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…

The Reason for the Season 25 Nov 18 Turn to 1 John 3:8 and Isaiah 52 and 51 Well, Thanksgiving is over, the chaos of Black Friday has passed, loosened up our belts - my wife saw something on Facebook - turn your scales back 10 pounds. We now we’re about to prepare for Advent. Advent comes from the Latin…

12 The next day a great multitude that had come to the feast, when they heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem, 13 took branches of palm trees and went out to meet Him, and cried out: “Hosanna! ‘Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord !’ The King of Israel!” 14 Then Jesus, when He had found…

"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.…

Jesus Christ abolished the Law of Moses, to bring us the Law of the Spirit and give us the Law of Liberty.

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…

The Three Elements in the Battle of the Mind If you have your Bibles let’s go ahead and turn to Acts 14:1-7 ; 1 In Iconium they entered the synagogue of the Jews together, and spoke in such a manner that a large number of people believed, both of Jews and of Greeks. 2 But the Jews who disbelieved stirred…

Listen to Brad Reid's testimony this week as he recounts trying to fit all kinds of other stuff into the God-shaped hole in his life. Straker says most of Brad's problems are great! At the conclusion, it is apparent why Jesus is the only answer.

Do people want what you've got?

Endure Hardships You therefore must endure hardship as a good soldier of Jesus Christ. In writing to Timothy, the apostle Paul makes an astounding claim “endure hardships” At first glance one might think in terms of persecution Kako pa thao The translators have inserted the word hardship to complete…

Intro Story of Daniel and his friends being brought out of their nation, their culture. Daniel and his friends stayed true to their faith and enjoyed the culture and influenced it. Most people today think we have to choose sides… either give in to the culture or live a life if faith. As we look at Daniel,…

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…

So many things we do in life aren’t necessarily hard, they just require we hang in there until we finish. My first job out of college, the man who hired me told me that even though my degree was psychology and not business, it showed that I was willing to work and complete something. In Seminary , it…

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…

The Human Desire for Insurance. One of the great dangers in our faith is disrearding tghe promises of God’s Word, or twisting those promises into saying something they do not mean. I have spoken many times on the subject of christian dissolusionment - when we feel let down by God. Now how can God let…