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Sowing Seeds 1/3-8/2022
*Pastor’s Note: These are what I posted on social media from January 3rd through January 8th, 2022. After this post, we will be posting the Sowing Seeds on a daily basis on this website rather than on a weekly basis. … Continue reading
Posted in Sowing Seeds
Tagged Alert, Angels, Authority of God, Bible, Bible Teaching, Chosen, Christian, Christian Theology, Christianity, Church, Comfort, Complacency, Corruption, Earth, Encouragement, Eternal Words, Evil, Expected Return, Facebook, Fig Tree Lesson, God, God Almighty, God of Salvation, Good News, Gospel, Gospel of Matthew, Gospel-Centered, Heaven, Heavenly Father, Holy Bible, Inspiration, Instruction, Jesus Christ, Jesus' Words, Knowledge, Life Lessons, Lord, Love, Noah's Warnings, Not Heeding Warnings, Power of God, Religion, Righteousness, Scripture, Scriptures, Signs, Social Media, Son of Man, Sowing Seeds, Spirituality, Strength, Surrender To God, The Elect, Theology, Trumpet Blast, Truth, Unexpected Return, Vigilance, Warnings, Wickedness, Wisdom, Word of God, Word of Truth
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Why, Oh Why? – 2
*Pastor’s Note: This is a continuation of the lesson we started on November 11th, twenty years and two months after the tragic events of what has become known as the 9/11 attacks. The whole point is to look at where … Continue reading
Posted in Pastor's Desk
Tagged 1 Corinthians, 1 John, 9/11 2001, Ability to Choose, All-Knowing, Asking Why, Bible, Bible Teaching, Blatant Corruption, Character of God, Choice, Christ Jesus, Christian, Christian Theology, Christianity, Church, Comfort, Corruption, Disasters, Emotion, Encouragement, Ephesians, Evil, Feeling, Genesis, God, God Almighty, God Is Just, God is Love, Gospel, Gospel-Centered, Heavenly Father, Holy Bible, Holy Spirit, Inspiration, Instruction, Jeremiah, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Justice, Life, Life Lessons, Lord, Love Dependent on Choice, Love Is Action, Nature of God, No Longer Hiding, Omniscience, Omniscient, Religion, Righteousness, Romans, Salvation, Scripture, Scriptures, Spirituality, Teaching, Theology, Tragedies, Truth, Wickedness, Wisdom, Word of God, Word of Truth
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More of Wisdom Calling For a Hearing
PROLOGUE TO DAILY PROVERBS: There is a Proverb for EVERY day of the Month. Do you want wisdom. It is found here! “Joyful is the person who finds wisdom, the one who gains understanding. For wisdom is more profitable than silver, … Continue reading
Posted in Proverbs
Tagged Arrogance, Better Than Gold, Better Than Jewels, Better Than Silver, Bible, Bible Teaching, Christian, Christianity, Comfort, Common Sense, Corruption, Daily Proverbs, Discernment, Discipline, Discover Knowledge, Disgrace, Encouragement, Fear the Lord, Godly, Good Judgment, Guidance, Happiness, Hate Evil, Hate Pride, Holy Bible, Holy Bible New Living Translation (NLT), Honesty, Honor, Insight, Inspiration, Instruction, Joy, Joyful, Kings Reign, Knowledge, Long Life, NLT - New Living Translation, Old Testament, Perverse Speech, Proverbs, Religion, Rich, Riches, Righteous Judgments, Rulers Decree, Rulers Lead, Scripture, Scriptures, Spirituality, Strength, Success, Teaching, Tree of Life, Understanding, Wickedness, Wisdom, Word of God, Word of Truth, Word of Wisdom
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Many Deceived
This doesn’t just mean many will CLAIM to be Christ, but many will also come using His name and walking in corruption. DO NOT BE DECEIVED! Test the Spirits! (1 John 4:1).
Posted in 'Nuff Said!
