Teach Us To Pray

Luke 11:1-13. “The Lord’s Prayer” serves as a model prayer, not to just be recited as some religious formula, but to provide key principles for our own prayer-lives as we learn how to pray. The tenants and handrails for prayer our found in this powerful example of prayer.  

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Blessed are the Eyes that See

Luke 10:1-24. What should make us rejoice as a Christian? How can a person’s eyes and ears be blessed? How can someone’s name be written in heaven? are there consequences for rejecting Jesus? What difference does it make to believe? 

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Don’t be Anxious, but Seek God First

Matthew 6:25-34. Haggai 1:2-11. As believers, we are learning how to shake off anxiety and rest in faith. We are promised that, if we seek Him first, He will provide and meet our basic needs in life. But what does it mean to seek him? And how can I overcome worry in my life? Let […]

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Blessed is the Man

Psalm 1:1-6. God gives a divine prescription for a blessed, spiritually healthy, fruitful life. One time, Billy Graham defined being “blessed” as being filled with God and satisfied (1 Tim 6:6). But how does that happen? There certain things the blessed man does not do and certain things he must do. What does the blessed […]

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Guiding Principles for the Christian life

1 Thes 5:12-28. What are some of the key elements of Christian living? What should be seen in our lives as believers? What are the principles that we should be living by? As Paul closes out his letter, he gives a bullet list of grace-commands that can guide the Christian Life. 

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The Faith & Prayers of a Godly Mother

Hannah was a fervent believer in dark times for Israel and difficult times personally. God brought her to a place of deep need and faith, that she might seek Him all the more. In her need and separation, she came in faith and prayer and God answered her with an answer that delivered a nation! […]

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The Sword & The Trowel

Neh 4:15-23. The Building & The Battle are both descriptive of The Christian experience. We must ensure we are active and ready for both. The enemy would love to see us quit, withdraw from the wall, but we must always return with the sword and the trowel in hand! 

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Prayer, Providence & The Work of God

Neh 2:1-10. Nehemiah & Ezra are careful to recognize that it was God’s Hand working behind the scenes that causes them to prosper to return and rebuild. May we also be discerning and aware of how God hears our prayers, opens and closes doors, turns hearts, and makes a way for us in his time […]

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Rebuilding Begins with Prayer

Neh 1:4-11. As Nehemiah set his heart and mind to Jerusalem, with a desire to see the wall rebuilt, he started with prayer. As we consider God’s work of rebuilding in our own lives, our church, our community, and our land, let us be moved to pray to prepare the way.

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A Time to Rebuild

Introducing our Series from The Book of Nehemiah, “A Time to Rebuild”, we explore the need in post-exilic Jerusalem to be rebuilt and how that pictures the need we have as believers to be rebuilt, revived, and renewed again and again. Many of us have time and areas in our lives where the walls and […]

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