Sermons

The End Times - part 3 – The Beast & His Mark

Lapeer Community Church — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 14:30:00 GMT

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The Beast & His Mark (3)
This message was recorded at Lapeer Community Church during the 9:30 a.m. service on Feb 7, 2010

Daniel's 70 Weeks (NIV)

"Know and understand this: From the issuing of the decree to restore and rebuild Jerusalem until the Anointed One, the ruler, comes, there will be seven 'sevens,' and sixty-two 'sevens.' It will be rebuilt with streets and a trench, but in times of trouble. After the sixty-two 'sevens,' the Anointed One will be cut off and will have nothing. The people of the ruler who will come will destroy the city and the sanctuary. The end will come like a flood: War will continue until the end, and desolations have been decreed. He will confirm a covenant with many for one 'seven.' In the middle of the 'seven' he will put an end to sacrifice and offering. And on a wing of the temple he will set up an abomination that causes desolation, until the end that is decreed is poured out on him.
Daniel 9:25-27

The Identity of the Beast - Rev. 13 & 17 (NIV)

He also forced everyone, small and great, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on his right hand or on his forehead, so that no one could buy or sell unless he had the mark, which is the name of the beast or the number of his name.

This calls for wisdom. If anyone has insight, let him calculate the number of the beast, for it is man's number. His number is 666.
Revelation 13:16-18

The Beast Vision = 7 heads and hills, 7 horns, and 10 crowns

7 heads = 7 kings, 5 fallen, 1 is, 1 yet to come. The Beast is the 8th king who belongs to the 7. Revelation 17:9-11

10 horns and crowns = 10kings who rule for the Beast.

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The End Times - part 2 – The Rapture

Lapeer Community Church — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 14:30:00 GMT

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The Rapture (2)
This message was recorded at Lapeer Community Church during the 9:30 a.m. service on Jan 31, 2010

1 Thess 4:16-17 (NIV)
¹⁶For the Lord himself will come down from heaven, with a loud command, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet call of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first. ¹⁷After that, we who are still alive and are left will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will be with the Lord forever.
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Phil 1:21-2 (NIV)
²¹For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain. ²²If I am to go on living in the body, this will mean fruitful labor for me. Yet what shall I choose? I do not know! ²³I am torn between the two: I desire to depart and be with Christ, which is better by far; ²⁴but it is more necessary for you that I remain in the body.
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The End Times - part 1 – Just Tell Me

Lapeer Community Church — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 14:30:00 GMT

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Just Tell Me (1)
This message was recorded at Lapeer Community Church during the 9:30 a.m. service on Jan 24, 2010

Point 1: Continue as if Christ comes now.

Rev 1:1 (NIV)
¹The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show his servants what must soon take place...

Point 2: Continue as if Christ comes in the future.

1 Thes 5:4-6 (NIV)
⁴But you, brothers, are not in darkness so that this day should surprise you like a thief. ⁵You are all sons of the light and sons of the day. We do not belong to the night or to the darkness. ⁶So then, let us not be like others, who are asleep, but let us be alert and self-controlled.

Point 3: Continue as with confidence.

Rev 3:3 (NIV)
³Remember, therefore, what you have received and heard; obey it, and repent. But if you do not wake up, I will come like a thief, and you will not know at what time I will come to you.
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Exceptional Parenting - part 1 - Priorities

Lapeer Community Church — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 14:30:00 GMT

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Priorities (1)
This message was recorded at Lapeer Community Church during the 9:30 a.m. service on Oct 25, 2009

