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I. The Means of our service. 8 For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, 9 not of works, lest anyone should boast. 10 For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them.…

This morning I am very excited to bring a challenge to you. It has been on my heart for some time, and it has to do with evangelism. I want to challenge all of us to move forward in our hearts and actions to become people who truly love and commit to our part in the great commission. So we are going…

One day, a financially successful enough father decides to take his son to the countryside to show him how poor some people may happen to be in contrast to them, who live in a nice house in the suburbs of a big city. Like this, his son could understand the value of things, and how lucky he is. So they…

TEXT: JAMES 5:7-11 | A PATIENT PURSUIT INTRO EXPLANATION : Here in these verses before us, 6 times in 5 verses James addresses this matter of patience or endurance. But what can be so quick to miss is the context in which James is saying these things about Patience. v.7 say, “Be patient THEREFORE” It…

How do you view suffering? How does God view our suffering? A means to show his glory. 3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, 4 who comforts us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction, with…

2 Corinthians 6:3-7:1 Paul told us in chapter 5 that we are ambassadors for Christ, he begins chapter 6 telling us we are workers together with Christ and that today is the day of salvation, it is time for us to get to work. We made it that far last week through verse 2 of chapter 6. He continues on…

This marvelous ministry reminders Last week we did not finish our lesson on the Marks of the Ministry so we want to continue this week on that same lesson. I think we will give some reminders first so we are all fresh where we are at. This marvelous ministry that brings comfort, brings deliverance (2Cor1)…

Today, I’m going to say something to you that isn’t true, or at least, it isn’t the whole truth. I’ll let you figure out which part isn’t the whole truth. One of the goals of an Ash Wednesday service is to remind of us our own mortality. The words that the celebrant speaks at the imposition of ashes…

INTRODUCTION Background of text as sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, yet possessing everything. Working together with him, then, we appeal to you not to receive the grace of God in vain. For he says, “In a favorable time I listened to you, and in a day…

How well do we know others? How well do we know ourselves? How well do we know the Lord?

Fasting 101 my experience so far. My experience with fasting has been life changing. I wasn’t able to do a complete fast because my job is very physical and i am out in the heat right now a lot delivering the mail. I as doing a sun up sun down fast with just water and vegetable juice at first which means…

Palm Sunday Foretold by the Prophets 9 Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion! Shout in triumph, O daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your king is coming to you; He is just and endowed with salvation, Humble, and mounted on a donkey, Even on a colt, the foal of a donkey. 22 The stone which the builders rejected…

Where do we start? 10 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, And the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding. 10 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom; A good understanding have all those who do His commandments; His praise endures forever. What do we tend to fear? The unknown…

Getting Hedged Out of the Kingdom Get On The Bus 2 Corinthians 6:1-13 Working together with him, then, we appeal to you not to receive the grace of God in vain. What would it look like to receive the grace of God in vain? How would it appear to be a recipient of God’s grace, but to have none of its authority…

Knowing what it is we here at Hickory Corners Bible Church believe and how it is we operate is important. HCBC Basics is a condensed class to look at our statement of faith, and how it is we apply what we believe to our church life. This session will focus on what God requires within His local church.

Foundations are the most important thing yet often unseen part of any ediface. If the foundation of a building is not sound then the building will collapse when placed under stress. But if the foundations is sound then the building can withstand extreme stress. Cultures have foundations. These are the…

Eph. 3:20-21 . These last two verses of this chapter are a call a “doxology.” It is simply a statement of praise that honors the Lord’s majesty, that ascribes glory to Him, that exalts Him. That is what Paul does in these two verses. Paul was so deeply conscious of the love of God and His grace that…

Titus 1-2 Good morning church! We are starting a short little letter this morning by the name of Titus. Just so you are aware, we will move through this book quickly as much of the material is similar to what we saw in 1 and 2 Timothy. Titus 1:1–4 (NKJV) 1 Paul, a bondservant of God and an apostle of…

? ! . In English, there are 16 punctuation marks — the period, question mark, exclamation point, comma, semicolon, colon, em dash, en dash, hyphen, parentheses, brackets, braces, apostrophe, double quotation marks, single quotation marks, and ellipsis — and they’re not as scary as they sound. . The .…

Season of preparation… season of getting ready. Who’d ready for Christmas? Christmas is coming, but even more importantly, Jesus is coming. Now one of those is good news… We are excited to think that Jesus is coming back… our world is in such a mess. How we long for that to be. But Christmas???? We just…

49:1-3 - The Servant’s identity called from the womb - identity comes from God (what are the sources we look to for our identity?) - this calling is connected to speaking for God, words that will act as a sword or an arrow, driving God’s words home into the hearts of those that hear Him Jesus’ identity…

Part 1 Look at the reception of the preaching of God’s word- those who are saved by God’s grace and those who reject the message of the gospel. Part 2 The question had to be answered why? Why do people receive and reject this message of Christ’s good news? The answer is an invisible work of God through…

The Overview: Very Prevalent form of “cheap grace” theology. Masked in determinism and logical contradictions. God is Holy, Perfect and Just He is filled with both Love and Wrath We are Morally guilty before God due to sin Gods demand for righteousness must be kept We cannot possibly do it. Jesus did…

Genesis 3:14-15 Dec 17, 1927 8 year old S class submarine conducting tests off coast of MA. 2273 Any Hope Of Rescue? Someone has said that if you could convince a man there was no hope, he would curse the day he was born. Hope is an indispensable quality of life. Years ago the S-4 submarine was rammed…

Spiritual Warfare If I just ask a simple question without clarification, what answer would you give: “How many people here today have engaged in or been aware of spiritual warfare in their lives? If I clarified spiritual warfare with one example from my own life as regular and foreseeable opposition…