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A Heart of Gratitude 16 Rejoice always, 17 pray without ceasing, 18 give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you. What: Heart of Gratitude Where: in every circumstance When: Always Why: This is the will of God How: Without ceasing If I stop giving thanks, I disconnect…

What is our job? 1 But I, brothers, could not address you as spiritual people, but as people of the flesh, as infants in Christ. 2 I fed you with milk, not solid food, for you were not ready for it. And even now you are not yet ready, 3 for you are still of the flesh. For while there is jealousy and…

Intro: The story is told of this woman who decided one day to try horseback riding. Now she had never ridden a horse before and had never had a lesson on how to ride a horse. And so she sees this horse and she says I’m going to ride this thing. And she hops onto that horse and it immediately begins to…

What is an Incommunicable Trait? Attributes of God that is not shared (communicated) to others by us, compared to communicable traits (those God shares or communicates with us and are shared by us). Incommunicable (Gods traits we do not share) God’s eternity Inability to Change (Immutable) Omnipresence…

Last week Simon introduced our new sermon series with question 1 of what will be, over time, a Catechism of 52 questions and answers. Why? Because we believe understanding what the bible says about God and God’s plans and purposes for His people, for His world, lies at the heart of what it means to be…

Review: :1-12 - God’s Plan for Marriage :13-16 - Receive the Kingdom :17-31 - Answering the Rich Young Ruler :32-34 32 And they were on the road, going up to Jerusalem, and Jesus was walking ahead of them. And they were amazed, and those who followed were afraid. And taking the twelve again, he began…

1 John 5:8 8 And there are three that bear witness in earth, the spirit, and the water, and the blood: and these three agree in one. “the Trinity is composed of three united Persons without separate existence—so completely united as to form one God. The divine nature subsists in three distinctions—Father,…

A picture of holiness Read Deuteronomy 22:9-12 9 “You shall not sow your vineyard with two kinds of seed, lest the whole yield be forfeited, the crop that you have sown and the yield of the vineyard. 10 You shall not plow with an ox and a donkey together. 11 You shall not wear cloth of wool and linen…

Luke 1:5-38 Introduction Anticipation waiting for a package to arrive - USPS, UPS, Fed Ex graphic meme As we open up today’s passage, it was a dark time for the Jewish people. For four hundred years, the Lord had been silent. Let’s remember that just because God is silent, it does not mean that He is…

With the death of Solomon, Rehoboam is made King because he is the son of Solomon Then Rehoboam went to Shechem, for all Israel had gone to Shechem to make him king. When Jeroboam son of Nebat heard about it, he stayed in Egypt, where he had fled from King Solomon’s presence. Jeroboam stayed in Egypt.…

Wondering Warning Understanding The final message of Ecclesiastes is not that nothing matters but that everything does. What we did, how we did it, and why we did it will all have eternal significance. The reason everything matters is because everything in the universe is subject to the final verdict…

The importance of the written word. Ezekiel 13:1-4 They are prophesying from their own hearts, their own desires. Ezekiel 13:6 Their visions are false. God has not spoken to them, revealed things to them. Yet they are lying saying that God has. The relief we have with scripture, is we don’t have to guess…

az- AB - ah to hef-zee-BAH PRAYER Text: Isaiah 62:1-5 Jerusalem has a long and checkered history. Our personal history may not be as long, but most of us can identify with the checkered part. Jerusalem was originally a pagan city. But David conquered it and it became his capital city over all Israel.…

Introduction Why Bother? How God Looks at Us: Imagers of God Where God Wants Us What God Has Planned for Us What to Expect In This Study

This Week’s Theme: Disciples Seek God. Sermon Title: “Get With The Program.” Memory Verse: 1 Thessalonians 5:17 (NKJV) “Pray without ceasing.” This Week’s Word is Prayer: To communicate with God in order to know His plan (the how?) to carry out His will (the what?) for their life and others, and it is…

God is Immutable James 1:17 (KJV 1900) 17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning. Malachi 3:6 (KJV 1900) 6 For I am the Lord, I change not; Therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed. God’s…

Esther 5 (CSB) 1 On the third day, Esther dressed in her royal clothing and stood in the inner courtyard of the palace facing it. The king was sitting on his royal throne in the royal courtroom, facing its entrance. 2 As soon as the king saw Queen Esther standing in the courtyard, she gained favor with…

Introduction Over two Thousand Years ago a child was born that changed the course of history. This is literally why we have dates like 2021. When was year zero? Though the math was off by a few years when this calendar system was started, the intent was for year zero to be the year the Jesus Christ was…

40 One of the two who heard John speak and followed Jesus was Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother. 41 He first found his own brother Simon and said to him, “We have found the Messiah” (which means Christ). What is the significance of Andrew’s statement? Andrew recognized Christ as the Messiah - the one who…

Romans 14:1-23 The argument about Christian Liberty and License has been going for ages. One person believes you can do something, another believes it is a sin to do it. Where is the answer? Can we drink socially? Can we attend movie theaters? Can we watch television, are all programs acceptable? Can…

Introduction: 1 In those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be registered. 2 This was the first registration when Quirinius was governor of Syria. 3 And all went to be registered, each to his own town. 4 And Joseph also went up from Galilee, from the town of Nazareth,…

Intro: On the morning of April 14, 1865, President Abraham Lincoln met with his cabinet at the White House in Washington, and the Civil War was raging toward an end. Abraham Lincoln said to his cabinet members, “I’ve been having a strange dream the last few nights.” He said, “In this dream, I picture…

Have you never been in a near vehicle accident? A close call that almost wrecked you, but you just narrowly escaped? I remember one time driving home late on a Wednesday night from church. Do this day I don’t know entirely what happened, but I’m driving on the interstate and I see the car in front me…

The significance of the word “Know” The word “know” can carry a wide range of meanings. a person can know of someone or even have interacted with that person, but this would not denote a relationship. Thus, you might know that a person exists and know the title of his position, and yet not know the person…

Intro: We have been making our way through Daniel 7 and looking at the details of Daniel’s night visions… We talked about the description of the four beasts that Daniel saw coming out of the great sea and we also talked about how Daniel saw The Ancient of Days give the final, everlasting Kingdom, to…