A. And by this we know that we have come to know Him (v.3) 1. If we keep His commandments (v.3) 2. If we keep His word (v.5) B. The Result: 1. The love of God is perfected in us (v.5) 2. Assurance: We know that we have come to know Him (v.3) C. This is related to obedience The Test: Do we keep His commandments?—1…

Encouraging Women 25 She is clothed with strength and dignity, and she laughs without fear of the future. Confession of Faith I am not moved by what I see or by what I feel. I am moved by what I believe. I believe the WORD of God! The victory is mine! I have it now! I can see it through the eyes of my…

Ephesians 2:1-10 is Paul's beautiful, honest, powerful explanation of The Gospel. The Gospel is nothing less than the grace of God bringing us from death to life. The big picture theme of Ephesians is the purpose of God being revealed as uniting all things in Christ, things in Heaven and on Earth to the praise of His glory. This Gospel, gloriously presented in this section, shows how God powerfully and lovingly brings us into this purpose, being united to Christ and united to each other.

John is the only Gospel writer to record Jesus’ extended conversation with his disciples at the Last Supper knowing that his time had come to suffer and die Jesus told his disciples that they would no longer be able to follow him and that one of them would betray him they were confused and shaken where…

Today we are studying John 15:1-17. I encourage you to open your bibles to this passage, so we can read and study together. As we saw last week in John 14 , the Holy Spirit is in us to teach us. Let’s take time to ask the Lord to open our hearts and minds to hear what he wants to teach us today. We are…

Introduction Estas fueron las características que identificamos: Las marcas de un discípulo fiel Sufrir por Cristo - Mateo 10: 24-25 Proclame la verdad - Mateo 10: 26-27 Solo teme a Dios - Mateo 10:28 Confía en Dios - Mateo 10: 29-31 Practica lo que predicas - Mateo 10: 32-33 Se niegan a sí mismos -…

Introduction We’ve been working through a series of sermons based on , the Missionary Discourse. These were the characteristics that we identified: The Marks of a Faithful Disciple Suffer for Christ - Proclaim the Truth - Fear Only God - Trust in God - Walk the Talk - Deny Themselves - Carry the Cross…

Have you ever wondered why so many people lose any joy they might have had in their lives?… even Christians? They start off great but fade … it’s like they sprang a leak and of o their joy leaked out. Tonight, we will look at what Paul says about How we can maintain our joy. Finally, my brothers, rejoice…

I feel so powerless to address the issues goin on in our world! Does this sound like you? Maybe you have felt this way. We are on our own powerless, but the power at work within us can accomplish more than we could ever dream of. This power brought Christ back from the dead. Heck! it brought me back…

One bright morning as the Fox was following his sharp nose through the wood in search of a bite to eat, he saw a Crow on the limb of a tree overhead. This was by no means the first Crow the Fox had ever seen. What caught his attention this time and made him stop for a second look, was that the lucky…

Strengthen yourself in the Lord. How many of you good use a good renewing? Today is a day of being renewed and strengthened in Christ. We are continuing to strengthen ourselves in the Lord. Tell the story of David and upbringing and time line all the way up to the point of being alone and strengthening…

In the book “ The Day America Told the Truth ” (1991), the authors (James Patterson & Peter Kim) relate the stunning results of a question which was asked of Americans. The question was simply this: What are you willing to do for $10 million? 2/3 of those polled said they would do at least one of the…

Who am I? It is a great question with the answer having a great influence on day to day actions. As I have said before, and am constantly being reminded, belief leads to action. Where do I live? What time do I live in? Where did I come from? Where am I heading? These questions help us to answer our first…

Religious Vs. Relationship 20 Neither pray I for these alone, but for them also which shall believe on me through their word; 21 That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me. 22 And the glory which…

We are sons and daughters of the King. More tha mortals - we are royals.

Please turn in your Bible to . I have been saying for a while that one of these days I’m going to preach a message about the believer’s union with Christ — though I have a used the phrase “In Him.” Well today is the day in which I do so. If you were here last week you may remember that the message was…

Introduction I love my wife, and remember the day we were married. I remember what she looked like walking down the isle, and I remember being completely overwhelmed by her beauty. Since our marriage we have grown. We live together, and sometimes we disagree, yet as we have grown, our love for one another…

Have you ever had one of those days when everything went wrong? You begin to think… I shouldn’t have even gotten out of bed today. Guy who wanted to make a shake - he put everything in but forgot to put the top on the blender… he was wearing his smoothie… Guy who jumped off the overpass to kill himself……

What are the life-changing effects of God's glory and manifested presence? As Moses spoke to God face to face and was changed so that his face shown, how much more are we to become full of God's life-changing presence and bring His light and glory to the world around us!

Can we live in grace upon grace? This is my New Year resolution. As Christians, we all are the recipients of grace, but can we be the extenders of grace? I know it's not easy, but there are five things we can do to grow our ability to give grace. Let's take a look ...

God takes the shattered pieces of our lives and reconciles them into a beautiful, thriving child of God which allows the light of Christ to shine through us in an even more brilliant way.

Oneness is very important to God and is commanded by Jesus.

The mind of Christ in you will transform every part of your walk

The Message of the Book of Ephesians

Today we’re beginning a verse by verse study of the book of Colossians that will take us, Lord willing through the end of May. Along the way we’ll have only four Sundays where we won’t start by opening our Bibles to Colossians. The first time will be on January 19, when my friend Brian Seagraves will…