Prayer – HELP!! Romans 8:26-27 January 7, 2007 Opening I need help. When it comes to figuring out things on my computer and keeping all the programs in it running, I need help. It's just too complicated for me. I don't really under-stand how it works. It's beyond my capabilities. Unless I get help, there…

Palm Sunday Foretold by the Prophets 9 Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion! Shout in triumph, O daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your king is coming to you; He is just and endowed with salvation, Humble, and mounted on a donkey, Even on a colt, the foal of a donkey. 22 The stone which the builders rejected…

Where do we start? 10 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, And the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding. 10 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom; A good understanding have all those who do His commandments; His praise endures forever. What do we tend to fear? The unknown…

3 For though we live in the world, we do not wage war as the world does. 4 The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have divine power to demolish strongholds. 5 We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we…

Honor Dads I am going to share things that I have learned from my dad and other men, like Kathy’s dad Bro. Radke, Jon Elder, Billy Graham and other spiritual fathers in my life. God has some things that he wants to put inside all of us . One of the ways he does that is through our relationships. He puts…

9 Now Jabez was more honorable than his brothers, and his mother called his name Jabez, saying, “Because I bore him in pain.” 10 And Jabez called on the God of Israel saying, “Oh, that You would bless me indeed, and enlarge my territory, that Your hand would be with me, and that You would keep me from…

Introduction: Illustration - The Reality of Trials It's been said concerning trials and storms of life that, "Either you just came through one, are now entering one, or one looms on your horizon." Main Thought: Prepare today for the persecutions of tomorrow looking for the promise of eternity. Sub-intro:…

The apostles Peter and John had been arrested for healing a lame man, threatened by the Jewish authorities to stop preaching in Jesus’ name, and let go. 23 And being let go, they went to their own companions and reported all that the chief priests and elders had said to them. 24 So when they heard that,…

What does it mean to ‘Follow Jesus’? I encourage you to take a moment to think about that question. In church, we sometimes talk about following Jesus, but what does that mean? Specifically, we spent time looking at Luke 9:23 . ​ Luke 9:23 NIV Then he said to them all: “Whoever wants to be my disciple…

“God’s Grace and Provision for Christian Service” I. Remember Your Calling - You’ve Been Called to Serve! II. Remember Your Gifting - You’ve Been Gifted to Serve! III. Remember Your God - You’ve Been Empowered to Serve!

Having a good spiritual economy allows believers to have impact for God in the world around them. Speaking our prayers allows opportunity for God to enhance our spiritual economy using the words we pray. Listen!

The scene was the 24th JDC court. Two men were on trial for armed robbery. An eye witness took the stand and the prosecutor got up to begin his questioning. First he asked the eyewitness, "You were at the scene of the robbery?" Yes, answered the witness. "You saw a vehicle leave at a high rate of speed?"…

Reconciliation is part of the Gospel. Yet our world thrives on antagonism fuelled ideologies. Jesus calls the church to live differently. Join us at 10am this Sunday as we learn to move away from the antagonistic way of life.

God's use of supernatural activities to override natural situations - miracles - indicates that miracles are not used "to make everything better." God used them strategically. In this study, we identify two ways miracles were NOT used, and 5 ways that the NT shows us how God used miracles. These observations appear to apply throughout all of history, not just in the early Church.

1. The first essential is healing (vs. 36-38). 2. The second essential is hanging (vs. 39-40). 3. The third essential is hearing (vs. 40-43). 4. The fourth essential is the Holy Spirit (vs. 44-48).

WHAT CHRISTIANS BELIEVE REV. JOHN OLIVER EVANS 1. ABOUT GOD Background Passages: Genesis 1, Isaiah 6:1-8, Psalm 139, Revelation 4:1-11. Introduction: "I believe in God" is a common enough statement. But what kind of God - a God of our own making, devising, imagining or wishful thinking (our "idol", in…

Are You Saved or Not Saved? What was wrong with indulgences? General: According to Rome, the temporal punishment due to sin may be alleviated or removed by the merits of Christ and the saints dispensed by the church. Cairns, A. (2002). In Dictionary of Theological Terms (p. 231). Belfast; Greenville,…