Point 1, Relational Community
Genesis 2:20-25 (NIV)
²⁰ So the man gave names to all the livestock, the birds of the air and all the beasts of the field. But for Adam no suitable helper was found. ²¹ So the LORD God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep; and while he was sleeping, he took one of the man's ribs ^[b] and closed up the place with flesh. ²² Then the LORD God made a woman from the rib ^[c] he had taken out of the man, and he brought her to the man.
²³ The man said,
       "This is now bone of my bones
       and flesh of my flesh;
       she shall be called 'woman'
       for she was taken out of man."
²⁴ For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh.
²⁵ The man and his wife were both naked, and they felt no shame.
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Point 2, Responsible Husbands
Eph 5:31 (NIV)
³¹"For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh."
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Point 3, Reverent Wives
Eph 5:21-25 (NIV)
²¹Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ.
²²Wives, submit to your husbands as to the Lord. ²³For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, his body, of which he is the Savior. ²⁴Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands in everything.
²⁵Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her

Genesis 3:16 (NIV)
¹⁶ To the woman he said,
   "I will greatly increase your pains in childbearing;
    with pain you will give birth to children.
    Your desire will be for your husband,
    and he will rule over you."
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Point 4, Respectful Children
Eph 6:1-4 (NIV)
¹Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. ²"Honor your father and mother"—which is the first commandment with a promise— ³"that it may go well with you and that you may enjoy long life on the earth." ⁴Fathers, do not exasperate your children; instead, bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord.
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Point 5, Respectful Children
Eph 5:21 (NIV)
²¹Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ.

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True Financial Freedom - part 6 - Reasons to Get Excited

Lapeer Community Church — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 16:04:00 GMT

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Reasons to Get Excited (6)
This message was recorded at Lapeer Community Church during the 11:00 a.m. service on Oct 18, 2009

Acts 20:35 (NIV)
³⁵In everything I did, I showed you that by this kind of hard work we must help the weak, remembering the words the Lord Jesus himself said: 'It is more blessed to give than to receive.'

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Matt 19:27-30 (NIV)
²⁷Peter answered him, "We have left everything to follow you! What then will there be for us?"
²⁸Jesus said to them, "I tell you the truth, at the renewal of all things, when the Son of Man sits on his glorious throne, you who have followed me will also sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel. ²⁹And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother^[a] or children or fields for my sake will receive a hundred times as much and will inherit eternal life. ³⁰But many who are first will be last, and many who are last will be first.

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Matt 25:21 (NIV)
²¹"His master replied, 'Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Come and share your master's happiness!'

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Mark 8:35 (NIV)
³⁵For whoever wants to save his life^[a] will lose it, but whoever loses his life for me and for the gospel will save it.

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True Financial Freedom - part 3 - Looking Toward the Future

Lapeer Community Church — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 14:30:00 GMT

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Looking Toward the Future (3)
This message was recorded at Lapeer Community Church during the 9:30 a.m. service on Sept 27, 2009

The Danger
Luke 12:13-21 (NIV)
¹³Someone in the crowd said to him, "Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me."
¹⁴Jesus replied, "Man, who appointed me a judge or an arbiter between you?" ¹⁵Then he said to them, "Watch out! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; a man's life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions."
¹⁶And he told them this parable: "The ground of a certain rich man produced a good crop. ¹⁷He thought to himself, 'What shall I do? I have no place to store my crops.'
¹⁸"Then he said, 'This is what I'll do. I will tear down my barns and build bigger ones, and there I will store all my grain and my goods. ¹⁹And I'll say to myself, "You have plenty of good things laid up for many years. Take life easy; eat, drink and be merry."
²⁰"But God said to him, 'You fool! This very night your life will be demanded from you. Then who will get what you have prepared for yourself?'
²¹"This is how it will be with anyone who stores up things for himself but is not rich toward God."
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Balance
Prov 6:6-11 (NIV)

⁶ Go to the ant, you sluggard;
       consider its ways and be wise!
⁷ It has no commander,
       no overseer or ruler,
⁸ yet it stores its provisions in summer
       and gathers its food at harvest.
⁹ How long will you lie there, you sluggard?
       When will you get up from your sleep?
¹⁰ A little sleep, a little slumber,
       a little folding of the hands to rest-
¹¹ and poverty will come on you like a bandit
       and scarcity like an armed man.
Also read 1 Tim 5:8 and 1 Tim 5:16
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Heart Check
Matt 6:19-21 (NIV)
¹⁹"Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. ²⁰But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moth and rust do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal. ²¹For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
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True Financial Freedom - part 2 - Can I Be Trusted?

