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Our Scripture lesson this morning is from 1 Corinthians 3:1-9 : But I, brothers, could not address you as spiritual people, but as people of the flesh, as infants in Christ. I fed you with milk, not solid food, for you were not ready for it. And even now you are not yet ready, for you are still of the…

Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and in my flesh I am filling up what is lacking in Christ’s afflictions for the sake of his body, that is, the church, of which I became a minister according to the stewardship from God that was given to me for you, to make the word of God fully known, the…

This passage is about our God-given identity . We live in a world that talks a lot about our identity being found in how we feel, what we do, our ethnicity and many other ways. Yet our true identity lies in God alone, given to us through the reconciliation of Jesus, the All in All. Live, then, in the…

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You know, the past several months, I have really stepped on toes. I’ve talked about what married couples do in bed. I’ve talked about divorce. I’ve talked about singleness. I’ve talked about a bunch of smaller issues that many people make into bigger issues, such as alcohol, gambling, and modesty. I’ve…

Introduction When I was young, growing up in Burney, my mom wanted a garden. The problem was that the soil where we lived was extremely rocky. But that didn’t stop my mom. She marked off an area and we began picking the rocks out of it. You see, before we could plant, we had to prepare the soil. I still…

1 Corinthians 16:13-14 The begining of a new year often marks new changes in our lives. Many of us make New Year's resolutions. How long we hold to them depends on our determination to seeing them through. In this new year we need to be determined to shore up many of those spiritually weak areas in our lives.

Luke 7:11-17 In life we struggle with physical issues as well as emotional issues of significance and value. In these moments of weakness, when we feel like we are sinking, it's important to remember God cares for you. In the message "God of the Helpless" we are reminded of how much God cares for us.

Tara Vang: The Truth That Transforms 2022-09-23 Theme Text: Revelation 14:6-7 Tara Vang is a child of refugees and spent half of her adult life in legislative advocacy and policy work for refugees and immigrants, and worked in Nutrition and Public Health. Then she went on a GLOW mission trip. And. It. Changed. Her. Life. Now she is working for the Young Adult Department at the Central California Conference. Previously she helped to manage free health clinics with Life Hope Centers and helped to print over 10 million GLOW tracts for literature evangelism. Tara has also been the Vice President of Evangelism for GYC (Generation. Youth. Christ.) She has a passion for small group bible studies, friendship evangelism, and discipleship. Her prayer for you is “...to so relate yourself to society and to life that you may answer the purpose of God in your creation.” Fundamentals of Christian Education 82.3.

1 Corinthians 16:13-14 The begining of a new year often marks new changes in our lives. Many of us make New Year's resolutions. How long we hold to them depends on our determination to seeing them through. In this new year we need to be determined to shore up many of those spiritually weak areas in our lives.

INTRODUCTION Phil. 2:19-30 . Read Philippians 2:19-30 , look for a theme? There isn’t really a theme. The letter takes a strange intermission that looks an awful lot like a closing or conclusion. In reality it is not. Paul is not even half finished with all that he has to say. In this section of scripture…

Introduction: Last week in our time together we began answering the question: What makes a good minister of pastor? The text we have just read together lays out for us eleven responsibilities that a pastor must do in order to be considered a “good minister.” We covered the first six, which are more general,…

Introduction Greetings… Today we find ourselves looking at our next chapter and passage for our lesson from 2 Corinthians 4:1-6 wherein Paul continues his discussion of what it means to be an actual “Minister Of A New Covenant.” Remember, Paul has those in the church at Corinth who were still discounting…

Every Member a Minister to whom? One another and this world. I am not a CEO email saying you are the CEO. We use idioms like “going into the ministry” to describe full-time pastoral employment — as if “ministry” were reserved only for pastors or other full-time gospel workers. “The church is a family.…

24 And let us consider one another in order to stir up love and good works, 25 not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as is the manner of some, but exhorting one another, and so much the more as you see the Day approaching. 1. God provides for the local Church through the Gifts of it’s People.…

We take time to say thank you to the team that makes ministry happen at OneChurch, and remind everyone that they are not just volunteers; they are so much more.

Introduction: What is it that make a good minister? Is it the number of degrees that he has hanging on the wall of his study? Is it the amount of books that fill his shelves and how much time he spends reading those books? What about the numeric size of the congregation that he oversees? Or, perhaps…

Rick Warren shares seven ways Christians can last in the ministry.

Introduction Tonight I want to take as my text the fifth chapter of Jeremiah beginning with verse one. Jeremiah 5: 1-2 “Go up and down the streets of Jerusalem. Look around and consider. Search through her squares. If you can find but one person, one person who deals honestly and seeks the truth, I will…

Intro In Matthew 20 , when John and James’s mother asked Jesus to grant them to sit at his right and left hand in his glory , Jesus replied to them: Matthew 20:22 (ESV) 22 […]“You do not know what you are asking. Are you able to drink the cup that I am to drink?” “To partake in from my Kingdom, Jesus…