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Watch out for Pride! It is good to be back with you. Jennifer Jaida and I spent some time with my family over the past few weeks and it was good to be with them, but we missed our church family. So, it is wonderful to see you this morning. Today I want to talk to you about the folly of Pride and its…

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…

Message: Keep on the Firing Line Paul’s Second Missionary Journey In Acts chapter 18, the Apostle Paul comes to Corinth where… He cultivated a relationship with Aquila and Priscilla and… In an effort to support himself, began to work and… to witness. Acts 18:5 (KJV 1900) And when Silas and Timotheus…

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…

Intro Series called it’s complicated but it doesn’t have to be complicated if we do it God’s way. The series titled kind of defines what our relationships look like, not only at home but at work and in really every relationship we have. But it’s doesn’t have to be complicated. Things become complicated…

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…

Amos 5 is the Lord’s attempt to cause a stiff necked and hard hearted people to turn from their sin and seek Him. How do you get a hard hearted person to seek the Lord How does the Lord motivate hard hearted people to seek Him? Seeking the Lord is not a once and done decision. Seeking the Lord is a lot…

Salvation Never Runs Dry I remember being in a city where I noticed that the people resorted to a favorite well in one of the parks. I said to a man one day: “Does the well never run dry?” The man was drinking of the water out of the well; and as he stopped drinking, he smacked his lips, and said: “They…

Isaiah 65 Good evening church! One important announcement that I haven’t yet decided if I’ll announce on Sunday, or just let the Wednesday faithful know…next week is our last Wednesday night service for 10 weeks as we enter into our Growth Group Fall Kickoff. Since it is our last midweek service for…

INTRODUCTION Final sermon is our August series “Winning the Good Fight” Today’s lesson is important and has an immediate practical application We will look at: Defining God’s Joy The Difference between Joy and Happiness Acknowledging the reality of challenging circumstances Developing a Joyful Lifestyle…

In a poll a few years back, 70% of Americans said they were concerned about the decline in moral values in our society. It’s easy to see that there has been a decline in moral values. The LGBTQ agenda that’s being forced down everyone’s throats… pure crookedness in our political entities, and general…

You’ve probably never heard of the name Sayyid Qutb. But Sayyid Qutb has had a profound effect on your life. On your family, on your job, on your future, on your travel. Even though he died about forty years ago he has had profound influence on you through his worldview. How did he do that? Sayyid Qutb…

I Timothy 2:1-8 Good morning church! Open your Bibles with me please to 1 Timothy chapter 2 for a message entitled One God and one Mediator. Let’s pray: Father, we ask this morning that you would be our teacher, that by the same Spirit that these Scriptures were inspired, you would illuminate our understanding,…

Deception Defined : an act or statement that misleads, hides the truth, or promotes a belief, concept, or idea that is not true; A falsehood. But exhort one another every day, as long as it is called “today,” that none of you may be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin. The simple believes everything,…

Devotion 23 Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful. Prayer Announcements Weekly Theme: Moved By God Word for the Week: Obedience starts with reverence towards God which expresses itself in the actions, words, and worship of believers. True reverence…

Introduction Definitions Truth Jesus is the source of ALL truth. He taught the the truth is determined by God’s Word. Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.…

Isaiah 30-31 Good evening church. Welcome, and I’m glad you chose to spend your evening with us tonight, investing in your relationship with the Lord. Someone suggested to me that when we begin growth groups again that we shake everything up and mix the groups, the leaders, put the people in different…

The Bitterness Of Backsliding Luke 22:54-62 This afternoon I want to give us a crash course into backsliding in our lives and and truly take a look and see where we are and where we could possibly be headed. Let’s define it and then lets look at what it looks like and what it results are. So if you will,…

There is a right and a wrong way to Live Jesus Gives us Eternal Life When Jesus Comes into a persons heart theres going to be some serious change 17 And Ananias went his way, and entered into the house; and putting his hands on him said, Brother Saul, the Lord, even Jesus, that appeared unto thee in…

Let’s walk though the overarching storyline of the book once again and remind ourselves where we’ve been. We noted at the beginning of our study that this is theologized history. The original human author had a point and purpose in mind as he wrote. It was written for a specific prophetic purpose. As…

Introduction: Continuing our study in the book of Romans. We are coming out of chapter 3 into chapter 4. Last week my message was the gospel - the good news of Jesus - as it was presented in Chapter 3. That Paul describes every man a sinner, that sin separates us from God, and that we are reconciled…

Introduction This Torah Portion goes from Numbers 25:10-30:1 Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest, lest anyone fall according to the same example of disobedience. But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he…

Today, amongst other things, we will be hitting on wisdom. Specifically man’s wisdom and God’s wisdom. In that vain I looked up some words of wisdom “Before you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes. That way when you criticize them, you are a mile away from them and you have their…

Of David. 1 To you, O Lord , I lift up my soul. 2 O my God, in you I trust; let me not be put to shame; let not my enemies exult over me. 3 Indeed, none who wait for you shall be put to shame; they shall be ashamed who are wantonly treacherous. 4 Make me to know your ways, O Lord ; teach me your paths.…

Choices How do people make choices? Based on desire. Based on obligation. Based on necessity. Based on reputation. Based on resignation. At our core we are designed and required to make choices each and every day. It is an inescapable part of our existence. Even to not make a choice is by it’s nature…