The Hand of the Lord: 1. is mighty. 2. is dangerous and deadly against His enemies. 3. empowers His servants. 4. can be heavy to discipline His people. 5. will help His people. 6. will always be with His people today.

TITLE: "Seven Positive Traits of True Love" TEXT: 1 Corinthians 13:1-13 ETS: The Apostle Paul gives a detailed description of love. ESS: Love exhibits certain characteristics. OSS: Christians will gain a new understanding of love and endeavor to live it out. UW: Characteristics PQ: What are dome defining…

40 Days of Community Part 1 Why We Need Each Other Transcript of Message by Rick Warren October 2-3, 2004 Well good morning everybody. Wow, you look great today. If you’ll take out your outlines, today, we’re beginning a revolution. And I don’t say that lightly. It is going to be a revolution that will…

The Lessons for the Last Days Simeon’s Prophecy and Anna’s Testimony As I read through this account I want you to pick up on the character qualities of Simeon, Anna and the priest, they were looking for the 1st coming of Jesus, we are looking for the 2nd coming – ask yourself the question what is God…

1 Corinthians 12:31-13:13 Stephen Caswell © 2000 Charming Compassion I read recently of a teaching hospital that found out one of its young resident students had a marvelous effect on children. They responded to him with delight. They would do things for him and yield to his ministrations in a way that…

Reviving Your Prayer Life In God’s Word (Ps 119:145-152) Preached by Pastor Phil Layton at Gold Country Baptist Church on March 15, 2009 www.goldcountrybaptist.org Psalm 119:145-152 (NKJV) 145 I cry out with my whole heart; Hear me, O Lord! I will keep Your statutes. 146 I cry out to You; Save me, and…

Introduction: There was a time when there was no evil—no sin whatsoever—upon earth, a time when the whole world was perfect. But the day came when sin entered the world. This we saw in our last study in (Genesis 3:1-6). When sin first entered the world, catastrophic consequences began immediately to…

Introduction: When the rulers of the Jewish nation failed in their attempt to have Jesus arrested by the temple guards John 7:32, 45-49), they immediately devised a plot to trap him. This plot is the most despicable action by these men recorded in the Gospels. At the same time, it became an occasion…

Time with Abba - Bible Reading Schedule Jan l Feb l Mar l Apr l May l Jun l Jul l Aug l Sep l Oct l Nov l Dec Date Psalms OT NT Proverbs 1/1 Ps 1:1-6 Gen 1:1-2:25 Matt 1:1-2:12 Prov 1:1-6 1/2 Ps 2:1-6 Gen 3:1 - 4:26 Matt 2:13-3:6 Prov 1:7-9 1/3 Ps 2:7-12 Gen 5:1 - 7:24 Matt 3:7-4:11 Prov 1:10-19 1/4…

Scripture 8 Be sober-minded; be watchful. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour. 9 Resist him, firm in your faith, knowing that the same kinds of suffering are being experienced by your brotherhood throughout the world. 10 And after you have suffered a…

SIX Don’t Give Satan a Beachhead! If the believer cultivates in his life any known sin, he is giving Satan an opportunity to get a foothold, a beachhead in his life. Satan will then use this opportunity to invade and take over other areas. Paul warns in Ephesians 4:27, “And do not give the devil an opportunity.”…

“Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God so that at the proper time he may exalt you, casting all your anxieties on him, because he cares for you. Be sober-minded; be watchful. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour. Resist him, firm in…

1 Peter 1:13-16 HOLINESS-The Key to God’s Nature God’s holiness unlocks the door to understanding and making sense out of everything else about Him…… This attribute infiltrates all the other attributes. ·His love is holy love. Everything has been infiltrated by this defining attribute of God called holiness.…

Genesis 8:1-22; 9:20-28 – God Remembered Noah FIRST -- GOD REMEMBERED NOAH. I love verse one. God remembered Noah... NASV This is not suggesting that God forgot about Noah. God does not forget about his children. He never forgets. The God news is that God never forgets about you. If you ever feel that…

What’s love got to do with it? I heard a song on the radio this past week and it got me to thinking. There are some songs that we have heard so many times over the years that we quit listening to the words, or we find that we never really paid very close attention to them in the first place. That was…

Freely Given, Freely Received Text: Matthew 10:1-15 Place Preached - (Mississauga International Baptist Church) Date Preached - (10/14/01) Introduction: Give brief description of the events in our text. Matthew 10:8 Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils: freely ye have received,…

He aquí yo vengo pronto, y mi galardón conmigo, para recompensar a cada uno según sea su obra. Pero sin fe es imposible agradar a Dios; porque es necesario que el que se acerca a Dios crea que le hay, y que es galardonador de los que le buscan. Apocalipsis Creo que este versículo es clave para el tema…

Text: Colossians 3:12-15 Title: New Life in Christ (Part 2) “The Christians Clothing” Theme of the book of Colossians: Jesus Christ: The preeminent and all-sufficient Savior Theme of Text: Eliminating sin is not enough; sin must be replaced with Christ like qualities. Proposition: Clothe yourself in…

1 John 3:1 Background 1 JOHN BASIC FACTS HISTORICAL SETTING The readers are believers (3:1–2) of Gentile background (5:21). Because John spent his later years at Ephesus, it is likely that the letter was written from that city to a nearby group of Asian churches with which John was personally acquainted.…

“We Shall Be Like Him “1John 3:1-3” I. Our Position – 3:1 A. Chosen by the Father (Eph.1:5) 1. God predestined us to adoption as sons. a) Just as He chose Israel to be His special people (Deut.7:8), He also chose the church, family of God. b) agape love seeks to meet the needs of others (John 15:13-15).…

The fellowship that believers share as a result of their common union with God through Jesus Christ is expressed in life together. It is evident in worship together, in a love for one another which reflects God’s own love and in a practical commitment to one another which is demonstrated in concern for the weak and readiness to share with the poor and needy.

Today we are continuing our study through 1 Peter, which shows us the Gospel, the good news about Jesus dying to take the punishment for our sin, and rising to give us new life, is the very thing we need as we go through REAL life. Last week, we looked at the opening of the book, where Peter laid the…

LOVE MATTERS MOST (Matthew 22:34-46) Good Morning! Wow! And Pastor Dick thought his sabbatical went by fast! You’ll notice in your bulletins an outline this morning. I told the LBA this when I went through the visitor connection training with them, I should use outlines more often – it gives people hope.…

Except the Lord Build the House 1 Except the Lord build the house, they labour in vain that build it: Except the Lord keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain. Who is change and involved will determine what gets done How it gets done The order of what gets done Why it gets done The quality of what…

SELF-DISCIPLINE The letters to the Corinthians are the apostle Paul’s response to a series of specific questions and issues facing Christians in Corinth (a city in Greece). Paul had started the church in Corinth some years earlier and was quite concerned when he heard of their struggles. Corinth was…