Wednesday, February 20, 2008 "Filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God." (Philippians 1:11, ESV) 1. Paul’s prayer finishes with the end result. That all the believers would be filled with the fruit of righteousness, that “fruit” being all…

By Pastor Glenn Pease A doctor, an engineer, and an attorney were debating whose profession was the oldest. The doctor said, " it's obvious the medical profession was the first. The Bible refers to God creating Eve from Adam's rib, and that is surgical procedure." But the engineer said, "No! before that,…

Big Idea: Turn from your sin and produce the good fruit of a pure life.

Bearing Fruit Sermon Reading John 15:1-8 Introduction Family orange tree Planted there for a purpose – to give us fruit When it stopped bearing fruit – it no longer served it function John 15 give us a very similar situation Each must bear fruit or face the vinedresser’s shears 1) Congregational Fruit…

Fruits of the Spirit – Galatians 5:22 Faith or Faithfulness INTRODUCTION Good morning. We have been working our way through the fruits of the Spirit revealed to us in Paul’s epistle to the Galatians – and today’s subject is Faithfulness. You will be aware that the underlying topic of faith is a massive…

Philippians 4:10-20 Stephen Caswell © 2004 Giving -- What You Don't Know A man of great substance was once approached to contribute to a major financial campaign. The urgent need and compelling case were stated, and the call was made for his support. The man responded: I understand why you think I can…

Luke 8:4-18 Stephen Caswell © 2001 Two Out Of 45 For Salesmen The average insurance agent makes forty-five weekly calls on prospects. Of these, only fifteen listen to him. Of those fifteen, only two put their names on the dotted line. If an insurance agent calls on forty-five people and sells only two…

Introduction · Rd. John 15:1-11 · Habits are hard to break. In our bedroom dresser, we used to put my socks were in the top drawer and shirts in the second drawer. We switched it so that shirts are in the top drawer and socks are in the second drawer. To this day, I still reach into the top drawer to…

TITLE: Being Thankful at Thanksgiving: The Fruit of Thankfulness TEXT: Psalm 100 ETS: The Psalmist issues a call for people to worship God, with a heart of thanks. ESS: An attitude of thankfulness bears positive, transformational fruit in the believer’s life. OSS: Believers will make the choice to live…

Christianity Where the Rubber Meets the Road Part 8: The Godly Wisdom We Need James 3:13-18 Sermon by Rick Crandall Grayson Baptist Church - April 1, 2012 *James 1:5 gives us one of the most practical promises in the Bible: “If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and…

15 “I am the true vine, and my Father is the vinedresser. 2 Every branch in me that does not bear fruit he takes away, and every branch that does bear fruit he prunes, that it may bear more fruit. 3 Already you are clean because of the word that I have spoken to you. 4 Abide in me, and I in you. As the…

Text: Matthew 7:13-27 Central Idea of the Text: Jesus gives four comparisons of true discipleship; walking in the narrow way, producing good fruit, being known by Jesus, and obeying His words. Sermon Title: “Are You a True Disciple of Jesus?” Specific Objective of the Sermon: By examining our lives using…

Living the life of a servant is the Bibles way of bearing real fruit.

Intro – A month after Donald McDonald started at Harvard, his mother called from Scotland. "How are the American students, Donald?" She asked. "There so noisy," he complained. "One neighbor endlessly bangs his head against the wall, while another screams all night." "How you put up with it?" "I just…

Today we are studying John 15:1-17. I encourage you to open your bibles to this passage, so we can read and study together. As we saw last week in John 14 , the Holy Spirit is in us to teach us. Let’s take time to ask the Lord to open our hearts and minds to hear what he wants to teach us today. We are…

Many years ago, back when we as a church were first investigating the idea of putting up a new building, we had Dallas Putnam, one of the men who works with the ministry of CBM, preach in our church. It was either right before or right after our church was approved by CBM to be taken on as a missionary…

By Pastor Glenn Pease Among the Kamba people of East Africa there persists an ancient legend. The story goes that the people of that region long ago were very embittered by death's merciless destruction. They sent messengers to all countries of the world to seek a place where death did not reign so they…