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.

Key Points Lessons and Teachings from James By Brother Michel Lankford A Personal Note: Hello and God bless you. What follows is a devotional Bible study of the book of James. Late last year, the Lord was impressing upon me that I should start reading certain books of Scripture, and keeping a "running…

Introduction: A. Being self-sufficient, relying on yourself is a terrible sin in the sight of God. 1. Why? Self-sufficiency is planning without God! a. Man boasts that he is ultimately in control of his life and future. – This is easy to do at the age you are at right now! You think you have your whole…

Philippians 3:13-14 Introduction We all have a past that is some of our past events affect and control us. When this is the case we miss God’s blessings and purposes in our lives. How much pain and suffering is caused by our being controlled by our past? There are two types of past events: Things out…

Introduction: *this is the first look at the early church. It shows us the traits that characterized the daily lives of believers. Luke describes the beauty of the growing and developing church. He portrays the dedication and devotion of the early Christians in relation to God in the worship services.…

Introduction: 880 Epigram On Courage • Courage is not the absence of fear; it is the mastery of it. • Said William Penn: “Right is right, even if everyone is against it, and wrong is wrong, even if everyone is for it.” • Oh, do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger men. Do not pray for tasks equal…

Don’t Be Distracted Distraction is the diversion of attention of an individual or group from the chosen object of attention onto the source of distraction. Distraction is caused by one of the following: lack of ability to pay attention; lack of interest in the object of attention; greater interest in…

PAUL’S PRAYER FOR THE CHURCH INTRODUCTION Our passage today is actually a prayer Paul gave for the Ephesians. Paul began the prayer in verse 1 of chapter 3, but appears to have been sidetracked and then picks it up in verse 14. This is his second prayer in Ephesians, the first was in 1:15-23. Wiersbe…

I. Introduction Illustration: Napoleon Bonaparte – man of humble beginnings who went on to be a General, stated the following after making rounds about his different post and finding a soldier asleep at his post, “Soldier what is your name, the soldier replied, “My name is Napolean, Bonaparte replied…

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…

The internal charge Pursue the Word of God. This charge is two-fold. John chapter 1 identifies Jesus Christ as the revealed Word of God. In chapter 15, Jesus, himself, declares that apart from Him you can do nothing. You are charged to pursue the revealed Word of God – Jesus Christ as your chief goal.…

The Danger of Drifting Hebrew 2:1-4 Intro: Far up the Niagara River, boaters begin to see signs of warning of the impending falls. Some have not headed the warnings signs and have gone to their death over the 167 foot drop. This morning I want us to look at the danger of drifting and the reality of it.…

While Jesus loves you right where you are, His love won't let you stay where you are. Those who KNOW Jesus are expected and empowered to GROW in Him, and GO to those who need to know Him. Today we discover what that looks like in real life.

My God, remember Tobiah and Sanballat, according to these their works, and the prophetess Noadiah and the rest of the prophets who would have made me afraid. Nehemiah 6:14 (NKJV) Good morning, and God bless you. My name is Michel Lankford. I believe that Jesus is the Christ the son of the living God…

Are you a thermometer or a thermostat? I Timothy 4 Example of the pressure we feel from others. - me getting my drivers licence renewed and failing my eye test. - people had come into the church at Ephesus and introduced the deadly Dilution Disease. Jesus AND following OT laws. Here, Paul unwraps a bit…

Spiritual Hunger INTRO One of the problems facing the end time Church, as Jesus Christ the Faithful witness reveals, is that of being in an unclothed state, naked. If that wasn’t bad enough the Church is pictured as being totally unaware of this condition. Christ has instructed His disciples what actions…

HOW TO BE FAITHFUL TEXT: Revelation 2:10 By: Russell E. Spray I. BE DEDICATED - Romans 12:1 A. Some devote their lives to projects, positions, or possessions. They pursue time, talents, and treasures. B. We should be dedicated to God, seeking His will, way, and work. We should give Him first place in…

Today we will focus on how to make the most of the New Year. My title today is “How to get out of the ruts we can get stuck in” … So we can move ahead in faith. …get moving. We won't be successful at anything if we don't get mobile. Successful people are people of action. Paul was a man of action. Successful…

Don’t Waste Your Life Ephesians 5:15-17 There is a bumper sticker that says, “Life is too precious to waste”. But how do you do that? How do you prevent wasting your life? Well, the Bible says this in Ephesians, 5:15-17…, “Be careful how you live, not as fools but as those who are wise. Make the most…

By Pastor Glenn Pease Back in the days of depression the mighty Babe Ruth was asked to take a salary cut for the first time in his career. He didn't go for it, but insisted on his customary $80,000 contract. "But Babe," protested an official of the Yankee Ball Club, "These are trying times. That's more…

Self righteousness, is a sin which every believer gets entagled with in their personal lives, it is important we identify it soon that taking chanes with this issue.

1 Corinthians 10:23-30 Smoking a Good Cigar to the Glory of God “All things are lawful,” but not all things are helpful. “All things are lawful,” but not all things build up. Let no one seek his own good, but the good of his neighbour. Eat whatever is sold in the meat market without raising any question…

 Jesus is more than enough 7/29/07 a.m. Luke 4:16-21 16 So He came to  Nazareth, where He had been brought up. And as His custom was, He went into the synagogue on the Sabbath day, and stood up to read. 17 And He was handed the book of the prophet Isaiah. And when He had opened the book, He found…

“But godliness with contentment is great gain, for we brought nothing into the world, and we cannot take anything out of the world. But if we have food and clothing, with these we will be content. But those who desire to be rich fall into temptation, into a snare, into many senseless and harmful desires…

Characteristics tell a lot about you individually or a group. Our characteristics can benefit us or bring peril to our very existence. In Life on the Edge, Dr. James Dobson writes: What are the characteristics of sheep that remind the Lord of you and me? What is he really saying when he refers to us…