Luke 6:36-42 Introduction Last week we looked at the matchlessness of God’s forgiveness. We saw how gracious God is because even though we break His law, He forgives us when we repent. After the service last week someone came up to me and commented that if that is what God is like and if we are to become…

How to tell if someone is truly repentant: Seven Identifying Marks of the truly repentant 2 Cor. 7:8-12 Intro: Do Christians need to repent? Jesus said that we do (Luke 17:3–4), and Paul agreed with Him (2 Cor. 12:21). Four of the seven churches of Asia Minor, listed in Revelation 2–3, were commanded…

Prayer As we continue this week making our way through the 1st chapter of the gospel of John, …we come today to - basically - the second part to last week’s sermon... Last week we looked at John the Baptist being sent BY GOD to water baptize... with the purpose of REVEALING Jesus to Israel... And what…

E-Fighting There is a new craze in conflict resolution…watch this video and see if this is something that is just up your alley… There are going to be times in our life together as children of God where we disappoint one another, fail each other and sin against one another in so many ways…so perhaps…

Forgiving others is incredibly difficult. It becomes easier, however, when we realize that we have been forgiven first. Find out more in this week's message from Matthew 18:21-35

The Three Most Important Components of Prayer 1. Forgiveness - vertical and Horizontal 2. Faith - For without faith is is impossible to please God. 3. Faithful - It is required of a man to be found faithful PUSH - Pray Until Something Happens Forgiveness - the foundation upon which we build everything…

Does God forgive utterly and completely the sins committed by Christians? The answer is an unqualified “Yes!” In Christ, our pardon is full, our justification is complete, and our glorification is sure. In Christ, God has buried our sin and refuses to mark the grave. The story that Jesus tells his listeners…

Jumanji roll-in Has anyone seen the original? I have and I have to be honest, I’m always a little skeptical about remakes because they’re usually not as good, but after watching this it’s become one of my favorite movies. It was incredibly hard to pick clips for this message, not because there weren’t…

Main idea: The LORD God graciously works through those who cry for mercy.

How do we respond when we've lost the battle against Satan?

Big Idea: True disciples forgive humbly and freely.

For(GIVE)ness - The Command! The Story / Genesis to Revelation / One central concept each week for 32 weeks / The Story starts September 7 & 8 and will end in May of 2014! The Story is coming to Westerville Christian and the Adult, Student, Child experience will help you and your family GROW! So SAVE…

Reconciliation – Joshua Style Joshua 22 October 22 Introduction A pastor I Know preached on Grace for 3 years. So I don’t feel so bad preaching once again on the topic of reconciliation. Just as that pastor’s church needed to hear about living by grace alone, God has led me to share with you “Reconciliation…

There are many ways we can disobey Jesus’ words in Matthew 18. We can fail to deal with sin. After all, didn’t Jesus say, “Judge not, lest ye be judged yourself?” We can carry out these steps with too much enthusiasm, looking to cleanse the Church of sinners, pulling up those weeds that the Evil One…

By Pastor Glenn Pease About one hundred and sixty five years ago, in Jan. of 1835, the United States of America became the only major nation in modern history to do a certain thing. It was a thing she would love to be able to do again, for she paid off her national debt. It was done by the sale of public…

Path of a Warrior How many times have I became angry over some trivial matter and put a warriors suit on to go into battle against someone who needs to be forgiven? The act of confrontation is difficult for most. For me, it has been something which takes much time and much grace. I know that without…

Praying Like an Apostle Col. 1:9-14 “How’s your prayer life?” What does that question even mean? “How often do you pray?” “How long do you pray?” “Do you use the right words when you pray?” “What posture do you use to pray?” “Where do you pray?” “What kinds of things do you pray for?” “Why do you pray?”…

and forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. Jesus oriented “The Lord’s Prayer” to reorient our hearts because our hearts fluctuate between order and disorder. We need daily ordering, and this is the Lord’s design for prayer. In this section, Jesus wants to reorient our relationship…

This sermon is about what forgiveness is not.

ss=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'>1) 7-21-09…AM…SBC 2)“A Ghastly Pandemic” Part 1 Mark 10:1-12 Introduction: 1- there is a battle going on today that reaches farther than the borders of Iraq, Afghanistan and North Korea 2- this battlefront reaches not only our borders but the borders…

What we see God direct us to do and to be in scripture is simply put basic. Given the instructions at face value even a child can understand… in fact children often follow His instructions better. It is not that His instructions are difficult to understand… but to to our sin natures they are difficult…

Have we given this Pharisee a raw deal? After all, if you pay attention, he does pray, “God, I thank you.” Look, he gives credit to God that he is not like the rest of men. He knows about grace. It’s wrongheaded of us to see those whom Jesus attacked as always and all the time mired in a works righteousness…

Prayer Where last week, we saw how The Word Became Flesh... How: God Himself entered into His creation... How Jesus Christ HUMBLED himself - by emptying Himself - to the point of obedience... How Underserved Favor from God came to man And all of this - in the Word becoming flesh... THIS WEEK... We’re…