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The Glory of the Lord The church then and the church now are waiting for the glory of the Lord to be revealed. The church then had some misconceptions. Paul has addressed those and it brings to us some great truths for application today as it did for them then. Misconception - Christ had already come…

Big Idea: There are Three reasons the Workers are Few Reason 1: We Don’t Share Christ’s Compassion And when he saw the crowds, he had compassion for them, because they were weary and dejected, like sheep that did not have a shepherd. “Compassion” is the Greek word Splanchnizomai , from Splanchna the…

31 What shall we say about such wonderful things as these? If God is for us, who can ever be against us? 32 Since he did not spare even his own Son but gave him up for us all, won’t he also give us everything else? 33 Who dares accuse us whom God has chosen for his own? No one—for God himself has given…

Welcome Good morning once again everyone. We are continuing in our Advent series, that is based off of Isaiah 64:1 “1 Oh, that you would rend the heavens and come down, that the mountains would tremble before you!” and how Advent is the celebration of God opening the heavens and sending Jesus down to…

So as you can see from the slide - I decided that we will just keep going in our Bibles... Breaking into 1 Kings today. I assume that most people haven’t spent too much TIME in 1 Kings... And so I think it will good for us to not only learn the history behind it…the NARRATIVE behind it... But also of…

But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us. We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair; Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed; Always bearing about in the body the dying…

A Desperate Need to Seek God Rev. Thomas A. West, Sr February 13, 2022 In this time in our lives we all need to be reminded of our utter dependence upon God for all things. At times, we suffer because we won’t admit our need of the Father, relying instead on our own strength. God is patient with us,…

Today is one of the teaching I so hope you can learn.I do not mean just understand but have it bear lasting fruit in your life.It’s about knowing that God is on your side to help and really cares for you. It can change your attitude in life and hardship once you live this.Today we will dive into our…

Onesimus: From slave to... The rest of the story… Paul Harvey There is a rest of the story regarding Philemon and Onesismus Letter delivered at the same time as the letter to the Colossian church (and probably Ephesians as well). The Colossian church, or at least part of it, met at Philemon’s house.…

Bro Justin's message to the South Texas Missionary Baptist Association meeting.

1 So if there is any encouragement in Christ, any comfort from love, any participation in the Spirit, any affection and sympathy, Unity surrounding problems within the church. Paul introduces 4 “if-then” statements.... all of the “if’s” are stated in a way to assume they are already true. If “any encouragement”…

Journey through the book of Luke.

BIG IDEA: Worship is recognizing the worth-ship of God. God reveals Himself to us in many ways and a life commited to worship takes time to stop (shabbat), recognize, and give God the weight (value) He deserves and yet worship often gets relegated to something that happens as we sing on Sunday mornings.…

11 When I was a child, I spoke like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I gave up childish ways. You are not mature if you have a high esteem of yourself. He who boasts in himself is but a babe in Christ, if indeed he be in Christ at all. Young Christians may…

Like many of you, I am moved by great songs of the faith, and especially those that articulate the greatness of God, and his Majesty, His provision for us to have a way of salvation, and those songs that contemplate the great mysteries of God’s plan as we marvel at His great love. One such song for me,…

You may not remember this, but when we first started this series moving through the book of Philippians, I started with an illustration about the Royal Standard, which is the official flag of the Monarch of England. This is a separate flag than the Union Jack flag that we associate with the UK. According…

Introduction: Good morning and let me welcome you once again to this meeting of Hope Bible Fellowship. As every week, it’s a joy and privilege to be here with you opening the Word of God. Go ahead and open your Bible to Philippians 2 and find verses 1-4. If you would like to follow along with our interactive…

Ephesians 6 Good morning church! It is great to be back with our church family, we love you guys, and were gone lone enough to miss you. I want to say thank you to the ladies that have been participating in praying for your husbands, and for each others husbands. Prayer is a such critical tool, a weapon…

The Gospel story is a 52-week series takes us on a chronological and inspiring journey through God’s Word. From the first book of scripture, Genesis, to the close of Revelation, “ The Gospel Story ” outlines the narrative of God’s wondrous work of salvation history . Genesis to Revelation is a narrative…

I wanted to talk about the piece of scripture from Isaiah that spoke about God giving us Beauty for Ashes Ashes definition- It was a practice of putting ashes on the head to show mourning, grief or repentance 1 The Spirit of the Sovereign Lord is upon me, for the Lord has anointed me to bring good news…

Intro - Welcome Talk about Easter - Today, we will study Jesus as the Shepherd. He is my shepherd. It doesn’t matter what you are going through, Jesus is your shepherd. 1 Y ou’ll remember, friends, that when I first came to you to let you in on God’s master stroke, I didn’t try to impress you with polished…

Intro This morning we continue in the book of Romans. We have been looking over the last few weeks of this 12th chapter of the book of Romans with the theme - why not now. Why not now, live your life for Christ? We make a choice every day, and in reality, multiple choices throughout the day in regards…

31 His mother and his brothers came, and standing outside, they sent word to him and called him. 32 A crowd was sitting around him and told him, “Look, your mother, your brothers, and your sisters are outside asking for you.” 33 He replied to them, “Who are my mother and my brothers?” 34 Looking at those…

The Great Prayer Part 2: Unified for the sake of the gospel Cities: We’ve all seen a play or movie, or read a book, about the small town kid who dreams of going to the big city. One of the reasons that someone desires the city so much is certainly that there is diversity there, and for a young person…

Devoted to Fellowship Today we are continuing the series we are calling “Together” where we are asking the question, “What is church?” On Sunday mornings we get up, get dressed, and “ go to church .” What if God had something bigger in mind? What if we were never intended to “go to” church, or “bring…