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As we look at tonights portion of scripture, I want to ask you this - has God given you any gifts / talents? Of course He has - each and every one of us. 4 Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit; 5 and there are varieties of service, but the same Lord; 6 and there are varieties of activities,…

What do you hate? What you hate says a lot about you. Do you hate being cut off on the freeway? Do you hate filling and paying taxes? Do you hate family gatherings? Do you hate election years? What is it that you hate? In Amos 6 we find out one thing that God hates. Amos 6:8 (ESV) The Lord God has sworn…

1 “Then the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins who took their lamps and went to meet the bridegroom. “Then” is elsewhere translated,”at that time”. You may ask, “at what time?” . It is at the onset of the consummated Kingdom..... we have been looking at Matthew’s parables, and repeatedly we have…

Intro; Nobody likes to lose. We always want to win in life. Whether it is in recreation/hobbies, our job, conflicts/arguments, politically, and especially in our finances. Losing is bad enough, but what’s worse than that is when we Lose What’s Not Ours. That’s the paradox we’ll look at tonight, Losing…

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…

Fortunes What can I say. I know that some of you have asked me what happens with these two. Well the answer will be revealed soon. But let me add to the video at the end. It said sometimes what you seek is right in front of you. Let me add sometimes it is fear that keeps you from grasping it. There are…

Introduction While I was preparing this sermon I came to realise that God had been doing a work in me not only during my Christian life, nor in the period just before I was reborn, nor during adolescence, nor during my childhood but even before my birth. And do you know what? It’s true for you too! As…

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…

Review Map of the Journey in the Wilderness Picture of the Priesthood of Zadok Zaddik - Sons of Levi/ Priesthood Genealogy Picture nazir Nazareth nṣr Picture of the Branch of Righteousness Picture of the two fig trees and the menorah Send / Inspect Picture/ Shelach/ Picture of Search Out / Hepor Picture…

Torah Portion: Exodus 35:1-38:20 Haftarah: 2 Kings 11:17-12:17 Review Two Harlots Hebrew Bitterness Pride Picture of Korah Bold New Moon Picture of Time between New and full moon Picture of New and full moon Top ten songs of the Torah MISHPATIM: Heart Felt Offering Elijah Attributes of Mercy Introduction…

Ten Virgins Before we get into Matthew 25 , I want us to look at a similar event where it was not just a parable. Turn with me to Genesis 6 . 5 The Lord saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every intention of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. 6 And the Lord…

Revive Us Oh Lord God is looking for those who wish to serve Him. How many of you believe we are in a process. We call it sanctification - moving from glory to glory. How many of you have felt like me, I was in YWAM and i felt like I was lagging behind. It seemed the train was going a hundred miles an…

The parable we hear this morning follows the one we heard last week. In that parable, Jesus compared the kingdom of heaven to ten virgins who were waiting for the bridegroom. The bridegroom was delayed, and his delay revealed which of the virgins were foolish and which were wise. The wise virgins brought…

There is certain background in Daniel chapter nine that is essential to understand the events that will unfold in the following chapters of Revelation. The angel Gabriel gave Daniel a prophecy involving seventy weeks. Sixty-nine of these weeks are history but they constitute the most astonishing passage…

The goal of the sermon is: That the hearers will wisely prepare for Christ's coming, by nourishing the faith which is received from God . The problem is: That we foolishly tend to let the things of life keep us from being prepared . The means to the goal is: That Christ the Bridegroom Himself enables…

Well Done Matthew 10:40–42 (ESV) “Whoever receives you receives me, and whoever receives me receives him who sent me. The one who receives a prophet because he is a prophet will receive a prophet’s reward, and the one who receives a righteous person because he is a righteous person will receive a righteous…

JOSEPH Now Israel loved Joseph more than any other of his sons, because he was the son of his old age. And he made him a robe of many colors. So when Joseph came to his brothers, they stripped him of his robe, the robe of many colors that he wore. Then Midianite traders passed by. And they drew Joseph…

Announcements Bags of Blessing Next Week Hymn - There Is A Fountain Filled With Blood Opening Prayer Hymn - Tell Me the Story of Jesus Hymn - Lamb of Glory Prayer for Paul for the loss of his son, Richard. Communion John the Baptist was the first in the New Testament to apply the metaphor of the Messiah…

1 The Song of Songs, which is Solomon’s. 1 I came to my garden, my sister, my bride, I gathered my myrrh with my spice, I ate my honeycomb with my honey, I drank my wine with my milk. Eat, friends, drink, and be drunk with love! 17 The Lord your God is in your midst, a mighty one who will save; he will…

12 Therefore I intend always to remind you of these qualities, though you know them and are established in the truth that you have. 13 I think it right, as long as I am in this body, to stir you up by way of reminder, 14 since I know that the putting off of my body will be soon, as our Lord Jesus Christ…

Let the Reader Understand Now as Jesus was going out of the temple courts and walking away, his disciples came to show him the temple buildings. And he said to them, “Do you see all these things? I tell you the truth, not one stone will be left on another. All will be torn down!” As he was sitting on…

Numbers 16:1-18:32 Review TORAH GPS We continue to use the Torah as our guide to do our portions: b’Midbar Sinai, the camp gets organized. Naso each clan to serve Adonai its own special way. b’Ha’alot’cha the light, let it shine bright through the night. Sh’lach l’Cha spies to scout the Land, but beware…

Charles Spurgeon said: Perseverance is the badge of true saints. The Christian life is not a beginning only in the ways of God, but also a continuance in the same as long as life lasts. It is with a Christian as it was with the great Napoleon: he said, “Conquest has made me what I am, and conquest must…

But we are all as an unclean thing , And all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; And we all do fade as a leaf; And our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away. And there is none that calleth upon thy name, That stirreth up himself to take hold of thee: For thou hast hid thy face from us, And…

Right now in our culture, perhaps unlike anytime in the history of civilization, women are under attack. You are under attack in the realm of sports. You are under attack in your restrooms and locker rooms. You are under attack in the very definition of what it means to be a woman. Satan is a master…