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Wednesday Evening service at Calvary Baptist Pastor Tracy Puckett October Revival! Guest Preacher Bro Ricky Gravley We are an old fashioned, Independent Missionary Baptist Church, with Holy Ghost, King James preaching, and spirit filled singing. We invite you to come and be a part of our church family. Our doors are always open, and we hope that you and your family will come and experience the love of God here at Calvary! "I was glad when they said unto me, Let us go into the house of the LORD. (Psalm 122:1)"

This devotional explores the theological concept that divine disappointments are often strategic appointments designed by God to redirect believers toward their true purpose. Using the biblical account of Paul and Silas in Acts 16 as a foundation, the message illustrates how the Holy Spirit's restriction of their path to Asia ultimately led to a more fruitful ministry in Macedonia and later Ephesus. The narrative weaves in a personal testimony of repeated rejections from various mission organizations, which initially caused deep discouragement but later revealed God's protective hand in addressing unresolved personal issues. The core message encourages listeners to trust in God's sovereignty, recognizing that closed doors are not final rejections but necessary preparations for future opportunities. By reframing setbacks as part of a larger divine plan, the sermon offers pastoral comfort and a call to wait on the Lord's timing with confidence.

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(AI Generated Summary) This lesson introduces the doctrine of the Trinity as a foundational and essential tenet of biblical Christianity, distinguishing it from other religions and cults that deny the triune nature of God. It examines the tension between the Old Testament's strict monotheism and the New Testament's clear affirmations of the full deity of Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit. By citing key passages such as the Great Commission and the benediction in 2 Corinthians, the teaching demonstrates that the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit exist in a coordinate relationship as one God. The sermon emphasizes that this belief was settled early in church history and remains a marker of orthodoxy across all major branches of Christendom. The tone is instructional and pastoral, aiming to equip believers with a robust understanding of God's nature to guard against heresy and deepen their worship.

What is the most important provision we need from the Lord for the work of the church? 1Chronicles 29 looks forward to the hearing of God's Word, publicly read, in the holy assembly on the coming Lord's Day. In these thirty verses of Holy Scripture, the Holy Spirit teaches us that the most important provision that we need for serving the church is the provision of a willing heart. The devotional explores 1 Chronicles 29, highlighting David's exhortation to the people to offer willingly to the Lord for the construction of the temple. It emphasizes that the true provision for worship lies not in the material resources provided but in the willing heart that God grants to His people, contrasting this divine gift with the inherent evil of the human heart described in Genesis. Pastor connects the post-exilic use of this narrative to the New Testament reality of the church as a spiritual house built by Christ, where believers are transformed by the Holy Spirit to offer spiritual sacrifices. The message encourages believers to rejoice in God's grace, which enables them to serve with wholehearted devotion, and to submit fully to Christ as the King who builds His temple. This perspective calls for a life of worship and service that is rooted in gratitude for God's initiative rather than human effort.

This sermon examines the theological distinction between true salvation and false religion through the narrative of Cain and Abel in Genesis. The central argument posits that Cain's offering represents a human scheme based on effort and self-satisfaction, which runs counter to God's revealed mind of grace and blood sacrifice, whereas Abel's offering reflects obedience to divine provision. The teaching identifies four characterizations of false religion: force, falsehood, futility, and fear, illustrating how these elements lead to spiritual death rather than life. By contrasting the accepted sacrifice of Abel with the rejected offering of Cain, the message emphasizes that God accepts individuals only through Christ, not through personal merit or religious performance. The sermon concludes with a warning that the way of Cain is a path of apostasy, urging believers to rely on the Word of God, the work of Christ, and the witness of the Holy Spirit for true salvation.

This sermon explores the principles of prayer found in Luke 11, emphasizing that the Lord's Prayer serves as a model rather than a magical incantation. The instruction highlights six key attitudes for believers: praying reverently to acknowledge God's holiness, submissively to align with His will, daily to maintain spiritual dependence, humbly to confess sin, dependently to recognize human weakness, and importunately to persist in faith. The message uses the parable of the midnight friend to illustrate the necessity of consistent, persistent prayer, arguing that God delays answers to test the sincerity of the petitioner's desire. The sermon concludes with an exhortation to pray expectantly, trusting that the Heavenly Father gives good gifts, such as the Holy Spirit and revival, to those who ask in faith and for His glory.

Pastor Mark Hogan teaches on prayer in Acts in an ongoing Wednesday series, showing that prayer appears in about 19 of 28 chapters and accompanies every advance of the early church, from waiting for the Spirit in Acts 1:12-14 and devotion to the prayers in Acts 2:42 to Scripture-saturated boldness in Acts 4:23-31, deacon appointment in Acts 6:4-7, Stephen's dying prayer in Acts 7:59-60, prayer with laying on of hands in Acts 8, Paul's conversion in Acts 9, Cornelius in Acts 10, Peter's release in Acts 12, and missionary commissioning in Acts 13-14. He also traces prayer at Lydia's riverside meeting, Paul and Silas in the Philippian jail in Acts 16, Paul's kneeling farewells in Acts 20-21, and his thanksgiving in the storm in Acts 27. The main message is that the church lived in an atmosphere of active dependence on God, not mechanical ritual, and that genuine conversion produces a new life of prayer. Pastor Mark Hogan applies this by calling Grace Baptist Church to zealous corporate prayer, elders to prioritize praying for the saints alongside word ministry, and believers to pursue longer corporate prayers, faithful pre-Sunday school prayer, extended family worship, and unceasing prayer for the Holy Spirit's empowering presence for bold witness, even praying like Stephen, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit, with Philippians 4:6 as the summons to make requests known to God.

This sermon examines Paul's argument in Romans 2:25-29 that external religious rituals, such as physical circumcision, hold no value without corresponding obedience to God's law. The teaching emphasizes that God views true identity not through ethnic heritage or outward signs, but through an inward transformation of the heart by the Holy Spirit. By contrasting the faith of Gentiles with the hypocrisy of religious insiders, the message asserts that genuine righteousness comes from faith in Christ rather than adherence to the letter of the law. The sermon concludes that salvation is a gift of grace received through faith, making believers the true circumcision who worship in the spirit and glory in Jesus Christ.