Sunday Sermon: God of the Valleys Part 4

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God of the Valleys Part 4

Saul and the Israelites assembled and camped in the Valley of Elah and drew up their battle line to meet the Philistines. The Philistines occupied one hill and the Israelites another, with the valley between them.

Goliath stood and shouted to the ranks of Israel, “Why do you come out and line up for battle? Am I not a Philistine, and are you not the servants of Saul? Choose a man and have him come down to me. If he is able to fight and kill me, we will become your subjects; but if I overcome him and kill him, you will become our subjects and serve us.” Then the Philistine said, “This day I defy the armies of Israel! Give me a man and let us fight each other.” On hearing the Philistine’s words, Saul and all the Israelites were dismayed and terrified.

English Sermon: True Love Bears Fruit

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True Love Bears Fruit

1 John 4:8-10 - What God Valued In His Life

Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love. This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him. This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins.

What the Bible Emphasizes About Bearing Fruit

  1. Discipleship Is Proven By Much Fruit - John 15:8

  2. We Are Chosen To Beat Fruit - John 15:16

  3. We Should Bear Fruit In Every Good Work & Increase In The Knowledge of God - Colossians 1:10

  4. We Need To Bear Fruit Worthy of Repentance - Matthew 3:8

  5. We Should Recognize Others By Their Fruit Mathew 7:6-10

Matthew 7:19

Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.

Sunday Sermon: The God of the Valleys - Part 3

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The God of the Valleys - Part 3

Valley of Transgression (Valley of Achor)

They took the things from the tent, brought them to Joshua and all the Israelites and spread them out before the Lord.

Then Joshua, together with all Israel, took Achan son of Zerah, the silver, the robe, the gold bar, his sons and daughters, his cattle, donkeys and sheep, his tent and all that he had, to the Valley of Achor. Joshua said, “Why have you brought this trouble on us? The Lord will bring trouble on you today.”

Then all Israel stoned him, and after they had stoned the rest, they burned them.

The valley of transgression turned into the doors of hope.

Hosea 2:14-15

“Therefore I am now going to allure her;
I will lead her into the wilderness
and speak tenderly to her.
There I will give her back her vineyards,
and will make the Valley of Achor a door of hope.
There she will respond as in the days of her youth,
as in the day she came up out of Egypt.

English Sermon: Are You A Disciple?

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Are You A Disciple?

“When he came to Jerusalem, he tried to join the disciples, but they were all afraid of him, not believing that he really was a disciple. But Barnabas took him and brought him to the apostles. He told them how Saul on his journey had seen the Lord and that the Lord had spoken to him, and how in Damascus he had preached fearlessly in the name of Jesus. ”
— Acts 9:26-27 (NIV)

Micah’s Idols -

Now a man named Micah from the hill country of Ephraim said to his mother, “The eleven hundred shekels of silver that were taken from you and about which I heard you utter a curse—I have that silver with me; I took it.”

Then his mother said, “The Lord bless you, my son!”

When he returned the eleven hundred shekels of silver to his mother, she said, “I solemnly consecrate my silver to the Lord for my son to make an image overlaid with silver. I will give it back to you.”

The Danites Settle in Laish

… When the five men went into Micah’s house and took the idol, the ephod and the household gods, the priest said to them, “What are you doing?”

They answered him, “Be quiet! Don’t say a word. Come with us, and be our father and priest. Isn’t it better that you serve a tribe and clan in Israel as priest rather than just one man’s household?” The priest was very pleased. He took the ephod, the household gods and the idol and went along with the people.  Putting their little children, their livestock and their possessions in front of them, they turned away and left.