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How do you view suffering? How does God view our suffering? A means to show his glory. 3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, 4 who comforts us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction, with…

Kingdom Come When he was asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God would come, he answered them, “The kingdom of God is not coming with something observable; no one will say, ‘See here!’ or ‘There!’ For you see, the kingdom of God is in your midst.” Then he told the disciples, “The days are coming…

This morning I am very excited to bring a challenge to you. It has been on my heart for some time, and it has to do with evangelism. I want to challenge all of us to move forward in our hearts and actions to become people who truly love and commit to our part in the great commission. So we are going…

TEXT: JAMES 4:13-16 | REMINDERS ABOUT YOUR LIFE INTRO EXPLANATION : Two weeks ago we asked a question from v.14… “What is your life.” We discussed how God doesn’t want to just be a part of your life, but he wants to be every part of your life. We gave the example of the chocolate milk, and how you fill…

Gods Family 17 Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new. 18 And all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation; 19 To wit, that God was in Christ,…

I. Introduction 1 We then, as workers together with him , beseech you also that ye receive not the grace of God in vain. 2 (For he saith, I have heard thee in a time accepted, and in the day of salvation have I succoured thee: behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation.) A.…

One day, a financially successful enough father decides to take his son to the countryside to show him how poor some people may happen to be in contrast to them, who live in a nice house in the suburbs of a big city. Like this, his son could understand the value of things, and how lucky he is. So they…

TEXT: JAMES 5:7-11 | A PATIENT PURSUIT INTRO EXPLANATION : Here in these verses before us, 6 times in 5 verses James addresses this matter of patience or endurance. But what can be so quick to miss is the context in which James is saying these things about Patience. v.7 say, “Be patient THEREFORE” It…

Becoming the Righteousness of God Here we are in Lent, which is 40 days long. As many of you may know, 40 is a significant number in the Bible. During the days of Noah, the rains came down and the floods came up for 40 days and 40 nights. During the days of Moses, Israel spent 40 years wandering in the…

What do you do to life your spirits? I wonder what helps motivate you? In our society today people are encouraged to go and engage in some retail therapy. Often doing something or buying something new can bring joy where otherwise there is sadness, despair or just simply being down in the dumps. Some…

Sometimes in life warning signs can be glaring in our face and so blatant that we must deal with them. And yet there are other times where they are subtle and we often miss them. A few weeks ago I went to a baseball game in Denver Colorado and outside the baseball park was a gentlemen who had a little…

Intro: Have you stopped to notice lately that everyone is trying to get our attention? And there are all sorts of ways people are trying to do this. There is a message people want us to hear. We see this through the billboards in our city to the commercials on T.V. to social media, political campaign…

Introduction B’har [ bhar] = translated as on the mountain Fifth word in the Parashah (Torah Portion) and 32nd. weekly Torah portion in the annual cycle of the readings The Parashah tells us the laws of the Sabbatical year: Shmita- and limits the debt service ration REST and FREEDOM Only the FREE can…

2 Corinthians 5:14-6:2 Good morning church! First Step is a fantastic ministry, I’d encourage you to pray about how you might help them, or ask the Lord if you should be adopting some of these babies that they rescue! Open your Bibles with me to 2 Corinthians 5 , we made it as far as the 15th verse when…

We are in a message series titled, I have decided. Decisions that are critical to your life 1 - Getting closer to Jesus. If you get closer to him it will fuel everything else in your life. 2. Being a follower. we discovered it’s more serious that we may have thought. Deny Self, Take up Cross, and follow…

This marvelous ministry reminders Last week we did not finish our lesson on the Marks of the Ministry so we want to continue this week on that same lesson. I think we will give some reminders first so we are all fresh where we are at. This marvelous ministry that brings comfort, brings deliverance (2Cor1)…

Today, I’m going to say something to you that isn’t true, or at least, it isn’t the whole truth. I’ll let you figure out which part isn’t the whole truth. One of the goals of an Ash Wednesday service is to remind of us our own mortality. The words that the celebrant speaks at the imposition of ashes…

INTRODUCTION Background of text as sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, yet possessing everything. Working together with him, then, we appeal to you not to receive the grace of God in vain. For he says, “In a favorable time I listened to you, and in a day…

How well do we know others? How well do we know ourselves? How well do we know the Lord?

Psalm 24:5–6 5 They will receive the Lord ’s blessing and have a right relationship with God their savior. 6 Such people may seek you and worship in your presence, O God of Jacob. Interlude God’s desire is that all people should seek after him and find him. Those who seek God with all their heart are…

Last week, we talked about how to resist the counter attack of the devil. And he will counter attack. 24 “When an evil spirit leaves a person, it goes into the desert, searching for rest. But when it finds none, it says, ‘I will return to the person I came from.’ 25 So it returns and finds that its former…

INTRO This series is for those of you that know… that the life you are living is not the life that you could live. Its not the life that God wanted for you. Some of you might even say that the life you are living is not even the life that I should live… I am off course or off track. In many places in…

Fasting 101 my experience so far. My experience with fasting has been life changing. I wasn’t able to do a complete fast because my job is very physical and i am out in the heat right now a lot delivering the mail. I as doing a sun up sun down fast with just water and vegetable juice at first which means…

23 They ran and got him from there. When he stood among the people, he stood a head taller than anyone else. 24 Samuel said to all the people, “Do you see the one the Lord has chosen? There is no one like him among the entire population.” And all the people shouted, “Long live the king!” --------------------…

We’ve been looking at the theme of the Kingdom of God throughout the Scriptures. So far we’ve looked at Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and Joseph. Today we will be looking at Moses. Before we begin, let’s pray together. God previously promised to make Abraham and his descendants into a great kingdom, and that…