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In today’s lesson we will learn that Abraham endured many times of testing! God wanted to have first place in Abraham’s life regardless of the situation. Was his son or his homeland more important than God? Absolutely not. Abraham obeyed, without hesitation, and he had confidence that God would take care of everything! Pastor Terry reminds us to give our “Isaac” to GOD. We need to surrender the th...

Has God ever asked you to do something you thought was impossible? Sometimes God’s direction doesn’t make sense, but as Children of God we are called to trust Him in all circumstances. In today’s message from Pastor Terry, we will hear how Abraham obeyed without question, and responded without hesitation. He helps us to imagine that agonizing moment when Abraham lifted the knife to sacrifice his b...

Did you know that God wants you to be prosperous? He wants you to be fruitful! In order to have that abundant life, we must surrender our whole life to God. He wants us to live a life of integrity, and when we submit to His leading, the fruits of our obedience will be evident to others! What a tremendous testimony we could have if we allow God to control everything in our life. In today’s message,...

Do people see Jesus in you? Is there evidence in your life where God is working? This world is dark and looking for hope, but when God works in our life, people can’t help but notice something different about us. The Bible says that Abraham was a man of God, and the Lord was with him. In today’s message, Pastor Terry challenges us to be a living testimony, so that others will see Jesus in us. We w...

Salvation is not earned by being “good enough!” It’s not offered to perfect people, and there is nothing we can do to make it to Heaven on our own. In today’s message Pastor Terry reminds us that God has completed the work of Salvation. The story of Hagar and Ishmael’s exile from Abraham’s land remind us that we need to be forgiven and we will suffer the consequences of our sins. The good news is...

Have you ever noticed that God often uses the least likely candidates in the Bible to do His work? As Pastor Terry shares in his message, God makes perfection out of imperfection and strength out of weakness. This means that those among us who seem unlikely to be used by Christ are actually exactly who He chooses to use the most for His will. This should come as a relief to those of us who may fee...

Have you ever noticed that God often uses the least likely candidates in the Bible to do His work? As Pastor Terry shares in his message, God makes perfection out of imperfection and strength out of weakness. This means that those among us who seem unlikely to be used by Christ are actually exactly who He chooses to use the most for His will. This should come as a relief to those of us who may fee...

In a culture of personal goals and self-help books, Jesus urges us to put the most important aspirations first. As Pastor Terry shares in his message, God wants us to be full time disciples, yet we often fit Christ in as a last resort. Christ says that if we put Him first, then all other aspects of our life will fall into the appropriate place. This is not natural in our environment, so it must be...

Are we a generation of quitters? As Pastor Terry shares in his message, it’s becoming far more commonplace to quit than to persevere in our culture. In the gospel of Luke, Jesus shares that we must be careful to look forward toward accomplishing our goals if we are to enter into the kingdom of heaven. This takes a spirit of hard work and discipline. In a culture of instant gratification, it can be...

The last time you were with us Pastor Terry really brought to the surface just how out of wack our priorities really are. We focus on so much of what this world has to offer and forget that eternity awaits us. Today Pastor Terry will continue to exhort us to put Jesus first. We will learn that when we put Jesus first, the things surrounding this life will simply work themselves out. Pastor Terry w...

We've all been there...in a conversation with another professing believer...an hour or more passes and you each go about your own way. When you stop and think about the hour long conversation, you realize the LORD was never present. Your new car, the promotion at the office, the huge addition on the house...last week's football score were all prominent in the conversation...but, the LORD simply wa...

Is there any greater family we can be a part of than God’s? As Pastor Terry shares in his message, we gain incredible gifts from joining the family of Christ. Perhaps the biggest blessing is the forgiveness of our sins. Christ paid the ultimate price so that sinners such as ourselves could be free. We are to take time to remember this blessing through the participation in communion which is a time...

