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    How To Get Out Of The Pit

    Contributed by Billy Noel on May 3, 2009
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    Sometimes in life we find ouselves in pits of God’s design, they are to serve a purpose but they are not to become our places of residence.

    How to get out of the pit Psalm 40: 1-3 There are many instances of where people find themselves in a pit Joseph was throw in a pit by His evil brothers Absalom was thrown in a pit There are times when you need to go into a pit to kill an enemy as was the case of Benaiah Some times that you fall ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian Church

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    Sinners Are The Enemy Right?

    Contributed by Billy Noel on May 4, 2009
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    Its sad but true that we forget that our responsibility is to lead the lost to Christ, and to remember that we were once lost too.

    If you were organizing a church you would not go to Jensen and Quitman to look for members would you (an area frequented by prostitutes) Mat 5:46 For if ye love them which love you, what reward have ye? do not even the publicans the same? I overheard a believer make this ridiculous statement ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian Church

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    What Matters Most

    Contributed by Billy Noel on May 8, 2009
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    Life is full of distractions and distortions of the truth that pull us of course and bog us down, Jesus gives us clear instructions on priortizing

    The context: Jesus teaches on fasting, the right attitude about treasures and now He teaches about anxiety and how to handle it now mo matter how many times we hear it we need to hear it more don’t worry Easy to say, hard to do The purpose of this section is in part to highlight that what goes on ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian Church

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    Identity Unity Of The New Humanity

    Contributed by Billy Ricks on Feb 27, 2009
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    You identity will determine your activity. Your identity will also determine you destiny. If we as the church find our identity in Christ we will be united as the new creation.

    Intro: For the past five weeks we have talked about our identity. Your identity will determine your destiny. If you are a child of wrath you will spend this life and the next without God. If you are in Christ you will spend this life fulfilled. If you are dead in your trespasses, purposeful ...read more

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    Identity: Live Like You Mean It Series

    Contributed by Billy Ricks on Mar 8, 2009
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    After having learned who we are in christ in the first three chapters now we know right belief. Paul begins the last three chapters of Ephesians with right behavior. It begins with unity and leads to maturity.

    Intro: Bruce Howell tells of “I Can’t Change Jesus” Bill Irwin, a man who is blind, has a talking computer he uses to study the Bible. He’s had a few chuckles over some of the pronunciations. "For a long time," Bill says, "the computer pronounced Holy Bible as ’holly bibble’ until I figured out ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    What The Love Of God Looks Like Series

    Contributed by Billy Noel on Aug 18, 2009
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    There is a distinct difference between the way God loves and the way we love, His love is unconditional and full of grace and forgiveness.

    We have over the last 5-6 weeks tried to illustrate what love is, and our need to display it through our daily living I have attempted to challenge us to love as God has prescribed Created to love. What love does. Loves evidence. What love looks like. I believe sincerely that we choose whether or ...read more

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    God Is The Treasure Series

    Contributed by Billy Noel on Sep 25, 2009
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    In order to worship God properly we must have a correct view of Him, He must be a treasure to us

    The God Gene: How Faith Is Hardwired into Our Genes, by molecular biologist Dean Hamer. Hamer says. "I think we follow the basic law of nature, which is that we’re a bunch of chemical reactions running around in a bag." This Psalm was written in a time of urgent need; it opens in the form of a ...read more

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    The Wonder Of Worship 2 Series

    Contributed by Billy Noel on Sep 25, 2009
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    Worship should lead to transformation, no person can enter into the presence of GOD and remain unchanged.

    Romans 12:1-2 II Corinthians 3:18 Worship should lead to transformation We read in scripture where worship always had a transforming effect In Revelation when John saw Jesus, He fell as dead In Isaiah when he saw the Lord he saw himself more clearly As David worshiped he was constantly aware of the ...read more

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    Dancing Before The Lord Series

    Contributed by Billy Noel on Oct 3, 2009
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    Sometimes worship maybe seen as unsusal and even radical, but before we can offer worship that is acceptable to God some things must be in order

    Dancing Before the Lord II Samuel 6: There are many examples of worship in scripture and even though we may or may not follow these examples explicitly there are principles in these examples that we must follow if we are to offer worship that God will accept. God will not accept worship that is ...read more

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    What Love Looks Like Series

    Contributed by Billy Noel on Aug 9, 2009
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    We all have ideas of what love is, but Jesus uses an unlikely person by Jewish standards to illustrate what love looks like.

    Karl Marx the philosopher, social scientist, historian and revolutionary is without a doubt the most influential socialist thinker to emerge in the 19th century. He gained a reputation as a socialist and seemed to be concerned about the poor and the working class while he himself sought a middle ...read more

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    Keep The Fire Burning

    Contributed by Billy Ricks on Sep 20, 2008
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    Why does the fire of revival burn so brightly but so shortly? What can the church do to keep the fire in our belly burning brightly? Stop filling the church with people and ask for the people to be filled with God!

    Intro: Second Timothy is Paul’s farewell address to Timothy and the church at large. Paul is in prison in Rome waiting for execution. This is one of the letters that Paul wrote called the Pastoral Epistles. That simply put is the pastoral letters. First and Second Timothy and Titus make up the ...read more

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    Falling In Love With Jesus

    Contributed by Billy Ricks on Sep 29, 2008
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    When faced with a barrage of questions from the Sadducees, Pharisees and Herodians. They asked political, religious, and ethical questions. However, the master Jesus answered the life question. What is the most important commandment of all. Love God a

    Intro: What a question! What is the most important commandment of all? What is the most important thing that God has said to us!! What you must know is that the Scribes, Pharisees, and Sadducees had not stopped with the law of God. There were 613 laws that were to be observed. 365 of those ...read more

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    Word 10: Contentment Series

    Contributed by Billy Ricks on Oct 3, 2008
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    This last word in the ten commamdments is pointed directly at our heart. The first 9 discuss our actions this one discerns our heart. Here we have the source of our deeds the desires of our heart.

    Intro: If you listen to the radio maybe you have heard SheDaisy a country group made up of sisters advertise the sleep number bed. They talk about their long days on tour and how much they love arriving home and sleeping on this bed that can be adjusted to the firmness you like in a mattress. ...read more

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    Prayer Of Examination

    Contributed by Billy Ricks on Oct 3, 2008
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    Prayer is the main way we connect and communicate with our heavenly father. I believe that when God’s people do as David did and see the greatness of God and respond with a cry for deep examination revival will come.

    Intro: Our planned revival time is drawing close. September 14 through 17 is our scheduled fall revival. I have some important questions to ask you this morning. Is it enough to place the revival meeting on the calendar? Is it enough to contact radio stations and hand out flyers and contact ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    The Lord's Supper

    Contributed by Billy Ricks on Oct 5, 2008
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    Remember as we come to the Lord’s table today we look back to remember what Jesus has done, we look inside to see what we need to do, we look outward to what we can do for the Lord Jesus Christ.

    Intro: We as Baptists love to eat, we love food for baptisms, ordinations, festivals, and revivals. You name function and we love to bring food. One of the most important meals that we take part in is not about food, but about faith. It is a clear representation of what close fellowship and ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist