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1 If you fully obey the Lord your God and carefully follow all his commands I give you today, the Lord your God will set you high above all the nations on earth. 2 All these blessings will come upon you and accompany you if you obey the Lord your God: 3 You will be blessed in the city and blessed in…

Introduction: Our nation has recently come through a very trying election season. For Christians, every season can seem trying. We sometimes forget that we do not belong to the kingdoms of this world, but to the heavenly kingdom of God. We have dual citizenship and try to influence earthly kingdoms with…

Does God love the elect more than the unelect, or does he love them the same? If you want to understand more about the love of God, I encourage you to read The Difficult Doctrine of the Love of God by, D. A. Carson. I am indebted to his work on this topic. If I am to answer this question we will need…

1 Now these are the commandments, the statutes, and the judgments, which the Lord your God commanded to teach you, that ye might do them in the land whither ye go to possess it: 2 That thou mightest fear the Lord thy God, to keep all his statutes and his commandments, which I command thee, thou, and…

Leverage your triggers; when emotions stir, remember to pray!

Our Special Weapon Intro: Picture with me for a moment, a Christian Soldier putting on all his armor and stepping out to battle. The Enemy begins marching toward the soldier, he digs in with his boots of peace, his heart racing. He adjusts his helmet of salvation, cinches up his belt of truth and breastplate…

Sermon Key Passage In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came to Jerusalem and besieged it. And the Lord delivered Jehoiakim king of Judah into his hand, along with some of the articles from the temple of God. These he carried off to the temple of his…

I write these things to you, hoping to come to you soon. But if I should be delayed, I have written so that you will know how people ought to conduct themselves in God’s household, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and foundation of the truth. And most certainly, the mystery of godliness…

Introduction Today we continue Paul’s instruction on prayer to Timothy. The instruction was aimed at correcting some concerns that Paul had from hearing about some behaviors and attitudes in the church in Ephesus. Hearing these concerns and not having the ability to come to Timothy at the moment he wrote…

Review We have learned that government is not the highest authority; God is. That is exactly the case made by our Founders when they wrote the Declaration of Independence, rejected the authority of the British crown, and formed their own government. We then learned that government has a God-given purpose.…

Introduction What is the mission of the church? Most people would say that discipleship and evangelism are at the heart of the mission of the church - and I would agree 100% with that! Last week we discussed the need for true discipleship in the church in order to maintain doctrinal purity. This week…

TEXT: GALATIANS 4:1-7 | REMEMBER WHOSE YOU ARE INTRO ILLUSTRATION : Adoption is such an incredible thing. We had the privilege on Friday night to raise funds for Foster Montana. An organization that helps young lives who didn’t choose their life situation. They didn’t choose the hardships they are facing,…

Question: If a church embraces a congregational form of governance in which the congregation, not the elders, is the highest authority under Christ and Scripture, should women be allowed to vote? Yes. 22 Then it seemed good to the apostles and the elders, with the whole church, to choose men from among…

Title: OUR FIRST DUTY AS CHRISTIANS Text: 1 Timothy 2:1-8 Introduction : There is no doubt that America had an amazing beginning. Our great nation was forged on the anvil of truth with the hammer of the Word of God by men who held tightly to their convictions and who were held in the strong grip of their…

Introduction Last week we concluded the 1st chapter of the letter to Timothy from Paul. As he gave the charge to fight the fight as he is to turn to the church as Ephesus and to correct issues that have grown from the false teachers that had arisen in the church. 18 Timothy, my son, I am giving you this…

A crime without a conviction. How hard is it when a child goes missing and the kidnapper is unknown? How hard is it when a disease ravages the world and the blame isn’t assigned to anyone? When horrible things happen and someone is to blame but an answer never comes . . . what then? This is our topic…

TEXT: Luke 2:10-11 | FOR UNTO YOU INTRO 10 And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. 11 For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord. ILLUSTRATION : We all like “good news” “You got…

Morning 29 October 23

Introduction: Good morning once again. I am overjoyed to be entrusted with the proclamation of God’s Word today. Let me quickly take care of a bit of housekeeping. Today we are in I Timothy 2:1-7 . Next week I will be out of the pulpit and we have Ron West from down the street at Bethel EC church who…

who gave Himself for us, that He might redeem us from every lawless deed and purify for Himself His own special people, zealous for good works. Called to Good Works This is a faithful saying, and these things I want you to affirm constantly, that those who have believed in God should be careful to maintain…

6 We have different gifts, according to the grace given to each of us. If your gift is prophesying, then prophesy in accordance with your faith; 7 if it is serving, then serve; if it is teaching, then teach; 8 if it is to encourage, then give encouragement; if it is giving, then give generously; if it…

1 There was a certain man from Ramathaim, a Zuphite from the hill country of Ephraim, whose name was Elkanah son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephraimite. 2 He had two wives; one was called Hannah and the other Peninnah. Peninnah had children, but Hannah had none.…

1 Timothy 2:9-3:16 Good morning church! Growth groups are beginning again very soon and will run from the first week in May through the last week in June. We will be taking a break then for the summer and resuming our midweek bible study here at the church on Wednesday evenings at 6:30 pm. So we have…

1 Timothy 2:8-3:9 Good morning Church! I want to welcome you all here this morning. If you are brand new here, especially if you were with us last weekend, you might be looking around wondering in fear if you missed the rapture with all of our godly women, well not all, but the majority of our women…

12 On the next day much people that were come to the feast, when they heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem, 13 Took branches of palm trees, and went forth to meet him, and cried, Hosanna: Blessed is the King of Israel that cometh in the name of the Lord. 14 And Jesus, when he had found a young ass,…