Joining in the family of Christ brings with it some extraordinary gifts that Christians may take for granted. As Pastor Terry shares in his message, when we are adopted into Christ’s family we are an heir to all of His resources and blessings. Furthermore we are provided direct access to the Holy Spirit living within our hearts. These gifts are essentially free with the one condition of accepting...

Would you sacrifice yourself for the life of a friend? Would you sacrifice your own child? It is easy in this season to overlook the mission of Christ. He literally was born for the purpose of dying. As Pastor Terry shares in his message, our perspective is altered when we really process that our freedom came at the cost of the precious blood of Christ.

Do we deserve the redemption of Christ? According to Pastor Terry’s message, redemption means to buy out, buy off, or buy up. In all of these scenarios, Christ is freeing us from the punishment we deserve as sinful people. Without Christ’s birth and subsequent death, we would not receive the gift of redemption which is the mission of Christmas itself. It is a gift that cannot be earned, but is giv...

Do we truly understand the implications of God sending His son to be born of our Earth? Pastor Terry addresses this in his message, as he focuses on the sacrifices that came with a perfect God living life in an imperfect world. This miracle allows people everywhere to know that Christ identifies with our struggles because He experienced them firsthand. There are no other gods out there that can co...

How can God be 100% God yet 100% man at the same time? Pastor Terry addresses this concept in his message about the birth of Christ. Not only is it a miracle that Christ was born to a virgin, but the miraculous also lies in His ability to be fully God while simultaneously being fully man. It is refreshing to recognize that God went through the same experiences that we face on a daily basis. The ra...

Christ was born in what the Bible refers to as, “the fullness of time.” Pastor Terry goes on in his message to put historical relevance to this statement meaning that Christ was born into the perfect cultural, spiritual, historical, and political climate for the gospel to be accepted and spread quickly. While we may not understand why God chooses to do things the way He does, his plan is always pe...

It was long prophesied that Christ would be a born at a particular time, in a particular place, under particular circumstances. As Pastor Terry shares in his message, the timing of God is impeccable. It is what all of us should look to in times of waiting or confusion about our future. It is reassuring to know that God will never be late. Just as Christ came at the preordained time, God orchestrat...

God has a divine plan for every one of us. In today’s message, Pastor Terry shares the story of Ishmael and explains how God continued to care for Ishmael and Hagar even when they were exiled to the wilderness. Abraham’s decision to take matters into his own hands caused a family to be torn apart, but God had His hand on them. We don’t serve a self-righteous God. He is so compassionate to us, even...

Pastor Terry shares the story of Ishmael in today’s message. He tells us that according to God’s plan, Isaac would carry the line of Abraham. The pain that Abraham, Sarah and Hagar experienced was a self-inflicted pain. They did not seek God’s will, and they took matters into their own hands. We will learn that we need to be patient and wait for God to answer. His plan is so much better than what...

The birth of Christ has become little more than an excuse for us to indulge ourselves in various ways. For the most part our celebration of it misses its true importance. Even many Christians fail to realize the baby Jesus is all grown up. If we still see Jesus as an infant, can we take Him seriously as Master and Lord? Using specific parallels between the birth of Isaac in the Old Testament and t...

We can be extremely impatient at times. We tend to want our prayers answered in the way we want and in the time frame we want. Abraham and Sara had received a promise from God that seemed impossible to them, especially so late in their lives. In today's study, Pastor Terry gives us several insights concerning our patience and God's purposes, drawn from the Old Testament account of the birth of Isa...

We can become very secure in our own “goodness”. It's easy for us to compare our lives to that of a pedophile or a mass murderer and tell ourselves that at least we're not THAT bad. In today's study, Pastor Terry reminds us that we will not be compared to others as we stand before God, but will stand alone. It's not our standard of righteousness that will matter, but God's. Our own goodness will n...

There are many people in the world today who glibly dismiss the idea of a God Who would judge our actions. Many of us feel that we are autonomous and should never have to answer to anyone for the things we do. We often only hear about how loving and kind God is, and rarely hear of His wrath and coming judgement. While it is true that God is loving, it is also true that He will one day call each of...