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This Week’s Theme: Put On the LORD Jesus Christ This Week’s Word is Flesh: The physical aspect of human beings, which distinguishes them from God and is therefore frequently used in the NT as a symbol of human sinful nature in contrast with God’s perfection. (The Greek word for “flesh” is sometimes translated…

My favorite movie of all time is “Amazing Grace.” It tells the story, in the distorted way that Hollywood does, about William Wilberforce the British statesmen, who spent his life trying to end the slavery in the British Empire. While the movie does major on Wilberforce’s solid faith in Jesus Christ,…

2 Wherefore the king said unto me, Why is thy countenance sad, seeing thou art not sick? this is nothing else but sorrow of heart. Then I was very sore afraid, 2 Wherefore the king said unto me, Why is thy countenance sad, seeing thou art not sick? this is nothing else but sorrow of heart. Then I was…

Years ago when I was going through seminary- along with going to school I also worked as a security guard to help pay for my education. It was an awful schedule. I was working third shift, then going directly to school in the morning and then sleeping during the afternoon. So I would go to work at 10:30…

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Good Fences Keep Good Neighbors When our relationships are out of balance, it’s often because someone expects you to be God. They expect you to take responsibility for some area in their life that they should be taking responsibility for. Be God in my money. I’ve got financial problems. You solve them.…

Mortification - “To put to Death” Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry: For which things’ sake the wrath of God cometh on the children of disobedience: For if ye live after the…

Introduction 1 Peter 1:22-25 is where we will be this week. Back may years ago when I ran track… emphasis on many years ago. I had a certain strategy that I employed in High School. I knew that I wanted to win more than the other person did. So depending on who I was running against I employed two strategies.…

Jeesus on antanut meille täysin uuden elämän jossa voimme elää tätä elämää. Haluan tänään painottaa tätä uuden elämän tuomaa mahdollisuutta. Mutta lihan teot ovat ilmeiset, ja ne ovat: haureus, saastaisuus, irstaus, epäjumalanpalvelus, noituus, vihamielisyys, riita, kateellisuus, vihat, juonet, eriseurat,…

1 Peter 3:18-4:6 Good morning church! We are going to resume our study in 1 Peter chapter 3 this morning. We left off on the 17th verse which says, 17 For it is better, if it is the will of God, to suffer for doing good than for doing evil. Yes sadly, the idea is that as Christians we may still suffer…

Perhaps you have seen them, the signs popping up all over Greene County attempting to encourage young people struggling with suicidal and addictive thoughts. One in particular caught my attention the other day; it read, “You are Enough”. This short phrase perfectly sums up the spirit of our age. That…

Intro: I love my brother, he is a pretty awesome dude and I have the privileged to see him grow up in life. Look my brother is not a saint by any means and he would be the first to admit this. Hey bro if your watching, love ya man, but I am going to tattle on ya a bit. He made just about every mistake…

Illustration: The mom crept into the room of her daughter who had recently returned from completing her bachelor’s degree at college. She probably could have stormed her way in and had the same results, for her daughter was zonked out in her bed. She tapped her daughter on the arm and whispered “it’s…

Picture of a scale in which qualities are measured. The winner is obvious, but the loser is promoted. In this condition it is important to remember that “You are not immune to foolishness” You endeavor to faithfully love and care for someone and a better looking or more charming personality comes in…

Text - Nehemiah 13 Subject - Drift Theme - Spiritual Drift Thesis - Principle - As Christians today, we must be aware to guard ourselves from spiritual drift. As we turn to our text this morning, we see an all to familiar yet still sad pattern of events. The cyclical pattern of returning to faithfulness…

This Week’s Theme: Put on the Mindset of Christ Word for the Week is Mind: I t is the seat of human consciousness, thought, and desires. Scripture stresses that the minds of believers must be shaped by the knowledge and love of God, as their ways of thinking and acting become more like the pattern set…

Order: Open / Announcements: Next weekend - Missionaries Next Weekend - Fellowship after church December 12th - Church Dinner Worship Sermon Communion Worship Introduction: We are about two months into our walk through 1 Peter. As we study together, our goal is not to have an exhaustive study, but kind…

Flourish in the House of the Lord 13 Those who are planted in the house of the Lord Shall flourish in the courts of our God. Prayer Seek His Kingdom & righteousness Helping the Gospel work Helping the poor Giving our time, strength and money 34 “But take heed to yourselves, lest your hearts be weighed…

What does it mean to live for God?

What is a city? What do you think of when you think of a city? ir: ( ʿîr [eer]): city, town In the bible, a city is almost always fortified. It is a place surrounded by walls and has it’s own ruler or king. When we think of cities today we often think of large places where many people live or work, but…

Tony Padgett preaches about the problem of sin that man ignores.

Introduction Summarize: 1:3-2:10 Our new life in Christ We are adopted into the family of God Exposition Main Passage 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…

Obadiah The vision of Obadiah. Thus says Lord Yahweh concerning Edom— We have heard a report from Yahweh, And an envoy has been sent among the nations saying , “Arise! And let us arise against her for battle”— “Behold, I will make you small among the nations; You are greatly despised. “The arrogance…

Therefore, since Christ suffered in his body, arm yourselves also with the same attitude, because whoever suffers in the body is done with sin. As a result, they do not live the rest of their earthly lives for evil human desires, but rather for the will of God. For you have spent enough time in the past…

Destruction & Deliverance Aright church, you know the drill. I’m going to read some scripture. We are going to listen to Jesus words to his disciples and his words to us. We are going to look at it’s immediate context and meaning. We are going to then unpack what it means for you and me today. It’s what…