By Pastor Glenn Pease No doubt everyone of us has had our share of accidents. If not in a car, or with a knife, or some other sharp object whereby we cut ourselves, then all of us have at some point in our life fallen down. It is a part of growing up to fall down, and so it is hard to conceive that even…

I’m going to describe some processes and some sad results and then ask you what possibly went wrong. Ladies, friends are on their way over latter tonight; you want to impress them so you decide bake a cake from scratch. You are in a hurry; you haven’t baked a cake from scratch in years so you have wing…

The Blessings of Being Close to God Psalm 91:1-16 Sermon by Rick Crandall Grayson Baptist Church - Jan. 8, 2012 *James 4:8 makes a great promise to us when it says: “Draw near to God and He will draw near to you.” -And when we do draw close to God, He will bless us in amazing ways. -Psalm 91 shows us…

How Will You Respond to Jesus? Matthew 21:23-32 Sermon by Rick Crandall Grayson Baptist Church - August 26, 2012 BACKGROUND: *In Matthew 21, we are very near the time of the cross. The chapter begins with the Lord entering Jerusalem on Palm Sunday, as the multitudes cried out in vs. 9, "Hosanna!" That…

Introduction James 4:13-14 : We make plans. All kinds of plans for what we are going to do with our lives..for the next day, the next year...for the rest of our life. James is NOT saying get rid of all those plans. He's not saying, "Forget planning and just live by the seat of your pants." He is also…

During the early days of WW2; British forces were being soundly defeated in their efforts to keep out the invading Germans from North Africa. German General Rommel came to be known as the “Desert Fox” because of his swift moving tank divisions that won him victory after victory in the dessert regions.…

The Games We Play Life Text: Deuteronomy 30:11-20 I. Introduction Illustration: Two buddies, John and Jeff, happened to be two of the biggest baseball fans in America. For their entire adult lives, John and Jeff discussed baseball history in the winter and studied over every box score during the season.…

ICF Managua, Nicaragua Behaving badly comes from not understanding some simple truths Such as … 1. behavior is just a by-product 4:1 It’s what’s on the inside that counts – no surprise there. Man looks on the outward appearance, but God looks on the heart. 1 Sam 16.7 The good person out of the good treasure…

WHAT IF SOMEONE WALKED INTO YOUR LIFE, SOMEONE YOU’VE NEVER SEEN OR MET BEFORE AND THAT PERSON CLAIMED TO BE YOUR LONG LOST BROTHER OR SISTER? ONE THING FOR SURE YOU WOULD MOST LIKELY ASKED SOME VERY PERTINENT QUESTIONS IN ORDER TO VALIDATE THEIR CLAIM AND WHILE YOUR ASKING QUESTIONS YOU WOULD INADVERTENTLY…

1) 7-13-08…AM…SBC 2) “The Gibeonite Deception” Joshua 9 (Read) Introduction: 1- Previously, Israel’s opposition came from individual cities, now it will come from coalitions of cities[1] Chapter 9: A 6 King Coalition -----Chapter 10: A 5 King Coalition-----Chapter 11: A Multi-King Coalition 2- Israel’s…

Intro – Some of the most popular and dangerous religious fads of the past 20 years were called the Toronto Blessing (where "holy laughter" and other bizarre behavior was declared to be signs of the Holy Spirit), the Kansas City Prophets (whose predictions were usually false and whose morals were even…

Sermon #529 “Crisis of belief” Joshua 6:1-5; Lk 14:27-35 Are you a Servant of God? Do you consider yourself a ‘servant of God?’ How many of you would use that term to describe yourself? What an amazing thing that is: to be someone who does things that God considers somehow important or meaningful. How…

Luke 13:6-9 (KJV) 6 He spake also this parable; A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard; and he came and sought fruit thereon, and found none. 7 Then said he unto the dresser of his vineyard, Behold, these three years I come seeking fruit on this fig tree, and find none: cut it down; why…

Text: Psalm 119:33-40 Date: February 18, 2009 Place: FBCC Introduction I. Pray for DIRECTION (33) A. By Seeking God’s Direction - “Teach me O Yahweh” the way of your statutes (decrees) The way of your statutes (i.e. precepts – “What the Lord has previously laid down from the root word meaning ‘to engrave’.Lit.…

Psalm 119: 1-18 encourages us to ask God to open our eyes when we read His word. Here’s what to look for and how.

Thus far on Wednesdays nights we have talked and seen from the bible several different aspects concerning God’s will. Tonight we will finish up by thinking about what, I like to call resting in God’s will. The passage before us speaks about two different types of rest for the believer. The writer of…

Select all the text in this box and paste your sermon here... I. Introduction The Holy Spirit reveals the importance of God’s work through Peter by moving Luke to refer to the events of the ministry in Cornelius’s household three different times in the Book of Acts. Although the Apostle Paul is often…

Each and every day we make choices. We choose what we are going to wear, what we are going to eat, what time we will leave. We choose how we will spend our time, what we will say, how we will respond. We make thousands of choices every day. The people who make good choices succeed, those who make poor…

In the military, combat engineers are sometimes tasked with the job of clearing a path through a minefield. Their job is to remove the mines in a given area so that troops can move safely. After they have cleared a path that is safe to travel through, troops and vehicles are allowed to move through the…

S08 – In the Storm Scripture : Matt 14:22-33 (22) And Straightway Jesus constrained his disciples to get into a ship, and to go … v The disciples were in the center of God’s will when this happens (23) And when he had sent the multitudes away, He went up into a mountain apart … v We have an Advocate…

It would be nice if the decisions of life was always clear cut. We wish we always knew where God wanted us to turn and what God wanted us to do. But that is not always the case. In fact, there are times in our lives when we aren't sure which way to turn. There are times when we face a major decision…

God gives us opportunities to obey him every day. We can get caught up in getting results, but what He really wants from us is obedience. We need to seek His will and yield to his prompting, obeying right away and fully.

SECRETS TO VICTORIOUS LIVING James 4:1-10 4 What causes fights and quarrels among you? Don’t they come from your desires that battle within you? 2 You want something but don’t get it. You kill and covet, but you cannot have what you want. You quarrel and fight. You do not have, because you do not ask…

For many years scientists believed that the moon did not rotate at all. Then later as telescopes became better and calculations more acute; they realized that the moon does indeed rotate. The moon rotates around on its axis very, very slowly. If I have understood the terms right, for every time the earth…

The book of James is an encouragement but also a warning to the church. It appears that James saw something in the church that troubled him. He saw what we might call “practical atheism”. Intellectual atheism is when a person says they do not believe in God. Sometimes the intellectual atheist says they…