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Introduction A goal, a race, or a battle is first won or lost in the mind. Question: Do you agree or disagree with that statement? Why? Through careful strategy and cunning deceit, Satan attempts to set up “strongholds” in our mind. A stronghold is an area in which we are held bondage (in prison) due…

Introduction There is a country song by Aaron Tippin that has as its chorus this lyric: “He'd say you've got to stand for something or you'll fall for anything” If we as Christians or the church do not know what it is that we believe, then like the song we too will fall for anything. Not enough could…

An Unlikely Missionary We are in the season we know as Lent, a 40 day journey to Easter where we will celebrate the resurrection of our Lord. And as I shared with you last week, you can’t get to the resurrection without first going to the cross. It was on the cross, in the midst of His crucifixion, Jesus…

Maniac to Missionary Introduction: The Apostle Mark main goal in his accounts of Jesus’s life was to make sure the reader would see that Jesus was the Savior of the World. Jesus walked the Earth with the Authority of his heavenly father. Power and Authority over disease, and in these next verses power…

Introduction Have you ever made plans and find that they quickly come to an abrupt halt and are driven to go in another direction? This past week I was able to take in a quick course and during the discussion we talked about change and what happens when change is thrust upon us. The discussion lead to…

Saul and the mob were on a murderous rampage against the disciples. He had the high priest give them legitimacy. Synagogues did have the right to administer punishment (2 Cor. 11:24) , and Paul himself did recall his persecution to have been exceedingly fierce (Gal. 1:13). He was on his way to Damascus…

Jesus' role as a missionary from the Father to a lost and dying world.

Acts 1:1 - 6:7 the birth of the church and it’s growth in Jerusalem Peter & John before the Sanhedrin - commanded not to preach Jesus - we must obey God rather than men first instance of church discipline: Ananias and Saphira put to death appointment of the 7 to serve the widows Acts 6:8 - 9:31 Stephen…

2 Cor 1:7-14 The Apostle Paul says, ”Ye also helping together by prayer for us…” II Cor. 1:11 . Ye also helping together by prayer for us, that for the gift bestowed upon us by the means of many persons thanks may be given by many on our behalf. I may mention this on Sunday, but I think there are a couple…

Bro Justin's message to the South Texas Missionary Baptist Association meeting.

Good morning everyone! My name is Eric and I am one of the pastors here at Abide church. I am privileged to be able to share the word with you today, this sermon series through the book of Acts has been such a blessing. This week we are in Acts chapter 20, and I am going to start by inviting the kids…

Missions Ready-Part 2: Faith Promise Missions “Every saved person here today is the result of foreign missions. We are the product of someone who was the product of someone in times past that was a missionary.” It was a Jew who brought the Gospel to Rome; a Roman who took it to France; a Frenchman who…

13 Now when Paul and his party set sail from Paphos, they came to Perga in Pamphylia; and John, departing from them, returned to Jerusalem. 36 Then after some days Paul said to Barnabas, “Let us now go back and visit our brethren in every city where we have preached the word of the Lord, and see how…

I want to begin this morning by asking you a question. I want to get a mic and have a few of you give me your feed back. Raise you hand. What Is Love in Action? Why do we say “I love you?” “I love you” is an empty phrase without a demonstration of commitment and a willingness to sacrifice with some type…

reign missions is not easy, but it is essential!

Announcements 2024 Give and Go 27 participating $63,983.96 Resurrection Sunday Starting Point Class - Sunday, April 7 Scripture Reading: Acts 13:1-3 . Title: The Call of Saul & Barnabas And Barnabas and Saul returned from Jerusalem, when they had fulfilled their ministry, and took with them John, whose…

Complete Surrender When God Calls He changes us when we completely surrender to his will for our life’s Nothing else matters.but pleasing God Eric Liddell (1902-1945) Eric Liddell was a successful athlete, but fame and honor didn’t sway him from what he knew was his life calling–to preach the gospel…

This past Monday and Tuesday Pastor Shawn and I went to the annual meeting of the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina. We go to this every year, and always have a great time, but this time we were joined by Brandon Shull, Drew Broughton and Brian Kelly. This morning we want to share what the Lord…

Introduction Prayer is a foundational evidence that we know God. Questions to consider: Do we know how to pray? Do we pray with delight and dependence? Main Points The framework/context of Paul’s prayer (vv. 3–10) Before we discuss Paul’s prayer, we need to understand that it has a context. He has a…

3 John is the shortest book in the entire Bible, consisting of 15 verses. The overall theme of the book is John commending those who walk in the truth and condemning the wicked within the Church. In the previous section, John was commending the faithfulness of his beloved brother Gaius, to whom he was…

Believing in the transformative power of the Gospel, we must NEVER hesitate to share it with others!

Nothing Significant Happens Without Prayer is a pretty strong statement and it is one I believe to be true. And today I want us to understand why this is and be challenged to pray. Let’s start with a story from history as told by Galli and Olsen in 131 Christians everyone should know by Broadman and…

3 John is the shortest book in the entire Bible, consisting of 15 verses. The overall theme of the book is John commending those who walk in the truth and condemning the wicked within the Church. John identifies himself as “the elder,” and though there is some debate on the identity of the person, he…

The mother of three notorious kids was asked, “If you had to do it all over again would you have children? Sure,” she said, “but not the same ones.” Mom’s, admit it: there are days when you feel this way. However, at the end of the day mom’s, if you had to do it all over again…you would – and you’d have…