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      FIRST MESSAGE   This week’s theme is words have consequences.  In our call to worship psalm, David desires that the words of his mouth would be acceptable to God. In Proverbs, the writer speaks about the importance of listening to the words of wisdom. In James, the apostle writes about the importance of […]

Eternal Aspects of Salvation “In Christ”   Ephesians 3:10‐11   10 to the intent that now the manifold wisdom of God might be made known by the church to the principalities and powers in the heavenly places,   11   according to the eternal purpose which He accomplished in Christ Jesus our Lord, What is an eternal purpose?

  James 2:1-17. NKJV 2 My brethren, do not hold the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory, with partiality.     2 For if there should come into your assembly a man with gold rings, in [a]fine apparel, and there should also come in a poor man in [b]filthy clothes, 3 and you [c]pay attention to the one wearing the fine

  Ephesians 6:10-20  NKJV.  10 Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might.  11 Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the [a] wiles of the devil.  12 For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers,

OPENING COMMENTS The theme for today is wisdom and understanding come from the Lord. Our focus today will be on Ephesians 5:15-20, where Paul admonishes the church to be wise in understanding how they should conduct their lives in this world.   OPENING SONG   FIRST MESSAGE The Comfort and Connection of Bread Michelle Fleming 

  Ephesians 5:15-20 15 See then that you walk [a]circumspectly, not as fools but as wise, 16 redeeming the time, because the days are evil.   17 Therefore do not be unwise, but understand what the will of the Lord is.  18 And do not be drunk with wine, in which is dissipation; but be filled with the Spirit, 19 speaking to one another in psalms and hymns and

  Ephesians 3  NKJV The Mystery Revealed For this reason I, Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus for you Gentiles — 2 if indeed you have heard of the [a]dispensation of the grace of God which was given to me for you, 3 how that by revelation He made known to me the mystery (as I have briefly written already, 4 by which,

NOTE:  The following is from an essay entitled CLARIFYING OUR THEOLOGICAL VISION … by Dr. Gary Deddo.    Clarifying Two Key Terms:  “ALL ARE INCLUDED” and “UNION WITH CHRIST”     The goal of this ongoing series of articles is to clarify some of the key terms we use in communicating the wonderful truths of our incarnational Trinitarian faith. 

  This week’s theme is new identity, new power. The selected passages are Psalm 4:1-8; Luke 24:36b-48; Acts 3:12-19; 1 John 3:1-7  In our call to worship psalm, we are reminded that we can rest in peace knowing that the Lord hears us when we call. The reading from Acts recounts Peter reminding others that healing

      Part ONE – Listening to Home Office     From the PROGRAM TRANSCRIPT …  See the Manager Jeff Broadnax Have you ever had a sour experience in a restaurant or retail store that prompted you to say, “I want to see the manager”? Maybe you felt the server was out of line