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In carrying through with the theme of discipleship - growth, development, and sustenance, this week I was impressed to look at another stage of Christian growth. One might say the first stage of Christian growth is conviction. If we look at the Concise Oxford English Dictionary’s definition of conviction…

And he believed the Lord , and he counted it to him as righteousness. Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life; whoever does not obey the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God remains on him. Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life. He…

12 But I want you to know, brethren, that the things which happened to me have actually turned out for the furtherance of the gospel, 13 so that it has become evident to the whole palace guard, and to all the rest, that my chains are in Christ; 14 and most of the brethren in the Lord, having become confident…

A Visit to Remember Go back and remember a couple weeks back… a couple verses back and remember… this is important; Paul and the others felt the Lord leading them to Macedonia. Recal their travels Recal the Dream 11 From Troas we put out to sea and sailed straight for Samothrace, and the next day on…

Easter and Christmas are probably the most significant days in the Christian faith. The birth of Jesus and His resurrection, major components of the gospel. Instead of spending just one week focusing on the Easter event, I wanted us to spend a few weeks after Easter reflecting on the resurrection and…

In this powerful message, we explore how to navigate the 'midnight seasons' of life - those prolonged periods of struggle, suffering, or darkness. Through the inspiring story of Paul and Silas in prison (Acts 16:25-35), we learn vital lessons about maintaining faith in difficult times. The key is responding with partnership, prayer, and praise. By leaning into community, turning our prison cells into prayer closets, and expressing joy through song even in dark moments, we can transform our circu

Series- The “One Anothers” My goal in this series is to come to a deeper understanding of what it means to be a member of a local New Testament church. What are the duties and responsibilities of church membership? As we study these “one another” passages they will define for us the solemn agreement…

Acts 15-16 Introduction: -The major question that the early church was asking was: What does it look like now that the God of Israel has opened the doors to allow all nations to become his covenant people. -Israel was a very exclusive religion in the fact that you were born into it. The Israelites always…

Hebrews 2 Good morning Church! Open you Bibles with me to Hebrews chapter 2. Quick reminder of where we have been in this study so far, and we won’t do that every week, but this week we must as if you take a glance at chapter two, verse one, it begins with the word Therefore... AND every bible student…

Breaking into Song *** NS: When we consider what God has done for us, how can we keep from singing? Methodists have always been a singing people *** Sing the Wondrous Love of Jesus (701): 1, 3, 4 Resurrection Power Changes All *** Christ the Lord is Risen Today (302): 1-4 God’s Love is Above All ***…

A sermon on what Baptism at our church is and is not.

A. Rapport for the time Joy of seeing the Lord’s plan as he sits outside of time. Even more amazing to know that we are a part of that plan. B. Reading of the text C. Review of the text D. Relevance of the text I. Praising in a Storm 25 About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to…

Today is a special day for us, as we will be celebrating the baptism of 3 people. We first see baptism in the New Testament when John the Baptist begins his ministry. And so John the Baptist appeared in the wilderness, preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins. The whole Judean countryside…

Morning 18 June 2023

Acts 16:23-40 Scene 1: God wants us to be ready for anything! Because we never know what is just around the corner! Now what is around the corner could be very bad, like a major health crisis. Something like that can radically change your outlook on life. A few years ago when we had a house in a semi…

Believe In what does the word believe actually mean does it actually just mean the belief in the existence of something or someone?? or does it mean more? 20 Brethren, be not children in understanding: howbeit in malice be ye children, but in understanding be men. God wants us to understand his word…its…

Last week we saw how the early church handled serious questions about the faith. We saw the church leaders in Jerusalem looking to what the Lord had already done, and what He has revealed in the scriptures to affirm the truth of the gospel, that God accepts everyone who come to Him by faith in Jesus.…

Jesus Is The Way salvation means: THEOLOGY deliverance from sin and its consequences, believed by Christians to be brought about by faith in Christ. Salvation is God's grace . It is the gift of freedom from our sins that Jesus made possible by taking the punishment for our sins on the cross. Salvation…

Matthew 21:1-11 “Hosanna” - means to save or save us please It became a word of praise Today we remember the celebration of Christ riding into Jerusalem while the people worshipped Him We know that Christ is headed to the cross and ultimately His resurrection! For today, however, let us celebrate Christ!…

6 Blessed be the Lord , Because He has heard the voice of my supplications! 7 The Lord is my strength and my shield; My heart trusted in Him, and I am helped; Therefore my heart greatly rejoices, And with my song I will praise Him. 16 Now it happened, as we went to prayer, that a certain slave girl possessed…

“See, I have set before you today life and good, death and evil. If you obey the commandments of the Lord your God that I command you today, by loving the Lord your God, by walking in his ways, and by keeping his commandments and his statutes and his rules, then you shall live and multiply, and the Lord…

When the Mission Stumbles Paul had had an interesting time after he entered Macedonia with his companion Luke after a time of ministry in Ephesus. We read the story of Pauls’ journey along the route from Troas to Corininth in Acts 16 , after a vision in the night asking him to come and help them. According…

The Gospel no only changes the afterlife, it transforms the NowLife

We've come to the end of Acts and we summarised it from the perspective that it's a Spirit-empowered, boundary-crossing GROWTH story. It encourages us in our faith journey of growth, and as we boldly share the gospel.

Acts 16:22-34 Do you have a need in your life that demands an answer? Do you have a burden that is too much to bear? Do you have a loved one that needs to be saved or restored? Do you have a friend that has a problem with sin that seems insurmountable? Do you have some sin in your life that needs to…