HONORING THEIR SACRlFlCES! 2 Timothy 1:3-15 INTRODUCTION: People are more important than things! We tend to value things and use people. It should be the other way around. We should value people and use things. Luke 12:13-21: Life is more important than things. On this Memorial Day weekend, I want to remind you that people […]
EQUIPPED FOR SERVICE John 9:1-11 INTRODUCTION: Those of us who have trusted the Lord Jesus Christ as our Savior honestly believe honestly believe that He saved us to do good works. Ephesians 2:8-10. Those Christians who chose not to take their time, their talents, and their finances to do service for the Lord confess several […]
WHAT LIFE WOULD THE LORD HAVE ME LIVE? John 10:1-11 INTRODUCTION: Yet another major question about life is: “Is there life after physical death?” But perhaps an even greater question for many is: “Is there life after physical birth?” When we ask that second question we are not just talking about existence. We mean is […]
MOTHERS WHO WALK IN FAITH Matthew 15:21-28 INTRODUCTION: Anna M. Jarvis first suggested the national observance of an annual day honoring all mothers because she had loved her mother so much. At her mother’s memorial service on May 10 1908, Miss Jarvis gave a carnation (her mother’s favorite flower) to each person who attended the […]
TAKING OUR FRIENDS TO JESUS! Mark 2:1-12 INTRODUCTION: “When Jesus saw their faith!” Mark 2:5. Our question is: “Where did these men get such faith?” Romans 10:17. Could we bring our friends to Jesus and would He see our faith? Hebrews 4:16; Ephesians 2:13, 18. It is because of our relationship with Jesus Christ that […]
WHAT SHOULD WE LOVE MOST? Matthew 22:34-40 INTRODUCTION: We are all on the journey of life. In all of our lives there are decisions that must be made and questions that must be answered to have a successful life. Some of these questions and decisions will not make a lot of difference in our lives. […]
EDIFICATION: BUILDING UP! Psalm 11:1-7 INTRODUCTION: At the end of the twentieth century and the beginning of the twenty-first century, the foundations of the United States of America were being destroyed. The very foundations of our blessed nation were being destroyed: Proverbs 14:34. Leaders at the very pinnacle of national leadership in government, education, religion, […]
LOSING YOUR LIFE TO SAVE IT! Mark 8:31-38 INTRODUCTION: Tents are important, but not nearly as important as the people they protect from the elements on camping trips. Do you know that God has given you a soul and that your body is the tent? Sadly, so often in life we see people far more […]
WHEN THE DAYS GROW WEARY Jeremiah 29:1-14 INTRODUCTION: To the children of Israel and to us also God has a message when things are going terrible in our lives: Jeremiah 29:11. Jeremiah preached doom for the nation, but after the bottom dropped out he brought a message of hope. He told them to settle down […]
RELIGION, RULES, AND RITUALS Mark 3:1-6 INTRODUCTION: In our Scripture reading today we come across a group of religious, rule keeping, and ritual keeping people that honestly thought they were the only ones close to God and the only ones obedient to God, and yet they did not even know God. Today we will look […]