Category: Sermons
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Abiding In Christ Produces Fruit
At this moment, there is a stand sitting in my dining room with four trays of dirt on it. It looks great right there in the dining room, and in that dirt is a mix of seeds that my wife bought at Walmart and is intending to grow into a garden. The other day, I…
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Living In The In Between (Part 2)
The Promise of a Helper “If ye love me, keep my commandments. And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever; Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him;…
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Living In The In Between (Part 1)
John 14:15–31 “If ye love me, keep my commandments.” — John 14:15 We are finally returning to our study of the Gospel of John. We have been several different places over the last few months. We lost track of the study when we had our baby, and when we returned it was right around Thanksgiving,…
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Contentment In A Culture of More: How To Steward Your Possessions Well
Main Text: 1 Timothy 6 Finishing the Stewardship Conversation We are finishing today our study on how to be a good steward. That is what we have been looking at for several weeks now, even with the interruptions of snow and everything else that came along. We have been considering how to steward well the…
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You Are What You Think: Stewarding Your Mind for the Glory of God
Philippians 4:8–9 “Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things. Those things, which ye have both learned, and received, and…
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Your Body Matters: Stewarding The Temple For God’s Glory
A Culture Obsessed and Confused We live in a culture that is obsessed with the body. And yet, at the same time, we are unbelievably confused about it. Some people worship their bodies. They treat them as the highest priority. They sculpt them into a perfect image. They control every curve and contour. They spend…
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How to Steward Your Time
Text: Ephesians 5:15–21 We’re continuing our series on being a good and faithful steward with the life that God has entrusted to us. And today we’re looking at a very important area of stewardship that we have been given by our Father: the stewardship of our time. Paul addresses this directly in Ephesians 5. Notice what…
