6/22/14 — Pastor George ("Danny") Bullock, Jr. — What it Means to Be Free —
Freedom from sin's bondage - Psa 51:5; Act 7; Jhn 1:12; 3:14-16; 8:31-36; Num 21:5-8; Rom 6:9-12,18-22; Jhn 3; 9
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140622 - Pastor Danny - What it means to be free
Jhn 8:31-36 - You shall know the truth, and the truth shall set you free.
Whoever commits sin is a slave to sin, but the Son makes you free.
That we need to be made free shows that there is a bondage up until that point.
Sin holds us captive.
Psa 51:5 - Born into captivity.
Our human nature causes us to sin. No one has to be taught to sin, we do it by nature.
We were born into a bad way.
As we get older, we get worse instead of better.
Don't say you would never do something, because that's where you will be attacked.
We can't release ourselves - we were trapped and had to be released.
We set out to correct ourselves, but it's not within our power to be free of sin.
Sin was our master, but that was not God's intent for us.
Just like an animal caught in a trap, which can't free itself but has to be released, we also were in a trap of sin and needed someone to come and release us. We were trapped by sin and were in need of freedom.
After sin entered the word, anti-God sentiments came with it.
Act 7 - Stephen talking about bondage in Egypt.
The natural circumstances were a shadow of what was happening in the spirit.
Moses didn't take people out of Egypt, God did.
No one can bring you out of sin except God.
God brought people out of Egypt because He wanted to have an intimate relationship with them.
We can't have a personal relationship with God if we are in sin.
Even if God honors the prayers of a sinner, that person needs to understand that they need to come to Christ.
God doesn't want robotic activity - going through the motions. That's not a relationship. He wants an intimate, personal relationship.
Jhn 3:14-16 - As Moses lifted up the serpent.
It was not God's intent for us to live trapped in sin like that.
Num 21:5-8 - Snakes bit and killed people, but God told Moses to make a serpent, and if the people look at it, then they won't die.
This is a shadow of Christ being lifted up against sin. We were bitten by sin.
People in the world have fun, but they are still trapped, which is why there are people on drugs, alcoholics, etc.. looking for an escape. They are looking for freedom.
Sin is a cancer - a disease - and it kills. The wages of sin is death.
People aren't brought in by bible-bashing - God brought us in by love: For God so LOVED the world...
Jhn 8:32-36 - You shall know the truth and the truth shall set you free.
It means being liberated from the power and the hold of sin.
It takes the power of God to free us.
God will continue to pull you out of sin as you go. It's a continual process. It's not a one-time event - we are constantly being made free.
When the heart says, 'yes' the work begins.
People will see differences in you. They knew who you were before, but you will be a different person, and your life will be a testimony to that.
The truth will make you free - Jesus is the way, the truth and the life, the Word of God is the truth.
It was Jesus who broke the chains - we no longer need to make resolutions.
Jhn 1:12 - He gave the right to be called children of God.
We act on that. No everyone will like that, but we aren't that old person any more.
You're not a Christian because of your parents.
Rom 6:9-12,18-22 - Jesus became the sacrifice for sin, and had to die once, but death has no dominion over Jesus any more.
We have to die to sin. That's not a one-time thing.
Do not let sin reign in your mortal body that you should obey it.
We have the power to defeat it, but we still have to decide to defeat it. It's not easy, but we have the power to defeat it. Don't make excuses and rationalize it.
Sin will keep trying to creep up.
As Christ died, we died to sin.
Sin operates in your flesh, but does not operate in your spirit. The Spirit of God operates through your spirit.
Freed from sin, we are now slaves to Christ, slaves to righteousness. We now desire the good things of God. We no longer want to sin.
People couldn't keep the law, not because the law was wrong, but because there was something wrong with people - sinful nature.
Because we're free now, God can use us at will. He now has control.
God can use us because we're free.
Jhn 3; 9 - Some people prefer darkness. Some people accept bondage.
Some people don't even realize they are in bondage.

7/13/14 — Rev. Grace Hampton — Where do your values lie? —
5 Principles for Christian growth - 2Ti 2:15; Heb 4:15-16; 1Jo 1:7; Act 1:8; Mat 6:19-21
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140713 - Grace Hampton - Where do your values lie?
We value family, friendships, education, children/grandchildren, church, a home, America, freedom, etc..
Values: our standards of behavior; what is important in life.
5 Principles for Christian growth
Values line up with these

1. Study the word
2. Prayer
3. Fellowship
4. Witness
5. Obey God

1) Study the Word
We read about people that we want to get to know.
When we get ready to talk about the Word, you have to know what you're talking about.
2Ti 2:15 - Be diligent to present yourself approved
2) Prayer
Getting to know someone by talking with them.
If you don't find time to talk to God, then He may end up pulling you away from some of the things you are busy with so that He can have His time with you.
God talks to you when you talk to Him.
Heb 4:15-16 - For we do not have a High Priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but was in all points tempted as we are, yet without sin.
Tell God how you are feeling; tell him when things aren't going right.
3) Fellowship
1Jo 1:7 - Fellowship with one another.
Spending time together.
Also taking care of each other, watching out for each other, loving each other and being there for each other.
Fellowship takes place for the rest of your lives.
4) Witness
Act 1:8 - You shall be witnesses to Me.. to the ends of the earth.
We all came to Christ through witnessing.
How you handle yourself is a witness.
When someone confronts you, the only way to stay in the right is to not go into the wrong with them. Stay in the right and you will be able to say that you didn't do anything wrong.
5) Obey God
by fellowship, studying the word, being a witness, etc.
God created us. Obey the creator.
He loves us as His children.
He sent His son to suffer for us.
Help others get to a place of obedience. People need help in this area.
God has abundances here on Earth, and He can bring them to us if we are obedient to Him.
Mat 6:19-21 - Do not lay up treasures on Earth,... lay up treasures in Heaven... Where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.

7/27/14 — Lillian Harrison — Let the People See; Let the People Believe —
Use spiritual sight, not natural sight - 2Ki 6:8-17 NIV; Exo 14:19-24 NIV; 1Ki 17:9-16 NIV; Eph 1:17-19 NIV
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140727 - Lillian Harrison - Let the People See; Let the People Believe
2Ki 6:8-17NIV - Open his eyes, LORD, so that he may see. Then the LORD opened the servant's eyes, and he looked and saw the hills full of horses and chariots of fire all around Elisha.
This is Holy Spirit sight.
Those who can't see often have to trust the leadership of others.
When we are 'blind', we can trust the leadership of the Holy Spirit.
To see means to perceive with the eyes and discern visually.
There are 2 kinds of sight - sight with the eyes, and sight through belief.
Not being able to physically see causes a person's other senses to be heightened.
Those who are blind tend to have an increased confidence in decision-making.
If God says He is here to protect us, He is here to protect us.
Elisha prayed for a blind man to see, and he saw God's army protecting them.
Don't look at what you see, but ask God to show you what you cannot see.
Exo 14:19-24 - The the Angel of God withdrew and went behind them.
Strategy from the Holy Spirit - the Israelites couldn't see, so they had to rely on The Lord for direction.
When Peter walked on water, he took his eyes off of Jesus. He wasn't seeing Jesus, he was seeing the wind and the waves.
When Jehoshaphat went before The Lord, he said, Our eyes are upon you.
When we put our eyes on the Lord, we have to trust. He knows everything that's going to happen to us.
1Ki 17:9-16 - The woman with very little flour and oil was able to feed Elijah, herself and her son. Seeing the situation in the natural, she didn't think that she had enough, but seeing the situation by the Spirit, Elijah knew that she had abundance.
God sees in a completely different way from us.
We have to become blind to our way of thinking so that God can perfect the other senses – the senses of the Holy Spirit.
When we want to take control of a situation away from God, that's us seeing with our own natural sight.
We rely on the Holy Spirit to open our spiritual eyes and teach us new things. He lets us see things in a way that we could not see before.
God takes care of us as a father takes care of his children. He can say, Come to Me because He takes care of us.
The Holy Spirit wants the chance to prove to us that He will guide us through a situation.
Eph 1:17-19 The whole promise of life for us is laid out in Ephesians 1.
The sight of the blind doesn't work, so they use other senses. Human (natural) sight does not work when serving God, so let us use our spiritual sight through the guidance of the Holy Spirit. This strengthens our faith and trust in Him.

8/3/14 — Rev. Larry Brown — Living By The Spirit —
Be righteous by The Spirit, not by the flesh - Rom 8:1-9 KJV; Jas 4:1; Rom 7:15; Gal 5:16; Gal 5:19-26
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140803 - Rev. Larry Brown - Living By The Spirit
We all want to be perfect for God, but we can't be perfect by the flesh.
None of us is truly good.
God is trying to get us to rest in Him instead of working so hard to be good by the flesh.
We can't even do simple things like losing weight or eating right on our own.
God wants us to enter into His rest. He wants us to listen to The Spirit.
Rom 8:1-9 - We walk not after the flesh but after the Spirit.
We are righteous because of the way we believe, not because we are good.
James 4:1 - War between the flesh and the Spirit inside each of us.
We need the spirit of Christ every day. We have to kill the flesh every day.
Our flesh nature is evil.
We can do all the good works we want, but if the Spirit of Christ withdrew Himself from you today, you would be nothing, just like you were when you found Him.
The way God sees us is like the trash that gets put out but someone said, Wait, I can use this.
God doesn't see any of us as His special child because we are good - we are special to Him because He loves us. Nothing can separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus.
You can't stop God from loving you - evil is in us, but God loves everyone, even the sinner on their way to Hell; God will love them all the way into Hell, trying to stop them and turn them around. Why would you die when I've provided a way for you? Why would you give up on yourself? Why are you so hard on yourself? Why are you condemning yourself? Yes, we are flawed, but we have Jesus in our lives.
Rom 7:15 - I do the things I don't want to do, and I don't do the things I want to do.
The flesh can't please God.
[The saying on the screen this morning was, God strengthens you by weakening you first. Most of us want the glory before the story.]
God is waiting for us to be weak so he can work with us.
He waits for us to throw up our hands in frustration and say, I can't do it! Then He can work with us.
Gal 5:16 - Walk in the Spirit, and you won't fulfill the lusts of the flesh.
The Bible says walk in the Spirit, not stand still in the Spirit.
Walking in the Spirit is a continuous thing. We will constantly be failing, but we keep going and fail our way to the top.
You hear God's voice, but you're always moving.
You can't become perfect at walking in the Spirit. You get better at it, but you will always be contending with the flesh.
When we mess up, we have an advocate with The Father - we have a lawyer with God. We can go to Him, and He will go to The Father.
We keep trying to do in the flesh what God began in the Spirit.
Gal 5:19-26 - The works of the flesh and the fruit of the Spirit.
Every time you try to do something in the flesh, it's not going to work.
Every time you try to let the Spirit of Christ do it in you, it's going to work.
You won't overcome the things that you're struggling with if keep struggling in the flesh. You've got to go to God with it.
We don't go to the hospital because we're well, and we did not come to God because we knew how to live this life.
Many of us harbor unforgiveness, sometimes even toward people who have passed away a long time ago.
Acknowledge the Spirit of God. Be honest, forget your pride, humble yourself before God, and tell Him, I can't do it. I don't know what I'm doing, and I'm a failure. because God is waiting for you to be weak.
When you get to that place, when you're weak enough to trust Him, He will lift you up.

9/21/14 — Rev. Larry Brown — Being an authentic Christian —
Righteousness is not an appearance - it is a lifestyle - Mat 22:2-14, 15-22, 23-33, 34-39, 40-46, 23:27-36; 2Ti 3:1-7; Psa 139
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142114 - Rev. Larry Brown - Being an authentic Christian
People say that there are hypocrites in the church, but there are hypocrites at work, too, and people don't stay home from work.
Mat 23:27-36 NKJV - Woe to you scribes and pharasees, hypocrites
Jesus couldn't do many miracles in His home town because people didn't believe.
You can stop God's power by unbelief.
Mat 22:2-14
The Kingdom of Heaven is like a feast that has been prepared, but a lot of people are too busy to show up. So other people were invited on the spot.
God is inviting us to spend eternity with Him, but people aren't coming to the party.
15-22, 23-33
The sadducees rejected the law as given to Moses - they only believed in the original Torah. They also didn't believe in the afterlife. So when they asked, Whose wife would she be in the resurrection? they themselves didn't believe that there even was an afterlife - they were just trying to logically trip Him up. Jesus showed them that they had asked a nonsensical question.
22:34-39 - The scribes asked, What is the greatest commandment. They wanted Jesus to pick one out and then say He was wrong to pick one out. So He said the 2 great commandments (that the 10 commandments are broken down to) - Love the Lord your God (first 4 commandments), and Love your neighbor as yourself (last 6 commandments). If you have love, you have the whole package. It's love that God responds to.
People will watch you. They will see if you trip up or if you are authentic.
40-46 - The scribes said Jesus wasn't Messiah, that He was just David's son. They minimized Him. But David himself referred to Mesaiah as Lord.
Do what the Pharasees say, but not what they do. They know the law, but they don't keep it. Vain repetition - it's all show.
Righteousness is not an appearance - it is a lifestyle. We fail at it miserably, but we keep going.
Don't worship people here on earth - your father is in Heaven.
For God to let us do anything for Him is a priviledge.
2Ti 3:1-7 - People will love pleasure of life instead of God.
People will come to church without growing at all. They don't have the real power of God in their lives.
You can't ever fake God out - He knows your heart.
Psa 139
We will reap the benefit if we get to know God personally.

11/30/14 — Lillian Harrison — We're on a Journey; We are going somewhere —
We need to pack: Faith, Goodness, Knowledge, Self-control, Perseverance, Godliness, Brotherly kindness and love. - Rev 21:1-5; Jhn 3:16; Jhn 10:10; Psa 103:1-5; 2Pe 1:3-10 HCSB; Jer 17:10 NIV; Psa 51
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141130 - Lillian Harrison - We're on a Journey; We are going somewhere
Rev 21:1-5
We prepare for a journey, make sure we have everything we need, and then set out.
Pack belongings, check that we're bringing along enough money, put gas in the car, etc.
At the destination, we unpack our bag.
Jhn 3:16
We need the Son to unpack our bags.
Jhn 10:10 - I come that they may have life, and have it more abundantly.
Jesus gives us abundant life.
Psa 103:1-5 - Bless the Lord, O my soul and all that is within me.
The benefits of The Lord help us to unpack our baggage by

• Forgiving our iniquities
• Healing us of all of our diseases
• Redeeming our life from destruction
• Crowning us with loving kindness

The spirit of the Lord God in on me
In our journey, the only thing we need to 'pack' is Jesus Christ.
We need to secure ourselves by surrendering to Jesus.
2Pe 1:3-10 HCSB
Things we need to pack: Faith, Goodness, Knowledge, Self-control, Perseverance, Godliness, Brotherly kindness and love.
Love takes care of everything. Pack agape love and you've got it made.
These virtues will keep you from being ineffective and unproductive in your knowledge of Jesus Christ.
Jesus Christ has what we need to get from 'here' to 'there'.
Virgin Galactic is charging millions to take people up to the heavens, but only Jesus can truly get us to Heaven.
Jesus is coming to take us on the most exciting trip
'Checking in' when we get to our destination.
Jer 17:10 NIV
Psa 51
We tend to focus on the big things that we do wrong or not. But the little things that we don't pay much attention to will distract us from our journey.
We're going to look forward to our destination.

12/7/14 — David Brown — Our Response to God —
Our reaction when God reveals Himself to us - Isa 6:1-7 KJV; Heb 1:1 KJV; Exo 3:1-4 KJV
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141207 - David Brown - Our Response to God
Isa 6:1-7
Isaiah spoke into the Millennial and Messianic age more than the other prophets.
Isaiah's ministry spanned about 64 years.
God allowed Isaiah to see Him on His throne in a vision. He revealed Himself. He doesn't have to do that. We can't deserve that.
Heb 1:1 KJV
We need to see that God is still in power.
We care about what people are in positions of power, but we always have to remember that God is ultimately in control.
Sometimes we need to step away from the things of this world and see God in His glory.
When God revealed Himself to Isaiah,

1. Isaiah saw the authority of God.
   We need to see that God is still in power, despite everything we see going on in the world.
2. He saw the Glory of God. His train filled the temple.
   We need to see the glory of God. It is seeing God as He is. We look too much at the world and the way things are instead of focusing on God's glory. Sometimes we just need to get away from the world and see the glory of God.
3. Seraphim were there, crying, 'Holy, holy, holy!' which was a worship.
   We need to tell God He is holy. One way that God's glory is seen is through us.

When we glorify God, we need to tell Him He is holy.
We don't need for God to reveal Himself the same way He did to Isaiah - it will be different now because now we have Jesus, and the Father shows Himself through Jesus.
God never just reveals Himself for nothing - there is always a reason that God shows Himself. He's not just a Band-Aid - there's a good reason for Him to show up.
We enjoy being in the presence of God, but we have to remember that He is there for a reason.
Exo 3:1-4 - The Angel of the Lord appeared to Moses in a burning bush.
Moses 'turned aside' and gave it his attention, because he thought that it might be God in action.
God was there to use Moses. God was showing up for a reason. He had a purpose for being there.
We should always look for the reason He is there.
When god reveals Himself to you, what is your response?
Our revelation shouldn't be shallow.
Isaiah's response was humility.
Whenever you see the glory of God, do what Isaiah did - self-evaluation, comparing himself to the perfection of God.
Woe to me... Isaiah said.
When God moves, He wants us to do a self-evaluation to see where we are at.
The Word of God is always for a self-evaluation.
Are you hanging around with people who are not right?
Without God, we are just dead - it's pointless. What does our resume look like without God? Getting a Master's is good, but having the Master's and Jesus is far better.
Isaiah responded to God, and so God responded to Isaiah.
Our relationship is never fair because we can never repay what He has done for us. God will always give more than He asks for.
Sometimes it seems like God isn't responding to us. Sometimes the self-evaluation is more important than asking for things.
Isaiah responded to God, and God responded to him.
Sometimes God responds not to what we ask, but rather He responds to us the way that we respond to Him.
What we should be asking for is for us to be fixed.
Repentance makes you usable. Isaiah asked to be fixed first, and it was after that that God was able to use Him.
Are you comfortable when God reveals to you the way you really are?
Being in the presence of God and feeling unclean is like having visitors come over when the house is messy.

12/28/14 — Carolyn Waters — Patience and Peace in the Preparation —
Peace in the midst of the turmoil - Gen 37; Jas 1:2-4; Jhn 14:27
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141228 - Carolyn Waters - Patience and Peace in the Preparation
Patience and peace go together.
We are part of the body of Christ, but we all have a specific purpose in our lives.
As young Christians, hearing from God made us excited.
Gen 37 - Joseph
Joseph was the youngest of 12 brothers, and had a dream of being ruler, but he went into slavery at first instead.
He must not have thought while being in slavery that this was not the road to being a ruler, but the dream did come true.
God had a purpose for Job's life, too. Job was very patient.
Jesus came to the Earth to die. The Word made flesh. But He had to suffer first before He could be Savior.
We are so used to instant gratification, but very often it takes time for God's promises to be fulfilled.
Jas 1:2-4 - Count it all joy
If you have to bake something for 40 minutes, you can't get it done in 5 minutes. Some things take time, and we need to have patience.
If Joseph or Jesus hadn't gone through what they needed to go through, then they wouldn't not have fulfilled the promises that the Father had for them.
It was all part of the preparation process.
Jesus prepared for 30 years to minister for 3 years.
We can't have patience without peace.
Jhn 14:27
Peace and patience are fruit of the spirit, and come from God.
You can have peace in the midst of the turmoil.
God wants to give us a peace. The world's peace goes up and down like the tide, but God's peace is consistent.
We can't take hold of God's peace because we're holding onto the world's calamity.
We're living in a world of calamity and chaos. We will need to hold onto God's consistent peace.
God want to replace our chaos with peace.
Peter walked on the water because he was focused on Jesus and trusting in Him. But when he looked around at the situation, he panicked and began to sink.
We need patience to endure.
There will be things that will cause us to doubt God and our trust will waver.
God wants to give us the peace that surpasses all understanding.
Even when people fail us, God will still prevail.

1/4/15 — Richard Bullock, Jr. — Trusting God —
God has a plan where we will be blessed and He will be glorified - Psa 91 KJV; Pro 3:5-6 KJV; Psa 40:4 KJV; Psa 71:5 KJV; Psa 118:8 KJV
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150104 - Richie Bullock, Jr. - Trusting God
Psa 91
Life is uncertain. We don't know what's coming next. good and bad things happen.
Sometimes, it's just as well that we can't see the future, since that could be depressing at times.
But God is in control.
If we are children of God and we have a close relationship with Him, then we have the comfort of knowing that He's in control.
So we can enjoy life, even when times are tough.
It gives us peace, happiness, joy..
Pro 3:5-6 - Lean not on your own understanding, but trust the Lord, and He will direct your path.
Do we truly trust God? Can we honestly say that we trust God with our lives?
If we don't have that trust, that faith, then there is a disconnect in our relationship with God.
What is trust? It's a feeling a safety and comfort in a relationship to another.
Trust is earned, it is not given. It develops over time.
To dwell in the secret place of the Most High is an intimate relationship.
This is about our commitment to be obedient to God and to have a daily walk with Him. It's a daily relationship - a daily fellowship, not not calling on God when we have a problem.
We belong to God, and He wants us to be close just as a parent wants their child to be close.
It is God who protects us from the enemy. He will cover us, as a bird spreads it's wings over its offspring.
Satan has no access when we put our confidence in our protector.
We get to know Him more by getting into the Word. the more we get to know Him, the tighter the relationship, and so the more we can put our trust in Him.
Do you know Me? Do you trust Me? Who do you trust more? The world, or our Creator? Have we truly committed and surrendered our lives to Him?
We do need God's protection. The provisions of the world come and go; don't put your trust in anything worldly, but in God.
Even when things are bad by the world's standards, God supplies our needs. We are children of God.
When the doctors give up, you have to know that you belong to God.
Psa 40:4 - Blessed is the man who makes the Lord his trust.
Psa 71:5 - Thou art my trust, oh, Lord, Thou art my trust from my youth.
Psa 118:8 - It is better to trust in The Lord than to put your confidence in man.
God is our Creator. He knows all about us and He has a plan for us where you will be blessed and He will be glorified.
It's natural to get frightened, but we have to trust.
Peter walking on the water - Peter saw the wind and the waves, and the fear flustered him, so his trust wavered.
Moses being led by God to the Red Sea - by the world, it looked like a suicide position, between the soldiers and the sea, but he trusted God, and God was able to lead them to safety because they trusted in God.
Worship and love Him, and your reward will be great.
God's reward is greater than anything we could ever earn.
If you sow into the Kingdom, then you will reap a deeper Spiritual life.

2/8/15 — Pastor Betty Jacovides — Q & A session —
Open discussion and Q & A
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2/22/15 — David Brown — Do It Anyway —
Let God stretch you, and you will see Him move in your life - 1Ki 17:8-12 KJV
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150222 - David Brown - Do It Anyway
The period in Kings wasn't a good time for the people in Israel.
King Ahab did more evil than any of the kings before him, but then Elijah came and predicted drought. He went into the wilderness. The brook dried up and then he went to visit a widow.
1Ki 17:8-12 - Arise, get thee to Zarephath.
The widow was there gathering sticks. Elijah asked for food and water, but there was almost no more food left.
When he asked for water, it was no problem, but when he asked for food, she had almost nothing.
The widow was prepared to meet her demise, starving to death.
Have any of us ever gone forward, assuming we are about to fail?
Sometimes God tells us to do something and it's fine. Then he asks us to do more, and we think it's too much. God starts to stretch us.
God is going to stretch us – to nudge us to do more than we think we can.
When we think we're going to fail, we give up and don't try, but God is going to ask us to do more than we think we can, and He will make us able.
He wants more than just the water, now He wants the bread.
If we don't push ourselves, then we won't grow. If we learn what we already know then what are we gaining?
The more nothing I am, the more God's glory is shown.
If you feel like you don't have enough to do what God is asking of you, then do it anyway. Have faith and just be obedient.
If we only hide behind what we're comfortable with then we won't be exposed, but we can't do that.
We will never see God move if we stay in our comfort zone.
By doing God's will and giving to Elijah, the widow's needs were met as well.
If you're in God's will, God will abundantly bless you and you will not go empty. Not just food, not just money, not just time, but spiritually.
If God gave to you, then it is up to you to share and give, just as the widow gave to Elijah.
God blessed the widow because she was obedient in blessing someone else.
What we have, give it to God. He's stretching us. If we stay in our comfort zone, we will never see God move.
Peter would have never walked on water if he hadn't had the faith to get out of the boat. And he would never have been a disciple if he hadn't had the faith to walk away from his life as a fisherman. But he dropped everything and followed Jesus, and 12 men turned the world upside down.

