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Awakening must be followed by intentional obedience if results are to last.

Freedom In Christ

3 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ, 4 who gave himself for our sins to deliver us from the present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father, 5 to whom be the glory forever and ever. Amen. 6 I am astonished that you are so quickly deserting him who called…

--- Title Slide Scripture Intro: Scripture Reading (“Please stand…”) For you were called to freedom, brothers. Only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another. For the whole law is fulfilled in one word: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” But…

This past week summer vacation began for many of you. I’ve seen posts already of the adventures you’ve had. Gatherings with family, etc. In fact, my younger sister was in town this past week and so for the first time in a couple of years our whole family was together. I love my family and I love being…

Intro: When reading the book of Galatians, I don't know if you picked up on this, but the first four chapters are basically the same sermon over and over and over again. It's literally the first four chapters are like a song on repeat. He just is pounding it into hearts and minds. Illus: Song lyrics…

Contend :To strive in opposition or against difficulties; struggle Earnestly : being very sincere; putting forth genuine effort Beloved, while I was giving all diligence to write unto you of our common salvation, I was constrained to write unto you exhorting you to contend earnestly for the faith which…

Family Matters In this latest series we have been talking about family. We have been discussing some common issues that we face within the family. We kicked off this series by talking about the one thing every family needs, God. God is the creator of family and He cares about family. Your family is important…

“Serving God is not a job for the casually interested. It’s costly service. He asks for your life. He asks for service to Him to become a priority, not a pastime. To be called a “Christian” you must serve psalm 100:2 Serve the Lord with gladness: Come before his presence with singing. How much more shall…

Doing Good within the Body Let him who is taught the word share in all good things with him who teaches. Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap. For he who sows to his flesh will of the flesh reap corruption, but he who sows to the Spirit will of the Spirit…

The phrase "one another" is derived from the Greek word allelon which means "one another, each other; mutually, reciprocally." It occurs 100 times in the New Testament. Approximately 59 of those occurrences are specific commands teaching us how (and how not) to relate to one another. Obedience to those…

Family Matters We’ve taken quite a break from this series about the family. If you remember all the way back to the first week, we kicked off this series by talking about the one thing that matters most in every family. The one thing that every family needs. God. Every family needs God and needs to make…

The Bible calls us to serve one another in love in Galatians 5:13 which says, “ For you have been called to live in freedom, my brothers and sisters. But don’t use your freedom to satisfy your sinful nature. Instead, use your freedom to serve one another in love. “ How then do we practically live out these words in our lives? Freely serving without giving into our sinful and selfish nature?

Walking Together: Purpose Ephesians 4:7-16 Central Truth: God has included me in His P urposes of B lessing ! -- What ‘Purposes’ Drive my Life? -- Matt. 20:25-28 , 1 Peter 2:9-12 The Manner of my W alk is defined by the manner of my C onnection to God’s W ork . < Ephesians 4:1-6 > < Ephesians 4:17-5:20…

The letter to the Galatians is an appeal by Paul to churches in the Roman province of Galatia to resist the movement to abandon the system of salvation that saves one by faith in Christ (expressed in repentance and baptism), and adopt a system of salvation whereby one is justified by the keeping of the…

Family Matters Last week we started a new series called, “Family Matters” by talking about the one thing every family needs. That one thing is God, the one who created family. God created family and He cares deeply about family. Our God is a God of authority and order. He has the ability to transform…

We are called to be together Think of every description of the church: We are The Bride of Christ, united with Jesus We are a family, adopted into God’s family We are a body, diverse and gifted for His glory! I came across a story in a book this week and I want to read it to you: Mr. Nose and Mr. Hand…

This weekend many people will be celebrating Independence Day in a variety of ways. Some people travel to see loved ones, and others just stay home with the family. There is a lot of BBQ going on all across the country. There are fireworks, parades and all kinds of celebrations which have become tradition…

Galatians 5:1-15 Welcome church! So glad you guys joined us this morning. If you are brand new this morning or visiting, we want to thank you for checking out our church. We have a nursing mother’s room right over here to my left. Rest rooms are back through the double doors behind you, men that room…

Today we resolve conflicts in the bible. How do we work through the challenge of Christ with the challenge of life? This passage presents the concern at hand. Jesus is doing an ordinary thing - walking to Jerusalem and this seems to forfeit the extraordinary thing of Conversions and miracles. But the…

If you’ve been with us the past couple of weeks - 2 weeks ago we broke into chapter 5 of Galatians... And we saw that Paul highlighted for the Galatians - the 2 paths of humanity The path of Freedom The path of Slavery That freedom - ultimately, only comes through Jesus Christ... And that the only other…

Good morning - it is wonderful to be here this morning. I am so honored to call this church my home, and all of you family. Church is the family that we choose, there are many many churches, and plenty of reasons that anyone would choose to be a part of some other place - but you have decided to be here,…

Could I be wrong? Everyone say it in their mind. It is a very interesting question to ponder; or at least it is for me. For some of us we think about this more than we ought. Others, I wonder if it every comes to mind. In our current cultural climate I think we must ask this more often. This will lead…

Refocus 2022 if there is anything that I know about it's focus…well refocusing after an ADD episode. It’s easy to get our focus on the things of this world: economy politics COVID Our Desires But we need to refocus our attention on the eternal! 2 Set your affection on things above, not on things on the…