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Luke 1:6 – Zechariah and Elizabeth Luke 1:38 – Mary Matthew 1, 2 – Joseph – every time God spoke Joseph obeyed swiftly Luke 2 – Simeon & Anna – servants at heart Luke – Shepherds – Wisemen Sermon Text: Psalm 100 – God wants us to be faithful servants but he also wants us to be glad while we serve him! Gladness, joy, thanksgiving and singing...

Texts: John 3:16, Isaiah 7:14, Luke 1:11, Luke 2, John 1:14 In the joy of Christmas let us not lose sight of the incredible cost of Christ coming to earth, living among the people, and dieing as a sacrifice that allows us to be sons and daughters of the King! The post God is With Us – Emmanuel appeared first on Bethel Mennonite Church - Gladys VA .

Sermon Text: Philippians 4:1-23 What is contentment? What is the secret of contentment? How can we learn contentment? What is Contentment? Dictionary definition of contentment is – Contentment is the state of happiness and satisfaction. Is the secret of contentment having the right stuff? If we were to believe all of the advertisements we come out about there. Is contentment living in the ri...

Sermon Text: 1 Corinthians 11:2-16 Ruth 1:16 – Ruth had married into this family and she was committed to this family in a way that is really incredible. Ruth would not leave her mother in law because of her faith in God and his direction. The head covering is a symbol of obedience to the word and submission to Christ and the Godhead. For many of us as Mennonites we’ve grown up with sisters...

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Faith and the Cloud of Witnesses Hebrews 12 – This is a familiar passage. It follows the chapter of faith, a chapter telling us what faith is. The substance of things hoped for and the evidence of things unseen. We see people who believed the promises of God and looked beyond the things of this earth. As we come into chapter 12 we see the application for us. Let us also live like they lived....

1 John 2 Those who are trying to deceive you Anti-Christs aim to deceive. It isn’t that they are accidentally spreading false teaching, they teach with the motive of deception. Anti-Christs remind us that we are in the “last era.” The next thing on the horizon is the return of Christ. Anti-Christs are not “of us.” They acted like they belong but they are really wolves in sheep’s clothing. An...

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Matthew 8:5-13 – The attitude of this centurion towards authority is impressive. Jesus was impressed by it, and when we see Jesus being impressed we should sit up and take notice. This centurion was humble. He knew that his bloodline didn’t make him part of “the people of God.” We also see that he had a genuine concern for his servant. He believed that Jesus’ word could heal his servant. No...

Luke 10:38-42, John 5:24 – Are you thrilled to be a Christian today? We have passed from death to life because of Christ. There was an important visitor coming to Martha’s house. The place was buzzing with excitement! Jesus was coming to visit Martha, Mary and Lazarus. John 10:5 – Jesus loved this family very very much. Martha new and felt that Jesus loved her. Martha wanted express he...

Hebrews 11:8-19 – People of faith experience a lot of things. At times it can seem like God isn’t taking action and that things aren’t really going anywhere. The call this morning is to keep on. To have persevering faith. We can do this because of the promises of a faithful God. Abraham seemed to spend a lot of his life waiting for God to work. God promised him many good things… Abraham had...

James 3:1-18, Proverbs 25:11, Colossians 4:6 There are lots of “taste receptors” on our tongues that pick up the intricacies in the flavor of things. The tongue is there for many things having to do with eating. It is also there of course for speech. It would be very difficult to speak and enunciate clearly without our tongues. Today we have lots of ways that we can communicate. In the day of Jame...

Encouragement For Each Maturity Level 1 John 2:12-14 – This is a passage that has puzzled a lot of people over the years. There is some repetition here, but enough differences that you notice them. John is talking about different levels of maturity in faith. Those who are young in the faith – new believers. Those who are a bit older – no longer new believers. Fathers… those who h...

1 John 2 – This passage is full of indicators or “barometers” of how we are doing spiritually. Those who know God will have this pattern of obedience in their lives. There are lots of people who know a lot about God but who don’t do well at obeying God. This isn’t a “head knowledge” about God, but rather a relationship with God through Christ. Do we abide in Christ? Do we walk ho...

Isaiah 40:1-31 Isaiah is addressing this letter to the people of Israel. Before they were even in captivity. He gives strength to the weary, and gives power to the week. He gently leads those who have young. There is no possibility of us as humans holding the moon and stars and heavenly bodies in their course, but God can do it, and he does! There are days when we are just busy. Mothers, fathers,...

2 Timothy 3:1-4 – A somewhat depressing description of our times. Of mankind, unregenerate. It is important for children to learn to share and get along with others. We expect to see this be a struggle with children, we don’t expect adults to be this way. Unfortunately though, being selfish is something that we as grownups also struggle with. These people that Paul was describing to Timothy...

Which is the greatest institution of God? The home or the church? The same things that make marriage work, makes the church work. It takes commitment to make a marriage work and to make a church work. Adoption is a wonderful thing, a family reaching out and saying, “we want you to be a part of our family.” Romans 8:15 – None of us are born into the family of God by our biological...

Romans 5:1-5 – We see the word “hope” in this passage a number of times. We know that it has a range of meanings. “I hope we have nice weather.” “The hope of the glory of God.” The opposite of hope is a miserable place. It is an awful thing. Despair. Darkness. Gloom. No encouragement. Nothing pointing to a good outcome, ever. In this status of grace that w...

1 John 2:2 – He himself is the propitiation for our sins, and not only for ours, but also for those of the whole world! Let’s look at this verse and try to understand it. There are basically two ways to think of this… Jesus provided a potential for forgiveness for everyone. Unlimited Atonement . Jesus didn’t really die to save everyone, he only died to save certain people....