James 4:1-10 April 1 2007 Intro: James has been encouraging us to LIVE A PROACTIVE CHRISTIAN LIFE. Paul exemplified this when he said: Philippians 3:14, I press toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus. ARE YOU??? Jesus told Peter: Matthew 16:18, And I also say to you that…

Intro We left off last time at Nehemiah 3. The theme of the book is “Building God’s people for God’s work.” The first seven chapters are about God’s work. The last six are about building God’s people. We are now at winding down the first half of the book about doing God’s work. If we are trying to outline…

May the words of my mouth and the mediation in in all our hearts be acceptable to you, our Lord and Saviour - Amen How important is the truth in your lives? What value do you place on the truth? Put it another way - Would you characterize your life as a quest for things truthful? Truth - important or…

INJ Dear Saints, For three weeks we’ve heard of Jesus duking it out with the kingdom of darkness, with the devil and his demonic hordes. First Jesus is in the wilderness for 40 days with no food or drink, with the devil as His one companion, and He endured every temptation that has ever been brought…

"Bad Boys of the Bible" Exodus 5 and selected passages Richard E. Powell We are going to continue with our series called, "Bad Boys of the Bible." And today we're going to open our Bibles to the Old Testament book of Exodus 5 as we talk about the third bad boy in our series. We're talking about Pharaoh.…

It’s no great surprise that John the Baptist might end up confused. Remember how the gospels tell us that from prison he sent some disciples to ask Jesus if He was the Messiah or not? Well, the road to that question started at the their first ex utero meeting. In the Gospel of John we learn that the…

Romans 15:1-13 "Bearings Burdens Together"

Satan is depicted as the prince of this world, having power over demons and over godless people. He is, however, subject to God’s sovereignty and therefore his power is limited and his rule temporary.

Romans 12:1-2 "Present"

Psalm 40:6–8 6 Sacrifice and offering You did not desire; My ears You have opened. Burnt offering and sin offering You did not require. 7 Then I said, “Behold, I come; In the scroll of the book it is written of me. 8 I delight to do Your will, O my God, And Your law is within my heart.” Commitment to…

We are God's property purchased and will be collected in what everstate we are found. How do you want to present yourself back to you Father.

Dead Men Walking Ephesians 2:1-3 Introduction A man went to visit his well to do friend who had been taken ill. When he showed up at the door, the butler at first refused to let him in stating that the man will ill and could not be disturbed. “Nonsense,” said the friend. “It’s all in his mind. He just…

What was your response the last time someone hurt you? Perhaps you felt the urge to retaliate. Maybe you took no action, but instead harbored bitterness in your heart. If so, you failed to realize that you do great damage to yourself when you have an unforgiving spirit. Failure to forgive is a devastating…

Introduction: Do we really love God? Have we turned away from sin? Have we been born of God? · If we live in sin, if we are enslaved by the habits of sin, this is a clear sign we do not love God. But if we have turned away from sin, if the habits of sin have been broken by Christ and permanently conquered…