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People often ask, and if we are honest, we all want to be able to know the Will of God. One of the problems is that, we, our culture, think we are smart. If you think about it. I have seen Nuclear Bombs detonated when they were tested. I remember when we first sent a person into space and then landed…

The Fear of the Lord Awe and Reverence of God. We were over in the building next door, and Harold Eberle was with us. He asked us if we wanted to know God more and wanted more of Him. He had us close our eyes and groan and plea for more of God. I remember crying out for more of God. I remember saying…

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…

The eyes of the Lord are in every place, keeping watch on the evil and the good. For a man’s ways are before the eyes of the Lord , and he ponders all his paths. O Lord , you have searched me and known me! You know when I sit down and when I rise up; you discern my thoughts from afar. You search out…

Fear them not therefore: for there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; and hid, that shall not be known. What I tell you in darkness, that speak ye in light: and what ye hear in the ear, that preach ye upon the housetops. And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the…

Introduction: 26 “So have no fear of them, for nothing is covered that will not be revealed, or hidden that will not be known. 27 What I tell you in the dark, say in the light, and what you hear whispered, proclaim on the housetops. 28 And do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul.…

Intro: Have you ever gotten home after a long day and just wanted to collapse into bed. It seems like at different stages in life I’ve had that, a few times this week I have just wanted to collapse in bed after a long day. I know many of you have experienced that level of weariness. Many of you more…

Closely related to God’s omnipresence is the attribute of omniscience. God knows everything we do because wherever we go, He is already there. He knows why we do what we do because He sees our true motives even more clearly than we ourselves do. This is the truth of divine omniscience. Psalm 147:5 says…

1. The source of animosity. (vs. 1-3) What causes quarrels and what causes fights among you? Is it not this, that your passions are at war within you? A. The origin of animosity. B. The anatomy of animosity. You desire and do not have, so you murder. You covet and cannot obtain, so you fight and quarrel.…

A Cal to Spiritual Wholeness Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God. Verse 4 James calls the Church or believers adulterers and adulteresses. Actually, there is only one word…

Hebrews 11:1-29 Good morning church! I want to dig right in this morning because we have a lot to go through. But I first want to remind you of the challenge that Pastor Jim left off with last week concerning what are we doing for the Lord? Are we taking risks? And by risks he didn’t mean jumping out…

In Season or out of season — Preach the Word I charge you therefore before God and the Lord Jesus Christ, who will judge the living and the dead at His appearing and His kingdom: Preach the word! Be ready in season and out of season. Convince, rebuke, exhort, with all longsuffering and teaching. For…

The Mission Introduce, set timer, welcome, introduce series In Chapters 1 and 2 we were introduced to the king, and Matthew gave us proof that he is in fact the rightful heir to God’s kingdom. And in chapters 3 and 4 God comissions Jesus and he goes out and he states his purpose. Preach the message,…

14 “Now therefore fear the Lord and serve him in sincerity and in faithfulness. Put away the gods that your fathers served beyond the River and in Egypt, and serve the Lord . 15 And if it is evil in your eyes to serve the Lord , choose this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your fathers served…

TEXT: JAMES 4:7-10 | DRAW NIGH INTRO ILLUSTRATION : If I were to ask you how to be close to God, what would you say? My guess, is that your thought is the same as mine… Read your Bible, and pray. From a child we are taught that is the answer to being closer to God. “Read your Bible, pray everyday, and…

WWJD (What Would Jesus Do)?

Intro: There is a word in the English language that is often used, is always negative, and few preachers like to preach about it. Do you know what it is? Hell. Hell is charactered in many comic strips, rolled off the tongue as “light profanity,” screamed as a curse in people’s faces, feared by some,…

Peace is Not Guaranteed 34 “Do not think that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I have not come to bring peace, but a sword. 35 For I have come to set a man against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law. 36 And a person’s enemies will be…

Saul becomes king 7 And when the Philistines heard that the children of Israel were gathered together to Mizpeh, the lords of the Philistines went up against Israel. And when the children of Israel heard it , they were afraid of the Philistines. 8 And the children of Israel said to Samuel, Cease not…

Persecution Is Real 16 “Behold, I am sending you out as sheep in the midst of wolves, so be wise as serpents and innocent as doves. 17 Beware of men, for they will deliver you over to courts and flog you in their synagogues, 18 and you will be dragged before governors and kings for my sake, to bear witness…

Have you ever wanted to write a book? Me neither. Writing books is really hard. Reading books takes a while, I imagine writing one takes a little longer. Now, what’s funny is we’re a church of about 100 people, and we have several authors in our midst! Gene Poppino has helped write a book. Hannah Russell…

I. Introduction All true believers receive their authority and power from God is a common one in the Bible. This closely with the fact that believers should not fear what man can do to them, but rather fear God, who holds eternity in his hands. II. Believers do not operate on their own authority! Paul…

Last time we discussed Jesus healing the two blind men, commanding them to tell no one, but instead they proclaimed it all over the land. Jesus healed the man with a demon and was unable to speak. He was accused of casting out the demon by the prince of demons by the Pharisees. And, the last discourse…

Does scripture support a tri-nature part of humanity? Looking at how we are created, in the image and likeness of God…makes one ponder does that mean we also have a tri-nature like God? In some ways, we think of humans as body, and we shouldn’t look over the fact that there is an immortal soul with each…

God Sees me. 1 O Lord , thou hast searched me, and known me . 2 Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, Thou understandest my thought afar off. 3 Thou compassest my path and my lying down, And art acquainted with all my ways. 4 For there is not a word in my tongue, But , lo, O Lord , thou knowest…