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Introduction Today I want to share for you this portion of Scripture that the LORD led me to this week. (Ill.) Thursday night while speaking to my mother, she’d told me of a health issue that she’s having. After that phone call, the words of v2 rang in my mind. Psalm 61:2 “From the end of the earth will…

We are coming to the end of the season of Lent with two weeks until Easter. Two weeks until we celebrate the Resurrection of Jesus, and the promises that holds for us. My message this morning comes from that season of Jesus’s ministry, just days away from being crucified. Matthew 21:12–17 (CSB) 12 Jesus…

Steve Bateman at TGC I do not know if you have seen the advertisements yet, but did you know there is an election coming up It is a pretty significant one. And with an election of this magnitude there can be anxiety Be prepared for a deluge of desperate pleas, dire warnings, accusations and rumors. The…

Last weekend we began this two-part series on What is the Church? The church is not a physical building, but a group of believers or a spiritual body, and Christ is the head of the body or church. My desire was to help us see that the Universal Church is made up of all believers and that the smaller…

Context Here we are again this morning still not starting our messages on David, but I saw something this last week that really bothered me, and I have been struggling all week with it. So, here we are. I titled this mornings message Zeal for the LORD’S house. Over the last few months you all have heard…

Praise God In The Dark 22 Cast thy burden upon the Lord , and he shall sustain thee: He shall never suffer the righteous to be moved. 1 Hear my cry, O God; Attend unto my prayer. 2 From the end of the earth will I cry unto thee, when my heart is overwhelmed: Lead me to the rock that is higher than I.…

After this he went down to Capernaum, with his mother and his brothers and his disciples, and they stayed there for a few days. The Passover of the Jews was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. In the temple he found those who were selling oxen and sheep and pigeons, and the money-changers sitting…

Someone once said, I don’t worry. I just do painful thinking. Was anyone worried in the 2nd half last week? 4th quarter? We live in the day of quick cash, the mad dash, and a lot of Stress. We have all sorts of self help books that talk about reducing stress, but as smart as we think we are, all we have…

Royal Psalms Psalm 72 Of Solomon. Endow the king with your justice, O God, the royal son with your righteousness. May he judge your people in righteousness, your afflicted ones with justice. May the mountains bring prosperity to the people, the hills the fruit of righteousness. May he defend the afflicted…

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…

He maketh the storm a calm, So that the waves thereof are still. The Lord is good, a strong hold in the day of trouble; And he knoweth them that trust in him. I. Introduction A. It never ceases to amaze me how crazy the storms of life can be. 1. We get overwhelmed. 2. Stress steps in and causes us to…

The Christian Finds Rest in Jesus Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father, and our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen. Last week we began a new series to help us define what it means to be a Christian, and rather than listening to all the ideas out there in the world we're listening to Jesus…

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…

Philippians 4:1-13 We are starting a new series today entitled Better over the next few weeks we will look at various parts of our lives that we can do better Another pastor allowed me to borrow his graphics and a video that he made to introduce his series. And although I am preaching a different series…

Lupasin viime sunnuntaina että alan puhumaan hieman siitä mitä tarkoittaa olla Jumalan palvelija ja viedä meidät hieman syvemmälle Jumalan seuraamisen salaisuutta ja sitä mikä tekee Jumalan seuraajista kestäviä Miten Paavali jaksoi mennä läpi loputtomalta tuntuvien vastustusten tai miten Pietari käsitteli…

Ephesians 4:7 “7 But grace was given to each one of us according to the measure of Christ’s gift.” Grace. Unmerited favor, and denotes enablement. moves from “all” to “each one of us” diversity (cf. Rom 12:4–5 ; 1 Cor 12:4–29 ). Quote on screen “Grace…In this context, it is a particular enablement given…

The historic Christian Church gave Latin titles to each Sunday. They titled the Third Sunday in Advent “Gaudete,” which means “Rejoice!” As we reach the midway point of Advent, we remember that when the King shall come, he will bring us perfect and everlasting joy. Joy is not the same thing as happiness.…

There is none so blind as he who will not see, none so deaf as those who will not hear. This saying seems to go back to the 1500s to English author John Heywood, a man famous for his poems and collections of proverbs. The proverb appears to be adapted from biblical texts Jeremiah 5:21 ““Hear this, O…

THE ENEMIES OF REVIVAL 2 Chronicles 7:14 Intro: This is a well known passage that is often used by preachers to talk about the subject of revival. It is a revival verse. This word was spoken to King Solomon at the dedication of the temple. He is told by God that disobedience and rebellion will result…

Always Giving Thanks Means that our lives should reflect that we are grateful for all things. Always giving thanks means that we know that what we have, what we experience, what we see, how we live, what we have, our time, talents and testimony, etcetera and etcetera, is a mindset based on a heart-set…

Growing up, we had three big holidays. Resurrection Sunday, Thanksgiving, and Christmas. We did some things for Memorial Day and Fourth of July. But the big three were the big three. Each different. Each distinct. I’ve departed from my family by squishing them all together, but that is beside the point.…

27 Oct 2023

Ajattelin tänään kaikkia seurakuntia ja tätä mailmaa… kuinka tärkeä tälle ajalle on paikallisseurakunta, vaikka meillä on myös universaali kristuksen ruumis, niin paikallisseurakunnan merkitystä ei voi ylikorostaa. Kaikki kristityt kaikkina aikoina muodostaa universaalin kristuksen ruumiin. Kuka muistaa…

Deuteronomy 7:12-11:25 REVIEW We started the book of Deuteronomy/ Devarim 3 weeks ago The Torah goes on to recount the 42 stations from the Exodus from Egypt to the Promised Land. We spoke of Devarim = Deuteronomy elle-ha deverim = these are the words Picture of Journey An 11 day journey that lasted…

Sometimes we don’t see what God is doing and it makes no sense to us. Kind of like the following joke. The following is a great exercise for people who are out of shape: Begin with a five-pound potato bag in each hand. Extend your arms straight out from your sides, hold them there for a full minute,…