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If I had written the Book of Ecclesiastes, I would have stopped at the end of chapter 2. It would have been a very, very short book. It would have been like 2 John, Jude, or Philemon. Solomon has written a wonderful conclusion—for any person to find ultimate meaning in life, he has to go outside of himself…

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…

Where You Stand Determines What You See 23 Yet I still belong to you; you hold my right hand. 24 You guide me with your counsel, leading me to a glorious destiny. 25 Whom have I in heaven but you? I desire you more than anything on earth. 26 My health may fail, and my spirit may grow weak, but God remains…

We live in the time when many have become deceived about the nature of God, humanity, and life and have been led away from the truth. This departure from the truth has opened the door to abuse. The promise is that God will finish his redemptive work and put and end to the injustice and evil of abuse.

Recently reading and re reading a booking based on a famous Novel. Let me read an extract. We’re going on an Easter egg hunt. We’re going to find them all. We’re really excited... Hororay for Easter day! Oh no - Bees! Can’t go over them Can’t go under them. Can’t go around them. Got to go through them....…

Introduction was written by Asaph it’s important we know who Asaph was. He was not just an ordinary lay person. Asaph was one of three primary musicians in David’s Tabernacle. He was a Levite, thus in the line of hereditary priests, although it is unknown whether he was a priest himself. He was apparently…

Opening: It is a beautiful thing to open the Word of God on the Lord’s Day. Introduction of the Passage: This morning we are continuing on in our study of 1 Peter. This morning we will be in 1 Peter 3:18 . Peter has begun a section on how Christians ought to suffer. We know Christians will face various…

There is a joy in celebrating the birth of Messiah. This joy should extend to every aspect of our lives.

How does your faith hold upwhen things don’t make sense? When a person is exposed to something they see as frrightening or stressful the body has a autoresponse. Fight or flight. Wonder if that can be our response to the things that don’t make sense around us Maybe its suffering Or realitsation of injustice…

Introduction What is Your Good News? ( 1 Cor. 15:1-11 ) Now I want to make clear for you, brothers and sisters, the gospel I preached to you, which you received, on which you have taken your stand and by which you are being saved, if you hold to the message I preached to you—unless you believed in vain.…

We have for far too long seen, witnessed, and taken part in the brokenness and hurt of the world. If we desire to bear the true marks of a Christ follower we must be silent no longer and stand up for what is right. The first step in doing this is to turn our thankless, selfish ways into a cry for thankfulness for the eternal promise of love, joy, and peace. When we realize how thankful we should be for all we have and all that has been done for us, then maybe just maybe our reactions will be different. Maybe we will stop the arguing. Maybe we will stop trying to justify the unjustifiable. Maybe we will stop becoming so defensive. Maybe we will call evil what it is. Maybe we will acknowledge truth even when it makes us uncomfortable. Maybe we will speak up against oppression and injustice. Maybe we will be more like Christ.

Welcome Church gathering August 16th Mark your calendar Invite a friend Welcome, we are gathered to worship The triune God The one who reigns over all creation The one who is always in control Prayer Song: Your love awakens me Song: Living Hope Song: Great is thy faithfulness Introduction and Story The…

The Text 17 Though the fig tree should not blossom And there be no fruit on the vines, Though the yield of the olive should fail And the fields produce no food, Though the flock should be cut off from the fold And there be no cattle in the stalls, 18 Yet I will exult in the Lord , I will rejoice in the…

Genesis 18:16-33 August 6, 1945 began like every other day. Men rode to work on their bicycles. Housewives folded the laundry, swept the floors and prepared meals. Children ran off to school. Young mothers nursed their babies and changed diapers. They had no idea that creeping toward the city was the…

Heaven on Earth And when they were departed, behold, the angel of the Lord appeareth to Joseph in a dream, saying, Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and be thou there until I bring thee word: for Herod will seek the young child to destroy him. When he arose, he took…

Are you agitated? As an adjective in the English language, the word agitate means feeling or appearing troubled or nervous. As a verb, it means to make someone feel worried or angry. It is not the strongest word to describe worry or fear, which is why when I say our nation seems agitated right now, you…

Intro/Welcome Book Intro We will spend the summer going through this book. This is one of my favorite books An immensely practical book My parents told me that, they wanted me to learn from their mistakes Did I listen, well sometime, not all the time. Most of us, no matter how much we are told, still…

Exodus 10:1-20 L/W— Thank you to Jonathan Hanson (Connection Lead) for filling in last week on Mother’s Day and speaking The Great Commission L/W—(See pictures) Group of folks went to work with Chad Roberson and The Grove Baptist Church in Coldwater, MS Saturday and Sunday were spent in fellowship with…

Introduction: Ps. 73: Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, And afterward receive me to glory. Whom have I in heaven but thee ? And there is none upon earth that I desire beside thee. My flesh and my heart faileth: But God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever. This psalm strikes the same…

Athaliah Takes The Throne

95 Thesis “Grace” References: 34. For these “graces of pardon” concern only the penalties of sacramental satisfaction, and these are appointed by man. 58. Nor are they the merits of Christ and the Saints, for even without the pope, these always work grace for the inner man, and the cross, death, and…

INTRODUCTION : One of the buzz words in our culture is the word tolerance. Historically, the word meant to be disagree with someone’s idea but to “bear it” and not allow that view to change the way you treated them. Bear the error. Our nation is built on the idea of tolerance. Different cultures disagreeing…

Introduction When Adam and Eve fell, they lost much more than immortality, or a beautiful garden to live in, or a world without pain. They lost the greatest thing about being human, their place in the presence of God. Sin cuts us off from that source of true life and joy by making us enemies of God and…

Sermon 74 in a series through the Gospel of Matthew

Premise: Opening: Introduction of the Text: Prayer: 26:30-35 Matthew 26:30-35 And after singing a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives. 31 Then Jesus said to them, “You will all fall away because of Me this night, for it is written, ‘I will strike down the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock shall…