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.

Date: Sunday May 4, 1997 NT Text: John 15:9-17 Sermon Title: Commanded to Love Commanded to Love If we were to ask almost any contemporary Christian, “What is the greatest commandment in the Bible?” the answer would go something like this: “To love God with all your heart and soul and mind and strength,…

SCRIPTURE: Acts 19:1-2 and John 14:16-18 NASB (9-4-05) TITLE: Characteristics of the Holy Spirit INTRODUCTION: The Word Characteristic according to the English Thesaurus means to have uniqueness; and distinctiveness. It describes the special quality of a particular person. The Holy Spirit is a person…

NORTHEAST HOUSTON COMMUNITY CHURCH Sermon – The Power of Choices Scripture: Deut 30:15-20 01/20/08 Deut 30:15-20 I have been trying to devote this month to providing some godly and scriptural encouragement for us to begin the New Year with. The type of year each of us will have will depend on the choices…

FRUIT THAT WILL LAST Reading: John 15:1–8 Text: John 15:16 I was baptised in the Holy Spirit and spoke out in tongues for the very first time many years ago, when as a student alone in my room in the Hall of Residence and reading through John’s gospel I read this verse, John 15 verse 16. 16 You did not…

le='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>I speak to you in the name of God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit – Amen Today is Trinity Sunday – it is called Trinity Sunday because it is the first Sunday after Pentecost Pentecost is 50 days after Easter and is the birth of the church – the moment…

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…

Introduction: I was reading about the screech owl, which unlike our spotted owl, resides in cities and towns on the East Coast. They’re very productive, but little bugs and maggots can infect and devastate their entire population. To counteract the maggots and bugs, the screech owl ingeniously gathers…

Sunday, October 19, 2008 Believing in Jesus moves us into the light John 12:44-50 46 I have come into the world as a light, so that no one who believes in Me should stay in darkness. John 12:46 NIV When you open your Bibles to the New Testament, you find that the first four books are stories of the life…

The Abundant Life Read John 10:10. Jesus promised in John 10:10 that we could “have life and have it in abundance.” Who doesn’t yearn to live a satisfied life infused with contentment and joy? Bookstore shelves are filled with thousands of titles such as “Your Best Life Now; Your Personal Code for Living…

John 19:28 After this, Jesus, knowing that all things were now accomplished, that the Scripture might be fulfilled, said, "I thirst!" [New King James Version] The words “I thirst” or “I am thirsty” are very common to us, because we have all heard our children utter them at any and every moment they could.…

ABIDING IN CHRIST BIBLE TEXT: John 15:1-4 Subject: Presence Proposition: Abiding In His Presence Theme: The Savior of the world invites us into an intimate, personal, abiding relationship with Him where we will experience His wonderful love INTRODUCTION Lesson Aims: Understand Christ’s claims to deity…

Sunday, October 5, 2008 What is involved in following Christ? John 12:20-36 26 Whoever serves Me must follow Me; and where I am, My servant also will be. My Father will honor the one who serves Me. -- 36 Put your trust in the light while you have it, so that you may become sons of light.” John 12:26…

Matthew 20:29-34 Introduction Jesus was now on His way to Jerusalem to celebrate the Passover with His disciples. Infinitely more important than that, however, He was going there to suffer and die (20:18-19). He would be celebrating the Passover for the last time and then giving Himself as the one, final,…

“Then Elijah said to all the people, ‘Come near to me.’ And all the people came near to him. And he repaired the altar of the LORD that had been thrown down. Elijah took twelve stones, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob, to whom the word of the LORD came, saying, ‘Israel shall…

Introduction: The fifteenth chapter of John is one of the most important chapters in all the Bible. However it is at the same time a very difficult chapter because of some interpretive problems. This classic chapter contains one of the most meaningful allegories in the Bible. It is another one of those…

Introduction: Last week we talked about The Relationship of Believers to Believers, this week, Christ turns to the hatred of the world. Why does the world hate Christians? · (1) because it first hated Christ, and we belong to Him (1 John 3:13), (2) because we no longer belong to the world (1 John 4:5…

What Not to Love A sermon on 1 John 2:15-17 preached at Christ the King Church on 1/15/06 Prayer: Father, open our eyes to see and our hearts to sense the truth of your Word. Lord, you know that I need help to preach, and that this congregation needs help to listen. So, help us both to recognize and…

Introduction: *Question: What is involved in having a vital relationship with Jesus Christ?” How can we describe the union that a believer experiences between himself and Christ? We talk about knowing Christ, being in Christ, walking with Christ, and loving Him. But what does that union really involve?…

1 Corinthians 7:7-9 Advise to Widowers and Widows First Corinthians chapter seven places high value on the single life of celibacy and it strongly contradicts the popular idea that only those who are married are truly fulfilling their purpose and calling in life. It makes clear that it is not only possible…

THE FIVE CONDITIONS OF ANSWERED PRAYER Prayer Can Change Your Life - Part 2 of 3 John 15:7 & Selected Sermon John 15. We're in a series of messages called "Prayer Can Change Your Life". Last week we talked about the four purposes of prayer. You've probably had people say to you, "I tried prayer and it…

Bearing Fruit Sermon Reading John 15:1-8 Introduction Family orange tree Planted there for a purpose – to give us fruit When it stopped bearing fruit – it no longer served it function John 15 give us a very similar situation Each must bear fruit or face the vinedresser’s shears 1) Congregational Fruit…

Abiding In Christ John 15:7-17 Introduction In this week’s lesson, we continue to examine the believer’s relationship with Christ. Specifically, we will focus on what it means to abide in Christ. Arthur Pink offers an excellent definition of what it means to abide in Christ. “First, to abide in Christ…

Introduction: Let’s Read Acts 3:1-11 to get the context:* At this point Peter began to preach his second sermon. When we compare Peter’s first sermon with this one, we find some differences. Yet there are similarities too, because regardless of the circumstances, Peter was trying to do the same thing…

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…