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…

Intercession and Spiritual Warfare Pastor Keith Hassell Introduction Intercessors are a great gift to the body of Christ. As a pastor I am thankful for every person who feels a special calling to intercede for me and for the church I pastor. I recognize that intercessors have played a key role in what…

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…

The Terrible Sin of Unforgiveness (10/02/07) Text: Mark 11:25-26 Introduction: There is a sin that will eat you up from the inside out. It will destroy you like a growing cancer. There is a sin that will make it impossible for you to live a victorious Christian life. It is a poison to the soul. I am…

The Tabernacle – A model for prayer 1) The gate-The place of thanksgiving 2) The Courtyard-The place of praise 3) The Brass Altar-The place of confession 4) The Brass Laver-The place of meditation 5) The Table of Showbread-The place of petition 6) The Golden Candlestick-The place of ministry 7) The Altar…

The Great Sermon of the Great King (5:1-2) And when He saw the multitudes, He went up on the mountain; and after He sat down, His disciples came to Him. And opening His mouth He began to teach them, saying, (5:1-2) Until this point in Matthew, Jesus’ words have been limited (4:17, 19) and reference to…

Select all the text in tScripture: Matthew 6:25-34; Psalms 23; Philippians 4:6-7 Theme: StressWorryAnxiety and the Christian Life Proposition: The Bible shares with us some wonderful ways to deal with stressworryanxiety 1. Pray 2. Meditate 3. Release and Receive 4. Adapt INTRO: Good morning and what…

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…

| “I’ll Build Bridges, Not Walls” • Matthew 5:1-9 1. Sign over a Podiatrist’s office: Time wounds all heels. 2. Sign on a maternity room door: Push! Push! Push! 3. Sign on a dog owner’s fence: Salesmen welcome! Dog food is expensive. 4. Sign at a propane filling station: Thank heaven for little grills.…

Matthew 6:1-4 Introduction Review Chapter Five Two key verses: Matthew 5:20, 48 Matthew 5:21-48 focuses on the teaching of the law, what men believe. Ø The emphasis is on inner moral righteousness—He gives six representative illustrations regarding murder, adultery, divorce, oaths, revenge, and love.…

JOB—A MAN OF INTEGRITY Job 1:1-12 There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil. And there were born unto him seven sons and three daughters. His substance also was seven thousand sheep, and three thousand camels,…

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…

Sermon point: To show how the transfiguration established the superiority of Christ. Sermon style: Biblical narrative The Transfiguration Mt. 17:1-13; Lk. 9: 28-36 Introduction For the past number of weeks our Pastor led us up to a mount and we hear the first part of the Sermon on the Mount, where we…

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…

Matthew 5:33-37 Introduction It is important to remember that in this section of the Sermon on the Mount Jesus expounds on the meaning of his command, “unless your righteousness surpasses that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will not enter the kingdom of heaven.” In this text, “Jesus used the phrase…

Series: Renewing Our Relationship with God Sermon: Sharing God’s Love Scripture: Various “Love one another” sounds so simple, doesn’t it? And it is. It sounds so easy, too. But if it were so easy Jesus probably wouldn’t have felt the need to mention it so many times. If it sounds so simple, and it sounds…

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…

Proposition: As Christians we must not fall into the vicious cycle of hate, but rather learn how to first escape it then completely destroy it. Introduction: Get The Monkey Off Your Back I did not have a long athletic career during my high school years, but I still remember the lessons learned during…

Introduction: Most scholars who have sought to harmonize the accounts in the four Gospels have the Lord Jesus praying the prayer of John 17 in the Upper Room after He had finished His instructions to the disciples. Then He and the disciples sang the traditional Passover psalms, left the Upper Room, and…

In our KJV, it calls the 9th fruit of the spirit, ‘Temperance’ it would be better translated, ‘Self-Control’ as we read from the NKJV. Self-Control is more commonly used today than Temperance. And Self-Control is something that we have received from the HS it’s also something that we have to exercise…

Fruits of the Spirit – Galatians 5:22 Faith or Faithfulness INTRODUCTION Good morning. We have been working our way through the fruits of the Spirit revealed to us in Paul’s epistle to the Galatians – and today’s subject is Faithfulness. You will be aware that the underlying topic of faith is a massive…

Work For The Night Is Coming Text: John 4:35KJV 35 Say not ye, There are yet four months, and then cometh harvest? behold, I say unto you, Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields; for they are white already to harvest. There are many of us who are always so swept up in our daily chores, and the things…

Freely Given, Freely Received Text: Matthew 10:1-15 Place Preached - (Mississauga International Baptist Church) Date Preached - (10/14/01) Introduction: Give brief description of the events in our text. Matthew 10:8 Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils: freely ye have received,…

Luke 6:46 Jesus is Lord of All, or He is not Lord at All “Why do you call me ‘Lord, Lord,’ and not do what I tell you?”[1] A ll else being equal, we have as much power in our service before the Lord as we have obedience to His commands. We enjoy great music provided by some of the most talented musicians…