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Announcements Are there any announcements? The Lord made away for Pastor John to visit Israel and he will be gone from Saturday July 30- August 19. If you have any needs or questions during that time, please reach out to Danny Lonai, Kevin Griffith, or Jim Goodenough and they can help you out. Introduction…

Ephesians 5:1-21 Good morning again church! We are picking up our study this morning in the book of Ephesians 5 , some of you are bigger fans than others of this chapter, but there is much in here for all of us. We find ourselves in the second half of the book. If you recall, the first 3 chapters of…

Atlanta Fire Chief Fired for Expressing Christian Beliefs | CNSNews January 2015 Atlanta Fire Chief Kelvin Cochran was fired on Tuesday by Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed. Why? Because, on his own private time, Cochran wrote a book expressing his biblical understanding of sexual morality. John Macrthur and…

Introduction Torah Portion This Torah Portion goes from Deuteronomy 11:26-16:17 In our previous Torah portion we talked about consequences- Because; the heel - representing the walk; the difference between keeping and doing and the significance of numbers 2, 40 and the covenants of God - tablets We discussed…

Whatever happened to blushing? When hearing words embarrassing or shameful, a person’s cheeks may lighten with color. That is, the circulation of blood in their face intensifies. Blushing is a sign of a lively sensitivity to evil and moral darkness. In our day, it seems people blush less and less. Is…

Introduction We live by example, we walk by example - what we see others doing, we begin to do. Everyone is a living example. Examples have a name. At your funeral people will say he or she was an example of .......... think of it Mother Teresea - an example of compassion - to be like her would be living…

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…

Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might. Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world,…

Good morning and welcome to Mission Church. If I haven’t had the pleasure of meeting you ....my name is John Lee and I serve Mission Church as the lead pastor. I am humbled and honored to be with you this morning…especially as we continue our journey through Paul’s amazing letter to the Ephesians.....…

John 3:12-21 We are going to start a new four week series today. I borrowed this series title from another pastor, because I thought it was such a great idea. This new series is going to be entitled, “Coffee Mug Christianity: Bringing Clarity to Cliches.” I love coffee mugs. I love to collect them when…

vs. 1 - Commanded to Live Like God. vs. 2 - Commanded to Love Like God. vs. 3-7 - Commanded to Leave the Worldly Ways. Today, we discover why we are to be different. 8 For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light: 9 (For the fruit of the Spirit is in all…

Imitating Christ

Good morning and welcome to Dishman Baptist Church. Please take your Bibles and turn them with me to Ephesians 5 , Ephesians 5 . Among the many superlative offerings to the Christian faith the late Dr. R.C. Sproul authored there was a set of children’s books meant to teach the principles of the Gospel…

Ephesians 5:3 -21 1. Introduction One of the most tragic Olympic sporting moments happened at the Sydney Olympic games in 2000. Do you remember it? The womens 20km race walk. Do you remember what happened? oh. that made my heart sink. Jane Saville, almost completed 20 gruelling kilometres of race walking.…

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…

Illustration: The mom crept into the room of her daughter who had recently returned from completing her bachelor’s degree at college. She probably could have stormed her way in and had the same results, for her daughter was zonked out in her bed. She tapped her daughter on the arm and whispered “it’s…

We are in a message series titled, I have decided. Decisions that are critical to your life 1 - Getting closer to Jesus. If you get closer to him it will fuel everything else in your life. 2. Being a follower. we discovered it’s more serious that we may have thought. Deny Self, Take up Cross, and follow…

Scene 1: Light or Darkness is a choice we must make each day V 1-4 Someone once said that, “Some people change their ways when they see the light, others only when they feel the heat.” That is a choice, which we are faced with. Will we choose light or darkness? Purity or sin. I once heard a comment,…

We focus on the light by not focusing on the darkness Darkness can be scary if we don’t know the Truth 21 Then the Lord said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand toward the sky, that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, even a darkness which may be felt.” 22 So Moses stretched out his hand toward…

1. _Show love_ 1 Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children. 2 And walk in love, as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us, a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God. 1. Show Love 2. _Show light_ 3 But sexual immorality and all impurity or covetousness must not even be named among you, as…

Introduction We’re moving right along in our look through the book of Ephesians. Last we saw Paul encouraging his readers and us to put on new clothes, or new behavior, since were new creations in Christ. Because of who we are in Christ means that we should act differently from those who are not Christians…

Grace to you and peace, from God our Father and from our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. The central concept for today’s message is time — kairos. As one examines time in today text as well as in other portions of Scripture, one quickly realizes that time is a gift. As with all other gifts, God calls…

Introduction Of all of the human interaction there is nothing more significant than touch. Over the last year the pandemic has been a reason for separation. That separation produced ++Fear ++Anxiety ++Brokenness ++Loneliness We are wired for connection Separation is the farthest place from touch. 43…

Welcome Good morning once again everyone, and to anyone joining us online good morning as well! We have been studying the book of Ephesians for a number of weeks now, going through it passage by passage and sure enough, we are creeping ever closer to the end of it. Last week we finished chapter four…

Judges 6:36-40 Gideon couldn’t conceive of carrying out the gargantuan task the Lord was requiring of him. He was too insignificant, too weak, too … whatever! How could Gideon—the least in his father’s house and identified with the weakest clan in Manasseh—ever deliver Israel from such a monstrous enemy…