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Thought for the week – but when Lord? “For I know the plans I have
... If you observe what is happening around you or perhaps to yourself, does this statement give you any comfort? I think we need to be honest now, Jeremiah was: “Why then does my suffering continue? Why is my wound so incurable? Your help seems as uncertain as a seasonal brook. It is like a spring that ...
... If you observe what is happening around you or perhaps to yourself, does this statement give you any comfort? I think we need to be honest now, Jeremiah was: “Why then does my suffering continue? Why is my wound so incurable? Your help seems as uncertain as a seasonal brook. It is like a spring that ...
The One and Only - Peace Lutheran Church
... This One will be ridiculed and rejected by man (Isaiah 53:3; Luke 23:35). And so, God points to his chosen well before the ridicule and reviling begins, so that when it does happen, we will not falter in our faith. As Christians when the world reviles us and our faith we can turn back to this text ...
... This One will be ridiculed and rejected by man (Isaiah 53:3; Luke 23:35). And so, God points to his chosen well before the ridicule and reviling begins, so that when it does happen, we will not falter in our faith. As Christians when the world reviles us and our faith we can turn back to this text ...
Growth Group Discussion Questions
... care of those who are weak. Be patient with everyone. 1 Thessalonians 5:14 (NLT) Dear brothers and sisters, if another believer is overcome by some sin, you who are godly should gently and humbly help that person back onto the right path. And be careful not to fall into the same temptation yourself. ...
... care of those who are weak. Be patient with everyone. 1 Thessalonians 5:14 (NLT) Dear brothers and sisters, if another believer is overcome by some sin, you who are godly should gently and humbly help that person back onto the right path. And be careful not to fall into the same temptation yourself. ...
The Pre-Season Determines Who Makes the Team
... where credit is due? What kind of example are you to the children, and others, who look up to you? Do you live your life as a “credit to the game,” avoiding the temptations that derail so many promising careers? Our life here on earth is the pre-season. It is only through God’s grace that we could b ...
... where credit is due? What kind of example are you to the children, and others, who look up to you? Do you live your life as a “credit to the game,” avoiding the temptations that derail so many promising careers? Our life here on earth is the pre-season. It is only through God’s grace that we could b ...
Packer 09 - Prayer and Promptings
... and stopped the car just one foot (30 cm) from his hand. His parents, who were presiding over the East Central States Mission at the time, were sleeping in a hotel room. His mother sat up at about 2:00 in the morning and awakened her husband: “Bud’s in trouble!” They knelt by the bed and prayed for ...
... and stopped the car just one foot (30 cm) from his hand. His parents, who were presiding over the East Central States Mission at the time, were sleeping in a hotel room. His mother sat up at about 2:00 in the morning and awakened her husband: “Bud’s in trouble!” They knelt by the bed and prayed for ...
Trinity 2013 Romans 5:1-5 This weekend our nation observes
... This weekend our nation observes Memorial Day. For many Americans it’s a three-day weekend that signals the beginning of summer and firing up the grill to make hotdog &, hamburgers, but there’s a lot more to it than that. It was originally called “Decoration Day” because family, friends, and fellow ...
... This weekend our nation observes Memorial Day. For many Americans it’s a three-day weekend that signals the beginning of summer and firing up the grill to make hotdog &, hamburgers, but there’s a lot more to it than that. It was originally called “Decoration Day” because family, friends, and fellow ...
Secret Sin (Chris Luyt) – Sunday Sermon Notes 12 June 2016
... extraordinary attribute of God – His willingness to touch and be touched by… to be truly and thoroughly intimate with… those who have committed the worst sins but are deeply and genuinely sorry, and who long to spend the rest of their lives doing the right thing. In His approach to this woman, creat ...
... extraordinary attribute of God – His willingness to touch and be touched by… to be truly and thoroughly intimate with… those who have committed the worst sins but are deeply and genuinely sorry, and who long to spend the rest of their lives doing the right thing. In His approach to this woman, creat ...
Ash Wednesday – February 25, 2009
... baptism. I mean, children need diapers and they need clothes and they need a car seat and they need a lot of things. Sometimes they even need a pacifier or they need a blankie. Gracyn, nearly two years into her life, does need surgery to repair a cleft palate. Infants and children have needs. This i ...
