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.

Walking Away From Toxic Relationships Are any of your relationships unhealthy? Bible-based advice for how to tell--and how to cut them off. When God wants to bless you, how does He do it? He sends people into your life. When the devil wants to destroy you, how does He do it? He sends people! There are…

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…

The Stages of Faith (4:46-54) Introduction: this nobleman was a government official, probably holding some high position in Herod’s court. His experience reveals the various stages of faith, the kind of growing faith that every man should experience. 1. A beginning faith (v.46-47). 2. A persistent faith…

It’s not over yet! Jacob was an old man when his son Joseph was taken to Egypt. His boy Joseph had been his dream. Now it looked like Jacob’s dream was dead. But in Genesis 45, we see that his spirit was revived. Joseph was still alive! The old man got his dream back in his old age. You’re never too…

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: There is a story of two men, who, walking together, found a young tree laden with fruit. They both gathered, and satisfied themselves for the present; but one of them took all the remaining fruit and carried it away with him; the other took the tree, and planted it in his own ground, where…

40 Days of Blessing Week #5 Sunday Sermon Oct. 5th Title: How to Live under an Open Heaven Text: Mark 1:11, Rev. 5:13, Truth to Go #6 Words, Deeds and Ceremonies - Part 2 Sermon Preparation: Read The Power of Blessing chapter 13 and briefly skim The Blessing Handbook chapter 8 - Milestones the main prep…

Introduction: the Jews asked Jesus: “how one may do the work of God and Jesus said”, (6:29, 35, 40, 47). So here & throughout the Gospel of John, everlasting life is directly related to your believing in Jesus Christ. Four times in this chapter Jesus relates everlasting life to believing in Him. The…

Title: The Horrors of Hell. Text: Mark 9:43-48. CIT: Jesus teaches about the horrors of Hell and discipleship. Theme: The place you don’t want to live in forever. Purpose: Salvation/Discipleship. Introduction Recent surveys conducted among church-going folks concluded that a small minority actually believe…

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…

7/25/10 The Benefit and Blessing of the Lord's Supper Matt. 26,1 Corinthians 11 The ordinances that officially instituted Lord's supper, communion, enchant, sacraments, (Diff than catholic) 2 new communion Lord's Table, Bars, Means of grave. spiritual Blessings DONT KEEP You SAVED. The name Sacramento…

You can get in a lot of trouble over what you say about other people. A young man had just got a job in the produce department when he was asked by a lady if she could buy half a head of lettuce. He replied, “Half a head? Are you serious? God grows these in whole heads and that’s how we sell them!”…

Sermon: Joseph the Faithful Servant (Genesis 37-50) Genesis 39:9 No one is greater in this house than I am. My master has withheld nothing from me except you, because you are his wife. How then could I do such a wicked thing and sin against God?" 10 And though she spoke to Joseph day after day, he refused…

“Now therefore fear the Lord and serve him in sincerity and faithfulness. Put away the gods that your fathers served beyond the River and in Egypt, and serve the Lord. And if it is evil in your eyes to serve the Lord, choose this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your fathers served in the region…

. INTRODUCTION 1. Left Judas Iscariot till the last a. His name is ALWAYS listed LAST in the list of disciples b. Sadly his name has become synonymous with BETRAYAL 2. The NAME ‘Judas’ was a COMMON name in Jesus’ day a. As mentioned last week, JUDAS is the Greek form of the Hebrew name ‘Judah’ i. The…

HOW TO STAY CLOSE TO GOD TEXT: Jonah 1:1-9 “Getting A Second Chance From God.” Isn’t that good news! God is the God of the second chance. Moses broke the tablets of the law, but God gave him a second chance. Samson sinned, but God gave him a second chance. Peter cursed Jesus, but God gave him a second…

“I Will Build My Church” Christ’s Program for the Church Text: Matthew 16:13-20 Place Preached - (Mississauga International Baptist Church) Date Preached - (03/16/03) Introduction: As an interesting bit of information this was what the temple of Solomon cost: The talents of gold, silver, and brass, expended…

Your Influence 2 Cor 2:11 Matt. 5; 13 If you will remember we started out looking at the different ways the devil seeks to get the advantage over us as Christians. We saw that the devil gains the advantage over Christians through one of his devices, like discouragement, discontentment, compromise, delaying,…

“Philip & Nathanael Follow Christ” John 1:43-51 Philip’s experience (v.43-44) A. He was sought by Jesus personally (v.43a) 1. Jesus Himself went forth and sought Philip—Philip was not seeking Jesus there is none who seeks God (Romans 3:11). 2. Jesus traveled a long distance to find Philip a. Galilee…

The Parables of the Hidden Treasure and the Pearl Merchant One expert has calculated that at least a third of Jesus’ teaching was delivered in the form of parables, so even though we have now come to the last of this series, it is not too late to spare a moment to ask ourselves why Jesus chose this teaching…

Fruitfulness: Allowing the Word to work the soil of our hearts Matt. 13:1-23 Date: Aug. 06, 2000 Place: Faith EBC, Winkler Introduction We are just about to enter harvest season. In fact several farmers have already begun swathing. The fields look ripe. The crops look plentiful. How did this all happen.…

Introduction: Have you ever missed a plane because you read the date or time wrong? Have you ever missed a benefit because you didn’t know it was there? Coupon for something free that expired? Have you ever ignored a warning sign because you didn’t know what it meant? There is a kind of adversity that…

Behold He Cometh Rev 1:4-8 Introduction: Keynote to the book of the Revelation is the phrase in Rev 1:7 “Behold, he cometh” The coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. The second coming of Jesus Christ is mentioned 1527 times in the OT and 319 times in the NT. · There is no place in all of scripture where the…

Do not love this world nor the things it offers you, for when you love the world, you do not have the love of the Father in you. For the world offers only a craving for physical pleasure, a craving for everything we see, and pride in our achievements and possessions. These are not from the Father, but…