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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
A Call to follow God through the doors HE opens and not try to walk through doors which others may open.
An Open Door 1 Corinthians 16:5-9 * When one door closes, another opens, but we often look so long and regretfully upon the closed door that we do not see the one that has opened for us. -- Alexander Graham Bell * What comes to your mind when hear the term open door? A door is a movable barrier ...read more
Scripture: 1 Corinthians 16:5-9
Denomination: Baptist
Where do we turn when the world stands against us? Here are some thoughts that come from the early church response to opposition.
There’s an old spiritual song- It’s Me Oh Lord, standing in the need of prayer- and that’s how our drama concludes. We began with Peter and John healing the crippled man at the Beautiful Gate and continued as Peter and John stood on trial. Today, we’re going to look at how ...read more
Scripture: Acts 4:23-31
Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ
When we set about to fulfill God's vision Satan will also attack us from within.
A preachers son graduated from high school and the preacher kept asking his son what he was going to do? Go to college or maybe go onto the service. He kept asking his son, but he just could not make up his mind! One day while his son was out, he decided to perform a simple test. He went into ...read more
Scripture: Nehemiah 6:8-14
Some Christians are given gifts, but All Christians are to be responsible.
Spiritual Gifts vs Spiritual Responsibilities I Cor. 12:7-11,28 I. Some Christians are given . . . Divine Wisdom (v8) But all Believers are called . . To live wisely. Romans 16:19, Ephesians 5:15, Colossians 4:5 II. Some Christians are given . . . Extraordinary Faith ...read more
Scripture: 1 Corinthians 12:7-28
Denomination: Church Of God
Ours is an artistic faith. We are exhorted to encourage one another with songs and hymns and spiritual songs-singing and making melody in our hearts to the Lord. It seems that worshipping God makes us all musicians.
15 Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, since as members of one body you were called to peace. And be thankful. 16 Let the message of Christ dwell among you richly as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom through psalms, hymns, and songs from the Spirit, singing to God with ...read more
Scripture: Colossians 3:15-17
Denomination: *other
Ministry can often be discouraging. The battle may be against opposition or indifference. We can learn from Elijah about battle fatigue.
OVERCOMING BATTLE FATIGUE The first line of the hymn Peace in the Valley reflects the discouragement that often fills the hearts of weary travelers: “Well, I’m so tired and so weary, but I must go along; till the Lord comes and calls me away.” Most of us want that call to be like Abraham’s, to ...read more
Scripture: 1 Kings 19:4, Job 1:21
Have you ever been falsely accused? Maybe you have dealt with attack, even while trying to do a good deed. Jesus faced continual assaults from the adversary. We must lean on Him and press on, even in the face of opposition.
Attacked with False Accusation Mark 3: 22-30 Have you ever been falsely accused? Maybe you have been maliciously attacked while seeking to do a good deed for someone else. Likely we all have dealt with situations where our actions or motives have been misrepresented, and we were unnecessarily ...read more
Scripture: Mark 3:22-30
The topic that today’s text deals with is demons. It is not a topic we like to talk about, but we need to hear because they are real. We need to know they exist and how to deal with them.
JUST BE QUIET Text: Acts 16:16-24 Introduction 1. One of the things that I love about preaching through a book of the Bible chapter by chapter, paragraph by paragraph, and verse by verse is that it forces me to preach about topics that are difficult to talk about. But they are topics that the ...read more
Scripture: Acts 16:16-24
Denomination: Methodist
Sometimes we feel like "throwing in the towel" -- but that is precisely when we must not give up!
“DON’T GIVE UP!” Psalm 27:1-6 David P. Nolte There are some things in life that attack us: wasps (ask Lonnie or me about that); injuries and illnesses; false accusations; enemies of the church, the Bible and God; an unresolved guilty conscience, temptations fitted to our own desires, to name ...read more
Scripture: Psalm 27:1-6
There is nothing in our life that affects us like the opportunities that confront us each day.
When the door of opportunity is opened for us, we have to be willing to enter. Illus: Legend has it that the Mormons always gave Mark Twain a hard time about his opposition to their teaching that a man can have many wives. He was always looking for an opportunity to set them straight. That ...read more
Trust God to fight your battles; respond with prayer and praise, knowing His presence and power are greater than any fear or opposition you face.
Some mornings the alarm clock sounds like a starter pistol. We leap from bed straight into a race we didn’t sign up for—emails, meetings, bills, a stack of must-do’s. And then there are the battles no calendar can predict: the doctor’s report that makes your heart pound, the prodigal child who has ...read more
Scripture: 2 Chronicles 20:15, 2 Timothy 4:7-8
Topics: Spiritual Warfare, Divine Battle
Taking, hoarding and passivity are signs of death. But the signs of life are the opposite: receiving, giving, and acting.
There was a popular song about 30 years ago which some of you might remember. It went, “They’re rioting in Africa, they’re starving in Spain, there’s hurricanes in Florida and Texas needs rain" ...and ending with “What nature doesn’t do to us will be done by our fellow man.” It only needs a ...read more
Scripture: 1 John 3:1-7
Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed
While there are building blocks for goal setting, there are also things we can do when we face opposition to what God has told us to do.
Godly vision and goal setting part two “Meeting the challenge of opposition Nehemiah chapter 4:1-4:11 Introduction- Last week we looked at goal setting and vision casting. We saw that most people have goals and visions as young people. They aspire to be great protectors of the world as ...read more
Scripture: Nehemiah 4:1-11
Denomination: Nazarene
If you live for Christ, opposition will come.
JUN 2 2013PM Preaching to a Heathen and Superstitious People Acts 14:8-20 There was a preacher who was an avid golfer. Every chance he got, he could be found on the golf course. It was his obsession. One Sunday was a picture-perfect day for golf. The sun was out, no clouds in the sky, and the ...read more
Scripture: Acts 14:8-20
In this message we will look at ridicule and how to handle it.
“Changing Murphy’s Law” Nehemiah 4 Perhaps you have heard of Murphy’s Law. Murphy is credited with the famous words, “if anything can go wrong, it will.” Other laws have now been blamed on him as well... • If everything seems to be going well you have ...read more
Scripture: Nehemiah 4:1-23
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