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Therefore I, the prisoner of the Lord, implore you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling with which you have been called, with all humility and gentleness, with patience, showing tolerance for one another in love, being diligent to preserve the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. Being found…

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…

The Supreme Question As most of you know I am a California boy. The strange weather, the fires and earthquakes that can be shocking to many people here are all quite normal for a Californian. We take it is stride and don’t give it much thought. That was the case in Southern California in 1998. The Orange…

Recap: Do you ever feel like you can’t quite get to that freedom place or that place of rest or forgiveness? You keep begging God to come help and set you free, but it does not come. Sometime we have to let go of what we have the right to in order for God to give us something better or resurrect what…

INTRODUCTION Let’s turn together in our Bibles to Psalm 138 . We’re gonna read the whole Psalm. Psalm 138 verses 1-8. & when you find that in your Bible Pls stand for the reading of God’s Word. The Title of Today’s teaching is: Give Thanks to the Lord! In Psalm 138:1-8 . The Scriptures say: Psalm 138:1–8…

We all need encouragement from time to time. All of us at sometime or other face a crisis when everything seems to fall apart. There are times of discouragement, when things go wrong even when we are trying to do right. At such times, people may even say, “That’s what you get for trying to do right.”…

Lord, teach us to pray. “Lord, teach us to pray, as John taught his disciples” ( Luke 11:1 ). Each rabbi had a particular way of petitioning God, and Jesus’ disciples are aware that John had taught his disciples how to make petition to God. What has become so familiar to us is actually remarkable: “So…

INTRODUCTION New Monthly Series in our Theme of Renewed Faith is Prayer Sunday School - Q&A Sunday Evening - Continue with Renewed Love Wednesday - Which Church are We PRAYER Pew research states 78% of all Americans pray at least once a week. 57% pray at least once a day. Serious prayer begins after…

Good morning and welcome to Dishman Baptist Church. Please take your Bibles and open them with me to Psalm 138 , Psalm 138 . Each year since I have been here we have taken the four weeks preceding Christmas and observed the Advent. We’ve taken time to look at different aspects of Hope, Peace, Joy and…

Introduction 1 I will praise You with my whole heart; Before the gods I will sing praises to You. 2 I will worship toward Your holy temple, And praise Your name For Your lovingkindness and Your truth; For You have magnified Your word above all Your name. 3 In the day when I cried out, You answered me,…

1 I will give you thanks with all my heart; I will sing your praise before the heavenly beings. 2 I will bow down toward your holy temple and give thanks to your name for your constant love and truth. You have exalted your name and your promise above everything else. 3 On the day I called, you answered…

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…

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…

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.…

2020… what else do I need to say? It’s been a year. Pandemic, losses of friends and family, losses of jobs, riots, Politics, new job opportunities, loss of habits, … and it just keeps on going. We all want more joy, but we have learned that we have to choose Joy. Pray Purity guilty and happy Our purpose…

Now I will tell you what! preparing this weeks sermon was quite difficult! I spent a lot of time working through this text. reading commentaries and wrestling with the themes that seemed at first to not really flow into the kindo cohesive whole that is easy to understand. And quite frankly it wasn’t…

Discussion: Read John 6:47-68 What did Jesus mean about the manna the fathers ate? Why did Jesus compare Himself to the bread that gave eternal life? Your Bible is actually a library of Books! The Origin of the Old Testament Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are…

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…

Opening Illustration We have been walking through five emphatic truths since the beginning of the year. Our goal in this is to put truth in place that will help create a culture of Gospel-centered ministry. As Paul said in Colossians 1 , our goal is to present every person involved in our ministry as…

This morning we will continue with a series that we started a few backs called, “What Do I Do Now?”This was not a series that I had planned.I was all prepared and even did a video about loving your neighbor but when all the changes happened I felt to put that on hold and keep seeking God for direction…

Psalm 139 Introduction: Do you find it frustrating to hear words which were once used to describe something or someone in a positive way are now used to describe things or people in negative and insulting ways. I am sure you can think of several words yourself, but I want to look at the word “precious”.…

Opening Prayer: Heavenly Father, We come before You today with grateful hearts, thanking You for the gift of family and the privilege of coming together to seek Your face. As we gather in Your presence, we ask for Your Holy Spirit to be among us, guiding our thoughts and opening our hearts to the message…

We all need it Some shocking numbers Datalytics shows 8656 murders in USA in 2023; that is a reduction from 9902 is 2022, and prior to Covid 16,425 2020 Pew Research 2020 - 930,160 abortions 2023 - 901,683 USA Today 170k people killed in Ukrainian war So far, 26,442 in Gaza/Israel Forbes Violent crime…