Lapeer Community Church — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 16:00:00 GMT

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Can I Be Trusted? (2)
This message was recorded at Lapeer Community Church during the 9:30 a.m. service on Sept 20, 2009

Luke 16:1-15 (NIV)

¹Jesus told his disciples: "There was a rich man whose manager was accused of wasting his possessions. ²So he called him in and asked him, 'What is this I hear about you? Give an account of your management, because you cannot be manager any longer.'
³"The manager said to himself, 'What shall I do now? My master is taking away my job. I'm not strong enough to dig, and I'm ashamed to beg— ⁴I know what I'll do so that, when I lose my job here, people will welcome me into their houses.'
⁵"So he called in each one of his master's debtors. He asked the first, 'How much do you owe my master?'
⁶" 'Eight hundred gallons^[a] of olive oil,' he replied.
      "The manager told him, 'Take your bill, sit down quickly, and make it four hundred.'
⁷"Then he asked the second, 'And how much do you owe?'
      " 'A thousand bushels^[b] of wheat,' he replied.
      "He told him, 'Take your bill and make it eight hundred.'
⁸"The master commended the dishonest manager because he had acted shrewdly. For the people of this world are more shrewd in dealing with their own kind than are the people of the light. ⁹I tell you, use worldly wealth to gain friends for yourselves, so that when it is gone, you will be welcomed into eternal dwellings.
¹⁰"Whoever can be trusted with very little can also be trusted with much, and whoever is dishonest with very little will also be dishonest with much. ¹¹So if you have not been trustworthy in handling worldly wealth, who will trust you with true riches? ¹²And if you have not been trustworthy with someone else's property, who will give you property of your own?
¹³"No servant can serve two masters. 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 both God and Money."
¹⁴The Pharisees, who loved money, heard all this and were sneering at Jesus. ¹⁵He said to them, "You are the ones who justify yourselves in the eyes of men, but God knows your hearts. What is highly valued among men is detestable in God's sight.

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Crucial Conversations - part 6 - Fruit of Courage

Lapeer Community Church — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 14:30:00 GMT

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Fruit of Courage (6)
This message was recorded at Lapeer Community Church during the 9:30 a.m. service on September 6, 2009

Benefit One: Strength in you

1 Samuel 24:8-10 (NIV)

⁸Then David went out of the cave and called out to Saul, "My lord the king!" When Saul looked behind him, David bowed down and prostrated himself with his face to the ground. ⁹He said to Saul, "Why do you listen when men say, 'David is bent on harming you'? ¹⁰ This day you have seen with your own eyes how the LORD delivered you into my hands in the cave. Some urged me to kill you, but I spared you; ...
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Benefit Two: Strength in relationship

1 Samuel 24:10-13 (NIV)

¹⁰ ... I said, 'I will not lift my hand against my master, because he is the LORD's anointed.' ¹¹ See, my father, look at this piece of your robe in my hand! I cut off the corner of your robe but did not kill you. Now understand and recognize that I am not guilty of wrongdoing or rebellion. I have not wronged you, but you are hunting me down to take my life. ¹² May the LORD judge between you and me. And may the LORD avenge the wrongs you have done to me, but my hand will not touch you. ¹³ As the old saying goes, 'From evildoers come evil deeds,' so my hand will not touch you.
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Benefit One: Strength to look i the mirror to see the real me

1 Samuel 24:16-21 (NIV)

¹⁶ When David finished saying this, Saul asked, "Is that your voice, David my son?" And he wept aloud. ¹⁷ "You are more righteous than I," he said. "You have treated me well, but I have treated you badly. ¹⁸ You have just now told me of the good you did to me; the LORD delivered me into your hands, but you did not kill me. ¹⁹ When a man finds his enemy, does he let him get away unharmed? May the LORD reward you well for the way you treated me today. ²⁰ I know that you will surely be king and that the kingdom of Israel will be established in your hands. ²¹ Now swear to me by the LORD that you will not cut off my descendants or wipe out my name from my father's family."
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Crucial Conversations - part 5 - Silent Conversations

Lapeer Community Church — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 14:30:00 GMT

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Silent Conversations (5)
This message was recorded at Lapeer Community Church during the 9:30 a.m. service on August 30, 2009

Homework this time ... Read at home this week - 1Kings 1-2, the beginning of Solomon's reign.

