Good morning! we are in this sermon series entitled Unashamed - where we have been looking at this hidden emotion called Shame.. its often consider more subjective than objective and is easily ignored.. However what we have been seeing is that Shame is an INFLUENCER - IT is one of those emotions that…

What It Really Means to Be A Child of God Not all people are children of God. That may be a surprise for you to hear, but I want to talk about what the Bible says, not about what the culture says. It’s a feel-good quote when people bring up racial tensions that is just not what the Bible says. The Bible,…

Suffering often shocks the Christian and non-Christian. Our culture tells us we can find happiness in the world. But experience and this passage teaches this world brings futility, corruption, and pain. This wonderful passage teaches us not to hope in this world, but in the one to come. This life is not without hope when we believe in Christ because we are promised a day when sin and death will be no more.

Adam/Eve Fall Promise Egypt Wilderness Wandering Judges Rejection of God as King/ Saul 13 Samuel said to Saul, “You have been foolish. You have not kept the command the Lord your God gave you. It was at this time that the Lord would have permanently established your reign over Israel, 14 but now your…

The power of the Holy Spirit will help you order your inner world.

Introduction Today we will look at the Lord’s Prayer. It probably won’t be the version that most of you have memorized. That one is over in Mt. 6 . Rather than this being an edited version of that prayer, this is almost certainly a different occasion being reported. It is helpful to have both of these…

This second message on the book of Ephesians focuses again on God's big master plan revealed in verse 9-10 . Steve then takes us through verse 11 through 22 revealing how the church is the inplimenter of this master plan and how we find our purpose in His plan.

Introduction What child is this? This year is ending much differently than any of us would like to see it end. Most of us could say without a shadow of a doubt we want this year to end quickly. Maybe you have been saying to yourself, what year is this? To be honest, I am not liking this way of celebrating…

Welcome Good Morning! I’m Pastor Wayne and I’d like to welcome you all to the gathering of Ephesus Baptist Church. It’s nice to see so your smiling faces. If you are visiting with us this morning, please know that you are surrounded by some pretty amazing people. Ephesus is an active faith community…

Today there are many people who don't even talk about the Holy Spirit. Should we talk about the Holy Spirit? Is He still active and working in our lives like He was in the early church? Is He important to our daily living? These are some of the questions that Pastor Adam answers.

Welcome… Plan: 4/8 - Adam - Philippians 1 4/15 - Joey - Philippians 2 4/22 - Eric - Philippians 3 4/29 - Peter - Philippians 4 5/5 - Adam - The Lord’s Prayer Paul and Timothy, servants of Christ Jesus, To all the saints in Christ Jesus who are at Philippi, with the overseers and deacons: Grace to you…

Intro Baggage Series… Tonight we will talk about the baggage of guilt… or shame. Too many believers struggle with the guilt factor ... It will weigh you down. I don’t know what kind of church experience you had when you were young… it could have been good or bad… and it impacts you today. Some churches…

1 Paul, an apostle—not from men or by man, but by Jesus Christ and God the Father who raised him from the dead— 2 and all the brothers who are with me: To the churches of Galatia. 3 Grace to you and peace from God the Father and our Lord Jesus Christ, 4 who gave himself for our sins to rescue us from…

This sermon today will finish up this short series on Prayer... Though I hope your prayer life doesn’t slow or cease due to us now closing out this series... As just a quick recap to look back at what we’ve seen so far... We’ve seen that Prayer is - first of all... A Privilege Bought with Blood…the blood…

Understanding who is He ? 1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. 1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was in the beginning with God. 13 Just as a father has compassion on his children, So the Lord has compassion on those who fear Him.…

Introduction What is it that we want when we pray? Is it just an answer or something greater? In our text today Jesus gives instructions on prayer. He shares the power of prayer. He shows the purpose of prayer. 5 “And when you pray, you must not be like the hypocrites. For they love to stand and pray…

The Caterpillar doesn't know what it will look like as a butterfly. However, its not knowing is the blessing it needs in order to fulfill the transition into the Adult Butterfly. When we don't know, we yet hope and act upon that hope to bring our end to pass.

Why should we NOT be anxious? 34 “So do not worry about tomorrow; for tomorrow will care for itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own. Looking from God’s point of view 9 You whom I have taken from the ends of the earth, And called from its remotest parts And said to you, ‘You are My servant, I…

Freedom: 1959 was the year of my birth – I am a child of the 60’s! Although I was just a child, there was a great social movement by youth in the 1960’s – a reaction against what they perceived to be the failure of the older generation that had led to two world wars, corruption, oppression and a world…