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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…

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: Our Christmas series thus far has covered several aspects of why our world needs our Saviour. Pastor Fil began to fill in the details of this Saviour with a look at the love of God. Then I preached an overarching message on peace. Last week Fill preached on the hope we have from our saviour. Today…

Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go into such and such a town and spend a year there and trade and make a profit”— yet you do not know what tomorrow will bring. What is your life? For you are a mist that appears for a little time and then vanishes. Instead you ought to say, “If the Lord…

Shopping Lists I’ve often found it strange that when I walk around a supermarket holding a shopping list, I have on occasion had people remark - oh, a shopping list, now that’s a good idea. I’m usually thinking the comments are said a bit tongue-in-cheek, probably because they keep forgetting to write…

Kelly Clarkson came out with a song in 2021 called: Christmas come early. It goes like this: Candles burning out at both ends I don't miss the crowd, just my friends Seems like everybody needs a little bit of cheer Christmas, won't you please come early this year? I don't need the snow, I'm already cold…

Evening 4 June 2023

1 Thessalonians 3:4-4:8 Good morning church! I pray you will all have a wonderful new year. Congratulations to those of you that completed the chronological reading plan through the Bible yesterday. That really is a life changing accomplishment that I would encourage all of you to do. There are a couple…

1 Thessalonians 2 Good morning Church! We are going to be in 1 Thessalonians 2 this morning. As you can see on our opening slide this morning, our message is titled earning the right to be heard…but as the week went on and I considered more and more of the context of our passage… the title is also...…

Trouble in Paradise The story of the Fall of humanity in Genesis 3 seems straightforward, perhaps because we’ve heard it told so many times. The truth is that this passage presents a lot of interpretive questions. We’ve covered some of those earlier, but now it is time to look at one of the main characters…

Paul and Silas and Timothy—the missionaries who took the gospel to the Thessalonians—consider the Thessalonians as family, because, of course, they are family in Christ. There’s a shared love for one another and a common longing to be with one another. Life together is what they long for, what they desire.…

Introduction: Faith is an extremely misunderstood subject in our world today. People have the erroneous idea that faith is believing in something that is unlikely, outlandish, and more like a fairy tale. And the church as a whole hasn’t helped this misunderstanding in our culture as it has traversed…

Introduction: In the book of Nehemiah in the Old Testament, we see Nehemiah and some of the Israelites starting to rebuild the wall in Jerusalem. The task is arduous and unrelenting just at face value. There is a huge task to be done and not a ton of men to get it done. Yet, it gets even harder when…

Introduction: If you have your Bibles let me invite you to open with me to the book of Acts chapter 11. We are taking a break from our long journey through the gospel of Mark and we are progressing through a mini-series on the mission of our church: We are spending four weeks in this mini-series because…

Last week we started in chapter 4 of the book of Romans - and the issue of salvation by grace with the implications of faith in that conversation. From a human perspective - salvation by grace doesn’t make any sense. Salvation sounds like something that we earn. In fact, that is taught in many faith…

X. SATAN: We believe in Satan’s existence and personality as the great adversary of God and His people ( Rev. 12:1-10 ), his judgment ( John 12:31 ), and final doom ( Rev. 20:10 ). I. Our Enemy Was Created as an Angel 1. Satan is a created {angel} . 1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the…

Others Focused Technology 1 Thessalonians 3:1-5 ICC’s Sunday PM service (6/12/22) I. Introduction 1. Prayer i. Lord, allow us to understand the truth 2. Catch- Technology can be good i. On March 23, 2020, Tim Challies posted a blog entitled How the World Worshipped on One of the Most Unusual Sundays…

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…

My church exists to… : 35 years ago a US church consultant surveyed the members of almost 1000 churches asking them “why does your church exist?” 89% of members responded that “The church’s purpose is to take care of my family’s and my needs.” Almost 90% of members believed that churches exist to keep…

Intro: (“Pray” Video) As we have gone through our study of 1 & 2 Thessalonians, I’ve mentioned that the Thessalonian believers were confused and upset… Because, some angry Jews had forced Paul out of town… and then they even forged a letter, with Paul’s signature, that was full of false information.…

1. God delivered a message to His people. 2. There was an indifference to the mission. 3. The people gained a Holy discontentment . 5 Now, therefore, thus says the Lord of hosts: Consider your ways. 6 You have sown much, and harvested little. You eat, but you never have enough; you drink, but you never…

Introduction: In March of 2020, something came to our shores and the shores of many countries that would wreak havoc for several years. We had begun to hear news of this horrible virus that was going to be one of the most deadly and infectious viruses that man has dealt with in a long time. There was…

They had been on the road for several day. They had traveled the easiest portion of the Journey South to Bethlehem. From Nazareth, where in hope they looked anxiety straight in the eyes, and committed the journey, because encounters with Jesus do not happen by accident. Through the anxiety washed in…

That the believers would be found blameless and holy when Jesus comes again in glory.

Introduction 1934 - Drought and poor soil conservation. Hardened soil. Then 14” of rain fell during the month of April bringing a devastating flood to the town of Hammon, OK. 17 lives were lost as the waters of the Washita River extended from its banks for over two miles in either direction. $53M of…