Take up Your Cross and Follow Me: Mt. 16:24-28 Everton Community Church. Sunday September 30th 2007. At this time of year, most people have completed their holidays and are back focusing on work. Were your holiday’s what you expected? The following are actual responses from comment cards given to the…

The Changing Times 21 Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven. 22 Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy…

“For this reason I remind you to fan into flame the gift of God, which is in you through the laying on of my hands.” [1] For many Christians, perhaps even for most Christians, the memory of immediate changes that accompanied the new birth lingers in the hallowed halls of treasured events. These blessed…

The Purpose of Prayer 14 If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land. God wants to bring Healing 12 And it came to pass, when he was…

Vital Connections Vital Connections Christ is the basis of our Judgments 16 Therefore do not let anyone judge you by what you eat or drink, or with regard to a religious festival, a New Moon celebration or a Sabbath day. 17 These are a shadow of the things that were to come; the reality, however, is…

As an individual believer and as a church, our very first ministry is to the Lord. We have been set apart and called first to worship Him, worship that is a loving response to a relationship with God, Him being our first love. Remember always, there is nothing more important than this. When we talk of ministry to the Lord, we are dealing here more of our hearts affection and personal devotion to God.

Revelation 2:1-7

Focus In Focus in, focus in, focus in. Let’s play a game. This is a picture of something close up. Something familiar, something you will recognize. What is it? Coke can. A&W. Every correct guess is worth at least 3 Jesus Points. How about this one? Battery. Okay one more. Then we get SUPER serious.…

Warning Signs You Have Left Your First Love Text: Revelation 2:1–7 Unto the angel of the church of Ephesus write; These things saith he that holdeth the seven stars in his right hand, who walketh in the midst of the seven golden candlesticks; * I want you to take particular notice to the good things…

“Be patient, therefore, brothers, until the coming of the Lord. See how the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth, being patient about it, until it receives the early and the late rains. You also, be patient. Establish your hearts, for the coming of the Lord is at hand. Do not grumble against…

Denying It’s Power Lucky to have those working with the campus ministry Mike May Benford’s Robert Carrillo Jeff Chacon Students who worked so hard to put this all together Rev 2:1-5 2 Tim 3:1-5 The phrase “the last days” may seem at first to refer to the period just before the return of Christ. I prefer…

Start Entice: They had come to rest and found themselves face to face with a sight awesome in many ways. The mountain was imposing . The religious atmosphere renowned . Here In Caesarea Philippi Empire collided with colony. Along with Imperial economics and military might one of the bonds holding everything…

Lesson 2 of Discipleship 201 in the Discipleship Base Path

God Wants it All Text: Genesis 22:1–19 And it came to pass after these things, that God did tempt Abraham, * This word “temp” doesn’t mean “to tempt to do evil,” but it means to “test.” * In our text this morning God tested Abraham’s love for him. As we follow Christ God will also test our love for him…

Do you remember the way you loved Christ in the beginning? Maybe you feel the distance hasd grown over time? Maybe the fire has cooled. Let us Remember. Repent and Do the things we did bacxk then. Let us fan into flame the gifts of God and our love for God.

All His and All In Greeting - welcome - Introduction describe love for breakfast food - lunch with Chris on Friday - do you know what the difference is between being involved and being committed? on your breakfast plate of eggs and bacon, the chicken was involved…but the pig was committed. that’s funny,…