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Today we begin a new series on Prayer called Prayer that Works. For the next several weeks we are going to look at different people that prayed in the Bible and look at the results they had. I would guess that probably all of us have struggled with prayer at one time or another. I can see it now, you…

Welcome to Heartland Christian Church. if this is your first time here we are happy to have you. Let’s get started. Please Stand. Somebody give him thanks for something He is or does. Today we’ll be reading Psalm 51 . Psalm 51 says: To the choirmaster. A Maskil of David, when Doeg, the Edomite, came…

When they had finished breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, “Simon, son of John, do you love me more than these?” He said to him, “Yes, Lord; you know that I love you.” He said to him, “Feed my lambs.” "The church is to be a community of people who know how to love and how to live, a community that…

Reading 1 John 1:1-10 Introduction Today was going to be our last day in James but I have decided to break it up into two more sermons. We are going to finish out the the section of scripture we started last week by picking up where we left off in prayer and finish his thoughts on that. Next week we…

This Torah Portion: Gen 44:18 - 47:27 Introduction In the previous Torah portions we talked about how Jacob finally settled and had children - among who Joseph became the first born of promise We heard how Joseph had a first dream -regarding ruling over his brothers and that seem to have made him overconfident…

It is important to be reminded of vision. Vision without action is a dream. Action without vision is a nightmare. Part of shepherding is keeping us laser focused. We easily forget and get distracted. We gain new people that don’t understand. So we will kick off 2023 with a couple sermons that help us…

Learn to suffer well

1. The Practice of Honesty 2. The Practice of Order in the Home 3. The Practice of Resolving Conflict Spiritually 4. The Practice of Peacefulness 5. The Practice of Bearing Holy Fruit e. The Christian is to bear the {fruit} of the Spirit in his daily walk. Gal. 5:22-23 G alatians 5:22-23 22 But the fruit…

Things are not as they always seem. Sometimes what we see doesn’t at first make sense to us. This is especially true if we are unfamiliar with a practice of another culture or person. We need to live integrated lives. This is part of what James has been teaching us. As we gather into Holy Week, and I…

Introduction Another moral failure. Why isn’t the church more different from the world? All the same issues. 1 What causes quarrels and what causes fights among you? Is it not this, that your passions are at war within you? 2 You desire and do not have, so you murder. You covet and cannot obtain, so…

Our time in the book of James is coming to a close today. How have you liked it? Has it been convicting? Encouraging? It has been tough for me as I catch myself in situations addressed by James. James closes his letter as he began it, with a call to prayer. In 1:5, after an opening challenge about joy…

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,…

There was a 5 year old boy, who told his dad he wanted a baby brother, and that he was willing to do whatever he could to have one. His father told him: “I’ll tell you what, if you pray every day for two months, I guarantee God will give you one!” The boy eagerly agreed, and began to pray every night…

The Church is called to caring for the poor, needy, and afflicted We have allowed pagans and degenerates to hijack social justice But the Church has always been meant to be the center of charity Justin Martyr (Justin the philosopher) gives us insight into the earliest churches He tells us Christians…

This morning, our Scripture lesson from Luke is just one verse—we are revisiting Luke 6:19 . Although, the function of Luke 6:17-19 is to provide the context and location of the Sermon on the Plain, this verse jumped out at me and I could not get it out of my mind. It is a very powerful picture of Jesus’…

Over the past few weeks we have taken a look at some of the Lord’s Parables that He used to teach others as well as His own disciples important lessons. Last week we began to look at some of the parables that deal with Christian living. In other words, how are we to live as believers? Today I want to…

Main Idea Prayer is a means by which God works out His ends and changes us in the process Outline & Passage Why is devoted prayer a core value? I - Because it's effectual II - It honors God III - It’s thoroughly biblical IV - It changes us 6 do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer…

Welcome Good morning everyone, today we are finishing our series on the book of James. He has been speaking against them doing a lot of different things, arguing, slandering one another, looking out for themselves, but in the last part of James he speaks more pastorally to the church, offering sympathy…

James 5:13-18 Focusing on 2 verses here. As James is speaking of prayer, effective prayer that God answers, he goes to Elijah. And then he says, Elijah is like us. So what does James mean. After all what we tend to remember about Elijah are things like calling down fire from heaven, raising the dead.…

Introduction How often do we hear “My prayers are with you” when something happens? How often do we not even pray when we say we will? How often do we think prayer is not enough? Many times we equate prayer to a trivial almost non essential aspect of our Christian lives. We forsake prayer when we should…

God NEVER ignores the prayers of his children. (With one exception - 1 Peter 3:7 ) 7 Likewise, husbands, live with your wives in an understanding way, showing honor to the woman as the weaker vessel, since they are heirs with you of the grace of life, so that your prayers may not be hindered. Men, bear…

Today we are concluding our series on the Book of James. If you have not read James, go back and read this short book. There are only 5 chapters. It won’t take you long to read it. If you don’t like to read, find it in some kind of audio device and listen to it. Over the last few weeks we have learned…

2 Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds, 3 for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness. 4 And let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing. 12 Blessed is the man who remains steadfast under trial,…

Reading 1 Thessalonians 5:12-24 Introduction We are coming to the end of James. We have two more weeks and we will cover the last section of James’ teaching. Throughout the book we have seen James focus on a couple themes. We have seen that he had been encouraging and correcting the Christian believers…

Don’t Give Up This morning I just sense a different anointing. I just want to encourage you today. Some of you are fasting. You need God to move. You need God to answer. You are seeking a fresh vision of Jesus. You are hungry. You are desperate. You have been in a wilderness. But hear me, the wilderness…