Tagged 'Nuff Said!, 1 John, Bible, Bible Teaching, Christ Jesus, Christian, Christianity, Claiming Christ, Coming in Jesus' Name, Corruption, Deceived, Deception, Encouragement, God, God Almighty, Heavenly Father, Holy Bible, Holy Spirit, Inspiration, Instruction, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Life, Lord, New Testament, Religion, Righteousness, Salvation, Scripture, Scriptures, Spirituality, Teaching, Test The Spirits, Truth, Word of God, Word of Truth
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From The Abundance of The Heart – 1
Part One: Rampant political corruption, religious corruption and manipulation of politics to gain prestige, power or monetary gain, widespread poverty, major sociological class divisions, social unrest, the rich getting richer and the poor getting poorer, people abandoning their religious faith … Continue reading
Posted in Pastor's Desk
Tagged Abundance of the Heart, Acts, Bible, Bible Teaching, Christ Jesus, Christian, Christianity, Corruption, Death, Deception, Discernment, Ecclesiastes, Encouragement, Foundation, God, God Almighty, Good Man, Gospel of Luke, Gospel of Matthew, Heavenly Father, History, Holy Bible, Holy Spirit, Immorality, Inspiration, Instruction, Jesus, Letter, Life, Manipulation, Nothing New, Parables, Political Unrest, Religion, Scripture, Scriptures, Solomon, Speaking, Spirit of Man, Spirit of the Word, Spirituality, Teaching, The Spirit, Truth, Warning, Word of God, Word of Truth
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Prayer of Intercession
*Pastor’s Note: This is adapted for today from a prayer found on the internet a long time ago as an example of intercessory prayer. Heavenly Father, God Who is Almighty, It saddens our hearts to see the great suffering of … Continue reading
Posted in Prayer and Praise
Tagged Bonds of Peace, Corruption, Darkness, Division, Family, Friends, God, God Almighty, God's Children, Healing, Heavenly Father, Holy Spirit, Hope, Hopelessness, Intercession, Jesus Christ, Light, Lord, Minister, Nation, Nations of the World, Neighbors, Poor, Poverty, Praise, Prayer, Prayer & Praise, Provision, Redemption, Renew Minds, Restoration, Rich, Salvation, Serve, Service, Sovereign Lord, Sovereignty, Suicidal, Suicide, The Body of Christ, The Church, The World, Truth, Unity, Word of God, Word of Truth, World Leaders
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Jude Verses 3-4
Jude 1:3-4, “Beloved, while I was very diligent to write to you concerning our common salvation, I found it necessary to write to you exhorting you to contend earnestly for the faith which was once for all delivered to the … Continue reading
Posted in Expository Teaching
Tagged 2 Peter, 2 Timothy, Apostasy, Apostates, Apostle Paul, Apostle Peter, Bible, Character of God, Christ, Christ Jesus, Christian Church, Christianity, Corruption, Damnation, Depravity, Destiny, Doctrine, Expository Teaching, Falling Away, Foreordained, Free Will, Freedom of Choice, Gnosticism, Gnostics, God Almighty, Grace, Holy Bible, Holy Spirit, Jesus, Jude, Liberal, Liberality, Mercy, Nature of God, Omniscience, Predestination, Punishment, Rebellion, Repentance, Ressurrection, Salvation, Scripture, Scriptures, The Flesh, Transformation, Ungodly Men, Word of God, Word of Truth
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Don’t Envy The World
As I was praying the other night, I was seeking the Lord for a word in relation to what is and has been going on around us lately. I wanted something that would be an encouragement and inspiration to my … Continue reading
Posted in Pastor's Desk
Tagged 1 Peter, Aloneness, Arrogance, Asaph, Bible, Blatant Corruption, Book of Psalms, Bride of Christ, Choices, Church of Christ, Comfort, Corruption, Damnation, Darkness, Decisions, Dismay, Encouragement, Envy, Eternal Life, Eternity, Evil, Grace, Holy Bible, Holy Bible New Living Translation (NLT), Holy Spirit, Inspiration, Joy, King David, Longsuffering, Mercy, NLT - New Living Translation, Patience, Peace, Pride, Psalms, Redemption, Rejecting God, Romans, Salvation, Scriptures, Spirit vs. Flesh, Truth, Wickedness, Word of God, Word of Truth, World, World System
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Effort – What Purpose?
