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Ever since my youngest daughter Tenley began talking - she has ALWAYS - LOVED - Stories. *In the car (Dad - can you tell me a story?) *Random times at home * EVEN on the toilet (she would ask me if I’d tell her a story) And EVEN NOW - in the car - she asks for a story - except now - I stream youtube…

What is one of the most important things we can do as Christians? We can think of all the “good things”, tithe, evangelize, be faithful to attend service, be a “good” person, treat others well, and we can go on and on. But in reality, should one of the most important things we do not be prayer? As I…

Planning for the future At the Beginning of the year, after the holidays, after the spending the parties and the fun is over, Come January, it is a great time to reflect on the New Year What do you want to accomplish in 2024? Have you considered a bible reading plan for this year? Have you found one…

So - today we come to our RECAP of 2 Kings…and to close we’ll see how this book finishes off. As I went back this week - and looked at the sermons that compiled this series (this book).... It was amazing to see the - PROGRESSION of GOD’S STORY FOR MAN - in what God was teaching man along the way - THRU…

Today we are wrapping up this six part study of the Good News called, “Life in 6 Words.” We get these six words by using the word “Gospel” as an acrostic. As a way of review, let’s walk through these six words one final time… G - God created us to be with Him. ( Genesis 1-2 ) O - Our sins separate us…

We are reminded that God graciously delivers us from suffering. We are encouraged to patiently endure.

Let Us Remain Faithful To God. Fresh Start. Let us Be Faithful this year. Im not implying you where not faithful last year But if your like me you can see lots of areas we can improve Like Prayer Or Bible study Church Attendance Worship Giving. Tithes and offering or Time Lots of people start off the…

Verse 1 This is recorded in Isaiah 38 as well. Those days - Timing - When the Assyrians were still invading Judah. When we look at verse 6 we see that the Assyrians are still a threat when all of this takes place. So Hezekiah the greatest king Judah had since King David is fighting for his own life while…

Pastor Steve reads through 2 Chronicles and 2 Kings as we look at a few kings “moments in time”

Welcome back to part 15 of our Story Series - this chronological look at the Bible. Up to this point, the Creator God, whose creation chose to rebel and sin in the Garden, has graciously chosen a group of people to represent him. They have proven over and over again that they can’t live up to God’s standard,…

Intro; When we started this study on faith we began in Hebrews 11 asking “What Is Faith?” Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. Faith - Trust, belief, walking with Jesus, etc.. but is goes beyond that. Faith is substance [ trust ] that is connected to hope […

Connecting this sermon with others you have heard from this pulpit. Our theme for the year is “Putting on Kindness” with that in mind, all year our series have been from Books that describe God’s people living among neighbors. What does it look like for God’s people to live in this fallen world? Earlier…

Baptisms How many of you have multiple kids? Ok - how many of YOU have a favorite kid? Ok - how many of you have - AT TIMES - been persuaded by one of your children (in WHATEVER way) - so that you end up being PARTIAL with them? In other words - does your kids behavior - at times - cause you to be PARTIAL?…

The last several weeks we have been dealing with how to give the gospel to someone who is Atheist and the approach in which we should take in order to effectively evangelize them. Today we are going to delve into what I would define as evangelizing ‘cults’. 10 Ye are my witnesses, saith the Lord , And…

Opening Prayer: Heavenly Father, We come before You today with grateful hearts, thanking You for the gift of family and the privilege of coming together to seek Your face. As we gather in Your presence, we ask for Your Holy Spirit to be among us, guiding our thoughts and opening our hearts to the message…

Intro; As we come to the end of our study on “What Is Faith?” , we’re going to look at a montage of people and their faith. One main theme runs through these last verses on faith and it’s “A Faith that Perseveres”. The word perseverance means “to bear up under.” It describes someone who remains steadfast…

Embrace a lifestyle of repentance and restoration, recognizing God's judgement on injustice while holding onto the hope of reconcilliation through Christ.

Today we are starting a series that I hope you will find interesting and engaging, but above all my hope and prayer is that this series will be a tool that God will use in your life to reach a lost and dying world. Today we are going to go back to basics and study the Good News. If you don’t feel comfortable…

God’s will is identical with his being, his wisdom, his goodness, and with all his attributes. And it is for this reason that man’s heart and mind can rest in that will, for it is the will not of blind fate, incalculable fortune, or dark energy of nature, but of an omnipotent God and merciful Father”…

A couple of weeks ago Pr. Jim was talking about last words. Let’s explore this theme a little more. Here are some interesting last words: - Archimedes, a Greek mathematician, whose last words were “ Do not disturb my circles!" he said that to a Roman soldier who interrupted his geometric experiments…

2 Kings 10:10 (ESV) 10 Know then that there shall fall to the earth nothing of the word of the Lord.. .” The phrase ‘the word of the LORD’ occurs 51 x’s in Kings and the phrase ‘thus says the LORD’ 33 x’s. In contrast the same phrases in Chronicles, which is 14% longer and yet covers the same history,…

Reading 1 Thessalonians 5:12-24 Introduction We are coming to the end of James. We have two more weeks and we will cover the last section of James’ teaching. Throughout the book we have seen James focus on a couple themes. We have seen that he had been encouraging and correcting the Christian believers…

Isaiah 17-19 Good evening church ,open your Bibles with me to Isaiah chapter 17. As you do, just a reminder that the prophet Isaiah in this section is in the middle of prophesying about area nations, much of his prophecy has both a near and a far fulfillment, to them, some being yet future. Also it is…

Genesis 3:14-15 Dec 17, 1927 8 year old S class submarine conducting tests off coast of MA. 2273 Any Hope Of Rescue? Someone has said that if you could convince a man there was no hope, he would curse the day he was born. Hope is an indispensable quality of life. Years ago the S-4 submarine was rammed…

Isaiah 1 & 2 Good evening church! It has been a blast meeting together as Growth Groups in our homes over the past few months, but it is nice to gather as a whole as well and fellowship together. It is my hope that as we continue to grow together, that our digging deeper into the Scriptures does not…