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Bolognese How do you make bolognaise sauce for your spaghetti bolognaise? I suspect that for each of you here that actually do the cooking at home, you would all make it slightly different. Some would be creamy. Some would have some special secret herbs that give it that special flavour. A bet many would…

It was her own personal nightmare. Something terrible had happened to her little girl. There was something inside her, something tormenting her, something controlling her. She was under the power of the devil, possessed and afflicted. Her mother couldn't do anything about it. She surely tried. No doubt…

Dominion Mandate Gen 1:28 “And God blessed them. And God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth and subdue it, and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over every living thing that moves on the earth.”” Gen 9:1 “And God blessed Noah and his…

6 So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was to be desired to make one wise, she took of its fruit and ate, and she also gave some to her husband who was with her, and he ate. 7 Then the eyes of both were opened, and they knew that…

Peace we all need! This series we started a couple of weeks ago, we looked at The definition of peace State of harmony, tranquility, absence of hostility/conflict; an inner tranquility enjoyed by Christians who put trust in God We look at Jesus our Prince of Peace (ref: Isa9:6 ) Prophesied, came, fulfilled,…

Introduction: What comes to your mind when I say the word “hostility”? Maybe you think of a hostile environment, like trying to build a home in a dessert away from infrastructure. Hostile. Maybe you think of the political duality in our country where democrats and republicans seem to not just balance…

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…

Introduction One of the greatest changes in animals is that of a worm to a butterfly. It is always on the topic of study as a child because it creates a great wonder of how this happens. I looked it up this week and discovered there are 4 stages of life for a butterfly. Simply put, and I know some of…

Ephesians 2: 11-18 Last week we were able to see that there is nothing that we can do to earn our salvation and we saw that it is only by the Grace of God that we are what we are today. And now that we are one of His we are to walk in His righteousness and work for Him. Now we come to Paul's second paragraph…

Instead of trusting in God’s grace, the Israelites tried to control their fate through spiritual and military power. But the people refused to listen to Samuel. “No!” they said. “We want a king over us. Then we will be like all the other nations, with a king to lead us and to go out before us and fight…

A. Rapport for the time B. Reading of the text C. Review of the text Looking at it last week we saw a problem arise in the early church with the question of what we must do to be saved. The early church D. Relevance of the text I. Peter Explains God’s Work 6 The apostles and the elders were gathered…

Intro: NC State Wolfpack (I was Derek Whittenberg) (Lorenzo Charles) I grew up in a family where rivalry was normal. Now I told you that I idolized Derek Whittenberg, and I did, but that was dangerous ground in my family. You see I grew up in Tarheel country. To pull outside of the Tarheels was dangerous.…

Please turn in your bibles to Ephesians 2:11-22 . The Book of Ephesians is addressed to the church at Ephesus and likely some surrounding churches Big Picture: Know who you were. Know what is yours in Christ. Know what you are in Christ now. = So the apostle is laying the foundation in the early part…

And you He made alive, who were dead in trespasses and sins, in which you once walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit who now works in the sons of disobedience, among whom also we all once conducted ourselves in the lusts of our flesh,…

5 But Simon answered and said to Him, “Master, we have toiled all night and caught nothing; nevertheless at Your word I will let down the net.” 6 And when they had done this, they caught a great number of fish, and their net was breaking. Fishing was hard work The catch was ++Not a trophy ++Not to display…

(S1) — Some intersections are more difficult than others Crossroads—T—Roundabout—Fork—Merge Times in life and in the church, when we find ourselves at a difficult intersection—lack of peace (S2) Yet, when two roads converge into ONE—one direction and one destination, there is one peace. This same kind…

22 Since you have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit in sincere love of the brethren, love one another fervently with a pure heart, 23 having been born again, not of corruptible seed but incorruptible, through the word of God which lives and abides forever, 24 because “All flesh…

Introduction Important questions: college, marriage/relationships, job/career, house/living, church. Paul structures this section around the themes of hope, peace, and community. Leads us to ask ourselves what could be the most important questions. Are you experiencing eternal hope? vv. 11-12 Therefore…

Introduction This morning we are going to begin with the reading of the Text for this morning’s message. A couple Sunday’s ago while I was away, I was able to sit in another church and take in their process. One thing that stood out to me was the way in which they read the text. This morning in our series…

3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places, 4 even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before him. In love 5 he predestined us for adoption to himself…

6 For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: And the government shall be upon his shoulder: And his name shall be called Wonderful, Counseller, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace. 7 Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end, Upon the throne of…

Today we are concluding this series called Bridge Builders. This is our fourth week talking about forgiveness and unity. We talked about needing blueprints and tools to complete the bridge. Last week we talked about there are times that we need to rebuild, start all over, mistakes are made. And today…

Ephesians 2:11-22

By Grace And you were dead in the trespasses and sins in which you once walked, following the course of this world, following the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience— among whom we all once lived in the passions of our flesh, carrying out the desires…

Since the days of Cain and Able, there has been a war raging. The battle lines have been drawn between good and evil, Angles and demons, The Creator and creation, man and God. One might say that the battle is for the souls of men. Although that aspect of the battle plays a significant role in the strategy…