2 Samuel 15:6, “In this manner Absalom dealt with all Israel who came to the king for judgment; so Absalom stole away the hearts of the men of Israel.” 2Samel 18:14-15, “Then Joab said, “I will not waste time here … Continue reading
Posted in Food For Thought
Tagged 2 Samuel, Absalom, Bible, Bible Lessons, Bible Teaching, Carlyle, Christian Quotes, Corruption, Donne, Duty, Effort, Encouragement, Eternal Life, Eternity, Food For Thought, French, Holy Bible, Hope, Inspiration, Inspirational Quotes, Judas, Lafayette, Life Unfulfilled, Lincoln, Lord, Matthew, NASB - New American Standard Bible, New American Standard Bible, New Life, No Hope, Normandie, Oab, Parker, Pharisees, Quotes, Scriptures, Speaker's Sourcebook of New Illustrations, Truth, Virgil Hurley, Word of God, World War Two
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The Rapture and Tribulation
1 Corinthians 15:51-53, “Behold, I tell you a mystery: We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed–in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead … Continue reading
Posted in Pastor's Desk
Tagged 1 Corinthians, 1 Thessalonians, Acts, Anti-Christ, Ark, Bible, Bridegroom, Carry Off, Character of God, Christ, Christians, Comfort, Comfort One Another, Corruption, Encouragement, Etymology, Evil, False Teaching, God Almighty, God's Word, God's Wrath, Heavenly Father, Hebrews, Holy Bible, Holy Spirit, Inspiration, Jesus Christ, John, Judgment, Lord Jesus, Luke, Mark, Matthew, Mid-Tribulation, Nature of God, Noah, Pastor's Desk, Pre-Tribulation, Rapture, Scriptures, Snatch Away, Social Media, Spirit of Christ, Spirit of God, To Seize, Tribulation, Truth, Twinkling of an Eye, Wikipedia, Wrath
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Faith Beyond Believing
“For we were saved in this hope, but hope that is seen is not hope; for why does one still hope for what he sees? But if we hope for what we do not see, we eagerly wait for it … Continue reading
Posted in Pastor's Desk
Tagged 2 Corinthians, 2 Kings, Agape Love, Believing, Bible, Bible Teaching, Born Again, Choices, Christ Jesus, Christianity, Corruption, Creator, Daniel, Destruction, Disasters, Earthquakes, Encouragement, Evil, Faith, Faithfulness, Forest Fires, God, God Almighty, God's Love, Heavenly Father, Hebrews, Holy Spirit, Hope, Hurricanes, Inspiration, Isaiah, Jesus, Knowledge, Lord, Love, Relationship, Romans, Scriptures, Sight, Sovereign, Sovereign God, Spiritual, Spiritual Sight, Spirituality, Spiritually Reborn, Strength, Teaching, Truth, Walk by Faith, Word of God
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To Tell The Truth – What’s My Line?
If any of you can remember the ORIGINAL television game shows by these names then I’m not the only one revealing my age! To Tell the Truth ran from the mid-sixties to seventies and What’s My Line? was kind of … Continue reading
Posted in Pastor's Desk
Tagged 1950's, 1960's, 2 Peter, Bible, Bible Teaching, Bing, Choices, Christ Jesus, Christianity, Condemn Scripturally, Corruption, Devil, Encouragement, End Times, Enemy of Your Soul, Evil, Faithfulness, False Christianity, False Teachers, False Teaching, Game Shows, God's Love, Gomorrah, Google, Grace, Hate, Heavenly Father, Holy Bible, Holy Spirit, Hope, Inspiration, Isaiah, Jesus, John, Justify Untruth, Lord, Lot, Love, Luke, Mankind's Enemy, Matthew, Noah, Oprah Winfrey, Perverting Love, Perverting Scripture, Philippians, Redemption, Relationship, Romans, Salvation, Scriptures, Sin, Sodom, Spirituality, Spiritually Renewed, Strength, Teaching, Television, Titles, To Tell The Truth, Truth, Twisting Love, Twisting Scripture, Unrighteousness, What's My Line?, Wickedness, Word of God
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My People Have Forgotten Me
Posted in Bible Verse of the Day
Tagged Bible, Bible Verse of the Day, Book of Jeremiah, Chasing After Idols, Choices, Corruption, Disobedience, Don't Need God, Free From God, God is Forgotten, God is Rejected, God's Children, God's Love, Grace, Has God Forsaken His Children, Heavenly Father, Holy Bible, Jeremiah, People Reject God, Rejection, Relationship, Scriptures, Sinfulness, Spirituality, Teaching, Truth, Wickedness, Willfulness, Word of God
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They’ve Turned Their Backs On Me
Jeremiah has been called to warn the people of Israel. When you read Jeremiah, if you substitute the United States for Israel, you will realize that the Book of Jeremiah is not just historical, but extremely and divinely prophetic. Jeremiah, … Continue reading
Posted in Bible Verse of the Day
