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God gave gifts to men.
God was showing off Sunday. He increased our numbers and answered my prayers. You see, I do pray for you. If you are on my list in our database then I pray for you. I pray for you that God … Continue reading
Resist
James 4:1-10 is a powerful passage of scripture. Among other things it tells us that if we submit to God and resist the devil, he will flee from us. The problem is that many times we don’t resist. We don’t … Continue reading
Running the race
[Hebrews 12:1-3] It has already been a good year. The Phelps family has arrived. Pastor Greg and Pam with their precious children will be such a blessing to our church. Greg started working with the worship team on Wednesday. Soon … Continue reading
Cleared for approach
[Matthew 2:13-23] It is amazing to me how much the Christian life is like flying an airplane. When flying an instrument approach, sometimes you go away from the airport to get lined up to land. To an observer on the … Continue reading
Vantage point…
Vantage Point or Where is Jesus the King of the Jews… [Matthew 2:1-12; Luke 2:1-40] No one was really looking for the birth of Jesus but these passages of scripture show how different groups of people responded to the coming … Continue reading
Two nails or yielded
[Luke 1:26-38] God used this young girl to give birth to his son. Why? Because she had favor with God. That favor was brought about by her obedience to God in the small things. God wants us to obey him … Continue reading
Where’s the beef?
[Isaiah 58:1-9] What a powerful passage of scripture. God’s chosen fast involves breaking the yoke, overcoming sin, and reaching out to others. Charles Finney didn’t want people to pray for him because he didn’t think their prayers worked. Ouch. Like … Continue reading
The prayer of a righteous man!
God wants to answer your prayers. James 5:17 tells us that the prophet Elijah is just like us. And he got his prayers answered. Let’s draw closer to the Lord this week and see our prayers answered.
Missionaries Gilbert and Gladys Rodriguez
We had a great service as Missionaries Gilbert and Gladys Rodriguez shared about their ministry in Spain. They shared how God used unusual ways to open doors for them. An example of this was when Gladys baked cookies for the … Continue reading
Prayer
Charles Finney was born in 1792. Though he wasn’t raised in a Christian home, he became converted in his early 20’s. Before he was converted, Finney observed that the Christians around him did not get their prayers answered. This bothered … Continue reading
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