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Renewing Your Life By The Grace of God – Sermon – August 28 2011

Renewing Your Life By The Grace of God – Sermon – August 28 2011

What is Grace?  How do I know Grace is for Me?   Who is not under Grace?  What if we forget about being saved by Grace and we drift toward Works?  How are we renewed through Grace?  How did the early church, the Roman Catholic church drift away from the Gospel?

Listen for these questions and answers about “Renewing Your Life By The Grace of God”, below in the 1-part MP3 Audio Sermon below.

Scriptures below from the church bulletin used in the Sermon:

Psalm 145: 3-13, 21,  Amos 9: 8-15,  Acts 15: 1-11,  Luke 5: 29-39

Keywords: Mother Theresa, Roman Catholics, losing Grace,  saved by Grace alone through faith alone in Christ alone,

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MP3 Player - Renewing Your Life By The Grace of God - Sermon - August 28 2011

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No Fear In Trouble – 9-11 Ten Year Anniversary – Sermon – September 11 2011

No Fear In Trouble – 9-11 Ten Year Anniversary – Sermon – September 11 2011

As Christians living in a sinful world, and how we are in the world but not of the world, how does that change our response to tragedies, disasters and tough times, like 9/11?  How are we Christians different from other people when facing hardships and tribulations?

Listen for these questions and answers about “No Fear In Trouble – 9-11 Ten Year Anniversary”, below in the 1-part MP3 Audio Sermon below.

Scriptures below from the church bulletin used in the Sermon:

Psalm 46,  Isaiah 8: 9-17,  1 Peter 3: 13-22,  Matthew 10: 21-33

Keywords: Natural disasters, 2004 Tsunami, 2005 Hurricane Katrina,  2010 Haiti earthquake, Islam and Muslims, the Lord is a man of War and a dread warrior and also a gentle compassionate God, power and sovereignty of God, child that triumphed over tragedy, Patriotic Sermon

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MP3 Player - No Fear In Trouble – 9-11 Ten Year Anniversary - Sermon - September 11 2011

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The Sovereignty of God – Sermon – September 25 2011

The Sovereignty of God – Sermon – September 25 2011

Is the World in a chaos?   Does everything just happen in life by chance and luck and happenstance?  Do you believe the World is under the rule of almighty God?  Does God still daily reign over the world, upholding it by His power, ruling over all things in your favor?  What kind of a king is this God whom we serve?  What does the World say is out of control?  Wind , Weather, Storms and Hurricanes, all by chance?   Does God command the weather?  Does God make sure the Sparrow is fed each day?  Last question, if God rules, then why is there so much disorder?

Listen for these questions and answers about “The Sovereignty of God”, below in the 1-part MP3 Audio Sermon below.

Scriptures below from the church bulletin used in the Sermon:

Psalm 115,   Job 40: 1-14,  Revelation 11: 15-19,  John 19: 4-11

Keywords: In the World but not of the World Sermon Series, control of the World and Creation, Timothy McVeigh the Oklahoma city bomber, Jonah and the giant fish,  Ravens to feed Elijah, the Lions in the den did not harm Daniel, King Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and Belshazzar, Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego, comfort of God,  calm, peace, order , confidence, joy, courage through God

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MP3 Player - The Sovereignty of God - Sermon - September 25 2011

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The Duty of the Christian – Sermon – October 16 2011

The Duty of the Christian – Sermon – October 16 2011

What is duty?  What is the Duty of the Christian?  What does the world today say or practice, in regards to duty?  Why does society teach, follow your heart?    Why does the Bible teach us, that following our feelings, is not our friend?    How many people in the World, followed their heart, and were led straight to tragedy and evil?   How about Susan Smith?  How about Casey Anthony?  Why is it important to ask God to help you recognize the feelings and emotions going on in your heart, and to give you the courage to pay attention to your feelings?  Why does God want us to have both our thoughts and our feelings working together as we serve him?

Listen for these questions and answers about “The Duty of the Christian”, below in the 1-part MP3 Audio Sermon below.

Scriptures below from the church bulletin used in the Sermon:

Psalm 56, Ecclesiastes 12: 1-14,  1 Timothy 4: 11-16,  Luke 17: 1-10

Keywords: four Bible emotions that God wants you to grow (love for God, neighbors and goodness), joy (in God, good relationships, and the good things in life), hope (in God’s power and promises, and in your eternal destiny) and hatred (of evil),  responsibility of the Christian, following your heart alone in Spiritual things can be dangerous, following your feelings alone in Spiritual things can be dangerous, following Scripture and your thoughts and feelings is what God desires

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MP3 Player - The Duty of the Christian - Sermon - October 16 2011

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To Walk with God – Sermon – January 15 2012

To Walk with God – Sermon – January 15 2012

What do we need to do in order to walk with God and truly enjoy it?  How do we walk as Paul says rejoicing always in the Lord?  How can we learn to live day by day with God, trusting that he will provide?