3/15/15 — Sharon Ralph — Satan is an Outsider —
If we stop bad thoughts before they take root, and use God's Word, then we can beat Satan through the power of the Holy Spirit within us. - Rom 8:9 NIV; Joe 2:28 KJV; 1Co 6:19; Deu 28:8; Deu 28:11; Isa 55:11; Mat 17:20; Eph 6:17; Luk 4:1-13; Jhn 14:26; Pro 18:21; Mat 12:34; Phl 4:8
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150315 - Sharon Ralph - Satan is an Outsider
Rom 8:9 NIV - You are not living the life of the flesh, you are living the life of the spirit, if The Spirit of God dwells within you.
Joe 2:28 KJV - I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh
1Co 6:19 - Or do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and you are not your own?
The Holy Spirit lives within us.
The Holy Spirit goes between us and the Spiritual world. He is the go-between between this world, and the Kingdom of God.
Since He lives within us, we don't need to speak aloud for him to hear us.
Jesus took our sicknesses to the cross, but without the Holy Spirit within us, we wouldn't be able to draw on the healing power of Jesus to be healed.
The Holy Spirit is our connection to The Father, and without Jesus' sacrifice, we wouldn't be able to receive The holy Spirit.
Although The holy Spirit knows what we are thinking, we sometimes pray aloud so that Satan and the likes of him will hear us, and sometime so that we ourselves will hear it and be encouraged.
Satan does not dwell within us, but he does hear our words and see our actions.
If we talk pessimistically, it gives Satan ammunition to psyche us out. It tells him what our fears are. It tells him how he can worry us.
But if we speak positively, even in bad times, affirming that God is our source and our provider, that upsets Satan.
Satan can't read things out of your mind, but he can interject things into your mind.
Satan will try to scare you, cause you to lose faith, and make you doubt that God is willing to take care of you.
Satan can give us negative thoughts that make us feel like we can't succeed, but we can use God's Word to fight back. There is a lot of power in using scripture to rebuke Satan.
Deu 28:8 - The LORD will command the blessing on you in your storehouses and in all to which you set your hand, and He will bless you in the land which the LORD your God is giving you.
The Lord brings prosperity.
Deu 28:11 RSV - And the LORD will make you abound in prosperity, in the fruit of your body, and in the fruit of your cattle, and in the fruit of your ground, within the land which the LORD swore to your fathers to give you.
Use these words of God to use His truth against Satan's lies.
Satan knows that God's Word is powerful, but we need to know God's Word so we can speak it and use it.
Isa 55:11 - So shall My word be that goes forth from My mouth;
It shall not return to Me void
God's Word never returns void. Whatever you pray, it will come back to bless you.
You can never out-give God.
A word spoken in faith, from the mouth of a believer, can change circumstances.
Satan hears our words, when we gossip, talk ill of others, how sick, angry, insecure we are, etc..
He also hears us when we praise God, when we witness, and speak in faith, too.
Satan sees us when we're selfish, and can tell when we're depressed. But he also sees us when we surrender to God and worship.
He knows when we're hopeful and secure. He knows when we surrender all things to God.
Jesus has given us the authority to cast out demons, but we must speak it with authority. And we must do this in the name of Jesus.
Fear and Doubt are evil spirits, and we can cast them out.
We fight back by saying that we serve The Lord.
We don't think or wish these evils away, we cast them away in Jesus' name.
We can speak God's word to our mountains, also, whatever our mountains might be - debt, sickness
We have to have faith that if we pray for something that is in God's will, the mountain will be moved.
Mat 17:20 - ...if you have faith as a mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, Move from here to there, and it will move; and nothing will be impossible for you.
There is nothing that is made by man or conceived of man than can be used to fight spiritual warfare, so we must use the armor of God.
Eph 6:17 - The full armor of God
Luk 4:1-13 - 40 days in the wilderness. Command this stone to become bread. Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God.
We will always serve only The Lord.
Jesus using the Word of The Father to resist the devil.
Jhn 14:26 - The holy Spirit will bring to our remembrance the things which Jesus has spoken.
When Jesus was tempted by the devil, he was filled with The Holy Spirit, and so always recalled the right scripture at the right time.
If we study The Word, and act in the Holy Spirit, then we also will recall the right scripture at the right time.
Pro 18:21 - Death and life are in the power of the tongue,
And those who love it will eat its fruit.
We can be blessed by speaking the Word, but we can by cursed by saying negative things, and so we must be careful about what we let the devil hear coming from us.
Don't be overly worried about things, or the devil will use the negativity.
Captive Godly - is a thought negative? If so, say the word, captive. Then think of a vision or thought that you use to fight this. If you wait too long to push it away, then it will take root.
If a the thought is Godly, then let it root.
Mat 12:34 - For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.
Phl 4:8 - Whatever is good, pure, etc.. if there is anything worthy of praise... think good thoughts.
Thoughts beget actions, so good thought beget good actions. And negative thoughts beget negative actions.
If we make our negative thoughts captive to Jesus, then we can beat Satan.
In conclusion: Satan can only put thoughts in our heads. If we stop those thoughts before they take root, and use God's Word, then we can beat Satan through the power of the Holy Spirit within us.

4/12/15 — Grace Hampton — Good Friday, Easter, and then what? —
After Easter, keep a He-is-risen attitude - Mat 27:45-50; 28:1-7
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150412 - Grace Hampton - Good Friday, Easter, and then what?
Mat 27:45-50; 28:1-7
The after-effects of Good Friday and Easter are as important as the events themselves.
After the celebration of the holiday, we can get back into a routine if we're not careful. We should not let ourselves fall into routine, but remember what Christ did for us.
After all is said and done, we need to stay in the He-is-risen attitude.
During 40 days following the resurrection, Jesus encouraged the disciples. they became fearless instead of fearful, as they were when He went to the cross.
Jesus told the disciples to stay around the area. There was a time for Jesus to be on Earth, and there's a time for the Holy Spirit to be here.
The disciples were constantly in prayer.
That kind of constant prayer is the key. You need to really have a relationship with God, and that takes prayer.
The power of the Holy Spirit stayed with them in their hearts, and they were never again the same.
We have that same Holy Spirit today.
The same Holy Spirit that came to the upper room is with us now, guiding us.
Think about, even in the last month, how many time the Holy Spirit has led you.
We need to keep ourselves available to be used by God.
The Holy Spirit will put you in the right place in the right time. God sends us if He knows we will go.
When was the last time we had a chance to witness? By our lives, or by our words?
Because of the crucifixion, resurrection and ascension, our role today is to go out to the corrupt world, witness and show forth the power that the Holy Spirit has endowed us with.
Don't let the world intimidate you.
We do what we need to do as part of life in the world, obeying state and Federal laws, but the power of God has a much greater hold on us than any government.

4/26/15 — Larry Brown — Life in The Word —
God speaks into your life when you are in The Word daily - Heb 4:12; Jhn 1:1-5; Rom 12:1; Isa 55:6-10; Psa 119; Heb 4:2; Rom 4:19-22; 1Ti 3:16; Mat 24:12, 22
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150426 - Larry Brown - Life in The Word
Being consistent in the Word is important.
The enemy is trying to distract us from The Word.
The enemy understands that The Word is powerful, and it's in his best interest to keep us distracted from it.
If we have the Word in us, we are more powerful than he is.
Why would we listen to the one who got kicked out of the place we want to get into?
When Satan tempted Jesus, Jesus used scripture to defeat Satan.
As soon as Peter was distracted from Jesus, he sank.
Jhn 1:1-5
The same God that was powerful enough to speak the world into existence is able to speak into your life and change you.
God spoke things into existence, so how can he not be able to speak into our lives?
You are not your past, you are what God says about you.
Heb 4:12 - For the Word of God is living and powerful.
The Word won't speak to our flesh - it will speak to our spirits.
The flesh is alive because the spirit is alive.
The flesh won't want to do the things of the spirit, because it's the flesh. But the spirit receives it and the flesh has to go along.
A glove has no life, but with a hand in it, it moves with life. The flesh has no spiritual life, but with the spirit within us is the life that makes the flesh come along.
What's in you is what comes out of you, so if you are in the flesh, you are no different than the unsaved.
Rom 12:1 - Be not conformed to the ways of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind.
Isa 55:1-2 - Everyone who thirsts, there is no price. Stop spending your time and money on things that don't satisfy.
Isa 55:6-7
How many things have we spent money on? Seek The Lord!
We can be strong at times, but if we're not in The Word, then we're not going to stay strong.
Just as we need food to sustain us every day, we need The Word to sustain us spiritually every day.
There is our plans, then there is God's plans
Isa 55:8 - My thoughts are not your thoughts, and My ways are not your ways.
The Word and prayer is the bridge between your thoughts and God's thoughts.
You can't be in control and have God be in control at the same time - you have to relinquish control to God.
We have to love even those who are unlovable.
Isa 55:10 - As the rain comes down and the snow from Heaven, and do not return but water the Earth and make it bring forth and bud, that's what My Word does for you.
When God's Word says something, it's going to be true whether anyone likes it or not.
Even the crazy amount of snow we got this winter melted and watered the Earth and the plants flourished.
The Spirit will bring back to your remembrance the things which you have learned, but if you haven't learned anything, then the spirit has nothing to bring back to you.
1 Read the Word
2 Believe the Word
Heb 4:2 - for indeed the Gospel was preached to us as well as to them. But the Word which they heard did not profit them.
Why did it not profit them? Because it was not mixed with faith by those who heard it.
If you don't believe what you read in the Bible, then you annul it. If you don't have the faith to accept it, then it will have no power at all.
3 Practice The word
Rom 4:19-22 - Abraham did not waver or stagger in faith. He was strengthened in faith. He stopped looking at the fleshed, and looked in faith.
Don't let your faith waiver that God is able - if He promised it, you know it will come to pass.
God will let you get right to the end, when you are broken enough that He can finally do something for you.
1Ti 3:16 - All scripture is given by God.
We aren't supposed to be afraid of the things of this world.
Mat 24:12, 22 - He who endures to the end will be saved.

5/24/15 — David Brown — Preparing for the worst, while asking for the best —
Always ask God for His highest and best, even when preparing for the worst - Gen 32:3-12 KJV
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150524 - David Brown - Preparing for the worst, while asking for the best
Gen 32:3-12
We should be prepared for the worst. Don't be ambushed - prepare!
God told Jacob, Return to your family.
Jacob was preparing to be injured or to die, so he separated out his family to keep them safe.
You don't always have control of live, and we take it in steps as it unfolds. God does not always tell us what to expect.
God told Jacob to return, but Jacob had no idea why or what was going on. God said, Go. That was all Jacob had to go by.
Jacob answered God. Oh, God of my father... We should keep communication with God.
Jacob was saying that God was more (stronger) than the situation he was going through.
Jacob didn't just talk to God about his current situation, but recalled that this is the same God that gave a promise long ago.
Our salvation is a promise that existed long before we did.
We can never deserve God. We can please Him all we can, but will always need mercy and grace.
Salvation, Jesus, was a gift. We don't deserve it.
We remind God of His promise, not because He forgets, but because we can stand on those promises.
The best thing that we can ask God for is deliverance. Grace, mercy, etc., are all connected with deliverance.
Jacob asked for deliverance because that was God's best.
Jacob was preparing his family for the worst, and while that was going on, he was asking God for the best.
Whatever it is that you're facing, it doesn't have to take all your strength; you will have fight in you that you didn't know was there until you start swinging spiritually. Jacob wrestled with the angel until God blessed him.

6/14/15 — Sharon Ralph — Learn by the Old, Live by the New —
We each have our own new and old testaments. - 2Co 5:17; Rom 4:19-21, 12:2; Isa 50:4; Phl 4:19; Mat 7:7-8, 7:21, 12:32, 18:2-3, 26:28; Heb 9:22; Col 1:14; Mar 1:4; Act 2:38, 5:31, 8:22, 10:43; Jhn 14; 1Jn 5:17; Eph 2:8, 3:11-12; Psa 40:6, 34:17, 50:15, 86:5, 91:1-2, 91:9-10; 1Pe 2:24
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150614 - Sharon - Learn by the Old, Live by the New
Old and New Testaments, before and after Jesus came.
We also have our own new and old testaments
Faith is not knowing that God can, it's believing that He will.
Rom 4:19-21 - Abraham - No unbelief or distrust made him waver concerning the promise of God.
We have to have faith in God's ability and in His willingness.
Old Testament - we go to God when all else fails.
New Testament - We go to God first, and He sends us to others (or sends others to us)
OT: We do all the asking, but no listening.
We didn't know how God worked. How can we believe what we don't know?
NT: God gives us words to pray, that give us faith and hope.
God gives us His words to pray, and that is where the power is. The power to produce results and change circumstances.
Isa 50:4 - The Lord GOD has given Me The tongue of the learned, that I should know how to speak a word in season to him who is weary. We should know how to pray for someone, in a way that is specific to their needs, with the words God has given or will give to us.
OT: We know who Jesus was but didn't know him personally. We knew Him from history.
NT: Jesus is very much alive. We have a personal relationship with Jesus.
Once we invite Jesus into our life, our life changes - once we allow Jesus to reign over our life, we become new.
2Co 5:17 - New creation - the old has passed away.
We receive the opportunity for a second chance - a new life. We have the chance for a do-over. Some people change faster than others.
The more time we study and spend time seeking Him, the more that is revealed to us, and the more we understand.
MT 7:7-8 - Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.
The larger God gets in our lives, the smaller the world gets, and the less significant our circumstances become, and the more significant our blessings become.
OT: Blessings were attributed to luck.
NT: We see the blessings of God.
We see blessing in the things we used to take for granted:
We now see that the dirty dishes in the sink mean that we ate well that day.
We now see that our snoring spouse means we have them as a blessing.
We now see going grocery shopping as a blessing, because we have all that we need. And god will always provide.
Phl 4:19 - My God shall supply all your need according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus.
OT: Taught that pretty much everyone went to Heaven, even if it needed to be earned.
Mat 7:21 - Not everyone who says to Me 'Lord, Lord' will enter the Kingdom of Heaven. but he who does the will of My Father who is in Heaven.
Mat 18:2-3 - unless you are converted and become as little children, you will by no means enter the kingdom of heaven.
OT: Some sins are worse than others. Some sins seem small enough that they can be ignored and not be concerned about.
NT: God demands perfection, and that's attained through Jesus.
Heb 9:22 AMP - [In fact], under the Law almost everything is purified by means of blood, and without the shedding of blood there is neither release from sin and its guilt nor the remission of the due and merited punishment for sins.
Col 1:14 - We have redemption in Jesus' blood; the forgiveness of our sins.
Mat 26:28 - For this is My blood of the New Covenant, which is being poured out for many for the forgiveness of sin.
Psa 86:5 - For You, oh Lord, are good, and ready to forgive.
Act 10:43 - Everyone who believes receives forgiveness of sin through His name.
Through Christ's willingness to die on the cross, His shed blood entitled us to forgiveness of sin. It was the ultimate sacrifice of His sinless life for the forgiveness of our sins.
Repentance is also necessary for forgiveness.
Repentance - to change your mind and your heart to turn away from sin. to act in God's will, not your own.
Mar 1:4 - John [the baptist] came baptizing in the wilderness and preaching a baptism of repentance for the remission of sins.
Act 8:22 - Repent of the wickedness.
Act 5:31 - God exalted Jesus to His right hand
Act 2:38 - repent and be baptized in the name of Jesus
Forgiveness of sin comes through Jesus. Through His blood, through His mercy, through His name, and through salvation.
Jhn 14:6 - I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.
Relationship with God comes only through His son Jesus Christ.
God is forgiving, but He is also just. There are conditions to forgiveness. Simply asking is not all there is to it.
1Jn 5:17 - All unrighteousness is sin.
Sin separates us from God.
Mat 12:32 - Unforgivable sin: speaking against the Spirit. Blaspheme of the Holy Spirit.
The truths of the Bible can be revealed in different ways to different people. Scripture, although always true, won't have the same meaning every time it is read, by the same person or by different people.
Different interpretations will lead in different directions, but will never contradict.
OT: God communicated with certain prophets.
NT: We all have the ability to communicate with God
Eph 3:11-12 AMP - Because of Christ, and our faith in Him, we can now come boldly and confidently into God's presence. We have been given the capacity to hear from God and obey.
Psa 40:6 AMP - Sacrifice and offering You do not desire, nor have You delight in them; You have given me the capacity to hear and obey [Your law, a more valuable service than] burnt offerings and sin offerings [which] You do not require.
We can also seek His council and His help.
Psa 34:17 AMP - When the righteous cry for help, the Lord hears, and delivers them out of all their distress and troubles.
Psa 50:15 AMP - And call on Me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you shall honor and glorify Me.
Praying for and receiving protection:
Psa 91:1-2 AMP - He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High shall remain stable and fixed under the shadow of the Almighty [Whose power no foe can withstand]. I will say of the Lord, He is my Refuge and my Fortress, my God; on Him I lean and rely, and in Him I [confidently] trust!
Psa 91:9-10 AMP - Because you have made the Lord your refuge, and the Most High your dwelling place, there shall no evil befall you, nor any plague or calamity come near your tent.
We have received His healing:
1Pe 2:24 KJV - Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.
By His stripes you are healed. Believe it and receive it.
Every thing we have, salvation, forgiveness, blessings, favor and love
Eph 2:8 AMP - For it is by free grace (God's unmerited favor) that you are saved through faith. And this is not of yourselves, but it is the gift of God;
None of us deserves salvation
Jesus made shows and lights the way.
We must be obedient to His way.
God's way is the perfect way.
OT: The way of the world
NT: The way of the Kingdom
Rom 12:2 - Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind.
Receiving Jesus gives us salvation, but also a transformation of our lives.
God's changes in our lives occur through a synergy of our flesh and the holy Spirit. We submit to the Holy Spirit to allow him to work within us.
We are not of the world, but we are still in the world.
We still go through troubles, but that just bring us closer to God.
If God changed us all at once, we wouldn't learn - we wouldn't appreciate.
God reveals things to us through the Holy Spirit. We see how our actions and words effect others.
Before stepping forward in the flesh, step back in the Spirit. i.e. Before you do something, stop a moment and see what the Spirit says.
Don't be afraid of change.
We are changed by reading the Word, and from Pastors and elders.
Each new understanding we receive brings us closer to true peace.
We become more Christ-like every day.

6/21/15 — Larry Brown — God Gives Us Rest —
Have faith to receive God's rest - Heb 4:1-7 NIV; Psa 95:7-11 NIV; Gen 2:2; Num 14-17
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150621 - Larry Brown - God Gives Us Rest
Heb 4:1-7 NIV - God had rest since the beginning, but we will find rest if we are obedient to God.
God promises us that He's going to give us rest.
Sometimes we feel like we need rest from the bad things in the world - the bad things in the news.
Psa 95:7-11 NIV - Those who go astray will not find God's rest.
Gen 2:2 - And on the seventh day God ended His work which He had done, and He rested on the seventh day from all His work which He had done.
We can't let our hearts get hardened by the things we see in the world.
Terrorists want to die violently and publicly, so we are all subject to hearing and seeing this. We also see corruption in government. These things leave us weary.
God doesn't will the evil that happens in this world, but He does will the good that comes out of that evil.
Don't let yourself get hard or you will miss the rest God has for you.
Num 14-17 - The people were led to the promised land, but they were afraid because of the giants, so they went back into the promised land for 40 years.
We should look for God's work, even when things look bad.
Sometimes we have a short memory with God's work - He blesses us, but then we soon disregard that. What have you done for me lately?
If we don't want to see what God is doing, then you will be blind to what God is doing. But if you acknowledge God and ask God to open your eyes, you will see what He is doing.
All God requires of you is just that you believe Him.
The Israelites couldn't enter into the promised land because of their disbelief.
What are you believing God for? Either you can believe God and enter into your promise, or you can be in disbelief and be sent back out to the wilderness.

6/28/15 — Edmund Bullock — It's Fit to Scale —
Our 100% for His 100% - Rev 3:11; 22:18-19; Luk 17:28-30; Gen 18:25-29, 30-33; 19:4-10; 19:24-25; Isa 14; 2Ch 12:1, 12:5; Jer 23:1-2 ESV
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150628 - Edmund Bullock - It's Fit to Scale
Rev 3:11 - I Am coming soon. Hold onto what you have so that no one will steal your crown.
In order to keep something, you first have to possess it. You have to hold onto something to keep it. If you don't have Jesus already in your heart, then Rev 3:11 doesn't apply to you. It applies to those who are already saved. The crown is your salvation.
Luk 17:28-30 - Likewise as it was also in the days of Lot: They ate, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they built; but on the day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven and destroyed them all. Even so will it be in the day when the Son of Man is revealed.
Jesus was talking about salvation – to hold onto your salvation.
As it was in the day of Lot, is the way it will be when Jesus comes.
The big deal in Lot's day was homosexuality.
Gen 18:25-29, 30-33; 19:4-10; 19:24-25
Abraham asked if God would spare Sodom and Gomorrah if even 10 people were found who were not homosexual. So it was questionable as to whether there were 10 people in both cities combined who were straight.
God didn't exactly wipe out Sodom and Gomorrah because of homosexuality per se – it's more complex than that. There were a lot of families, and fewer than 10 of them were straight. The real problem in Sodom and Gomorrah was gay pride. It was people pushing for gay behavior to be taken as the norm.
We shouldn't let people pressure us into changing our minds about homosexuality. Let them do what they want, but they need to let us be what we want to be, even if our behavior makes them feel bad about their own behavior.
Isa 14
An individual rebelling against God in sin is one thing, but the attitude of the devil is to pressure everyone to join in with the sinful behavior.
The Supreme Court decision is the same old attitude of pressure to accept sin, and pressure to let it spread.
This attitude is in homosexuality, in alcoholism, in drug addiction – if one person gets hooked into things like this, they try to bring others into it, too. They get caught in a trap, so they try to drag others into the trap with them. This is what angered God about Sodom and Gomorrah.
2Ch 12:1 - God made Solomon's son, Rehoboam, strong, but Rehoboam abandoned the law of The Lord, and all of Israel with him. One person jumped off the train, and everyone jumped off with him. The rest of the people should have had their own relationship with God, rather than relying on Rehoboam's relationship.
Jer 23:1-2 ESV - Woe unto you, pastors. God doesn't take it lightly when a pastor leads a whole flock astray. He holds leaders to a higher standard.
We have to know God for ourselves. Even if our spiritual leaders jump off the train, we need to stay on – we need to have our own relationship with God.
2Ch 12:5 - Thus says the Lord – you abandoned Me, so I have abandoned you.
God didn't say, You abandoned the law, He said, You abandoned ME.
Some pastors think they can change around the bible and interpret things in a way that's different from what was originally meant.
If we abandon the Word, the Bible, then we abandon God. Changing the Word to suit our own purposes amounts to abandoning it.
Rev 22:18-19 - I warn everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this book: if anyone adds to them, God will add to him the plagues described in this book, and if anyone takes away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God will take away his share in the tree of life and in the holy city, which are described in this book.
You can't have God and abandoned the exactness of the Bible. You won't have the Holy Spirit in your church if you start changing the Bible.
Just as Peter said, You and your money shall perish, we can also say that someone changing the Word shall perish.
If we abandon the Word to suit the Supreme court, then we and the Supreme court shall perish.
Paul was writing letters that were inspired by God, and we don't have the original autographs, but we have the Word, and it's what God wants us to know, even though there may be copy errors and differences between manuscripts.
God does things to scale – Give your all to me, and I'll give My all to you.
It's reciprocal – it's fit to scale.
Our 100% for His 100%. What a ridiculous trade.
There's a negative side to this equation: When we abandon God, He'll abandon us as well.
We gain more by giving into God, and we lose more by turning our backs on Him. No one else will hang on a cross for us.
Sometimes things that God does seem unfair, but we don't see the whole plan. We shouldn't be angry with God.
If we reject God and He rejects us, Satan will step in and fill the gap. Without God's protection, we are susceptible to anything. God doesn't inflict things onto us, but He does take His protection away.
If we continue to reject God, we will end up like other nations, where we won't be able to worship God without persecution.
God isn't really bothered by what people in the world do – they don't belong to Him anyway. But when His people go astray, that bothers Him.

9/13/15 — Sharon Ralph — Resist, Focus and Rest —
Focus, draw near to God, resist the devil, and rest in the peace of The Lord. - Rom 8:28 KJV; Jer 29:11 NIV; Hab 2:3 NASB; Luk 6:45 KJV; Eph 6:11-18; Psa 102:25-27
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150913 - Sharon Ralph - Resist, Focus and Rest
When time are tough, we know that God didn't cause them. He may allow bad things to happen, but He didn't make them happen.
Whatever He allows to have happen to us, will somehow be used for good if we are in right standing with Him.
Rom 8:28 KJV And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.
Jer 29:11 NIV - For I know the plans I have for you, declares the LORD, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.
It's not God's will for us to suffer. But then why do some people suffer?