Matt 18:16 (NIV) (also see Deut. 17:6)
¹⁶But if he will not listen, take one or two others along, so that 'every matter may be established by the testimony of two or three witnesses.'
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Proverbs 21:29 (NIV)
²⁹ A wicked man puts up a bold front,
but an upright man gives thought to his ways.
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Proverbs 18:17 (NIV)
¹⁷ The first to present his case seems right,
till another comes forward and questions him.

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Prayer - part 6 - Deliverance

Lapeer Community Church — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 14:30:00 GMT

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Deliverance (6)
This message was recorded at Lapeer Community Church during the 9:30 a.m. service on August 2, 2009

Matt 6:13 (NIV)

¹³And lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from the evil one.

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James 1:2-4 (NIV)

²Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds, ³because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance. ⁴Perseverance must finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything.

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James 1:13-15 (NIV)

¹³When tempted, no one should say, "God is tempting me." For God cannot be tempted by evil, nor does he tempt anyone; ¹⁴but each one is tempted when, by his own evil desire, he is dragged away and enticed. ¹⁵Then, after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, gives birth to death.

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Prayer - part 5 - Forgiveness

Lapeer Community Church — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 14:30:00 GMT

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Forgiveness (5)
This message was recorded at Lapeer Community Church during the 9:30 a.m. service on August 2, 2009

Matt 6:12,14-15 (NIV)
12Forgive us our debts,
as we also have forgiven our debtors.

14For if you forgive men when they sin against you, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. 15But if you do not forgive men their sins, your Father will not forgive your sins.
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2 Parables

Matt 18:35 (NIV)
35"This is how my heavenly Father will treat each of you unless you forgive your brother from your heart."

Luke 18:14 (NIV)
14"I tell you that this man, rather than the other, went home justified before God. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted."
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Results

James 2:13 (NAS
13For judgment will be merciless to one who has shown no mercy; mercy triumphs over judgment.

Heb 12:15 (NIV)
15See to it that no one misses the grace of God and that no bitter root grows up to cause trouble and defile many.
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Prayer - part 4 - Provision

Lapeer Community Church — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 14:30:00 GMT

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Provision
This message was recorded at Lapeer Community Church during the 9:30 a.m. service on July 26, 2009

Matt 6:9b-13 (KJV)

...^9bOur Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.
¹⁰Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.
¹¹Give us this day our daily bread.
¹²And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.
¹³And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.

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Point 1

Exodus 16:4 (New International Version)

⁴ Then the LORD said to Moses, "I will rain down bread from heaven for you. The people are to go out each day and gather enough for that day. In this way I will test them and see whether they will follow my instructions.

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Point 2

Proverbs 30:8 (New International Version)

⁸ Keep falsehood and lies far from me;
give me neither poverty nor riches,
but give me only my daily bread.

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Point 3

Proverbs 31:27 (New International Version)

²⁷ She watches over the affairs of her household
and does not eat the bread of idleness.

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Prayer - part 2

Lapeer Community Church — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 14:30:00 GMT

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Discovering God's Will
This message was recorded at Lapeer Community Church during the 9:30 a.m. service on July 19, 2009

Matt 6:10 (New International Version)
¹⁰your kingdom come,
your will be done
on earth as it is in heaven.

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Romans 12:1-2 (New International Version)
¹Therefore, I urge you, brothers, in view of God's mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God—this is your spiritual act of worship. ²Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will.

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James 1:22 (New International Version)
²²Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says.

