Main Text: Matthew 4:1-4 Big Idea: The one who feeds on the Word of God does not live with spiritual amnesia, but with eternal life. Introduction Welcome, brothers and sisters. We are glad you are with us online, but we want to ask you to join us physically. There is something that happens when
Who Is This?
Who Is This? Luke 9:7-9 Big idea: A man can hear about Jesus from a distance and still miss Him up close — the power of God is not given to be admired, but to be obeyed. Luke 9:7-9 (KJV) [7] Now Herod the tetrarch heard of all that was done by him: and he
Patience, Her Perfect Work
James 1:2–4 My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations; 3 Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience. But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing. 2 Hermanos míos, tened por sumo gozo cuando os halléis en diversas pruebas, 3 sabiendo
Unprofitable, profitable
The transitioning: The story of Philemon and Onesimus is one about trust, friendship, and betrayal. It is a story that depicts the restoration that is found in Christ Jesus. Onesimus ran away from his home, where he was a slave, because of wrongdoing. He became an unprofitable servant. Some say that Onesimus ran away from
An act of love.
It belongs to Christ: Everything on earth and everywhere else that exists belongs to Christ. When Christ came into the world, his father made sure that he lacked nothing. Everything, including God’s most precious creation, was handed to him (Mt 11:27). God gave everything, visible and invisible, to his Son with the responsibility to finish
Ten, the perfect number
The gain in talents: In the parable of the ten talents, the rich man leaves and distributes his goods to his servants for them to make gains. To one, he gives five talents, and he goes and gains five more. To another, two talents, and he too goes and gains two more talents. And, to
In cloud nine
The praying experience: Prayer is an elevated form of speaking with God. The biblical form of prayer, such as kneeling or lying face down on the ground, if possible, isolating everything else from your mind, is the preferred type of prayer. God will hear you in whatever position your body will tolerate when you pray.
A name change.
Called to follow him. Following God is a decision that one conscientiously makes. No one should have to force people to seek and follow God, and that is not to say that a good nudge to follow him is not needed. Because people today have hardened their hearts, we need to press them to come
Bringing the light.
Uses of light One once said that a spark of light casts out a lot of darkness. The power of light is amazing. Today, we use light for just about everything. Here is a list of the uses of light: Photosynthesis, vision and sight, body growth and sleep, drying and evaporating, sanitation of the earth,
A new beginning
From the start; Christ Christ’s authenticity is without question, although there are those skeptics who will even question their birth. And because Christ has a track record that proves who he is and what is said about him, it is worth the effort to follow him. For example, in the creation moments of man, he