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Psalm 1:1-6 CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SUCCESSFUL BELIEVER Intro: There are many yardsticks by which men measure success. Among them are: wealth, power, position, prestige, etc. These are all indicators of worldly success. However, measuring your spiritual success and your success as a Christian is a little…

IN EVERYTHING GIVE THANKS 1 THESSALONIANS 5:18 We gather, this Lord’s Day, to reflect upon an attitude that ought to be true in every believer. It is an attitude that ought to reflect everyday of our life and not just this week of Thanksgiving. I am talking about the attitude of gratitude. Gratitude…

THE REAL LIFE 1 JOHN 1:1-3a Can you remember as a child those stories that mom and dad used to read or tell to you that began “Once upon a time.” Remember how exciting those words used to be? It opened a doorway into a make-believe world where everything seemed possible. It was a dream world where all…

TO TELL THE TRUTH EXODUS 20:16 A lie is a type of deception in the form of an untruthful statement with the intention to deceive, often with the further intention to maintain a secret or reputation, or to avoid punishment. To lie is to state something one believes is false with the intention that it…

NEW YEAR’S DAY JOSHUA 3:1-17 O. S. Hawkins wrote, “New is one of those words in our English language that most always finds the welcome mat out at our heart’s door and brings a smile to our face. In our childhood days there was the joy of having a new bicycle or a new ball glove. In adolescence there…

FEARFULLY AND WONDERFULLY MADE PSALM 139:13-18 We are just four days away from the thirty-sixth anniversary of the most barbaric legislation that has ever been decided by the U. S. Supreme Court. It is Roe V. Wade, which legalized abortion on January 22, 1973. The Court ruled that an unborn child is…

NO THEFT EXODUS 20:15 This morning, we return back to our series on the Ten Commandments (Ten Words or Pronouncements). I want to remind you once again that the Ten Commandments are divided into two tables. The first table consists of four commandments dealing with our relationship with the Lord, while…

WINNING: THE CHRISTIAN WAY Matthew 16:24-28 Christopher Winans, in his book, Malcolm Forbes: The Man Who Had Everything, tells of a motorcycle tour that Forbes took through Egypt in 1984 with his Capitalist Tool motorcycle team. After viewing the staggering burial tomb of King Tut, Forbes seemed to be…

THE GOD OF OUR OWN MAKING EXODUS 20:4-6 If you will take your Bibles and turn to the twentieth chapter of Exodus and let us read about the second commandment. This commandment has to do with the making of idols. Joy Davidman, wife of C. S. Lewis, wrote a book entitled Smoke on the Mountain. In the second…

REMEMBER THE SABBATH EXODUS 20:8-11 We gather on another Sunday morning to worship the Lord. I hope you have your Bibles as we tackle another commandment this morning. It is found in the 20th chapter of Exodus beginning in the 8th verse through the 11th verse. You follow along as I read this commandment…

THE DUTY OF A FATHER JOSHUA 24:14-15 This morning, since it is Father’s Day, I want to examine a passage of Scripture that is probably familiar to all of us and if you are not familiar with this passage then you will be by the time this sermon ends. So I ask you to turn in your Bibles to Joshua 24:14-15.…

LIVING FOR JESUS 2 TIMOTHY 2:8-13 If you will take your copy of God’s Word and turn to the second chapter of the second book of Timothy. I want to read our passage this morning. We are continuing our theme for the month, which is living for Jesus. In order to live for Jesus successfully, we need to be…

LIVE WITH URGENCY 1 PETER 4:7-11 I would like you to take your Bible and turn to 1 Peter 4. We will read verses 7-11 of 1 Peter 4. This morning, we are going to study Peter’s letter to a persecuted church, which needed encouragement in light of their troubles and the future judgment. So Peter addressed…

THE KEYS TO GREAT WORSHIP HEBREWS 13:9-16 I hope that you have brought your copy of God’s Word with you this morning. I want to remind you that everything we do around here is based on the Word of God. It is our compass, tool, instrument for doing things God’s way. We try hard not to do things our way,…

A HEALTHY CHURCH part 3 ACTS 2:41-47 Many years ago, Thomas K. Beecher once substituted for his famous brother, Henry Ward Beecher, at the Plymouth Church in Brooklyn, New York. Many curiosity seekers had come to hear the renowned Henry Beecher speak. Therefore, when Thomas Beecher appeared in the pulpit…

A HEALTHY CHURCH part 2 ACTS 2:41-47 If you will take your Bibles and open to the second chapter of Acts beginning in the 41st verse. Listen as I read these verses to you. This morning, we are going to continue our look at what a healthy church does. Everyone in this congregation, I believe, desires…

MAKE TIME FOR OTHERS HEBREWS 10:24-25 Josef Gabor grew up in Czechoslovakia when it was dominated by communism, and religion was despised as weakness. His father taught communist doctrine classes. But Josef’s mother, who believed in Jesus Christ, took Josef and his brother with her to church. They got…

LIVE FOR ETERNITY PSALM 90 In the barren Mojave Desert of California rests a monument to futility. A single man, “Burro” Schmidt, spent over 40 years digging a tunnel more than 2,000 feet long through solid granite, using only hand tools. Schmidt was a gold prospector who had settled on the north side…

GOD SEEKS WORSHIPPERS JOHN 4 Comedian Flip Wilson used to have a character in his repertoire named Reverend Leroy, who pastored The Church of What's Happenin' Now. In the early 1970s Reverend Leroy and his church were an outrageous parody. But, truthfully, the evangelical community these days is swarming…

WHO IS THE CHRIST OF CHRISTMAS? Hebrews 1:2-3 INTRODUCTION: In December 1903, the Wright brothers Orville and Wilbur telegraphed their sister Catherine that they had flown 120 feet and would be home for Christmas. She told the editor of the local paper and he said that was great that they would be home…

LET THE SPIRIT BE YOUR GUIDE ACTS 16:1-10 That fateful week began and progressed as normal for the majority of Christendom. Oh, this week was quite different, but only a few Christians would notice—far too few. One pastor arose early on Sunday to review the sermon that he had prepared. He would begin…

TRANSFORMED BY GOD’S GRACE ACTS 9:19-31 This morning, we return to the exciting book of Acts, which shows us the church afire for God. God has done wonders in the lives of his disciples in bringing about the birth of the early church. It was a church that experienced the grace and power of God. Something…

PRIORITY LIVING EPHESIANS 5:15-17 One of the great cathedrals in Milan, Italy, has a beautiful triple-door entrance. All three portals are crowned by splendid arches artistically carved with thought-provoking inscriptions. Over one, etched in stone, is a wreath of roses with the words: "All which pleases…

SANCTITY OF MARRIAGE EXODUS 20:14 In 1631, the printers of one edition of the King James Bible were fined 300 pounds by Archbishop Laud—the equivalent of a lifetime’s earnings. Their crime consisted in leaving one word out of the biblical text. By omitting the word not, they had turned the seventh commandment…

YOUR FINAL DESTINY MATTHEW 25:46 This morning, I am going to close our series on Living like You were Dying. I pray that these messages have made you ponder whether or not you belong to Christ. I hope they have encouraged you to strive to do better in the days that you do have remaining on earth. Folks,…