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New Testament

The Apostle Paul: Modeling Prayer

Sunday pm – “The Apostle Paul: A Model for Prayer” – Philippians 1:9-11. This Lord’s Day evening, Pastor Jim will take us into the prayer life of the Apostle Paul, and particularly, his prayer for the Philippians believers as given in chapter one of his letter to them. In it, we find a wealth of instruction on what our prayer lives are to be toward fellow believers.

The Empowering Presence of the Spirit – Part 3

This Lord’s Day morning, Pastor Jim continues our sermon series in the New Testament book of Romans. In chapter eight, the theme of assurance rings out loud and clear, and it is the empowering presence of the Holy Spirit which provides such assurance to the believer. In these verses, we start to look at the Holy Spirit in the life of the believer bringing about assurance and confidence of our standing with God.

Putting Self On A Shelf

JOHN 3:30 – He must increase, but I must decrease.” THEME OF THE DAY: PUTTING SELF ON A SHELF.  Today’s scripture was the testimony of John the Baptist. The “He” was the Lord Jesus. The “I” was the Baptist. But this is not to be restricted to him. Yes, it is history.  Yes, it was his own testimony. Yes, it was his…

The Empowering Presence of the Spirit – Part 2

This Lord’s Day morning, Pastor Jim continues our sermon series in the New Testament book of Romans. In chapter eight, the theme of assurance rings out loud and clear, and it is the empowering presence of the Holy Spirit which provides such assurance to the believer. In these verses, we identify the spiritually-minded Christian knowing this assurance.

It’s Not Always Fast

MARK 8:22-25 – And they came to Bethsaida. And some people brought to him a blind man and begged him to touch him.  And he took the blind man by the hand and led him out of the village, and when he had spit on his eyes and laid his hands on him, he asked him, “Do you see anything?” And he…

Take The Backseat

MATTHEW 20:20-28 – Then the mother of the sons of Zebedee came up to him with her sons, and kneeling before him she asked him for something. And he said to her, “What do you want?” She said to him, “Say that these two sons of mine are to sit, one at your right hand and one at your left, in your…