By Pastor Glenn Pease O Henry tells a short story of the lad who grew up in a small village and sat next to a lovely young lady so innocent and sweet. He left that village for the big city where he got in with the wrong crowd and became a thief and a pick pocket. One day as he was working the crowd,…

Malachi 3:7-12 "'From the days of your fathers you have turned aside from My statutes, and have not kept them. Return to Me, and I will return to you,' says the Lord of hosts." "But you say, 'How shall we return?'" It is almost as predictable as leaves falling in the Autumn or the pollen count going…

We may believe certain things about the Bible, but do we believe God can make them a reality in our own lives?

1 Jesus Is Coming Back 1 Corinthians 15:35-58 An 8-year-old boy, who was learning in school about the way plants grow, was intrigued when told how a tiny seed that germinates in the ground could later burst through the soil as a plant. During that same time, he and his family attended the funeral of…

14 After he had spent everything, a severe famine struck that country, and he had nothing. 15 Then he went to work for one of the citizens of that country, who sent him into his fields to feed pigs. 16 He longed to eat his fill from the pods that the pigs were eating, but no one would give him anything.…

Introduction Given the range of activities today, I’ve prepared a shorter message. We’ve been busy of late: We had paintball with the teens last Saturday We had revival this past week (Wonderful time) - btw: If you missed it, you missed it . And if you could have been here, but chose to miss it, shame…

31 “Simon, Simon, Satan has asked to sift all of you as wheat. 32 But I have prayed for you, Simon, that your faith may not fail. And when you have turned back, strengthen your brothers.” 33 But he replied, “Lord, I am ready to go with you to prison and to death.” 34 Jesus answered, “I tell you, Peter,…

Big Idea: The faithful and wise servant is ready for the Master’s return

This morning I want to focus on two questions- mainly this- what brings you personal glory and what brings you personal joy? What is your glory? What is your joy? Now what do I mean by that? The word glory, in the context of our question, has the idea of praise, honor, or distinction extended by common…

When we return to God, he delights in bringing us joy, so we should receive his grace humbly.

Introduction As we continue to look at the gift of services I want to look at an aspect of service that many of us find ourselves in. that is we have left service behind. We were hurt, we burned out, we got into sin, we ... Today we are starting in the 2nd book of Timothy And Paul is writing to Timothy…

1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 / The Return of Christ 13 But we do not want you to be uninformed, brothers, about those who are asleep, that you may not grieve as others do who have no hope. 14 For since we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so, through Jesus, God will bring with him those who have…

Welcome/Bienvenido: Tithes and Offering Diezmo y Ofrenda Proverbs 3:9-10 (CSB) 9 Honor the Lord with your possessions and with the first produce of your entire harvest; 10 then your barns will be completely filled, and your vats will overflow with new wine . Proverbios 3:9-10 (NBLA) 9 Honra al Señor…

We often struggle with service that drags on longer or is more intense than we thought we were signing up for! Imagine yourself in this situation: You decided to get married and have children. But serving your spouse and your kids day after day, hour after hour, proves to be an incredibly tall task—to…

The soon and certain return of Christ is the Christian's blessed hope.

Next week begin our new series, Why Church? and in preparation I want to stir some urgency in us as God has stirred it in me. The time is short, we don't know the hour Christ returns, yet we live like we do. There is no time like the present, so let's stop waiting and really start living!

Setting Connected to passage from Last Sunday Directed to Disciples in context of question from Pharisees Prompted Jesus to speak of his coming - Kingdom/Judgment Kingdom = Already but Not Yet We await the Not Yet … But We live in the Now Passage today - About His Disciples Posture … Attitude as they…

Background As we saw briefly last week with Haggai, Zechariah is one of the three prophets who ministered in Judah after the exile. Ezra tells us that Haggai and Zechariah were prophets who challenged the people of Judah to rebuild the temple - though the book of Zechariah has less to do with the temple…

Malachi 7. Malachi was the messenger of יהוה, “My messenger” is what his name means [P] – and he had a heavy message from יהוה to deliver to His people. In fact this was the last message from יהוה to His people before He was silent for some 400 years! This is His final word to them! The message was heavy,…

We are family We are all part of a family, that’s born of God. Yep, like it or love it, we are brothers and sisters when we are in Christ together. Paul addresses the church as a family, as brethren and gives some instructions about being family in the last passage of this letter. Living in the light…

Returning to God involves returning everything that belongs to God, a proper worship.

As Christians, we need to be certain that the Bible is God's word. One of the things God has placed in the Bible to help us know it is His word are prophetic statements. God tells us what will happen, and it happens just like He said it would. God provided a number of prophecies about the Messiah coming. We can look at how those came true and know that the Bible is, in fact, God's word.

Resurrection creates faith. The Easter proclamation that "Christ is risen!" does not describe a neutral or Passive event. News of the resurrection affected the earliest witnesses, and it still affects us, giving us faith to witness, persevere, serve, and give thanks for God's abundant blessing.

36 “But concerning that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, nor the Son, but the Father only. 42 Therefore, stay awake, for you do not know on what day your Lord is coming. 1 If then you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the…

Christians have a reward now and one that is not yet, and it should lead to a proper response in living right now. Be encouraged by this message to be ready for the return of Jesus and be sure of the greatest reward.