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This Week’s Theme: God is our Guide This Week’s Word is God’s Guidance: God has purposes and plans for his people, as individuals and communities. Believers and churches should seek his direction and counsel in discerning these purposes and plans in their lives. Memory Verse: Psalm 32:8 Essence of the…

1 Now it happened in Iconium that they went together to the synagogue of the Jews, and so spoke that a great multitude both of the Jews and of the Greeks believed. 2 But the unbelieving Jews stirred up the Gentiles and poisoned their minds against the brethren. 3 Therefore they stayed there a long time,…

This Week’s Theme: Theme : Moved By God This Week’s Word is Obedience : It starts with reverence towards God which expresses itself in the actions, words, and worship of believers. True reverence for God leads to obedience towards him.: Memory Verse: Psalm 37:23 “23 The steps of a good man are ordered…

When reading the details of the Old Covenant do we apply "grace to me, law for thee" or "law for me, grace for thee"?

This Week’s Theme: Don’t Follow Your Heart Memory Verse: Proverbs 14:12 “12 There is a way that seems right to a man, But its end is the way of death.” This Week’s Word is Rebellion : A state of revolt against established divine or human authority. Scripture condemns rebellion against God and indicates…

God with God and be ready to take the intitive but dont worry if you need to take a u-turn

Introduction: We all want to know the will of God for our lives. We are concerned that we may not be obeying God, but sometimes it can feel like God’s will is a mystery. We are going to take a look at what is meant by the will of God in order to see what God’s will is in a given situation. 1. The Decretive…

Introduction: Where do you turn to when you need advice. Did you know that a lot of people like to look to their horoscope, or “horror-scope” I like to call it? Did you know that there are a lot of people that would be more likely to go into a psychic’s lair than to go to God in prayer? I remember once…

I’m at Kid’s Kamp which I have done for maybe 20 years here in Southern California. Each year we have a weekend camp that is kind of an introduction to youth camp, but mostly stands by itself to help 7 to 11 year old campers experience some time with God, learning more about what salvation means, and…

Darkness is... How would you finish the sentence. Depressing, all encompassing, awful, is good to sleep in, etc. Darkness is all around us. There are many times when I think “this world is pretty dark”. I don’t say this expression because of good things happening but normally in the aftermath of horrific…

Bottom Line: The key to courage and confidence is understanding our identity. ME: Personal Connection Is this the right thing to do? Early on, once I started following Jesus, I developed a strong desire to know God’s will in a major decision I was wrestling with. I felt like I had just sort of stumbled…

Let us pray…Gracious and always loving God, as we enter this season of Lent, we come before you this day/night asking that you would join our hearts with yours, help us to remember that your love for us knows no boundaries, and that this season, a season that has lasted for over a year now, will come…

Main Idea: The Holy Spirit glorifies Jesus in a way that is consistent with God’s character and God’s Word. In this message, we look at three ways the power of the Holy Spirit works in our lives to bring glory to Jesus and talk about how to discern His voice as He guides us.

17 Deal bountifully with Your servant, That I may live and keep Your word. 18 Open my eyes, that I may see Wondrous things from Your law. 19 I am a stranger in the earth; Do not hide Your commandments from me. 20 My soul breaks with longing For Your judgments at all times. 21 You rebuke the proud—the…

Leader Guide ESV, Unit 4, Session 6, © 2018 LifeWay Christian Resources. Permission granted to reproduce and distribute within the license agreement with purchaser, edited by Rev. Lex DeLong, M.A. Why are we captivated by stories of escape or of people overcoming great odds? (we have an innate desire…

Today, we begin a new series called Created for Significance. Each of you are important for the Kingdom of God. Each of you have a ministry purpose. It is up to us to spend time in prayer to see what God is calling us to do. My message today is called What’s My Purpose? If you were to look up what the…

This is supposedly a true story. It took place off the coast of Newfoundland with the Canadian authorities. The event was chronicled in the following transcript. Naval Ship: Please divert your course 15 degrees to the North to avoid a collision. Canadians: Recommend you divert YOUR course 15 degrees…

Joseph and Mary were given an assignment by God. God told Mary… And the angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God. And behold, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus. He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most…

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We all need it Some shocking numbers Datalytics shows 8656 murders in USA in 2023; that is a reduction from 9902 is 2022, and prior to Covid 16,425 2020 Pew Research 2020 - 930,160 abortions 2023 - 901,683 USA Today 170k people killed in Ukrainian war So far, 26,442 in Gaza/Israel Forbes Violent crime…

Psalm 5 To the lead musician, with wind instruments, a psalm of David. As with the previous psalm, the temple music director was supposed to include this song in a collection of songs to be used for regular temple worship. Not all psalms were assigned to this special collection. This worship leader was…

Submitting to direction from a wise & caring Shepherd enables us to positively traverse unknown circumstances.

Today we are taking a pause from Hebrews to talk about something God has laid on my heart. I watched a short video clip of a panel of pastors during a Q&A session. An individual asked the question of the panel, “what is the greatest threat to the church in our generation?” the pastors answered “its pastors”…

Introduction: A new year comes with new opportunities. We tend to look at a new year and visualize ourselves eating healthy, losing weight, getting fit, quitting bad habits, and improving our lives. I don’t criticize this because we need a time in the year for a fresh start, wouldn’t you agree. I do…

How many of you have been traveling on a vacation or just a random trip and you got lost and you did not know where you were at? Back before GPS and before kids, Kelly and I were moving back to Fort Smith. All we had was a road atlas that our insurance agent gave us. We had stopped in Atlanta to stay…