Series Introduction: Good morning and Happy New Year! I hope you all enjoyed your Christmas holiday and are looking forward to what the new year will bring us. Since we just finished our Advent and Christmas season, where we focused on the prophecies concerning Christ and the glory of his birth, I thought it would... Continue Reading →
The Heart of A Disciple – It Starts At Home
Scripture Reading: Joshua 24:13-15 Ephesians 5:22-6:4 Opening Prayer: Father God, we thank you for the honor and privilege of gathering here this morning to worship you. I pray that you will open our hearts and our minds to receive your word. I ask that you give me words to speak, so that we would... Continue Reading →
The Heart of A Disciple – Teachable
Scripture Reading: Acts 10:1-48 Opening Prayer: Father God, as we gather here this morning, I pray that you would open our minds and our hearts to receive your Word. We pray that you would help us to have a teachable spirit. We pray that you would give us strength to stand firm on gospel truth while... Continue Reading →
The Heart of A Disciple – Spirit Filled (Deacon Ordination Sunday + Communion Sunday)
Deacon Ordination Service: Ordination Service Introduction: What is a deacon? The word in Greek literally translates as “a servant.” But how did this term come to refer to an office of the church? The answer to this goes all the way back to Acts 6, when a certain problem arose in the early christian churches.... Continue Reading →
The Heart of A Disciple – Obedience
Scripture Reading Genesis 22:1-19 John 15:1-8 Opening Prayer Father God, we gather here this morning as an act of worshipful obedience. We pray that you would open our ears to hear, our minds to comprehend, and our heart to receive your word. We pray that you would spur us on this morning to a deeper... Continue Reading →
The Heart of A Disciple – Committed
Scripture Reading: Mark 10:17-31, ESV Luke 9:18-27, ESV Opening Prayer: Father God, we thank you for the honor and privilege of being able to gather for worship in this place. I pray that this time spent in your word would be honoring to you and helpful to your church. I pray that you would open... Continue Reading →
The Heart of A Disciple – Equipped
SCRIPTURE READING: 32 And David said to Saul, “Let no man's heart fail because of him. Your servant will go and fight with this Philistine.” 33 And Saul said to David, “You are not able to go against this Philistine to fight with him, for you are but a youth, and he has been a... Continue Reading →