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The Power of Hope in the Planning Process
Sermon Preview Sermon Outline Romans 15:13 - Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that you will abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit. Romans 15:4 - For whatever was written in earlier times was written for our instruction, so that through…Read More -
God Preparing For Us
I have great news for you this morning. Are you ready for that news? "Your best days are yet to come." This is not some warm and fuzzy sermon that I downloaded from a TV preacher without biblical content. The Scripture will be speaking this morning! In order to drive this home, let's think about…Read More -
When You Need a Friend - Because Two is Better Than One
You don’t have to be a Christian long before you learn that being a follower of Jesus definitely includes periods of suffering… - one of the stranger heresies to spring out of one segment of the evangelical church is commonly known as the health and wealth movement…the notion that if you just have enough faith…you…Read More -
Living Life Together by Rejoicing in a Shepherd Who Provides
- what’s your favorite meal?...if you could eat anything you wanted, what would it be?... - now I’m not asking you that because we’re thinking about sending you to the electric chair or something, but there is a spiritual point to be made from all of this…trust me… - so what’s your favorite meal?...…Read More -
Cancer Patients Need Truth More Than Sympathy - (Debbie Costa’s Testimony)
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Jesus Can Make Things Right
[This brief message preceded our 2010 Christmas musical entitled God Coming Down.] - Have you ever been in a really tight spot…and had somebody come up and put their arm around you and say…It’s going to be all right?... - we probably all have…that’s a fairly common way to express to comfort to a person…Read More -
Jesus Can Remove Your Disgrace
- let me begin our time this morning with a hard question – have you ever been in a situation where you were disgraced or disappointed?... - did something wrong…or you let other people down…you failed in some way… - or you really hoped something would happen, and it never did… - and now…Read More -
Living Between Two Easters
- would you agree with me this morning that many Americans would do practically anything to delay the aging process…or as some have even famously advertised…to cheat death?... - there’s a surprising number of examples… - that phrase “cheat death” comes from the advertising campaign for “POM Wonderful 100% Pomegranate Juice”… - [pic #1 of…Read More -
The People He Uses (The Shepherds)
Introduction: - In just a little over 2 weeks, it willall be over - The decorations will probably start coming down; the tree will be hauled away; and the wrapping paper and boxes will be piled up outside for the garbageman to take to the dump (or to be recycled!) - We’llstart singing different…Read More -
Finding Hope Through the Eyes of the Father
Introduction: This morning, we are beginning a 3 part series of ABF lessons on the subject of Christmas. > we’re continuing our theme for 2009: Finding Hope > in this case: Finding Hope Through the God the Father’s Perspective Sometimes it’s good to STOP and look at a situation from someone else’s perspective: Q:…Read More -
The Perfection of the Servant’s Purpose
- Would you agree with me this morning that it is a wonderful thing to find something that is real, genuine, authentic, long-lasting… - as opposed to something that easily breaks, or fails, or disappoints?... - the Viars family is living under the household appliance curse… - it’s amazing how many microwaves we’ve purchased…it…Read More -
Hope, Thanksgiving, Stewardship, and the Sustaining Gospel
- when I was a kid, one of the riddles posed by another guy in the neighborhood was, if you were at an intersection, and a police car, and an ambulance, and a fire engine, and al mailman all reached the intersection at the same time…and the police car and the fire engine and the…Read More -
Review of in the Wonderful Counselor
Introduction: -. This is our last lesson on Finding Hope in the Wonderful Counselor - I trust we’ve come to grips w/the fact we all need hope at various times in our lives/every day! - the issue is: Where are you going to go to get it? - OR Who or what are you…Read More -
Helping Others Grow
Introduction: TEACHERS: The main point of this study is to see how the Wonderful Counselor helped the disciples to grow, and we should be thankful because that is what He has done for us – because of what He did for the disciples and us, we should also be challenged to help others grow!…Read More -
The Resources of Hope
- Last week, one of our church members forwarded an article to me that was written by the Associated Press entitled Religious Life Won’t Be the Same after Downturn…. - the article began like this… Organized religion was already in trouble before the fall of 2008. Denominations were stagnating or shrinking, and congregations across…Read More -
Hope in the Disciples He Chose
Introduction: TEACHERS: The main point of this study is to see how the Wonderful Counselor graciously choose the men that He did – they were NOT PERFECT, but He choose them and used them for His glory – which should give all of us HOPE that if God can use men like this, He…Read More -
Hope in Expectations
Introduction: TEACHERS: The main point of this study is to see how & why the Wonderful Counselor gave ‘homework’ to various individuals to help them bring glory to God by solving their problems! Many people want the benefits of Christianity, but they don’t want the responsibility – they don’t want to DO anything to…Read More -
The Faithfulness of Hope
- One of the most important things our church family does each fall is the election of our deacons…we are an independent church which is congregationally governed… - that means that there is no hierarchy or denominational authority outside of our own church family… - that’s not just because we think it’s a wise…Read More -
The Adventure of Hope
- Last Sunday night at our church family night we had the privilege of having several of our seminary interns taking leadership roles in the service…by all accounts, that proved to be a great success and wonderful addition to what we are trying to accomplish with those evening services once a month… - for…Read More -
Hope in Instruction
Introduction: - We’re into our 5th week of our series: Finding Hope in the Wonderful Counselor - since we all are in need of hope at various times in our lives (every day), the issue is: Where are you going to go to get it? - what better place than from the Wonderful Counselor…Read More
