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Doing, Seeing, Communicating Why do we do what we do? This morning I want to talk about the things that influence us. Why do we do the things we do? Why do we eat certain things? Why do we buy certain merchandise? What makes us desire to visit certain places, or to make a career choice? It is interesting…

We begin with Luke 2 verses 15-34, but our main verses will be 21-24. When the angels went away from them into heaven, the shepherds said to one another, “Let us go over to Bethlehem and see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has made known to us.” And they went with haste and found Mary and…

Ephesians 4:17–24 This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their mind, having the understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart: who…

Ephesians 4:7-32 Good morning church! Open your Bibles with me to Ephesians chapter 4. In the first 3 chapters, Paul tells us all of the awesome things God has done for us, and who we are in Christ Jesus. Last week we spent our entire service talking about the topic of unity, which Paul introduced in…

Intro: Ephesians 4:17 (KJV 1900) 17 This I say therefore , and testify in the Lord, that ye henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their mind, In the first phrase of verse 17 , there is a word that beckons to focus our attention backward. It is the word “therefore.” Anytime you…

3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places, 4 even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before him. In love 5 he predestined us for adoption to himself…

Well, for the last four weeks, we have been chatting together about who we are? We are Christian – why. We are Protestant – why. We are Reformed – why? We have been looking at the biblical basis for the church. This week we will take a big-picture look at what God has been doing throughout history and…

Ha’azinu Give Ear Introduction Torah Portion This Torah Portion goes from Deuteronomy 32:1-52 Last Torah portion we discussed that although we have a pastor, leader, Shepard, or an elder to lead, that it is the Lord the one who commands Spring rain and Fall rain Prior to last Torah portion we also talked…

Welcome... Introduce self... Pray... Now Peter and John were going up to the temple at the hour of prayer, the ninth hour. And a man lame from birth was being carried, whom they laid daily at the gate of the temple that is called the Beautiful Gate to ask alms of those entering the temple. Seeing Peter…

C.S. Lewis once said, “Christians have talked as if Christianity thinks that sex or the body, or the pleasure we experience within our bodies were bad in themselves. But they are wrong. Christianity is almost the only one of the great religions that throughly approves of the body, which believes that…

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Gentleness is a model of walking in the Spirit, a walk worth of our calling. Because of God’s grace, we show grace to others…we think before we speak; we consider others before we lash out; We follow Paul’s directive: When we are angry, do not sin! How does that play out in practical terms? Here are…

God loves you the way you are, but He loves you way too much to let you stay that way, and so His goal is to make you like Christ. How does He do that? Does he just zap you and all of a sudden you think, feel and act like Jesus? No… unfortunately. That would be too easy. 18 So all of us who have had…

15 See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise, 16 Redeeming the time, because the days are evil. Circumspectly Definition: in a way that is careful and avoids risks. (Cambridge Dictionary) Circumspectly in the original language: Come from the word “ akribōs ” which means - exactly,…

Disobedience is less about “personal failure” than it is a “personal offense” to God, who is holy. Self-purposed Living Grieves the Lord vv. 17-32 Without God, humanity walks in futility and deceit vv. 17-19 ++With Christ, believers walk in righteousness and truth vv. 20-24 ++With the Holy Spirit, God’s…

Good morning and welcome to Dishman Baptist Church. Please take your Bibles and turn in them with me to Ephesians 4 , Ephesians 4 . There is something in many of us that loves the idea of something old becoming new again. This is a fact that is well capitalized on by the HGTV network as well as the new…

Beware of the dark side which waits to destroy; instead renew your mind in the power of the Holy Spirit and live in the light where you belong. Scene 1/ Beware of the dark side – Luke. Eph 4:17-19 There is a scene in the Star Wars Movies where Yoda says to Luke Skywalker - “Beware of the Dark Side” The…

Intro What are your values? the core values that you use to make decisions? Your values are your core beliefs that shape everything you do in life. Some would say beliefs don’t matter, but they do. Belief Behavior Connection It does matter what you believe… it matters a lot. Your beliefs determine your…

Introduction The Lord has revealed to Moses he will die and that Israel will betray Him And the Lord said to Moses: “Behold, you will rest with your fathers; and this people will rise and play the harlot with the gods of the foreigners of the land, where they go to be among them, and they will forsake…

We are all given a measure of faith but when our faith just does not seem to be enough we turn to the Holy Spirit and ask for His word to strengthen our faith.

Life and the after-life always has been a human attraction. The ancient Egyptians outfitted the pyramids with goods for use by their dead rulers when they transfer to the after-life. And today there is a fascination with “near-death” experiences of people who are declared clinically death, then come…

Big Idea of the Message : God gives us access to a new attitude and a new way of life. Contrast Have you ever encountered someone, yes even yourself, that had a negative “attitude” towards life; What does attitude mean - a settled way of thinking or feeling about someone or something, typically one that…

Big Idea of the Message : God gives us access to a new attitude and a new way of life. Contrast Have you ever encountered someone, yes even yourself, that had a negative “attitude” towards life; What does attitude mean - a settled way of thinking or feeling about someone or something, typically one that…

Welcome Good morning everyone, and to anyone watching or listening online good morning to you as well! Last week we began to look at chapter 4 of Ephesians and we saw a couple important things within the passage. We saw how our individual life, our individual walk, affects the unity of believers. We…

The therefores Good morning. This is our third week in our study of the book of Ephesians. Ephesians was written by the apostle Paul - to the church in Ephesus. As we know Paul - he wrote as an apostle - kind of an area pastor of these churches. He wrote with care, compassion, and love for these people.…