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Abraham: Following God's Promise

Exodus 20:1-17 Hebrews 13:5 We are finishing up our series with the last of the Ten Commandments today. As we read through all of the ten commandments just earlier, we can see how this may be the perfect cap to the commandments. If we will obey this one commandment, we may be able to keep all the rest…

TEXT: GALATIANS 5:2-12 | SOMETHING SIMILAR ISN’T THE SAME INTRO ILLUSTRATION : A while ago, we had some friends that came out and as is the norm for people out of town visiting, they wanted to go to Yellowstone. We weren’t able to go with them on this trip, which was fine as they were able to make there…

TEXT: GALATIANS 5:13-15 | TO THRIVE OR TO DESTROY INTRO ILLUSTRATION : I’ve shared before that I have grown up in church. I began going to church 9 months before I was born. It’s all I’ve ever known. I’ve only ever been in 4 different churches in my entire life. I was saved at 9 years old when we were…

Torah Portion: Numbers 13:1-15:41 Haftarah : Joshua 2:1-24 Road Map Review as to where we are so far in the Torah and the haftarahs Introduction of our Haftarah from Joshua Summary of the Torah Portion: Big Picture of the Haftarah, Biblical Presentation Closing - significance Review Map of the Journey…

Walk in wisdom toward outsiders, making the best use of the time. Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how you ought to answer each person. Therefore, having put away falsehood, let each one of you speak the truth with his neighbor, for we are members one of another.…

Exodus 20:16 James 3:4-12 Well we have nearly come to the end of this series on the 10 Commandments. Today we look at Exodus 20:16 16 Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour. Did you know that eyewitness testimony is statistically known to often be incorrect? The Innocence Project, which…

1 Give thanks to the Lord , for he is good; his faithful love endures forever. “The Lord” – Yahweh He is good – joyous, pleasing, desirable, friendly, lovely, deserving of esteem and respect. This “ Good One’s ” faithful love will last forever. God’s unfailing love, kindness, goodness is exemplified…

Exodus 20:7 Matthew 5:33-37 We come today to the third commandment. There really is a progression to these commandments, they almost build one upon another. I Am Your Lord - Thou Shalt have no other gods before me. In which we looked at Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thine heart, spirit, soul…

6 And Ezra blessed the Lord , the great God. And all the people answered, Amen, Amen, with lifting up their hands: and they bowed their heads, and worshipped the Lord with their faces to the ground. 23 But he that received seed into the good ground is he that heareth the word, and understandeth it ;…

Last week we looked at the pattern of how to witness to a person. There was an example that Philip gave to us when he met the Eunuch and led him to Christ. This week, we will look more into how to lead certain people to Christ based off their ‘religious backgrounds’. This will not be an exhaustive list…

Opening Prayer: Heavenly Father, We gather in Your presence today with hearts open to Your wisdom and guidance. We thank You for the gift of this gather together with the opportunity to come together to learn and grow in Your Word. Lord, today we seek to understand more deeply the importance of communication…

A History of Mother’s Day Mother’s Day, in one form or another, has been around a long time. In ancient Greece, a celebration honoring mothers occurred every Spring. In the Middle Ages, a custom called Mothering Sunday began when children, who often left home early to learn a trade or become apprentices,…

Is God worth my time? How much of my time am I willing to give to God? Once a week? Once a day? All day? Every moment of the day? What if we were to be challenged to focus on God all day? Before and during every conversation, or decision? Often times we say that we don’t see the things of God, but how…

In our text this morning Amos begins a series of Woe oracles or woe speech. Amos uses this important word, “WOE” once here at the end of chapter 5 and two more times in chapter 6. The word WOE is a very important word. It sets the entire tone for our passage. “Woe”- a grievous an threatening cry by the…

Summary: The passages in James and Matthew both emphasize the power and importance of our words. James warns about the destructive power of the tongue, while Matthew teaches that true greatness comes from speaking and serving others with humility. Application: This sermon will encourage Christians to…

“Till sin be bitter, Christ will not be sweet.” -Thomas Watson Then God said, “Let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness, so that they may rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky, over the livestock and all the wild animals, and over all the creatures that move along the ground.”…

My brethren, let not many of you become teachers, knowing that we shall receive a stricter judgment. For we all stumble in many things. If anyone does not stumble in word, he is a perfect man, able also to bridle the whole body. Indeed, we put bits in horses’ mouths that they may obey us, and we turn…

In Christ's Kingdom and God's family honest words are essential for harmony and growth into Christlikeness.

Faith -> Action: Don't reverse the arrow!

Last week we looked at Acts 2 and the day of Pentecost. I hope that the message was somewhat helpful for getting you thinking about the gift of tongues. Maybe what I presented changed your thinking about whether or not the tongues speech was human languages, or possibly something else with the gift of…

We’re going to continue our study of James today in Chapter 3. James has been challenging us to become mature in our faith. This week, James turns his attention to the tongue. It’s another way of describing what we say. James is really concerned about the tongue. In fact, he mentions it in every chapter…

1. James and Wisdom (vv. 2-8) James discusses trials as producing maturity. Lacking nothing. No mistake that He then mentions lacking wisdom in v. 5 Proverbs 1:7 (ESV) The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge; fools despise wisdom and instruction. The end of the matter; all has been heard.…

Introduction Last time my title was “Freedom to Serve”. In that sermon, which is still available on-line, I covered a lot of scripture and used lots of examples; some based on my own experiences, to outline what it is to serve God and the methods he uses to prepare us for service. At one point in the…

Intro Of all of the parts of James, this may be one of the toughest. Last week was pretty tough, but today we are talking about our tongues. We saw this verse in the first week of the Study of James back before Christmas and I’ll use it to introduce today’s message. 26 If you claim to be religious but…