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Sunday, December 29, 2024

Text: Mark 12:30-31

Scripture Reading: Colossians 3:23-24 “Whatever you are doing, work at it with enthusiasm, as to the Lord and not for people, ²⁴ because you know that you will receive your inheritance from the Lord as the reward. Serve the Lord Christ.”

Mark 12:30-31—Please note the words “you” and “all.”

Doing the minimum vs. Doing the maximum

Old Testament Prophets and their teaching on “doing the maximum.”

Micah 6:8—

Isaiah 56:1-2a—

Amos 5:6a—

Habakkuk 2:4—

Sermon on the Mount—Matthew 5, 6, & 7

Matthew 5:41—referring to the hated Roman soldiers.

Matthew 5:43-44—love your enemies.

Matthew 18:21-22— “seventy-times-seven” an unimaginable number.

Matthew 6:14-15 “For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. {15} But if you do not forgive men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.”

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Sunday, December 22, 2024

Text: Philippians 2:8; John 3:17

Scripture Reading: Jeremiah 29:11 “For I know what I have planned for you,’ says the Lord. ‘I have plans to prosper you, not to harm you. I have plans to give you a future filled with hope.” (NET)

Five Reasons God Sent His Son:

#1—To fulfill prophecy.

          1 Corinthians 15:3-4

#2—To defeat Satan.

          Genesis 3:15; 1 John 3:8

#3—To serve and give.

          Mark 10:45; John 4:34; John 6:38

#4—To seek and save the lost.

          Luke 19:10; John 3:17; 1 Timothy 1:15;

2 Corinthians 5:18-19; Romans 8:7-8;

          Colossians 1:21-22

#5—To die and be resurrected.

          1 John 4:9-10; Philippians 2:5-9; Romans 8:11

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Sunday, December 15, 2024

Text: Luke 2:8-11

Scripture Reading: Romans 15:13 “Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.” (NKJV)

JOY—an eager expectation about wonderful things to come because God is near, and God is at work.

Romans 15:13—God is the giver of joy.

John 16:22—No one can take your joy away.

Ecclesiastes 7:8—The “end of a thing” is “better than its beginning.”

Luke 2:8-11—

Behold—Be Amazed.

Good Tidings—The best news you could possibly receive.

Great Joy—Tremendous, gigantic, massive, greatest.

Savior—Defender, Healer, Protector, Preserver, and someone able to save.

Christ—Messiah

Lord—Jehovah

          Exodus 3:14; Exodus 14:21; Psalm 23:1

No matter what we are going through, we can walk with joy knowing that God is faithful, God is in control, and God will not fail!

Troy Mills Christian Church

Sunday, December 8, 2024

Text: Philippians 4:5b-7; Luke 8:22-25

Scripture Reading: Psalm 55:22 “Give your burdens to the Lord, and he will take care of you. He will not permit the godly to slip and fall.” (NLT)

Part I– “Be anxious for nothing”—refers to the basic needs of life: finances, hunger, or other basic provisions.

Matthew 6:25—Do not worry.

Matthew 13—Parable about a farmer planting seed.

Wayside—ground that seed could not grow in.

Rocky soil—ground that was too shallow for roots to grow.

Thorny ground—thorn bushes that “choked out” the good seed.

Matthew 13:22—being anxious and worrying, leads to “choking.”

Part II–Philippians 4:5b— “The Lord is at hand.”

Luke 8:22-25—Jesus got into the boat; He never left the disciples. He was “near.”

Jehovah Shammah—The Lord who is near.

Ezekiel 48:35; Psalm 46; Matthew 28:20; Revelation 21

Part III–Philippians 4:7—The peace of God will “guard your hearts.”