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Recap This is our 7th session of the study through the Lord’s Prayer, or what I like to refer to it as - the Model Prayer. We have learned several things from this study. We have learned that: God is our Father He is good He is powerful We are to worship God We must seek His kingdom Righteousness Peace…

Introduction Twenty five years ago I was a teenager full of bright ideas. My best friend and I were walking around our school’s fall festival. We were going from booth to booth getting SOOO much candy. Somehow, we ended up with a bunch of chem-lights. We snapped a few of them and then we got a bright…

Seek First The Kingdom of God… Matthew 6:33 (NASB95) 33 “But seek first His kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things will be added to you. Isreal was the first word picture of a Kingdom that was to come with our Messiah’s entrance. Ezrah and Nehemiah were one book in the past. Ezrah and Nehemiah…

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…

“I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. The hired hand, since he is not the shepherd and doesn’t own the sheep, leaves them and runs away when he sees a wolf coming. The wolf then snatches and scatters them. This happens because he is a hired hand and doesn’t care…

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…

Align Yourself A Christian’s Motive To magnify the beauty , goodness , and or greatness of God Therefore, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God. What you go to do or say represents the Lord Jesus Christ. And whatever you do in word or deed, do all in the name of the…

Ephesians 5:8-21 I love a well lit home. When they did the remodel in the kitchen they added some can lights in the ceiling placed throughout. I love to see the kitchen all lit up. I think there is something cozy about a warmly lit, study with a fireplace and warm colors all around. But There is just…

Wealth under the sun Ecclesiastes 4 and 5:8-22 BI: Many problems come when you love money, love Jesus and be content and give to Gospel ministry Introduction Well I wonder if you can tell me the artist of these songs. · Money don’t get everything its true but what I don’t get I can’t use, just give me…

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…

The offer of peace Jesus is the Prince of peace ( Isa9:6 ) who left His peace ( Jn14:27 ) Jesus the peacemaker makes the way of peace with God ( Jn14:6 ; Rom5:1 ) Jesus the peacemaker makes the way of peace with mankind ( Rom12:18 ) (Transition) Jesus the peacemaker, makes way for man to have “peace…

1 Therefore, since Christ suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves also with the same mind, for he who has suffered in the flesh has ceased from sin, 2 that he no longer should live the rest of his time in the flesh for the lusts of men, but for the will of God. 3 For we have spent enough of our…

1 In the meantime, when so many thousands of the people had gathered together that they were trampling one another, he began to say to his disciples first, “Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy. 2 Nothing is covered up that will not be revealed, or hidden that will not be known.…

14 But each person is tempted when he is lured and enticed by his own desire. 6 So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was to be desired to make one wise, she took of its fruit and ate, and she also gave some to her husband who…

Announcements: Tonight Youth Wednesday Night - Children Building Project Council - Meet after service This month - we are looking at Common Ailments. We know the church is to behave as a hospital for sinners - this is a medical facility, a place where people come to receive care. The members of the church…

INTRODUCTION Pay attention to yourselves! If your brother sins, rebuke him, and if he repents, forgive him, and if he sins against you seven times in the day, and turns to you seven times, saying, ‘I repent,’ you must forgive him.” Forgiveness is very important in the Bible For if you forgive others…

Introduction Less than one week away. One bullet per year. Focus & Relaxation. Focus on target, slowly squeezing trigger. Breathing, don’t flinch. It requires an outward and inward balance. Prayer has an upward and inward balance. Last week, outward / upward focus. The breath to center us on the Heavenly…

Introduction [Ashes] “Holy man” in a far eastern city, covered with ashes. Sitting on a prominent street corner. Tourists, reapply ashes to “give the best image of destitution and humility.” “A great deal of religion amounts to nothing more than rearranging religious “ashes” to impress the world with…

Introduction Last week we started studying about the topic of prayer. As Jesus is going through His Sermon on the Mount, He addresses in Chapter 6 three spiritual disciplines: giving, prayer, and fasting. We just finished a 12-week study on Wednesday evenings through a book titled Don’t Give the Enemy…

Anxiety is an increasingly distressing reality for Australians. Why, when we are increasingly safe and protected, are we increasingly worried? Jesus and the Apostle Paul have some powerful insights about anxiety and how to respond to it. Join Malcolm as he unpacks these encouraging and transforming passages of Scripture.

The Answer to Worry Spelunking in Rockwood Park — A moment of panic if God is God up there he will be down here as well It is not wise to tell an anxious person to calm down. Or someone who is hyperventilating to breathe normally. I have found what helps most is being a peaceful presence in the midst…

Beyond Wealth: The Truth About God's Blessings and the Prosperity Gospel We all need prosperity! But what kind? What is Prosperity? Hebrew Word: “Tsalach” (Strong’s H6743) • This word is often translated as “prosper” or “success” in the King James Version (KJV). • Meaning : To advance, to succeed, to…

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…

And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. Forgive us our sins, for we also forgive everyone who sins against us. And lead us not into temptation.’ ” What is Jesus talking about? Why the three terms? The Debts of Israel Deuteronomy 15:1-11 ; Lev. 25:8-13 ; At the end of every seven…

Nahum is now turning the focus on the vision the LORD has given him regarding the divine judgment that will fall— the destruction of Nineveh, the capital of the powerful Assyrian Empire in the seventh century BC. Nahum tells the story of the fall of Nineveh in a poetic and vivid way. The message is clear:…