Prayer - part 1

Lapeer Community Church — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 14:30:00 GMT

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Worship
This message was recorded at Lapeer Community Church during the 9:30 a.m. service on July 12, 2009

Matt 6:9 (New International Version)

⁹"This, then, is how you should pray:
" 'Our Father in heaven,
hallowed be your name,
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Psalm 8 (New International Version)
¹O LORD, our Lord,
how majestic is your name in all the earth!
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Psalm 51 (New International Version)
¹ Have mercy on me, O God,
       according to your unfailing love;
       according to your great compassion
       blot out my transgressions.
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Psalm 103 (New International Version)
¹ Praise the LORD, O my soul;
all my inmost being, praise his holy name.

Gaining an Audience

Lapeer Community Church — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 14:30:00 GMT

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Gaining an Audience
This message was recorded at Lapeer Community Church during the 9:30 a.m. service on July 5, 2009

Matthew 6:5-9 (New International Version)

⁵"And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by men. I tell you the truth, they have received their reward in full. ⁶But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you. ⁷And when you pray, do not keep on babbling like pagans, for they think they will be heard because of their many words. ⁸Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him.

⁹"This, then, is how you should pray: " 'Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name,

Father's Day 2009

Lapeer Community Church — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 14:30:00 GMT

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Consumerism
This message was recorded at Lapeer Community Church during the 9:30 a.m. service on June 21, 2009

Col 3:21 (New International Version)

²¹Fathers, do not embitter your children, or they will become discouraged.
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Eph 6:4 (New International Version)

⁴Fathers, do not exasperate your children; instead, bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord.
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Matt 17:5 (New International Version)

⁵While he was still speaking, a bright cloud enveloped them, and a voice from the cloud said, "This is my Son, whom I love; with him I am well pleased. Listen to him!"

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1 John 4:10 (New International Version)

¹⁰This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins.

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Lord, Save Me From Your Followers! - part (5)

Lapeer Community Church — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 14:30:00 GMT

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Politics (5)
This message was recorded at Lapeer Community Church during the 9:30 a.m. service on May 17, 2009

Matt 22:20-21 (New International Version)

²⁰and he asked them, "Whose portrait is this? And whose inscription?"

²¹"Caesar's," they replied.
Then he said to them, "Give to Caesar what is Caesar's, and to God what is God's."

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Matt 17:24-27 (New International Version)

²⁴After Jesus and his disciples arrived in Capernaum, the collectors of the two-drachma tax came to Peter and asked, "Doesn't your teacher pay the temple tax^[a]?"

²⁵"Yes, he does," he replied.
When Peter came into the house, Jesus was the first to speak. "What do you think, Simon?" he asked. "From whom do the kings of the earth collect duty and taxes—from their own sons or from others?"

²⁶"From others," Peter answered.

"Then the sons are exempt," Jesus said to him. ²⁷"But so that we may not offend them, go to the lake and throw out your line. Take the first fish you catch; open its mouth and you will find a four-drachma coin. Take it and give it to them for my tax and yours."

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Rom 12:13-21 (New International Version)

¹³Share with God's people who are in need. Practice hospitality.

¹⁴Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse. ¹⁵Rejoice with those who rejoice; mourn with those who mourn. ¹⁶Live in harmony with one another. Do not be proud, but be willing to associate with people of low position.^[a] Do not be conceited.

¹⁷Do not repay anyone evil for evil. Be careful to do what is right in the eyes of everybody. ¹⁸If it is possible, as far as it depends on you, live at peace with everyone. ¹⁹Do not take revenge, my friends, but leave room for God's wrath, for it is written: "It is mine to avenge; I will repay,"^[b]says the Lord. ²⁰On the contrary:
   "If your enemy is hungry, feed him;
      if he is thirsty, give him something to drink.
   In doing this, you will heap burning coals on his head."^[c] ²¹Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.

