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.

Introduction Tithing – a hotly debated topic / can offend people with set ideas either way. Some churches preach “you must tithe”, some churches teach “complete freedom”. Some avoid the topic entirely because it is too controversial. But somehow, in all of the debate, the principles of the Bible about…

Living The Kingdom of God Lifestyle Journey From Religion to Relationship Growing as a group in the gospel of the kingdom INTRODUCTION & INDEX To Kingdom Growth Guides INTRODUCTION (#000) | Kingdom Growth Guides are for assisting individuals and small groups to move toward the kingdom lifestyle. These…

Identifying curses As stated earlier, iniquity (perversion) causes curses. Discernment and detection are the two primary ways to determine the type of curse a person may be under. Supernatural discernment through the Holy Spirit, including word of knowledge and discerning of spirits, has proven invaluable…

Perfect discernment is displayed by God and Jesus Christ. Evil spirits also have discernment, about the person and work of Christ. Discernment has been evident in the rulers and spiritual leaders of God’s people, but Israel, like children and the foolish who lack judgment, failed to discern God’s purpose and truth.

Introduction: Now we saw that in the early church there was tremendous enthusiasm… and sometimes enthusiasm can get misdirected. Paul said "For I testify about them that they have a zeal for God, but not in accordance with knowledge." (Romans 10:2) In the early church, because of their excitement and…

When God Doesn’t Make Sense He Is Up To Something Acts 8:2-40 Dr. James Dobson wrote a book called, When God Doesn’t Make Sense. It was a best-seller. I think it was so popular because it struck a common chord. Have you had a time in your life when it seemed God didn’t make sense? You were praying, reading…

Matthew 21:12-17 Introduction The triumphal entry on Sunday had begun outside Jerusalem’s East Gate, where a multitude followed Jesus into the city and another large group came out of the city to meet Him and then led the way before Him, spreading clothes and palm branches in the road as they went (vv.…

Are Tongues For Today? What Are The Biblical Guidelines For Speaking In Tongues? “In the NT, the baptism in the Holy Ghost is always accompanied by inspired speech, and that inspired speech tends to be tongues and/or prophecy.” Disclaimers First, because this is a very controversial subject, I do not…

Acts 5:1-11 Lying to the Holy Spirit A man named Ananias, with his wife Sapphira, sold a piece of property, and with his wife’s knowledge he kept back for himself some of the proceeds and brought only a part of it and laid it at the apostles’ feet. But Peter said, “Ananias, why has Satan filled your…

A close look at how unforgiveness can destroy ones life!

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…

Intro Text - Acts 3.19-21 19 Repent therefore and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, so that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord, 20 and that He may send Jesus Christ, who was preached to you before, 21 whom heaven must receive until the times of restoration of all…

Joshua 4:1-10; 19-24 INTRODUCTION Forty years of aimless wandering were about to come to an end The people of Israel stood on the bank of the Jordan River. The Jordan separated the past from the future. Ø The slavery of Egypt from the success of Canaan Ø The defeat of the wilderness from the victory…

Parable of the Net Text: Matthew 13:47-50 Place Preached - (Mississauga International Baptist Church) Date Preached - (07/07/02) Introduction: This parable is similar in many respects to the Wheat & Tares. (Similar separation at the end of the age) (Different – Tares are planted in the world / The offending…

By Pastor Glenn Pease James McGinley had a woman come forward in one of his meetings, and he took her into the counseling room and shared the Gospel with her, and then he prayed. She then asked him what he thought about a Protestant marrying a Catholic. He said it can often be very difficult for both,…

God is revealed to us in His Word as a sovereign God who positions his people to be in the right places at the right times to accomplish His purposes! Not by chance, but by design! Not “divine appointments,” but “divine positioning.”

Romans 12:1-8 Stephen Caswell © 2004 Servant hood The Navigators are well known for their emphasis on having an attitude of servant hood. A businessman asked Lorne Sanny, then president of the Navigators, how he could know when he had a servant like attitude. Lorne replied, by how you act when you are…

DIVINE POWER FOR A DIVINE PURPOSE STUDY TEXT: ACTS 1:8 Introduction God promised a divine power which shall be solely for a divine purpose. This is because the power will come through the Holy Spirit, and the primary purpose shall be to win souls to the kingdom of God. Thus, the baptism in the Holy Spirit…

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…

Text Now those who were scattered went about preaching the word. Philip went down to the city of Samaria and proclaimed to them the Christ. And the crowds with one accord paid attention to what was being said by Philip, when they heard him and saw the signs that he did. For unclean spirits, crying out…

Last time we left off focusing on verse 8 which is the key verse to understanding the entire book of Acts. 8 But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come on you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.” Being Christ's witnesses is…

The Discerning of Spirits Pastor Keith Hassell KENNETH HAG1N: "The discerning of spirits gives insight into the spirit world." Concerning Spiritual Gifts, p. 66 LESTER SUMRALL: "The discerning of spirits is the divine ability to see the presence arid activity of a spirit that motivates a human being,…

By Pastor Glenn Pease The unexpected is the source of so much of the joy of life. Our three year old granddaughter, Jennifer, was praying at the table a couple of weeks ago. I noticed she was going faster than usual, and she came to the end saying, "In Jesus name, amen." Then she shouted, "I win." It…

“For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins, But a certain fearful looking for of judgement and fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversaries.” Hebrews 10:26,27 In my last message on this series I touched on the sinners…