Introduction If you have not done so yet, please turn your Bibles to the book of Amos. We looked at chapters four through six in our last lesson, seeing the things that Israel and Judah put their trust in: their comfort, security, and riches physically and their worship of God. They blinded themselves…

By Pastor Glenn Pease Thanksgiving is unconditional for the believer. We are not to be thankful only because of blessings, but even in spite of burdens, for life at its worst does not change the most precious truth for which we are to be thankful, and that is salvation through Jesus. There have been…

Galatians 6:9 (NKJV): And let us not grow weary while doing good, for in due season we shall reap if we do not lose heart. I. INTRODUCTION I would be stating the obvious to say that all of us are, right now, struggling through tough times. Although we smile and appear to be enjoying a good life, if truth…

Today we start the 3 topics that Jesus discusses as our Christian service to God; giving, prayer and fasting. Jesus explains that these things inthemselves are not bad at all in fact what we should do. The issue is that we often do the right things but with the wrong motives. It goes back to the heart. Won't you prepare your heart in prayer before you listen today? May the Lord speak to you today as you listen!

How many believe Jesus is coming soon…? My Job as a Pastor is to: Make you ready to face Jesus when he returns or when you go to him To empower you through God’s Spirit Encourage you through God’s Truth Warn you through God’s word Call us all to maturity My job is not to: Just tell you things that make…

God is a God of mercy, but He is also a God of Righteous Judgement. If men do not repent they will perish.

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…

Intro - Last week we learned how to live a stress free life in a stress filled world. One of the things that happens in our lives to cause stress is when People try to push us to live the way they think we should. Many of us struggle with the FEAR of disapproval. Disapproval This fear messes up our relationships…

Series that will take us to Easter Sunday. FRAN - people will come to church on Easter more than any other time. A lot of people have ideas about Jesus but they are not based on the Bible. They are based on tradition, culture, Christmas stories… movies. 1 Y ou’ll remember, friends, that when I first…

As believers we have great reason for confidence. This confidence is too valuable to throw away by unbelief.

Revelation 3:7-13 Stephen Caswell © 2004 Holding The Fort The hymn with chorus, Hold the fort, for I am coming! written by P. P. Bliss, was suggested to him by an incident in the American Civil War. At Altoma Pass the fort being held by General Corse was besieged by the enemy under General Hood, who…

Psalm 9 teaches us to praise God in remembrance of his character and deeds - specifically for the just punishment of his enemies and his remembrance of the oppressed. Instead of forgetting our humble human position, we praise God for his mercy toward us and long for the day when he will bring full and final judgment to those who forget Him.

Living Under Grace 14 Sin is no longer your master, for you no longer live under the requirements of the law. Instead, you live under the freedom of God’s grace. What does it mean to live by Grace? What are the benefits of Grace? What are the misunderstandings? What is the meaning of Grace? Grace is…

Introduction Israel is on the edge of their inheritance. They are at the Jordan, across from Jericho, on the plains of Moab. They can see the land that belongs to them by right of inheritance. It belongs to God and He has given it to them. Before they do cross God speaks to Moses and tells him what to…

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

Why did Elijah disobey God's command? Reasons we don't obey.

Today we are looking at John 6:28-29 . This passage is in the middle of Jesus’ interaction with the crowds he had miraculously fed on the other side of the Sea of Galilee from only 5 small barley loaves and two fish. He fed them, and then returned to Capernaum supernaturally walking on the water to meet…

Hell awaits those that do not repent at the proclomation of the Word.

Intro We have had an interesting couple of years here. First there was a virus we began to hear about and in almost no time, the world shut down. President Trump shut down the borders and had everyone stay home… we along with the rest of the world went into a 2 month lock down… some longer. The isolation…

Intro Let’s review the benefits of grace Benefits of Grace 1. We are saved by Grace ( Eph 2:8-9 ) 8 God saved you by his grace when you believed. And you can’t take credit for this; it is a gift from God. 9 Salvation is not a reward for the good things we have done, so none of us can boast about it.…

Today we will be studying Daniel chapter 5. In this chapter, we find a new king in Babylon, Belshazzar. We will see Belshazzar truly dishonoring the Lord, and consequences he faced. As we will see God saying to him, he was weighed on God’s scales of justice and found wanting. This is a sobering chapter…

Introduction Introduce myself - Pastor Isaiah, worked with teens going on 6 years Pastor Brian asked me to address the twin topics of challenges and opportunities facing teens Game-plan is to layout several challenges this week, and then a few final challenges next week along with opportunities Lakewood’s…

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…

God uses the prayers of His saints to vindicate His glory on earth

The reward of the Lord is for those that trust in Him and Reverence Him. The entrance of the Word of God is given to the 5-fold ministry to give you a knowledge of God and the coming Kingdom. The Kingdom message. "Who is on the Lord's side!"