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Isaiah’s prophecy is a wake-up call. Yahweh, the Ever-living God is everything, idols are nothing. Give up your idolatry. Return to God with a whole heart, listen to His voice, and He will turn your wastelands of sin into gardens of eternal life. Because there is so much talk about turning from idols,…

It’s no surprise to find God “in the beginning,” as we do in the first chapter of Genesis. After all, he’s uncreated, infinite, and eternal. He always has been, and he always will be. He is without beginning and without end. If it were any other way, he wouldn’t be God. Everything else, everything that…

Entertaining Angels As we celebrate the results of Angel visitation. Gabriel visited Zechariah Gabriel visited Mary Angels visited Joseph Angels Announced to the Shepherds So much of our celebration of the birth of Christ is the result of angels’ visitations. Think about the times when it was likely…

Introduction I had mentioned last week that this Advent season we will be working our way through the four evangelist and their introduction of we have come to know as the Christmas Story. Last week as I mentioned Matthew was written to the Jews from the perspective as a Jew, turned Tax collector working…

Open your Bibles at Is 52 ( Rom 8 ) The myth of progress Do you believe in the myth of human progress? Some people believe that human ingenuity can solve the world’s problems. Mind you they have some substance to their beliefs in some areas if you look back through history… In the 1700’s most parents…

Can you believe Christmas is this weekend? My kids have been counting down for weeks. We have been watching Christmas movies. We have done shopping and planning. And soon, we will be going to spend time with family. The typical American Christmas. These are the activities of the American Christmas. But…

Do you have peace in your life? So many people in our culture today live with a complete lack of peace in their lives. They have to manufacture a pretense of peace, through busyness, through drugs, through alcohol, through medication, etc. but they do not have true peace. This can be true of believers…

Introduction: Have you ever tried to build/make something where you knew what the result was supposed to look like but did not know how to build/make it? Transition: Our mission is no different. Remind of our mission statement. Slide - Purpose & Mission Read : 14 How then will they call on Him in whom…

13 Behold, my servant shall act wisely; he shall be high and lifted up, and shall be exalted. 14 As many were astonished at you— his appearance was so marred, beyond human semblance, and his form beyond that of the children of mankind— 15 so shall he sprinkle many nations. Kings shall shut their mouths…

21 Days of prayer and fasting… It’s a good time to refocus on your relationship with the Lord. Resurrect things that have died off during the pandemic. Put to death bad habits that have crept up during the pandemic. Last week , you raised $1600 for Hurricane relief. Sons of Issachar… they knew the times…

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If you were to ask me what you wore last week to church, I probably could not tell you. However, if you were to ask me what a particular person 25 years in a little town of Arkansas wore, I could still tell you to this day. His name was Vern. Prior to a circumstance 25 years ago I had never seen Vern…

A story has been told of a time when the Lord told a man he had work for him to do, and showed him a large rock in front of the man’s cabin. The Lord explained that the man was to push against the rock with all his might. This the man did, day after day. For many months he toiled from sun up to sun down,…

Last week: Jesus is Lord Talked about the 40%/60% We cannot wait for someone else to do the work. How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news! We need a paradigm change. Focus today is on an important question: Who will go? Matthew 28:20 says to “Go, make disciples.” Who is this directed…

I rolled out this morning Kids had the mornin' news show on Bryant Gumbel was talkin' 'bout the fighting in Lebanon Some senator was squawkin' 'bout the bad economy It's gonna get worse you see, we need a change in policy There's a local paper rolled up in a rubber band One more sad story's one more…

In John’s gospel, this is the final public statement of Jesus. In it we see the Son’s glorification, His mission , and his Witness. The Glorification of The Son, 12:20-26. Verse 20 is the fulfillment of the Pharisees remarks in verse 19. The Greeks were God-fearers, probably from Decapolis or Syria,…

Introduction Torah Portion This Torah Portion goes from Deuteronomy 3:23-7:11 In our previous Torah portion we talked about Moses feeling tired, perhaps even angry How can I alone bear your problems and your burdens and your complaints? Moses had to establish lines of command through the tribes to organize…

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…

Introduction Well good morning once again. It’s good to be with you today. Go ahead and turn in your Bible to the book of Hebrews, chapter 3. We are going to be diving into verses 7-19 this morning. As you do that I want to call your attention to a couple of additional announcements. On June 26 we are…

Luke 9:18–21 (NASB95) And it happened that while He was praying alone, the disciples were with Him, and He questioned them, saying, “Who do the people say that I am?” 19 They answered and said, “John the Baptist, and others say Elijah; but others, that one of the prophets of old has risen again.” 20…

Each week we deal with news, including bad news and good news. The good news this week is that our granddaughter Abigail made a dramatic turn around in her breathing, and improved to the point that she was able to travel home to Blairsville this past Friday. To God be the glory, great things HE has done…

Introduction Well we have come to the end of Ephesians - the whole letter leads up to this point. W are now ready to do battle. Are you ready? 10 Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of his might. 11 Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the schemes of the…

Leader Guide ESV, Unit 15, Session 1 © 2019 LifeWay Christian Resources. Permission granted to reproduce and distribute within the license agreement with purchaser. Edited by Rev. Lex DeLong, M.A., Jan. 2023. Summary and Goal In the previous unit, we explored why God would judge the sins of His people.…

Leader Guide ESV, Unit 15, Session 1 © 2019 LifeWay Christian Resources. Permission granted to reproduce and distribute within the license agreement with purchaser. Edited by Rev. Lex DeLong, M.A., Jan. 2023. Summary and Goal In the previous unit, we explored why God would judge the sins of His people.…

Welcome to the Lighthouse We are so glad you made it here today. Last week the first week of Advent we centered on Hope. This week, week two of Advent we are centered on Peace. In our present situation, it seems peace is hard to come by. Peace in the World – nowhere close Peace in the Country – recent…