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Good Morning. Today we are going to begin our journey through the Gospel of Luke. If you have your Bibles go with me to Luke chapter 1. Luke chapter 1 verses 1-4 give us the prologue or introductory act into what this Gospel is all about. Luke is the author of this Gospel as well as the book of Acts,…

As I said last week , to sum up 2023 in one word I would have to say it would be “DISBELIEF” Disbelief for 1. An invasion of Israel / Ukraine and I imagine Taiwan son. 2. Millions of illegal immigrants still crossing our southern boarders – the president just sits back and watches, knowing that our national…

This is the last year in 2023, another year will soon behind us. It’s hard to believe! This church will have been going for 168 years old this April. I am currently the 28th pastor, including one pastor returning I came in December of 2019, and have now been here for four years. We made it through a…

Why does God summon some people to face His judgement? Amos gives us four reasons why you might soon face the judgement of God for your sin. I. Fat Cows (vv. 1-3) Amos is preaching a sermon of judgment. He is summoning the sinful people of the Northern Kingdom of Israel to judgement. And in this sermon…

Phil 1:23-30 Today we closeout this series on our mindset with a look at our emotions as a whole. Emotions are important to our spiritual well being. Allowing our emotions to be involved will allow us to minister to one another. The emotions of one teenaged barista, made the difference in one woman's…

According to the Barna Group in 2021 Percentage of Bible Reading Adults in America 11% Read the Bible daily 23% Read it 1-6 times a week 8% Once a Month 29% 1-3/4 times a year 29% 0 times per year 58% 0-4 times per year In 2020 25% of Americans claimed to be a practicing christians, meaning the identify…

Morning 1 October 2023

Introduction Our new them for September is “What Ever You Do, Work Heartily” Corresponds with our 2023 theme of Right Race, Good Fight, Steadfast Faith Our Topic for today’s message is “Finding Purpose in Our Work” Some Common Attitudes Towards Work Work from a Biblical Perspective Living Out Purposeful…

Prayer is coming into communication with the living and active God... Prayers moves us from the: Physical to the Spiritual Temporal to the Eternal From self-focus to God-focus This week we are going to look at the NT How Not to Pray 5 “And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to…

Deuteronomy 16:8-21:9 REVIEW This is our fifth message from Devarim- Deuteronomy elle-ha deverim = these are the words Picture of Journey An 11 day journey that lasted 40 years Reason why the journeys are moments and opportunities to learn The first generation that came out of Egypt was “thick headed”…

5 And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge; 6 And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness; 7 And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity. 8 For if these things be in you, and abound, they…

Prayer 1 Thessalonians 1:2–3 (LSB) We give thanks to God always for all of you, making mention of you in our prayers; 3 remembering without ceasing your work of faith and labor of love and steadfastness of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ before our God and Father, In his opening words to the church at…

Have Faith in God Trust God call on him and watch him work in your life Do you have small Prayers A Little God Or are you praying and believing for big things in your life and the Church No man can do a great and enduring work for God who is not a man of prayer, and no man can be a man of prayer who…

The Mount of Assembly The sixth angel poured out his bowl on the great river Euphrates, and its water was dried up, to prepare the way for the kings from the east. And I saw, coming out of the mouth of the dragon and out of the mouth of the beast and out of the mouth of the false prophet, three unclean…

Right now in our culture, perhaps unlike anytime in the history of civilization, women are under attack. You are under attack in the realm of sports. You are under attack in your restrooms and locker rooms. You are under attack in the very definition of what it means to be a woman. Satan is a master…

1 Behold what manner of love the Father has bestowed on us, that we should be called children of God! Therefore the world does not know us, because it did not know Him. 2 Beloved, now we are children of God; and it has not yet been revealed what we shall be, but we know that when He is revealed, we shall…

For this cause also thank we God without ceasing, because, when ye received the word of God which ye heard of us, ye received it not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God, which effectually worketh also in you that believe. For ye, brethren, became followers of the churches of God…

Text : 19 I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live: 20 That thou mayest love the Lord thy God, and that thou mayest obey his voice, and that thou mayest cleave unto…

Not judging them 12 For what have I to do with judging those also who are outside? Do you not judge those who are inside? 13 But those who are outside God judges. Therefore “put away from yourselves the evil person.” Walk in Wisdom 5 Walk in wisdom toward those who are outside, redeeming the time. Walking…

Paul , and Silvanus, and Timotheus, unto the church of the Thessalonians which is in God the Father and in the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ. Have you ever walked into the middle of a conversation? It can be disastrous. My kids are learning…

INTRO EXPLANATION : The exact timing of when the events here in Galatians 2 we are about to look at actually took place is debated. I believe it took place following the events of Acts 15 when Paul and Barnabas made their way to Jerusalem because there was some that came over to Antioch and began to…

As I said last week , to sum up 2023 in one word I would have to say it would be What do you do? Refocus There are times when you need to re-focus David had to refocus a number of times. Everyone who has gone through some sort of trauma has to refocus. We are in a time of great deception - It is time…

Walk in wisdom toward outsiders, making the best use of the time. Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how you ought to answer each person. Therefore, having put away falsehood, let each one of you speak the truth with his neighbor, for we are members one of another.…

We are in the third week of our series, The Promise. Jesus gives to each of us through His coming four promises that we are exploring. The first week I looked at hope. Hope in God does not disappoint us and when we place our hope in Jesus, we find a life that is full of peace and contentment. Last week,…

Recap of defining Ekklesia and her purpose? Matthew 16:18 (NASB95) 18 “I also say to you that you are Peter, and upon this rock I will build My church; and the gates of Hades will not overpower it. Church = Ekklesia or Ecclesia 1 a gathering of citizens called out from their homes into some public place,…