Galatians The best use of life is love. 1 Corinthians 1 Corinthians 13:13 And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love. The best expression of love is time. 1 Corinthians The best time to love is now. Matthew 22:34 Hearing that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees, the Pharisees got together. 35One of them, an exp…

13 You, my brothers and sisters, were called to be free. But do not use your freedom to indulge the flesh; rather, serve one another humbly in love. 14 For the entire law is fulfilled in keeping this one command: “Love your neighbor as yourself.” k 15 If you bite and devour each other, watch out or you will be destroyed by each other. 16 So I say, …

SERMON NOTES “That same day Jesus went out of the house and sat by the lake. Such large crowds gathered around him that he got into a boat and sat in it, while all the people stood on the shore. Then he told them many things in parables, saying: “A farmer went out to sow his seed. As he was scattering the seed, some fell along the path, and the bir…

Amazing Grace: What We Don't Deserve For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— 9 not by works, so that no one can boast. Ephesians 2:8-9 NIV Grace Is More Common Than You Think (Common Grace) He causes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and th…

Soul Winning: Church, I can say with confidence, that God’s will for all men, all women, for all of us, who will profess Christ as Lord, it’s all about soul winning. Matthew 4:21-22 says, And going on from there, he saw two other brothers, James the son of Zebedee and John his brother, in the boat with Zebedee their father, mending their nets, and …

Acts 2:1-4, 14-18, 21; 2:22-24, 32-33, 36-39, 42-47 Point #1 “The Pentecost Event” Acts 2:1-13 The Pentecost event was accompanied by 3 supernatural signs: sound (blowing of a violent wind), sight (tongues of fire which came to rest on each of them and speech (filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues or languages as the Spiri…

1. Centered. Centered on Jesus’s Command. “All authority has been given to me” Jesus, the risen Savior, is taking His rightful place as King. Before He ascends into heaven He gives His marching orders. 2. Open Jesus tells us to be open to wherever God calls us. “But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnes…

1. The Reliability of God’s Word The first question in the Bible was about the reliability of God’s word. “Now the serpent was craftier than any of the wild animals the Lord God poihad made. He said to the woman, “Did God really say, ‘You must not eat from any tree in the garden’?” – Gen. 3:1 Let’s look at the reliability of God’s word. Consistency…

Hebrews 11:32-40 NIV 1. Faith’s Power through Scripture 32 And what more shall I say? I do not have time to tell about Gideon, Barak, Samson and Jephthah, about David and Samuel and the prophets….. Earlier in this chapter the author commends multiple biblical heroes including Noah, Abraham, Moses and others. Here at verse 32 he says there’s not eno…

SERMON NOTES Jesus asked, “Do you finally believe? But the time is coming—indeed it’s here now—when you will be scattered, each one going his own way, leaving me alone. Yet I am not alone because the Father is with me. I have told you all this so that you may have peace in me. Here on earth you will have many trials and sorrows. But take heart, bec…

SERMON NOTES 4 This is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says to all those I carried into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon: 5 “Build houses and settle down; plant gardens and eat what they produce. 6 Marry and have sons and daughters; find wives for your sons and give your daughters in marriage, so that they too may have sons and daughters.…

The World Has Been a Mess Briefly Explain The Fall of Man in Genesis 3 and free will. Evil is real: Richard Foster says, “God becomes a reality when he becomes a necessity.” Dark valleys make God more real to us. The world is not how it was designed to be. “No man knows how bad he is till he has tried very hard to be good.” C.S. Lewis We all, like …

Now, brothers and sisters, I want to remind you of the gospel I preached to you, which you received and on which you have taken your stand. 2 By this gospel you are saved, if you hold firmly to the word I preached to you. Otherwise, you have believed in vain. 3 For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance[a]: that Christ died for o…

“Tychicus will tell you all the news about me. He is a dear brother, a faithful minister and fellow servant in the Lord. I am sending him to you for the express purpose that you may know about our circumstances and that he may encourage your hearts. He is coming with Onesimus, our faithful and dear brother, who is one of you. They will tell you eve…

1. Be devoted to Prayer He will ask the Church to pray specifically for opening doors in order that he may be able to preach the gospel even though he is in chains (v.3). But first, he asks the Church to be watchful and thankful while praying. When I think of Paul’s request to be watchful, I think of a lifeguard canning the ocean making sure that n…

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SERMON NOTES 1 Kings 11:38 NLT “If you listen to what I tell you and follow my ways and do whatever I consider to be right, and if you obey my decrees and commands, as my servant David did, then I will always be with you. I will establish an enduring dynasty for you as I did for David, and I will give Israel to you.” 1 Kings 13:1-6 NLT “At the Lord…

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