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Heavenly Bread in a Deserted Place Our gracious God provides generously for us so that we might have what we need to serve him and others in love.

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…

Psalm 145 is an incredible song of praise. I don’t know if David wrote this Psalm as a primer on how to praise God, but it certainly could be used as such! In this world around us full of uncertainty and chaos, but also of joy and happiness of the mountaintops, we learn from this Psalm that we are to…

INTRODUCTION Let’s turn together in our Bibles to Acts…chapter 2. Acts…chapter 2. & we’re gonna read verses 1-4 & verse 11. Acts 2:1-4 , & verse 11. In Acts 2:1-4 ... the Scriptures says... Acts 2:1–4 (WEB) 1 Now when the day of Pentecost had come, they were all with one accord in one place. 2 Suddenly…

INTRODUCTION Let’s turn together in our Bibles: To the gospel of Luke. Luke chapter 2 . & we’re gonna read verses 21-39 . Luke 2:21-39 . & when you find that in your Bible Pls stand for the reading of God’s Word. The title of today’s teaching is: Make Yourself Useful to the Lord In Luke 2:21-39 . The…

Selfless Love Marches Victorious over Self-glorification GOAL: Understand the surprising value of Love as God bestows it, and practice it. MALADY: We emotionalize love, which makes it subject to our unreliable feelings. MEANS: The means to the goal is the carefully considered understanding of the fullness…

Jesus Reveals His Glory at a Wedding Do you know what is amazing, even remarkable. It’s not that God’s changed water into wine. Rather, it is the manner in which He did so. He didn’t do so according to the laws He set down to govern what we like to call “nature.” Instead, he chose to do so by means of…

Delight Uncovered I have a friend in San Diego who loves wine. San Diego is very much a desert climate, but there is also a lot of granite. It is a challenge to cultivate the soil due to all the rock and granite. Well, my friend built his dream home on top of a steep hill in San Diego county, and decided…

Good morning. Welcome to Dishman Baptist Church. I pray that your weekend has been one full of peace and enjoyment, time spent with loved ones celebrating the birth of our Savior - Jesus Christ. Thank you for taking the time to join us this morning as we seek to magnify and glorify our Lord together.…

Temporal vs. Eternal Kingdom on the Left vs. Kingdom on the Right Revealed vs. Hidden Visible vs. Invisible Physical vs. Spiritual Law vs. Gospel These are theological truths that every needs to Christian know and be able to discern. Why? Because if we confuse them disaster will be the result. How? The…

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.…

Whom do we trust ? A fundamental question we ask, whether we know it or not. Character matters. This is true always but definitely true in matters of trust. To trust without character is to set oneself up for pain. The past matters. The greatest predictor of the future behavior is past behavior. Yes…

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…

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…

Three weeks ago we started a study to help us to end this year off in a better place than we have been and to start the new decade in a good place.It’s a study in Psalm 145 , which is the only Psalm David titled a Psalm of Praise.When we put into practice what is taught in this Psalm we will see it changes…

Praise Out the Old-Praise in the New Happy December. It’s hard to believe that Christmas and the New Year are almost upon us. Actually even Harder its a new decadeAnd so for that we are going to put our study in Isaiah on hold until January because something else is on my heart that I believe God has…

Before I bring the children up here for their time I want all of you to pull out your sermon notes and a pencil or pen, and we are going to take a little quiz. Ok, now those were the Bible Trivia questions for today. For this next part I want you to be honest with yourself. I was talking to someone in…

Introduction Today we got to start our service off by witnessing people follow God in the first step of obedience which is baptism. We do not always get to start off our services this way, but it is exciting when it happens. Since we are already departing from our regular “routine” as far as how the…

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”.…

Singing is important, why… we’ve been shaped, instructed, necessitated, guided for us to sing. We also learned that it is an powerful and effective tool in our worship of God. God doesn’t need our singing, but we certainly do. So now that we understand the importance of singing, does what we sing together…

The Sanctity of Life WHO DETERMINES PERSON-HOOD? Psalm 139:13–18 (ESV) 13 For you formed my inward parts; you knitted me together in my mother’s womb. 14 I praise you , for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are your works; my soul knows it very well. 15 My frame was not hidden from you ,…