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People often ask, and if we are honest, we all want to be able to know the Will of God. One of the problems is that, we, our culture, think we are smart. If you think about it. I have seen Nuclear Bombs detonated when they were tested. I remember when we first sent a person into space and then landed…

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…

Turn to the person beside you and tell them you are glad they are in church. Turn to the other one and tell them, they need to be in church. Today we are kicking off a series about the life of Joseph , called Meant for Good . How many of you have had someone do something to you? Yea… all of us. But what…

Exodus 20:16 James 3:4-12 Well we have nearly come to the end of this series on the 10 Commandments. Today we look at Exodus 20:16 16 Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour. Did you know that eyewitness testimony is statistically known to often be incorrect? The Innocence Project, which…

Torah Portion: Genesis 21:1-34 Haftarah: 1 Samuel 1:1-2:10 Review Three Weeks Picture of the Three Weeks of Sorrow/ 3 Rebukes 7 Consolations: “Nachamu Nachamu, Comforted but Zion said alone . Third consolation: anaya Soarah: Afflicted and Stormed Tossed 67 Before I was afflicted I went astray, But now…

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…

But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ: From whom the whole body fitly joined together and compacted by that which every joint supplieth, according to the effectual working in the measure of every part, maketh increase of the body unto the edifying…

2 Peter 3:8-18 The Christmas season is a time of anticipation. We anticipate the parties we will attend the presents we will give and receive the time we will spend with our family possibly a trip we will take the seeing loved ones we do not often see and possibly many more things. As Christians we anticipate…

Matthew 5:9 We have been going through a series on the Truth about having a Blessed Home. Each week has been very convicting for me. But we all want to have a blessed home, but it takes some work to get there! We saw that a blessed home is one that hungers for Righteousness. We have seen that a blessed…

Secular - An American man visits the Holy Land with his wife and mother-in-law. Sadly the mother-in-law died. When seeing the local Israeli undertaker, it was explained that they could ship the body home for $5,000. But if they buried her locally it would cost only $150. The man said to the undertaker…

Hebrews 6 Good morning church! Very glad to see you all this morning. Just out of curiosity, how many of you read ahead this morning? I’m wondering as I kind of baited that in a previous chapter at a difficult point saying something to the effect, that if you have issue with this, just wait until you…

Matthew 11:28-30 I want to begin starting today a difficult, but incredibly important series entitled, “The Truth about Forgiveness.” Unforgiveness in our lives becomes like a cancer that eats away at us from the inside out. Researchers have devoted a great deal of attention to the questions of forgiveness.…

John 13:38 John 21:15-19 Today is the last of the eight week series on Truth. We have been looking at the times that Jesus said Verily, Verily in the book of John. Each time he says Verily, Verily he is saying Amen, Amen (in the Greek) which at it’s root is Truth, Truth In the Greek repeated words are…

Series: Loving Life at Home Text : Proverbs 24:1-4 Introduction : God provides wisdom and the faith to trust Him. But unfortunately, WE often do not encounter the problem of too much of God’s wisdom, but usually we just kinda muddle through life hoping everything will work out. We see this in many relationships:…

Inform Yourself In order to discern God’s leading we should seek to gain as much information as possible about the situation. The Bible is full of examples and principles that merge God’s will with adequately-informed judgment. Examples? A person who makes a pronouncement without listening to the facts…

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21 Then Jesus went out from there and departed to the region of Tyre and Sidon. 22 And behold, a woman of Canaan came from that region and cried out to Him, saying, “Have mercy on me, O Lord, Son of David! My daughter is severely demon-possessed.” 23 But He answered her not a word. And His disciples…

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:…

On March 2, 2022 I returned to Baxley, Ga. and officiated a funeral service of one of the members in my previous church. This woman was married to her husband for 70 years! To be married that long means that there was a lot of hard work put in to make it work. Someone once said that there are three stages…

Secular - Historical/Cultural Context - The book of 1 John is one of the five books in the New Testament that was written by John the Apostle, brother of James. They were known as the sons of thunder. This letter was written between A.D. 85 to A.D. 100. First John was written to a church or group of…

Announcements Please remember that the Milton-Freewater Ministers Association’s food drive ends December 12, which is next Sunday. 2. Angel Tree Kids- Kathy to share 3. If you have any announcements, please contact Pastor John or Barbara Goodenough and we will get them put in the bulletin and announce…

Choosing the Path of Life Free to choose the path… not free to choose the consequences! The God we worship is the sovereign Lord of the universe. And in his sovereignty he gives human beings the dignity of making moral choices. Even though God is totally sovereign over everything, including our choices,…

THE GREAT POTENTIAL IN OUR CHURCH 1 Corinthians 16:5-18 The Corinthian church had been suffering from many serious problems that Paul took time to correct. They were a church that had been suffering from division. There were different sects in the church that followed different somewhat charismatic teachers…