Losing Your Life To Save It!

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 […]

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When The Days Grow Weary

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 […]

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Religion, Rules and Rituals

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 […]

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Jesus Is Our Passover Lamb!

JESUS IS OUR PASSOVER LAMB! Exodus 12:1-13 INTRODUCTION:  We want to remember and celebrate the death and resurrection of Our Savior as a substitute for us, we want to turn our attention to the snapshot of Jesus Christ as our Passover Lamb!  1 Corinthians 5:7-8.  Paul said Christ was our Passover Lamb, but what does […]

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Resurrection Power!

RESURRECTION POWER! John 20:1-18 INTRODUCTION: Today we will look at just one primary aspect of our Lord’s life; His resurrection to life from the dead.  In the New Testament alone we are given over three hundred verses that are connected to the subject of our Lord Jesus’ resurrection from the dead. THE RESURRECTION IS A […]

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Responding To Suffering

RESPONDING TO SUFFERING Luke 23:26-56 INTRODUCTION:  There are two kinds of responses to our own personal suffering: 1) We can choose to rail against God and say: “If you are such a great and powerful and loving God, why am I in this awful mess.”  2) We can acknowledge that we are sinners and don’t […]

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Stay Above The Snake Line

STAY ABOVE THE SNAKE LINE Isaiah 40:25-31 INTRODUCTION: There is an invisible line that is fixed, at a given altitude above sea level—known as “the snake line.”  Above the snake line no snake can live. Security of mankind against snakes is set by God and is purely a matter of altitude.  Scriptures suggest a line […]

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Palm Sunday

PALM SUNDAY! John 12:12-19 INTRODUCTION:  The writers of the gospels: Matthew, Mark, Luke and John all talk about the triumphal entry of Jesus into Jerusalem on what we call Palm Sunday.    John 12:12-19. The people of Israel, perhaps as many as 2 and ½ million, hailed their King on Sunday and nailed Him to a […]

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The Blest Man!

THE BLEST MAN! Psalm 1:1-6 KJV INTRODUCTION:  King Solomon said: Ecclesiastes 12:12.  Right after Solomon said these words he turned around and wrote three more new books.  Today Solomon’s words are even more true than they were when he wrote them.  Millions of books are in print today.  The Bible was not only the first […]

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The Value Of Your Soul!

THE VALUE OF YOUR SOUL! Mark 8:27-38 INTRODUCTION:  Banana Flips and an icy cold coke are a delectable desert combination after a hard day’s work.   But if we get so caught up in how sloppy that Banana Flip can be we might just miss out on the best of what we so desire.  Our God […]

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