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The Call to Pray for our Nation

The Call to Pray for our Nation July 1, 2018 2 Chron 7:13-15 13   "When I shut up the heavens so that there is no rain, or command locusts to devour the land or send a plague among my people, 14   if my people, who are called by my name , will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land. 15   Now my eyes will be open and my ears attentive to the prayers offered in this place NIV Last week we started a new series on the Parables this week we are going to hit the pause button on the series. As we approach Independence Day I want you to consider with me now dependent up God we are as a nation and how desperately we need to call on him today. The founding fathers and framers of this nation understood this… 3 years later after the declaration of Independence while attempting to write establish the constitution the delegates reach and impa

Parables of Jesus: The Parable of the Soil

The Parables of Jesus The Parable of the Soil June 24, 2018      Introduction : This morning we begin a new series on the parables of Jesus. As many of you know the text that we asked everyone to join us in memorizing is “This was to fulfill what was spoken by the prophet: “I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter what has been hidden since the foundation of the world.”  Matthew  13:35  (ESV) I want to point your attention to the fact that just prior to verse 35, verse 34 says, “ Jesus spoke all these things to the crowd in parables; he did not say anything to them without using a parable.” Why? According to the text we are memorizing together its to reveal hidden truth! So for the next several weeks we are going to study these parables. Let’s get started his morning by reading for the sake of time some select verses from Matthew 13. Text : Matt 13:1-9, 18-23 That same day Jesus went out of the house and sat by the lake. 2   Such large crowds ga