Calling Levi He went out again beside the sea, and all the crowd was coming to him, and he was teaching them. And as he passed by, he saw Levi the son of Alphaeus sitting at the tax booth, and he said to him, “Follow me.” And he rose and followed him. Capernaum, along one of the most important trade…

Father Forgive Them Luke 23:34 Last Words – Shakespeare – the tongues of dying men enforce attention like deep harmony. (deep harmony, the blending of voices that causes you to sit up on the edge of your seat) When someone is breathing their last – all non-important items are stripped away, what is important…

Stress A state of personal anxiety, strain or tension resulting from the pressures of human life Worry To feel or experience anxiety or concern: mental distress or agitation resulting from concern usually for something impending or anticipated. Prayer A little girl sat on the curb crying. A kind man…

By Pastor Glenn Pease On a cold December night in 1959 blazing machine guns found their victim. Roger Toughy, a former member of Al Copone's gang, was shot down in front of his sister's house in Chicago. It was only 23 days after his release from prison. He knew too much about the underworld, and they…

Genesis 18:16-33 Stephen Caswell © 2004 Judge Black’s - Previous Engagement Judge Black, of Georgia, when he was a young lawyer, was invited to deliver an address of welcome to the Governor of the State on Monday evening. He took great pains to prepare his address, but a telegram came on Monday, saying…

Paul is now nearing the end of his journey to Rome and ultimately the end of his life.

Statistics I know this day where there are statistics about everything. There are some that should grab our attention so we do something with the information collected for the statistics. The subject matter today is of utmost importance, of eternal importance and commanded and should not be ignored (Mk16:15-16)…

Good Example We have seen a couple of good examples in this chapter already. From Jesus (and there is no better example) to Paul, an apostle, a bond-servant, showing his life to be an example, but look at them, how can we match them, the Savior, the Apostle? God’s work in us can help us to be an example…

Big Idea: WHILE LIVING ON EARTH AS CITIZENS OF HEAVEN ALL CHRISTIANS NEED THE CARE OF A HUMBLE CHURCH THAT HUMBLY SUBMITS TO GOD IN ORDER TO ENDURE THE FIERY TRIALS OF LIFE. Key Question WHAT DO BELIEVERS NEED TO BE AND DO WITHIN THE CHURCH TO RECEIVE THE HELP THEY NEED TO MAKE IT THROUGH THE PAIN OF LIFE?

Intro: The tale of two neighbors. You have one set of neighbors that are great. Your other neighbors are a sorry excuse for neighbors. The carouse at all hours, frequently having equally rowdy guests. They drink and smoke and carry on. They don’t take very good care of the place: the lawn is long, the…

8 But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.” 1. _Concern_ 17 After three days he called together the local leaders of the Jews, and when they had gathered, he said to them, “Brothers,…

Theme: Israel tests God at Massah and Meribah. When we test God, we are fighting for control and we start to embody confusion, doubt and resistance before the Lord. We get really concern about what we can not predict. When we test God, His grace comes in and will retest us, so that He calls us back to trust Jesus Christ. His grace is grater!

1. Introduction In reading these closing verses of chapter 1, I can’t help but get the feeling that Paul is on trial here. Though he’s not on the witness stand, or in an actual courtroom, Paul is nonetheless defending himself. In the passage last week , Paul called on his own conscience as a witness…

Intro:The title of today’s sermon is “Small Thoughts, Small Results”. Now Last week we finished this account of Jesus sending out his disciples and teaching them how they should expect to be treated. Jesus also gave them an image of the results of saving faith in their life. They will stand with Him.…

How to deal with conflicts and differences God's way.

Today we continue the "Credibilty Crisis", and talk about the three ways how you show your character. Showing your character is important in everyone's life; if you don't show your true character its hard for people to trust and like you as a person, and its hard for people to see you are christian.

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Philippians Introduction. Intro: I want to give a little history lesson this morning. Not that I am at all qualified – I never did history at school. I had this innate laziness that said, “Why write a great long essay when you can write short equation?” So I was strictly science and maths. There’s too…

A Man of Deep Concern and Prayer, 1:1-11 (1:1-11) Speaking of Nehemiah, Charles Spurgeon said, “We are not called to govern, as he did, with an iron hand, but we ought to be equally inflexible, decided, and resolute for God, and for His holy will.” In other words, God calls us to Be Determined! God’s…

Philippians Introduction. Intro: I want to give a little history lesson this morning. Not that I am at all qualified – I never did history at school. I had this innate laziness that said, “Why write a great long essay when you can write short equation?” So I was strictly science and maths. There’s too…

Philippians 1:3-11 Stephen Caswell © 2003 Fellowship During World War II, the enemy conducted experiments to find the most effective type of punishment for eliciting information from prisoners. They found that solitary confinement was the most effective. After a few days of solitary confinement, most…

There is a cause to fight for, there are people that we all know that are in a desperate spiritual condition. They are Parlyzed by guilt, doubt and fear, they can’t find their way to Jesus and are depending on us. You could be someone’s last hope, don’t give up. Do whatever it takes to get them to Jesus. No matter what we have to do, how long it takes or how much people criticize us. For their sakes don’t give up!

God has called us to be concerned about the spiritual well-being of others.

Philippians 8. Patterns: The Olympics have come and gone, the finest athletes in the world competing together. Now I have never aspired to be an athlete but there are some that do. They see that one who is the top of their field and seek to emulate him, study video and replays, examining his technique,…