Sunday Sermon: God's Dream Church - House of Praise & Worship

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God's Dream Church: House of Praise & Worship

“Then the church throughout Judea, Galilee and Samaria enjoyed a time of peace and was strengthened. Living in the fear of the Lord and encouraged by the Holy Spirit, it increased in numbers.”
— Acts 9:31 (NIV)
“But when the chief priests and the teachers of the law saw the wonderful things he did and the children shouting in the temple courts, “Hosanna to the Son of David,” they were indignant.

“Do you hear what these children are saying?” they asked him.

“Yes,” replied Jesus, “have you never read,

“‘From the lips of children and infants
you, Lord, have called forth your praise’?”
— Matthew 21:15-16 (NIV)
“Ephraim mixes with the nations; Ephraim is a flat loaf not turned over.”
— Hosea 7:8 (NIV)
“ God is spirit, and his worshipers must worship in the Spirit and in truth.”
— John 4:24 (NIV)
“Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You give a tenth of your spices—mint, dill and cumin. But you have neglected the more important matters of the law—justice, mercy and faithfulness. You should have practiced the latter, without neglecting the former.”
— Matthew 23:23 (NIV)

Sunday Sermon: Widow’s Olive Oil

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Widow’s Olive Oil

“1. The wife of a man from the company of the prophets cried out to Elisha, “Your servant my husband is dead, and you know that he revered the Lord. But now his creditor is coming to take my two boys as his slaves.”

2. Elisha replied to her, “How can I help you? Tell me, what do you have in your house?”

“Your servant has nothing there at all,” she said, “except a small jar of olive oil.”

3. Elisha said, “Go around and ask all your neighbors for empty jars. Don’t ask for just a few.

4. Then go inside and shut the door behind you and your sons. Pour oil into all the jars, and as each is filled, put it to one side.”

5. She left him and shut the door behind her and her sons. They brought the jars to her and she kept pouring.

6. When all the jars were full, she said to her son, “Bring me another one.”

But he replied, “There is not a jar left.” Then the oil stopped flowing.

7. She went and told the man of God, and he said, “Go, sell the oil and pay your debts. You and your sons can live on what is left.”
— 2 Kings 4:1-7 (NIV)

Sunday Sermon: I Received From The Lord

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I Received From The Lord

“ For I received from the Lord that which I also delivered to you: that the Lord Jesus on the same night in which He was betrayed took bread;”
— 1 Corinthians 11:23 (NKJV)
“For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures, and that he appeared to Cephas, and then to the Twelve.”
— 1 Corinthians 15:3-5 (NIV)
  1. I Received Sonship: John 1:12 "Yet to all who did receive him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God"
  2. I Received Grace Upon Grace: John 1:16 "Out of his fullness we have all received grace in place of grace already given."
  3. I Received Mercy: 2 Corinthians 4:1 "Therefore, since through God’s mercy we have this ministry, we do not lose heart."

Sunday Sermon: God's Dream Church: House of Power

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House of Power: Spiritual Lameness

“The blind and the lame came to him at the temple, and he healed them”
— Matthew 21:14 (NIV)
“Therefore, strengthen your feeble arms and weak knees. “Make level paths for your feet,” so that the lame may not be disabled, but rather healed.”
— Hebrews 12:12-13 (NIV)

Causes of Lameness:

  1. Lame by Birth: Acts: 3:1-2 "...Now a man who was lame from birth..."
  2. Lame by Accident: 2 Samuel 4:4  "...he fell and became disabled..."
  3. Lame by God: Genesis 32:25, 31 "...he touched the socket of Jacob’s hip so that his hip was wrenched..."

Sunday Sermon: God's Dream Church: House of Power

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God's Dream Church: House of Power

“The blind and the lame came to him at the temple, and he healed them.”
— Mathew 21:14 (NIV)

Types of Spiritual Vision:

1. Blindness

2. Blurriness

3. Brightness

“The eye is the lamp of the body. If your eyes are healthy, your whole body will be full of light. But if your eyes are unhealthy, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light within you is darkness, how great is that darkness!”
— Matthew 6:22-23 (NIV)
“They came to Bethsaida, and some people brought a blind man and begged Jesus to touch him. He took the blind man by the hand and led him outside the village. When he had spit on the man’s eyes and put his hands on him, Jesus asked, “Do you see anything?”

He looked up and said, “I see people; they look like trees walking around.”

Once more Jesus put his hands on the man’s eyes. Then his eyes were opened, his sight was restored, and he saw everything clearly. ”
— Mark 8:22-25 (NIV)
“Then the Philistines seized him, gouged out his eyes and took him down to Gaza. Binding him with bronze shackles, they set him to grinding grain in the prison.”
— Judges 16:21 (NIV)
“So, because you are lukewarm—neither hot nor cold—I am about to spit you out of my mouth.”
— Revelation 3:16 (NIV)
“Moses was a hundred and twenty years old when he died, yet his eyes were not weak nor his strength gone.”
— Deuteronomy 34:7 (NIV)
“Open my eyes that I may see wonderful things in your law.”
— Psalms 119:18 (NIV)
“I keep asking that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and revelation, so that you may know him better. I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you, the riches of his glorious inheritance in his holy people, and his incomparably great power for us who believe. That power is the same as the mighty strength he exerted when he raised Christ from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly realms,”
— Ephesians 1:17-20 (NIV)