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Intro: One of the agonising aspects for young orchardist is waiting for the right time to get fruit. Many of the fruits we love come from trees or plants that are many years old. By pressuring a plant to give fruit too early you hurt both the plant and the future yields. There is a spiritual equivalent…

Four stories Then Job answered the Lord and said: “I know that You can do everything, And that no purpose of Yours can be withheld from You. Truly God is good to Israel, To such as are pure in heart. But as for me, my feet had almost stumbled; My steps had nearly slipped. For I was envious of the boastful,…

INTRODUCTION: All who follow the Lord and live in obedience to His Word should expect to suffer contempt by the world ( 2 Ti. 3:12 ; 1 Jn. 3:13 ). 12 Indeed, all who want to live in a godly way in Christ Jesus will be persecuted. 13 Do not be surprised, brothers and sisters, if the world hates you. Sadly,…

Over the course of the last few weeks we have seen the tremendous importance and value in having some solid foundations underneath us when it comes to our faith. How sure and firm is your faith today? We have been learning several things about the firm foundation of our faith. -The solid foundation of…

Kaikki olette tervetulleitta tänään juuri sellaisena kuin olet, pohdiskellaan tänään Jumalan sanaa ja käännetään heti tuonne psalmien kirjaan: 36 Sinä annat minulle pelastuksen kilven, ja sinun oikea kätesi minua tukee; sinun laupeutesi tekee minut suureksi. Kehen tämä minä viitt aa? Tämä viittaa meihin…

Opening Prayer: Heavenly Father, As we gather here today, we come before You with hearts open and minds ready to receive Your truth. We thank You for the privilege of worshiping You in spirit and in truth. Guide us as we delve into Your Word and help us to grow closer to You through our worship. In Jesus'…

1 Corinthians 2:9-3:4 This morning we begin a new series about the Holy Spirit, and His relationship and His working in the Christian. I do not believe there is a subject that is more important to the daily successful living of the Christian than this one subject. This is why I have entitled this series…

Secular - An American man visits the Holy Land with his wife and mother-in-law. Sadly the mother-in-law died. When seeing the local Israeli undertaker, it was explained that they could ship the body home for $5,000. But if they buried her locally it would cost only $150. The man said to the undertaker…

Mirrors are interesting things. There is a saying that “mirrors don’t lie.” What one sees in a mirror is what actually is. I can look in a mirror and say: what lovely blond hair I have. However, that would be me disregarding what the mirror was showing me. The mirror is actually showing me that I am…

Numbers 19:1-25:9 REVIEW TORAH GPS We continue to use the Torah as our guide to do our portions Study Numbers, and God has been at work We started talking about Bamidbar - in the wilderness / Numbers So far we can summarize what we have studied by this Summary Count all who can serve Adonai b’Midbar…

"Change My Mind." Based on 1 Corinthians 2:6-16. Once we accept Jesus, we begin a lifelong journey of changing our mind to become the mind of Christ. Each day we are less us and more Him.

Romans 11:25-36 As Paul writes these chapters he is letting the Christians in Rome know that it is a surety that God will Redeem Israel. God loves is unchangeable. If Israel will call upon the name of the Lord they will be saved. This is evident in their history, and it will be true in their future.…

Evening 30 Apirl 2023

Romans 8:4-27 We continue this morning in our study of the Great Life. God has promised us a life that is abundant, not just routine. Like living in the Promised Land, a land flowing with milk and honey…the Spiritual life is a life full of promise and blessing. We have learned that there are three types…

Truly, truly, I say to you, we speak of what we know, and bear witness to what we have seen, but you do not receive our testimony. If I have told you earthly things and you do not believe, how can you believe if I tell you heavenly things? No one has ascended into heaven except he who descended from…

The overarching theme of our text this morning is that what is coming in the future, the glory that God has in store for us, is unimaginable and beyond compare! The theme of Romans 8 is summed up in one word. Do you remember what that word is? Assurance. This spiritual blessing of assurance is primarily…

Compare and Contrast Wrong wisdom and right wisdom. Okay wisdom and better wisdom. The wisdom of mankind/world is sometimes wrong, sometimes okay, but always far from God’s wisdom. Man’s wisdom is often in conflict with God’s wisdom, but sometimes it is is just inferior to God’s wisdom. I.e. religions,…

When I was a kid, I had to plant a seed for some sort of VBS craft. Every kid got a styrofoam cup, some dirt, and a seed. I have no idea what the overall purpose was for the craft. But, hey, I was excited to plant that seed. I took the styrofoam cup home. Proudly placed it on our front stoop. And promptly…

Saturdays are game days for our kids. But, before they can play games that have to get the house chores done (something you figure out after you parents six children). The list of chores is quite extensive, and many times my boys will come to be right away in the morning and tell me, “Dad, more chores…

One Key that changes how we see, hear, and experience Holy Spirit. What if I told you that there is one specific key that can change how the gifts of Holy Spirit flow in you life? This one key will not only help with the gifts of Holy Spirit but it will help you flow and sync with Holy Spirit. You will…

Doing the Gospel Paul’s Way had worked for a while. At first, when he was converted on the road to Damascus, he was knocked down from his high horse and spent some days at the mercy of God’s spirit in the home of a believer. He then started to tell the Jews in the synagogue that he had been wrong about…

We do, however, speak a wisdom among the mature, but not a wisdom of this age, or of the rulers of this age, who are coming to nothing. On the contrary, we speak God’s hidden wisdom in a mystery, a wisdom God predestined before the ages for our glory. None of the rulers of this age knew this wisdom,…

What Happens When You Pray To know what happens when you pray, we first have to know the purpose of prayer, correct? Prayer is the way we communicate and praise God! Prayer is not: bargaining with God, making demands of God, only asking God for things, bother God and taking up His time, a way to control…

And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever; Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you. I will not leave you comfortless:…

The Sadness of Stagnation Good evening church! We definitely don’t have the same size Wednesday night crowd as we have participating in our Growth Groups. Great to see you folks, I’m excited to be back in an Old Testament study and to be able to share communion together this evening. You can open your…