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Good Morning Living Word. It is a good day to be in the house fo the Lord,and I’d like to say that we are still celebrating the fact that our Savior lives, amen! We certainly celebrated it last week, but we remember that He is alive all the time, not just on Easter,and we are here to celebrate a risen…

Review Today we are going to continue our series through the letter to Philemon. In the previous message, we listened as Paul began to make his appeal to Philemon. Paul chose to make an appeal instead of a demand - Philemon 8-10 . A gracious, humble appeal is often much more powerful than an accusation…

Review Two weeks ago we began a series through the letter to Philemon. This letter is a study on restoring hurt relationships. Onesimus was a slave who ran away from Philemon, but in the process, he trusted Christ. Now Paul was writing to ask Philemon to welcome Onesimus back as a new brother in Christ.…

Introduction Philemon is a short letter sandwiched in between Titus and Hebrews. “Why study Philemon?” One main reason: it’s very likely that this letter to Philemon was written and sent with the letter to the church at Colosse. We know that Philemon was part of the church at Colosse, and there are some…

Today we are concluding this series called Bridge Builders. This is our fourth week talking about forgiveness and unity. We talked about needing blueprints and tools to complete the bridge. Last week we talked about there are times that we need to rebuild, start all over, mistakes are made. And today…

Believers can overcome conflict, anxiety and find peace by rejoicing, prayig, and focusing on Christ's presence and what is good amidst life's challenges.

Today is a bit of a part two to last week’s sermon. We are talking about boldness. We live in hard times and we look to Christ for hope in hard times. Last time we talked about having boldness being rooted in our fear of God and fear of God giving us boldness to share our story, endure slander, and stand…

But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light; And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what…

So far during this series we have looked at that it takes a good set of blueprints to build a great bridge and it takes the right tools. And today the next step in the process is sometimes it takes rebuilding. Sometimes in order to bridge the gap and mend relationships you have to start a rebuilding…

The motivations for our message begins to explain why we should evangelize the World.

23 For as I passed by, and beheld your devotions, I found an altar with this inscription, TO THE UNKNOWN GOD. Whom therefore ye ignorantly worship, him declare I unto you. 24 God that made the world and all things therein, seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with…

INTRODUCTION Today’s sermon will explore how God’s love is demonstrated in His pursuit of the lost and the celebration when they are found. CENTRAL IDEA : God actively seeks out the lost and joyfully embraces those who return to Him, calling us to reflect His heart doing the same. OBJECTIVE The Value…

We gave our kids a vacation years ago that cost a great deal of money. Our kids loved it. It was only a few weeks later after coming home that they said we needed to go again, not realizing the great cost. Years later we would go again, but this time we strived to help them understand the true value……

Jesus was our propitiation to appease the wrath of God. But, He was also our expiation to make amends for our wrong doing and remove our guilt. He was the atoning sacrifice.

14 The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth. 15 (John testified concerning him. He cried out, saying, “This is the one I spoke about when I said, ‘He who comes after me has surpassed…

Series- The “One Anothers” My goal in this series is to come to a deeper understanding of what it means to be a member of a local New Testament church. What are the duties and responsibilities of church membership? As we study these “one another” passages they will define for us the solemn agreement…

So What Romans 12 “Therefore I exhort you, brothers and sisters, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a sacrifice—alive, holy, and pleasing to God—which is your reasonable service. Do not be conformed to this present world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may…

Prayer Review of Last Class Last week, Brian led us in considering the God-like characteristics of Faithfulness and Self Control. Do you remember the three things that hinder us from being faithful? The triple H. It is hard, it hurts, or we have a big head. Sometimes, we need a little bit of motivation…

Getting to the Root Gimel Psalm 119:17-24 in Hebrew. 17 Deal bountifully with your servant, that I may live and keep your word. 18 Open my eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of your law. 19 I am a sojourner on the earth; hide not your commandments from me! 20 My soul is consumed with longing…

4R Vision 4R Vision of the Church ++Restoration 49 “Behold, I send the Promise of My Father upon you; but tarry in the city of Jerusalem until you are endued with power from on high.” 15 And He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature. 16 He who believes and is baptized…

Series- The “One Anothers” My goal in this series is to come to a deeper understanding of what it means to be a member of a local New Testament church. What are the duties and responsibilities of church membership? My mission is to discover exactly what kinds of things we promise to do for each other…

The One Anothers: Duties and privileges of church membership Significant Statement : We will seek, by Divine aid, to live carefully in the world, to deny ungodliness and worldly passions, to bring holiness to completion in the fear of God, and to do all to the glory of God ( Eph 5:15-17 ; Titus 2:11-12…

Introduction Today is the fourth week of advent. In the first week we looked at hope. That as believers we have been given great promises in the scriptures and we believe in these because God is a faithful God and a trust worthy God. What he says will come to pass and we have the promise of eternal live…

Intro I am so glad that you are here tonight. We are in part 4 of the series The Fruit of the Spirit . Here is the theme verse for the series. There are 9 of these. 22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness and self-control. Against…

10 Your kingdom come. Your will be done On earth as it is in heaven. 14 And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in all the world as a witness to all the nations, and then the end will come. Read Matthew 6:10 What does the phrase 'Your kingdom come' signify in the context of Matthew 6:10? The…