Matthew 1:23– “Look! The virgin will conceive a child! She will give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel, which means ‘God is with us.” For many of us it’s easy to believe God is with us on the mountain tops! Everything is going great in my life- God is with...
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God With Us: God in the Storms
Matthew 1:23 “Look! The virgin will conceive a child! She will give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel, which means ‘God is with us.” YES!!!!!, God is with us, no problems, no struggles no difficult times, no storms! God is with us equals not storms in life! HERE’S...
Advent: A Life of Love
1 Corinthians 13:13– “So now faith, hope, and love abide, these three; but the greatest of these is love.” 1 Corinthians 14:1– “Pursue love,…..” (MSG)- “Go after a life of love as if your life depended on it—because it does.” HOW CAN I GO AFTER A LIFE OF LOVE? Suit Up...
Are You Convinced
Love Not Fear
1 Corinthians 13:13– “So now faith, hope, and love abide, these three; but the greatest of these is love.” Paul was in the middle of teaching the Corinthians about the proper use of spiritual gifts. He knew they needed more than new information regarding the gifts; they needed a new framework in which...
Hope
1 Corinthians 13:13 NLT [13] Three things will last forever—faith, hope, and love—and the greatest of these is love. I asked Pastor Ken if I could minister this morning, and your pastor being the gracious man that he is allowing me the opportunity. John 16:33 AMPC I have told you these things, so...
Roles in the Church – Life Together in Diversity
INTRODUCTION: Christians are not clones, identical in all respects! The church was never meant to be a cozy club of clones! One of the difficulties the church has always faced is that included in its membership are the rich and the poor, the healed and the broken, the powerful and the powerless, those from...
Roles in the Church – What’s Your Job
Ephesians 4:11-16 – “And He Himself gave some to be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, and some pastors and teachers, for the equipping of the saints for the work of ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ, till we all come to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the...
Roles in the Church – What’s My Job
If you don’t understand my job, you won’t understand your job and I’m going to talk about YOUR JOB next week. There are two ways of doing church. The traditional way, which doesn’t work, and the Bible way which always works! God never intended for His Church to be inward focused. He intended...
Training to Finish the Race
2 Timothy 4:7-8 NLT I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, and I have remained faithful. And now the prize awaits me—the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will give me on the day of his return. And the prize is not just for me but for all...