SERMON NOTES “That same day Jesus went out of the house and sat by the lake. Such large crowds gathered around him that he got into a boat and sat in it, while all the people stood on the shore. Then he told them many things in parables, saying: “A farmer went out to sow his seed. As he was scattering the seed, some fell along the path, and the birds came and ate it up. Some fell on rocky places, where it did not have much soil. It sprang up quickly, because the soil was shallow. But when the su...
Jun 29, 2025•46 min
Amazing Grace: What We Don't Deserve For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— 9 not by works, so that no one can boast. Ephesians 2:8-9 NIV Grace Is More Common Than You Think (Common Grace) He causes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous. Matthew 5:45 (NIV) Grace is More Than Forgiveness: Forgiveness is something God does; Grace is part of who He is. The Lord is compassio...
Jun 29, 2025•37 min
Soul Winning: Church, I can say with confidence, that God’s will for all men, all women, for all of us, who will profess Christ as Lord, it’s all about soul winning. Matthew 4:21-22 says, And going on from there, he saw two other brothers, James the son of Zebedee and John his brother, in the boat with Zebedee their father, mending their nets, and he called them. 22 Immediately they left the boat and their father and followed him. Have a Passion for Winning Souls: There should always be a willin...
Jun 15, 2025•1 hr 19 min
Acts 2:1-4, 14-18, 21; 2:22-24, 32-33, 36-39, 42-47 Point #1 “The Pentecost Event” Acts 2:1-13 The Pentecost event was accompanied by 3 supernatural signs: sound (blowing of a violent wind), sight (tongues of fire which came to rest on each of them and speech (filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues or languages as the Spirit enabled them). Languages… The miracle of Pentecost is 120 ordinary, unschooled men and women declaring the wonders of God in foreign languages they ...
Jun 08, 2025•1 hr 14 min
1. Centered. Centered on Jesus’s Command. “All authority has been given to me” Jesus, the risen Savior, is taking His rightful place as King. Before He ascends into heaven He gives His marching orders. 2. Open Jesus tells us to be open to wherever God calls us. “But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.” 3. Pull When you are pulling the clay what you are really doing is stre...
Jun 01, 2025•1 hr 13 min
1. The Reliability of God’s Word The first question in the Bible was about the reliability of God’s word. “Now the serpent was craftier than any of the wild animals the Lord God poihad made. He said to the woman, “Did God really say, ‘You must not eat from any tree in the garden’?” – Gen. 3:1 Let’s look at the reliability of God’s word. Consistency - 66 Books - Written over 1,500 years - Over 45 authors - Written on three different continents - Three different languages Archeological Proof -Dead...
May 27, 2025•1 hr 17 min
Hebrews 11:32-40 NIV 1. Faith’s Power through Scripture 32 And what more shall I say? I do not have time to tell about Gideon, Barak, Samson and Jephthah, about David and Samuel and the prophets….. Earlier in this chapter the author commends multiple biblical heroes including Noah, Abraham, Moses and others. Here at verse 32 he says there’s not enough time to continue although there are many more. The goal of the writer of Hebrews is to provide examples of those who displayed the power of faith....
May 18, 2025•1 hr 19 min
SERMON NOTES Jesus asked, “Do you finally believe? But the time is coming—indeed it’s here now—when you will be scattered, each one going his own way, leaving me alone. Yet I am not alone because the Father is with me. I have told you all this so that you may have peace in me. Here on earth you will have many trials and sorrows. But take heart, because I have overcome the world.” John 16:31-33 NLT 1. Hope looks UP 2. Hope looks BACK 3. Hope looks AROUND 4. Hope looks FORWARD...
May 12, 2025•40 min
SERMON NOTES 4 This is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says to all those I carried into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon: 5 “Build houses and settle down; plant gardens and eat what they produce. 6 Marry and have sons and daughters; find wives for your sons and give your daughters in marriage, so that they too may have sons and daughters. Increase in number there; do not decrease. 7 Also, seek the peace and prosperity of the city to which I have carried you into exile. Pray to the Lord...
May 04, 2025•42 min
The World Has Been a Mess Briefly Explain The Fall of Man in Genesis 3 and free will. Evil is real: Richard Foster says, “God becomes a reality when he becomes a necessity.” Dark valleys make God more real to us. The world is not how it was designed to be. “No man knows how bad he is till he has tried very hard to be good.” C.S. Lewis We all, like sheep, have gone astray, each of us has turned to our own way; and the LORD has laid on him the iniquity of us all. Isaiah 53:6 This is why human hist...
Apr 27, 2025•35 min
Now, brothers and sisters, I want to remind you of the gospel I preached to you, which you received and on which you have taken your stand. 2 By this gospel you are saved, if you hold firmly to the word I preached to you. Otherwise, you have believed in vain. 3 For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance[ a ]: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, 4 that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures, 5 and that he appeared t...
Apr 20, 2025•1 hr 15 min
“Tychicus will tell you all the news about me. He is a dear brother, a faithful minister and fellow servant in the Lord. I am sending him to you for the express purpose that you may know about our circumstances and that he may encourage your hearts. He is coming with Onesimus, our faithful and dear brother, who is one of you. They will tell you everything that is happening here. My fellow prisoner Aristarchus sends his greetings, as does Mark, the cousin of Barnabas. (You have received instructi...
Apr 18, 2025•1 hr 13 min
1. Be devoted to Prayer He will ask the Church to pray specifically for opening doors in order that he may be able to preach the gospel even though he is in chains (v.3). But first, he asks the Church to be watchful and thankful while praying. When I think of Paul’s request to be watchful, I think of a lifeguard canning the ocean making sure that nothing is wrong or under attack. Thankfulness stems from us experiencing His grace. 2. Engage outsiders. Paul encourages the Church to engage outsider...
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