• Choices we make
• Choices that others make that effect us
• Our environment
• Attacks from Satan

If your difficulties are part of the perfect will of God, they will be used for good.
God's plan for us is perfect, just as god Himself is perfect, but we must do our part to see that the plan comes to fruition.
God's plan is often revealed to us one step at a time, but we must believe and have faith that He is working on it.
We must get to know God, listen and obey as He guides us through His perfect plan.
Waiting for God's plan is like a pregnancy. You can't see it at first, although you know it's happening. For 9 months daily miracles occur to bring the pregnancy to fruition.
Waiting for God's plan is like waiting for a seed to grow. We put the seed in the soil, and we don't see what's happening under the soil, but we know that growth is happening.
When we're waiting for God to do something or take care of something, we don't always see what God is doing; we need to trust that He is doing what needs to be done, trust that He know what He's doing to bring the situation to pass and to bring the victory.
When the plan is God's, it will always result in victory.
God could do all of this without us, but He allows us to be a part of the plan.
God has a Kingdom plan, of which all of His children are a part, and an individual plan for each of us.
If we stay out of His way and in His will, He will show us the wan and His plan will come to fruition.
Sometimes He gives us a glimpse because He knows we lack patience.
Hab 2:3 NASB - For the vision is yet for the appointed time;
It hastens toward the goal and it will not fnfail.
Though it tarries, wait for it;
For it will certainly come, it will not delay.
Satan will put bad thoughts in our minds, and if we let them take root in our hearts, they will come out of our mouths.
Good things come from God, and evil things come from ungodly sources.
Satan will put bad thoughts into our minds that cause evil ideas, actions, words and consequences.
Luk 6:45 KJV - A good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is evil: for of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaketh.
Satan will use others to hurt us by putting bad thoughts into their minds.
Resist the devil and draw near to God.
We fight off the devil with spiritual warfare.
Eph 6:11-18 - The armor of God:
Helmet of salvation
Breastplate of righteousness (protects our hearts, keeps evil from entering our hearts)
Shield of faith (Protects you from the 'missles and arrows' of the wicked)
Belt of truth (To know and speak the truth, and to hear the voice of truth, the Holy Spirit within us.)
Sword of The Word (Use God's Word to fight back the enemy.)
Shoes of peace - to walk in peace.
All of these are used to fight the enemy. The more aware you are of them, the stronger you are to fight against the enemy.
Knowing that we're in God's will - the more we get to know God, the more we get to know His Word, know how He works, hear Him and feel Him.
Getting to know God well enough to be able to discern His will: spend time with God, getting to know Him.

• Praying
• Reading
• Studying
• Asking
• Believing

Sometimes it's clear, and sometimes it takes research, praying about it, and spending time alone with God before the answer is revealed.
When a message is confirmed, it's easier to keep faith.
Confirmations come in the form of things other people say, scripture, a message at church, a saying or scripture on the screen, in a song, in a sermon, or spoken by a brother or sister.
When God confirms something, it is clear.
When things are confirmed, it's easier to have faith and trust that God is taking care of things. this makes it easier to go through difficult times.
Each experience strengthens our faith, but there can be times of uncertainty, and that's when the enemy attacks. Those are the times we need to draw near to God, but those are the times we are least likely to want to make the effort to connect with God. When we're in chaos, we don't make the time to read the Word or take time to pray, but that's when we really need to be doing those things.
Pushing ourselves to be with God even when we're going through difficult times will still bless us.
Quiet time with God in the morning makes for a better day.
When something bad happens, stop for a minute and be still and wait for God's guidance.
God lives within us, so we have:

• The knowledge of the universe
• The healing power of the world
• Wisdom
• Protection
• Agape love

The power of the Holy Spirit within us gives us the abilities (gifts) to:

• break addiction
• forgive (myself and others)
• lift up and encourage others
• pray for my enemies
• hear His voice.

The closer we get to God, the more we can tap into that power and those gifts.
These gifts:

• Keep us out of trouble
• Protect us
• Help others
• Guide us
• Help us make right decisions
• Help us to be in God's will.

Psa 102:25-27 - Of old You laid the foundation of the earth,
And the heavens are the work of Your hands.
They will perish, but You will endure;
Yes, they will all grow old like a garment;
Like a cloak You will change them,
And they will be changed.
But You are the same,
And Your years will have no end.
Focus, draw near to God, resist the devil, and rest in the peace of The Lord.

10/4/15 — Lillian Harrison — The Comfort of the Secret Place —
Stay in the secret place, and you will stay under His shadow - Psa 91 KJV; Psa 23 KJV; Eze 36:24-28; Rom 7; Jhn 16:13; Jhn 15:4-5; Jhn 16; Mat 28:20; 2Pe 2:9; Psa 91:1
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Psa 91 - He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. I will say of the LORD, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust.
We have a secret place, but there are requirements to be a part of this secret place.
Shadow - To follow and observe someone closely, typically secretly.
Refuge - A condition of being safe or sheltered from pursuit, danger or trouble.
Fortress - A fortified place, especially a large, permanent military stronghold that often includes a town.
Fouler - A hunter of birds.
Snare - A trap set for catching birds or animals.
Rampart - A broad elevation or mound or earth raised as a fortification around a place. Anything serving as a defense.

Shadow:

God follows us; He is there. It is a secret to those who don't know Him, but it's not a secret to us that He is protecting us.
Because He is our protection, He has given us many scriptures on fear.
He is our refuge
Psa 23

Fortress:

Pertaining to military, so it is built carefully built to keep the enemy out.
God Himself is our fortress. Our flesh will crumble to the attacks of the enemy, but God is protecting us, and has been since creation. That was when He first revealed His love for us.

Fouler:

The devil is our fouler. He hunts us.
Our instinct is that we are going to be attacked. He can't attack without permission, though. Our faith is being tried, and we find out if our faith will hold.
The fouler sets traps for us. God makes us aware of those traps through His Word. This is our protection, but we must be in The Word and be reading the Bible to have that protection, and to be aware of the traps it's warning us about.
We have to take the Word of God and hold it in our hearts.
This creates the fortress.

Although a secret place can refer to a physical location, it is also the state of the soul in it's relationship with God.
Eze 36:24-28 - You shall be My people, and I will be Your God.
If we're not in, then we can't receive.
We can't make the changes needed to enter in - it is the Holy Spirit that makes the changes within us, that lets us into the Secret Place.
The Secret place is not a physical place, but a fortress in our hearts.
Rom 7 - What I hate, I do.
Paul's account with the struggles with the flesh.
Paul wanted to do good, but evil was always tugging at his heart.
Allow the holy Spirit to live in us to let him do His part.
There is no good thing from the flesh, so learning about the flesh is going to be unpleasant. but God is good and the Holy Spirit within you is good.
Jhn 16:13 - The Holy Spirit must be free to lead and guide.
The Holy Spirit is the 'Yes, you can' living inside of you.
Even though the Holy Spirit is in you, it doesn't mean that you are instantly delivered.
We like things to be instant, but if delivery were always instant, then Paul would not have expressed the battle with the flesh that he did.
The Holy Spirit makes us aware of what we need to be delivered from.
If The Holy Spirit wants us to learn, though, He will put us into a situation where will have to learn, but it might not be instant.
You have to discipline your mind to accept situations if the Holy Spirit is using it to teach you.
Jhn 15:4-5 - Abide in Me, and I in you.
Live with God, but not above God. If you perceive yourself as being above God, then He can't teach you.
Jhn 16
God is the Master and we are the servants, and we are to learn from him.
It's like children learning from their parents.
I Am the vine, and you are the branches.
Stay with Me, and I will stay with you. Learn that you can't do anything without Me.
Every day we need to be renewed to live in that secret place.
We carry the secret place within our hearts.
Mat 28:20 - I Am with you always, even until the end of the Age.
2Pe 2:9 - The Lord is not slack concerning His promise.
Psa 91:1 - if you stay in the secret place, you will stay under His shadow.

11/15/15 — Larri Russi — The Unholy Trinity —
3 enemies (World, Flesh, Devil), 3 areas of temptation - 2Ti 4:1-14; 1Jo 2:15-17; Rom 7:15-25; Heb 10:24-25; 1Pe 2:11-12, 15-16
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151115 - Pastor Larry Russi - Unholy Trinity: 3 enemies, 3 areas of temptation
2Ti4:1-14 - Paul departing - to go home to The Lord. He was in prison, about to be beheaded.
I fought the good fight, I have finished the race.
People in modern prisons have TVs and books. Paul was in a dungeon, in shackles, yet he still praised God.
I haven't given up on God because God hasn't given up on me. God isn't going to give up on us, either.
Paul suffered much - the shipwrecks, the beatings, but also had healings and a resurrection in his ministry.
Paul may have been sad or angry, maybe discouraged. Demas left Paul because Demas loved the world too much.
Demas deserted Paul when Paul really needed him, and no one came to his support.
Keep your eyes on God.
Does it ever occur to you that nothing ever occurs to God?
There are 3 enemies that we as Christians need to be aware of (an unholy trinity) and on our guard for, and 3 areas of temptation and how to be victorious over them:

1. The world
2. The flesh
3. the devil

The World

We are given all things to enjoy, as long as we are not in sin.
We don't want to have things that draw us away from The Lord or draw us into sin.
1Jo 2:15-17 - Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world–the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life–is not of the Father but is of the world. And the world is passing away, and the lust of it; but he who does the will of God abides forever.
3 Areas of temptation:

1. The lust of the eyes
2. The lust of the flesh
3. The pride of life

Temptation itself is not sin, but yielding to it is. You can't avoid being tempted, but you can avoid entertaining temptations. You can't stop birds from flying overhead, but you can stop them from nesting on your head.
Jas 4:4 - Adulterers and adulteresses! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Whoever therefore wants to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.
Satan makes the things of the world appealing to us, but they are things that will cause us to fall. Traps, snares. Satan will come against anyone who poses a threat. More likely he will come against christians than the unsaved because we are more of a threat.
Godliness with contentment is great gain.
Sin is only pleasurable for a season.
The Holy Spirit brings conviction, but not condemnation.
We left behind sin, death and darkness–slavery–so why would we want to go back to that?
This evil world is not our home.
We have freedom now, as Christ has set us free.

The Flesh

We died to self and we have the nature of Christ, but we still have the flesh that we need to deal with.
Sin must not rule any longer in your mortal bodies.
We have been brought from death to life.
We are all tempted by different things. Different people are tempted by different things.
We have the choice to go the way of The Lord, or the way of the flesh. We can have victory in Jesus' name.

The Devil

Satan = adversary. The enemy.
We wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against powers and principalities.
Satan is relentless - we will have victory is one area, but then we will be tempted in another area.
Satan is not all-powerful, but he is powerful. We can't defeat him on our own - we need the name of Jesus.
Never drop your guard. Always be spiritually alert.
Pride comes before the fall. You may have 99 victories and fall on the 100th temptation.
Paul was afraid that the church would be deceived by the enemy. We can't be ignorant of Satan's devices.
The devil is subtle - he's clever.
Animals in a group stay huddled closely together for safety. The ones that get away from the group are the ones that are killed by predators. In the same way, it's good for us to stay with a body.
Rom 7:15-25 - For what I am doing, I do not understand. For what I will to do, that I do not practice; but what I hate, that I do.
To avoid temptation, have absolute surrender to The Lord. Stay in The Word and keep your eyes on Jesus.
Heb 10:24-25 - Do not forsake the assembly
1Pe 2:11-12, 15-16 - I appeal to you as strangers and refugees. Do not give into bodily passions that are always at war with the soul.
Keep your eyes on God, and stay in The Word.
People want to hear about blessings and not about trials and temptations.
The greatest tragedy is not falling down–the greatest tragedy is staying down.

11/21/15 — Sharon Ralph — The Trinity —
Father, Son, Spirit; Omnipotent, Omniscient, Omnipresent - Gen 1:26; Gen 1:1-11; Gen 2:7; Rom 1:18; Jhn 14:26; Act 2:3; Gen 17:1; Psa 115:3; Isa 40:28; Jhn 10:17-18; Mat 24:31-33; Isa 11:2; Rom 15:19; Isa 40:13; Col 2:2; 1Cr 2:10; Col 2:11; Jer 23:23-24; Mat 18:20; Psa 139:7-8; Heb 9:22; Col 1:14; Mat 26:28; Act 10:42-43
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Isa 55:8-9 - My ways are not your ways.
Father, Son and Holy Spirit are all God.
We can all be different things, eg. mother, daughter, sister, wife..
there are some functions that are specific to certain roles, and some functions that are common to all roles.
Our roles will change depending the situation - we are different toward our families than we are toward our coworkers.
We are always a child of God in all roles.
Our roles in life aren't part of us but all of us in different roles.
The Trinity are all God, even if they are all different roles.
Jesus is salvation, the Father provided the way for salvation, and the Holy spirit leads us to and guides us in our salvation.
When God functions as the Son, He is referred to as Jesus.
When He functions as The Spirit within us, He is referred to as The Holy Spirit.
Gen 1:1-11 - Speaking everything into existence.
Gen 1:26 - Let Us make man in Our image, after Our likeness - the Trinity.
Gen 2:7 - God has no beginning, but became known to man at the creation.
Rom 1:18 - God's nature and attributes are discernible in and through the things that have been made.
God The Father is the judge. Jesus did not come to judge us, nor does the Holy Spirit judge us on His own.
God was The Word.
Although Jesus was The Word of God long before He was known to man, he was first known to man as flesh. He became our salvation and our redemption.
Had Jesus not come, been crucified and resurrected, we would not have received the Holy Spirit.
Jesus was the teacher, teaching the ways of the Father, but when Jesus ascended into Heaven, The Holy Spirit remained as a teacher.
Jhn 14:26 - The Holy Spirit will teach us and cause us to recall all the things that Jesus has taught us.
Act 2:3 - The Holy Spirit was presented at the day of Pentecost.
The Holy Spirit lives within us from the time we accept Jesus, giving us the ability to forgive and endure, to resist temptation.
Without the power of the Holy Spirit within us, we would be the same as we were before salvation. It's the Holy Spirit that enables us to make changes in our lives, and to be able to hear and obey God.
It is the Holy Spirit who is known as the revealer, revealing to us the things of God and the teachings of Jesus. He helps us to understand and remember.
The Holy Spirit is the God within us.
Father, Son and Holy Spirit are all God and all possess Godly qualities.

All possess omnipotence
Gen 17:1 - God is omnipotent - infinitely powerful.
Psa 115:3 - Our god is in Heaven - He does whatever He pleases.
Isa 40:28 - God does not faint or grow weary.
Christ has power over disease, the devil, death and destiny.
He showed His power over Satan when He was tempted by Satan in the wilderness.
Jhn 10:17-18 - "for this, The Father loves Me - because I lay down My life, to take it back again. No one takes it away from Me. On the contrary, I lay it down voluntarily."
Mat 24:31-33 - Jesus' power over destiny. The Son of man in His glory.
Isa 11:2 - The Spirit of The Lord shall rest upon Him. The Spirit of wisdom and understanding.
Rom 15:19 - the power of signs and wonders by the power of The Holy Spirit.

All possess omniscience - the infinite knowledge of God.
Isa 40:13 - Who has directed The Spirit of The Lord? No one has ever taught God.
Col 2:2 - all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge and enlightenment.
1Cr 2:10 - God has unveiled and revealed them.
Col 2:11 - Just as no one perceives the thoughts of others, also no one perceives the thoughts of God.

All possess omnipresence - existing everywhere.
Jer 23:23-24 - Father: Am I a God at hand and not a God of far off.
God fills Heaven and Earth.
Mat 18:20 - Jesus: Wherever two or three are gathered in My name, there I am in the midst of them.
Psa 139:7-8 - Where could I flee from Your presence? God is everywhere from Heaven to Sheol.

Jesus was God in the flesh
Sin separates us from God.
Blood must have been shed for the forgiveness of sin.
Heb 9:22 - Blood is shed for the forgiveness and remission of sin.
If Jesus had not been flesh, there would have been no blood to shed.
Col 1:14 - in whom we have our redemption through His blood.
Mar 26:28 - The blood of the New covenant.
Act 10:42-43 - everyone who believes in Him receives forgiveness of sin through His name.
Through Christ's willingness to die on the cross, His shed blood entitled us to the forgiveness of sin, making Him the ultimate Lamb of God.

Although the Trinity is God; and Father Son and Holy Spirit have no beginning or end; and although they are all-knowing, all-powerful, and transcend time, space and presence; it is because Jesus became flesh resisted temptation, led a sinless life, and obeyed the Father; and because Jesus was willing to sacrifice His life for the sake of mankind, that we have the opportunity to receive the blessing of salvation.
Forgiveness opens the door to the Kingdom of God and eternal life.
This is what gives us a life full of the blessing of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit.

12/6/15 — Sharon Ralph — The Name, 'Jesus Christ' —
Pray in Jesus' name and believe and it is done. - Jhn 1:12; 15:16; 14:12-14; 1Jo 5:14; Mat 7:7; Rom 8:28; Mar 16:17; Mat 28:18; Jhn 3:18; Jhn 16:23-27; Psa 9:9; 32:7; 52:9; 28:7; 34:17; Jhn 20:30-31
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151206 - Sharon Ralph - The Name, Jesus Christ
There is much power in the name of Jesus Christ, but do we really understand this?
Believers aren't themselves given power like Jesus', but have authority to access Jesus' power.
Jhn 1:12 - He gave the right to be called children of God
Jhn 15:16 - You have not chosen Me, but I have chosen You.
Jhn 14:12-14 - If anyone believes he will himself be able to do the things I do, and greater things than these.
Jesus will grant us whatever we ask for in His name, if it is in His will.
1Jo 5:14 - Now this is the confidence that we have in Him, that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us.
If it doesn't align with God's will, it wouldn't be for our good and we wouldn't want it.
God doesn't punish us for asking. Through His Word, He encourages us to ask.
Mat 7:7 - Ask and it will be given, seek and you will find, knock and it will be open.
But we can make our own mistakes, and usually not stopped by God.
But He can take our mistakes and turn them for good.
Rom 8:28 - All things work together for our good.
Nothing in the life of a believer is by chance, and nothing happens without God's permission and foreknowledge.
We receive the authority through Jesus to cast out demons.
Mar 16:17 - In My name shall they cast out demons and speak with new tongues.
We are more vulnerable to Satan if we are acting in our own name, but in the name of Jesus, Satan has to obey, because it's Jesus' authority.
Jesus has all authority over demons, and Satan. they must flee in the name of Jesus.
Mat 28:18 - And Jesus came and spoke to them, saying, All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth.
So all believers have access to His authority.
We possess healing. It has already been done for us. We have already been given healing from all disease and sickness. Jesus took it all to the cross.
Our spiritual life can't be taken by physical disease. Our physical body will die, but spiritually we will live forever.
If I am healed, we are there still symptoms?
Although we are healed, sometimes there is a process or a journey that we may have to go through. Maybe to strengthen our faith, maybe to bring us closer to God, or to relate to others who have gone through it.
God doesn't make us sick, but He will sometimes allow us to get sick for a purpose.
We receive the blessing of being able to forgive and pray for our enemies.
Even a baby Christian has the authority to use Jesus' name.
We forgive by faith and believing that Jesus will and can do it.
Forgiveness bring a lifting of burden.
Christians pray in Jesus' name. What does this mean? When we ask in the name of Jesus, we are calling upon Him. It is through Him that power and authority are invoked in us, that we are saved, strong and forgiven.
We are calling upon Him that power and authority is invoked, that we're forgiven and saved.
When we pray in his name, we confirm that we believe in Him, what He's done, is doing, and will do for us.
Jhn 3:18 - He who believes in Him is not condemned; but he who does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.
Jhn 16:23-27 - And in that day you will ask Me nothing. Most assuredly, I say to you, whatever you ask the Father in My name He will give you. Until now you have asked nothing in My name. Ask, and you will receive, that your joy may be full. These things I have spoken to you in figurative language; but the time is coming when I will no longer speak to you in figurative language, but I will tell you plainly about the Father. In that day you will ask in My name, and I do not say to you that I shall pray the Father for you; for the Father Himself loves you, because you have loved Me, and have believed that I came forth from God.
The things that we can pray for in Jesus' name are endless.
Praying in Jesus' name in conjunction with God's word, it's unimaginably powerful.
We can pray for protection:
Psa 9:9 - The LORD also will be a refuge for the oppressed,
A refuge in times of trouble.
Psa 32:7 - You are my hiding place; You shall preserve me from trouble;
Psa 52:9 AMP - I will thank You forever, because You have done it, [You have rescued me and kept me safe]. I will wait on Your name, for it is good, in the presence of Your godly ones.
If it's God's Word, it's God's will.
We can pray for help from The Lord:
Psa 28:7 - The Lord is my strength and my shield.
Psa 34:17 - The righteous cry out, and the LORD hears,
And delivers them out of all their troubles.
We receive righteousness through Jesus.
Pray in Jesus' name and believe and it is done.
The things we can pray for are endless, and the blessings that we can receive are endless.
We can thank God for everything we have, even the little things.
We can pray and thank all day.
Throughout the day, Jesus is not only for us, He is with us. He is protecting us, is helping us, and has healed us.
He restores finances, relationships and lives.
He died for us, not only to give us eternal life, but also so that our lives here on Earth could be filled with the abundance of Jesus.
Jhn 20:30-31 - And truly Jesus did many other signs in the presence of His disciples, which are not written in this book; but these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that believing you may have life in His name.

12/20/15 — Pastor Larry Russi — What's So Special About Jesus? —
Jesus came to reveal the Father, to serve and minister, and to destroy the works of the enemy - Phl 2:5-11 NIV; Isa 7:14; 9:6; Jhn 3:16; 1:1-2, 14; Gal 4:4-5; Jhn 14:8-11; 1Jo 4:8, 18; Heb 4:16; Act 10:38; Phl 2:8; Mat 19:30; 20:26-28; Rom 8:37; 6:23; Eph 2:1 KJV
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151220 - Larry Russi - What's So Special About Jesus?
Phl 2:5-11 NIV - he humbled himself by becoming obedient to death–even death on a cross! Therefore God exalted him to the highest place and gave him the name that is above every name, at the name of Jesus every knee should bow...and every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord.
Isa 7:14 - Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a Son, and shall call His name Immanuel.
Isa 9:6 - For unto us a Child is born, Unto us a Son is given; And the government will be upon His shoulder. And His name will be called Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
Names in those days meant something.
'Isaac' means laughter.
'Immanuel' means 'God with us.'
Jesus has the name above all names.
It seems like Jesus is being forgotten from Christmas. We have Happy Holidays and Seasons Greetings—What happened to Christ? To Merry Christmas?
People say that they're offended by saying that Jesus is the reason for the season, but how can they be offended when Christmas is, by definition, a celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ?
Everyone will have to bow a knee to Jesus. We bend the knee joyfully. Satan will have to bend a knee.
'Jesus' means savior, 'Christ' means anointed.
Jhn 3:16
Jesus suffered a cruel death, born to die, but He did it out of love.
The plan of God was that we would receive redemption.
Jhn 1:1-2, 14 - And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth.
Gal 4:4-5 - But when the fullness of the time had come, God sent forth His Son, born of a woman, born under the law, to redeem those who were under the law, that we might receive the adoption as sons.
In order for us to understand Jesus, He had to become one of us. He was a man, but without sin. Tempted, yet without sin. He knows what people go through.

Jesus came to do many things, but there were three things that we're going to look at today: He came to reveal the Father, to serve and minister, and to destroy the works of the enemy.

To Reveal the Father to us:

Before Jesus came, no one truly knew God's nature. Those who don't follow Jesus still don't know God's nature. Muslims believe that Allah gets into a bad mood and if you did something wrong, you should stay away from Allah. Hindus have thousands of impersonal gods.
Our God is personal - He knows us by name, and knows the count of the number of hairs on our heads.
Jesus said, I and the Father are One.
Jhn 14:8-11 - Philip said to Him, Lord, show us the Father, and it is sufficient for us. Jesus said to him, Have I been with you so long, and yet you have not known Me, Philip? He who has seen Me has seen the Father; so how can you say, 'Show us the Father'?
Jesus is approachable - Immanuel - God with us. Jesus ministered in love.
To see what God is like, just look at Jesus.
1Jo 4:8 - He who does not love does not know God, for God is love.
1Jo 4:18 - There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear involves torment. But he who fears has not been made perfect in love.
Jesus had compassion for people, like sheep without a shepherd.
Heb 4:16 - Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need.
Jesus bids us to come, even if we've strayed, because He loves us.
Act 10:38 - ...how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power, who went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with Him.
So Jesus not only revealed The Father to us, but also to serve and to minister.

To Serve and To Minister

Phl 2:8 - And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself and became obedient to the point of death, even the death of the cross.
Other faiths (Islam, Buddhism) think that the death of Christ is shameful.
The teachings of the Bible go completely in contrary to the attitudes of the world; people want to be waited on.
The greatest among you will be a servant. The first shall be last and the last shall be first.
Those who exalt themselves are going to be humbled.
Mat 19:30 - But many who are first will be last, and the last first.
Mat 20:26-28 - Yet it shall not be so among you; but whoever desires to become great among you, let him be your servant. And whoever desires to be first among you, let him be your slave.
The one who is first is the one who was last.

To Destroy the Works of the devil

Jesus came to destroy the works of the devil. Bondage, darkness, etc..
On our own, we are no match for Satan.
Jesus destroyed the works of Satan on the cross when He said, It is finished.
Rom 8:37 - Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us.
Rom 6:23 - For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
The gift of God is just that - a gift. We can't pay for it.
We serve God out of love, not to earn our salvation or to earn God's love.
Eph 2:1 KJV - And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins;
Before Jesus, we were like walking zombies, wondering why we were here on this planet.
Jesus has given us freedom and light, not darkness.
Jhn 10:10 - The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly.
Jhn 3:16 - The unopened gift.

