RENEWING WEDDING VOWS Some people may wonder why renewing your wedding vows is important. Jerry and I are not the same people who got married nearly 44 years ago. I was 18 and he was 21. We thought we knew what love was all about. We were blessed to be Christians and had the same ideas [...] [...]
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P.U.S.H-PRAY UNTIL SOMETHING HAPPENS As we read through the Bible, we find the most effective prayers are those that were prayed persistently. In the Old Testament Hannah desperately wanted a baby. For many years she prayed and prayed to have a baby. After her prayer was unanswered for years, she did not say, “Well, it must [...] [...] A MAN’S GIFT MAKES ROOM FOR HIM Proverbs 18:16 “A man’s gift makes room for him and brings him before great men.” NKJV says this about this verse: “Gift makes room: This gift is not a bribe, but an asset or talent which opens the way. “ Whether your talent or gift is singing, preaching, making money, teaching, [...] [...] “My brethren, let not many of you become teachers, knowing that we shall receive a stricter judgment.” James 3:1 One of the things I have noticed during the forty-one years I have been in the ministry is the great number of people “called” to be preachers and teachers.I think there is a vision of a place [...] [...] “Moses was one hundred and twenty years old when he died. His eyes were not dim nor his natural vigor diminished.” Deut. 34:7 Many people associate age with sickness, weakness, and mental deterioration. It was not so with Moses. He was 120 years old and his vision was still good and his body and mind strong. [...] [...] IMPORTANCE OF HONOR IN MARRIAGE Honor has power. It is to value another person highly, to see them extremely important. You value everything they do. Honor is not earned. It is a gift that is not contingent upon your emotions. You give honor because you choose to give it and not because it is earned. It is [...] [...] HEIR OF GOD WITH A SERVANT’S HEART Phil. 2:4-6 “Let each of you esteem and look upon and be concerned for not (merely) his own interests, but also each for the interests of others. Let this same attitude and purpose and humble mind be in you which was in Christ Jesus; (Let Him be your example [...] [...] “Have I therefore become your enemy because I tell you the truth.” Gal. 4:16 This is the third message I have preached from the theme of this verse. In the first I talked about truth. What is truth and how do we handle it? The truth is liberating and will destroy condemnation and guilt. [...] [...] CHURCH LADIES WITH TYPEWRITERS Since I type the bulletins and from time to time I know you catch my “bloopers”, I decided to let you read some “Bulletin Bloopers” that I did not make. Pastor LaVerne *The fasting and prayer conference includes meals. *The sermon this morning: ‘Jesus Walks on the Water.’ The sermon tonight: ‘Searching for Jesus.’ *Ladies, [...] [...] And when they had laid many stripes on them, they threw them into prison, commanding the jailer to keep them securely. Having received such a charge, he put them into the inner prison and fastened their feet in stocks. But at midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners [...] [...] |
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