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ADDING TO OUR PRAYER LIFE Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much. Prayer is something that every Believer should continue to improve and to become better at. Every marriage needs good communication…

Every year, hundreds of thousands of people complete marathons. The official distance of the marathon is 26.2 miles. Some of the runners are elite competitors, but many are simply trying to run the distance no matter how long it takes. Here’s a picture of my friend Brent with his wife Karin after he…

30 The God of our fathers raised up Jesus whom you murdered by hanging on a tree. 31 Him God has exalted to His right hand to be Prince and Savior, to give repentance to Israel and forgiveness of sins. 32 And we are His witnesses to these things, and so also is the Holy Spirit whom God has given to those…

Intro; As we come to the end of our study on “What Is Faith?” , we’re going to look at a montage of people and their faith. One main theme runs through these last verses on faith and it’s “A Faith that Perseveres”. The word perseverance means “to bear up under.” It describes someone who remains steadfast…

How many of you have been in a situation where perseverance was the key to making it through? (Police academy “try outs”) — Without perseverance, I would never have made it through that run… Perseverance is “the act of doing something despite the difficulties or obstacles in achieving success.” Look…

25 But the one who looks into the perfect law, the law of liberty, and perseveres, being no hearer who forgets but a doer who acts, he will be blessed in his doing. Introduction: I’d like to begin our lesson by looking at the story of Joseph, someone who exemplifies perseverance. 37 This proposal pleased…

Introduction Today we will begin a new series. This series will focus primarily upon what Jesus both did and experienced in the last few days of His earthly ministry. I was going to title this series ‘The Last Days of Jesus’, meaning of course the last time period consisting of just before the Judgment…

Intro Why do so many Christians become baristas? its cause We identify with Moses… and Hebrews. Continuing our study of the book of Hebrews, jumping in to chapter 2 and focusing on the first 4 verses. As we go through this book, we won’t study everything. We won’t be able to dig deeply into every possible…

Call to worship Welcome everyone! LET US STAND AND WORSHIP! “Waymaker” Words and Music by Hillsong PRAYER OF PRAISE FOR WHO GOD IS Lord, we praise You for choosing us. We praise You that in ur grace and mercy You reached down and called us by name and that now we belong to You. We worship You this morning…

Persistent in Pursuit A. Rapport for the time B. Reading of the text 19 But Jews came from Antioch and Iconium, and having persuaded the crowds, they stoned Paul and dragged him out of the city, supposing that he was dead. 20 But when the disciples gathered about him, he rose up and entered the city,…

IRL Who here that is over 50 know what the three letters IRL stands for? In Real Life Now, I should perhaps mention I’m the type of person that writes all my words out in full, even in text messages, but my understanding is that when young people use IRL, it’s essentially an admission that the online…

Introduction: Well, we’ve reached the end of one year and the beginning of a new year, and I have to say that I have never been happier for a year to end than this year. There have been a lot of things happen this last year from record inflation and soaring home prices to a never ending battle with Covid…

Faith and endurance are practiced by having the right perspective, not just in the big things, but in the mundane. We must see Jesus’ victory in the minutia. It is then that we have the proper perspective on the whole of life’s valleys and mountain tops. The valleys are the hardest to keep proper perspective…

9 And so, from the day we heard, we have not ceased to pray for you, asking that you may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding, 10 so as to walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to him: bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge…

Today's sermon encourages us to be a people of prayer and a people of follow through.

Introduction: Do you know who are the most challenging opponents to face and beat in a sports competition? Those that you have beat but they never see themselves as losers! They keep doing the basics, doing what they know, doing the right thing. And if you’re not careful and let your guard down, those…

The first church had no idea as they faced persecution that there would come a time and day when Christianity would actually be legal. By A. D. 350 the Roman Empire would claim Christ as King and Christians would live for the most part in freedom. Every now and then persecution has come and we see this…

It was her own personal nightmare. Something terrible had happened to her little girl. There was something inside her, something tormenting her, something controlling her. She was under the power of the devil, possessed and afflicted. Her mother couldn't do anything about it. She surely tried. No doubt…

In this powerful message, we explore how to navigate the 'midnight seasons' of life - those prolonged periods of struggle, suffering, or darkness. Through the inspiring story of Paul and Silas in prison (Acts 16:25-35), we learn vital lessons about maintaining faith in difficult times. The key is responding with partnership, prayer, and praise. By leaning into community, turning our prison cells into prayer closets, and expressing joy through song even in dark moments, we can transform our circu

The Christian faith - is a faith of - DECLARATION. It’s a faith that is to be - DECLARED The VERY REASON - that you are sitting here today... Pursuing to hear what you will hear today - is because the faith that we CLAIM - HAS BEEN DECLARED - over centuries I’m sure we all remember those who - IN OUR…

Christ is our anchor. We must be reminded of this truth daily. As mentioned last week anchors serve a very important purpose. God did this so that, by two unchangeable things in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled to take hold of the hope set before us may be greatly encouraged. We…

The year was 1989 when Disney released All Dogs Go to Heaven . In honest disclosure, I’ve never watched this film. But the title intrigues me with the fold theology that many people believe. Do cats go to Heaven? What about ferrets or bearded dragons? I’ll need to watch before I can make any comments…

When God’s word is proclaimed, there are different levels of response, ranging from those who take no notice to those whose lives are transformed

Introduction A. Preliminaries Welcome: Please turn with me in your Bibles to the sixth Chapter of Ephesians, which you can find on page 1163 in the Bibles in your pews. Our text this morning is verse 18, but for the sake of context in this portion of Paul’s Letter, we will start at verse 10. You can…

Last Saturday 21 year old Special Olympics athlete Chris Nikic crossed the finish line to become the first person with Down syndrome to complete an Ironman triathlon. He finished a 2.4-mile swim, a 112-mile bike ride and a 26.2-mile marathon run in 16 hours 46 minutes and 9 seconds. He had a goal – not…