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We have allowed comfort to over shadow sanctification If you have spent anytime reading the New Testament you know we have two natures: flesh Spirit We can only nurture one or the other each has an inverse impact on comfort and suffering Serving the flesh means immediate comfort and long term suffering…

Introduction Good Morning, We will be in 1 Peter 4:7-11 this morning. Stewardship is one of the great principles of the New Testament that is all over the place, yet we so often and so quickly seem to forget it. When you hear stewardship your mind probably jumps to money or finances.Which is certainly…

We are just finishing up our birthday season. We have Christmas, then Nancy and Grace’s birthdays are in January, and David’s and mine are in February. That makes for a lot of gifts being given in two months. The kids have been thrilled. I am looking at the house, wondering what we are going to do with…

I’m so grateful to be able to worship with you all in person again. It was just almost three years ago when we worshipping virtually. What a weird time that was, and likely we will continue to talk think about it for years to come. It was so funny to me that just last year my son had a school spirit…

12 Now when Jesus heard that John had been put in prison, He departed to Galilee. 13 And leaving Nazareth, He came and dwelt in Capernaum, which is by the sea, in the regions of Zebulun and Naphtali, 14 that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Isaiah the prophet, saying: 15 “ The land of Zebulun…

We are finishing our Back to School Series today as we discuss Team Spirit. I don’t know about you but our school had horrible team spirit even though we were awesome in football, so in our senior year, a group of us Seniors decided to take matters into our own hands. Each week we would introduce a new…

Good morning Church, take your copy of God’s Word turn to 1 Peter 4:7-11 In today's message, we will explore what it means to serve for God’s glory. 1 Peter 4:7 (NKJV) 7 But the end of all things is at hand; Lets stop right there. What does Peter mean by saying this? Serve God with the End in Mind 11…

This is our 3rd week in the teaching portion of our EMPTY acronym, our flyover of the New Testament. It’s a 40,000 foot flyover, but its giving us a sense of the overarching message of redemption and seeing the connections of the New Testament back to the Old, and the flow of the story from Genesis on.…

How big is your table? Haircut - I love thanksgiving because it is all about family! When I think about our church, I think about family! Goal from deacons - unity Thanksgiving is a time for us to come together as family! And when we do so, it’s because we love each other! So, how big is our table? Are…

Intro: In Philippians 2:12 , The Apostle Paul encourages us to… “ ...work out your own salvation with fear and trembling ;” This does not mean that we are to “work for our salvation”… Because we cannot earn it… It is a free gift. But to work out our salvation is referring to our responsibility, as believers,…

Today is a special day in the life of our church. Today we will install and ordain elders and deacons that will serve among us in the coming weeks, months and years. In our denomination, once you are ordained you are ordained to that office for the remainder of your life within our denomination. We do…

Rick Rood in Ch. 6 of the book, “When Suffering is Redemptive, ” asked the rhetorical question, “If God loves me, why has He allowed me to suffer in the ways I have?” Through the experience of great loss at a time that is typically the prime of life for a young couple preparing for ministry, he came…

Good morning - it is wonderful to be here this morning. I am so honored to call this church my home, and all of you family. Church is the family that we choose, there are many many churches, and plenty of reasons that anyone would choose to be a part of some other place - but you have decided to be here,…

Last week Peter declared to the church… we have seen the extent our God went through for us, now get ready, move forward, let people watch, but expect resistance keeping the goal in your sights regardless! Peter challenged the followers of Christ to PRACTICE PERSEVERANCE !!! This week as Peter continues…

What would you do if today was your last day? Spend time with family and friends Say what you’ve been too scared to say Pet all the animals you can Eat what you like Donate your organs Give to charity Forgive and apologize Do something thrilling Do what you are afraid of Go where you’ve always wanted…

What motivates you? How is motivation important in Scripture? In today's message, Pastor Steve will show how Peter motivated his readers by focusing them on the greatest event the church has been waiting for as he looks at 1 Peter 4:7-11.

Notice the plea the Apostle Paul gives to everyone who trusts Christ as their Savior…to every believer, every Christian: Walk worthy of God’s call v. 1 Bear with (tolerate) each other, that which might be unpleasant or difficult, whether on one’s own behalf or that of another’s v. 2 Be diligent v. 3…

Growing up I was deaf for the first six years of life. Reading was difficult, and on top of that I was dyslexic but that would not be discovered until I was in my thirties. Great effort was given to language arts and over time I began to appreciate the structure and form of communicating through words.…

Remain focussed on the essential elements of the Christian life and you will be ready for the end when it comes. Scene 1/ Many Christians fall into the trap of focussing on distractions. Satan is overjoyed when this happens because the person takes their eyes of what is really important. It might be…

Peter stands before Christ as Jesus ask him a very direct question… his answer resonates with the same powerful truth as it did that day and the revelation Jesus declares impacts you and I even to this day!!! ( Matthew 16:15-18 ) He said to them, “But who do you say that I am?” Simon Peter answered,…

Scripture: 1 Peter 4:7–11 , especially verse 11: But the end of all things is at hand; therefore … 1 Peter 4:7 (KJV 1900) 7 But the end of all things is at hand : be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer. Introduction: This may be the year! Peter expected Jesus to return in his own day, and if the…

Scene 1/ It feels nice to be vindicated; but eternal vindication is far better . 4:4-6 Most, if not all of us, have been in the situation when we know someone else is wrong, but others can’t see it. We want people to agree with us because we know that we are right. But they don’t believe us and we might…

We are…The body! Here we are again – we have gathered to worship our Lord and savior. We are taking these weeks to look at the body of Christ – the church. What is the church? Last week we looked at the Nature Of The Church and we found that the Bible calls the church: 1. A FELLOWSHIP 2. A FAMILY 3.…

Announcements: Work being completed on the building Saturday December 4th - Worship Practice Sunday December 12th - Holiday Dinner Friday December 24th - Christmas Eve Service. 6pm 21 Days of Prayer and Fasting - January 10-30th Prayer Requests: Update on Louise Sermon: Recap last week: Missionaries,…

Introduction 1 Therefore, since Christ suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves also with the same mind, for he who has suffered in the flesh has ceased from sin, 2 that he no longer should live the rest of his time in the flesh for the lusts of men, but for the will of God. 3 For we have spent enough…