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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
If we can be sensitive to the Spirit, and see how our job is a mission and a service for Christ, we could do it with greater joy and love.
George Burns said, "There will always be a battle between the sexes because men and women want different things. Men want women and women want men." This is, of course, what God intended, but like all good things that are carried to excess this too becomes an area of life where the ...read more
Scripture: Galatians 5:13-26
Men became the temple of God. This was a basic fact and essential truth of Christianity, but it was one that was difficult to grasp, and it still is today one of the most difficult concepts for Christians to make real in their lives.
In the Old Testament the emphasis is on Jehovah, the God who is above us. In the Gospels the emphasis is on Jesus, the God who is with us. In the book of Acts and the Epistles the emphasis is on the Holy Spirit, the God within us. There can be doubt that this is the age of God’s ...read more
Scripture: 1 Corinthians 3:10-16
God has designed the created order with the foundational communities of the family and church. They reflect his gracious providential care, especially through the blessings of love, grace and a sense of belonging.
Matthew 12:46-50 [Read text] The cover photo from the Mother’s Day issue of a Christian magazine showed a neatly groomed and well dressed little brother and sister serving their mother an artistically arranged breakfast in bed on a silver platter. In a subsequent letter to the editor, a mother ...read more
Scripture: Matthew 12:46-50
Standing in the Freedom of the Gospel: The Ammunition of the Spirit
Standing in the Freedom of the Gospel: The Ammunition of the Spirit Galatians 5:16-18 Message in a sentence - The freedom Christ promises, the freedom to love and serve others, is the fruit of walking in the Spirit. Two weeks ago I shared that the freedom the gospel promises is Spirit empowered ...read more
Scripture: Galatians 5:16-18
Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational
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Sword of the Spirit Ephesians 6:17b http://gbcdecatur.org/sermons/SwordOfSpirit.html Romans 13:12 The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light. It has all been defensive gear thus far. Now, how about an ...read more
Scripture: Ephesians 6:17
Denomination: Baptist
Standing in the Freedom of the Gospel: The Fruit of the Spirit
Standing in the Freedom of the Gospel: The Fruit of the Spirit Galatians 5:16-25 We are in the last leg of our Galatians series, “Standing in the Freedom of the Gospel,” finishing chapter five today, looking at the fruit of the Spirit. I had some individuals disagree with me on a ...read more
Scripture: Galatians 5:16-25
I want to acknowledge that I gleaned information from many contributors here on Sermon Central as well as J. Lee Grady from which most of the information came from. Thank you all and please feel free to use this sermon to the Glory of God.
Listen to the Women !!! 1 Peter 3:1 Likewise, ye wives, be in subjection to ( or FAITHFUL to ) your own husbands; Notes on 1 Peter 3:1 The word “subjection does not translate “under the authority of” here, it translates “faithful”. Ephesians 5:23 For the husband ...read more
Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 5:19
Denomination: Foursquare
This is the first of 5 messages exploring what it means to live by the power of the Holy Spirit
Life in the Spirit Page - 1 Chico Alliance Church October 26, 2014 Pastor David Welch Life in the Spirit INTRODUCTION Paul wrote to followers of Jesus in the city of Galatia. They were struggling to understand ...read more
Denomination: Christian Missionary Alliance
We become what we behold. As we behold Jesus and His glory, we need to equally revere the Scriptures and the Holy Spirit. Both are worthy, both are right, and both are vitally needed.
Alrighty, well we’re going to continue our series we’re calling “Amazed.” Amazed at the words of Jesus. One of the encounters that I had where I was amazed at Jesus and His words was when we were in Amsterdam in the early 1990s and we were there doing outreaches in ...read more
Scripture: John 4:1-26
Moses is overwhelmed with the pressure of leading the Israelites and God places the Spirit on Him onto 70 others to carry the load.
Series: Soul Care and the Holy Spirit Opening Video: Jim Cymbala interview by CBN – The Holy Spirit (5 min). Testimony of the power of the Holy Spirit: Hand out his books to people in church as a gift for ones who give a testimony to the power of the HS! Series: Soul Care and the Holy ...read more
Scripture: Numbers 11:1-35
Our victory over sin and death is won as we progressively surrender to the Holy Spirit.
LIFE IN THE SPIRIT Text: Rom. 8.1-11 Introduction 1. Illustration: In water-safety courses a cardinal rule is never to swim out to a drowning man and try to help him as long as he’s thrashing around. To do so is basically to commit suicide. As long as a drowning man thinks he can help himself, ...read more
Scripture: Romans 8:1-11
Denomination: Methodist
Message 32 in our exposition of 1 Corinthians. This message explores another questions posed by the Corinthians regarding matters of the Spirit and the function of spiritual gifts.
Chico Alliance Church Pastor David Welch “The Matters of the Spirit: the Giver” I Corinthians 12:1-11 Review I. Reproof for fleshly behavior 1-6 II. Responses to specific inquiries A. Concerning marriage 7 B. Concerning voluntary limitation of Christian liberty 8-11:1 C. Concerning ...read more
Contrasting walking in the Spirit with walking according to the flesh.
Walking in the Spirit Galatians 5:14-26 A man was sitting at a stop light one morning. The lady in front of him was going through papers on the seat of her car, and when the light changed, she ignored the fact that it had turned green. She sat there until the light turned red again. So, the man ...read more
Scripture: Galatians 5:14-26
This July 4th sermon explores the Liberty that Christ gives us through the work of the Holy Spirit.
The Spirit of Liberty I. Opening & Text: In Congress, July 4, 1776 The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America, When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume ...read more
Scripture: Luke 4:16-21
Denomination: Pentecostal
What does it mean and imply when Jesus says, “God is Spirit?”
Yahweh is Spirit (John 4:24a) 1. A THIRD GRADERS EXPLANATION OF GOD was written by Danny Dutton, age 8 ...for his third grade homework assignment to "Explain God." One of God’s main jobs is making people. He makes them to replace the ones that die so there will be enough people to take ...read more
Scripture: John 4:24, 1 Kings 8:27, Deuteronomy 4:33-34, Genesis 1:27, 1 Corinthians 11:7-12, 1 Timothy 6:16 (view more) (view less)
Denomination: Independent/Bible
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