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YOUR GOD REIGNS! (ISAIAH 52:7-12)

9/14/2019

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I want to climb up on the mountains of biblical truth - of God’s Word - over all the problems and challenges we face today in the valleys of this world, plant both feet firmly against the rock slides of discouragement and despair, and bring you that same good news the people of God needed to hear all those thousands of years ago. This good news is just as fresh and powerful for us as it was for them!
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ANTICIPATING THE SUDDEN TURN (2 CHRONICLES 29:36)

8/6/2019

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If you are waiting for God to do something, surrender to Him and wait for Him to do the right thing at precisely the right time. Take instruction and encouragement from the Scriptures to persevere in that hope.
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THE REASON JESUS WAS BORN (JOHN 18:37)

12/26/2017

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Perhaps the most profound words a person may ever speak will be when facing his impending time to die. In thinking about why he was ever born and what his life was about, what might he say for the sake of those that survive him? When Jesus stood before Pontius Pilate, He looked into the face of the man that would kill Him, not with the actions of his own hands, but with the authority of his words. Leading up to that fateful point when Pilate handed Jesus over to be crucified, in their exchange, Jesus had something eternally profound to say about the reason He was born into this world to live in this world for the short time that He did. Jesus answers the question we should be leading the world to ask anew every Christmas: Why was Jesus born? What Jesus says in this one verse should re-calibrate our perspective on the reason for this season.
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WORKING FOR THE LORD - A LABOR DAY REFLECTION (COLOSSIANS 3:22-4:1)

9/4/2017

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On this Labor Day, we look forward to an extra day off from our every-day labor - a day for some extra rest and relaxation. The holiday should include a third "R" in the R & R of the break from our labor: reflection with our rest and relaxation - reflection on the value of our labor. We Christians should find value in our work beyond both the personal and public quality of life we can afford and invest in. We should find value in our work in the calling of our Lord.
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WHAT TO DO WITH THIS GOVERNMENT, THIS FREEDOM & THIS SOCIETY (1 PETER 2:13-17)

7/6/2017

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We should look back 241 years to this nation's birthday to reflect on the scope of what exactly was birthed that day. What are we to do with what has been left to us? In reference to the first line of the Constitution, what are "We the People of the United States" to do with this government, this freedom, and this society? As Christians, however, our greater concern is what we the people of God are to do with this government, this freedom, and this society. We look into His Word to see His instruction, which is relevant for living under any government, in our freedom from God, in any society. In this passage, we see the right attitude toward government, the right use of freedom, and the right inclination toward society.
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I AM NOT READY TO GIVE UP ON THIS NATION (PSALM 11)

5/1/2017

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The future of this nation is not hopeless because the wicked cannot kill Jesus nor erase His gospel. Under His continuing authority, if the gospel is still the power of God for salvation of even one neighbor, then it is still the power of God for salvation of an entire nation.
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THE FAITH TO SAVE A BABY'S LIFE (HEBREWS 11:23)

1/30/2017

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How are we to bring faith to bear on fighting for the sanctity of the life of the unborn--fighting for the unborn's right to live--standing against abortion as an industry, abortion as an agenda, and abortion as an option? I intend to show you how in this message on the faith we see in Moses' parents. In faith, they hid Moses to save him. In faith, they hid Moses for what they saw in him. And in faith, they hid Moses in being stalwart for him.
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TO MARRY OR MOVE IN: DOES GOD CARE ABOUT COHABITATION? (HEBREWS 13:4)

1/22/2017

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The majority of Americans believe there is no moral difference between getting married and moving in together. More troubling than that, over half of professing Christians are convinced that God does not care about cohabitation. For the Christian, what is right and wrong on this issue comes down to this one question: Does God care? And this one verse in His Word shows that He does.
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WHAT THE NEW YEAR HOLDS FOR THE RIGHTEOUS & THE WICKED (PROVERBS 10:27-28)

1/3/2017

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God has resolved what the new year holds for us, down to every last detail of what will happen to every last numbered hair (Matthew 10:30). He has revealed some broad principles of what He has resolved. These principles of God's resolutions stand as pillars of reality year after year. From these two verses in Proverbs, we are going to look at what the new year holds for two groups of people, you and I being among one or the other. For these two groups, these two verses state truths that will stand through all that befalls them. What the new year holds for them is what the new year holds for us as we are included among them.
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JESUS PRAYS FOR OUR SANCTIFICATION (JOHN 17:17)

10/24/2016

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Over the years of my ministry, I have lost count of how many times I have been asked, as a minister/pastor, to say a special prayer for someone. Well, Jesus is the One that truly has the special place with the Father to offer a special prayer for all of us. One of the most precious and powerful truths of Scripture is that Jesus is always interceding for us that belong to Him, and we can have an idea of what He is praying by looking at what He has prayed in His high priestly prayer in John 17. In this message, we look at one part of His prayer - His prayer for our sanctification. We look at what it means for the Father to sanctify us, and the means by which the Father sanctifies us.
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