PM Scripture Reading: Ephesians 5.1-7 This Evening’s Sermon: Brent T. Willey Take Control of Your Life! Introduction: “You are in control!” (Mrs. Erabedie, 1st grade teacher). We must be in control of our own lives and stop placing blame on outside circumstances. (Read James 1.12-16) What must I do to Take Control of My Life? I WILL NOT THINK THAT! Our thoughts control our direction. (Rom. 12.3; Prov. 16.18; 1 Cor. 10.12; 2 Cor. 10.4-5) Take control and think on good things! (Phil. 4.8) I WILL NOT SAY THAT! Controlled speech is a must. (Eph. 5.1-4; James 3.1-12) Take control […]

AM Scripture Reading: James 4.13-17 This Morning’s Sermon:  Brent T. Willey Too Short The Days Introduction: American naturalist & essayist, John Burroughs, wrote: “I still find each day too short for all the thoughts I want to think, all the walks I want to take, all the books I want to read, all the friends I want to see.” Moses declared in Psalm 90.10: “The days of our lives are seventy years; and if by reason of strength they are eighty years, yet their boast is only labor and sorrow, for it is soon cut off, and we fly away.” […]

PM Scripture Reading: Ecclesiastes 1.1-9 This Evening’s Sermon:  Brent T. Willey The Last Sunday Sermon (The Days Of Our Lives)   Introduction: How would you characterize this year? Good, bad, interesting? By inspiration, Solomon insightfully wrote: “That which has been is what will be, that which is done is what will be done, and there is nothing new under the sun” (Eccl. 1.9). From God’s viewpoint, one year is like most other years. Nothing takes God by surprise! In this final Sunday sermon of 2014, let’s highlight three important areas: Beginnings, Transitions & Decisions BEGINNINGS Marriages – (Gen. 2.18-25; Mark […]

PM Scripture Reading: Proverbs 4.20-27 Brent T. Willey “THE ISSUES OF LIFE” (There’s Always Somebody That Has It Worse Off In Life) Introduction: “Keep your heart with all diligence, for out of it spring the issues of life” (Prov. 4.23). Tōwts-a-ōwth (“issues”): the boundary ends; the limits. In this context it refers to the territory of “life” itself [chayiym]. Life is filled with issues – lots of issues! ISSUES WITH CIRCUMSTANCES “Man who is born of woman…” (Job 14.1). Issues with our health. (Job 2.7-10) Issues with our jobs. (Phil. 2.14; Col. 3.23) Issues with our finances. (1 Tim. 6.10; […]

Many of the news reports cautioned viewers that the material they were about to read or watch was graphic. One bystander reported a detached leg flying past his head. Others talked about the severed limbs of many of those injured by the Boston Marathon Bomber. The pictures coming out were grisly and chaotic, as individuals who at one point were celebrating the completion of a world-renowned marathon were instantly thrown into a chaotic frenzy as they tried to figure out the origin of the explosions. We can expect the news media to “feast” upon this tragedy for over the next […]