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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…

Review Acts chapter nineteen focused entirely on Paul’s three year ministry in the city of Ephesus. He saw God put His stamp of divine approval upon some new converts in the city - 12 men who were disciples of John the Baptist. God did not treat them as second class citizens in His kingdom. Paul observed…

Paul A Man on A MISSION Scripture: Acts 20 through ch 28 Topic: Endurance GOAL: encourage saints that are ready to quit 1. To Know: Where their strength comes from 2. To Feel: Empowered 3. To Do: Get up INTRO: Main Idea --> Pauls Heartbeat We are going to look at a few chapters that comprises the end…

The book of Acts moves fairly quickly from one place to the next and it is easy to get the impression that all the events happened in a very short period of time. But in reality this book covers a span of 32 years from the ascention of Jesus to Paul’s imprisonment in Rome in about AD 62. And his third…

1 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, To the saints who are in Ephesus, and are faithful in Christ Jesus: Author: Paul Type of literature: Epistle or Prison Epistle Audience: Believers in Ephesus Possibly other churches in Asia Minor. This is called a “circular letter” view. Some of…

What is your aim in life? What is your goal? Our aim needs to be followed up with actions, steps to achieve what we are aiming for. Today we pick up the journey of Paul in Acts 20 . We have seen Paul stay on mission, being a witness of Jesus Christ, praying and proclaiming the good news of salvation…

Good morning everyone! My name is Eric and I am one of the pastors here at Abide church. I am privileged to be able to share the word with you today, this sermon series through the book of Acts has been such a blessing. This week we are in Acts chapter 20, and I am going to start by inviting the kids…

Our World's illusions of power fail as an altrnative to the true power of God.

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 29 We spent the last 37 weeks traveling through the book of Acts. It has been a joy and a journey for me and I’m sure for you as well. What I want to do this morning is highlight some key insights into the book and then I want to give you all the opportunity to speak up and out about how we can…

A Farewell to Friends Intro Farewell speeches are fairly common in the world. Whether it be a speech from a valedictorian, a CEO stepping down, or a presidential address. When people leave usually want to leave an impression. They want to spur people on. They want to encourage people. They want to make…

The Journey continues Paul a man on a mission, a man on the move, continues his journey heading back to Jerusalem, Antioch, then onto Rome and Spain was his intentions. From Ephesus to Macedonia (Act19:1-20:1) From the conversions to conviction, to conflict to calm To embracing and embarking onto Macedonia…

Make it Count There are two different or possibly connected ideas of why we age and ultimately die. They are the concepts of weakening of the DNA and damage. We can see in some single celled organisms that they don’t seem to age. They can divide without loss or damage to either the original or the new…

Pablo quiere animiar o exhortar a los hermanos.

Palm Sunday Foretold by the Prophets 9 Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion! Shout in triumph, O daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your king is coming to you; He is just and endowed with salvation, Humble, and mounted on a donkey, Even on a colt, the foal of a donkey. 22 The stone which the builders rejected…

Where do we start? 10 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, And the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding. 10 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom; A good understanding have all those who do His commandments; His praise endures forever. What do we tend to fear? The unknown…

I Will Build My Church… these are the words promised by Jesus Christ in Matthew 16:18 … and the gates of Hell will not overpower it!!! Christ when He left gave a mandate… Matthew 28:19-20 “Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the…

The Gospel creates a community of people who love the local church and her means of grace, a humility in us that aids us in faithfully serving the Lord during times of trial & sorrow, a people who not only love its message but seek to use it for their mutual edification.

Before we begin today, I want to encourage you to go back and read all of Acts 11 . We will not read any of that chapter today. I want us to go to chapter 12. We will begin reading at verse 1. What kind of trials are you facing today? What kind of persecution are you facing? The things we go through…

Preparing for the work Life is full of preparatory work isn’t it? (give examples) God did preparatory work on you before your conversion, or maybe it is work being done now. Paul’s preparatory work included his heritage, his education and progress in his Jewish faith. Preparatory work continued in Damascus,…

Pastor Michael Mehring I want to take us on a journey — a journey of the last few days of Jesus life— we will be Going… —from the garden — through the trial — to the cross — engaged in the battle of the ages — and finishing with the victory!! Let’s begin from the garden Jesus was facing Substitution…

Introduction: We have mentioned already that this book is one of the Pastoral Epistles - consisting of 1 and 2 Timothy as well as Titus. And we discussed how these books are all about order in the church. Well today we come to a difficult passage for our culture. This is a sermon that was really not…

We went on ahead to the ship and sailed for Assos, where we were going to take Paul aboard. He had made this arrangement because he was going there on foot. When he met us at Assos, we took him aboard and went on to Mitylene. The next day we set sail from there and arrived off Chios. The day after that…

People often ask, and if we are honest, we all want to be able to know the Will of God. One of the problems is that, we, our culture, think we are smart. If you think about it. I have seen Nuclear Bombs detonated when they were tested. I remember when we first sent a person into space and then landed…

This Week’s Theme: Purposed Restored Word for the Week is Restoration: The returning of something or someone to their original state. Through the redeeming work of Jesus Christ, both humanity and creation will eventually be restored. Memory verse: Galatians 6:1 Brethren, if a man is overtaken in any…