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It is important that we understand the cost to follow Christ. However Cost, is a tough concept sometimes A farmer was approached by a stranger one day and asked how much he thought his prize Jersey cow was worth. The farmer thought for a moment, looked the stranger over, then said: “Are you the tax assessor,…

Today, we begin a new series called Created for Significance. Each of you are important for the Kingdom of God. Each of you have a ministry purpose. It is up to us to spend time in prayer to see what God is calling us to do. My message today is called What’s My Purpose? If you were to look up what the…

Intro: The last time we saw Moses he had become a failure in trying to save his people through the murder of an Egyptian taskmaster. Now he is in the backside of the Midian desert, married, a new dad, and tending sheep for his father-in-law Jethro. While at Mt. Horeb, Moses sees an amazing sight, a bush…

Even though Moses tried several times to opt out from following God’s direction, we can learn from Moses’ story what matters most about the direction of our faith today.

The kingdom of God demands our full commitment; you cannot be a half-hearted disciple.

Guilty! Guilty, without excuse, we started looking at this over last few weeks. A few little reminders before we get to our passage today. God’s two revelations to man The Righteousness of God in the gospel The wrath of God revealed from heaven Reasons for the wrath, for guilt Intelligence (1:18-20)…

1 Peter 1:6–9 When we follow Christ, we can make no excuses. An excuse is a reason offered for why we cannot do something that we should normally do. As followers of Christ, we should not make excuses to avoid doing what Christ has called us to do - and that includes suffering. Here’s an example of an…

This Week’s Theme: Disciples Strive after God This Week’s Word is Disciple: A disciple is a learner who knows Christ, a student who is being changed by Christ, and a pupil who has surrendered to the mission of Christ. Memory Verse: Matthew 4:19 “19 Then He said to them, “Follow Me, and I will make you…

He Who Has Ears Jesus here is speaking to His Apostles and others V 8 The Word of God is the seed that is scattered about So faith comes from hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ. there are 4 different types of listeners V 12-15 V 16-18 we have another parable given but this time it is given to…

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…

Kids are going back to school. Some are looking forward to it some are not. If FB is right, most if not all parents are looking forward to it. I always liked school, because it meant football season was here and I got to see all of my friends. But not everyone likes for school to start. One guy said…

Good morning. God Is Good. This morning I have titled my sermon God is Just, God is Kind as we take a look at the book of Romans, the beginning of chapter 2. We have been studying the book of Romans since the beginning of July. Moving through methodically - to understand this very important book in our…

Basic idea : We’ve thought about what discipling generally looks like, and have seen that Jesus calls all of us to disciple others. And we have looked at why disciple at all, concluding that it is immensely important for our joy and for God’s glory. Now, this week we’ll look at some barriers or excuses…

Are you distracted?

(S1) — Job you would never want to do? Dirty jobs — Septic tank technician, pig slop processor, crime scene cleaner, animal castrater, bat guano collector... (S2) — Series — The most difficult job — Prophet — Faced fear, intimidation, chased down, ganged up on, lied about, isolated, excluded, denounced,…

The people live in nice comfortable houses but the temple lies in ruins. Their lives are in order but their worship is neglected.

With Thanksgiving coming up this week, and with the changes of life and growing older, I guess I have gone a little nostalgic. I can remember the younger days of what Thanksgiving meant. Putting on warm clothes, getting a fire started to warm water, and turning the hogs into sausage, ham, pork chops…you…

A man in a hot air balloon realized he was lost. He reduced altitude and spotted a woman below. He descended a bit more and shouted, "Excuse me, can you help me? I promised a friend I would meet him an hour ago, but I don't know where I am." The woman below replied, "You are in a hot air balloon hovering…

(S1) — Job you would never want to do? Dirty jobs — Septic tank technician, pig slop processor, crime scene cleaner, animal castrater, bat guano collector... (S2) — Series — The most difficult job — Prophet — Faced fear, intimidation, chased down, ganged up on, lied about, isolated, excluded, denounced,…

Let us pray…Gracious, Holy, and Loving God, we are so grateful today for all that you have given to us. We ask now that you would help us to open our hearts, our minds, and our spirits to hear your still speaking voice above all others that might be ringing in our ears this day. We pray this in your…

*** The verse that changed my life Little children, let us love, not in word or speech, but in truth and action. *** Image: Good Samaritan: The Good Samaritan lived out the truth of that verse A Distance / Up Close Now by chance a priest was going down that road; and when he saw him, he passed by on…

Yes, it is possible and Yes, there is such a thing. One such example would be King Solomon. Turn to and read 1 Kings 11:1-9 . Pray. So, you want to become to a backslidden Christian? Well, you have come to the right place! Tonight, we are going to learn just how easy it is to become a backslidden Christian!…

How often do we grasp the weight of being a follower of Jesus? Do we realize that Christianity isn’t just a religious system where we go through some motions in order to appease God, but a system of belief. A belief that should effect how we conduct ourselves in this life. Sarah was recently speaking…

1. Jesus came into this world through a mess. The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham. Abraham was the father of Isaac, and Isaac the father of Jacob, and Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers, and Judah the father of Perez and Zerah by Tamar, and Perez the…

19 But today you have rejected your God, who saves you from all your calamities and your distresses, and you have said to him, ‘Set a king over us.’ Now therefore present yourselves before the Lord by your tribes and by your thousands.” Last week, we looked at the anointing of Saul as King of Israel.…