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Sunday, November 23, 2025

1 Thessalonians 5:18

Scripture Reading: Psalm 23 “The Lord is my shepherd, I lack nothing. He makes me lie down in green pastures, he leads me beside quiet waters, he refreshes my soul. He guides me along the right paths for his name’s sake. Even though I walk through the darkest valley, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me. ⁵ You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows. ⁶ Surely your goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever.”

1 Thessalonians 5:18—

“in everything”—

“continually”—

#1—

#2—

Benefits of Giving Thanks:

Spiritual Benefits:

Mental & Emotional Benefits:

Physical Benefits:

Social Benefits:

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Sunday, November 16, 2025

Colossians 1:15-20

Scripture Reading: Psalm 95:1-3 “O come, let us sing joyfully to the Lord; Let us shout joyfully to the rock of our salvation. Let us come before His presence with a song of thanksgiving; Let us shout joyfully to Him with songs. For the Lord is a great God And a great King above all gods,” (AMP)

Preeminent: There is no one like Him. He is First; He is the Highest in rank; He surpasses all others; and He has a supreme position of honor and leadership.

#1—He is the image of the invisible God.

#2—He is the first-born over all creation.

#3—He is the creator and sustainer of all things.

#4—He is the head of the body, the Church.

#5—the beginning…. the first born from the dead.”

#6—All the “fullness of the Father dwells in Him.”

• He is the complete picture of God.
• He is God incarnate.
• He is the perfect Mediator.
• He is Sufficient for all.
• He is permanently God.

#7–“He reconciles all things to Himself.”

          Enmity-hostility in a relationship

          Romans 8:7-8                 Enmity with God

          Colossians 1:21-22         Enmity with God

Romans 5:1-2                 Peace with God

Philippians 4:6-7  Peace of God

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Sunday, November 2, 2025

Colossians 1:15-20

Scripture Reading: Psalm 95:1-3 “Come, let us sing for joy to the Lord. Let us shout out praises to our Protector who delivers us. ² Let us enter his presence with thanksgiving. Let us shout out to him in celebration. ³ For the Lord is a great God, a great king who is superior to all gods.” (NET)

“Preeminent: There is no one like Him. He is First; He is the Highest in rank; He surpasses all others; and He has a supreme position of honor and leadership.”

Colossians 1:15–The visible image of the invisible God

          Hebrews 1:1-3—

          John 14:9–

Colossians 1:15— “first born over all creation.”

Firstborn—Jesus was not created. He is God. He has existed from before the beginning of time.

John 1:1-2, 14—

Jesus is preeminent over all creation; Jesus has authority over all creation; Jesus was the Creator, not the created.

Colossians 1:16— “by Him.”

Colossians 1:16— “for Him.”

          John 1:3—

          Hebrews 1:2—

Jesus, as the image of the invisible God, showed up the plan of God in the creation.

Colossians 1:17—Jesus sustains all that He created.

Sunday, October 26, 2025

The Preeminence of Christ, Part II

Colossians 1:1-15

Scripture Reading: Zephaniah 3:17 “The Lord your God is in your midst, a Mighty One, who will save. He will rejoice over you with gladness, He will renew you with His love, He will rejoice over you with singing.” (MEV)

“Preeminent: There is no one like Him. He is First; He is the Highest in rank; He surpasses all others; and He has a supreme position of honor and leadership.”

Genesis 1:26 & 27—Man was created in the image of God. But……

Created in God’s image: able to reason and make choices; an inherent sense of right and wrong; the capacity to love and be in relationship with one another and with God.

God is invisible. He has no limitations. Any image of God would fall short of representing who God is and what He is able to do.

Colossians 1:15 “Christ is the unmarred image of the invisible God.”

Christ came for two reasons:

#1—To become the ultimate once and for all sacrifice.

#2—To show us God.

John 14:7-9 “If you’ve seen me, you’ve seen the Father.”

John 2—Water to Wine.

John 5—Healing the nobleman’s son.

John 6—Feeding the 5,000.

John 6—Walking on the water.

John 9—Healing a man born bind.

John 11—Raising Lazarus from the dead.

The more we know Jesus, the better we know God.

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Sunday, October 19, 2025

Colossians 1:15-20

Scripture Reading: Psalm 145:1-3 “I will exalt you, my God and King, and praise your name forever and ever. I will praise you every day; yes, I will praise you forever. Great is the Lord! He is most worthy of praise! No one can measure his greatness.” (NLT)

Preeminent– The word “preeminent” means that He stands alone. There is no one like Him. He is First; He is the Highest in rank; He surpasses all others; and He has a supreme position of honor and leadership.

#1—Man was created in the image of God.

Because we are created in the image of God, it means we share God’s intellect along with the ability to reason and choose.

Because we are created in the image of God, we bear a sense of right and wrong and are responsible to God.

Because we are created in the image of God, we have a capacity to love and for relationships.

Because we are created in the image of God, our souls reflect the value of God’s image and are made for eternity.

#2—As the image of God, man is the dwelling place of God.

1 Corinthians 3:16

#3—The “image” of God indicates ownership.

