Introduction: I don’t like pain. Pain hurts. And yet, pain is a good thing. Think about ways that pain can be a good thing. It can cause you to react to a danger situation (i.e. hot stove, fire) It can cause you to grow stronger - “No pain no gain!” It can also cause you to depend upon someone else Tonight…

Introduction: This morning, we are going to continue to talk about the different types of soil that make up a person’s heart. Jesus tells the parable of the sower to help his listeners understand His teachings on the kingdom of God. God wants us to hear Him. I’m sure that you have heard the old cliche…

Introduction: I was in Walmart the other day and if you’ve been in the store recently to look at the Christmas Clearance sales, you have probably noticed that they have already moved out the Christmas items to make way for Valentine’s Day stuff and they are setting up their spring displays. My wife has…

Introduction: Have you ever looked at those 3D puzzles called magic eye? They used to be popular and everyone would go cross-eyed staring at them. They are made from a pattern that then has another image hidden behind it. I want to show you a few optical illusions this morning and see if you can spot…

Introduction: If you could write down what a successful new year would look like for you and have anything you wrote down come to pass, what would you put down as your most "blessed" year every? Something that God has been showing me lately is the amount of time that is wasted in my life on things that…

Introduction: What do you love most in this world? Christmas is a season where we often focus on love. We see it in marriage proposals as presents are opened and that engagement ring is there to be unwrapped. Of course I was always told that I couldn’t cheat and try to give an engagement ring as a present.…

Introduction: 8 For I tell you that Christ became a servant to the circumcised to show God’s truthfulness, in order to confirm the promises given to the patriarchs, 9 and in order that the Gentiles might glorify God for his mercy. As it is written, “Therefore I will praise you among the Gentiles, and…

Introduction: What is it that you love most about Christmas? Is it the lights and the decorations? Maybe it’s the parties and the festivities. You may love gathering with your family and friends. Christmas is probably one of the most popular holidays in the world and we may all have different reasons…

Introduction: When Mary held Jesus in her arms, what thoughts do you think were going through her head? To answer this question is to speculate and we can’t know for sure, but we can ask what we might have been thinking. Most of us at some point have held a baby in our arms and you generally don’t have…

Introduction: Christmas is a holiday that always comes under attack by the unbelieving world. We talked about how the world will attack us as Christians because we belong to our Father in Heaven. The reject God so therefore they reject us. We see also how easily the world will mock Christianity while…