Reminding ourselves whom will restore every lost penny

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-hcd94-10da4a1 This message was published almost two years ago, and its relevance has only increased since then.  As the world continues to diverge more and more from God’s standards, the Church will be targeted and pressured to conform.  We must understand that remaining steadfast will cause us to lose a lot in this world, but…

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S111P9 – The other side of faith: hope revealed

Heb. 11:1-3 Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.  For by it the elders obtained a good testimony.  By faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that the things which are seen were not made of things which are visible.…

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S111P8 – The other side of faith: knowing his will

Mk. 11:22-24 So Jesus answered and said to them, “Have faith in God.  For assuredly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, ‘Be removed and be cast into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that those things he says will be done, he will have whatever he says. …

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S111P7 – The other side of faith: sacrifice

Est. 5:1-2 Now it happened on the third day that Esther put on her royal robes and stood in the inner court of the king’s palace, across from the king’s house, while the king sat on his royal throne in the royal house, facing the entrance of the house.  So it was, when the king…

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S111P6 – The other side of faith: Rahab’s fear

Jos. 2:8-11 Now before they lay down, [Rahab] came up to them on the roof, and said to the men: “I know that the Lord has given you the land, that the terror of you has fallen on us, and that all the inhabitants of the land are fainthearted because of you.  For we have…

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S111P5 – The other side of faith: Abraham and Isaac

Gen. 22:2-3 Then He said, “Take now your son, your only son Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah, and offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains of which I shall tell you.”  So Abraham rose early in the morning and saddled his donkey, and took…

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S111P4 – The other side of faith: Enoch

Gen. 5:21-24 When Enoch had lived 65 years, he became the father of Methuselah.  After he became the father of Methuselah, Enoch walked faithfully with God 300 years and had other sons and daughters.  Altogether, Enoch lived a total of 365 years.  Enoch walked faithfully with God; then he was no more, because God took…

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S111P3 – The other side of faith: joyous suffering

Acts 14:19-22 Then Jews from Antioch and Iconium came there; and having persuaded the multitudes, they stoned Paul and dragged him out of the city, supposing him to be dead.  However, when the disciples gathered around him, he rose up and went into the city.  And the next day he departed with Barnabas to Derbe. …

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Loving us even though

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-sf8ai-10d168c I cannot deserve the love of God, and neither can you.  Yet, there it is.  It never leaves, it never fails, it never disappointments.  We stray and disobey, but He loves us even still.  He gives us everything of him and asks for everything of us in return, an unfair exchange of love that…

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S111P2 – The other side of faith: prison break

Acts 12:7-9 Now behold, an angel of the Lord stood by him, and a light shone in the prison; and he struck Peter on the side and raised him up, saying, “Arise quickly!”  And his chains fell off his hands.  Then the angel said to him, “Gird yourself and tie on your sandals”; and so…

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