Forty-fifth Street Baptist Church Weekly Sermons

Speaker: Pastor Sparks Text: Philippians 3:12-14 -An optimist stays up past midnight to see the new year come in, the pessimist stays up to make sure the old year leaves -Paul wrote this scripture while in prison 1. Everybody Has Errors In Their Past There are some things in your life you wish you could press 'backspace' on Paul was as religious as they come, but he still messed up! The reason I h...

12/20/2020

ADVENT SEASON 2020 “REDISCOVER CHRISTMAS: Good News In Troubling Times” Speaker: Pastor Sparks Text: Luke 1:5-7 -If all the stores that sold gifts, closed, Christmas would STILL be here -Just like a circus elephant is able to stay chained [to a small stake and a rope] because it’s been conditioned since birth,  the enemy plays on our minds and conditions us to remember when we were “chained”. And...

Rev. Andra D. Sparks  This sermon series is entitled Rediscover Christmas. The weekly themes will be  December 6- Peace  December 13- Joy  December 20-Love  This year, Forty-fifth Street Baptist Church will be engaged in reading a plan containing devotions for each of the four weeks before Christmas. Based around the weekly themes of hope, peace, joy, and love, there are seven devotions for each t...

This sermon series is entitled Rediscover Christmas. The weekly themes will be November 29- Hope December 6- Peace December 13- Joy December 20-Love >> This year, Forty-fifth Street Baptist Church will be engaged in reading a plan containing devotions for each of the four weeks before Christmas. Based around the weekly themes of hope, peace, joy, and love, there are seven devotions for each...

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Oct 11, 2020 Notes from "I'm Not Throwing Away My Shot"...10/11/20 Speaker: Pastor Sparks Text: Mark 10:46-52 -What have you been doing in this time we’ve been in this pandemic? -Preparation is necessary so that you can rise to the occasion when the occasion presents itself! Don’t wait until the moment hits, put in the work before the moment so you can meet the moment! -In this scripture, we meet...

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Sept 27, 2020 PRAYER MONTH 2020 Sermon Series: “Powerful Prayers for People With Problems” Speaker: Pastor Sparks Text: Luke 22:31-32 -Intercession: An entreaty in favor of another, especially a prayer or petition to God on behalf of another (in other words, making a plea or putting in a good word for someone else who may or may not not be in a position to do so) -Jesus is telling Peter, in the mi...

Sept 20, 2020 “Effective Prayer: Lessons From the Prophet Daniel” Part 2 PRAYER MONTH 2020 Sermon Series: “Powerful Prayers for People With Problems” Speaker: Pastor Sparks Text: Daniel, chapters 9:12(b)-20 -When Daniel got put in the lion’s den, he was 80 years old -The enemy is crafty; he’ll either try to lead you into wrong or pervert the right you’re doing and try to make it wrong -When the ki...

9/13/2020 “Effective Prayer: Lessons From the Prophet Daniel” PRAYER MONTH 2020 Sermon Series: “Powerful Prayers for People With Problems” Speaker: Pastor Sparks Text: Daniel, chapters 9-11 -Daniel is considered one of the most righteous men in history -Daniel served at the top of a pagan (godless) government for over 50 years...and still kept his faithfulness to God! This is significant because t...

"The Mystery of Prayer"...9/6/20 PRAYER MONTH 2020 Sermon Series: “Powerful Prayers for People With Problems” Speaker: Pastor Sparks Text: Matthew 18:18-20 -Do you pray when you don’t have a problem? Or are you only an emergency prayer? -Prayer has changed things AND people! -Prayer has kept a child from doing something dangerous; prayer has saved marriages; prayer has made a supervisor change her...

"Anchored in The Lord"...8/30/20 Speaker: Pastor Sparks Text: Romans 5:1-11 -One of the reasons we don’t grow in Christ is bc we won’t read His Word -As long as we’ve got Jesus, we’ll ALWAYS be taken care of! In this scripture, we’re able to... 1. Realize Our Present Position * We are accepted by God & have complete peace with Him! * If you haven’t accepted Christ, you’re constantly at war wit...

Aug 16, 2020 "What God Has Joined Together" 8/16/20 Speaker: Pastor Sparks Text: Various (Genesis 1:18-28; Colossians 3:23; Lamentations 3:22-23) -Why did you get married? -Did you even think about The Lord when you got married or only “oh Lord!” -Before you can fully understand what marriage is, you gotta know what it ISN’T. Marriage is NOT... 1. A strategy to make you whole * Degree, good job, c...

"Secrets & Lies Ruin Lives" 8/9/20 Sermon Series: “REAL LOVE” A Relationship Rehab Series Speaker: Pastor Sparks Text: Joshua 7:24-26 -Withholding information is just another form of lying (a half-truth is a whole lie) -Intimacy means to be “fully-known” & it is a by-product of truth-telling Waterlines in our lives: * Image waterline is what we want the public to see & it’s what we wor...

Aug 2, 2020

"These Three Words"...7/26/20 PART 3 PART 2 - https://youtu.be/KfIhHZ-ggoM "These Three Words"...7/26/20 Sermon Series: “REAL LOVE” A Relationship Rehab Series Speaker: Pastor Sparks Text: 1 Samuel 25 -There are times in relationships where we simply just don’t get it right -Sometimes it’s not the act, but the discussion after the act that hurts the most. We gotta know HOW to talk to each other! -...

July 19, 2020

7/12/2020 Part One of the "I Only Have Eyes For You Relationship/Refresh Series"