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Introduction What are some thing that you highly value? I think that it is probably true to say that everyone has a few things that they value highly… and they protect and care for them and they try to grow not diminish those things. Now it is true that for some people that may simply be the three cigarettes…

Start service with the True Christmas Story video. Good morning and Merry Christmas! I hope everyone is looking forward to celebrating the birth of our savior. It’s always encouraging to me that no matter how much Christianity is vilified in our world, the truth of the hope found in Christ always glows…

Then they came to Jericho. And as He was leaving Jericho with His disciples and a large crowd, a blind beggar named Bartimaeus, the son of Timaeus, was sitting by the road. And when he heard that it was Jesus the Nazarene, he began to cry out and say, “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!” And many…

Imagine with me a quiet Friday evening in the home of a family. Not my home or your home, just one of the pretend ones that we only see in the movies. You know what I’m talking about…one of those big, white, two-story houses that has a green lawn out front and huge, four-paned windows with drapes pulled…

A. Rapport for the time I love a good story don’t you? If you are like me you began life with your grandfather telling the most intersecting stories about how they grew up. It moved on to my Dad who would tell all kinds of crazy stories which you would find out B. Reading of the text Paul on the Island…

Scripture Reading 1 John 4:7-21 Good morning church family and friends. Let us look at the Catechism question this morning. Q. Who is the Redeemer of God’s elect? A. The only Redeemer of God’s elect is the Lord Jesus Christ ( 1Ti 2:5-6 ); Who, being the eternal Son of God, became man ( Joh 1:14 ; Gal…

Growth Seminar We all need to grow; needed in all areas, except maybe waistline. We need to grow in our Christian walk too ( Eph4:14-15 ; 1Pt2:2 ) 14 As a result, we are no longer to be children, tossed here and there by waves and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, by craftiness…

A Christmas Carol is a novel by English Author, Charles Dickens. You have probably read it or at least watched various movies with the title. It tells the story of a bitter old miser named Ebenezer Scrooge and his transformation into a gentler, kindlier man after visitations by the ghost of his former…

Isaiah 40:10-11 , John 10:11 , Hebrews 13:20 , 1 Peter 2:25 (Based on Sermon Series SRVCC4 Jesus, The Giver Of Real Life! - The Good Shepherd John 10:1-21 , 24 July 2005) Scene 1. We all want to be ‘Living Life To The Max!’ Isn’t that what all the TV ads tell us? If we buy this product, or sign up for…

True Faith Manifests Into Action Rev. Thomas A. West, Sr July 1, 2021 Good Morning, Today I want to talk to you about a thing called faith. James 2:26 says For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also. Yes, “Faith without works is dead”, and a dead faith is worse than…

notes What have the disciples experienced? in a short time they had witnessed the Triumphal Entry, messianic expectations risen in their hearts, betrayal by one of their own and nearly arrested. They discovered that Peter, their leader, had denied knowing Jesus multiple times, then the agonizing crucifixion…

Roads Still Lie Ahead Whether one be a new Christian, a babe in Christ, or a Christian who has sinned and found forgiveness, we must put a comma and not a period at the end of one’s experience. The road of living for Christ still lies ahead. There are difficult hills to climb. Pitfalls await us. Dangers…

When life gets chaotic and uncertain, it is important to stop and remember who is actually in charge.

All the ways of a man are pure in his own eyes, but the Lord weighs the spirit. Commit your work to the Lord , and your plans will be established. The Lord has made everything for its purpose, even the wicked for the day of trouble. Everyone who is arrogant in heart is an abomination to the Lord ; be…

All I Wanted Was A Haircut Haircut Easton, grandma, “How old are you?” 1 As he passed by, he saw a man blind from birth. For whatever reason, this verse is the crux of our problem this morning. Blind from birth. If he had only been born “normal”, there wouldn’t be a story to tell. But he wsa born blind……

Let us pray…Gracious and loving God, on this first Sunday in Lent, we are standing at the stream of life and longing for your presence amongst us in this time that seems to be a never ending period of grief, despair, sorrow, and sadness. We are ready to celebrate and be able to praise you once again.…

As with the other disciplines that we have discussed, submission begins with and inward focus that results in an outward reality. The key of all submission begins with the difficult, but true words of Jesus that we read a minute ago and, likewise 34 Then he called the crowd to him along with his disciples…

Four Steps of Study Repetition Concentration Comprehension Reflection I did not come up with these steps something I learned whenever ago Repetition Concentration Comprehension 1. Reading In Robert Mulholland book Shaped by the Word he discusses to ways to read the Bible Informational and Formational.…

NOTES: 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…

Unexpected Blessing We’ve been following Jacob in this series about identity. Jacob struggled with a bit of an identity crisis from before the time he was born. His brother, Esau, didn’t put much stock in his identity and actually sold his own birth right as first born son for a bowl of beans. Last week…

Think back to your first experience with Jesus/ministry. Does anyone remember your first? After you were saved and God used you and you knew it was for His Kingdom with a focus on Him.... You think about it for a second... Salvation - Above all - Crucified Laid behind the stone You lived to die Rejected…

In John 12:25, Jesus calls his followers to live in an incredibly unusual way as he calls us to hate our lives in this world. Find out what that means as we walk through John 12 together.

God wants you to think supernaturally One day at the church By the time the morning service was about to being, there was only one man in the church. The pastor said to him "It looks like everyone has slept in. Do you want to go home, or should I preach the sermon?" The man replied "When I go to feed…

Intro We will follow our usual pattern of working our way through the passage. There are two main pictures here, the scene on the boat, and the scene between Jesus & Peter. Then there’s the closing verse to finish the book off! Jesus Brings Fruitfulness A Picture of Ministry As per usual in the book…