12/27/15 — Grace Hampton — Redeemed to be Transformed —
Transformation follows redemption. - Rom 3:23-26; 6:23; 10:9; 12:1-2; Jhn 3:16-17; 3:36
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151227 - Grace Hampton - Redeemed to be Transformed
Redemption and transformation
Redemption = A purchase or a ransom, a price paid for freedom. To gain or regain possession of something in exchange for payment.
Transformation (dictionary) = A thorough or drastic change in the form, appearance or character.
Transformation (Biblical) = Change or renewal from a life that no longer conforms to the ways of the world, to one that pleases God.
Why did we need redemption? Because Adam was the first transgressor, and so we were born as sinners.
Adam started the sin, but are we making it any better? Are doing any better when it comes to sin?
Rom 3:23-26 - for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God
The only way to be reconciled back to God was through sacrifice.
God had to send His only Son into the world. He is our redemption.
Jesus redeemed us from the curse of the law by shedding His own blood.
Jhn 3:36 - he who does not believe the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God abides on him.
Mar 1:15 - The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand. Repent, and believe in the gospel.
Rom 12:1-2 - I beseech you that you present your bodies a living sacrifice.
Be transformed by the renewing of your mind.
Jesus came so that we can be redeemed and transformed. The birth happened for a reason.
We celebrate Christmas, but do we then go into a change in character?
the only way we can be changed is to accept His salvation plan. This makes us connected with God.
Jhn 3 - Nicodemus asking about being born again.
A spiritual birth - you must be born again. Nicodemus didn't understand this - it seemed nonsensical to him.
We as people complicate things, and we complicate the salvation plan.
God forgives us when we sin, as long as we repent.
Salvation doesn't mean that we will become sin-free and have everything right. Things won't be perfect, but we can always run back to God.
We don't get it right, but we continue to slowly improve, and one day the thing we struggle with will be behind us.
Don't give up - it's a slow process of improvement.
If you want something badly enough, you go after it passionately. That's how we have to go after Jesus.
Rom 10:9 - if you confess with your mouth and believe that Jesus Christ has been risen from the dead, you will be saved.
We also need to repent. We need to admit that we're sinners.
No one made you do anything. People will influence you, but we still are in control.
No one can ever make you do something.
If you really are physically forced into something, then God knows your heart.
This message in a nutshell would be, Salvation: you must be born again.
The results of your choice is that Christ came, He redeemed us from the curse of sin, and now we are transformed people living in the righteousness of God.
Rom 6:23 - For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
It's better to find out that Heaven and Hell are real now rather than later.
For those who are saved, we can't wait to see the Christ who saved us.
God's redemptive plan was so that we can experience the transformation which reflects the likeness and the glory of God.
We need to move toward taking on the essence of God Himself.
What would Jesus do? is becoming cliché, but we need to take it seriously.
Jhn 3:16-17 - For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved.

1/3/16 — Pastor Larry Russi — The Road We All Must Travel —
Following the path Jesus has for us isn't always easy. - Jhn 21:16-22; Mat 28:20; Deu 31:6; 1Co 13:11; 2Pe 3:18; Deu 32:11; Jhn 3:30; Jhn 16:33; Mat 10:34-36; Mat 7:13-14; 1Ti 6:6; 1Co 9:27; Mar 1:17; 1Co 11:1; 2Co 5:7
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160103 - Pastor Larry - The Road We All Must Travel
Jhn 21:16-22 - Jesus asking Peter, Do you love me?
And later telling him, ...what is that to you? You follow Me.
We shouldn't be concerned about what other brothers and sisters are doing, but instead focus on our own walk with Jesus.
People sometimes wonder why The Lord has us here–what we're supposed to be doing.
God will send us in a certain direction, and we won't necessarily know why, but we stay obedient.
Sometimes it seems like God isn't there, but we can't let our faith weaken. We start to feel like God has forgotten us. But God will do what He will do, in His own time.
Jesus talked about growing older to Peter; when you are old, you will stretch out your hands, and another will gird you and carry you where you do not wish.
Sometimes we don't want to go in the direction God has for us. We are comfortable doing what we're doing, but god will shake us out of our comfort zones and take us in another direction. It's the road we must travel.
Sometimes that road we travel isn't pleasant. Sometimes the road gets rough and we get confused, kind of like driving around Boston–128S turns into 93N, which merges into 95N—What road am I even on?
We have to be trusting. It's like being on a train that goes through a tunnel–it gets dark, but don't jump off the train. We trust the engineer that they will get us through the tunnel and get us to our destination safely.
In the same way, The Lord has told us He is with us until the end of the age, and that He would never leave us or forsake us.
Mat 28:20 - I am with you always, even to the end of the age.
Deu 31:6 - ...for the LORD your God, He is the One who goes with you. He will not leave you nor forsake you.
When Jesus was telling Peter to feed His sheep, He was telling Peter it was time to grow up Spiritually and find Jesus' will.
1Co 13:11 - When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child; but when I became a man, I put away childish things.
2Pe 3:18 - Peter said we should, grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. If we're on the wrong road, that's not going to happen. If we aren't following God, then we won't be growing that way.
Deu 32:11 - ...an eagle stirs up its nest...
A parent eagle will make the nest uncomfortable with thorns to make the eaglets want to leave the nest. We can't let ourselves stay in our comfort zones. We won't grow if we don't move on, and God won't get the glory.
We get in our comfort zones in ministry - things going well, the church healthy and growing, and we might be perfectly happy there, but God might say that you've done your job there and now it's time to move on.

God will move us to where we will grow and where He can use us. We need to be obedient.
It's tempting to return to things we can count on when God becomes unpredictable.
Don't try to figure God out–He has a perspective you can't possibly see. We can't even comprehend the full nature of God. The only thing we can do is to trust and obey.
After the crucifixion, Peter went back to fishing, which was his comfort zone, and 6 other disciples went with him. But Jesus went and got them, telling them to cast the net on the other side of the boat, and telling Peter later on to feed His sheep, i.e. go into ministry instead of staying in his comfort zone. The result was that, on the day of the Pentecost, Peter preached and 3,000 souls were saved.
We don't necessarily want to travel the road that God has for us, but it's the right way for us to go in order for us to be used by God. The more we travel God's road, the less of us there will be and the more of Jesus there will be in us.
Jhn 3:30 - He must increase, but I must decrease.
Jhn 16:33 - ...In the world you will have tribulation; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world.
Mat 10:34-36 - Do not think that I came to bring peace on earth. I did not come to bring peace but a sword.
God's road is often lonely because a lot of people don't want to travel such a hard road.
The road less travelled is not an easy road. It's a paradoxical road that is death that leads to life: die to live, give to receive, etc..
Jesus spoke of two roads–the straight and narrow that leads to life and the wide that leads to destruction.
Mat 7:13-14 - ...narrow is the gate and difficult is the way which leads to life.
But that is the gate to salvation. After we're saved, though, we still need to continue to travel on God's road. This allows us to get closer to God and be in the center of His will.
If we want to be more than a Sunday Christian, if we hunger for more of Jesus, to go deeper, then we need to get onto that road. He'll point out the way–just get on that road.
Getting onto that road causes us to live for Christ and not for self.
Like going to the dentist or the doctor or to school when we were kids, we didn't always like to do some things, but those things were good for us, even when they were unpleasant.
We have to choose the right roads, but we don't know what's ahead or where we are ultimately going to end up, but we need to stay obedient to God.
Mar 8:34 - Whoever desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me.
1Ti 6:6 - Godliness with contentment is great gain.
1Co 9:27 NIV - Paul - I strike a blow to my body and make it my slave.
Saying no to self and yes to God.
After we deny ourselves, we have to take up our cross. This isn't referring to a burden, but of dying to self and living for God.
When Christ calls someone, He bids them to come and die. Die to sin and self.
If your eye causes you to stumble, pluck it out. Not literally, of course, but to give up things in our lives, even if that hurts. When God requires that we give something up, He has something better for us.

When someone was taken out to be crucified, they weren't coming back. When we take up our cross, we aren't coming back, either, meaning the old self. We do come back as new creatures in Christ, on the right road–the road less travelled.
After denying self, then come and follow God.
Mar 1:17 - Follow Me, and I will make you fishers of men.
Matthew gave up his job to follow Christ. It had to be a quick decision, as Jesus wasn't going to wait around for them to make a decision.
1Co 11:1 KJV - Be ye followers of me, even as I also am of Christ.
2Co 5:7 - Walk by faith, not by sight.
We go down the road, following God's directions all the way. We won't know what's down the road or what way to go, but God knows and He will lead us and guide us if we let Him.
When things are going well, it's time to move on.
C.S. Lewis said, There are far better things ahead than any we leave behind.
Robert Frost - The Road Not Taken (last verse):

I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.

1/10/16 — Danny Bullock — The Shepherd and His Sheep —
Jesus is the Good Shepherd and the door - Jhn 10:1-18; Isa 53:6; Psa 100:3; Rom 8:36-37; Psa 23:1; Mar 8:36; Jhn 10:9; Psa 23:4
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160110 - Pastor Danny Bullock - The Shepherd and His sheep
Jhn 10:1-18 - He who enters the sheepfold by some other way is a thief and a robber.
Jesus is the door - the Good Shepherd.
Jesus made it clear who He was. He referred to himself as the I AM.
Don't assume that people who are afflicted have done something wrong – God does sometimes allow things to happen so that He can be glorified in it. People will see God's power in it.
Sometimes God will allow things in your life so that His power would be seen.
The Pharisees weren't being responsible - they were supposed to be the shepherds, but they had come in another way.
God's people are referred to as sheep.
Sheep are completely dependent upon the shepherd to protect them and lead them.
We should consider it an honor to be a sheep, to be dependent on God.
Isa 53:6 - All we like sheep have gone astray.
We have all turned the wrong way - lost sheep.
There are people who try to do something with their lives, never realizing that they are lost sheep, going the wrong way.
People are playing PowerBall to try to bring meaning to their lives. That doesn't mean that money is itself a bad thing, but it doesn't give meaning to your life, either.
To bring us back into the fold, God had to send His Son.
Psa 100:3 - We are His people and the sheep of His pasture.
God made us to belong to Him. We are not our own people, we are the sheep of His pasture.
People who are not in the sheepfold will always feel like they are chasing something, never really satisfied, because God made us to belong to Him.
The world makes us hard, but God will strip us of that hard exterior.
Rom 8:36-37 - For His sake we are killed all day long. We are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.
But Paul could praise God even when he was in prison, or whipped, or shipwrecked, because he was more than a conqueror. It is an honor to be in God's sheep fold.
Jesus isn't just a shepherd, He is The Good Shepherd.
Even when we're going through things, He is good.
We say, God is good all the time so it's almost cliché, but it really is true. He is good all the time.
If God gives you responsibility over His people, learn how to be a shepherd from the good shepherd. Some people can't handle having authority over others–it goes to their heads and it's like you don't even know them any more.
Psa 23:1 - The LORD is my shepherd, I shall not want. David understood that we are sheep. That's why he knew he could take down Goliath–he knew it was about the shepherd. He knew that he himself was just a sheep.
Our power comes from our shepherd.
The good shepherd gives His life for the sheep. If we didn't have that, we'd be lost, no matter how much money you have.
Mar 8:36 - For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world, and loses his own soul?
He gave us life that we might have life. We didn't find Jesus, He wasn't lost, He came and got us. We didn't come alive until Jesus came and got us.
He gave us His life, that we might have life.
We don't even die when we die. The world can't understand that.
We don't have to wait until we die to have eternal life - we have that eternal life right now–it's living in Christ right now by the Holy Spirit.
Don't let the devil tell you you are dying. The devil doesn't have the authority to do that. Jesus took that away from him. Sometimes it looks like you were almost killed, but you weren't, even if it looks like it was a close call - we go when Jesus says it's time to go. The devil doesn't have any say.
Jesus is also the door. To bring the sheep into the fold is to bring them into a place of safety and security. We can only come in through the door, through Jesus. He is the I AM.
In the natural, a pen is built for the sheep, the sheep are brought into the pen (into the fold), and someone (a gatekeeper) watches the gate. The gatekeeper is effectively acting as the door. This brings the sheep in to a place of safety and security.
Jhn 10:9 - If anyones comes through Me, he will be saved.
Everything we need is provided. I shall not want.
Our time is not God's time, don't try to put God on your calendar; just trust Him as The Shepherd and know that all as well, and it will be taken care of.
God does not make this up as He goes - for Him, it's already set, it's already there. From our perspective, it just needs to play out. From God's perspective, it's already all laid out. It's in place.
Jesus leads us by example in the right ways that we should go.
Psa 23:4 - Though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I shall fear no evil. Why? Because He goes before me...
He doesn't have our backs - He leads us.
If we are in need, God knows that need and how to take care of it. He'll lead us where we need to be in that situation.
He knows His sheep, not just our names, but really knowing us better than we know ourselves. He knows our make-up.
Sometimes, Jesus will show us things about ourselves. Sometimes we don't understand why we act the way we do, but He knows.
It's relationship - as He knows us, we get to know Him.
We have to continually develop that relationship. Don't just settle for the surface; there's always more to know. We can have the same relationship that Jesus has with His Father.
My sheep know My voice.–It's not just a sound; His voice is spoken through His Word, through The Holy spirit into our spirit, and, yes, sometimes people do hear the spoken word of God, but it usually isn't that often. He also speaks through a song, a sermon, a testimony...
Open the Word, and you'll hear the voice of The Lord.
Search out The Word.
We feel the leading of The Spirit, like, Something told me to call you. I just felt like I needed to call. That's the sensitivity to The Spirit.
Sometimes He'll speak to us through children.
We know The Shepherd's voice because we get to know Him.
Sometimes we don't hear the things from God that we want to hear, but if we're sure it's The Lord, then we have to go that way.
We follow the good Shepherd's voice, but there are fakes, phonies, wanna-be's, counterfeits.
God doesn't do things as a show.
Counterfeits put on a show, but they are coming into the sheepfold through some other way. Counterfeits will tell you what you want to hear. They will tell you you will be successful in anything that you want to do, but God will make you successful when you stay in His will, not your own. You'll be successful in anything God gives you to do.
If there is a prophecy and you go changing things, then that misses the point. If it's God's will then God will bring you to it. God will take care of it. When the time comes, it'll happen–you shouldn't have to change anything.
If you change things in response to a prophecy, you'll do things that God didn't tell you to do.
The devil tries to fake the voice of God, but ask for a confirmation.
When you become saved, the voice of your own flesh becomes strange.
Eve didn't recognize the voice of the devil in the garden.
The devil won't tell you that he's the devil - he makes things look good, sound good, and appeal to the natural senses.
Be encouraged - The Shepherd is leading us. Even when you're hurting, it is well. He is the shepherd, and He's leading us.

1/31/16 — Lillian Harrison — Just Ordinary People —
What will God have me do? What can He accomplish through me? - Jhn 15:16; Dan 3:12-30
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160131 - Lillian Harrison - Just Ordinary People
Lord, what will You have me do?
What can He accomplish through me?
Jhn 15:16 - Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain…
The people in the Bible were nothing special, other than that they gave their hearts to God.
We want to see God do great things through us, but it boils down to whether or not we've given our hearts to The Lord. Are you willing to ask, Lord, what can you accomplish through me? And when you ask that question, are you willing to follow whatever instructions He gives you?
Noah was just obedient. He wasn't an expert at building, but was obedient and he built the arc. God gave him the dimensions of the arc and told him how it should be built, and Noah didn't question it—he just followed the instructions.
Joseph didn't have a pleasant journey in his life. He had to get to Egypt, and he ended up where God wanted him.
Joseph was an ordinary kid, but the experiences that God sent him through shaped him to be the man that God wanted him to be.
Moses was hidden because he was going to be killed. He was raised as an Egyptian and became part of the Egyptian culture. He became a liason between the Egyptians and the Jews.
Moses was an ordinary man who had a heart for God and was obedient.
Abraham and Sarah were given instructions. They didn't do as they were told at first, but eventually were obedient, and became the parents of nations.
David and Goliath.
We aren't super people, but we have Jesus and He can accomplish things through us. We have The Holy Spirit who is that power.
We tend to put limits on what we will give to The Lord. We box ourselves in to limit what we offer to The Lord. God will only use what we offer Him. He will not break down our box.
God knows what we are fully capable of but if we don't fully offer it, then we limit what God can do with us.
Think if what your box is—our box is our comfort zone.
We complain, but then, so did the Israelites.
Isa 41:10 KJV - Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.
Why? Because I chose you - you did not choose Me.
We have to be useful, and not limit ourselves to only being useful at certain times or limited in some way.
We accepted salvation, but we did so to go out and witness to others, bring the salvation message to them, too.
David and Goliath - His brothers were soldiers, and he was just a shepherd.
Mary and Joseph - an ordinary couple gets to be responsible for the Savior.
Jonah - An ordinary man that was given a job by God that he didn't want to do.
When God asks us to go out of our comfort zone, we complain.
Jonah was told by God to do certain things. Jonah had his own plan instead, but God sent the fish.
Daniel and the lion's den -
Dan 3:12-30 - Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego in the furnace.
Trust God with our hearts and trust God's plan.
Trust God to lead you and guide you.
Jesus - when Adam was born, he had a great responsibility. Created in the image of God, but Adam fell.
God raised up the last Adam.

2/14/16 — Pastor Charlie Sellon — Healing the Sick —
If we have faith, we have healing - Psa 40:7-8 KJV; Heb 10:7 KJV; Jhn 6:38 KJV; Mat 4:24 KJV; Mat 8:16 KJV; Mat 12:15 KJV; Mat 14:14 KJV; Mat 15:30 KJV; Mat 19:2 KJV; Mat 21:14 KJV; Luk 4:40 KJV; Luk 6:19 KJV; Luk 9:11 KJV; Jhn 12:45 KJV; Mar 1:40-42 KJV; Jhn 10:30 KJV; Mat 7:11 KJV; Num 23:19 KJV; Jer 1:12b KJV; Heb 10:5-7 KJV; Heb 11:6 KJV; Jas 1:6-7 KJV; Jhn 14:13 KJV; 1jo 5:14 KJV; Heb 13:8 KJV; Exo 15:26 KJV; Mat 12:15 KJV; Mat 23:37 KJV; Mat 10:5 KJV; Luk 10:1 KJV; Mar 15:16 KJV; Jas 5:14-15 KJV; Jhn 14:12 KJV; Jhn 14:17 KJV; Mat 18:19 KJV; Mat 13:57 KJV; Mar 11:23 KJV; Mar 11:24 KJV; Mar 16:16 KJV
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160214 - Pastor Charlie - Healing the Sick
God's will in healing—it is God's will that all of His children will be healed.
Psa 40:7-8; Heb 10:7 - Then said I, Lo, I come (in the volume of the book it is written of me,) to do thy will, O God.
Jhn 6:38 - For I came down from heaven, not to do mine own will, but the will of him that sent me.
So we see that Jesus came to do the will of the Father God. If that's the case, then we should look at how Jesus conducted Himself.
Mat 4:24 - And his fame went throughout all Syria: and they brought unto him all sick people that were taken with divers diseases and torments, and those which were possessed with devils, and those which were lunatick, and those that had the palsy; and he healed them.
Mat 8:16 - When the even was come, they brought unto him many that were possessed with devils: and he cast out the spirits with his word, and healed all that were sick:
Mat 12:15 - But when Jesus knew it, he withdrew himself from thence: and great multitudes followed him, and he healed them all;
Mat 14:14 - And Jesus went forth, and saw a great multitude, and was moved with compassion toward them, and he healed their sick.
Mat 15:30 - And great multitudes came unto him, having with them those that were lame, blind, dumb, maimed, and many others, and cast them down at Jesus' feet; and he healed them:
Mat 19:2 - And great multitudes followed him; and he healed them there.
Mat 21:14 - And the blind and the lame came to him in the temple; and he healed them.
Luk 4:40 - Now when the sun was setting, all they that had any sick with divers diseases brought them unto him; and he laid his hands on every one of them, and healed them.
Luk 6:19 - And the whole multitude sought to touch him: for there went virtue out of him, and healed them all.
Luk 9:11 - And the people, when they knew it, followed him: and he received them, and spake unto them of the kingdom of God, and healed them that had need of healing.
Jhn 12:45 - And he that seeth me seeth him that sent me.
So Jesus and The Father are one—Jesus' actions are an example of God The Father's will.
Jesus never refused to heal someone. Since this is an example of The Father's will, we shouldn't need to ask God, If it be Your will to heal me… we can see that it always is God's will that we be healed.
Only one person asked Jesus If it be Your will to heal me…:
Mark 1:40-42 - And there came a leper to him, beseeching him, and kneeling down to him, and saying unto him, If thou wilt, thou canst make me clean. And Jesus, moved with compassion, put forth his hand, and touched him, and saith unto him, I will; be thou clean. And as soon as he had spoken, immediately the leprosy departed from him, and he was cleansed.
We know what God's will is, because at every opportunity, Jesus healed them all.
jhn 10:30 - I and my Father are one.
Jesus healed them all, and Jesus was doing the will of The Father, so the will of The Father must be that all are healed.
Mat 7:11 - If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask him?
How many fathers, to punish their children, would deliberately give them a disease? None. And neither would the perfect Father, God.
God doesn't make people sick. Not even for His glory. Healing is provided for all.
Num 23:19 - God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?
So God will do what He says He will do.
Jer 1:12b - Then said the LORD unto me, Thou hast well seen: for I will hasten my word to perform it.
So God will make sure that His promises are all carried out.
Heb 10:5-7 - Wherefore when he cometh into the world, he saith, Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not, but a body hast thou prepared me: In burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin thou hast had no pleasure. Then said I, Lo, I come (in the volume of the book it is written of me,) to do thy will, O God.
God wants to heal everyone.
Exo 23:25;
Exo 15:26 - I Am The Lord who healeth thee.
There can not be doubt in your mind. You need the faith to open the door for healing to take place.
Until faith is exercised without doubt or wavering, you may never be healed.
Heb 11:6 - But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.
Jas 1:6-7 - But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed. For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of the Lord.
Once people are fully convinced that God wants to heal them, that it's not God's will for them to be sick, they almost always receive their healing when prayed for. Sometimes, even before they're prayed for.
jhn 14:13
1jo 5:14 - And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us:
luk 4:40;
Wherever healing is preached in its full benefits for all, and people give heed to the word preached, faith is imparted and people are healed. It is God's will to heal you, not for you to stay sick.
Heb 13;8
God never changes and His word is true.
Exo 15:26;
Mat 12:15; 23:37 - the 2 great commandments.
Satan causes sickness but God does not. God is the author of life.
Mat 10:5; Luk 10:1; Mar 15:16 - Go ye into all the world and preach the Gospel.
Mar 16:16-18 - He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned. And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues; They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover.
If we have faith, we have healing.
Jas 5:14-15 - Is any sick among you? Let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord: And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him.
The word, saved in the Greek is, Sozo (G4982 - σῴζω) [to save a suffering one (from perishing), i.e. one suffering from disease, to make well, heal, restore to health—Thayer's Greek Lexicon].
The elder uses the prayer of faith. The prayer of faith is that prayer that is made with complete assurance that God will do it. If you just hope instead of believe, you've prayed the prayer of hope instead of the prayer of faith.
Jhn 14:12 - Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father.
But faith is mandatory
Jhn 14:17
The Creator of the universe lives in you.
We should remind ourselves that Jesus lives in us.
Mat 18:19 - Again I say unto you, That if two of you shall agree on earth as touching any thing that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of my Father which is in heaven.
God doesn't lie, and His Word is true, and we have to believe.
So why don't some people get healed? The 2 biggest reasons are:

1. Not being taught that God does heal
2. Not believing that they were healed when they were prayed over

You must believe that you have received a healing.
It doesn't matter if you feel like you're healed or not—if God acts you might not feel healed right away but you still need to stand on His Word and keep that faith to receive that healing.
Mat 13:57 - And they were offended in him. But Jesus said unto them, A prophet is not without honour, save in his own country, and in his own house. And he did not many mighty works there because of their unbelief.
Mar 11:23 - If you say to this mountain, be thou removed…
Mar 11:24;
We have to believe—that's critical. We must believe.
Preach the gospel to every creature.
Mar 16:16 - He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned.
This doesn't refer to water baptism, but salvation.
There are 3 baptisms:

1. Salvation
2. Water
3. Holy Spirit

Salvation means immersed in Jesus. This is the first baptism.

2/28/16 — Pastor Larry Russi — Sin —
What is Sin and what do we do about it? - Jas 1:13-15 NIV; Gen 3:12; Psa 51; Luk 15:11-32; Mat 6:12; Rom 3:23; Rev 12:7-9; Eze 28:15; Rom 6:23; Isa 53:6; Gen 2:16-17; Isa 59:2; Heb 4:16; Jhn 8:4-11; 1Jn 5:13; Rom 8:1; Luk 15:20-24; Luk 15:10; 1Jn 1:9; Psa 103:2-3; Mic 7:19
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160228 - Pastor Larry Russi - Sin
Jas 1:13-15 NIV - When tempted, no one should say, God is tempting me, for God cannot be tempted by evil, nor does He temp anyone; but each person is tempted when they are dragged away by their own evil desire and enticed.
Then, after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, gives birth to death.
God does not tempt anyone.
Desire->Sin->Death
We are dragged away by our own sin. Don't blame others for your sin.
Gen 3:12
Psa 51 - David confessed his sin about adultery and murder. He said to God, Against You and You only have I sinned. Of course he also sinned against others, but first and foremost against God.
Luk 15:11-32 - The Prodigal Son - When he returned, he said, I've sinned against Heaven and in your sight. But first and foremost against God.
With sin, one thing leads to another—one sin leads to the next.
That's the bad news, but there's good news, too.
The evil one gains no ground that we don't give to him. Satan seduces only those who are in the market for seduction. Satan deceives only the self-deceived. If you really want to resist, you can.
We can't always blame Satan—we have a sinful nature that we all have to deal with.

