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How would you define love? There was a movie made by Disney over 14 years ago, with a song called: How does she know that you love her. How does someone show love? I realize that I am late to the ball game for this sermon. Every September or October, I set aside a week to prepare my preaching calendar…

God's Promises About Giving Today we're going to begin a new series for the summer that I'm very excited about. I want to begin by telling you that the words, promise and promises, are actually used over a thousand times, in different English translations of the Scripture. One scholar did a study. He…

Can life have any meaning in a naturalistic universe? Physicist Steven Weinberg doesn’t think so. He writes: “The more comprehensible the universe becomes, the more it also seems pointless.” Similarly, Richard Dawkins says: In a universe of electrons and selfish genes, blind physical forces and genetic…

1 Send your bread on the surface of the water, for after many days you may find it. 2 Give a portion to seven or even to eight, for you don’t know what disaster may happen on earth. 3 If the clouds are full, they will pour out rain on the earth; whether a tree falls to the south or the north, the place…

Welcome Good morning again everyone, today we are continuing on in Ecclesiastes, but we are getting very close to being done with it. Today we are going to be reading from Ecclesiastes 11 and next week we will finish our study of the book by looking at chapter 12. Now, we are starting to hit the point…

1 Here is a tragedy I have observed under the sun, and it weighs heavily on humanity: 2 God gives a person riches, wealth, and honor so that he lacks nothing of all he desires for himself, but God does not allow him to enjoy them. Instead, a stranger will enjoy them. This is futile and a sickening tragedy.…

Solomon’s journal has been skeptical and depressing at times Cycle of events of life is empty and without true meaning See and done everything a man could do under the sun and found it vanity Search for happiness w/o God left him in despair Best thing to do is have a relationship with God Time is short…

Greediness: Having a keen appetite For.... 10 The one who loves silver is never satisfied with silver, and whoever loves wealth is never satisfied with income. This too is futile. 11 When good things increase, the ones who consume them multiply; what, then, is the profit to the owner, except to gaze…

Metaphorical senses of הבל “Hevel”: Insubstantiality, Transience, and Foulness. How do we live with meaning in this vapor of life? How do we find Substance Permanence and Sweetness? 9 What gain has the worker from his toil? 10 I have seen the business that God has given to the children of man to be busy…

Announcements www.southcharlottebaptist.org/hub Evangelist Ron Comfort will be preaching in our services - 11 AM & 6 PM - this coming Sunday, March 21. Resurrection Sunday, April 4 Neighborhood Bible Time, week of June 20 Verse Memorization I charge thee therefore before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ,…

Act based upon what you don’t know This sounds reckless and foolish. It is needful to consider from what perspective this is being given. Illustration: Pastor coming to car wash with hat saying “I’m their leader which way did they go.” This seems to suggest that the leaders has some identity with the…

Graduation Sunday It is so exciting to be celebrating with our graduates this year! We are proud of you, and look forward to how the Lord will use you in the coming years. You have been challenged and encouraged all your lives through school to pursue education. You have been encouraged to pursue success!…

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…

4 One thing have I desired of the Lord , that will I seek after; That I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, To behold the beauty of the Lord , and to inquire in his temple. 5 For in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion: In the secret of his tabernacle shall he…

1 Timothy 6 Good morning Church! We are going to try to make our way through the end of 1 Timothy this morning. Those that have been with us know that this letter was primarily written by an older pastor to a younger pastor, Paul to Timothy. They had been serving together in Ephesus and for whatever…

God dispersed the people for their own good, then later He united the peoples out of His mercy.

Does anyone know what this picture represents? This might be the most amazing data picture you see in a lifetime! It shows the 63,779 cross-references in the Bible. The white bars along the bottom represent each Bible chapter, Gen. 1 - Rev. 22 . The line’s color shows the reference’s distance from the…

Good morning, Gateway! Scripture: Psalm 31 . Prayer Intro Good morning, again! August 5, 2001 was a beautiful night in Cleveland, Ohio at Jacobs Field, especially if you were a Seattle Mariners fan. The Mariners coming into the game were 80-30, they had won the first two games of the series, and seemed…

Good morning, Gateway! Scripture: Lam 3:21-26 . God of creation. God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. God of the covenant. You are merciful, and gracious, slower to anger, and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness, keeping steadfast love for thousands, forgiving iniquity and sin, but you are also…

UNITY’S BOND Ephesians 4:1-13 Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity! It is a Psalm of Brotherhood and certainly a Psalm of Fellowship. Remember this about the local church, it is not an organization but an organism. God desires unity. But unity is neither forced…

Announcements Please remember that the Milton-Freewater Ministers Association’s food drive ends December 12, which is next Sunday. 2. Angel Tree Kids- Kathy to share 3. If you have any announcements, please contact Pastor John or Barbara Goodenough and we will get them put in the bulletin and announce…

Introduction Good morning and welcome to FCC, where we worship God in Spirit and in Truth, one book at a time, one verse at a time. Thank you for that message of music and for you faithfulness and commitment to the Lord and our little tabernacle. I pray y’all had a wonderful Thanksgiving and that this…

Welcome Good morning everyone, and if you are joining us online good morning as well! Today we are once again continuing in our series on Ecclesiastes, a book that a lot of us probably have ignored more than other books of the bible. But, we do that because it is a hard book to read. It can be depressing…

Helping Youth Have Fun and Rejoicing in Old Age Ecclesiastes 11.7-12.8 ROC 5/27/15 I. Introduction 1. Pre-introduction i. Thank you for your prayers these past two weeks, I have been blessed 2. SO let’s pray i. Lord, I feel the worries people have for the young generations and also the way older generations…

Many of us have heard the phrase, “Attitude is everything.” And when it comes to us thinking about missions attitude is important. Today we want to look at Attitude. This is the first power shift that we will look at. The Apostle Paul wrote... 5 You must have the same attitude that Christ Jesus had.…