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Faithful to the Finish
Peter's final call to a young and growing church
Grace and Glory
A short series through the highlights of 1 Peter
Entrusted
Gifts, risk, and the return of the King
Healing the relationships in our homes involves 1. Honest confession. 2. A willingness to stop the things that hurt the other person. 3. Opening our hearts to them once again and allowing them to come in.
In the Scripture reading this morning, we find one of the most dysfunctional families in the Bible. The irony is that it is a family led by one of the most godly men in the Old Testament — King David. David is described as a man after God’s own heart (1 Samuel 13:14), and he was. But he was ...read more
Scripture: 2 Samuel 13:24-31
Denomination: Methodist
There are two ways to approach life, with a clenched fish or an open hand. A clenched fist person says: “All I have, I have gained on my own.” An opened hand person says, “All I have, God has provided and blessed. I am just a manager of all God has gi
Living a Generous Life Exodus 4:1-5 It took God speaking to Moses from a burning bush to get the attention of Moses and make a life-changing impact on Moses. Moses was about 40 years old when he left Egypt and fled to Midian and there he worked as a Shepherd 40 years for the Priest of Midian, ...read more
Scripture: Exodus 4:1-5
Denomination: Free Methodist
God knows how to open the door of opportunity to us to do his work. And though there are many that oppose his work, none can impede it. Even the gates of hell cannot prevail against it! I Cor 16:9, "For a great door and effectual is opened unto me, and there are many adversaries."
In his letter to the Corinthians from Ephesus, Paul expresses his desire to reunite with the Corinthian converts and spend significant time with them. However, he acknowledges that he must wait until God completes His work in Ephesus, where a great and effective opportunity has been opened for him. ...read more
Scripture: 1 Corinthians 16:9
Topics: God's Provision, Overcoming Opposition
Jesus turns from silence about His achievements to open speaking about His death. He will not follow the ambition path, the pleasure path, or the easy spirituality path.
You can admire Jesus, you can think well of Jesus, you can even love Jesus. But you cannot domesticate Him, you cannot tame Him, you cannot make Him sweet and nice and pretty. He is who He is and He says what He says, and sometimes it’s hard to take. In my experience, just about everybody out ...read more
Scripture: Mark 8:31-38
Denomination: Baptist
After spending some time in Antioch, Paul left and traveled from place to place throughout the region of Galatia and Phrygia
November 11, 2023 Prologue After spending some time in Antioch, Paul, once again had itchy feet. It was time to return to Galatia and Phrygia. Meanwhile, a Jew named Apollos, who was originally from Alexandria Egypt, went to Ephesus. He had a thorough knowledge of scripture and he taught in ...read more
Scripture: Acts 18:23, Acts 19:35-40, Acts 20:18-35, Acts 21:15
Denomination: Seventh-Day Adventist
God sometimes has a bigger purpose, something you cannot see behind an open door you walked through or behind that door that closed so abruptly on you.
Have you ever had to say this to someone in your house? I have to say this to my kids all the time because my kids have this tendency to stand right in front of our tv. I mean, they just stop dead in their tracks, it’s like they’re hypnotized by what’s happening in that moment on ...read more
Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational
God desires that we remain open to His leading, trusting Him to provide the means and the power and the forgiveness to do His will for our lives.
HOLY GROUND Ex 3.1-10 A few weeks ago, in Griffith, a man found a little baby in a garbage dumpster. This isn’t the first time this has happened. It has occurred many times in Chicago and other places. Among all the feelings which flood our minds and hearts when we hear of such things, the ...read more
Scripture: Exodus 3:1-10
Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ
One of a series on building faith. This was presented at an "Open House" when we encouraged out people to invite their friends and relatives to special service.
The Formation of My Faith Wisdom from the mountain top. There are four Questions that matter in life Who Am I? Where Did I Come From? Why Am I Here? Where Am I Going? Answer these and you will find the secret to a contented and peaceful life… Finding the answer is more of a process than ...read more
Scripture: Hebrews 11:1-6
GOD OF JACOB OPENS THE EYES OF THE BLINDS.GOD OF THIS WORLD SATAN BLINDS THE EYES OF PEOPLE!BELIEVE JESUS&ANOINT YOUR EYES, IT WILL BE ENLIGHTENED!!
spiritual Blindness Ilus.In a little town a factory worker , lazy man never satisfied in his job, always seeks lame excuses to get holiday so many times he put the drops of liquid from a tree,that makes his eyes blood red telling his manager that he was suffering of eye sickness to get a days ...read more
Scripture: Psalm 146:5-8, John 9:1-15
Denomination: Pentecostal
Can one grow in Grace? What is grace? How to grow in grace. A sermon that will answer these questions and open doors for your life. A must!
Be strong in the Grace! Luk 2:48-52 and II Tim 2:1-2 Note Luke 2:52 especially “And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favour with God and men” and II Tim 2:1 “Be strong in the Grace” Paul instructs the young Timothy to be strong in Grace. In other words “Grow in Grace” The Greek ...read more
Scripture: Luke 2:48-52, 2 Timothy 2:1-2
This Bible study will encourage the Christ follower to step into a faith partnership with Jesus. The faith step opens three dimensions of life that maximize existence.
WW010902 A faith outcome John 9:6 Beginning: What was your greatest faith step in 2001? Did you play it safe last year or did you take a giant step? If you know the exhilaration of a quantum faith leap you are probably jumping up and down waving your hand in the air saying, “Pastor let me ...read more
Scripture: John 9:6-10
Perfection is often thought of as being sinless. But there is more to the Biblical ideal of "perfection" than that. Opening illustration is humorous and informative.
OPEN: This morning I’m going to give you a quiz, and I don’t want you to think real hard about your answers. I just want you to answer as you feel you should. Question #1: How many of you believe you are perfect? Question #2: How many of you believe it is possible for someone WHO IS STILL LIVING to ...read more
Scripture: Matthew 5:43-48
Here is a teaching on the importance of truth and how God DETESTS lies. There’s even an eye opener in regards to the character of God and lies.
NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH When a witness in a court of law takes the stand, he or she makes a solemn pledge to “tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth” • Not to dilute the truth • Not to expand on the truth • Not to interpret the truth • Just to tell the plain truth At least ...read more
Scripture: Acts 1:8, Galatians 4:25
Open Theism is a heresy that says God doesn’t know the future. Next is the question of omnipotence...whether God can handle the future.
THE PASTOR’S POINTS sermon ministry of CEDAR LODGE BAPTIST CHURCH Thomasville, NC A fellowship of faith, family and friendships ------------------------------ March 16, 2003 Who has measured the waters in the hollow of His hand, And marked off the heavens by the span, And calculated the dust of ...read more
Scripture: Isaiah 40:12, Psalm 139:14
Denomination: United Methodist
This is an expository sermon on the two ways of living life as described by the Psalmist in the opening psalm of the Psalter which encourages trust in God and His Word.
Do you want to have a Happy New Year in 2007? Do you want to live a happy life in 2007? Well, the Psalmist tells us how in the opening hymn of his hymnal. Here the Psalmist presented two ways of living life. In fact, this psalm provides the “door way” as it were to the remainder of the psalter, ...read more
Scripture: Psalm 1:1-6
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