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Intro Does anybody love Jesus at River Church today? We are in week #5 in the study of the Fruit of the Spirit. We are doing this because of the time we are in. Things are so toxic and it’s a great opportunity for us to live out these characteristics so others can see. I believe it’s so important for…

God has already provided the resource you will need when you encounter denial, opposition, persecution, and doubt.

We believe the Bible, God’s powerful, unchanging truth, guides and equips all who receive and obey it. Therefore, we will unleash the Word of God personally and with those we encounter. But you have carefully followed my doctrine, manner of life, purpose, faith, longsuffering, love, perseverance, persecutions,…

In the age that we live in, 1 Timothy and 1 Corinthians are some of the more difficult books of the bible to go through. This is because they are counter cultural. But we must ask ourselves, are we going to adhere to what the bible says, to what God teaches us. Or are we going to do what we want to do?…

Ephesians 5:8-21 I love a well lit home. When they did the remodel in the kitchen they added some can lights in the ceiling placed throughout. I love to see the kitchen all lit up. I think there is something cozy about a warmly lit, study with a fireplace and warm colors all around. But There is just…

This Week’s Theme: Put on the Mindset of Christ Word for the Week is Mind: I t is the seat of human consciousness, thought, and desires. Scripture stresses that the minds of believers must be shaped by the knowledge and love of God, as their ways of thinking and acting become more like the pattern set…

Gospel spread invariably demands engagement with contrary ideas, but transformation is the goal of the Gospel.

How many here today have ever wanted to get revenge for something that someone did to you? Most of us right… the others are lying. Sometimes, revenge is sought after by those who have been hurt by someone else… or even spouses. One older lady in life who was dumped by her husband – poured gallons of…

Order of Service Welcome Hymn - CHRIST, FROM WHOM ALL BLESSINGS FLOW (593) Psalm Reading I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you with my eye upon you. You who have made me see many troubles and calamities will revive me again; from the depths of the earth you will…

TEXT: GALATIANS 5:19 | SINS OF IMMORALITY INTRO ILLUSTRATION : Getting trapped in the mall after the movie. There were no signs to stop from going through the door. EXPLANATION : Before we can dive into the verses in Galatians 5 , we must begin in Romans 1:18-32 For the wrath of God is revealed from…

2 Timothy 3:10–15 (ESV) — 10 You, however, have followed my teaching, my conduct, my aim in life, my faith, my patience, my love, my steadfastness, 11 my persecutions and sufferings that happened to me at Antioch, at Iconium, and at Lystra—which persecutions I endured; yet from them all the Lord rescued…

PRODUCED by the Spirit 22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no law. The Spirit’s FRUIT will be Evident It will show up in how you LOVE 4 Love suffers long and is kind; love does not envy;…

Love Yourself We are talking about the truth according to the world. The world teaches things that are almost true. They sound good and seem right, but they often lead down a path off destruction and death. Last week we talked about one of the biggest lies that the adversary uses to trap us and keep…

TEXT: PHILIPPIANS 3:10-11 | DO YOU KNOW HIM P.2 INTRO EXPLANATION : Last week we rejoiced in the resurrection of Christ! We looked at the powerful hope that a risen Savior gives to us, and the promise of eternal life that comes with His resurrection! And the apostle Paul says, “I want to know Christ”…

Introduction: We are at the end of a series we’ve called Common Ailments. We are dealing with common ailments - things that as church people, we go through more often than we probably should. We understand that the church resembles a medical facility. One of the reasons it exists is to provide care for…

Understand the Times 4 And Jesus answered and said to them: “Take heed that no one deceives you. 5 For many will come in My name, saying, ‘I am the Christ,’ and will deceive many. 6 And you will hear of wars and rumors of wars. See that you are not troubled; for all these things must come to pass, but…

TEXT: 4:21-4:31 | LIVE LIKE AN HEIR INTRO ILLUSTRATION : As most of you know we are in the midst of a remodel of the bathroom at our house. As part of the remodel in our bathroom, we decided that we would replace the flooring in some other parts of our house as well since the existing flooring goes into…

Today is Pentecost Sunday . It the day we celebrate the coming of the Holy Spirit to the Early Church to STAY. Some churches recognize it as being part of the Christian Calendar with no relevance for today. I was raised in a good church, but it was a church that didn’t really celebrate Pentecost like…

You know, the problem with cities, tend to be the problem with towns, only bigger. You know, the opportunities in a BIG city, are similar to the opportunities in a smaller city, just multiplied. Really what it is, where they are more people are the things that people bring, only more of them. So, you…

The Right Way We see in verse 24 a way...God beckons us to enter in the straight gate... Not just any old way but the “Straight Gate” Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able. We see that many will not be able to enter in... We sometimes…

For there are many unruly and vain talkers and deceivers, specially they of the circumcision: Whose mouths must be stopped, who subvert whole houses, teaching things which they ought not, for filthy lucre’s sake. One of themselves, even a prophet of their own, said, The Cretians are alway liars, evil…

Ground work: Isaac’s wife Rebekah was found barren but God, through the prayers and petitioning of Isaac, healed her of this condition and she was able to conceive. And the children struggled together within her; and she said, If it be so, why am I thus? And she went to inquire of the Lord . And the…

Now these are the nations that the Lord left, to test Israel by them, that is, all in Israel who had not experienced all the wars in Canaan. It was only in order that the generations of the people of Israel might know war, to teach war to those who had not known it before. These are the nations: the…

13 Oct 2023

TEXT: MALACHI | THE LORD’S MESSENGER There are 12 books that have been given this title of “Minor Prophets” Hosea Joel Amos Obadiah Jonah Micah Nahum Habakkuk Zephaniah Haggai Zechariah Malachi These 12 books cover a period of roughly 400 years. INTRO : Nearly a century has passed since the completion…