He will render to each one according to his works: to those who by patience in well-doing seek for glory and honor and immortality, he will give eternal life; but for those who are self-seeking and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, there will be wrath and fury. There will be tribulation and … Read more
For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek. For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith for faith, as it is written, “The righteous shall live by faith.” —Paul in … Read more
Nehemiah 10:31 – And if the peoples of the land bring in goods or any grain on the Sabbath day to sell, we will not buy from them on the Sabbath or on a holy day. Near the very beginning of the Old Testament, God set the pattern and precedent for what godly work and … Read more
Nehemiah 10:39 – “…We will not neglect the house of our God.” For generations, these families had professed a faith that they did not practice, and often did not possess. They gave lip-service to God but did not live a lifestyle that was godly. The Bible had been ignored, worship services had stopped, people were … Read more
In this special guest sermon, Nathan Finochio uses several passages of Scripture to answer the question “What is God Like?”
Nehemiah 10:30 – We will not give our daughters to the peoples of the land or take their daughters for our sons. The people were devoting their spiritual life, family, schedule, budget, and sexuality fully to God without reservation. When a true revival movement of God the Holy Spirit occurs, every aspect of life is … Read more
Nehemiah 10:28-29 – “The rest of the people…all who have knowledge and understanding…enter into…an oath to walk in God’s Law that was given by Moses the servant of God, and to observe and do all the commandments of the Lord our Lord and his rules and his statutes.” Nehemiah 10 serves, essentially, as a family … Read more
Nehemiah 10:28-29 – “The rest of the people…all who have knowledge and understanding…enter into…an oath to walk in God’s Law that was given by Moses the servant of God, and to observe and do all the commandments of the Lord our Lord and his rules and his statutes.” In politics, business, and religion, commands tend … Read more
There was a man. The most famous man around. He walked with others, teaching them, and healing them. He wasn’t just a good man, but God become a man. He had a large following, but He had a special follower. A woman, a devoted woman. Where He went, she went. When He cried, she cried. When He spoke, she listened intently. She gave her whole life to Him, to following Him, to spending time with Him. She anointed Him with the fragrance He took to the cross. Other people called her distracted, they said she was neglecting her own life. But she knew what they didn’t, He was all there was to life. He was life! This is the story of Mary of Bethany.
Nehemiah 9:33 – Yet you have been righteous in all that has come upon us, for you have dealt faithfully and we have acted wickedly. In the book of Nehemiah, we learn that there was what we could call “dead religion” for 141 years, when the people of God were not meeting together to worship … Read more
Nehemiah 9:2 – And the Israelites separated themselves from all foreigners and stood and confessed their sins and the iniquities of their fathers. In religion, people judge one another. In revival, people judge themselves. True repentance in our life is different from four kinds of counterfeit repentance: Mere Confession – Had God’s people only confessed … Read more
In Nehemiah 10, Pastor Mark preaches on the church family mission statement many of the men signed in that day, which was a covenant to lead their families in the ways of God as their church and city grew. From this mission statement, we can glean practical ways to structure and lead our own families and churches.