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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 [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…

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…

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…

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This morning we’re going to start a series studying the book of James. We’ll start in James 1 and work our way through the whole book. The book of James was written by James the half brother of Jesus (see Matthew 13:55 and Gal. 1:9 ). He was a firsthand witness of the sinless life of Jesus. It’s pretty…

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Morning 7 July 2024

Illumination Apparent Contradictions There are several verses that pose a problem for us as they seem to contradict well-established truth. Matthew 6:14–15 (NKJV) 14 “For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. 15 But if you do not forgive men their trespasses,…

Good morning church! If you have your Bibles go ahead and flip on over to Matthew 6 . We’re going to continue our series on Kingdom People looking through the Sermon on the Mount at Jesus’ instructions for his followers. Today’s passage is one that has really caught me by surprise by how much I’ve enjoyed…

Matthew 6:9-12 / Luke 11:2-4 The larger passage before us, the Sermon on the Mount ( Matt 5-7 ), is probably the most famous sermon in the history of the world. And the smaller passage before us ( Matt 6:9-13 ; Luke 11:2-4 ) is probably the most famous prayer in the history of the world. So, what does…

Torah Portion: Leviticus 16:1-34 Haftarah: Jonah 1:1-4:11 - Micah 7:18-19 Isaiah 57:14-58:14 Review Three Weeks Picture of the Three Weeks of Sorrow/ 3 Rebukes “Nachamu Nachamu Comforted but Zion said alone Third consolation: anaya Soarah 67 Before I was afflicted I went astray, But now I keep Your word.…

Introduction to Matthew 6

NOTE: This is a manuscript, and not a transcript of this message. The actual presentation of the message differed from the manuscript through the leading of the Holy Spirit. Therefore, it is possible, and even likely that there is material in this manuscript that was not included in the live presentation…

Colossians 3:12-17 In our Church context, culture is a beautiful tapestry of learned and shared beliefs, language, norms, values, and symbols. It's a system that helps us identify ourselves and provides a comforting framework within our community. ‌ What are some cultures in the Church we have come to…

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…

If you have your Bible’s go ahead and flip them on over to Matthew 6 . Today we’re going to be looking at what is probably the most widely quoted passage of Scripture outside of John 3:16 : The Lord’s Prayer. I don’t know if you’ve ever had one of those days where you show up to work and you know that…

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…

Previously, Jesus has been addressing misunderstandings of the law and of practice. In this section, he addresses three practices (giving, praying, and fasting). In each of them there is a contrast between the practices of the religious leaders of the day and how followers of Jesus ought to practice…

Do you ever find it difficult to pray? Don’t you wish that coming to faith in Christ would come with an automatic download of how to pray effectively? Have you ever felt like praying was a waste of time? Have you ever been asked to pray and didn’t know what to say? Have you ever looked at someone else’s…

Intro This is a topic requested by you on the survey. Forgiveness Forgiveness is at the heart of what it means to be a Christian. The Bible has a lot to say about it so buckle up. One day Jesus said to his disciples, “There will always be temptations to sin, but what sorrow awaits the person who does…

Intro; This morning we are going to look at a very important part of the Christians life that I can say with shame and embarrassment, it is practiced little in my own life. I will be the first to say I am not worthy to speak on this subject because of my failures in this area, but it is in God’s Word…

Lent experiences? Lent is a period of 40 days, excluding Sundays between Ash Wednesday and Easter Represents Jesus’ time in the wilderness Supposed to be a fasting period Lexham Bible Dictionary defines fasting as A ritual of abstaining from food and/or drink for a predetermined period; Biblical basis…

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…