... baptism. I mean, children need diapers and they need clothes and they need a car seat and they need a lot of things. Sometimes they even need a pacifier or they need a blankie. Gracyn, nearly two years into her life, does need surgery to repair a cleft palate. Infants and children have needs. This i ...
Reach for the Goal
... circumstances can become overwhelming, we can compare ourselves with others and become intimidated or judgmental, we can focus on ourselves and become proud and we can end up dropping out of the race. Based upon the four titles of Jesus that we just looked at, Hebrews 12:3 challenges us: “For consid ...
... circumstances can become overwhelming, we can compare ourselves with others and become intimidated or judgmental, we can focus on ourselves and become proud and we can end up dropping out of the race. Based upon the four titles of Jesus that we just looked at, Hebrews 12:3 challenges us: “For consid ...
Christian Ethics
... Augustine). Basically then, only Jesus can save us (and society) from this selfishness and this sin. Jesus gives us a moral framework within which to live the perfect, ethical life. Christian ethics therefore does not ask the question “what ought we to do?” but “what kind of moral persons are we cal ...
... Augustine). Basically then, only Jesus can save us (and society) from this selfishness and this sin. Jesus gives us a moral framework within which to live the perfect, ethical life. Christian ethics therefore does not ask the question “what ought we to do?” but “what kind of moral persons are we cal ...
Meaning of Life 2 - Christian Life Resources
... words: “I’m ready to go home. I’m ready to go home. My sins are forgiven. I’m ready to go home.” And then, not long after that, he did. Was that the right way to die? Last week we talked about how important it is to defend the sanctity of life as a gift from God and not let anyone take it out of sel ...
... words: “I’m ready to go home. I’m ready to go home. My sins are forgiven. I’m ready to go home.” And then, not long after that, he did. Was that the right way to die? Last week we talked about how important it is to defend the sanctity of life as a gift from God and not let anyone take it out of sel ...
Homily for the Second week of Advent
... Notice the first line in our Gospel reading today: "The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ the Son of God." That's because our reading begins with Mark chapter 1, verse 1. And how does Mark begin his Gospel? By introducing John the Baptist. Must be important if he starts the whole thing off tha ...
... Notice the first line in our Gospel reading today: "The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ the Son of God." That's because our reading begins with Mark chapter 1, verse 1. And how does Mark begin his Gospel? By introducing John the Baptist. Must be important if he starts the whole thing off tha ...
I. We put on the “new self”
... might reconcile us both to God in one body through the cross, thereby killing the hostility. 17 And he came and preached peace to you who were far off and peace to those who were near. 18 For through him we both have access in one Spirit to the Father. 19 So then you are no longer strangers and alie ...
... might reconcile us both to God in one body through the cross, thereby killing the hostility. 17 And he came and preached peace to you who were far off and peace to those who were near. 18 For through him we both have access in one Spirit to the Father. 19 So then you are no longer strangers and alie ...
Happy New Year
... think about other than how tired I am :) When we started training for out first 5K we could barely run 1/4 mile without stopping...I have been thinking of that in comparison to life and how sometimes we set out on the race set before us and in our flesh can't make it on our own--we get distracted by ...
... think about other than how tired I am :) When we started training for out first 5K we could barely run 1/4 mile without stopping...I have been thinking of that in comparison to life and how sometimes we set out on the race set before us and in our flesh can't make it on our own--we get distracted by ...
“We Can Count on God - He Never Changes” Three Things About
... 4. The statement that “God cannot get better than he already is” can be shocking to people. Why is this true? What about the statement that you can do something that God cannot do; you can get better! ...
... 4. The statement that “God cannot get better than he already is” can be shocking to people. Why is this true? What about the statement that you can do something that God cannot do; you can get better! ...
Serve (Part 3) (1 Peter 3:1-6)
... …by submitting to their own husbands, as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord. And you are her children, if you do good and do not fear anything that is frightening ...
... …by submitting to their own husbands, as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord. And you are her children, if you do good and do not fear anything that is frightening ...
פרשת לך לך
... holy nation’ through knowledge of God… and to give themselves over to His service, as it is written, ‘And to serve Him with all your heart’ (Shemot 11:13), ‘And you shall serve the Lord your God’ (Shemot 23:25); ‘and you shall serve Him’ (Devarim 8:5), the accepted custom throughout the world at tha ...
