Good Morning! Well it’s good to be back with you after our week of travels… to Chicago… We got to attend the EFCA One conference … Which was by the way was the best attended conference so far.... with over 1500 in attendance… We got to see some of our missionaries Sharleen Ortland, Mark Halstrom…go to…

Take a look at the root causes of a critical spirit.

Dealing with Distractions Nehemiah 6:1-19 Some of you might know that I’m a morning person. I like mornings. Mornings are the best time of the day. I get a lot of things done before I even leave for work every day besides those things like showering, dressing, and making coffee. I do my Bible study and…

The first of Job’s three friends, Eliphaz, has finished giving Job his advice. Though he seeks to instruct Job in as gentle terms as possible, he still makes the accusation that there must be some hidden sin in Job’s life for this much suffering to have happened to him. The problem is that his counsel…

Intro: We want to become people that others say about us, They were with Jesus... Complaining makes us un-attractive to believers and to unbelievers. It will kill our witness. It will drive people away from us. The problem is that complaining is a difficult habit to break because it’s so easy to do.…

By Pastor Glenn Pease Several years ago I went to hear J. Allen Peterson one of the nation's most dynamic leaders in ministering to families. He told this true but tragic story. One of the finest couples laboring in the field of marriage enrichment, who had written 5 books that were very helpful, and…

Prayer As we continue this week making our way through the 1st chapter of the gospel of John, …we come today to - basically - the second part to last week’s sermon... Last week we looked at John the Baptist being sent BY GOD to water baptize... with the purpose of REVEALING Jesus to Israel... And what…

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The Unsaved Attitude 21 And you, that were sometime alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now hath he reconciled 22 In the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and unblameable and unreproveable in his sight: This verse shows us exactly what our attitude towards God was…

Intro 31 To the Jews who had believed him, Jesus said, “If you hold to my teaching, you are really my disciples. 32 Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.” Look at the NLT version... 31 Jesus said to the people who believed in him, “You are truly my disciples if you remain faithful…

Not by might nor by power, but by my spirit saith the Lord of Hosts.!!!!

Turn to and read Psalm 119:105 . Pray. Opening: In the early years of our country Election Day sermons and Political Sermons were common place. In an article entitled, “When the Sermon Reigned,” the writer states: Beginning in 1634, and every year after 1640, the annual election day in Massachusetts…

Would anyone disagree with me that there are a lot of miserable people in our society today? Depression, Anxiety, Anger issues are prevalent in our culture. Margie’s Story - Margie hung up the phone from her mom and felt sick in the pit of her stomach. She had called her mother to wish her a happy birthday…

Last week, learned how to hear God’s voice and to prepare ourselves to hear God’s voice. You can’t really have a relationship with God if you never hear from him. It has to be a two way communication between you and God. How do you discern God’s voice from the competing voices? How do you know if an…

“What comes into our minds when we think about God is the most important thing about us. … Worship is pure or base as the worshiper entertains high or low thoughts of God.” What comes into your mind when you think about God? An old man with a long beard? A symbol of truth, justice, and goodness? A religious…

Job is hurting. Time has passed since the initial testing, and although the response from Job initially was good, now He is completely nonfunctional. How do you help someone who is hurting to the degree that Job is hurting? Believe it or not Job’s three friends actually do something right initially in…

Vengeance. An injured party’s desire for retribution or repayment from those who harmed him or to demonstrate his innocence against false accusations. Vengeance demonstrates God’s righteousness in compensating the wrong with right. (Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology) Webster 1828 dictionary…

The Folly of Unwise Counsel 2 Chronicles 10:1-19 (ESV) Introduction: Example of Unwise Decisions Many of us have probably done things that were not very wise. I imagine the wisdom, or lack of it, of a particular decision, is not always apparent to us at the time. My life is replete with instances of…

So, as much as in me is, I am ready to preach the gospel to you that are at Rome also. For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek. For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith…

The word of God calls us to become mature in the knowledge of him, but in order to accomplish this we must continue to forward from the foundational doctrines. And grow up in Christ.

A Blustering Wind Job had poured out his grief and was waiting to hear a sympathetic word, but his friend said that Job’s speech was just so much hot air. What would have been your response? he was so concerned about defending the justice of God that he forgot the needs of his friend. To defend God,…

Those who knew and can know the wisdom of the Holy Spirit Why not Moses? Moses had wordly education of the highest degree at the time. But it did not seem to be enough. God wanted obedience and not excuses, even after having his identity questioned. 14 The man said, “Who made you ruler and judge over…