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We are reminded that God graciously promises He will return. We are encouraged to look around us and be a witness.

We make a big mistake when we see our relationship with the Holy Spirit like a tug of war between two teams. You are all familiar with these sorts of competitions, often held at country shows. Two teams pulling as hard as they can on opposite ends of the rope trying to drag the opposing team over a line.…

There is nothing more life changing than the Baptism of the Holy Spirit I was reading an article by John Davidson entitled Spirit filled and wrong. 10 For it is precept upon precept, precept upon precept, line upon line, line upon line, here a little, there a little.” The History of the Holy Spirit The…

The Claim Assurance, the book has hopefully by now given you some great assurance of what we have in Christ Jesus, eternal life. John also gives warnings and a defense against the false claims, false teachers trying to take away the Christians assurance. John’s claims Jesus came in the flesh ( 1Jn4:2…

Intro: Welcome back as we continue through the Gospel of John! last time we focused on our witness much as john was a witness knowing Christ. Hope it was an encouragment to you and hope the lord used it to make you desire to be a better witness or encourage you to keep witnessing. Slide This week we…

Introduction Have you ever heard that someone came to know Christ and wondered how did they receive Christ? Thieves, Tattooed people, Murders, Prostitutes Republicans, Democrats Peter was the leader of the Disciples - Jewish men A Rule of Three A three fold testimony was crucial in Israel to establishing…

Mother’s Day and the witness of the love of our mothers Jesus’ Mission 18 “The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind, to set the oppressed free, 19 to proclaim…

We opened this series learning of the Light of Man. We learned that Christ as the creator was also the very witness of light to us. We tried to focus on Christ who he was and how that should effect each of us. I trust that was a blessing to you. Today we are going to focus on two main thoughts The first…

The followers of Jesus have been confronted by bullies since the very beginnings of the church. But why? And how should we respond? Join us as we explore Acts 4, the first encounter between bullies and boldness for the church.

11 Then He said, “Go out, and stand on the mountain before the Lord .” And behold, the Lord passed by, and a great and strong wind tore into the mountains and broke the rocks in pieces before the Lord , but the Lord was not in the wind; and after the wind an earthquake, but the Lord was not in the earthquake;…

Heads Up on the Holy Spirit In John 7 , we have a story of family, and faith and promises for followers. At the Feast of Booths (Tabernacles), Jesus began to teach in the temple, evading arrest and confounding the guards with his proclamations. The great harvest feast celebrated with a week’s holiday…

Evangelism isn’t just about sharing with others what God has done, it is telling others what God has done in you. If you can’t tell others what God has done in you, you haven’t experienced the witness of the Holy Spirit.

Pentecost was One of Three major Agricultural Festivals of Israel It was also known as the Feast of Weeks Count off seven weeks from the time you begin to put the sickle to the standing grain. Then celebrate the Festival of Weeks to the Lord your God by giving a freewill offering in proportion to the…

The Road to Emmaus: An Unexpected Journey The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Description of a Hobbit by the Author J.R. Tolkien Bilbo was a simple Hobbit with simple needs of hearth and home, but his friend Gandalf knew that there were things that Bilbo could do that would benefit others. Like Bilbo,…

How It Began After John’s profound and beautiful Introduction to Jesus- A behind the scenes spoiler of who the Rabbi from Nazareth actually was. John begins to tell us, His readers his story of Jesus. But John’s story is closely tied to John Himself. To his own experiences with his savior and how he…

The church that preaches the hocus pocus...

Chris looks at the role of the Spirit in salvation and how that should encourage believers and spur us on in mission.

Introduction Starting a new sermon series going through the book of Acts. Acts is the Third longest book in the New Testament. Only Matthew and Luke are longer. That being said it is 30% of the New Testament. This is a continuation on the previous series through the life of Jesus. As acts is the continuation…

Jesus isn't saying believe in fairy tales! Believe in reality!

Introduction Now Peter and John were going up to the temple for the time of prayer at three in the afternoon. A man who was lame from birth was being carried there. He was placed each day at the temple gate called Beautiful, so that he could beg from those entering the temple. When he saw Peter and John…

Hockey Game with our daughter… student section… have all the cheers, all the same little games they play with the opposing team. I asked my daughter, what they are saying and she said, you don't want to know.... ooooo Division is everywhere… and we are starting to like it We have ours and they have theirs…

Read: Romans 8:15-16 The classic passage on the Witness of the Spirit ( Rom. 8:15-16 ) 15 For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father. 16 The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children…

The Five Great Commissions: Message 5 Acts 1:1-8 ETS: Luke wrote about the transition period between the earthly ministry of Jesus and the beginning ministry of the church. ESS: We are enlisted in the Lord’s work to continue on the ministry of Jesus as His church. OSS: [MO: Consecrative] { SO: I want…

Acts 1:8 (ESV) 8 But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.” Acts 1:8 (Passion Translation) 8 But I promise you this—the Holy Spirit will come upon you and you will be filled with…

how does the witness of the Holy spirit work... and how can I be lead and guided this way. What things can sideline this voice from being useful in your life.