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  • The Contemplative Life

    Contributed by Ernie Arnold on Feb 16, 2017
    based on 1 rating
     | 9,784 views

    King David shares with us some key concepts of the Contemplative Life - 1. It is a life of Realized Humility 2. It is a life invested in Study, Stillness and Silence and 3. It is a Life founded in Hope in God

    Scripture: Psalms 131; Isaiah 49:8-16; Matthew 6:24-34 Title: The Contemplative Life King David shares with us some key concepts of the Contemplative Life - 1. It is a life of Realized Humility 2. It is a life invested in Study, Stillness and Silence and 3. It is a Life founded in Hope ...read more

  • Don't Hold Back

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Feb 14, 2015
     | 4,494 views

    Prayer, fasting and tithing are little gifts we give so that God's power can fill up our weakness.

    First Sunday in Lent 2015 “The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent, and believe in the gospel.” These words of Jesus, recorded by St. Mark for the Church at Rome, conclude the shortest of the accounts of Christ’s forty day retreat in the wilderness near ...read more

  • The Perils Of Contentment

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Aug 14, 2014
     | 2,625 views

    Contentment is a trap, because it keeps us from growing in ability and interior commitment.

    Recently we were viewing one of the original episodes of the Twilight Zone. A successful but elderly actor was ruminating over his long career, and his multiple marriages, and told his butler a secret. He said that in his whole life, he had only one length of time in which he had felt true ...read more

  • 7 Ways To Walk In Step With The Holy Spirit: How To Live A Victorious Christian Life

    Contributed by Justin Steckbauer on Jan 13, 2023
     | 2,258 views

    Christians are to live in lockstep with the guiding of the Holy Spirit . We learn as Christians to be practically guided on a daily basis by the leading of the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit who lives in us, guides the direction of our life.

    One of the most important things about the Christian life is that we understand it's a lifelong journey. It starts the moment we receive salvation through Jesus Christ, but it doesn't end there. That is just the beginning. A wise believer ought to see their Christian walk as a journey, ...read more

  • Praying In The Will Of God. Series

    Contributed by Andrew Moffatt on Jul 15, 2014
     | 5,965 views

    Will you pray that God’s will be done in your lives? Will you be willing to live lives that encounter God’s mercy and grace. Will you pray knowing that you are in a rhythm of pray that will be answered for it is prayed knowing that his kingdom will come.

    Praying in the will of God. Last week we looked at whole idea of reflecting on the words of scripture using divine reading or lectio divina. The passage of scripture that I brought was a prayer that was in itself a response to God’s answering prayer. King David was lifted from the slippery ...read more

  • Week 1 "From Doing To Being” Series

    Contributed by Rik Wadge on Dec 10, 2006
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,582 views

    The small shifts that make a big change in your life! This is a 13 week sermon series.

    Seismic Shifts Session 1 “From Doing to Being” RBW (inspired from “seismic shifts” book) Introduction: + Seismic Promo Video Clip Congregational Reading: (Have them stand and read) + Psalm 139:13-16 (NIV) 13 For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb. 14 I praise ...read more

  • Whose Got Rhythm? Series

    Contributed by Mark Eberly on Nov 16, 2009
    based on 4 ratings
     | 6,652 views

    While there are basic competancies that promote an emotionally healthy spirituality, there are also competancies that help us move outside of ourselves. Without getting outside of ourselves we will stunt our growth emotionally and spiritually.

    Back to School Whose Got Rhythm? Psalm 119:161-168 November 22, 2009 Who has rhythm? Rhythm is a part of life. It is literally in our hearts. In our last sermon of this series, I want to leave you with the encouragement to intentionally develop a spiritual rhythm in your life. This is where you ...read more

  • Reading The Bible Series

    Contributed by Jake Kircher on Mar 5, 2008
    based on 4 ratings
     | 6,269 views

    Sometimes reading the Bible can be difficult. Why should we even read it? If if we convince ourselves to open it, where do we start.

    ***Open the time with all the lights out and the room completely dark. Begin to lightly toss stones up front so that the thud can be heard by the group*** The first five books of the Old Testament are called the Torah which is what the Jews look to as their Bible. The Hebrew word torah meant ...read more

  • Martha And Mary

    Contributed by Colin Thornby on Nov 6, 2010
    based on 1 rating
     | 6,844 views

    Service is being in relationship with Jesus (Luke 10:38-42)

    Let us pray: Jesus, be in what I say, and stop me from getting in the way of what you want my sisters and brothers to hear. Help us all to listen to you with our ears, our minds and our hearts, so that your living presence can teach us, renew us and help us to live as children of the Father. ...read more

  • Our Father Who Is In Heaven

    Contributed by Amanda Wilson on Apr 21, 2008
    based on 5 ratings
     | 3,027 views

    A meditation on the Lord’s prayer as it is presented in Matthew.

    Note: If you are not familiar with the Lectio Divina/ meditation style of preaching PLEASE LISTEN to the mp3 FIRST before reading the script. Today we are going on a journey to be with Jesus. And I want you to use your thinking and your imagination; to involve yourself in the journey. So take a ...read more

  • Hearing And Doing

    Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Mar 14, 2001
    based on 67 ratings
     | 12,075 views

    To be a genuine Christian we must be intentional about our spiritual lives, we must be consistent, and we must endure.

    On February 18 of this year, we heard the disturbing news that Robert Hanssen, a 25-year veteran of the FBI and expert in counterintelligence, had been arrested on espionage charges. He is accused of passing top-secret information to the Soviet Union — and later Russia — starting in 1985. ...read more

  • Connecting People To God And Each Other

    Contributed by Chip Monck on Sep 26, 2007
    based on 3 ratings
     | 8,495 views

    This sermon is titled by the first half of our purpose statement as a church. The message reflects on the importance of helping make the connection to God, and in fellowship with others.

    We are in week two exploring the purpose of our church. Last week, we began by exploring the purpose that your pastor, me, feels like has been placed within my life as the leader of this body. The next two weeks we get to broaden the scope. What is our purpose as a church? As that piece of the ...read more

  • Following For Life

    Contributed by David Flowers on Jan 31, 2010
     | 3,144 views

    In this standalone sermon, Dave discusses what it means to follow Jesus for life.

    Following for Life August 2, 2009 David Flowers Hey, good morning everybody. Welcome to our first Sunday service in 69 weeks. I mean, if you don't count last week. Are you all awake this morning? We've just come off a 10 week series on spiritual formation, and really the sermon I preached at ...read more

  • Repentence, Rest And Reverberations

    Contributed by Ryan Sato on May 11, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,264 views

    This sermon but challenges us to think about how we are living as the people of God and how we might shake up our thinking, our relationships, and our communities of faith. . . not just for “shaking’s” sake, but because God is prompting us.

    Tonight our theme is REVERBERATIONS…what does it make you think of? Perhaps the younger people in your community who pump up the bass in your neighborhood and shake your windows with their Hip-hop grooves? Well, hopefully, our reflections on REVERBERATIONS will go deeper than that tonight...not ...read more

  • Sing A New Song

    Contributed by Tim Smith on Sep 16, 2008
    based on 4 ratings
     | 6,219 views

    This is a call to move from traditional worship focusing on the Builder Generation to Multi-ethnic worship. Can also be used to explain the differences in worshop preferences between generations and moving to contemporary worship

    Sing a New Song Psalm 96 I am a PK, a preacher’s kid and grew up in a traditional Methodist church with hymns, the organ, anthems, a handbell choir and Calls to Worship. In 1990, I attended a conference in Houston on cutting edge ministry. The first night opened with worship. I walked in and the ...read more

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