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Last week, I explained what I am doing. This is the second of two weeks of Thanksgiving. Last week, I talked about how I am thankful that the church is a family. We talked about what it means and how we should live because of it. If you were not able to be here, I encourage you to go back and watch or…

I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service. And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable…

Words have power. We hold these truths.... We the People.... Fourscore and 7 years ago... We have nothing to fear... I have a dream... Movie & TV references All Scripture is inspired by God and is profitable for teaching, for rebuking, for correcting, for training in righteousness, so that the man of…

‌Series Thesis: Christ is for you and for me, together in Christ, we are his church. Prayer: This morning we pray for a greater measure of your peace and clarity. Would be hunger for your word and the truth within. Would we love our brother and sisters in Christ as you have so loved us. We are creatures…

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When I was in high school, we lived on two acres in the middle of the woods in Northern Indiana. Now, I say “woods” very loosely. It is true that the land around us was wooded. However, across the street was a swamp. So, we didn’t go there. And the majority of our two acres was what we termed a “waste…

God’s Love Lives in Me # 14 1 John 4: 11-16 There can be no doubt that Jesus loved us. His great love was proven as He bore our sin and endured the judgment we deserved as He hung on the cross. He commands us in these verses to love one another as He has loved us. Our love for one another defines us…

Defined and Delivered (by the Love of God ) 1 John 4: 7-10 Our text this morning, again deals with the continuing theme of love that John has presented throughout this epistle. In fact, the remaining verses of this chapter deal with love. Love, it has been said, has many faces. People see it in all sorts…

The extent a parent would go for their child... Roof of a Burning Building The Christmas story shows us the WONDER of God’s LOVE for us One of the observations we can see is that the Wonder of Christmas is expressed through the fact that God made the first move in loving us... The disciple named John…

For many, God’s love is considered his central attribute in that all other divine attributes are but expressions of his love. Others consider God’s holiness or sovereignty to be his central attribute. Still others argue that there can be no single primary attribute. Regardless of whether one views divine…

(Farmer story) There were once two old farmers. They’re neighbors, but they have a feud that’s been running for a few years. They haven’t even spoken to each other in that time. The whole thing got started over a cat. The cat was a stray, but both of these farmers began feeding the cat and claimed it…

Christians are under grace as a rule of life Obedience that is primarily motivated by love 17 By this is love perfected with us, so that we may have confidence for the day of judgment, because as he is so also are we in this world. Love has been perfected with us- Lit. “love has reached its goal” with…

God is Spirit One of the things that I hope to accomplish with this sermon series is that we get a bigger and grander view of who God is. Theologian A.W. Tozer wrote, “The weightiest word in any language is its word for God.” He also wrote “What we think when we think about God is the most important…

1 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. 2 And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable,…

Omnipresence Have you ever wished that you could be at two places at once? He wanted to be at a birthday celebration at Mr. Gatti’s and he wanted to go to the Varsity Football game in Bloomington. So he had to make the choice. Does he go to Gatti’s or does he go to the football game. And when presented…

We are looking verse by verse through the practical teaching of Romans. Now in Romans 13:8-10 , we learn about the Believer’s Relationship with His Fellow Citizen. Last week we looked at the Believer’s relationship with the government, now the citizenry side of the believers relationships continue. God…

Knowing God, Knowing Love The message that God put into my mind as I was awaking on Wednesday morning is what I will share this morning, on this Mother’s Day when we remember and celebrate all that is best about our own mothers’ love or the idea of motherhood, in case we didn’t experience it directly…

1 John 5.10-13 Essentially there are five categories of people in our world today: Those who are unsaved and know they are. They have no security regarding their eternal future. Those who are unsaved but think they are saved. They have a false security about eternity. Those who are saved but are uncertain…

Origin Three points may be made about John’s description of God as “love.” (a) Its background is the Jewish (OT) understanding of God as living, personal and active, rather than the Greek concept of deity which was abstract in character. (b) To assert comprehensively that “God is love” does not ignore…

fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand. INTRODUCTION Definition of Fear Cause and Affects How Fear Affect Our Faith Letting Go of Fear Fear Defined A feeling of distress or unease caused by…

Good afternoon! I hope that everyone is doing well today. Today we begin a new series that I am calling Love Well Love Right. It is going to be a six part series, beginning today with a look at the nature and source of love. My hope through this series is that when we are done we have not only a better…

10 For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. 11 For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed. 12 For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: for the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call…

Intro Can we have joy even knowing that we are not in control? We must answer a few more questions before we can answer that one. If we are not in control, then who is? What is the character of that being that is in control? Are they good, are they evil? This will directly impact our ability to find…

Luke 1:39-55 On this Christmas morning, we gather together to thank the Lord for coming as a babe so many years ago. We have looked at the Advent Candles these last four weeks. We started with the first candle representing Hope. We saw the hope that we have in the coming of our Messiah. In the second…

In chapter 9 of John's gospel, we find a vivid account of Jesus' healing of a man born blind. This is the sixth sign John records, and it completely upends the lives of his neighbours, parents, and the increasingly hostile Pharisees. But somehow the healed man comes through this turmoil in a very positive way. What did he have that these other people didn't? What did the man born blind discover that we, too, need?