A Proud Heart

By: James Downing | Posted: Jun 24, 2015

Ezekiel 28:2

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“Son of man, say to the prince of Tyre, Thus says the Lord GOD:

“Because your heart is proud, and you have said, ‘I am a god, I sit in the seat of the gods, in the heart of the seas,’ yet you are but a man, and no god, though you make your heart like the heart of a god—

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The Gate is Narrow and The Way is Hard

By: James Downing | Posted: Jun 21, 2015

Matthew 7:12-14

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“So whatever you wish that others would do to you, do also to them, for this is the Law and the Prophets.

“Enter by the narrow gate. For the gate is wide and the way is easy that leads to destruction, and those who enter by it are many. For the gate is narrow and the way is hard that leads to life, and those who find it are few.

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Sowing and Reaping Part 2

By: James Downing | Posted: Jun 17, 2015

Galatians 6:1-10

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Brothers, if anyone is caught in any transgression, you who are spiritual should restore him in a spirit of gentleness. Keep watch on yourself, lest you too be tempted. Bear one another's burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ. For if anyone thinks he is something, when he is nothing, he deceives himself. But let each one test his own work, and then his reason to boast will be in himself alone and not in his neighbor. For each will have to bear his own load.…

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The Dog, The Swine, and The Holy Things and Pearls

By: James Downing | Posted: Jun 14, 2015

Matthew 7:1-12

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“Judge not, that you be not judged. For with the judgment you pronounce you will be judged, and with the measure you use it will be measured to you. Why do you see the speck that is in your brother's eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye? Or how can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ when there is the log in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take…

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Turned from Idols to The True and Living God

By: Cody Hue | Posted: Jun 10, 2015

1 Thessalonians 1:9-10

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For they themselves report concerning us the kind of reception we had among you, and how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God, and to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, Jesus who delivers us from the wrath to come.

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The Judge, The Splinter, and The Beam

By: James Downing | Posted: Jun 07, 2015

Matthew 7:1-5 ESV

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“Judge not, that you be not judged. For with the judgment you pronounce you will be judged, and with the measure you use it will be measured to you. Why do you see the speck that is in your brother's eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye? Or how can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ when there is the log in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to…

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Sowing and Reaping Part 1

By: James Downing | Posted: Jun 03, 2015

Galatians 6:6-8

 

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6 Let the one who is taught the word share all good things with the one who teaches. 7 Do not be deceived: God is not mocked, for whatever one sows, that will he also reap. 8 For the one who sows to his own flesh cwill from the flesh reap corruption, but the one who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life.

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Lay Up Treasures in Heavan

By: James Downing | Posted: Jun 01, 2015

Matthew 6:24-34

 

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“No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and money.

“Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing? Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather…

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The Meek Restorer Part 2

By: James Downing | Posted: May 27, 2015

Galatians 6:1-5

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Brothers, if anyone is caught in any transgression, you who are spiritual should restore him in a spirit of gentleness. Keep watch on yourself, lest you too be tempted. Bear one another's burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ. For if anyone thinks he is something, when he is nothing, he deceives himself. But let each one test his own work, and then his reason to boast will be in himself alone and not in his neighbor. For each will have to bear his own load.

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The Meek Restorer Part 1

By: James Downing | Posted: May 20, 2015

Galatians 6:1-5

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Brothers, if anyone is caught in any transgression, you who are spiritual should restore him in a spirit of gentleness. Keep watch on yourself, lest you too be tempted. Bear one another's burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ. For if anyone thinks he is something, when he is nothing, he deceives himself. But let each one test his own work, and then his reason to boast will be in himself alone and not in his neighbor. For each will have to bear his own load.

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