What Is Sin?

Mat 6:12 - Transgression of the law. That's debts, falling short of the glory of God.
Rom 3:23 - For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.
Sinful behavior is habit-forming. It is progressive. Stopping sinful behavior is, in essence, breaking an addiction.
Sin is pleasurable, but only for a season.
If you're a believer, the happiness you get from sin is not going to last, because you'll realize that you've sinned against a holy God.

Where did sin come from?

Rev 12:7-9 - Satan rebelled against God and was cast out of Heaven
Eze 28:15 - You were blameless...until sin was discovered in you.
Where did Satan get sin? No one knows.
Satan is looking for those of us who have dropped our guard, who haven't been praying, who haven't been listening to the Holy Spirit, and he encourages us to go in the wrong direction.

Consequences of Sin

Rom 6:23 - Paul: For all have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God. For the wages of sin is death but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ, our Lord.
Isa 53:6 - All we like sheep have gone astray.
Gen 2:16-17 - Stay away from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, because in the day you eat from it, you'll die.
Satan mixes a lie strategically into the truth. If he said a blatant falsehood, you would know it was bogus, but if it's mixed into the truth, you are less apt to notice the lie.
Eve was wondering why God was withholding the knowledge of good and evil. Once they ate, though, they had lost their innocence.
Satan's goal is to make you take your eyes off of Jesus, make you doubt The Lord, make you fear God, bring you down and hinder you in your walk with The Lord.
Isa 59:2 - Your iniquities have separated you from your God.
God can't bless sin. He can't condone that sin. It breaks our fellowship with God.

What to do About Sin

Heb 4:16
If we have confessed our sin, we need to come boldly to the throne of grace so that we will have mercy.
You can go immediately back to God for forgiveness. You don't have to wait for God to cool off.
Jhn 8:4-11 - The woman caught in adultery—Jesus didn't condone the sin, but He didn't condemn her either. He forgave her.
Sin is like leaves clogging a stream, clogging the flow of blessings coming into our lives.
God forgives us to a point where He no longer sees the sin at all. He cancels them out, so we can stand in the presence God like we have never committed that sin.
We can't pay for our sin, but Jesus has already paid for them. Just receive the gift.
Christ forgives us immediately like as if we never committed that sin.
We need to let go of sin and not pick it back up again. It's buried, so don't dig it back up.
1Jn 5:13 - We can know without a doubt that our sins have been forgiven.
Jesus has conquered sin and death.
This is not freedom to sin, but freedom FROM sin.
There's no need to be afraid of God, but conviction is a good thing. We feel grief from conviction. Condemnation is a bad thing, though. Condemnation is of the devil.
Rom 8:1 - [There is] therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus.
Sometimes the three hardest words to say are, I have sinned.
It as if the devil is putting us on trial, but God the Father is the judge.
Satan calls the Holy Spirit to the witness stand. And yes, we have grieved the Spirit. Then Jesus walks in and has the price paid. By that contract, we are declared innocent, despite everything else.
If your sin disturbs you, it only shows that you love God because your sin disturbs you. It shows conviction of the Holy Spirit.
After the grief of conviction should be the joy of forgiveness.
Luk 15:20-24 - It's just like when the prodigal son returned.
Luk 15:10 - Even the angels rejoice when one accepts Christ.
Confession and repentance go together. This is repentance (turning away from sin), not penance (paying for sin).
Repentance is like soldiers going, Halt! about face! Turning away from sin and going God's way now.
What sin boils down to is selfishness.
1Jn 1:9 - If we confess our sins, God is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
He cleanses us with the blood of Christ.
Psa 103:2-3 - Praise the Lord, my soul, and forget not all his benefits—who forgives all your sins and heals all your diseases.
Psa 103:12 - As far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us.
Mic 7:19 - You will again have compassion on us; you will tread our sins underfoot and hurl all our iniquities into the depths of the sea.
God takes all our sins, past, present and future, and dumps them into the sea, and then puts up a sign that says, No Fishing Allowed!

3/13/16 — Pastor Larry Russi — Fear and Trembling —
Working out our salvation with reverence and awe. - Phl 2:1-13 NIV; Phl 2:12-13; 2Co 5:17; Mat 28:20; Phl 1:6; Heb 12:2; Exo 14:13; Eph 2:8-9; Rom 3:27-28 NIV; Phl 3:13 KJV; 2Pe 3:18; 1Jo 4:18 DBY; 1Jo 4:18 NIV; Heb 10:31; Mat 10:28; Jhn 5:24; Gen 3:10; Gen 28:16-17; Isa 6:1-5; Luk 5:8; Luk 1:10-13; Mat 14:25-31; Rev 1:17; Luk 12:32; Phl 2:12 NET; 1Jo 4:19; Rom 5:8 KJV; Pro 1:7; Pro 2:3-5 NIV; Pro 9:11; 2Pe 3:18; Ecc 12:8; Ecc 12:13-14; Ecc 1:14 NIV; Luk 6:46; Jhn 14:15; 1Jo 5:3
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160313 - Larry - Fear and trembling
Phl 2:1-13 NIV - If any comfort or joy, then have humility. Put others before yourself. Even Christ, the Son of God, humbled Himself.
Work out your salvation with fear and trembling…
Fear has torment.
What did Paul mean by, [W]orking out your salvation with fear and trembling?
We must work out our own salvation.
Do we need to work for salvation with fear?
We can't take things from the Bible out of context. Who is writing? To whom is he writing? What was happening at the time? What was the text around it saying?
What did Paul mean that we have to work out our salvation?
Thinking that we have to work for our salvation can put people into bondage.
Phl 2:12-13 - [F]or it is God who works in you to will and to act in order to fulfill his good purpose.
Verse 13 says that it is God who works in you. God gives us the power and anointing that we need. We can't be holy without the Holy Spirit.
God's work is going to be done through you and in you.
We can't save ourselves or keep ourselves. It would be foolish to think that. It is God who saves us and keeps us by His power.
Salvation is of God. We were dead in our sin, but God quickened us—gave us life.
We should be comforted by God's word. Remember that we will be with Him forever.
My soul looks back and wonders how I got over. How did I make it? Through the grace of God&mdashthrough His Holy Spirit. By God's anointing, blessing and power.
2Co 5:17 - Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here!
We are new creatures in Christ. The old man has passed away.
So salvation is of God and He works in us to give us the desire to be saved.
The end of the salvation process is to be with God.
Mat 28:20 - [T]eaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.
Phl 1:6 - being confident of this very thing, that He who has begun a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ;
God is doing the work and He will bring it to completion.
God won't start a work in you and then abandon you to finish it yourself.
Heb 12:2 - [L]ooking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith …
Deists believe that the world was created by God, but that He is not involved with it now.
Theists believe that God is still involved in the world.
He has His hand on all things.
Exo 14:13 - And Moses said to the people, Do not be afraid. Stand still, and see the salvation of the LORD, which He will accomplish for you today.
God will see that we make it to the other side.
Keep moving—if you're going through hell, don't stop.
Eph 2:8-9 - For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God.
Paul said to work out our salvation, not work FOR our salvation, which is a gift.
The law that requires faith, not works.
Grace, by definition, is unearned. We couldn't possibly earn salvation, but we don't have to.
Rom 3:27-28 NIV - Where, then, is boasting? It is excluded. Because of what law? The law that requires works? No, because of the law that requires faith.
We play a part in our salvation, but not to save ourselves.
Keep your eyes on Jesus.
If you see someone fall, don't criticize them—help to restore them.
We should have a ministry of restoration.
The Christian life can be be thought of as running a race.
Phl 3:13 KJV - Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.
Forget about things behind us and strive for the things ahead of us.
We play a part, then, since there needs to be spiritual growth in our walk with The Lord.
2Pe 3:18 - [B]ut grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To Him be the glory both now and forever. Amen.
Why do we have to work it out with fear and trembling.
1Jo 4:18 DBY - There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear; for fear has torment, and he that fears has not been made perfect in love.
1Jo 4:18 NIV - There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not made perfect in love.
Are we supposed to be afraid of God then?
Heb 10:31 - It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.
But we know God—it's more fearful for one who does not have salvation.
Mat 10:28 - And do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. But rather fear Him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.
But we don't have to fear that.
Jhn 5:24 - Most assuredly, I say to you, he who hears My word and believes in Him who sent Me has everlasting life, and shall not come into judgment, but has passed from death into life.
We read about different kinds of fear in the Bible.
Gen 3:10 - So he said, I heard Your voice in the garden, and I was afraid because I was naked; and I hid myself.
Adam and Eve were literally afraid of God and hid from Him.
You can't run from God because you will run into Him.
Be an encouragement for those who have fallen into sin.
Gen 28:16-17 - Then Jacob awoke from his sleep and said, Surely the LORD is in this place, and I did not know it. And he was afraid and said, How awesome is this place! This is none other than the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven!
Jacob woke up and was afraid.
Isa 6:1-5 - Woe is me, for I am undone! Because I am a man of unclean lips, And I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips; For my eyes have seen the King, The LORD of hosts.
Luk 5:8 - When Simon Peter saw it, he fell down at Jesus' knees, saying, Depart from me, for I am a sinful man, O Lord!
Luk 1:10-13 - And when Zacharias saw him, he was troubled, and fear fell upon him.
Mat 14:25-31 - And when the disciples saw Him walking on the sea, they were troubled, saying, It is a ghost! And they cried out for fear. But immediately Jesus spoke to them, saying, Be of good cheer! It is I; do not be afraid.
Rev 1:17 - And when I saw Him, I fell at His feet as dead. But He laid His right hand on me, saying to me, Do not be afraid; I am the First and the Last.
How can we enjoy salvation, live an abundant life here on the Earth, and enjoy the blessings of God if we're always afraid?
This is not what Paul was talking about.
Luk 12:32 - Do not fear, little flock, for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom.
What Paul was really saying is that we should have awe and reverence.
Phl 2:12 NET - So then, my dear friends, just as you have always obeyed, not only in my presence but even more in my absence, continue working out your salvation with awe and reverence,
Greek breakdown:

work out your salvation with
[Greek: φόβος - phobos - G5401 - definitions: 1. Fear 2. Reverence*]
… and …
[Greek τρόμος - tromos - G5156 - fear and trembling, used to describe the anxiety of one who distrusts his ability completely to meet all requirements, but religiously does his utmost to fulfil his duty*]
*Thayer's Greek Lexicon

Some people think that they won't know where they're going until after they die and find out. But we can make that peace with God now and then not have that fear because you know where you're going.
Work out your own salvation by obeying The Lord and living for Him. With His help, live a holy and pure life, doing that with awe and reverence for The Lord.
Why do we love him?
1Jo 4:19 - We love Him because He first loved us.
Rom 5:8 KJV - But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
How do we work out our salvation? With awe and reverence.
Pro 1:7 - The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom.
The moral benefits of wisdom:
Pro 2:3-5 NIV - indeed, if you call out for insight and cry aloud for understanding, and if you look for it as for silver and search for it as for hidden treasure, then you will understand the fear of the LORD and find the knowledge of God.
That's why we want to work it out—we want to know the mind of God.
So as we have that fear, that reverence for Him, realizing that He's an awesome God, that's the beginning of wisdom, and we're drawing closer and closer to The Lord because of that. That's one of the ways in which we are working out our salvation.
The fear of the Lord is reverential submission to His will.
Reverence of the Lord is the foundation of wisdom—a disciplined life that leads to wisdom.
It's expressed in our hatred of evil, our avoidance of sin, and so results in a prolonged life.
Pro 9:11 - For through wisdom your days will be many, and years will be added to your life.
2Pe 3:18 - But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and forever! Amen.
The Word is spiritual food and will cause us to grow.
So how do we do that?
Just as you have to feed your body, you also have to feed your spirit.
We give our bodies three hot meals a day, but then only give our spirits a cold snack every now and then.
Ecc 12:8 - Meaningless! Meaningless! says the Teacher. Everything is meaningless!
Ecc 12:13-14 - Now all has been heard; here is the conclusion of the matter: Fear God and keep his commandments, for this is the duty of all mankind. For God will bring every deed into judgment, including every hidden thing, whether it is good or evil.
The teacher/Preacher/Philosopher wanted to know the meaning of life. Is there a god? is He good? Why is there evil in the world. I was the wisest man on Earth, but it was meaningless.
The conclusion he reaches is to fear God and keep His commandments.
This is the whole duty of man.
Life is meaningless without God.
Ecc 1:14 NIV - I observed everything going on under the sun, and really, it is all meaningless—like chasing the wind.
Ecc 1:14 (God's word Translation) - It's like trying to catch the wind.
But it's not meaningless at all with God.
Luk 6:46 - Jesus asked, But why do you call Me 'Lord, Lord,' and not do the things which I say?
Jhn 14:15 - If you love Me, keep My commandments.
1Jo 5:3 - For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments. And His commandments are not burdensome.
It's not fear such that we are literally afraid, but rather it's a reverence for God, and to be in awe of God.

4/17/16 — Pastor Larry Russi — Only Jesus (not to be confused with Jesus only) —
Stay in the Word, and Keep your eyes on Jesus - Mat 17:1-8; Mat 17:7-8 NIV; Mat 17:7-8 NLT; Luk 8:49-56; Exo 31:18; 2Ki 2:11; Jhn 14:6; Jhn 2:5; 1Ti 4:16 NIV; Mat 24:35 NIV; Eph 4:14; 1Pe 2:1-2; 1Co 3:2; 2Ti 3:1 KJV; 1Ti 4:1 NASB; 2Co 11:3 NIV; Mat 5:6 Mat 28:20; Mat 24:26-27; Mat 24:24; Jhn 12:20-21
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160417 - Pastor Larry - Only Jesus (not to be confused with Jesus only)
Mat 17:1-8 - The transfiguration
Peter, James and John witnessed Moses and Elijah talking with Jesus.
A voice from a cloud said, This is my Son, whom I love; with him I am well pleased. Listen to him!
Mat 17:7-8 NIV - ⁷But Jesus came and touched them. Get up, he said. Don't be afraid. ⁸When they looked up, they saw no one except Jesus.
Mat 17:7-8 NLT - ⁷Then Jesus came over and touched them. Get up, he said. Don't be afraid. ⁸And when they looked up, Moses and Elijah were gone, and they saw only Jesus.
Luk 8:49-56 - Only Peter, James and John were allowed to go into the house when Jesus was resurrecting a little girl.
Peter, James and John seeing the transfiguration with Moses and Elijah.
Peter suggested making 3 shelters for them.
Exo 31:18 - Moses receiving the law on Mount Sinai
2Ki 2:11 - Elijah taken up in a whirlwind
Jhn 14:6 - I am the way the truth an the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.
Moses represented the Law, but the law can't save us.
Elijah represented obedience to the prophets, but that won't save you, either. Only through Jesus Christ can we be saved.
The Father was telling us to listen to Jesus.
Jhn 2:5 - Mary said at the wedding feast, Whatever He says to you, do it.
There are lots of good books, but nothing ever replaces the Word of God.
2 things that are very important, as the church goes through troubling times:
- Stay in the Word.
- Keep your eyes on Jesus.

Stay in The Word

The Father said the listen to Jesus. We do that mainly by staying in His Word.
Jesus only is a wrong teaching, denying the Trinity. It's theologically wrong.
This message is Only Jesus.
St. Augustine was trying to comprehend the Trinity. He was walking along the beach, and saw a boy who kept filling a pale with water on the beach and pouring it into a hole, saying that he was going to pour the whole ocean into the the hole. Augustine couldn't fat om this. The boy said that neither should he be trying the comprehend the trinity. Then the boy literally disappeared.
We should accept the trinity even if we can't comprehend it. We baptize in the name of The Father, The Son and The Holy Spirit.
So this isn't Jesus-only (denying the Trinity), but rather it's only Jesus that we want to look to for our theology. Only the Word of God that we should read for our Spiritual nourishment.
Theology is a matter of Life and death. There's good theology and there's bad theology.
Paul wrote to Timothy, a pastor, to watch his doctrine closely, making sure that it lines up with the word of God.
1Ti 4:16 NIV - Watch your life and doctrine closely. Persevere in them, because if you do, you will save both yourself and your hearers.
God speaks to us—not necessarily in an audible voice, but He will speak to our hearts.
The Holy Spirit will never go against the Bible. God will not contradict Himself. If someone tells you that God told them something that goes against The Word, then that should put up red flags.
The Holy Spirit will guide you through the Bible, however.
Mat 24:35 NIV - Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.
The Bible tells us how to be saved, and how to build that relationship and grow in grace.
Eph 4:14 - …that we should no longer be children, tossed to and fro and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, in the cunning craftiness of deceitful plotting,…
Don't be children any longer - you need to grow.
1Pe 2:1-2 - ¹Therefore, laying aside all malice, all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and all evil speaking, ²as newborn babes, desire the pure milk of the word, that you may grow thereby.
1Co 3:2 - I fed you with milk and not with solid food; for until now you were not able to receive it, and even now you are still not able;
There is always new doctrine and new teachings, so be careful and stay in the Word.
Just as a baby starts with milk, goes to strained peas and apple sauce, and finally to full adult food, we also need to receive things that are more mature.
2Ti 3:1 KJV - Perilous times shall come.
1Ti 4:1 NASB - But the Spirit explicitly says that in later times some will fall away from the faith, paying attention to deceitful spirits and doctrines of demons,
This is why doctrine is a matter of life and death. there is doctrine of demons, and of people, but we want only the doctrine of God.
There is doctrine from demons, and doctrine from people.
2Co 11:3 NIV - But I am afraid that just as Eve was deceived by the serpent's cunning, your minds may somehow be led astray from your sincere and pure devotion to Christ.
This is why The Word and prayer is so important.
Mat 5:6 - Hunger and thirst after righteousness and you shall be filled.

Keep your Eyes on Jesus

Don't put your faith in people. Pastors will try to teach the best the can, but they are only people, just farther along in their relationship with God. But God will never leave or forsake you. You can always go right to the source.
Mat 28:20 - I am with you always, even to the end of the age.
Before Kennedy was assasinated, false Oswalds were supposedly planted, at least according to conspiracy theorists. Those were supposedly people who looked like Oswald planted in the area to throw off investigations. Likewise, false Christs will appear as we get to the last days.
As we get closer to the end of the age, more false Christs will be seen.
Mat 24:26-27 - ²⁶Therefore if they say to you, 'Look, He is in the desert!' do not go out; or 'Look, He is in the inner rooms!' do not believe it. ²⁷For as the lightning comes from the east and flashes to the west, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be.
Mat 24:24 - For false christs and false prophets will rise and show great signs and wonders to deceive, if possible, even the elect.
Jhn 12:20-21 - Phillip and Andrew told Jesus that someone wanted to see Him.
That should be our desire, not to see disciples, but to hear the trumpet and to see Jesus Himself.
We are making celebrities out of Christian leaders. That's not good - they are the same as everyone else, just farther along.
If we get too fixated on the speaker, we will miss God. God's Holy Spirit will go right over you because you are looking at man.
The same Spirit that moved over the face of the deep in the first days is living in us.
We don't look to a service for entertainment.
Keep your eyes on Jesus, because He is the author and finisher of our faith.

4/24/16 — Pastor George ("Danny") Bullock, Jr. — Once Upon a Time —
The Gospel: A True Hero Story - Col 1:21-23; 1Jn 4:19; Jhn 1:11; Psa 14:3; Jhn 14:8-9; Jhn 1:1-3; Eph 6:12 KJV; 1Th 4:16-18
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160424 - Pastor Danny - Once Upon a Time
We live practical Christian living. We are in Christ, but we're in the world.
Christian life is not about walking around with our heads in the clouds—we have to deal with the world.
We have to go to the supermarket and take care of the house, but make God a part of all of it, because He does care.
Don't worry about little things.

Childhood stories

During our childhoods, we remember the Once Upon a Time stories.
After a while, you'd get the format: set up, anticipation, a low point, and a happy ending.
Something in the past, something in the present, and something to come.
Col 1:21-23 - Grounded and steadfast in the Gospel

Once Upon a Time…

Once upon a time, we didn't know God, and were His enemies.
We didn't have a love relationship with God, nor did we have the capacity to love God at the time.

1Jn 4:19 - We love God because He first Loved us.
Jhn 1:11 - He came to His own, and His own did not receive Him.
Psa 14:3 - There is none who does good, No, not one.

We were God's enemies, although we didn't think of ourselves that way.
Even though we went to church as kids, we were still enemies of God because we didn't have that relationship with him.
We were alienated—estranged from God.
We didn't think of ourselves that way, figuring that we weren't so bad, but we were enemies of God.
Maybe our story has abusive people in it. Maybe we don't want to share our past. May we hurt others.
And yes, we had some laughs and some good times before coming to The Lord, and we could behave well in church, but that's a part of our story.
We had no hope—nothing to look forward to.
Some people found good time in a bottle or pills or something they smoked or shot up.
But the story changed one day.
You were once alienated our enemies. You were enemies in your minds by wicked works. You are where your mind is.
We were where our minds were. We were born into sin, and so that's where our minds were. We were looming to how we could please the flesh, because that's where our minds were.
So we needed a new mind. Our minds were full of junk, despite being in church. Church was by wrote—we do this just because we always have done it, but that's no good.
Our acts were wicked. We think of only very hurtful things as being wicked, but anything that goes against God is wicked—it's sin.

The Hero

Those once upon a time stories always had a hero, and so does ours.
Jesus was not an enemy of God, He was God's beloved Son.
He brought about reconciliation in His fleshly body, through His death.
He died on the cross. So did the 2 thieves. Jesus was beaten beyond recognition. He was struck while blindfolded. He was scourged. He had the crown of thorns pushed onto His head.
Jesus was tortured before being put on the cross, and He did it for us.
It took all of that to break the force of sin, because sin is powerful. That's what it took for us to be saved.
But there was no other way for us to be saved, and we went from being enemies of God to being presented holy and blameless in God's sight.
The once upon a time stories we heard as kids were fairy tales, but this one is not a fairy tale, although some people try to make it into a fairy tale. They don't want to believe because it presents to them a responsibility, and they run from that.
When they looked at Jesus, He looked like any other person. But Spiritually, He was God's image. When you see Jesus, you effectively see The Father.

Jhn 14:8-9 - ⁸Philip said to Him, Lord, show us the Father, and it is sufficient for us. ⁹Jesus said to him, Have I been with you so long, and yet you have not known Me, Philip? He who has seen Me has seen the Father; so how can you say, 'Show us the Father'?

Everything about Jesus' essence was God.
People wanted to reduce Him to being an Earthly king, but He is greater than that.

jhn 1:1-3 - ¹In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. ²He was in the beginning with God. ³All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made.

If He wanted to beat an earthly army, He could just drum up a storm and wipe them all out.

The Villain

The stories always had a villain, and so is Satan.

Eph 6:12 KJV - For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.

Our enemies should not be other people at the church, causing division and lack of unity.
These kinds of divisions in the church happen, because it's in our flesh. Your flesh isn't saved. The flesh is the flesh. We let fleshly thoughts about each other creep back in rather than getting them out of our minds.
Just because the devil puts a bad thought in your mind doesn't mean that you have to act on it. Let it go.
The devil is the one who will stir up trouble and bad thoughts, but we have to put bad thoughts out of our minds.
But Satan is a villain, and we have a hero now. Because of the hero, we are no longer dependent on that villain.

Present day—today.

Stand firm in Christ. Don't back off, don't be afraid.
Some people are in church, but they don't want to get on the front lines. They see the way the disciples suffered.
The disciples kept preaching despite all of the torture and punishment, because of the Hero in the story.
If Jesus went through all this just to save us, won't He also be with us during these times?
Steven saw Jesus right there before being stoned. They knew He was right there and that's why they never backed down.
We are no longer those people in the beginning of the story who were lost. Who were enemies with no hope.

The Happy Ending

There was always a good part of the story. The happy part.

1Th 4:16-18 - ¹⁶For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first. ¹⁷Then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And thus we shall always be with the Lord. ¹⁸Therefore comfort one another with these words.

The meeting in the air. And they lived happily ever after! Amen.

5/1/16 — Sharon Ralph — The Kingdom in the World —
Our thoughts, words and actions show if we are choosing to live in the Kingdom or in the world. - Rom 12:2; 1Pe 2:11; Jhn 15:18-19; Jhn 17:14-16;Rom 8:5-10; Gal 5:16-26; Mat 6:24; Jhn 16:7-11; Mat 6:33; Jhn 3:31; Psa 35:28; Psa 119:172; Eph 4:25
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150501 - Sharon Ralph - The Kingdom in the World Although we are living in the world, we are not of the world.

Rom 12:2 HNV - Don't be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what is the good and acceptable and perfect will of God.

