A Fruitful Christian Life II Pet. 1:1-8

A Fruitful Christian Life II Pet 1:1-8 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO All of us want to have a fruitful Christian life and this passage gives us the recipe.  I like recipes because if you follow them you are sure that your meal is going to turn out right.  Likewise, if...

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Durable Riches Prov. 8 :18

Durable Riches Prov. 8 :18 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO Durable riches are riches that endure; they are long-lasting.  Consider durable riches. Durable riches are not earthly treasures – Matt 6:19 – you know for certain that, if for no other reason than your death, you cannot hold on to them forever...

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Open My Eyes Ps.119:18

Open My Eyes Ps. 119:18 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO The Psalmist prayed to the Lord, “Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of thy law.”  That’s an excellent prayer.  You should pray, Lord, open my eyes, when you read your Bible.  When the Lord opens your...

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The Bond

The Bond CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO In the New Testament there are three different bonds that can exceedingly benefit or drastically deteriorate a church.  They are the bonds of peace, of perfectness and of iniquity. The bond of peace – Eph 4:1-3 – this is the result of the unity of...

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Centered and Balanced Life

Maintaining Your Balance in Life Prov. 11 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO This sermon on the centered and balanced life is going to be much easier to follow by listening to the audio than it is by reading the notes.  The notes are more of an outline for the sermon than they...

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Effectual Prayer James 5:16b

Effectual Prayer James 5:16b CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO  Effectual prayer has adequate power or force to produce the intended effect. Ultimately God decides how and when prayers are answered. Our hearts desire is to make our petitions known and heard of God, [ 1Jn.5:11-15] and to be effectual as possible. Many...

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Our Relationship to God Jn. 1:12

Our Relationship to God Jn. 1:12 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO We must understand our relationship to God if we are ever going to fully appreciate what he’s done for us and what we can do for him. Our relationship to God is patterned after Jesus’ relationship to God while he was...

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Children of Light in Darkness Eph. 5:8

Children of Light in Darkness Eph. 5:8 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO When the Lord saved us he made us children of light.  He called out of darkness into his marvelous light [1 Pet 2:9].  Jesus said in Jn 12:46, “whosoever believeth on me should not abide in darkness.”  See also...

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Authorities In Your Life Gen 41:37-40

Authority Gen 41:37-40 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO All men and women are under authority and there are good consequences for yielding or bad consequences for disobeying the authorities in our lives. When Joseph was promoted to “rule” in Egypt, he was still under authority [Gen 41:40-41].  He was set over all...

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