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Listening To God's Voice

Last Sunday’s sermon was preached by Pastor Harry with the title “Listening To God’s Voice” (Luke 10:38-42; John 12:1-11) . The sermon and the whole service can be watched on our WIC YouTube Channel. Listening to God’s voice is a subject that doesn’t mean much to most people these days. As Brother Sean indicated in his sermon last week, people who are focused on themselves are not rooted in the Kingdom of God. The Bible tells us ( Acts 28:27 ) that “the hearts of these people have become dull; they scarcely hear with their ears; and they have closed their eyes”. They have closed their eyes. People don’t listen to God, because they prefer to listen to themselves – it’s the choice they’ve made.   You can easily see the effects of this. World leaders who listen only to themselves cause havoc in the world. They’re like a major natural disaster. The story about Elijah and God’s voice illustrates this so well ( 1 Kings 19:11-12 ). God was not in the windstorm. God was not in the earthqua...
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Hearing God’s Voice

by Pastor Dave Koop (coastalchurch.org) One of the greatest hungers in the heart of mankind is to hear the voice of God. There is in every person a desire to commune with God, we are created that way. In these last days the Bible tells us that there will be many voices deceiving even the most faithful. Jesus tells us in John 10:27,28 that if we are His sheep we will hear His voice. That means God wants to speak to us. God enjoys communicating with His children as we see in Revelation 3:20: “ Behold I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and dine with him and he with Me. ”   – Our responsibility is to be in a position to hear His voice.   This is simply a position of submission. There is no quicker way to harden the arteries of your spiritual heart than to walk in rebellion. The writer in Hebrews says in chapter 3:7,8: “ Today, if you will hear My voice, do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion…”. Much like a radi...
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The Kingdom Of Heaven

Last Sunday’s sermon was preached by Brother Sean with the title “The Kingdom Of Heaven” (Luke 16:19-31) . The sermon and the whole service can be watched on our WIC YouTube Channel.   Part 1 — Hell: The Choice   1. What is Hell? ·        Hell as the ultimate consequence of rebellion against God ·        Hell is metaphorical – John Blanchard ·        The Highest Good – Cicero ·        Sin is loving something more than God ·        The rich man dies but does not repent – Clay Jones, Darell Brock   Key texts: ·        Luke 16:14 ·        Rev 16; 9, 16;11 ·        Matthew 25:41, 46 ·        Revelation 20:10–15   Part 2 — Heaven: The Hope of God's Kingdom   What i...
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Plant The Garden

Last Sunday’s sermon was preached by Brother Kevin with the title “Plant The Garden” (Jeremiah 29:5 and Psalm 27) . The sermon and the whole service can be watched on our WIC YouTube Channel. Psalm 27 + Jeremiah 29:5-7 | Key verse: Jer 29:5 | ~20 min I. INTRO — cold open, no names (~3 min) Picture: small walled courtyard, dry cracked soil, built over a garbage dump Man on his knees, pulling rocks out one at a time — hands cut up Asked permission for years, finally said yes No release date. Could be the rest of his life. He decides to plant a garden anyway → "Hold that image. We'll come back." Frame: two texts that don't usually get preached together — same sermon II. PSALM 27a — the faith we want, vv.1-6 (~4 min) Read/paraphrase v.1 — "LORD is my light... whom shall I fear" Coffee-mug faith. Unshakeable. Third person — talking about God. "Even then I will be confident" — armies, war, doesn't flinch This is real — David felt it, not...
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Zion: God’s Presence

Last Sunday’s sermon was preached by Pastor Harry with the title “Zion: God’s Presence” (Hebrews 12:22-25 and 13:14-15) . The sermon and the whole service can be watched on our WIC YouTube Channel. L ast Tuesday Brother Pablo shared with me his vision for the leaders of Bible-based churches like ours to come together to pray and bring Jesus to all the churches and people of Poland. What I didn’t mention to Pablo was that I’d had a similar vision in a dream that was repeated for two consecutive nights. I saw a group springing up simultaneously in many churches, composed of people totally on fire for JESUS ALONE. This movement was called “Zion” in my dream. A Jesus-filled group springing up in every church!   Zion refers to a hill on the outskirts of Jerusalem. Originally there was just a fortress there, which was captured by King David from a people called the Jebusites, who were the original inhabitants of that area. David made the fortress his home, renamed it the City of Davi...
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Carrot, Egg Or Coffee Bean?

Last Sunday’s sermon was preached by Brother Ron Nawrocki with the title “Carrot, Egg Or Coffee Bean?” (1 Peter 2:12-21; Luke 10:25-37) . The sermon and the whole service can be watched on our WIC YouTube Channel.   For those wondering if I’m the President of Poland – no, sorry to disappoint, I’m just a humble cousin from Arizona in the US. But my English is probably better.   Two weeks ago, Pastor Harry’s sermon on “No good fortune, No God?” reminded us of how many of us will have our faith tested, or we may even question whether there really is a God, given what has or is happening to us. He used Peter’s denial of Jesus 3 times as a well-known example. Unlike us, Peter experienced many real life events that clearly showed Jesus was the Messiah, the Son of God. And yet when Peter’s life appeared threatened – he denied that he even knew Jesus.   I believe Peter experienced a Kairos Moment when that rooster crowed. It was that AHA moment, when he realized his...
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