Mt. Olivet Stanley, La

Pastor shared from God’s Word how believers are made for community with other believers. Pastor shared what the Apostle Paul wrote in 1 Corinthians 12:12-31.

I AM MADE FOR COMMUNITY . fellowship Community: A group of people that live in close proximity to each other. this includes their land, social institutions, resources, and community institutions. ( Factbook Logos - Community ) However, the biblical idea of community is always situated on a theological…

INTRODUCTION . 22 At that time the Feast of the Dedication took place at Jerusalem; 23 it was winter, and Jesus was walking in the temple in the portico of Solomon. 24 The Jews then gathered around Him, and were saying to Him, “How long will You keep us in suspense? If You are the Christ, tell us plainly.”…

INTRODUCTION . Peter - denied Jesus three times. Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His great mercy has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, to obtain an inheritance which is imperishable and undefiled…

I AM SECURE - Physically. I AM SECURE = Spiritually - next week. INTRODUCTION . David great and mighty King. Even David got scared at times. David new God personally. David relied on God. David praised God. God is a personal and intimate God. 1 And David spoke the words of this song to the Lord in the…

INTRODUCTION . 1 Finally, my brethren, rejoice in the Lord. To write the same things again is no trouble to me, and it is a safeguard for you. 2 Beware of the dogs, beware of the evil workers, beware of the false circumcision; 3 for we are the true circumcision, who worship in the Spirit of God and glory…

SET APART - 4 INTRODUCTION . 1 What shall we say then? Are we to continue in sin so that grace may increase? 2 May it never be! How shall we who died to sin still live in it? 3 Or do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus have been baptized into His death? 4 Therefore we…

INTRODUCTION . Deuteronomy - 1410 B.C. Ezra - 450-444 B.C. Postexilic period. (Return to Jerusalem after 70 years of being exiled to Babylon. Israel and Judah had both been taken in to exile for there refusal to obey God. God had ordered them not to intermarry with the people that lived in the land that…

INTRODUCTION . 1 Peter (Bridging Contexts) - NIV Application Commentary church: a group of sinful people who had come to Christ for salvation and who were committed to walking in obedience. And that is no different from our churches today. 4 And coming to Him as to a living stone which has been rejected…

INTRODUCTION . 1 “When the Lord your God brings you into the land where you are entering to possess it, and clears away many nations before you, the Hittites and the Girgashites and the Amorites and the Canaanites and the Perizzites and the Hivites and the Jebusites, seven nations greater and stronger…

Humpty Dumpty Ale boiled with Brandy Most Common a Cannon on a wall Humpty Dumpty - 1882 Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall. Humpty Dumpty had a great fall. All the king's horses and all the king's men Couldn't put Humpty together again. 5 But He was pierced through for our transgressions, He was crushed for…

INTRODUCTION . Anyone can be a father. There are some good fathers. How about being the BEST Father. Today’s message “The Best Father” will give the characteristics and or examples of what it is to be the best father. It is a great responsibility to a Father. Example of God. God the Father - head The…

Bible Passage 16 But the eleven disciples proceeded to Galilee, to the mountain which Jesus had designated. 17 When they saw Him, they worshiped Him; but some were doubtful. 18 And Jesus came up and spoke to them, saying, “All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. 19 “Go therefore and…

INTRODUCTION . Senior Adults have seen a lot. The UPs and Downs / High and Lows of life . Good Times / Bad times No TV / TVs Depression / rationing. Birth of Children / death of loved ones. The Changes of Life. 1 Bel has bowed down, Nebo stoops over; Their images are consigned to the beasts and the cattle.…

INTRODUCTION . 1 Therefore I urge you, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living and holy sacrifice, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service of worship. 2 And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what…

INTRODUCTION . 4 Surely our griefs He Himself bore, And our sorrows He carried; Yet we ourselves esteemed Him stricken, Smitten of God, and afflicted. 5 But He was pierced through for our transgressions, He was crushed for our iniquities; The chastening for our well-being fell upon Him, And by His scourging…

INTRODUCTION . 6 For while we were still helpless, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly. 7 For one will hardly die for a righteous man; though perhaps for the good man someone would dare even to die. 8 But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died…

INTRODUCTION . 14 “As Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of Man be lifted up; 15 so that whoever believes will in Him have eternal life. 16 “For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal…