Troy Mills Christian Church

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?

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Sunday, September 7, 2025

Text: Isaiah 1:18; Romans 3:23

Scripture Reading: Psalm 32:1-2 “Oh, what joy for those whose disobedience is forgiven, whose sin is put out of sight! Yes, what joy for those whose record the Lord has cleared of guilt, whose lives are lived in complete honesty!” (NLT)

Definition of sin: Transgression of the law of God and rebellion against the ways of God.

1 John 3:4—

Deuteronomy 9:7—

#1—Sin separates us from God.

Isaiah 14:12-15—Lucifer

          Revelation 12:7-9—Cast out of heaven.

Genesis 3:22-25—Adam & Eve forced to leave the Garden of Eden

#2—Sin brought disease and death.

Genesis 3:2-4—

Genesis 5—The lineage of Adam.

          “and he died”—nine times

          Genesis 9:28-29—Noah “and he died.”

#3—Romans 5:12—Sin imputed through Adam

          Psalm 51:5—David’s confession of imputed sin.

#4—God’s plan.

          John 3:16-17— “whoever”

          2 Peter 3:9— “not willing that any should perish.”

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Sunday, August 31, 2025

Isaiah 41:10

Scripture Reading: Isaiah 41:10 “Do not fear, for I am with you; do not be afraid, for I am your God. I will strengthen you; I will help you; I will hold on to you with My righteous right hand.” (Holman Christian Standard Bible)

Four Promises:

#1—Do not fear, for I am with you.

Genesis 39:21—God was with Joseph.

Exodus 13:21-22—a pillar of cloud and a pillar of fire

Daniel 3:24-25—with Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego

Matthew 1:23—Immanuel, God with us

#2—Do not be dismayed for I AM your God.

Dismayed—anxious; overwhelmed; depressed and dejected; ready to give up.

Joshua 1:9—

Philippians 4:6-7–

#3—I will strengthen you and help you.

#4—I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.

Psalm 20:6—God’s right hand

Jeremiah 29:11—

God’s strength and power

God’s authority and sovereignty

God’s divine justice

God’s protection and deliverance

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Sunday, August 17, 2025

Text: Matthew 3:1-2; Matthew 4:17; 2 Peter 3:9

Scripture Reading: Psalm 138:1-2 “I give you thanks, O Lord, with all my heart; I will sing your praises before the gods. I bow before your holy Temple as I worship. I praise your name for your unfailing love and faithfulness; for your promises are backed by all the honor of your name.” (NLT)

Repentance: Turning away from sin and turning towards God.

#1— 2 Corinthians 7:10—There is no salvation without repentance.

#2— John 16:8, 13—God has given us His Holy Spirit to help us repent.

#3—2 Corinthians 5:17; Galatians 5:25—As we repent, God makes us new and we can keep in step with the Holy Spirit.

#4—Isaiah 43:18-19—Not does repentance lead us away from our sinful past, but it leads us into the new ways of God for our lives.

#5—Psalm 139:23-24—Repentance us keeps our lives “clean” from sin and the clutter of this world.

#6—Luke 15:18-20—Repentance restores and brings joy.