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A Heart for Others (Part 2) 1Thess. 3:6-13 Intro Last week we looked at the first 5 verses of this chapter. We saw: I. Paul's Concern A. His Affection for the Church a Strong affection for others will always lead to sacrifice. Love gives itself away for its object. Selfless commitment to meet others’…

Many of us remember a rhyme from our grade school playground: “Sticks and stones can break my bones but words can never hurt me.” We all probably know that this rhyme is not entirely true. Robert Fulghum in his book, All I Ever Really Needed to Know I Learned in Kindergarten, turned that phrase a bit…

Today we are wrapping up this six part study of the Good News called, “Life in 6 Words.” We get these six words by using the word “Gospel” as an acrostic. As a way of review, let’s walk through these six words one final time… G - God created us to be with Him. ( Genesis 1-2 ) O - Our sins separate us…

Introduction E.g. Chasing the jet ski Fell off jet ski & had to keep swimming after it as it ‘snaked’ its way up the river By the time I caught it I was too exhausted and annoyed to keep going so I went back For many people happiness, contentment, satisfaction in life seems like chasing the jet ski It…

Introduction As I read my devotions this morning, I was in the book of Proverbs and ran across a series of contrasting statements: (Read some of Pro. 10 ) And with that, I began to contemplate universal truths. Things that you are either doing one thing or the other. One is true, therefore the other…

Brave Today we are continuing the music focused series called “Playlist” where we take popular songs and look for God’s truth in them. When Jesus taught, He would often do something similar. To help people see God’s truth, sometimes Jesus would use common cultural references to relate to the people and…

INTRO GOES HERE Scripture instructs God’s people to love one another and illustrates what this means in practice. Why Love One Another God Commands Us To Love For the whole law is fulfilled in one word: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” You shall not take vengeance or bear a grudge against…

Overcoming Drama-Makers - Lessons Learned Today, we’re going to continue in the series we’ve been in called No More Drama. What I want to do this week is take you through some final steps that summarize what to do with the drama makers in your life. I’m calling this message Keeping the drama-makers from…

Good morning, Gateway! Psalm 34:1-6 Pray Intro I remember a car ride home with my mom from church when I was about 12 and I was a real know-it-all. Our church just got a new youth pastor, and my mom was asking me about the service. “How’d it go? What’d you think of the new guy?” “He seems nice, but I…

Signs Of An Idiot Attention Getter: Why the need for Guru’s Jordan Peterson - Male Responsibility; Dave Ramsey - Financial Responsibility; The Entire self -help section. Introduce Topic: People are looking for practical answers to real questions and problems. Scripture: Background: Challenge Audience:…

Unity/Undivided We must all hang together, or assuredly we shall all hang separately. Ben Franklin At the signing of the Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776 What does God’s Word say about unity? 1 Behold, how good and how pleasant it is For brothers to dwell together in unity! 2 It is like the…

Announcements: Work being completed on the building Saturday December 4th - Worship Practice Sunday December 12th - Holiday Dinner Friday December 24th - Christmas Eve Service. 6pm 21 Days of Prayer and Fasting - January 10-30th Prayer Requests: Update on Louise Sermon: Recap last week: Missionaries,…

1 At that time the disciples came to Jesus and said, “Who then is greatest in the kingdom of heaven?” 2 And He called a child to Himself and set him before them, 3 and said, “Truly I say to you, unless you are converted and become like children, you will not enter the kingdom of heaven. 4 “Whoever then…

By Being Faithful 3 Do not let kindness and truth leave you; Bind them around your neck, Write them on the tablet of your heart. 4 So you will find favor and good repute In the sight of God and man. Kindness toward men is paired with truth (also translated firmness or faithfulness) toward men and God.…

I. Motive of the Heart A. God Knows It 11 Sheol and Abaddon lie open before the Lord , How much more the hearts of men! B. God Weighs It 2 All the ways of a man are clean in his own sight, But the Lord weighs the motives. 2 Every man’s way is right in his own eyes, But the Lord weighs the hearts. 3 The…

Introduction The Power of the Tongue Blessing vs Cursing Heaven vs Hell Peace vs Destruction The wise of heart will receive commandments, but a babbling fool will come to ruin. The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life, but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence. The lips of the righteous feed…

Welcome... Introduction... Prayer... Outline Ch 1:1 - 2:10 (Elect) Ch 2:11 - 4:19 (Exiles) Ch 5:1 - 5:14 (Submission) Outline (2:11-4:19) Ch 2:11-12 (Pivot) Ch 2:13-3:7 (Case Studies) 2:13-17 (Human Institutions) 2:18-25 (Servants/Masters) 3:1-7 (Wives/Husbands) Ch 3:8-17 (Clarification - v. 9) Ch 3:18-22…

12 Hatred stirs up strife, But love covers all sins. 7 But the end of all things is at hand; therefore be serious and watchful in your prayers. 8 And above all things have fervent love for one another, for “love will cover a multitude of sins.” Intro: If the COVID-19 pandemic wasn't enough, it is layered…

Or Do I Love You What is Love? What do people say? Love is blind Love is sometimes stupid Love makes you lack judgement Love makes you do dumb things So Jacob served seven years for Rachel and they seemed to him but a few days because of his love for her. So what is Love? Real Love But the fruit of the…

I need volunteers How do you show love? Is love a thing or an action? Is love shown through our actions? What is the definition of love? What is the difference between a selfish love and God’s love? A Lasting Love 16 And so we know and rely on the love God has for us. God is love. Whoever lives in love…

Last we put our study in Isaiah on hold until January so that we could do a study that will help us end this year in a better place and to start the new decade in a healthy way.It’s a study about Praise.What we are doing is looking at Psalm 145 , the only Psalm that is called a Psalm of praise and studying…

How do you now what God is calling you to do? He won’t let you do anything else. Jonah 1 Now the word of the Lord came to Jonah the son of Amittai, saying, 2 “Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry out against it; for their wickedness has come up before Me.” 3 But Jonah arose to flee to Tarshish…

We all have people in our lives that we are convinced that make our lives more difficult. ( boss We try to solve things but we make things worse. Boudreaux Joke - Boudreaux comes into the grocery… lump under his shirt… dynamite… Boudreaux It seems that everytime God is leading us to do something great,…

INTRODUCTION God is no respecter of person, but He does make a distinction between the Righteous and the Wicked The Righteous are recognized by their Position where they walk where they stand where they sit The Righteous are recognized by their Passions Their delight is in the Law of the Lord It is always…

Love Lets It Go 5 or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; In our attempts to learn how to love, we find that not everyone is as easy to love as others. We sing the song, “How sweet to hold a newborn baby...” Wait until that baby gets older... Some of those sweet…