Tagged Apostasy, Bible, Bible Teaching, Blatant Evil, Book of Jeremiah, Call to Repentance, Children of God, Choices, Chosen Nation, Corruption, Discipline, Faithfulness, False Gods, God, Grace, Heavenly Father, Holy Bible, Hope, Ignoring, Jeremiah, Judgement, Modern-Day Prophecy, Prophecy, Prophet, Punishment, Rebellion, Relationship, Scriptures, Spirituality, Teaching, Truth, United States of America, Unrighteousness, Warning, Wickedness, Word of God
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No Cleanness In You
Jeremiah has been called to warn the people of Israel. When you read Jeremiah, if you substitute the United States for Israel, you will realize that the Book of Jeremiah is not just historical, but extremely and divinely prophetic. Jeremiah, … Continue reading
Posted in Bible Verse of the Day
Tagged Abandoned God, Bible, Bible Teaching, Bitterness, Christianity, Corruption, Deceit, Evil, Faithfulness, God, God's Judgement, God's Word Doesn't Change, Hardened Hearts, Holy Bible, Hope, Human Nature, Israel, Jeremiah, Judgement, Lies, Punish Ourselves, Punishment, Relationship, Scriptures, Sinful Lifestyle, Sovereign Lord, Spirituality, Teaching, Truth, Unclean, Uncleanness, United States of America, Untruthful, Wickedness, Word of God
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My People Have Done Evil Things
Jeremiah has been called to warn the people of Israel. When you read Jeremiah, if you substitute the United States for Israel, you will realize that the Book of Jeremiah is not just historical, but extremely and divinely prophetic. Jeremiah, … Continue reading
Posted in Bible Verse of the Day
Tagged Abandoned God, Bible, Bible Teaching, Book of Jeremiah, Born Again, Choices, Christianity, Corruption, Cracked Cisterns - Wells, Evil, Faithfulness, Fallen Nature, False Wisdom, God, God's in Control, God's Judgement, Grace, Heavenly Father, Holy Bible, Holy Spirit, Hope, Human Nature, Inspiration, Jeremiah, Jesus, Judgement, Lord, Love, Man's Wisdom, Nation, Nations, Politicians, Prayer, Redeemed, Rejected God, Saved, Scriptures, Self-Imposed Judgement, Spirituality, Spiritually Reborn, Strength, Teaching, Truth, Word of God, World
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The Lord Makes His Case
Jeremiah has been called to warn the people of Israel. When you read Jeremiah, if you substitute the United States for Israel, you will realize that the Book of Jeremiah is not just historical, but extremely and divinely prophetic. Jeremiah, … Continue reading
Posted in Bible Verse of the Day
Tagged "Women's Reproductive Rights", Alternate Lifestyles, Anointing, Bible, Bible Teaching, Book of Jeremiah, Celebrity Idols, Choices, Corruption, Disobedience, Faithful, Faithfulness, False Preachers, False Prophets, False Teaching, God, God's Children, God's Judgement, Grace, Heavenly Father, Holy Bible, Idols, Jeremiah, Judgement, Lord, Peace and Safety, Rebellion, Relationship, Revival, Righteous, Scriptures, Spirituality, Sports Idols, Star Trek, Strength, Teaching, Truth, TV Idols, United States of America, Warning, Watchman, Word of God
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I John 3:7-9
1 John 3:7-9, “Little children, let no one deceive you. He who practices righteousness is righteous, just as He is righteous. He who sins is of the devil, for the devil has sinned from the beginning. For this purpose the … Continue reading
Posted in Expository Teaching
Tagged 1 Peter, 2 Peter, Admonishment, Bible, Bible Teaching, Bondage, Carnal, Chastise, Chastisement, Choices, Christ Jesus, Christian, Christianity, Corruptible, Corruption, Devil, Disciple, Discipleship, Discipline, Encouragement, Faith, Faithfulness, Galatians, God's Love, Heavenly Father, Holiness, Holy Bible, Human Nature, Incorruptible, Inspiration, Jesus, John, Lies, Lord, Love, Luke, Mark, Matthew, Philippians, Proverbs, Purity, Relationship, Righteousness, Sin, Spirit, Spiritual, Spiritual Intimacy, Spiritual Nature, Strength, Teaching, Truth, Unrighteousness, Word of God, Works
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As In The Days Of Noah
Matthew 24:37-39, “But as the days of Noah were, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be. For as in the days before the flood, they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the … Continue reading
Posted in Body Ministry
Tagged 2 Peter, 2 Timothy, Bible, Bible Teaching, Corruption, Days of Noah, Evil, Faith, Faithfulness, Genesis, Got Questions Ministries, Heavenly Father, Hebrews, Holy Bible, Holy Scripture, Holy Word, Inspiration From The Church, Lord, Lot, Luke, Matthew, Noah, Scripture, Scriptures, Son of Man, Teaching, Truth, Word of God
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