follower of Jesus that you have spiritual reproduced yourself in their life. One life-to a life-for life. Teaching them to observe all things that Jesus has commanded us. Disciples who make disciples who make disciples. How do you make a disciple? Follow One, Win One, Lead One.…

The FFA Creed I believe in the future of agriculture, with a faith born not of words but of deeds - achievements won by the present and past generations of agriculturists; in the promise of better days through better ways, even as the better things we now enjoy have come to us from the struggles of former…

You will NEVER find yourself in a place or a predicament that is beyond the Lord's presence and purpose.

Intro: This morning as we celebrate this special Sunday, called Mother’s Day, I hope that we can all rejoice and be glad in it. Whether your mom is alive or already passed on, my hope is that today you can remember and let those past or present memories bring a smile to your face. ILL : Favorite memory…

You most likely read or skim read Nathaniel Hawthorne’s classic novel, The Scarlett Letter in high school literature class. Hawthorne’s story of Hester Prynne is a tale of a married woman sent ahead to America as her husband finished up affairs. Thought to be dead after his delayed arrival to their new…

Last week we talked about Help for Hot Temper so that we wouldn’t lose our witness and that we wouldn’t say things we would later regret. Tonight I want to talk about “Watching What We Say”. We have all heard the statement; “Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me.” That’s…

Christmas is a joyful time for many. It’s also a stressful time for many. Some face Christmas with heavy sorrow on their hearts. Hear the Christmas Story from Lukes gospel and then I will tell you a story of tragedy and peace. 1 In those days Caesar Augustus issued a decree that a census should be taken…

Anabelle and the boys not listening to her. Read We have all had the feeling before. We want to be respected, we want to be looked up to, we want others to know that we are important. There are two things that we see creeping up into the lives of the disciples, pride, and selfishness that is generated…

The Boy Jesus The family is now living in Nazareth make the annual trip to Jerusalem V 39-42 after the fast they would caravan home women and children in the front setting the pace men in the rear 12 year old boys could be anywhere V 43-45 they found Jesus in the temple V 46 V 47 the teachers were astounded…

We’ve been working our way through the book of Ecclesiastes, a book of 12 short chapters that sits in the midst of the books of wisdom within our Bibles. Ecclesiastes is one of the books we don’t know specifically who wrote it. We do know the author intended to sound like Solomon to whom much of Proverbs…

Introduction: Today is mothers day - the day that we as a people celebrate and honor moms. In honor of this day - Forbes magazine suggests that over 32 Billion dollars will be spent on gifts and services for moms. It’s a big day. Tomorrow is my mommas birthday - which really just means that she gets…

We sang a version of Amazing Grace a few minutes ago. There is a line within that is true: Amazing grace how sweet the sound That saved a wretch like me. I once was lost, but now I’m found Was blind, but now I see. We haven’t become wretched. We’ve always been wretched. Yes, from Adam’s fall, we’ve been…