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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…

Romans 11:25-36 As Paul writes these chapters he is letting the Christians in Rome know that it is a surety that God will Redeem Israel. God loves is unchangeable. If Israel will call upon the name of the Lord they will be saved. This is evident in their history, and it will be true in their future.…

Announcements Are there any announcements? The baptism and potluck will be rescheduled for June because of the Memorial Day weekend holiday. Friday May 20 at 7pm we will be having an evening of worship with Juan and Emily. Introduction Good morning and welcome to FCC, where we worship God in Spirit and…

Good morning and welcome to Dishman Baptist Church. I hope all of you had a week focused on thankfulness and the grace of God. Please take your Bibles and open them with me to Psalm 33 , Psalm 33 . Every year we take a break from whatever book we are in and spend time looking at the aspects of the Advent…

Joke - Priest… Rabbi … Pastor… I am preaching some of the messages we have been preaching because as your pastor, I am concerned with how you are handling all the Trauma of the last 18 months as well as the last 2 months. Covid has changed the world… the way we travel… requirements to go places… Who…

Introduction When you came to church this morning, what did you expect would happen this morning. Did you expect singing? Did you expect Prayer? Did you expect to sit and listen to a preacher for an hour..... Just seeing if your paying attention. What did you come to expect when you come on Sunday morning.…

“ Rejoice in the Lord, O ye righteous: For praise is comely for the upright. ”“ Praise the Lord with harp: Sing unto him with the psaltery and an instrument of ten strings. ”“ Sing unto him a new song; Play skilfully with a loud noise. ”“ For the word of the Lord is right; And all his works are done…

Let us pray…Gracious and loving God, we come before you today with Joy in our hearts. Joy for being in this space together. Joy for being able to be together. And joy for the day itself which represents the day in which our new lives can begin. We thank you and praise you this day for all these things…

10 The Lord brings the counsel of the nations to nothing; He makes the plans of the peoples of no effect. 11 The counsel of the Lord stands forever, The plans of His heart to all generations. 12 Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord , The people He has chosen as His own inheritance. 13 The Lord…

Let us pray…Gracious and loving God, on this day that we celebrate Christ’s arrival in Jerusalem and immediately move to his passion, we ask that you help us to open our hearts, minds and spirits to your still speaking voice above the din of all other voices in our hearts, minds, and spirits so that…

The Sovereign Lord Created All Things The supreme being and Creator of the universe. Known by the personal name Yahweh 6 By the word of the Lord the heavens were made, And all the host of them by the breath of His mouth. 7 He gathers the waters of the sea together as a heap; He lays up the deep in storehouses.…

Let us pray…God, may the words of my mouth, the meditations of all of our hearts, and the willingness of our spirits be pleasing unto you this day. Today’s time of reflection on this Psalm is going to be a bit different for us. I know I typically spend time relating the scripture to our lives but I want…

Let us pray…Gracious and loving God, as we gather this day, we are reminded that your love knows no limits and no bounds. Help us in this time to remember and reflect on this idea so that we can find comfort and peace in a time that is out of our control, and remind us that your time is perfect. Now,…

Let us pray…Gracious and loving God, on this first Sunday in Lent, we are standing at the stream of life and longing for your presence amongst us in this time that seems to be a never ending period of grief, despair, sorrow, and sadness. We are ready to celebrate and be able to praise you once again.…

GOD CREATED… this is a powerful phrase! God brought into existence, created, made life! ( John 1:4 … “ In Him was life ”) Psalm 33:6 ; 9 the psalmist states powerfully.... By the word of the Lord the heavens were made, And by the breath of His mouth all their host. For He spoke, and it was done; He commanded,…

It’s now the Christmas season … my favorite time of the year. I love Christmas movies, even though they are corny… We have been doing a Wednesday series, Living a Radical Life for Jesus. Tonight, I want to look at Living with Radical Faith. What is radical faith? to understand what that is, we will look…

Where did we come from? Why are we here? Is there a creator? Why did he create? What’s his relationship with his creation? These basic questions have boggled the minds of men for millennia. For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but…

We all want power . Sometimes this is the need to feel in control. Sometimes this is asserting our own way. This is not necessarily a bad thing but if we are not careful we can get caught up in power. As we enter into Summer and then fall we as a country are going to struggle with those who want power,…

This morning, I want to begin a series in the book of Psalms by asking you a peculiar question: "Why are we so tired all the time?" I’m tired of this pandemic! I’m sick of wearing masks everywhere I go, I’m tired of social distancing and what it does to the local church. This seems to be a shared problem…

Now a certain man was ill, Lazarus of Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha. It was Mary who anointed the Lord with ointment and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was ill. So the sisters sent to him, saying, “Lord, he whom you love is ill.” But when Jesus heard it he said,…

1 Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us, When You are uncertain about your purpose ... God has a place for you . 5 Now there was…

Genesis 3:14-15 Dec 17, 1927 8 year old S class submarine conducting tests off coast of MA. 2273 Any Hope Of Rescue? Someone has said that if you could convince a man there was no hope, he would curse the day he was born. Hope is an indispensable quality of life. Years ago the S-4 submarine was rammed…

Psalm 15:1-5 In Psa 14 , we learned how foolish and senseless it is to deny that God exists and that he reigns with all authority over our lives. Along the way, we learned that the way we treat other people reveals the depth of our relationship with God – that if we believe that God exists and has all…

Tomorrow we will mark the 246th anniversary of the birth of the United States of America. It all began when a document was read and signed. A document which said: In Congress, July 4, 1776, The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America, When in the Course of human events, it becomes…

Intro: Tomorrow will be the 246th year anniversary of the United States. Historically, that’s actually a long time for a nation to remain free. 246 years may seem like a long time, but did you know that 246 years is actually just 10-12 generations? But even its brief history on the world stage, God has…