Matthew 22:15-20

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Sunday, October 12, 2025

Mark 12:28-29

Scripture Reading: Psalm 37:3, 4 & 5 “Trust in the Lord and do good. Take delight in the Lord, and he will give you your heart’s desires. Commit everything you do to the Lord. Trust him, and he will help you.” (NLT)

#1–Mark 12:28-29—Loving God with all our mind.

Mind: more than our intellect. It’s our mental, emotional, and spiritual faculties. Our mind also includes our attitude, our perception, and our will.

Joshua 5:13-14–God wants all of us. No compartments.

Romans 12:2—the “continual renewing of our mind.

Happens when we pray, when we read the Word, when we hear the Word/truth preached, and when we fellowship with others who choose to believe God’s Word.

#2–Mark 12:28-29—Loving God with all our strength.

Strength: our physical abilities, our places of influence, our resources, our God given talents whether it’s at our workplace, school, our homes, our communities, and even in our church.

Matthew 5:13 & 14—Salt & Light

John 14:15 “If you love Me, keep My commandments.”

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Sunday, October 5, 2025

Deuteronomy 6:4-9; Mark 12:28-29

Scripture Reading: Deuteronomy 31:6 “So be strong and courageous! Do not be afraid and do not panic before them. For the Lord your God will personally go ahead of you. He will neither fail you nor abandon you.” (NLT)

Deuteronomy 6:4-9—The Shema

Soul: In the Bible, the “soul” refers primarily to the entire living person rather than a separate, immortal part of a human. It is the “living being” or “life force” that God breathed into man, encompassing their consciousness, emotions, desires, and physical vitality. The Hebrew word for soul, nephesh, and the Greek word, psyche, both signify a living, breathing creature.

Mark 12:28-29–A revolutionary statement from Jesus.

Scribes, Sadducees, & Pharisees

Our Soul—

          Our life—who we are when no one is looking.

Loving God with all our soul:

          No higher priority.

          Willing to give up our own dreams and plans.

          Willing to give our resources for His Kingdom.

Romans 12:1—to become a “living sacrifice.”

A “reasonable service.”

A “God centered life.”

Ephesians 3:20-21 “Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly beyond all that we ask or imagine, according to the power that works in us, ²¹ to Him be the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, forever and ever. Amen.” (MEV)

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Sunday, September 28, 2025

Deuteronomy 6:4-9

Scripture Reading: 1 Chronicles 29:11 “Yours, O Lord, is the greatness, the power, the glory, the victory, and the majesty. Everything in the heavens and on earth is yours, O Lord, and this is your kingdom. We adore you as the one who is over all things.” (NLT)

Deuteronomy 6:4-9

HEAR—

          John 14:15 “If you love Me, keep My commandments.”

The LORD—

          Exodus 3:14 “And God said to Moses, “I AM WHO I AM.”

The LORD is ONE—

          Psalm 23:1— The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.

          Mark 6:30-44 (feeding of 5,000 Jewish men and their families)

          Mark 8:1-10 (Feeding of 4,000 Gentile men and their families)

Joshua 3:10 “the Canaanites and the Hittites and the Hivites and the Perizzites and the Girgashites and the Amorites and the Jebusites:”

WITH ALL YOUR HEART—

Jeremiah 17:9 “The heart is deceitful above all things, And desperately wicked;”

Ezekiel 11:19 “I will put a new spirit within them, and take the stony heart out of their flesh, and give them a heart of flesh,”

          Ezekiel 36:26—

The Tribe of the TRANSPLANTED

2 Corinthians 5:17 “Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new.”

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Sunday, September 21, 2025

Mark 12:28-31; Deuteronomy 6:4-5

Scripture Reading: 1 John 4:9-10 “God showed how much he loved us by sending his one and only Son into the world so that we might have eternal life through him. ¹⁰ This is real love—not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as a sacrifice to take away our sins.” (NLT)

Deuteronomy 6:4-5—The Shema

Hear—

The Lord—

Is One—

          Mark 6:30-44 (feeding of 5,000 Jewish men and their families)

          Mark 8:1-10 (Feeding of 4,000 Gentile men and their families)

Deuteronomy 6:6-9—

Verse 6—

Verse 7—

Verse 7—

Verse 8—

          Frontlet–Phylactery—

Verse 9—

          Mezuzah–

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Sunday, September 14, 2025

Mark 12:28-31

Scripture Reading: Isaiah 40:29-31 “He gives strength to those who are tired and more power to those who are weak. Even children become tired and need to rest, and young people trip and fall. But the people who trust the Lord will become strong again. They will rise up as an eagle in the sky; they will run and not need rest; they will walk and not become tired.” (NCV)

#1—Loving God–

What happens when God forgives us?

1 John 1:9—If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.”

          We are a “work in progress”—Discipleship/Sanctification

          Proverbs 4:23—Guard your heart.

          Proverbs 3:5-6—Put your trust in God.

          2 Corinthians 5:17— “all things have become NEW.”

#2—Loving People— “I don’t have a problem with God; it’s just His kids I don’t like.”

Leviticus 19:18—No vengeance or grudges.

Mark 12:31—”Love your neighbor as yourself.”

Luke 10:25-37—Who’s my neighbor?