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Scriptures 24 No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon. 16 Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin…

Now in looking at Matthew 6:19–34 , we have a very practical portion of Scripture which our Lord outlines for us. He gives principles to eliminate the love of money, principles to remove our affection from moving in that direction. There are four of them. Let me suggest them to you at the outset and…

Romans 12.1-5 Last week we began a short four week series entitled the Truth about Change. We saw last week that Change is inevitable. For everything there is a season, the Bible tells us, and change must happen in order for those seasons to come. Many are resistant to change, but we just need to accept…

Pathway of Hope: Handing our Money Faithfully Read Matthew 25:14-30 “For it will be like a man going on a journey, who called his servants and entrusted to them his property. To one he gave five talents, to another two, to another one, to each according to his ability. Then he went away. He who had received…

Morning 1 September 24

Today we’re bringing to a close on our series looking at different spiritual rules or practices to draw us closer to Jesus. We’ve covered three so far - the practice of slowing down, or ruthlessly eliminating hurry, finding prayer rhythms that help us to glow in the dark, and last week looked at radical…

Intro ; Throughout the Bible light is contrasted with darkness. God is light ( 1 John 1:5 ), and living in the light refers to living in God’s truth, goodness, and wisdom. On the other hand, living in darkness describes living in sin or living a life apart from God. Paul makes a very clear distinction…

Man, what a fun Sunday! Church I hope you’re as encouraged as I am by what you’ve seen this morning. Mothers, I hope you’re hearts have been blessed by today. If you’re a guest with us I want to say welcome! I know we’ve got a bunch of family here today to celebrate and what a celebration it’s been.…

James 5 Good morning Saints! If there was anywhere in the book of James that it was true what some commentators say about the similarities between James and the book of Proverbs it might be this fifth chapter. As James prepares to close out his letter, he hits on various topics that kind of jump from…

Intro; Tennessee Titans’ center, Kevin Long [ 1998-2001 ], who played under Coach Bobby Bowden at Florida State University, said his college coach inspired the team with parables. Kevin recounted a favorite story: [ Bowden ] was playing college baseball, and he had never hit a home run. Finally, he hit…

The Purpose Fascination - Discovery - Identity - Authenticity One day, Napoleon was speaking of the Divinity of Christ; when General Bertrand said:— “I can not conceive, sire, how a great man like you can believe that the Supreme Being ever exhibited himself to men under a human form, with a body, a…

What is our “Daily” bread? Give us today our daily bread. This seems like the easiest part to interpret, except that we don’t actually know what “daily” means. There are three possible interpretations, and they are all Biblical. Give us today the bread we NEED to SURVIVE . The whole Israelite community…

Making room in my life to listen and respond to the Holy Spirit means that I must declutter my life in order to make room.

But as for you, O man of God, flee these things. Pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, steadfastness, gentleness. Fight the good fight of the faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called and about which you made the good confession in the presence of many witnesses. I charge…

Torah Portion: Exodus 30:11-34:35 March 18, 2023 Haftarah: 1 Kings 18:1-39 Review Hebrew Bitterness Pride Shema - 1. 2. 3. Picture of Korah Bold Picture of Tannin (2) New Moon Picture of Hodesh Full Moon Picture of Moed Picture of Time between New and full moon Picture of New and full moon Picture of…

We are surviving birthday season at our house. Jan 30th was Grace’s birthday. This past Monday was David’s birthday. This week is Valentine’s Day. The following week is my birthday. Crazy season. It’s a time of celebrating what God has done in each person’s life and remembering the journey to this point.…

No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon. Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye…

Recap from last week 19 “Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moths and vermin destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. 20 But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moths and vermin do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal. 21 For where your treasure…

There is a term used in popular culture today called adulting. This term applies to any responsibility of being an adult. Things like laundry, taking out the trash, getting the oil changed in your car, and paying bills. When I was a substitute teacher, I always asked the juniors and seniors in high school…

The Battle for Your Heart Remember, John the Baptist welcomed Jesus Christ with the message “Repent for the Kingdom of God is at Hand”. Jesus’ begins teaching about the Kingdom and explains the standards of this new Kingdom, a Holy Kingdom. He begins with The Beatitudes about how we should view ourselves…

The message this morning has been on my heart for quite sometime. So, I have prayed a lot over it and put a lot of thought into it. Money often times seems to be an issue in the church. But, I am not sure that it should be. There are many unhealthy perspectives on giving. Those of us who have been in…

Moreover when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance: for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to fast. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward. But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine head, and wash thy face; That thou appear not unto men to fast, but unto…

Recap Last time we talked about the basic principle which is where are we laying up our treasures, we covered verses 19-24. We learned that it is not wrong to have wealth, to have investments as long as they do not consume us and we are using them to further God’s kingdom. As Brother Bobby said last…

For the next few messages from me we are going to be talking about faith and God’s provision, and where is our faith placed. But before we dive into the text we need to understand what that word means, so I have a definition and then I also have some information from some surveys done to show us where…

Kids are going back to school. Some are looking forward to it some are not. If FB is right, most if not all parents are looking forward to it. I always liked school, because it meant football season was here and I got to see all of my friends. But not everyone likes for school to start. One guy said…