1Pe 2:11 (AMPC) - Beloved, I implore you as aliens and strangers and exiles [in this world] to abstain from the sensual urges (the evil desires, the passions of the flesh, your lower nature) that wage war against the soul.

Jhn 15:18-19 (AMPC) - If the world hates you, know that it hated Me before it hated you. If you belonged to the world, the world would treat you with affection and would love you as its own. But because you are not of the world [no longer one with it], but I have chosen (selected) you out of the world, the world hates (detests) you.

We are not of the world, so the world will hate us. If we were of the world, the world would love us.

Jhn 17:14-16 (AMPC) - ¹⁴I have given and delivered to them Your word (message) and the world has hated them, because they are not of the world [do not belong to the world], just as I am not of the world. ¹⁵I do not ask that You will take them out of the world, but that You will keep and protect them from the evil one. ¹⁶They are not of the world (worldly, belonging to the world), [just] as I am not of the world.

Jesus was not of the world, and neither are we.
Satan is the ruler of this world.
Conforming to this world and its darkness is serving Satan.

Rom 8:5-10 (AMPC) - ⁵For those who are according to the flesh and are controlled by its unholy desires set their minds on and pursue those things which gratify the flesh, but those who are according to the Spirit and are controlled by the desires of the Spirit set their minds on and seek those things which gratify the [Holy] Spirit. ⁶Now the mind of the flesh [which is sense and reason without the Holy Spirit] is death [death that comprises all the miseries arising from sin, both here and hereafter]. But the mind of the [Holy] Spirit is life and [soul] peace [both now and forever]. ⁷[That is] because the mind of the flesh [with its carnal thoughts and purposes] is hostile to God, for it does not submit itself to God's Law; indeed it cannot. ⁸So then those who are living the life of the flesh [catering to the appetites and impulses of their carnal nature] cannot please or satisfy God, or be acceptable to Him. ⁹But you are not living the life of the flesh, you are living the life of the Spirit, if the [Holy] Spirit of God [really] dwells within you [directs and controls you]. But if anyone does not possess the [Holy] Spirit of Christ, he is none of His [he does not belong to Christ, is not truly a child of God]. ¹⁰But if Christ lives in you, [then although] your [natural] body is dead by reason of sin and guilt, the spirit is alive because of [the] righteousness [that He imputes to you].

Those living the life of the flesh, cannot please or satisfy God, or be acceptable to Him.
We are living the life of the Spirit, if the Spirit lives within us.

Gal 5:16-26 (AMPC) - (Paul) - ¹⁹Now the doings (practices) of the flesh are clear (obvious): they are immorality, impurity, indecency, ²⁰Idolatry, sorcery, enmity, strife, jealousy, anger (ill temper), selfishness, divisions (dissensions), party spirit (factions, sects with peculiar opinions, heresies), ²¹Envy, drunkenness, carousing, and the like. I warn you beforehand, just as I did previously, that those who do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God. ²²But the fruit of the [Holy] Spirit [the work which His presence within accomplishes] is love, joy (gladness), peace, patience (an even temper, forbearance), kindness, goodness (benevolence), faithfulness, ²³Gentleness (meekness, humility), self-control (self-restraint, continence). Against such things there is no law [that can bring a charge].

Walk and live in the Holy Spirit, then you will not satisfy the cravings of the flesh.
Fruit of the Holy Spirit: Love, joy, peace, patience, kindness..
If we live by the spirit, let us also walk by the Spirit.
We cannot serve 2 masters. You will serve God or Satan.

Mat 6:24 (AMPC) - No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will stand by and be devoted to the one and despise and be against the other. You cannot serve God and mammon (deceitful riches, money, possessions, or whatever is trusted in).

God allows us the free will to choose whom we will serve.
Share the truth about good and evil so people will know that their works are evil.
People understand that lying, murder and theft are sinful. These are obvious, but gossiping, discouraging others, holding back from doing good when there is opportunity to do so are not so obvious sins. The way we think, speak and act are all ways in which we can decide to be Godly, or worldly. These are choices that we make every day, and they are choices between living in the Kingdom or living in the world.
If we do wrong things, it hurts the Holy Spirit.
If you don't know God, you don't know you are hurting Him.

Jhn 16:7-11 (AMPC) - However, I am telling you nothing but the truth when I say it is profitable (good, expedient, advantageous) for you that I go away. Because if I do not go away, the Comforter (Counselor, Helper, Advocate, Intercessor, Strengthener, Standby) will not come to you [into close fellowship with you]; but if I go away, I will send Him to you [to be in close fellowship with you].

All Christians have the duty to share the truth to non-believers.
We should be showing people God by the example of our lives.
We can give testimony about our lives without making non-believers uncomfortable.
If they never hear it, they will never know it.
The Kingdom in the world is people on Earth, acting Godly, loving and caring about others.

Mat 6:33 (AMPC) - But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.

We need to be more Kingdom-oriented, and less worldly.
Helping or benefitting others is a way we can minister to others.
Letting others go ahead of you in line, taking the time to help others.
Sometimes people just need for us to listen, and then to encourage them and lift them up with the love of Christ.
You may be the only Jesus they ever see.
The more we strive to live in the Kingdom, the more the devil will tempt us to live in the world.
Gossip is a big worldly evil. Be aware of the hurt it causes.
Think about what you're saying before saying what you're thinking.
Think about how you would feel if someone talked about you like that.
When you truly step back in the spirit, and try to understand others' motivation, situation, or reasons for being the way they are, you start to see things through God's eyes.
When you really look, you will realize that you have done a lot of the same things for which you have criticized others.
Don't say things that are not uplifting. Don't say things that are negative, condescending, or gossipy about anyone. We are children of God, and we should speak like children of God.

Jhn 3:31 (AMPC) - He Who comes from above (heaven) is [far] above all [others]; he who comes from the earth belongs to the earth, and talks the language of earth…

When we speak lies, discouragement, negativity and gossip we are speaking the language of the world.
When we speak in the Kingdom, we speak of God's righteousness:

Psa 35:28 (AMPC) - And my tongue shall talk of Your righteousness, rightness, and justice, and of [my reasons for] Your praise all the day long.

We speak of God's Word:

Psa 119:172 (AMPC) - My tongue shall sing [praise for the fulfillment] of Your word, for all Your commandments are righteous.

We speak the truth:

Eph 4:25 (AMPC) - Therefore, rejecting all falsity and being done now with it, let everyone express the truth with his neighbor, for we are all parts of one body and members one of another.

Speaking in the Kingdom is speaking things that are positive and uplifting.
Speaking positively or negatively is the choice between life and death.
Our choice of words makes the difference between discouragement and encouragement, lies and truth, lifting up and tearing down, helping and hurting, cursing and blessing, sin and obedience, living in the flesh and living in the Spirit.
Words effect our emotions, confidence, perceptions, self-image, thoughts, actions and lives.
When a sitation arises,

• Ask yourself, What would Jesus do?
• What does God's Word say?
• What were previous outcomes of similar choices?
• How will this effect others? Negatively or positively?
• Would God be pleased or unhappy with my choice?
• Am I at peace with this choice? Does it feel right?

God gives us the free will every day to choose where we want to live.
Our thoughts, words and actions show where we are choosing to live: in the Kingdom, or in the world.
Where do you choose to live?

5/29/16 — Pastory Betty Jacovides — Memorial Day —
We have to fight for the right to freely express our faith.
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160529 - Pastor Betty - Memorial Day

Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other. (John Adams - 1798)

God, who gave us life, gave us liberty.† Can the liberties of a nation be secure when we have removed a conviction that these liberties are a gift from God? Indeed, I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just; that His justice cannot sleep forever.‡ (Thomas Jefferson - 1774, 1785)

While we are zealously performing the duties of good citizens and soldiers, we certainly ought not to be inattentive to the higher duties of religion. To the distinguished character of patriot, it should be our highest glory to add the more distinguished character of Christian. (George Washington - May 2, 1778)

We have to fight for the right to freely express our faith.
We all are doing to works of the ministry if we are praying for others.
We have a choice: we can choose to be quiet and let the government do whatever they think is right, or we can stand up. Ask the Holy Spirit to do it.
The founding fathers sacrificed to give us freedom, including freedom of faith. We should fight to preserve those rights.
We have a party on Memorial Day weekend, but don't forget what it's about - the people who sacrificed so we could maintain our freedom.
The military, police and firefighters are ordinary people who are doing extraordinary things.
We have to live for Christ, or Christ died for nothing.
Memorial day is to remember the fallen heros, but we should remember Christ every day.
There is no greater privilege than to proclaim the gospel.

One's God dictates the kind of law one implements and also controls the application of that law over time. Given enough time, all non-Christian systems of law self-destruct in a fit of tyranny. (George Washington - Farewell address, 1796)

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†A Summary View of the Rights of British America, 1774
[Jefferson was saying that since both life and liberty were rights given by God, that they could not be separated. If you had life, you had a God-given right to liberty as well.]

‡Notes on the State of Virginia, 1785
[Related to the concepts that all people are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness... These rights, since they are endowed in us by God, are unalienable, meaning that the government cannot revoke them. If we don't accept that these rights come from God, that would mean that the government can revoke those rights, hence, Can the liberties of a nation be secure when we have removed a conviction that these liberties are a gift from God?]

6/5/16 — Pastor Larry Russi — The Heart is Desperately Wicked —
The Heart is desperately wicked and needs a savior - Jer 17:9-10 NIV; Exo 9:12; Jon 1:3; Jhn 14:1; Heb 11:5; Luk 12:34; Gen 3:13; 1jn 2:16; Gen 3:15; Jas 1:14; Gen 6:5; 2Co 5:17; Rom 1:30; Gen 6:6; Gen 11; Rom 3:23; Mat 15:18; Luk 6:45; Jas 3:8; Pro 4:23 NIV; Rom 5:12-21; Rom 7:15 NIV; Rom 7:24-25; Psa 139:23-24
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160605 - Pastor Larry - The Heart is Desperately Wicked
Jer 17:9-10 NIV - The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it? I the LORD search the heart and examine the mind, to reward each person according to their conduct, according to what their deeds deserve.
The Lord searches our heart.
The heart was once considered the center of intellect, conscience and will. the seat of thought and affection. Your innermost being.
Exo 9:12 - Your heart can be hardened, like Pharaoh, who wouldn't listen to Moses and let people go.
Heb 3:15 - Today, if you hear God's voice, don't harden your heart. Obey with what God's plan is for you.
Hearts can become callous if we reject or ignore the Holy Spirit.
If you harden your heart, it will become callous so that you are not sensitive to God's voice.
Jon 1:3 - Jonah, preaching to the people. He went the other direction and ran off to more than 100 miles away to where God told him to be.
Jhn 14:1 - Let not your heart be troubled.
Remember that The Lord has everything under control.
Did it ever occur to you that nothing ever occurs to God? He knows everything from beginning to end.
Heb 11:5 - God kept Enoch for 300 years, so don't be afraid that you'll fall away.
In the psalms, there were times when the psalmist was sorrowful or angry with God.
Hearts can be broken, but they can and should be open to God.
Luk 12:34 - Where your treasure is, your heart will be also.
Gen 3:13 - Eve was tempted by the serpent and
1jn 2:16 - Lust of the eyes, lust of the flesh and the pride of life.
Gen 3:15 - God promised a redeemer.
Cain having a wicked heart because of sin.
Jealousy lead to hatred, which led to murder because his heart was wicked.
He wouldn't take God's council.
Sin is like a demon waiting to attack you
Jas 1:14 - People are dragged away by their own evil desire.
You can't always blame the devil.
After desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin and leads to death.
We really need to be ready for the Lord, because He could come back at any time, like a thief in the night.
Gen 6:5 - After the flood, God said that every inclination of the human heart is evil from childhood.
We need to have God in us.
It's a rebellious nature, a sin nature, that is in us.
We have to have the new nature
2Co 5:17 - We are new creations, the old man has passed away.
We have a sinful society.
Rom 1:30 - Man is an inventor of evil things.
Sin is rebellion against God.
In the book, Bible History: Old Testament by Alfred Edersheim, he says, This means more than the total corruption of our nature, it refers to the universal prevalence of open, daring sin and rebellion against God.
Sinners rebel against God and His Word.
Gen 6:6 - The Lord regretted that He had made human beings on the Earth, and His Heart was deeply troubled.
God's heart was broken.
Gen 11 - The tower of Babel. Astrology rebelling against God.
The flood killed a lot of sinners, but human nature remained. Noah got drunk. Sin was still in the world.
People figure they are going to Heaven because of Good works, but that's not going to save you
Rom 3:23 - For all have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God.
None is good, no, not one.
Mat 15:18 - The things that come out of the mouth come from the heart.
Luk 6:45 - For out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks.
Jas 3:8 - Nobody can tame the tongue
Pro 4:23 NIV - Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it.
Rom 5:12-21 - Paul talks about Christ being the second Adam. (last Adam?)

Adam brought…	Jesus brought…
Sorrow	Joy
Condemnation	Salvation
Confusion	Peace
Death	Eternal Life

Rom 7:15 NIV - Paul: I do not understand what I do. For what I want to do I do not do, but what I hate I do.
Rom 7:24-25 - O wretched man that I am! Who will deliver me from this body of death? I thank God—through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, with the mind I myself serve the law of God, but with the flesh the law of sin.
Jesus came to cleanse us and prepare us for eternity.
Psa 139:23-24 - Search me, God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.
We have no right to tell God to change someone else. Change me.

6/12/16 — Pastor Larry Russi — Use What You Have —
Be obedient and use what you have for the glory of God. Jdg 3:31 NIV; 1Sa 17; Gen 5:22; Rom 8:31; Exo 14:21-31; Heb 11; Heb 6:10; Heb 11:7; Jdg 15; Gen 21:2; Rom 3:23; 2Cr 12:10; 1Sa 16
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160612 - Pastor Larry - Use What You Have
Judges - People worshipped false gods, but The Lord God raised up judges.
People wanted a king, and The Lord said to give them a king.
God anointed men and women to be judges, but people rebelled against the judges.
God will always raise up people who won't turn away.
Jdg 3:31 NIV - Shamgar - After Ehud came Shamgar son of Anath, who struck down six hundred Philistines with an oxgoad. He too saved Israel.
They were always fighting the Philistines.
1Sa 17 - When David fought Goliath, Goliath was a Philistine.
Gen 5:22 - Enoch stayed close to God for 300 years and then God raptured him.
We don't know a lot about Shamgar, but we learn from him that we need to be faithful and obedient.
An ox-goad was a sharp object used to prod an ox. Shamgar used that to kill 600 Philistines (probably over a ling time).
Rom 8:31 - This was so against the odds, but with God for us, who can be against us?
Shamgar used what he had.
Exo 14:21-31 - Moses at the Red sea.
We use what we have for the glory of God. Even if you don't have the gifts of another brother or sister, that doesn't matter - use whatever gift God has given you and be obedient to Him. He won't use you exactly the same way as He would use anyone else.
Sometimes we bury the gifts that God has given us, like kids who toss aside the gift and instead play in the box it came in.
Heb 11 - The great chapter of faith. Many great people of faith were named in this chapter, but Shamgar was not, despite the great way that God used him and his faith.
Heb 6:10 - God is not unjust; he will not forget your work and the love you have shown him as you have helped his people and continue to help them.
It doesn't have to be big things—just use whatever gifts God has given you.
We may not all get huge blessings in Heaven for great deeds done during our lives, but the important thing is that you obeyed God and used the gifts He gave you. God blesses that.
Heb 11:7 - Noah - When he started building the arc, his sons weren't even born yet.
Noah is in the Bible because of his obedience.
Jdg 15 - Samson used his gifts to defeat the Philistines.
He broke his bonds and had nothing but the jawbone of a donkey.
He ended up killing 1,000 Philistines with the jawbone of a donkey. It went against all odds, but with God for us…
Gen 21:2 - Abraham and Sarah having their child.
One of Samson's weaknesses was women. It was when he was with a prostitute when he lost the battle.
God uses sinners. He used Samson despite his sin. But it was sin that was his weakness and his downfall.
Rom 3:23 - [F]or all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.
2Cr 12:10 - Paul gloried in his weakness.
When I'm weak, then I'm strong.
Don't disqualify yourself or allow the enemy to disqualify you just because you have sin in your life. God can still use you, and He wants to use you.
The greatest tragedy is when someone falls and they stay down without getting back up. Giving up is worse than the fall.
God knew that we were going to fall.
God uses those who are weak, but if you fall, you need to get back up.
Samson used a jawbone - use what you have.
1Sa 16 - King David - started as just a shepherd boy.
Goliath was probably around 7 feet tall and was very intimidating.
David had a slingshot like a mischievous kid. Goliath was incensed.
The odds of David beating Goliath was so against the odds, but God was with him.
David used what he had—just a slingshot in his case.
Every member of the body is important, like the parts of a human body. Each part is important to the whole. God gave us all gifts to use for the benefit of the Kingdom and the benefit of the body, so use what you have.

7/3/16 — Pastor Betty Jacovides — Independence Day —
Why we need to pray for our nation - Psa 33:12; 2Ch 7:14; 1Ti 2:1-4 NIV; 1Th 5:6-18; Eph 6:18; Col 4:2-3; Deu 4:7
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160703 - Pastor Betty - Independence Day - Why we need to pray for our nation
Does everyone know what we're celebrating on the 4th of July?
A lot of people fought for our freedoms.
God gave us rights that no one can take away (unalienable rights). These are not rights given by people but by God.
No one can tell us we can not pray in public places.
Psa 33:12 - Blessed is the nation whose God is The Lord.
People came to this land for religious freedoms. The nation was founded on Judeo-Christian principles.
2Ch 7:14 - if My people who are called by My name will humble themselves, and pray and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal their land.
Earlier generations lived by this.
Don't follow false gods.
Soloman didn't ask for fame or glory or wealth, instead, asked for wisdom. He got it, and everything else followed as a result.
Soloman married pagan women to gain alliances with their families, but got drawn astray by their religions.
Your god can be money, fame, games, TV, really anything that takes you away from God.
Our forefathers prayed before making any big decisions.
Pray that God will deliver us from the ways of the world.
Our land needs healing and deliverance. So much sin covering sin and lies covering lies.
The land was given to us by God, and is truly blessed by God. We have everything we need, and we can and should be self-sufficient. We should be lenders and not borrowers.
God chose His elect to run this country.
If we walk away from God's blessings, then what remains has to be curses.
We should remember our blessings and not take them for granted.
We have all kinds of food from all over the world, we have fantastically good medicine here.
And yet we still are not appreciative of God and His blessings.
1Ti 2:1-4 NIV - I urge, then, first of all, that petitions, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for all people—
Our founding fathers knew the importance of prayer.
Benjamin Franklin said we should always start with prayer.*
God will give us all the wisdom we ask for.
We have to pray that those in leadership have God's leadership.
We pray that God enlightens and enables us to do His will.
1Th 5:6-18 - So then, let us not be like others, who are asleep, but let us be awake and sober. For those who sleep, sleep at night, and those who get drunk, get drunk at night.
Make sure that nobody pays back wrong for wrong, but always strive to do what is good for each other and for everyone else. Rejoice always, pray continually, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus.
Eph 6:18 - Praying always with prayer and supplication in the spirit and watching there unto with all perseverance and supplications for all saints.
Col 4:2-3 - Be thankful that God will open a door for our message.
Pray for people even if you don't like them.
The Holy Spirit gives you the power to pray and gives you the things about which to pray.
Deu 4:7 - What other nation is so great as to have their gods near them the way the LORD our God is near us whenever we pray to him?
The holy Spirit in us gives us the things to pray for.
Ask God to reveal to you the prayers that He wants you to pray.

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*...In the beginning of the Contest with G. Britain, when we were sensible of danger we had daily prayer in this room for the divine protection.—Our prayers, Sir, were heard, & they were graciously answered. All of us who were engaged in the struggle must have observed frequent instances of a superintending providence in our favor. To that kind providence we owe this happy opportunity of consulting in peace on the means of establishing our future national felicity. And have we now forgotten that powerful friend? or do we imagine that we no longer need his assistance?
"I have lived, Sir, a long time, and the longer I live, the more convincing proofs I see of this truth that God Governs in the affairs of men.
"...I therefore beg leave to move—that henceforth prayers imploring the assistance of Heaven, and its blessings on our deliberations, be held in this Assembly every morning before we proceed to business, and that one or more of the Clergy of this City be requested to officiate in that Service.
Excerpt of Speech by Benj. Franklin to the Constitutional Convention, June 28, 1787

7/10/16 — Pastor Larry Russi — He Knows Me and He Knows My Needs —
God knows our needs before we ask - Mat 6:6; Mat 6:25-34; Mat 5-7; Gen 22; Heb 11
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12/11/16 — Pastor Danny Bullock — What it Means to Be a Light —
We reflect the light of Christ into the world Mat 5:14-16; Mat 5; Psa 32:1-2; Mat 4:16; Jhn 1:8; Eph 5:8
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1/8/17 — Pastor Larry Brown — Covered by the Blood —
The Blood of Christ represents safety, identity and deliverance, all accessed through faith. Exo 12:21-23; Exo 12:12-13; Jhn 1:29; 19:37; 2Co 5:7; Jhn 1:12
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1/15/17 — Pastor Betty, Gertrude and Françoise — Mission to Haiti —
They brought 50 people to Christ, which quickly grew to 250 people, but they need clean drinking water there. Isa 43:18-21 NIV
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2/12/17 — Pastor Betty — Ordination of Missionaries —
Ordination of Gertrude, Françoise and Mona as missionaries to Haiti. Act 13:1-3; Gen 7; Exo 8-9
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2/26/17 — Lillian Harrison — The praise of prayer —
Go to God always, in good times and bad. Phl 4:6; Mat 6:9; 1Sa 1:16-19; 1Sa 2:1-2; 2Ch 20:1,3,6-7; Num 23:19; 2Ch 20:10-20; Heb 11:6; Heb 4:14; Heb 4:15-16; Psa 34:1
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3/5/17 — Pastor Betty — Feeding the 5,000 —
The Lord will always provide. Jhn 6:1
This message was cut short because of the fire and subsequent evacuation of the building.
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5/7/17 — Pastor Charlie Sellon — Healing and Atonement —
Atonement includes healing, even in the Old Testament. Heb 10:5-7; Heb 4:16; 9:12-14; 1Jo 1:9; Mat 26:37-38; Isa 53:3-5; Jhn 19:1-2 Isa 42:14; 1Pe 2:24; Deu 28:58-60
This service was held in Pastor Betty's house.
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7/16/17 — Pastor Betty — Roman's Road (The Roman Way) —
The salvation message in scripture Rom 3:23; 3:10; 5:12; 6:23; Jhn 1:5
This service was held in Pastor Betty's house.
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8/13/17 — Sharon Ralph — Knowing God —
How to know God, instead of just knowing about God Jhn 14:6; 10:27; Psa 40:6; Jas 4:17
This service was held in Pastor Betty's house.
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9/10/17 — Pastor Betty — Your Legacy —
Be God's good and faithful servant. Pro 22:1, 3-4, 16-28; 23:4-5, 12, 19-21
This service was held in Pastor Betty's house.
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11/19/17 — Pastor Betty — Know the Word —
Know the Word or Be Deceived. Jas 4:17; Jas 1:17; 1Pe 4:8; Psa 50:1-15; 2Co 9:7; Psa 107:21; Psa 26:6-8
This service was held in Pastor Betty's house.
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12/17/17 — David Brown — Take Away the Stone —
We play an important part in moves of God. Jhn 11:38-41; Mar 4:35-39; Mar 5:1-15; Act 9:4-18
This service was held in Pastor Betty's house.
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1/14/18 — Pastor Betty — Hatian Church Testimonies —
Testimonies about the church in Haiti. Isa 41:18-19; Phl 1:6; Jhn 3:16; Pro 8:36; Isa 42:1-2, 5-11; 43:1-7; 45:13; 44:8
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2/11/18 — Pastor Betty — Hypocrites —
Always be Christ-like, not just in church. Mat 23:1-23
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2/25/18 — Sharon Ralph — The World vs. The Kingdom —
Right thoughts brings right words and actions. 1Co 2:4-5; 1Jo 2:15-17; Rom 8:6; Psa 19:14; 34:13; 141:3; Pro 10:11; 10:31; 13:3; 15:1; 18:21; Isa 50:4; Mat 12:34; Eph 4:29; 1Co 2:6-12; Eph 6:12; 2Co 10:3-4; Heb 4:12; Isa 55:11; Deu 28:7; Psa 35:1-3; Gal 6:8
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3/11/18 — Pastor Betty — Are we ministering according to God? —
Are we ministering according to ourselves, according to the evil one, or according to God? Pro 14:16; 2Co 10:5
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3/18/18 — Pastor Danny — Seeing Through God's Eyes —
See and act on God's view. 2Ki 6:15-17; Psa 39:4-5; Jas 4:13-15; Psa 56:3-4; Exo 14:13; Rom 8:31
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4/8/18 — Pastor Betty — Our Resurrected Bodies —
Our new, incorruptible bodies 1Co 15:1-9, 20-29, 35-39; Luk 23:37; 2Co 5:8
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4/29/18 — Sharon Ralph — The Mighty Sword —
The power, use and necessity of The Word. Heb 4:12 AMPC; Isa 55:11 AMPC; Psa 19:14; 34:13; 141:3; Pro 10:31-32; 18:21; Isa 50:4; Pro 19:11 AMPC; Jam 1:19-20; Deu 31:6 AMPC; Psa 86:7; Mal 3:10; Psa 30:2; Psa 147:3; Jer 17:14; 1Pe 2:24; 3Jo 1:2; Psa 119:105-112
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5/20/18 — Pastor Danny Bullock — The Message of The Cross —
The cross is the foundation for everything 1Co 1:18-24; Rom 5:6
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6/24/18 — Pastor Betty — Turning all Things for Good —
God allows unpleasant things, but there are blessings in the end. Jas 1:2-4; Rom 8:28; Luk 2:7-12; Psa 93:1; Jhn 4:6; Isa 40:28-29; Luk 9:58; Heb 1:2; Jhn 1:11; Rom 14:11; Mat 27:28; Rev 19:13; Mat 27:30; Rev 2:27; Mat 15:19; Jhn 19:5; Zec 14:4; Isa 53:2; Psa 27:4; Mat 27:59-60; Rev 1:18; Deu 31:6; Jos 1:5; Heb 13:5; 2Ch 20:15
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7/15/18 — Pastor Danny Bullock — Knowing God —
Spirit knowledge, not head-knowledge.
Head knowledge = religion—you know about God
Spirit knowledge = true relationship—you know God personally
Exo 6:6-9; Psa 1:1-2; Psa 6:9-10; Jhn 8:12, 19
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8/5/18 — David Brown — Persistent in Prayer —
Don't lose heart; stay persistent Luk 18:1-8 KJV; Luk 17:34-35 KJV; Jas 5:16 KJV; Job 14:14 KJV
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8/12/18 — Rev. Lillian Harrison — Revelation: Look Up and Have Hope —
Be ready for Jesus' return Luk 21:28 KJV; Mat 24:3-8 KJV; 2Ti 3:1-5 KJV; Rev 21 KJV; Jhn 17 KJV; Rev 22 KJV
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8/19/18 — Pastor Danny Bullock — The Holy Spirit in Our Lives —
It's not about feeling—it's about the life and the work. 1Jo 3:2; 1Co 15:52-53; Act 1:4-5
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Pastor Danny held his Bible in his left hand, and his coffee cup in his right hand.
Let's say this is our everyday life, he said, drawing attention to his coffee mug. This represents God, he said, drawing attention to his Bible. He takes our everyday life, and He brings it to the presence and the place of the Holy Spirit. And this is how He showed it to me: the two must come together. He brings the coffee mug and the Bible together so they are touching each other side-by-side.

