Sermons


Practical instructions for Christian Behavior Love each other as brothers and sisters Show hospitality to strangers Remember people held captive, especially to things like additions. Because they are like prisoners…
Marriage Commitment, Honored, and Defended by all Contentment The Church is a called to teach God's values, not compromise with the world, and to strengthen marriages and families by role…

“I don’t care how much power, brilliance, or energy you have, if you don’t harness it and focus it on a specific target, and hold it there you’re never going to accomplish…
In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing, the next best thing is the wrong thing, and the worst thing you can do…
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I have the ability and the responsibility, to guard the words which come out of my mouth when I speak to others. What I must learn is the discipline to do so.
Sermon Notes The Boll Weevil “The happiness of most people is not ruined by great catastrophes or fatal errors, but by the repetition of slowly destructive little things.”       Ernest Dimnet Little…
Sermon Notes Destination:          I want to know Christ Goals/objectives to know the power of his resurrection and participation in his sufferings,  becoming like him in his death, and so, somehow,…
Sermon Notes “ran up to” Jesus “fell on his knees before” Jesus called Jesus “Good teacher” and in his own mind (his own understanding) he had kept God’s commandments: “all these…
Sermon Notes At some point we all experience being weary Tired vs. Weary… Not the same Natural vs. Spiritual Bouncing back from being Tired Bouncing back from being Weary
Sermon Notes A small light in the darkness… Makes the Invisible Visible Helps me get oriented Is Comforting 2 for 1 deal:  The Lord is my light and my salvation Salvation: Jesus in…

Kind

July 16, 2023
Sermon Notes God’s kindness leads us to repentance, and our kindness invites others into a relationship with God and the church There is a difference in “God’s judgment” and “my judgement”…
Sermon Notes Compassionate:  a feeling of deep sympathy and sorrow for another who is stricken by  misfortune,  accompanied by a strong desire to alleviate the suffering. God desire is for Jesus…
Sermon Notes Collaborative: to work jointly with others or together Synonyms for Collaborative: Shared, Collective, Combining  Jesus’ method of making disciples was and is still relational. Collaborative Relationships: are essential to making…

Sermon Notes Matthew 28:19-20 NIV 19 Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 teaching…
Sermon Notes The United Methodist Church: Book of Discipline Section 1 ¶ 120. The Mission—The mission of the Church is to make disciples of Jesus Christ for the transformation of the world.…

Pentecost

May 28, 2023
Sermon Notes The disciples, while sitting there HEARD: a sound Like a violent wind from heaven SAW: a sight What seemed to be tongues of fire rest on each of…