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Lord, Save Me From Your Followers! - part (4)

Lapeer Community Church — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 14:30:00 GMT

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Consumerism
This message was recorded at Lapeer Community Church during the 9:30 a.m. service on June 7, 2009

Luke 9:23 (New International Version)

²³Then he said to them all: "If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me.

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Luke 12:13-21 (New International Version)

The Parable of the Rich Fool
¹³Someone in the crowd said to him, "Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me." ¹⁴Jesus replied, "Man, who appointed me a judge or an arbiter between you?" ¹⁵Then he said to them, "Watch out! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; a man's life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions." ¹⁶And he told them this parable: "The ground of a certain rich man produced a good crop. ¹⁷He thought to himself, 'What shall I do? I have no place to store my crops.' ¹⁸"Then he said, 'This is what I'll do. I will tear down my barns and build bigger ones, and there I will store all my grain and my goods. ¹⁹And I'll say to myself, "You have plenty of good things laid up for many years. Take life easy; eat, drink and be merry." ' ²⁰"But God said to him, 'You fool! This very night your life will be demanded from you. Then who will get what you have prepared for yourself?' ²¹"This is how it will be with anyone who stores up things for himself but is not rich toward God."
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Luke 14:33 (New International Version)

³³In the same way, any of you who does not give up everything he has cannot be my disciple.

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Lord, Save Me From Your Followers! - part 3

Lapeer Community Church — Sun, 31 May 2009 14:30:00 GMT

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Debate vs. Conversation (3)
This messae was recorded at Lapeer Community Church during the 9:30 a.m. service on May 31, 2009

Matt 5:13-16 (New International Version)
¹³"You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt loses its saltiness, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled by men.

¹⁴"You are the light of the world. A city on a hill cannot be hidden. ¹⁵Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl. Instead they put it on its stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house. ¹⁶In the same way, let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and praise your Father in heaven.

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Luke 6:27-36 (New International Version)
²⁷"But I tell you who hear me: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, ²⁸bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you. ²⁹If someone strikes you on one cheek, turn to him the other also. If someone takes your cloak, do not stop him from taking your tunic. ³⁰Give to everyone who asks you, and if anyone takes what belongs to you, do not demand it back. ³¹Do to others as you would have them do to you.

³²"If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? Even 'sinners' love those who love them. ³³And if you do good to those who are good to you, what credit is that to you? Even 'sinners' do that. ³⁴And if you lend to those from whom you expect repayment, what credit is that to you? Even 'sinners' lend to 'sinners,' expecting to be repaid in full. ³⁵But love your enemies, do good to them, and lend to them without expecting to get anything back. Then your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High, because he is kind to the ungrateful and wicked. ³⁶Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful.

Lord, Save Me From Your Followers! - part 2

Lapeer Community Church — Sun, 24 May 2009 14:30:00 GMT

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Who Are We Fighting? (2)
This messae was recorded at Lapeer Community Church during the 9:30 a.m. service on May 24, 2009

John 8:1-11 (New International Version)
¹But Jesus went to the Mount of Olives. ²At dawn he appeared again in the temple courts, where all the people gathered around him, and he sat down to teach them. ³The teachers of the law and the Pharisees brought in a woman caught in adultery. They made her stand before the group ⁴and said to Jesus, "Teacher, this woman was caught in the act of adultery. ⁵In the Law Moses commanded us to stone such women. Now what do you say?" ⁶They were using this question as a trap, in order to have a basis for accusing him.

But Jesus bent down and started to write on the ground with his finger. ⁷When they kept on questioning him, he straightened up and said to them, "If any one of you is without sin, let him be the first to throw a stone at her." ⁸Again he stooped down and wrote on the ground.

⁹At this, those who heard began to go away one at a time, the older ones first, until only Jesus was left, with the woman still standing there. ¹⁰Jesus straightened up and asked her, "Woman, where are they? Has no one condemned you?"

¹¹"No one, sir," she said.
"Then neither do I condemn you," Jesus declared. "Go now and leave your life of sin."

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Ephesians 6:12 (New International Version)
¹²For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.

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