There are people who are saved, but they're still out here, moving the cup away from the Bible. What God...is doing...by the power of the Holy Spirit... He said, 'I want you in here with Me,' bringing the mug and the Bible together again. And after a while, they come together so closely, that after a while, you can't separate them. Pastor Danny places the coffee cup on top of the open Bible.

9/16/18 — Pastor Danny Bullock — The Holy Spirit in Our Lives 2 —
Submit to the Holy Spirit to fight the flesh. Psa 124:2-3; Gal 5:16-23; Rom 8:12-13; 1Jo 2:16; Col 3:5
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9/23/18 — Sharon Ralph — Through the Eyes of God —
We see things as God does as we mature. Isa 55:8-9; Rom 8:28; Jas 1:17; 1Sa 16:7
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10/21/18 — Pastor Danny Bullock — The Commandment to Love —
Showing love, from and to God, isn't optional Jhn 14:15; Deu 6:3-5; Exo 20:3; Jhn 18:4-6; 1Jn 4:19-5:3
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11/18/18 — Rev. Larry Brown — One Body —
Love better by seeing others as yourself 1Co 12:12-27; 1Co 1:21; 1Co 6:19-20; Rev 7:9-10; 1Pe 2:9
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12/16/18 — Pastor Betty Jacovides — Hatian church consecration —
As the church in Haiti was consecrated, we celebrated in Woburn along with them.
Mat 28:18-20; Mat 25:31-40
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1/6/19 — Pastor Betty Jacovides — Testimonies about the Hatian church —
Door-to-door outreach brought 140 people to Christ
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1/13/19 — Pastor Betty Jacovides — Pictures and videos of the Hatian church —
Instead of a regular message, the Hatian missionaries brought pictues and videos from the church in Haiti, which can be viewed at (scroll down to see the latest ones):
https://photos.app.goo.gl/vRJIs6E6D5KosQEk2
Afterward, Pastor Betty gave just a few minutes of closing remarks and prayers.
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2/10/19 — Sharon Ralph — God's Voice —
How to know what God is telling us Psa 40:6; Jhn 10:27; Psa 46:10; 1Co 14:33
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2/24/19 — David Brown — Want or Need? —
God meets our need, not our greed, but the joy of The Lord does not depend on our circumstances. Mat 9:1-2; Jam 2:20; Jhn 5; Rom 8:26-27
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3/3/19 — Sharon Ralph — The Light —
Let Jesus' light shine through us 1Jn 1:5; Jhn 1:4-9; 2Co 4:6; Jhn 8:12; Rev 21:23-24; Psa 119:105; Psa 4:6
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3/17/19 — Pastor Betty Jacovides — Faith and Trust —
The Power of Faith Heb 11:6; Heb 12:2; 2Co 5:7; Rom 10:17; Luk 17:5-6; Mar 11:20-25; Heb 11 ESV; Jam 2:20; Rom 4:13
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3/31/19 — Marlene Ebanks — Haitian Church Photos —
Going over photos of the Hatian Church
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4/14/19 — Pastor Betty Jacovides — Palm Sunday —
What do thrown palms and cloaks represent? Mat 21:1-7 ESV; Mat 21:8-27 ESV; Psa 118:25 ESV; Dan 9:25-27 ESV; Psa 8:2 ESV
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4/21/19 — Pastor Betty Jacovides — It Is Finished (Easter) —
Jesus finished paying for our sin Jhn 19:24-30 ESV; 2Co 5:8
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6/2/19 — Grace Hampton — The Long-lasting outcome of disobeying or obeying God —
Disobedience affects you and others in the community later on. Gen 2:16-17 KJV; Gen 3 KJV; Rom 5:12 KJV; All of Esther: Est 1 KJV
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6/9/19 — Pastor Betty Jacovides — Flesh vs Spirit —
Works of the flesh vs. fruit of the Spirit Gal 5:13-25 ESV; Eph 4:1-3 ESV
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7/7/19 — Pastor Betty Jacovides — Independence Day —
The true meaning of the first amendment Psa 35; 2Ch 7:14
Intro by Sharon. Note: Please excuse Pastor Betty's microphone dying part-way through the message.
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7/14/19 — Pastor Betty Jacovides — Dying to Self is Being Alive in Christ —
Be ready, trust and obey Heb 10:25
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7/21/19 — Pastor Betty Jacovides — Today —
Don't wait to serve The Lord. Deu 30:11-20
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8/4/19 — Rev. David Brown — When God Stops Talking —
When God stops talking, He's moving Gen 21:1-2; 1Pe 1:4; Gen 12; 13; 15; Rom 4:21; Psa 20
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8/11/19 — Pastor Betty Jacovides — Your Treasure —
Is Jesus really our treasure? Mat 6:21 ESV; Mat 13:44-46 ESV
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8/25/19 — Pastor Betty Jacovides — Your Worth —
God's standards are not our standards. What you're worth has nothing to do with the substance, politics and economics of this world.
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9/1/19 — Pastor Danny Bullock — I AM —
God is always with us - Jhn 8:58; Jhn 15
See also: 5/11/14 Jesus is the I AM
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9/8/19 — Sharon Ralph — Check Your Faith —
The higher your faith level gets, the better your life gets. - Heb 11:1-7; Mat 17:20
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9/22/19 — Pastor Betty Jacovides — Mary and Martha —
The Bible has the answers to every problem. Luk 10:38-42 ESV; Jhn 11:17-44 ESV; Mat 19:26 ESV
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9/29/19 — Pastor Danny Bullock — The Gentle Servant —
Being gentle requires an inner strength. - Isa 42:1-4; 1Jo 4:19; Mat 11:28-30; Jhn 5:19; 3:34; Isa 40:11; 57:15
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11/17/19 — Marlene Ebanks — Loving God, Others, and Yourself —
We can love because we have God's love - Mar 12:28-31; 1Co 13:4-8; Jhn 14:15; Jhn 3:16
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11/24/19 — Minister Grace Hampton — Walking in Love —
Give God your heart and He'll love through you - Jhn 3:16; Eph 5:1-2; 1Cr 16:14; Eph 4:32; Col 3:12-14
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12/1/19 — Pastor Betty Jacovides — To Whom Much is Given… —
- 2Th 3:10; Jas 4:2-3; Luk 12:48; Mat 25:14-30 ESV
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12/8/19 — Pastor Betty Jacovides — I Wish You Jesus —
Love does not envy, love does not boast… If we're called to be Christ-like, and God is love, then we should not envy, we should not boast… - 1Cr 13:1-10
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12/15/19 — Pastor Betty Jacovides — The Real Christmas Story —
Mark Hegner spoke first, giving a testimony. Psa 27:1-7
Then Pastor Betty gave the message. - Mat 1:18-25; 2:1-15; Luk 2:1-39
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12/22/19 — Pastor Danny Bullock — The Fullness of Time —
God's timing is perfect - Gal 4:4-5; Gen 3:15; Heb 11; Luk 2:8-15
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Pastor Mark Hegner also spoke — The Gift that Keeps on Giving —
God gives us a diversity of grace, and He will work through any of us - Jhn 1:14-18; 1Co 15:10
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1/5/20 — Pastor Danny Bullock — Don't Buy the Knock Off —
Discern and follow only the real Jesus - 1Jo 4:1-4; 2Co 13:5; Mat 24:5; Rom 10:8-15; Act 1:8-11; Rev 1:12-16
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2/2/20 — Pastor Betty Jacovides — What it Costs to Be a Disciple —
God must be our #1 priority - 3Jo 1:2; Phl 4:13; Psa 118:24; Luk 14:25-26 NET
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2/9/20 — Pastor Betty Jacovides — Listening and Doing —
Not only to listen, but to do. Not only to hear, but to act. - Jas 1:19 NIV; 1Jo 1:5-8 NIV; Jas 2:8-11 NIV; Jas 4:17 NIV; Rom 14:23 HNV; 1Th 5:21 ESV; 1Th 5:22 NLT; 1Th 5:22 KJV; Jhn 8:7; Phl 4:17; 1Pe 1:2 NLT
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3/1/20 — Pastor Betty Jacovides — Parable of the Sower —
- Mat 13; 1Jo 5:19; 3Jo 1:2; Isa 6:9-10
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2/23/20 — Pastor Danny Bullock — Calling the Broken —
It's not about what made you broken, it's about who can make you whole. - 2Sa 4:4; 9:1-8, 13; Mat 22:9-10; Isa 55:1-2
Please excuse the first 2 minutes being muffled; the microphone was switched off. It sounds fine after you get past the first 2 minutes.
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3/8/20 — Pastor Betty Jacovides — A Measure of Faith —
The power of faith - Luk 12:48; Heb 11:1; Heb 11:6; Rom 10:17; Phl 4:13; 2Ti 2:15; [Mat 9:22; Mar 5:34; 10:52; Luk 8:48; 17:19; 18:42]; 1Ti 6:12-16; Heb 12:1-6 NIV; [Hab 2:4; Rom 1:17; Gal 3:11; Heb 10:38]; Mat 17:20; 2Co 5:7; Rom 12:3
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8/18/19 — Pastor Danny Bullock — A Matter of The Heart —
God gives us a new heart when we are saved. We don't want to do/talk/act like we used to. - Mat 15:1-3,10-14; Isa 29:13; Mat 6:5; Luk 11:37-39; Heb 10:22
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6/21/20 — Pastor Betty — It's Better to Obey Than to Sacrifice —
1Sa 15:22
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6/28/20 — Pastor Betty — Storms —
Trust God to lead you through the storms. Mar 4:37-41; Mat 14:14-31
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7/5/20 — Pastor Betty — Psalm 107 —
Study of Psalm 107 Psa 107:1-7, 8-14, 15-21, 22-27, 28-34, 35-41, 42-43
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7/12/20 — Pastor Betty — God's Responses, Our Responses —
We want God to respond to us, but then how should we respond to God? Jas 1:17; Jer 29:11; Psa 37:23; Pro 16:9; Isa 6; 1Ki 17:8-16
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7/26/20 — Pastor Betty — Out of the Abundance of the Heart Speaks the Mouth —
Control your tongue and make a good example. Speak to people in love, don't gossip, correct others in love, be kind, edify others, forgive others. Luk 6:45; Pro 4:20-21; 10:8; 10:14, 18-19; Pro 23; 21:6-8; Jer 17:9-10; 2Co 8:21; 1Co 11:32; Pro 20:19; 11:13; 16:24; 18:8; 2Co 12:20; Act 8:23; Eph 5:1-4; Phl 1:27; 4:8; Pro 23:7
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8/2/20 — Pastor Betty — Kindness (Fruit of the Spirit Series) —
Whatever things are true, noble, just, pure, lovely, of good report; meditate on these things. Luk 6:45; Phl 4:8; Gal 5:22; 2Ti 2:24; Rom 12:10; Luk 6:35-38
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8/9/20 — Pastor Betty — Peace (Fruit of the Spirit Series) —
Phl 4:7; 1Jo 4:4; Jer 49:14; Gal 5:22-23 CSB; Jhn 16:33 CSB; Rom 2:9-10 NIV; Rom 8:6; Col 3:2; Jhn 10:10; Rom 14:17 NIV; 1Co 14:33 NIV; Rom 5:1 NIV; Luk 23:34
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8/16/20 — Pastor Betty — 5 Fruit (Fruit of the Spirit Series) —
Joy, Patience, Goodness, Faithfulness and Gentleness.
Happiness is a reaction, but true joy is a lasting and fulfilling condition of delight and gladness. Gal 5:22; Phl 4:11; 1Ti 6:12; 2Ch 20:15; Deu 20:4
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8/23/20 — Pastor Betty — Choose —
We're chosen because we're entrusted to do the work of the ministry, but as much as we're chosen to serve, we also have to choose to serve. It's self-sacrificing. 1Jo 2:5-6; Gal 5:22-23; Phl 4:8-9; Mat 22:14; Mat 5:13; 1Jo 4:20; Jhn 14:15; Rom 11:29; Mat 28:18-20; Jhn 8:32 NIV; Jer 29:11 NIV; Jhn 14:6; Luk 12:48
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8/30/20 — Pastor Betty — Psalm 119:1-32 - A Light and a Lamp —
The importance of staying true to God's instructions. Psa 119:1-7, 8-13, 14-20, 21-27, 28-32, 105
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9/6/20 — Pastor Betty — Psalm 119:57-136 - A Light and a Lamp, Part 2 —
The importance of staying true to God's instructions. Psa 119:57-63, 64-70, 71-77, 78-84, 85-91, 92-95, 96-99, 105, 113-120, 129-136
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9/13/20 — Pastor Betty — Give What We Receive —
We receive so much from God; we give it back by using it for the Kingdom. Act 4:12 KJV
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9/20/20 — Pastor Betty — Unfailing —
Don't worry about the circumstances surrounding you—if Jesus can calm the storm, you're not going to perish. Psa 33:1-22 NIV; Psa 32:10-11 NIV; Phl 4:8 NIV; Rom 8:28-39 NIV; 1Co 13:8 NIV; Mat 8:23-27 NIV; Mar 4:38 NIV; Jhn 6:1-14; Rom 8:1
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9/27/20 — Pastor Betty — Who is Your God? —
Questions to consider:

• Who is your God?
• What's His Name?
• What is His relationship with you?
• Who are you today?
• In whose calling do you stand?
• To whom are you accountable?
• To whom do you answer?
• Is God the god of this world?
• Are you part of this world?

Testimony of the Haitian church
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10/4/20 — Pastor Betty — Share the Seeds You Have —
Jos 1; Psa 135 NIV; Luk 8:1-4 NIV; Luk 8:5-10 NIV; Luk 8:11-15 NIV
Pray for our nation, the president, for God's church and the Kingdom.
Our purpose in this life is to glorify God in all things.
What good is a farmer without seeds? What good is a Christian without a testimony?
Share everything with others, including the Bread of Life.
Put God first an all things.
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10/18/20 — Pastor Betty — Ambassadors of Christ —
We have a duty in the Kingdom. We are ambassadors for Christ. We should be proclaiming the work and the Kingdom of God. 2Co 5:17 ESV; 2Co 5:18-21 NIV
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10/25/20 — Pastor Betty — Wisdom and Bearing Fruit —
God's wisdom comes from studying and praying. The greatest use of that wisdom is in sharing the Good News. Psa 119:105 KJV; Ecc 9:16-17 NASB; Ecc 10:12-14 NASB; Mat 12:36-37 NASB Jhn 14:23-24 NASB; Act 26:1 NASB; Act 26:24-29 NASB; Act 26:28-29 NET Psa 119:1-3 NASB; Jhn 8:12 DBY; 2Co 5:7; Col 1:3-4 NASB; Col 1:9-10 NASB Rev 3:3 NIV; Mat 25:1-7, 8-13; Mat 6:33 KJV
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11/1/20 — Pastor Betty — Our Identity in Christ —
We were created to reflect God's glory on Earth. Mat 16:18 — I will build my church, and the Gates of Hell shall not prevail against it.
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11/8/20 — Pastor Danny — The Lord Be Magnified —
God is never in the background. Psa 14:1; Rom 1:22; Psa 34:1; Act 5:35-42; Psa 22:3; Psa 40:16
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11/15/20 — Pastor Betty — Your Witness —
Our actions speak loudly. Job 16:19 NASB; Pro 14:23-25 NASB; Mat 7:7 KJV; Isa 3:8-9 NASB; Pro 19:27-28 NASB; Pro 19:27-28 NLT; Mat 24:14; 1Jo 1:1-9 NASB; Jhn 5:31-32 ESV
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11/29/20 — Pastor Betty — Thanksgiving —
What should really matter to us is what we can do for The Kingdom. Deu 28:1-13
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12/6/20 — Pastor Betty —
(The Zoom video is in 2 parts, which couldn't be put together because they are in different resolutions, but it's all there.)
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12/13/20 — Pastor Betty — “The Gift” —
God's Word is a wonderful gift.
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12/20/20 — Pastor Danny — “The Story” —
It's not just about what happened, it's also about faith. Mat 1:18-25; 2:1-12; Luk 1:34-37; 2:1-20
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12/27/20 — Pastor Danny — “Guard Your Commitment to Truth” —
We're stewards of what God has entrusted in us. 1Ti 6:20-21; 2Ti 1:12-14; 1Co 4:1
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1/10/21 — Pastor Danny — “Sanctification” —
Calling us out of the world, hand-picking each one of us. Isa 43:1-4; 2Th 2:13-14; Rom 15:16; Exo 19:14; 1Th 5:23
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1/17/21 — David Brown — “God Knows” —
“Before I formed you in the womb, I knew you.” Isa 43:1-4; 2Th 2:13-14; Rom 15:16; Exo 19:14; 1Th 5:23
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1/31/21 — Pastor Betty — “The Desires of Your Heart” —
This is not about us, but about God. Phl 1:6; 1Co 1:4-9 NIV; 1Jo 4:4; 1Th 5:24
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2/14/21 — Pastor Betty — “I Am With You Always” —
You have something deeper to hold onto than the world. This is eternal and deeply personal; this is the hope of Christ Jesus. Mat 28:20; 2Ch 15:2; Psa 46:10; Heb 13:5; Exo 33:14; Rom 8:31; Jer 42:11; 1Ti 1:1; Col 1:27; 1Jo 4:4; Gal 2:20
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2/21/21 — Pastor Betty — “Jesus is Our Hope” —
Hope from the world is fleeting. Hope in Christ is for a lifetime. Rom 5:1-5
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2/28/21 — Pastor Betty — “All That God Is” —
Eternal, all-knowing, all-present, omnipotent, All-soverign, All-majestic, Love… Ecc 1:9; Phl 4.6; Dan 6:26-27
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3/14/21 — Sharon Ralph — “God Level” —
How to get into God's Perfect will and stay there. Note that this is a breakthrough message that could be walk-changing for some brothers and sisters. Gal 1:10; 1Th 2:4; Pro 29:25; Jhn 12:43; Col 3:23; Act 5:29; Mat 6:34; Deu 28; Zec 4:6; Mat 6:33
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210314 - Sharon Ralph- God Level

• There's more than just trying to live by Biblical principles.
• The degree by which you're living by the world ("Devil Level") or in the will of God ("God Level") will effect your overall temperament and happiness. The range between God Level and Devil Level can be illustrated as like a thermometer. God Level is a comfortable temperature, like perfect weather. It represents peace, calmness and serenity. Devil level is like an oppressively hot day. It represents extreme discomfort—anxiety, doubt, fear, negativity, and, at times, hopelessness.
• At devil level, circumstances and situations are chaotic and cause confusion. It's difficult to focus or be productive. We tend to panic and don't take the time to include God into the situation that caused us to be at that elevated level of stress.
• Many things could put us at that level, such as receiving bad news or suffering a personal loss.
• We can also be stressed by taking on more than we are capable of doing.
• We could be stressed because of relationship issues or health issues.
• Being fully at devil level means that we are out of God's perfect will.
• Being fully at God level puts us in God's perfect will.
• At God level, we are not confused or anxious, and we are able to be confident and focused. We are organized, able to prioritize and be productive.
• We are busy at God level, but because we don't take on things that are not in God's will for us to take, we will not take on more than we can handle.
• We take on tasks that God has equipped us to handle. God provides the ability, the resources, and the guidance so we are at peace with our decisions, thoughts, emotions, and actions.
• We are generally somewhere between these two extremes (the 'me' level). This is an unstable situation that varies depending on where in that range we happen to be at any given time.
• If we become confident in our own abilities and ask God to bless our plans rather than seeking God's will, this serves as a bridge to go from God level to devil level, leaving God's will and ending up stressed in the world.
• If we are out of God's will but in tune with The Holy Spirit, then we would feel uncomfortable about it, and God would try to put obstacles in our way to keep us from doing the wrong things.
• When we are out of God's will, there is uncertainty, and the devil will try to confuse us and get us going in the wrong direction, like a sheep that has strayed too far from the flock and is now open to the attacks of wolves. This is why it's so important to know God, know His Word, and be able to discern His voice, His leading and be able to discern God's leading from the lies of the enemy.
• If you want to hear God, you have to stop talking and listen.
• If you are stressed over a situation, bring it to God.
• If you can be disciplined enough to do something you don't want to do and are uncomfortable with, then if you look to God, you can be disciplined in other areas of your life, such as working out, eating better, getting organized, etc. If you have discipline, then let God use that trait in you. Let Him guide you.
• Rather than looking to please yourself or other people, look to please, obey and be accountable to God. Everything else will come together after that.
• Gal 1:10 - If we look to be popular with people, we aren't bondservants to Christ.
• 1Th 2:4 - ...we speak, not to please man, but to please God, who tests our hearts.
• Pro 29:25 - Put your trust in The Lord.
• Jhn 12:43 - Don't love approval of people more than approval of God.
• Col 3:23 - Work at your task, as to The Lord.
• Act 5:29 - We must obey God rather than people.
• To achieve this and live at God level, we must totally submit to Him and to His will, and listen for whatever He wants you to do for the day. Clear you mind, clear your emotions, and be willing to receive God's plans.
• Mat 6:34 - Do not worry about tomorrow.
• “Lord, what will You have me do right now?” The let go of everything and really listen. When you truly give everything up and go into God's perfect will, you know it.
• In Sharon's case, lack of discipline were causing chaos in her life.
• Submitting to God and His direction brought order to the chaos.
  • What to take on and what to not take on
  • What to focus on
  • When to be disciplined and when to be flexible
  • How to be disciplined
  • How to relax
• Once you submit, don't take it back—leave God in control.
• Deu 28 - Blessings promised that are fulfilled when we turn things over to God.
• Stop trying to do what only God can do; accept that there are many things out of our control that we can't do or fix.
• Zec 4:6 - "Not by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit" says The Lord.
• Mat 6:33 - Seek ye first the Kingdom of God and His righteousness and all these things will be added unto you.

