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We will have a Finance Team meeting Sept 18, 2022. Please continue praying about First Baptist oak Grove. Also pray for us this afternoon as we go out to share our faith Pastoral Prayer INTRODUCTION We are coming to a turning point in this gospel. Up until this point Jesus has taught publically, been…

This Week’s Theme: LET’S GET SERIOUS This Week’s Word is Repent : It is defined as a change of mind leading to a change of action. It involves a sincere turning from sin to serve God and includes sorrow for, and confession of, sin and where possible restitution. At points, Scripture refers to God changing…

we are more concerned to implement the principles of Scripture in our specific culture (and even to emulate the best of the Bible-inspired cultures of Scripture), than we are to invest effort in reclaiming current cultural forms for Christian use. pop-contemporary forms or the distinctive ethnic forms…

16 This being so, I myself always strive to have a conscience without offense toward God and men. 16 Confess your trespasses to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much. 4 Marriage is honorable among all, and the bed undefiled;…

As I reflected on the story of Martha’s confession of Jesus as Lord in John 11:17-44 I was struck by the fact that I can not recall ever hearing a sermon, or reading a significant article about Martha’s confession that Jesus is the Messiah. It is as if Martha is overlooked, the focus is on Lazarus and…

I was 21 years old. I was working in the receiving department for my college’s dining services. Part of my job was to drive a golf cart to deliver food between the warehouse, our cafeterias, and the day care that was on the campus. I loved to drive that golf cart. It was a electric and they were miserably…

Palm Sunday / Passion Sunday Shocking how quickly it all goes wrong Absolute adoration —> absolute hatred Dealing in absolutes I’m absolutely right .: you must be absolutely wrong See it all the time in the world around us Sadly we also see it in our own families, in our own lives. Sometimes it lasts…

The Set up As we humbly come to this chapter after: The wall has been completed The wall was fully functioning The word of the Lord has been read to the people We get to a chapter that is all about the goodness, the amazing grace of God. In this chapter we see a very long prayer that is offered, even…

Is the act of repentance an evidence of faith, an evidence of salvation, or is it a required element of salvation? To answer this three-part question we need to start by defining the terms of “ repentance ”, “ faith ” and “ salvation ”. “Repentance is an act of acknowledging past wrongdoing, expressing…

If we put off repentance another day, we have a day more to repent of, and a day less to repent in. Repentance is a - VITALLY important aspect of Christianity, YET, I believe that Repentance can often be... OVERLOOKED - forgotten - when it comes to us sharing the Gospel message. While Jesus said this…

Matthew 6:9-12 / Luke 11:2-4 The larger passage before us, the Sermon on the Mount ( Matt 5-7 ), is probably the most famous sermon in the history of the world. And the smaller passage before us ( Matt 6:9-13 ; Luke 11:2-4 ) is probably the most famous prayer in the history of the world. So, what does…

Introduction: Good morning. I want to add another welcome to you who are here in person and those watching online. Today we jump back into our Summer in the Psalms. Psalms is a massive book so we are picking and choosing a few passages to cover during the summer months. Psalms was the songbook of the…

Intro We all want to be happy don’t we? We see these words in the Declaration of Independence... We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.…

God Calls All Men Everywhere to Repent 30 The times of ignorance God overlooked, but now he commands all people everywhere to repent, 31 because he has fixed a day on which he will judge the world in righteousness by a man whom he has appointed; and of this he has given assurance to all by raising him…

In Hosea chapter one, we saw the indictment God brought against Israel. Remember that the nation had split in two and the prophecies of this book focus on the northern kingdom. God took the marriage between Hosea and Gomer to illustrate the crimes Israel was committing against Him. The imagery of the…

How would you feel about wearing the same clothes every day without washing them? Would you go to a party with the pants, the socks, the shirt, the underwear that you’d worn for a month? That you’d worked in, slept in? I suspect that you’d feel pretty grungy, and I won’t even think about the smell. What…

16 For You do not desire sacrifice, or else I would give it; You do not delight in burnt offering. 17 The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit, A broken and a contrite heart— These, O God, You will not despise. 11 “To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices to Me?” Says the Lord . “I have had…

As many of you know my other job is in aquatics and I’ve worked for the Y for over 40 years. At meetings discussing risks in our pool areas I’ve watched a lot of videos as we talked about best practices for keeping our pools safe. I’ve watched security videos of pool staff around the country miss what…

How do you measure maturity? No matter how you measure it, we all expect that with maturity comes some sort of stability. But who is experiencing that these days? Who doesn’t need an anchor for the soul right now? Seriously holding fast and drawing near to Jesus leads to maturity. (Denying Jesus leads…

If someone incurs guilt in one of these cases, he is to confess he has committed that sin. The one who conceals his sins will not prosper, but whoever confesses and renounces them will find mercy. Then I acknowledged my sin to you and did not conceal my iniquity. I said, “I will confess my transgressions…

Everyone Needs What Christ Can Do There is one truth about life that stands out: We are sinners in need of a Savior. We have given in to the lies of the world We have given in to the lies of our flesh We have given in to the pride of our own lives. But some don’t really want to agree. Some want to hide…

Confession of Faith Confession of Sin Confession is aligning myself with God’s truth. Jesus is Lord I am a Child of God I have sinned 13 Whoever conceals his transgressions will not prosper, but he who confesses and forsakes them will obtain mercy. Confess and Forsake sin. Don’t Conceal! 14 Blessed is…

James 5:16-18 What do practicing and praying have in common? Practice is good for the athlete and for the team. Practice is good for the musician and for the band or orchestra. Prayer is good for the Christian and for the Church. FOR not FROM This text at the end is all about prayer. Former suggested…

Introduction: When we cook, following recipes or instructions is important. As you become experienced, you still follow a recipe, it’s just that the recipe is in your head. Your dash of this is still equal to a measurement, but you’ve learned to eyeball it without taking out the measuring spoons and…

We live in a society saturated with sin, BUT with little concern about it. People have become numb to sin. Nothing shocks us any more. Breaking the Ten Commandments has become so commonplace that we do not even give it a thought. Worse yet, all this is happening with individuals who profess to be Christians.…