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Advent is about waiting. This is a reminder I know but it is an important one. Waiting puts us in the “Biblical” story alongside many others. Exodus 23:20 (NIV) “See, I am sending an angel ahead of you to guard you along the way and to bring you to the place I have prepared. Isaiah 40:3 (NIV) A voice…

Thesis : We achieve more in our life and our walk with God when we have persistent commitment. Anti-Thesis : We value commitment over persistence and falter with resistance Resolution : Persistent Commitment results in Passionate Pursuit. Intro An early published version of the story, "Story of the Engine…

NOTE: This is a manuscript, and not a transcript of this message. The actual presentation of the message differed from the manuscript through the leading of the Holy Spirit. Therefore, it is possible, and even likely that there is material in this manuscript that was not included in the live presentation…

The mystery of Christ in us has now been revealed to us and the world. Colossians 1.24-2.5 states because of this we can endure afflictions, sufferings and the agony which comes with sharing the Gospel and maturing in Christ. Christ redeems our suffering and others see Him not in spite of our sufferings but in them.

Colossians 3:10–17 (CSB) You are being renewed in knowledge according to the image of your Creator. In Christ there is not Greek and Jew, circumcision and uncircumcision, barbarian, Scythian, slave and free; but Christ is all and in all. Therefore, as God’s chosen ones, holy and dearly loved, put on…

By taking a closer look at Paul’s many experiences, you can check out what circumstances are most likely to cause stress. If the pressures in your life are not being used to press you closer to the Lord, you may be on the way to a blowout!

8 But now, O Lord , thou art our father; We are the clay, and thou our potter; And we all are the work of thy hand. 1 The word which came to Jeremiah from the Lord , saying, 2 Arise, and go down to the potter’s house, and there I will cause thee to hear my words. 3 Then I went down to the potter’s house,…

Today, we’re taking a pause between two different sermon series. We completed a series last week and next week we will be beginning a new series, so it’s time to take a pause. Do you take time to rest? When you go on vacation do you plan extended times to rest or do you plan every moment so that when…

There is a deep thirst in the human heart that Jesus longs to quench.

Philippians 3:12-14 Philippians 3:12–21 “Not that I have already attained this—that is, I have not already been perfected—but I strive to lay hold of that for which Christ Jesus also laid hold of me. Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself to have attained this. Instead I am single-minded: Forgetting…

Introduction Last week we started Titus. Paul wrote this letter to Titus, who has been left on the Island of Crete. Crete is a pretty rough place, it’s the largest of the Greek Islands, full of mercenary soldiers who would fight for the highest bidder. It was filled with all sorts of terrible pg-13 things.…

On April 15th, 2013 two terrorist took part in a bombing at the Boston Marathon. There were many of us who took part in watching this right before our eyes. Three people lost their lives and hundreds were injured. A year after this tragic event took place on April 19th, 2014 I remember sitting down to…

One of the hardest tasks we are faced with in the Christian life – is waiting for glory. Our hearts and minds wish every day, more and more … that it was today. But in the perfect wisdom of God we continue to wait. The last 3 verses of this paragraph begin to describe how we should wait.

Over the last two weeks, we have been looking at growth and things that keep us from growing. Last week, we learned that we don’t often grow in life and in our faith because it can be painful. It takes effort and sometimes the process can be painful. Today, we will see another behavior that keeps us…

Intro God uses several things to help us to grow. God’s Word… Holy Spirit… Circumstances. God allows circumstances into our lives so that we can learn to know him and depend on him more. All kinds of situations and problems will come into our lives that God wants to use to move you into a relationship…

INTRO “Don’t think that I came to abolish the Law or the Prophets. I did not come to abolish but to fulfill. For truly I tell you, until heaven and earth pass away, not the smallest letter or one stroke of a letter will pass away from the law until all things are accomplished. Therefore, whoever breaks…

Good morning and welcome to Dishman Baptist Church. Please take your Bibles and open them with me to Ephesians 5 , Ephesians 5 . There are many concerns that vie for a pastor’s attention as he seeks to glorify God in the administration of His church. Will the lights turn on when you flip the switch.…

For we know that the law is spiritual, but I am of the flesh, sold under sin. For I do not understand my own actions. For I do not do what I want, but I do the very thing I hate. Now if I do what I do not want, I agree with the law, that it is good. So now it is no longer I who do it, but sin that dwells…

Are you new creation? If so, are you living like it?

When I did youth ministry, we would take kids to Chuck E Cheese. They had a game called Whack-a-mole. In WAM, moles pop up out of holes and you have to hammer them back down. But as soon as you slam one, another pops up. And on and on it goes. The thing about this game and the reason it’s just evil,…

Codependency involves being too dependent on someone or something that cannot meet your needs.