Independence Day:God's Closeness in Uncertain Times
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Peter's final call to a young and growing church
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A short series through the highlights of 1 Peter
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Gifts, risk, and the return of the King
Our response to God’s love is a reflection of our understanding of the redemption he has provided.
“A Blessed Reflection” Matthew 26:6-13 Our response to God’s love is a reflection of our understanding of the redemption he has provided. Sunday Morning Sermon 02.11.07 Intro: (Start with title and text) Sometimes life draws up pictures – The astronaut driving 900 miles to end the life of another ...read more
Scripture: Matthew 26:6-13
Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ
Explores recognizing our blessings, using them to bless others, and glorifying God through them, transforming our perspective on problems and worries.
Good morning, everyone! It's so good to see all your faces here today. We're here to talk, to listen, and to learn. We're here to share in the love and fellowship that is the body of Christ. And today, we're going to talk about something that touches each of our lives in a very personal way: ...read more
Scripture: Matthew 5:1-10
Topics: God's Blessings, Enough
Funeral message for an 11 year old girl (called Sherry in the message), who died from gall bladder complications.
When C. S. Lewis’ wife died, he explained to his friends that the pain of her loss was not localized in one particular area of his life but that it made everything about his life different. You who are members of Sherry’s family know what C. S. Lewis meant, for you too have gone through ...read more
Scripture: Isaiah 43:2-4
Denomination: Baptist
The passage reveals what God will do for those who take refuge in Him. God promises to revive, lead, heal & encourage His humbled people by doing for them what they cannot do for themselves. He enables us to be the righteous people He has called us to be.
ISAIAH 57: 14-21 PROMISED BLESSING Here the Lord promises forgiveness and reviving and so much more to His humbled, repentant people. This section many be an elaboration upon the promise in the last part of verse 13. "But he who takes ...read more
Scripture: Isaiah 57:14-21
This series is loosely based on a series by the same name offered by Life.Church. You can find their materials at open.church. There you will find videos, transcripts, outlines, and graphics.
A pet store delivery truck was making its way through town when the other travelers couldn’t help but notice the peculiar behavior of the truck’s driver. Every time the truck came to a red light or stop sign, the driver would jump out of the truck with a baseball bat in his grasp, run ...read more
Scripture: Matthew 5:6
Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Job is a man with abundant blessings and a sincere faith. Still he experiences tragic loss.
Job 1:1-22 “When Bad Things Happen” INTRODUCTION There are times when we believe in ideas that are not true. Though it may not make much sense here in the Valley of the Sun, but I grew up believing that if I didn’t dress warm enough for the harsh fall and winter days I ...read more
Scripture: Esther 1:1-22
Denomination: Lutheran
It is the "blessed hope" because: 1. God is in control. 2. There will be final justice. 3. We have hope. 4. We have the power to overcome.
I remember sitting in an auditorium listening to a woman who was supposed to be an expert on the second coming of Jesus Christ. She had charts and a very large painting of Jesus returning to the earth. She was explaining how the church (the believers and followers of Jesus) would be “raptured” ...read more
Scripture: Titus 2:11-14
Denomination: Methodist
Father's Day: Either gaining or missing the paternal blessing (or parental blessing) has a profound affect on our life, especially in having a positive or negative relationship with others. Without it we are destined to a life of problems.
Turn with me to Genesis 48:8-16. We will begin our message this morning by standing in honor of the reading of God’s Word: 8 Then Israel saw Joseph’s sons, and said, “Who are these?” 9 Joseph said to his father, “They are my sons, whom God has given me in this place.” And he said, “Please bring ...read more
Scripture: Genesis 48:8-16
Paul, Pt. 24
THE BLESSED HOPE (1 THESSALONIANS 4:13-18) In the 90s, a cult from Taiwan relocated to San Dimas, California, and registered itself as God’s Salvation Church. In 1997, the Chen Tao cult, also known as the Flying Saucer cult, led by Hon-Ming Chen, headed to Garland (mistaken for “God Land”), ...read more
Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18
Denomination: Independent/Bible
Message 5 in our exposition of Galatians addressing Paul's admonition to Galatians wrong thinking about faith.
Chico Alliance Church “Bewitched or Blessed” Review Paul wrote this brief letter to believers in the area of Southern Galatia who he himself had introduced to the Good News of freedom in Christ. Shortly after some false teachers called Judaizers began their destructive and disruptive teaching. ...read more
Denomination: Christian Missionary Alliance
This messages focuses on our assurance in Christ Jesus.
Blessed Assurance Scriptures: Hebrews 10:22; Judges 6-7; Romans 8:31 Introduction: I received this story (a Cherokee legend) in an email and I thought I would share it with you. Some of you may have already read this before. “Do you know the legend of the Cherokee Indian’s youth’s rite of ...read more
Scripture: Hebrews 10:22, Hebrews 10:22-23
We often think that God’s blessing should just pop up. Some do! More often than not though God asks us to look for them. God has strategically placed His blessings where we could find them if we are listening to Him. God wants us to remember that He loves
Valley Experience Series # 3 Opening Illustration: Once Isaac and his servants remembered the wells, they had to look for them. The wells just didn’t pop up. Effort was made to remember exactly where they were, and to find them. There is a story of a family unpacking at their new home. After ...read more
Scripture: Genesis 26:17-22
Come together for worship and for war, and be satisfied, be special, and be successful for the glory of God!
Mike Atkinson tells the story of a man, who was stranded on a deserted island in the Pacific for years. One day a boat came sailing into view. The man frantically waved and got the skipper's attention. The boat landed on the beach, and the skipper got out to greet the stranded man. After a ...read more
Scripture: John 17:20-21, Ephesians 6:12
Denomination: Evangelical Free
We all deal with STRESS in different ways. There is GOOD STRESS and there is BAD STRESS!
Good stress, also called “eustress”, is very beneficial to our life. It means we stretch ourselves to be our very best. For years we've believed that stress is a bad thing - it damages our health. But stress can have a good side. Illus: For example, for a violinist to make music, the strings ...read more
Scripture: Philippians 4:4-9
It is right to mourn out loud when something that is precious is lost or destroyed.
This is a really depressing passage, isn’t it, especially the first part. You can certainly see why this book of the Bible was called Lamentations. It was written by Jeremiah after the fall of Jerusalem. Our hearts really have to go out to him, don’t they? He spent forty years, his entire adult ...read more
Scripture: Lamentations 1:1-6
Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed
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