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Sermon notes 5/12/2013:. The treasure of a godly mother: • 2nd Timothy 1: 1-7. •in this passage god reminds timothy of his heritage. • you would become a mother grandmother grandfather etc one day. • what would your children remember about you most? • is it something material that you left? The way you made them feel? The way you dressed? • you want your children to be wealthy spiritually. • that's the thing that can't perished or be taken away. • this is not the world where you were born nor you grew up. Times have changed. • schools are teaching students that god is a figment if their imagination . • it's harder for them to maintain their faith. • the world is ungodly unsafe and unsatisfying with all...

Sermon notes: 5/5/2013 Stress is a killer, what brings the most stress in your life? Your health family friends the direction of our nation? What ever happen to peace an joy and all those great things we use to talk about. People turn to drugs sex gambling to cope with their stress or to look for an escape. But none seem to work. What is the solution? Gods Stress Remover : • no one has done that to you, you've done it to yourself. • you bring stress upon yourself. • Matthew 14:23 • you can stand against stress if you handle it in the right fashion. • sometimes god has to pin us to a wall for us to learn a lesson. • what gives you a sense of freedom is Solitude. • Clarify the meaning of Solitude. - Loneliness...

Sermon Notes: 4/28/13 So ill stand in trust ill stand in faith I will not be shaken. The increasing number of Suicide: • most people who commit suicide weren't interested in it at some time. •suicide takes the life of nearly 30,000 every year • its estimated once a minute someone attempts, and many succeed in taking their own lives. • more people die from suicide then people who die in car crashes. •For 15-24 years old suicide is the third cause of death. •from 25-65 is the average age of men that commit suicide. • there are four males that commit suicide to ever women. •in the military 2011-2012 suicide increase by 11 percent. • more then 349 took their own life in the four branches of the military or one...

Sermon Notes: 4/21/2013 We never know when a tragedy Is coming into our life because they come by surprise, unexpected. Sometimes it may look like something simple but it may be major. £ Responding to Tragedy: £ • my ways are not your ways neither are my thoughts your thoughts •learn to trust god when we don't understand. •what were the tragedy in your life? What did you do? And what should you do towards the tragedy happening around us? •The tragedies seem to be increasing day by day. • 2nd Corinthian 1: 3-10 • Our safety is only to be found under god. He is the only one who can protects us. • This is a fallen world, there are going to be tragedies. ¥• Express our compassion and concern for the suffering and...

Sermon Notes: 3/31/2013 - A lot of what we see is what we are looking for a lot of what we hear us what we are listening to. £ Christ resurrections is a reason to rejoice: • we will live forever with him. •we too will experience a bodily resurrection. • we will understand like we never understood in life. (Once in heaven) • So much of the world is lost because they don't know what to look for. They all look for material and earthy things but not for god our savior. - 1 Corinthian 15:42. • at a funeral if the person in the casket was not Christian there is an absence of presence. • when you die are they going to be weeping or smiling? • if you were to die right now would your relationship with god during this...

Sermon notes: 3/17/13 Based on the apostle Paul teachings. On being single. 1 Corinthian 7: 1-5 ; 25-35 ...What Is singleness an obstacle to.... •Companion ship loneliness • intimate relationship •a family • feeling of completeness •feeling of belonging • the relationship if a woman with her father will determine the relationship with her husband. Because if you can't relate to your father how can you relate to some stranger you jut fell in love with. •feeling of worthiness • feeling of competence. • feeling if acceptance. These negative feelings don't come from god they are because of the society we live in and their expectations. • Colossians 3 The results of such attitudes : • No one is attracted...

Sermon notes: 3/10/13 Strong life Matthew 7: 24-29 Charateristic of a strong life : •Has placed their trust in Jesus as personal savior and lord. •guided by the holy spirit. •priority time daily alone with god in prayer. •built upon the teachings and the scripture feeding upon It daily (Matthew 7:24.) •consentenly obeys god leaving all consuqences to him. •acknowledge god as the source of their strength (Philippians 4:13) • has a clear sense of direction for their life. • can withstand the storms of life and learn from them. *my upmost in his highest. *God has a purpose in you life find out what is it. *83 years old •strong faith. • Courageous (Joshua 1:9) • optimistic. • develop...

As I was here thinking of what can I post today to encourage someone, and especially myself? I noticed that I didn’t “feel†like it. That got me to thinking about feelings. We all have feelings. Thousands of them, most of them we cannot even put into words. Sometimes we live according to what we are feeling and we react to others according to how we are feeling. This week was an example. I asked my h can we go for a drive he said he didn’t feel like going for a drive. I immediately turned the car around and went to get on my bike and leave. He asked if I was mad. I go, when you are going to get it, there is nothing you can do to get me mad anymore. Then he looked sad. I realized that because I was hurt I had hurt him because he...

“Lord, in the name of Jesus and through His precious bloodâ€, open Rudy’s spiritual eyes and ears, delivering Rudy from darkness into Your light and truth. Set Rudy free from all of satan’s bondages, evil schemes, deceptions and plans to destroy his soul and our marriage. Show Rudy your unconditional love and forgiveness LORD and call your lost sheep unto you. Father, I ask and pray that you touch my beloved right now, wherever Rudy is, showing him the fire and power of “Your Holy Spiritâ€. Your word says that You will remove Rudy’s heart of stone, giving Rudy a new heart of flesh, with a new spirit and that “I and all my household will be saved.†Sanctify Rudy through me Father. Father sanity me and help me to hold on...

Good Morning all. As I read Cherlyne cares this morning I was struck by the story of Jonah. So I went and re-read the story to make sure I wasn’t missing something. We all know the story of Jonah in the belly of the fish. Jonah was told to go to Nineveh. He was told to tell these people that in forty days God will destroy the city. Jonah felt why I should bother. These people are evil and unrepentant and God is merciful. So he was conflicted. First he wanted them to pay for what they had done and were continuing to do. We may also feel that way when we think of our prodigal spouses or children or even people that have harmed us. Our hearts are harden just like Jonah. So we try to run from what God is telling us to do. Why shouldn’t...