... holy nation’ through knowledge of God… and to give themselves over to His service, as it is written, ‘And to serve Him with all your heart’ (Shemot 11:13), ‘And you shall serve the Lord your God’ (Shemot 23:25); ‘and you shall serve Him’ (Devarim 8:5), the accepted custom throughout the world at tha ...
04.17.2011 | James 2:1-4 No Partiality
... clothing and say, "You sit here in a good place," while you say to the poor man, "You stand over there," or, "Sit down at my feet," . (vs.2-3) ...
... clothing and say, "You sit here in a good place," while you say to the poor man, "You stand over there," or, "Sit down at my feet," . (vs.2-3) ...
Sermon 8-25-13
... His Son to be the Propitiation for all our sins. HE’S our Ticket in – a free ticket mind you because HE did what was necessary to save us. We need to hear that message proclaimed to us just as precisely and clearly as it can be proclaimed, and then we also need to share it with others in the same pr ...
... His Son to be the Propitiation for all our sins. HE’S our Ticket in – a free ticket mind you because HE did what was necessary to save us. We need to hear that message proclaimed to us just as precisely and clearly as it can be proclaimed, and then we also need to share it with others in the same pr ...
Easter Eve Liturgy
... Brothers and sisters - this is the day when our Lord Jesus Christ passed from death to life. Throughout the world Christians celebrate the awesome power of God. As we hear his word and proclaim all that God has done, we can be confident that we shall share his victory over death and live with him fo ...
... Brothers and sisters - this is the day when our Lord Jesus Christ passed from death to life. Throughout the world Christians celebrate the awesome power of God. As we hear his word and proclaim all that God has done, we can be confident that we shall share his victory over death and live with him fo ...
the Sermon - First Baptist Church of Dayton
... And yet being “the light of the world” does have a prophetic quality that calls us out into world, to life on the lampstand. “The office of the prophet,” Hauerwas says, “has now fallen on this new community, who has become […] light for the world.” The “office of the prophet” falls upon us, and we ...
... And yet being “the light of the world” does have a prophetic quality that calls us out into world, to life on the lampstand. “The office of the prophet,” Hauerwas says, “has now fallen on this new community, who has become […] light for the world.” The “office of the prophet” falls upon us, and we ...
December 4 - Advent 2 - "The Senses of Christmas
... “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never be hungry again. Whoever believes in me will never be thirsty...I am the bread that came down from heaven.” (John 6:35,41) Jesus satisfies us in a way that nothing else can. Money, possessions, status, power, physical pleasure – these may give ...
... “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never be hungry again. Whoever believes in me will never be thirsty...I am the bread that came down from heaven.” (John 6:35,41) Jesus satisfies us in a way that nothing else can. Money, possessions, status, power, physical pleasure – these may give ...
Unchained and Fettered - Hillsborough Reformed Church
... complaining about housework and kids and how hard it was keeping up and being the only ones doing housework. There was a lull in the conversation as they ordered dessert. Then the very tired mom said, “And he is especially bad! He won’t budge off the couch, he leaves his clothes where he drops them, ...
... complaining about housework and kids and how hard it was keeping up and being the only ones doing housework. There was a lull in the conversation as they ordered dessert. Then the very tired mom said, “And he is especially bad! He won’t budge off the couch, he leaves his clothes where he drops them, ...
Luke 10:21-24 JOYFUL PRAISE Can you imagine
... In the past important people as spiritual leaders and rulers of the land might have been waiting for Christ to come. Their spiritual eyes had been blessed; - good for them; - but what they were waiting and looking for, never happened in their lifetime. They only imagined by faith. When it actually h ...
... In the past important people as spiritual leaders and rulers of the land might have been waiting for Christ to come. Their spiritual eyes had been blessed; - good for them; - but what they were waiting and looking for, never happened in their lifetime. They only imagined by faith. When it actually h ...
Sunday 17 June 2012 `A story about seeds, Year B, Pentecost 3-43B`
... that process it has been things like the love of a Christian neighbour, a story shared by a workmate of how God has helped her, and a memory of something told by a Sunday School teacher long ago that have all had a part in bringing about a harvest for the kingdom. The message here for the church is ...
... that process it has been things like the love of a Christian neighbour, a story shared by a workmate of how God has helped her, and a memory of something told by a Sunday School teacher long ago that have all had a part in bringing about a harvest for the kingdom. The message here for the church is ...