3/21/21 — Pastor Betty — “Idols and Graven Images” —
Who and what you worship is your God. Deu 4 NIV; Isa 40:12-23 NIV; 1Co 8:4 NIV; Deu 5:5-7 NIV; 1Jo 5:21 NIV
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3/28/21 — Pastor Betty — “Palm Sunday” —
Prophecy foretold of the events 500 years before. Mat 21 NIV; Zac 9:9 NIV; 2Ki 9:3; Mar 11:1-11 NIV; Psa 118:25-26; Luk 19:28-38 NIV; Jhn 12:1-19 NIV
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4/4/21 — Pastor Betty — “Easter” —
Go and make disciples of all nations. Mat 26:2-5 NIV; Mat 26:14-30 NIV, Mat 26:36-40 NIV; Mat 26:45-68 NIV; Mat 27:11-54 NIV; Mat 27:57-66 NIV; Mat 28 NIV; 1Co 15:3-6 NIV
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4/11/21 — Pastor Betty — “Thomas” —
If we question God in a sincere, honorable, respectable way, He is faithful to answer. Jhn 11:1-4, 6-8, 11-16; 14:1-6; 20:1-29; Luk 1:34
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4/18/21 — Pastor Betty — “Faith” —
It’s in God’s faithfulness that we can have all faith. Heb 11:1; Heb 11:1 NLT; 2Co 5:7; Rom 1:17; Heb 11:6; Rom 12:3; Rom 10:17
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4/25/21 — Pastor Betty — “Righteousness” —
Righteousness is God-given. It’s a gift, just like salvation is a gift. 1Jo 3:7; Luk 23:47; Isa 64:6; Tit 3:5; 2Co 5:21
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5/2/21 — Pastor Betty — “Truth” —
God is always with us. That's THE truth, and it's absolute. Jhn 18:37-38; Isa 40:8; Jhn 14:6; Jhn 8:32; 2Ch 7:14
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5/9/21 — Pastor Betty — “Mothers’ Day” —
Honor (respect, submit, obey) your father and mother, that your days may be long upon the land… Exo 20:12; Mar 3:21, 31-35; Mat 25:40; Jhn 19:25-27; Luk 12:48
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5/16/21 — Pastor Betty — “Healing on the Sabbath” —
Obedience to God is more important than following dogma. Jhn 4:43-54 KJV; Jhn 5:17 KJV; Jhn 9 KJV; Luk 14:1-6 KJV; Luk 13:10-17 KJV; Mat 12:9-15 KJV; 2Co 5:15 KJV
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5/23/21 — Lillian Harrison — “Look Up and See” —
In these perilous times, we have hope. 1Co 15:58; 2Ti 3:1-3; Luk 21:1-4; 1Co 15:12-15, 16-19; Jhn 14:1-3
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6/20/21 — Pastor Betty — “Father’s Day” —
What are you giving your Father today? Mal 1:6; Act 17:29; Eph 3:14
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6/27/21 — Pastor Betty — “The Names of God” —
Jahovah Hoseenu, Elohim, El Shaddai, El Elyon, El Olam, Jahovah Jireh, Jahovah Shalom, etc… Jam 1:17; Gen 1:1
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5/30/21 — Pastor Betty — “Prayer” —
We all fall short of the glory of God, and we will fall short if we try to do God's will solely by our own abilities. Rom 3:21 NIV
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6/6/21 — Pastor Betty — “Who We Are, our Needs, and our Disappointments” —
Humbly aligning to God's will brings blessings; expecting God to align to our will brings disappointment. Mat 6:8; Phl 4:18-19
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6/13/21 — Pastor Betty — “What Are Friends?” —
The greatest friend we have is Jesus. Pro 17:17a; Jhn 15:13 NLT; Mat 25:31-40 NIV
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7/4/21 — Pastor Betty — “Dependence on God” —
Independence from other countries means dependence on God.
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7/11/21 — Pastor Betty — “Hope” —
Our hope in Christ brings us to the place of faith where we can receive what God has given us. Psa 19:14; Deu 31:8; Psa 18
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7/18/21 — Sharon Ralph — “The Neighborhood” —
Have good ‘neighbors’ and be a good ‘neighbor’ to others. Rom 12:2; Isa 28:16; Mat 16:18; Eph 2:20; Mat 7:24-27
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7/26/21 — Pastor Betty — “Treasure” —
Be wise about what you value Deu 7:6-11; Mat 6:21; Luk 12:48, 13-21; Deu 8:1-7
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8/1/21 — Pastor Betty — “End Times” —
Biblical signs that we're in the end times Zec 14:9-12; Jer 23:7-8; Luk 21:24; Rev 11:7-10; Mat 24:3-14; Mat 24:37-39; Gen 6:5
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8/8/21 — Pastor Betty — “Witnessing” —
The mere fact that you are ministering to someone, helping someone, shows the love of God through you. 2Ti 3:16-17; 4:1-5; 1:6-9; 2Ti 2:15; Jos 1:8
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8/15/21 — Pastor Betty — Prayer Service —
Individual members getting up to pray. Jos 1:9
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8/22/21 — Pastor Betty — Fear —
We fear because we're not relying on God. Zec 10:12; Heb 10:23; 1Th 5:23
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8/29/21 — Pastor Betty — The Attitude of a Servant —
God can use us if we are willing to be used. Mar 9:33-39; 3Jo 1:2; Deu 28:12-13; Jos 24:15; Phl 4:11-12
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9/5/21 — Pastor Betty — As Slaves —
It's not about freedom; it's about obedience to the letter. Mat 20:16; Rom 8:28-30; 3Jo 1:2; Mat 11:28-30
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9/12/21 — Pastor Betty —
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9/19/21 — Pastor Betty — “God, The Holy Spirit” —
The Holy Spirit is God, not just the breath or power of God Jhn 3:16; Jhn 14:12; Rom 8:26; Jhn 16:18; 2Ti 3:16; Mat 28:19-20; 2Pe 1:21
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9/26/21 — Pastor Betty — “God, The Holy Spirit II” —
The Holy Spirit is God, not just the breath or power of God Jhn 16:8; Rom 7:19; 1Co 3:16; 6:19; 1Co 2:10-11 RSV; Jhn 16:14 NET
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10/3/21 — Pastor Betty — “Heaven” —
What the Bible tells us about Heaven Mat 6:9; Mat 5:16; 6:1; 7:11; 8:14; Jhn 3:3-5; Jhn 14:1-3; Jhn 6:19-20; 1Co 13:9-12; Rev 21:4; Rev 19:1-4; Mat 19:28; Mat 25:24-30; 1Co 15:58; Phl 1:21
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10/10/21 — Loretta James — “Remember Who He Is” —
Who do WE say that Jesus is? Do we put limits on Him? Luk 9:18-20; Mar 8:27-31; Mat 16; Mar 8:32-33; Jhn 6:69; Rom 12:2; Pro 3:5; Isa 7:14; Mat 1:23; Isa 9:6; 61; Luk 4; Rom 1:20-25
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10/17/21 — Pastor Betty — “Favored” —
Favor comes from The Lord, so promotions, healing, etc., come from The Lord. Job 10:12; Pro 11:27-28; Pro 14:9; Pro 22:1-2; Mat 7:7-8 KJV; Pro 8:35; Jas 1:17; Luk 1:30; Luk 2:41-52
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10/24/21 — Pastor Betty — “Being the Light of the World” —
You have the light of Christ in you - be the Light of Christ. Psa 27; 2Co 6:14; Mat 25:14-30; Luk 12:48
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10/31/21 — Pastor Betty — “The Indwelling of The Holy Spirit” —
The more parts of our lives we open to The Holy Spirit, the more He will come into our lives and the more we will grow. Psa 119:33-40; Luk 23:34; Jdg 6:12-18; Gen 1:2; Job 26:13; Gen 41:39-46; Jhn 16:7-8; Mat 7:7; Jhn 16:12-14; Eph 2:7-9; Eph 5:18; 2:8-10
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11/7/21 — Pastor Betty — “Looking Back” —
You can obey and go forward, or you can disobey and look back. Looking back will cause the things of the past to haunt you now. Gen 13; Gen 19:4-12; 16-17; Luk 9:62; Gen 19:26; Jos 24:15; Tit 3:3-8 NIV Gen 19:1-7 NIV; Gen 19:8-14 NIV; Gen 19:15-21 NIV; Gen 19:22-26 NIV
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11/14/21 — Pastor Betty — “Success” —
Real success is being in Christ, to the glory of God, that others will see and want what you have. Psa 20:1-9 NIV; Rom 8:31; 2Ch 26:1-5 NIV; Phl 4:7; 2Ti 2:12; Jas 1:17; Jer 29:11
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11/21/21 — Pastor Betty — “The Gifts of The Holy Spirit” —
Prophesy, Service, Teaching, Exhortation, Giving aid, Leadership, Acts of mercy Rom 12:6-8 NIV; 1Pe 4:11 NIV; 1Co 12:4-11 NIV; 1Co 12:1-8 NIV
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11/28/21 — Pastor Danny — “I Am Walking the Road With you.” —
Be encouraged, The Lord is walking with you, and He has something to say about the situation. Luk 24:13-32; Gen 37:20; Act 16:25; Psa 23:4 KJV; Luk 24:30-32
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12/5/21 — Pastor Betty — “Repentance” —
We are all sinners, and repentance has got to be a way of life for us. Rom 3:23; Psa 51:3; Jam 5:16; Eph 4:30 KJV; Eph 4:1-7 KJV; Eph 4:11-13 KJV; Eph 4:17-22; Eph 4:23-32; Jos 24:15
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12/12/21 — Pastor Betty — “Be it unto me” —
God's plan for us is out of love; how we respond to God's will for us is our action of love towards God. Isa 7:14; Mat 1:16; Jhn 3:16; Luk 1:26-38; Mat 1:18-25; Luk 2:1-12; Luk 2:49
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12/19/21 — Pastor Richard MacKinnon — “Effective Prayer” —
Fervent, faithful prayer is effective. Jas 5:13-18
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12/26/21 — Pastor Danny — “The Gift” —
Receive, use, share and cherish The Gift Mat 1:21; Luk 2:7; Rom 10:9; Psa 100:4; Eph 4:32; Eph 5:1; Mat 5:14-16; Act 8:35; Heb 11; Jhn 6:39
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1/2/22 — David Brown — “New Year, New You” —
Receive your new mind, your new healing, and your new praise in this new year. Mar 2:22; Rom 12:1-2; Rom 10:9; Psa 147:1-3; Heb 4:15; Psa 34:1
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1/9/22 — Pastor Danny — “The Righteousness of God” —
Your flesh did not get saved, but we are new creations in Christ. 2Co 5:15-21; Rom 6:23; Rom 7:18; Isa 64:6; Rev 19:7-8
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1/16/22 — Pastor Danny — “The Good Shepherd” —
The Good Shepherd is there for us and is looking out for us, even if it seems that the world is kind of a mess right now. God is in control. Psa 100:3b; Psa 23; Eze 34; Psa 78
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1/23/22 — Grace Hampton — “Don't Let Anythings Disrupt Your Praise” —
Despite all the world's problems, in the midst of these changes, don't let your praise be interrupted. Psa 150:1-6; Job 2:7-10; Exo 33:22
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2/6/22 — Richard Bullock, Jr. — “What's Your Vision?” —
The importance of vision in moving forward. Mrk 9:23; Pro 29:18; Pro 14:15; Pro 12:24; 1Co 9:16
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2/20/22 — Jonathan Bullock — “Don't Let Anythings Disrupt Your Praise, P2” —
How you handle a situation is a testimony to you relationship to God. Psa. 103:1; Act 16:23-26; Psa 22:3 KJV; Psa 43:5; Psa 137:1-4 NIV
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2/27/22 — Caroline Waters — “Be Still and Know” —
Reflecting on how God has been with you in the past with give you strength and courage to face the current situation. Psa 112 ESV; Psa 46 ESV; Psa 46 NKJV; Gen 32:28; Rom 14:11
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3/6/22 — David Brown — “Don't Miss It” —
Don't pursue Jesus because of what He can put into your hand—pursue Him because He's the Son of God. Jhn 6:24-27; Mat 7:7-8; Jhn 20:30-31; Jhn 6:27; Jhn 6:56
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3/13/22 — Lillian Harrison — “Don't Forget to Remember” —
Don't forget about God when times are good (as if you don't need Him), or when times are bad (because you panic). Deu 8:1-2, 11-19; Jer 32:27; Jhn 14:26
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3/20/22 — Grace Hampton — “What About Your Story?” —
As God brings you the love relationship that you need, go into the world and help others find that same love relationship. Gen 29:31-35
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3/27/22 — David Brown — “Let's Talk Ministry” —
Everyone has something they can accomplish for the Lord in ministry. 1Ti 1:8-10; 1:11-13; Act 16; Eph 4:11-12; Rom 8; Mat 6:24; 1Ti 6:20; Mar 16:15-16; Luk 9:1-2
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4/3/22 — Jonathan Bullock — “It's Time to Let It Go” —
God is trying to take you to new places. Don't be so attached to where you are now that you're afraid to move forward. Isa 43:18-19; 2Co 5:17; Heb 12:1-2; Psa 55:22; Jhn 8:36; Num 11:5; Phl 3:13-14
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4/10/22 — Robert Bullock — “Looking Toward Christ's Return” —
Live like Christ is going to come today. Mat 21:5-9; 1Co 11:26; Mat 25:1-10; Lev 8:10; Psa 133:1; 1Sa 16:11; Mat 5:14; Mat 25:5; Luk 12:40; Luk 21:28; Act 1:11
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4/17/22 — Vivian Glover — “Vivian's Testimony” —
It's never too late for salvation, and it's always on time.
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4/24/22 — Lillian Harrison — “To God Be The Glory” —
Rely on God, and He'll bring you through the hard times. Hab 3:17-19; Luk 24:13-27; Psa 121:1-2; Psa 73:25-26, 28
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5/1/22 — David Brown — “You called Me?” —
God chose and adopted each of us, as unworthy as we are. Eph 1:3-4; Eph 1:5-14; Eph 2:1-5
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5/8/22 — Bernice Taylor — “God Is” —
Amid all the insanity in the world, remember who God is in our lives. Pro 3:5-6; Heb 13:5; Jer 29:11; Rom 12:3; Pro 18:21; 12:18; 15:4; 11:9; 25:18; Jam 3:8; Rom 12:14; Gal 3:13
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5/15/22 — Loretta James — “There's a Great Day Coming” —
Despite the negativity in the world, hold onto the great promise we have from God. 2Pe 3:9; Heb. 10:37; Rev. 21:5; Rev. 21:6; Rev. 1:4; Jhn 14:2; Eph. 1:13; 1Pe 1:20; Num 23:19; Rom 8:17; Tit 3:7; 1Pe 1:3-5; Rev 21:4
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5/22/22 — Cheryl Bullock — “Prayer is Key” —
Don't hold back, but tell God everything. Heb 4:16
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5/29/22 — Jodi Bullock — “An Area of Refuge” —
During times of trouble, God is our strong tower. Pro 18:10; Heb 13:5; Mat 11:28; Psa 91:1-2; 1Th 4:13; Mat 5:45; Mar 4:38; Jhn 10:27
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6/5/22 — Vivian Glover — “Putting your past in the past and leaving it there” —
If we look to the past too much, God won't be able to move us foreword. Our past has no control over us. Isa 43:18 NIV; 1Jo 1:9 NIV; Mic 7:19 NIV; Mat 6:15 NIV; Gal 2:20 NIV; Eph 4:31 NIV; 1Jo 4:4; Mat 10:8; Luk 12:48
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6/19/22 — Pauline Nelson — “You Can Say It” (or, “It’s Not ‘Que Sera, Sera’ ”) —
Praying effective, powerful prayers Mat 21:21-22; Rom 15:4; Jhn 15:7; Num 23:19; Mar 9:23; Pro 18:21; Num 14:26-28; Rom 4:17
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6/26/22 — Lillian Harrison — “Just One God” —
One God was stronger than hundreds of Egypt's soldiers and chariots against the Israelites, and He's stronger than all of our problems, too. Just be still. Exo 14; Psa 20:7; Psa 46:10-11
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7/3/22 — Carolyn Waters — “Identity Crisis” —
We can't allow ourselves to be distracted and influenced by the world; we need to stay focused on God. Gen 1:26-27; Psa 139:14; Gen 37; Gen 50:20; Jer 1:5; Mat 5:14-16; Eph 1:7; Col 2:10; 1Th 1:4
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7/10/22 — David Brown — “God’s Conditional Blessing” —
The condition on God's blessing is obedience. Gen 26:1-5; Exo 19:3-6; Gen 12:10; Num 14:22-23
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7/17/22 — First Pastor Betty spoke, then Bernice Taylor spoke: Pastor Betty — “David & Solomon” —
God keeps His promises if you will guard your heart. 1Ki 3:4-3:9; 3:10-3:14
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Your growth in your relationship to God depends on the condition of your heart. Pro 4:1-7; 23; Luk 6:45; Psa 139:23-24 NIV; Jer 17:9-10; Psa 51:3; Mat 12:34 KJV
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7/24/22 — Pastor Danny Bullock — “A Godly Nation” —
The U.S. has pushed God away in many ways, but we as believers can and should continue to represent God. Ecc 1; Psa 33:12; Jhn 3:16; 3:17; 1Cr 2:9-10; Jhn 18:4-6; Rom 1:28-32; Psa 33:10-11; 1Pe 2:9-10; Psa 122:6; Psa 33:22
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7/31/22 — Sharon Ralph — “Dry Bones” —
Breathing new life into your relationship with God. Eze 37:1-7; 8-14; Gen 2:7
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8/7/22 — Cheryl Bullock — “You Are the Light” —
Don't let your light grow dim. Mat 4:19; 4:23-24; 5:1, 14-16; Jhn 12:44-47; 1:4-12; 1Jo 4:17-18; 1Jo 4:4
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8/14/22 — Pauline Nelson — “Not my Will, But Thy Will Be Done” —
Always seek God's will, even if you don't understand it. Luk 1:38; 22:41-42; Rom 12:1; Gen 18:9-15; Jdg 13:22; Luk 1:18; Jhn 6:38; 14:31; Luk 22
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8/21/22 — Carolyn Waters — “A Healthy Heart” —
We have to keep our spiritual heart health just like our physical heart. Jer 17:9; Psa 44:21; 1Co 14:25; Jhn 2:24-25; Gal 5:19-21; Pro 4:23 NIV; Gal 5:22-23; Psa 139:23-24
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8/28/22 — Lillian Harrison — “The Day” —
Make sure God is a part of your day every day. Psa 118:24; Gen 1:5; Mat 6:25-27; Phl 4:8; Jas 4:13-16; Pro 27:1; Pro 3:5-6; Lam 3:22-24; 2Ch 16:9; Rev 21:4; 22:14
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9/3/22 — Robert Bullock — “Remain Faithful” —
Remain faithful in serving God in the last days. Mat 24:3-8; 1Jo 4:1-3; Jhn 3:16; Eph 4:26; Mat 22:37; Eph 4:7-17; Rev 3:7-8
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9/11/22 — Loretta James — “The Word—We Can Do Better” —
The Bible will help us through any situation we could ever face. Jhn 6:48-66; Deu 31:6; Psa 98:4; Psa 26:7; Phl 4:8; Psa 19:7-14; Psa 119; Heb 4:12; Isa 64:6
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9/18/22 — Julius Hood — “Say ‘Goodbye’ to the Past; Step Into Your Future” —
Complaining about the present and longing for the past will hold you back. Gen 12:1-2; Heb 6:13-14; Gen 15:13-14; Gen 47:5-6; Exo 1:6-12; Exo 2:23-25; Exo 4:29-31; Exo 5:1-2; Ex 6:6-9; Exo 12:29-32; Exo 16:3; Exo 17:3; Num 11:4; Num 32:11; Deu 26:7-9; Jam 4:7
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9/25/22 — Cheryl Bullock — “The Word” —
Remain in God, bear much fruit, and let Him use you. Psa 25:8; Mat 18:20; Heb 4:12; Jer 17:9; Jhn 14:6; Psa 46:1; 1Th 5:24; Gen 1:3; Jhn 15:1-8; Mat 28:19-20; 1Sa 15:22
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10/2/22 — Grace Hampton — “We are to be Vigilant; Our Lives Depend on it” —
Mat 13:1-9
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10/9/22 — Pastor Betty — “Missionaries” —
The importance of fulfilling the Great Commission
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10/16/22 — Bernice Taylor — “Importance of Forgiveness” —
You can't be in a relationship with God without forgiving. Col 3:1-7, 8-13; 1Jo 4:20-21
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10/23/22 — Vivian Glover — “Our Struggles Are Real” —
Stay close to God, and He will always bring you through it. Pro 21:21-23 KJV; 1Pe 5:7-8; Rom 12:12 KJV; Rom 5:3 KJV; Rom 8:35 KJV; Psa 34:4 KJV; Rom 8:28; 5:1-5; Jhn 16:33; 15:4; 8:28; 1Co 1:9
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10/30/22 — Pastor Betty — “Do You Know God?” —
We know about God, but do we know Him? Psa 46:10; Jhn 10:14; Phl 3:3-10
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11/6/22 — Pastor Betty — “Walk the Walk, not just Talk the Talk” —
Do the works of the ministry. Serve the Lord. Jas 1:1-3; Rom 7:15; 2Ch 20:15; Jas 2:14-17; Mat 7:7; Jas 1:25; 4:17; 1:27
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11/13/22 — Pauline Nelson — “Hearing God's Voice” —
It's a privilege to hear God's voice, but there are some things that can block our ability to hear it. Jhn 10:17; Jhn 10:14; 1Cr 14:33; 1Jo 3:6; Isa 55:8; Pro 18:13; 1Ki 19:11-13
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11/20/22 — Lillian Harrison — “Behold!” —
Keep our eyes on Jesus and keep the faith. Jhn 1:29; Jhn 10:10; Isa 40:10-14, 18, 21, 25-26; Deu 31:8; Isa 12:2; Rev 3:11
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11/27/22 — Robert Bullock — “Hope for Eternal Life” —
Hold onto your hope, no matter what life brings you. Heb 10:23-25; Gal 1:6; Tit 1:2; Act 1:9-11; Jhn 14:2; Heb 10:35-36; Rom 6:1-2; Rev 22:12; Rom 2:6
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12/4/22 — Jonathan Bullock — “Through it All, He's Still Good” —
No matter what you're going through, God is still good, and you can find the goodness in the situation. 1Ch 16:34; Psa 119:71; 2Sa 6:1-7; 2Sa 6:10-11; 1Th 4:13; 2Sa 6:13; Mat 13:3-8, 19-23; Psa 34:19; Deu 31:6; Dan 6:16-23; Dan 3:19-30; 1Pe 4:12-14; Gen 37:23-28; Gen 50:20; Heb 12:2; Act 14:19-20; Psa 107:1
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12/11/22 — Caroline Waters — “Staying Hopeful” —
Regardless of what this season brings, know that we have a hope in Christ. Mat 5:14; Psa 62:5-6; 2Co 4:17-18; 2Co 5:7; Heb 11:1; Jam 1:3; Rom 5:3; Psa 23:1-4; Isa 43:2-3; Luk 2:9-14
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12/18/22 — Grace Hampton — “Peace and Hope” —
God is the One who gives us our Hope and Peace Jer 29:1-9, 11; Rom 15:13; Psa 121:7-8; Gal 6:9
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12/18/22 — David Brown — “Where is He?” —
If you are looking for Jesus with a sincere heart, you can ask, “Where is He?” and God will lead you to Him. Mat 2:1-4, 7-12; Gen 3:15; Mic 5:2; Mat 11:28; Jhn 6:44; Jhn 4:28-29, 39-42
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1/1/23 — Jonathan Bullock — “Gird Up Your Loins” —
It's time to “gird up our loins” and prepare ourselves for what God has for us in 2023 by taking inventory and casting aside the negative habits that hold us back in the Kingdom. 1Pe 1:13-14; 1Co 9:24-27 NIV; Heb 12:1; Jhn 8:36; Mat 11:28; Gal 5:24; 1Co 15:31 NIV 1Ki 18:37-39; 1Ki 18:46 KJV; Psa 20:7; Ecc 9:11
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1/8/23 — Jonathan Bullock — “Hope in a Hopeless World” —
Irrelevant of how bad a situation gets, we can still turn to Christ as our hope. Mat 24:6; Deu 32:24; Luk 21:28; Luk 8:40-48 NIV; Heb 6:19; Jam 1:6-8
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1/15/23 — Sharon Ralph — “Child-like Faith” —
God is your Heavenly Father, and also wants to be your Dad. Phl 4:9; Phl 4:19; Mat 18:1-4; Isa 55:8-9 NIV; Ecc 3:1; Mat 7:9-11; Eph 6:11
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1/22/23 — David Brown — “The Other Side” —
Jesus will get you to your “other side” (next step in Spiritual growth), whether there are storms or not. Mar 4:35; Luk 9:35; Jhn 16:33
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2/5/23 — Pastor Betty — “Obedience in Sharing” —
Be obedient in sharing the Word of God Mat 28:18-20; Act 3:1-8; Jhn 14:12; Act 4; Jam 4:17; Mat 10:14
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2/12/23 — Pastor Betty — “Guard Your Heart” —
Keep your heart right to see the fruit of the Spirit blossom in your life. Jer 29:11; Pro 4:23; Pro 13:12; Gen 1:26-27; Mat 5:16; Rom 12:2; Col 3:2; Luk 6:45 KJV; Gal 5:22-23
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2/19/23 — Pastor Betty — “Wisdom From The Word” —
Receiving wisdom from the Book of Proverbs Pro 2:1-4
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2/26/23 — Pastor Betty — “Overcoming Trials Through God’s Grace” —
Life will have trials, but we will never be overcome because our God is King. Luk 12:32 KJV; Jam 4:17; Phl 4:6; Luk 12:22-29; 2Co 12:9; 2Th 3:10; Mat 6:33; Luk 12:30; Mat 25:40; Phl 1:21; Rom 8:38-39
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3/5/23 — Pastor Betty — “Prayer” —
Praying in God's will Pro 3:5; Luk 22:42; 3Jn 1:2; Phl 1:21; Rom 7:15; Mat 28:20; Luk 11:1-4
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