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Heb 12:12-14 Finish Well Reading Heb 12:7-14 7 It is for discipline that you have to endure. God is treating you as sons. For what son is there whom his father does not discipline? 8 If you are left without discipline, in which all have participated, then you are illegitimate children and not sons. 9…

"Backsliding" is rarely a sllip, more often it is a willful rebellion to a God who is calling you to return.

Introduction: Good morning once again. I'm so glad to get to open the Word of God with you. Go ahead and turn to Hebrews chapter 12. Rick was born in 1962 to Dick and Judy Hoyt. As a result of oxygen deprivation to Rick's brain at the time of his birth, Rick was diagnosed as a spastic quadriplegic with…

Start at the end - the three crowns This morning we’re going to go backwards. That is, we’re going to start at the very end of this passage, the prize, and then work backwards from there. Because everything that Paul writes is leading up to that, and if we don’t really know where we’re going and what…

Take your copy of God’s word this morning and turn in your Bibles to John 15:8 : Today’s message is entitled “Witness to the World” We have been looking closely at the Disciples Cross. I hope you’re seeing this enough that you’re starting to memorize it. (Show Disciple’s Cross Graphic) This is the Disciple’s…

Today we begin a new series on the book of James. If you haven’t already, let me encourage you to begin reading the book of James. This is a five week study and by the time we are through you should have an overall view of the book of James and what the book means. The book of James is believed to be…

Happy Father’s Day! Good morning and Happy Father’s Day to all of you Grandpa’s, Dad’s, and future Dad’s out there. As a guy, it doesn’t really matter if you are a tender hearted person or the toughest guy on the block, there is nothing that can ground you in reality quicker than the realization that…

Are you satisfied with your life? How do you see the future? Is it dark and uncertain, is it fearful? What do you have to look forward to? For the Christian there is no need for fear or uncertainty. We know what our future holds because God has revealed it to us in the Bible and guaranteed it to us through…

Second Wind 28 Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. 29 Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. 30 For My yoke is easy and My burden is light.” REST Today, we begin a biblical starter-series…

Sometimes life is about pig slop and fish guts. That was true for the prodigal son and for Jonah. The prodigal son ( Luke 15 ) ended up squandering his father’s wealth and eating pig slop. Jonah rebelled from God’s command to preach to Nineveh and ended up in the guts of a big fish. In The Story we will…

(S1) Ask parents—all that has been done for children would fill this room. How well did we teach them what it means to put their trust in God and follow Jesus? I could have done more Making disciples in the church — Discipleing children — Is it solely the churches responsibility? SERIES—It STARTS at…

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…

There are few things that are both more foundational to our experience as Christians and more difficult to maintain than the act of meeting together with other Christians. Even in a society where Christianity is not met with active persecution, meeting together requires substantial effort. Is it worth it? Why do we bother? What is the purpose of meeting together and why should we prioritise it? Join us as we explore the first of our Church Practices.

How do we become untangled form the things that can hold us back in our walk with God?

Welcome Good morning everyone, today we are finishing our series on the book of James. He has been speaking against them doing a lot of different things, arguing, slandering one another, looking out for themselves, but in the last part of James he speaks more pastorally to the church, offering sympathy…

Identity In Christ Who do you think you are? If someone was legitimately curious and asked you that question, how would you answer. One place to find ways people identify themselves is online. Here are a few pictures of people I follow on YouTube. This is Eric and he calls himself the “10th Generation…

Peace - Is that pervasive concept in the Bible that most commonly relates to a relationship of love and loyalty with God and one another. Peace - it’s what everyone desires and what few find Specifically in our passage today, we read of how to have peace with God. We are in Romans this year, studying…

Week 4 of Making the most of your time. Hopefully it has helped. 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. We are told to make the…

Today Josh Shroeder shares his testimony and encourages us by ending on a reading in Ephesians. Afterwards Pastor Chase kicks off our new sermon series through James. Grab your Bible and follow along!

2 Timothy 2 Good morning church! We are continuing on with our study of 2 Timothy this morning. Pray with me church. Lord You alone are worth of our praise, our worship, our devotion. Speak through your living Word we pray, in Jesus name amen. Second Timothy chapter 2 verse one and you will notice that…

The faithful life of a Christian often seems to hold a tension between what is ahead and what is behind.

30 And the apostles gathered themselves together unto Jesus, and told him all things, both what they had done, and what they had taught. 31 And he said unto them, Come ye yourselves apart into a desert place, and rest a while: for there were many coming and going, and they had no leisure so much as to…

In These Last Days... Over the past few weeks I’ve had a little time to think about where we have been and where we are going. It’s been my practice over the past 28 years as I prepare for preaching to alternate between the Old and New Testaments - attempting to feed God’s people a well-rounded diet…