Listen for these questions and answers about “To Walk with God”, below in the 1-part MP3 Audio Sermon below.

Scriptures will be listed below from the church bulletin used in the Sermon:

Psalm 37: 1-11,  Exodus 16: 14-20,  Philippians 4: 1-9,  Matthew 6: 25-34

Keywords: some things get in the way with our walk, unbelief, guilt regret, worry, anxiety, trust in God, Faith in God, lean on God, unbelief, conviction, powerful prayer

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MP3 Player - To Walk with God - Sermon - January 15 2012

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Breaking Old Mental Habits – Transfiguration Sunday – Sermon – February 19 2012

Breaking Old Mental Habits – Transfiguration Sunday – Sermon – February 19 2012

Why is it important for us to have a new mind?  What is the old mind like?

Listen for these questions and answers about “Breaking Old Mental Habits – Transfiguration Sunday”, below in the 1-part MP3 Audio Sermon below.

Scriptures will be listed below from the church bulletin used in the Sermon:

Psalm 17,  Exodus 34: 29-35,  2 Corinthians 3:12 – 4:4,  Mark 9: 2-10

Keywords: wisdom, understanding, faith, trust , love, obedience, gentleness, self-control, courage, confidence, peace, the old mind has bad habits in my thinking, despair, doubts, fears, anxiety, depression, guilt,

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MP3 Player - Breaking Old Mental Habits – Transfiguration Sunday - Sermon - February 19 2012

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God’s Design for Children – Sermon – March 25 2012

God’s Design for Children – Sermon – March 25 2012

What should a child be like? What does God have in mind?  What is His design for a child? What is God’s vision for children?

Listen for these questions and answers about “God’s Design for Children”, below in the 1-part MP3 Audio Sermon below.

Scriptures below from the church bulletin used in the Sermon:

Psalm 78: 1 – 8, 38 – 39, 72, Joshua 2: 6 – 12, 1 Thessalonians 4: 1 – 8,  Luke 2: 41 – 51

Keywords: God delights in children, God designed children to be loved, have adults connect to them eye to eye, heart to heart, designed children for faith, be full of joy, led by their parents to Jesus,

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MP3 Player - God’s Design for Children - Sermon - March 25 2012

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The Secret Power of Prayer – Sermon – September 16 2012

The Secret Power of Prayer – Sermon – September 16 2012

How can I learn to pray with more faith?  How can I have a better experience in my prayer life with God?  How can I pray more powerfully – to have prayer that is filled with faith?

Listen for these questions and answers about “The Secret Power of Prayer”, below in the 3-part Video or 1-part MP3 Audio Sermon below the Videos.

Scriptures below from the church bulletin used in the Sermon:

Psalm 66: 8 – 20, 1 Kings: 18: 41 – 46,  James 5: 13 – 18,  Matthew 6: 5 – 15

Keywords: faith in prayer, how to pray with faith, more powerful faith and prayer, belief in the power of prayer, conviction in prayer, confidence in our prayer, unbelief

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MP3 Player - The Secret Power of Prayer - Sermon - September 16 2012

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What About When God’s Timing is not My Timing – Sermon – September 23 2012

What About When God’s Timing is not My Timing ? – Sermon – September 23 2012

What can we do when Gods seems to be late, even very , very late to us with His answer to our Prayers and our Deliverance?   God has  3 ways that He answers prayers, what are they?  How can we keep faith alive while waiting for our prayers to be answered?

Listen for these questions and answers about “What About When God’s Timing is not My Timing ?”, below in the 2-part Video or 1-part MP3 Audio Sermon below the Videos.

Scriptures below from the church bulletin used in the Sermon:

Psalm 13,  1 Samuel 13: 8 – 14,  Acts 1: 4 – 11,  Luke 18: 1 – 8

Keywords: God’s answers to Prayer, patience with prayer, patience with answers to prayer, conviction, powerful prayer

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MP3 Player - What About When God's Timing is not My Timing ? - Sermon - September 23 2012

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Why Does God Allow Suffering – Sermon – September 30 2012

Why Does God Allow Suffering? – Sermon – September 30 2012

Why does He not just rescue us out of it and keep us from it?   I mean – if He is a good God and loves us, why let us endure suffering and have us pass through it?  Where does suffering even come from?  Does He have any great purpose for us in it?  Can we even learn to rejoice in our sufferings?

Listen for these questions and answers about “Why Does God Allow Suffering?”, below in the 2-part Video or 1-part MP3 Audio Sermon below the Videos.

Scriptures below from the church bulletin used in the Sermon:

Psalm 46, Job 23: 1 – 17,  Romans 5: 1 – 5, Matthew 10: 16 – 23

Keywords: suffering, sin and suffering, joy in suffering, Christian suffering

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MP3 Player - Why Does God Allow Suffering ? - Sermon - September 30 2012

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