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Speaker: Pastor Frank A Clore
Scripture Text: Psalm 62:5-8
Waiting Before God
Psalm 62:5-8
2025-08-24: Galatians – The Good News of Freedom
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Speaker: Pastor Val Watkins
Scripture Text: Galatians 1:6-12
Galatians
The Good News of Freedom
Galatians 1:6-12
In people’s sincere efforts to translate the gospel into something we can understand, sometimes things get lost in the translation.
You see, false teachers were coming after the Apostle Paul and claiming to preach the same Gospel he did. But Paul makes it very clear, “They are preaching a different gospel.”
We are all part of the problem, but there is only one man who is the solution. His name is Jesus.
False teachers distort the good news. They twist the truth, and it confuses people.
Any time anybody adds anything to faith as a requirement for God’s acceptance, then all kinds of red flags should go up.
As people engage in practices and embrace ideas that are spiritually poisonous, they think it is making them more spiritual.
All we have to do is trust Christ. All we have to do is commit our lives to Him.
Faith, and faith alone, sets us free.
Christ died for our sins. Christ rose again. All we need to do is trust Him. That’s the simple Gospel that comes from God Himself.
2025-08-17: Galatians – Breaking Free!
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Speaker: Pastor Val Watkins
Scripture Text: Galatians 1:1-5
Galatians
Breaking Free!
Galatians 1:1-5
What will it take for us to really break free from the habits and attitudes that keep us grounded?
We better listen very carefully to His words, because they are not his words; they are God’s Words.
If you and I want to be truly free, then we too must wake up and listen!
God doesn’t base His decision to release us because of something we did.
We aren’t even looking for the freedom God provides. Instead, God has to come looking for us.
Christ has purchased our freedom, but we want to hang on to the little trinkets of this world; and we prefer the familiarity of our bondage over the unsettling prospects of freedom.
You see, we’re not just talking about a ticket to heaven in the future here. We’re talking about the way to a life of goodness and holiness today, in the present.
If you want to be truly free, then simply listen to God’s Word, and believe it when he tells you, “I am setting you free!”
2025-08-10: Love One Another – One Anothering
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Speaker: Pastor Val Watkins
Scripture Text: John 13:34-35, John 15:12, John 15:17, Ephesians 5:25-32
One Anothering
Love One Another
John 13:34-35, John 15:12, John 15:17, Ephesians 5:25-32
Be Devoted to one another.
Ruth 1:16-18, Romans 12:10, Ephesians 5:1-2
To honor one another.
Romans 12:10, Philippians 2:3-4
To submit to one another.
Ephesians 5:21, Philippians 2:5-8, Matthew 20:25-28, Acts 21
To accept one another.
Romans 15:7, Romans 14, Romans 15, John 13:34-35, Matthew 25:40-45
To admonish one another.
Colossians 3:15-17, Romans 15:14, Galatians 2:11-13, Proverbs 12:1
To encourage one another.
Hebrews 3:12-14, Hebrews 10:25, Ephesians 4:29
To serve one another.
Galatians 5:13-15, Ephesians 2:8-10, Philippians 2:5-8, Matthew 20:25-28
To bear one another’s burdens.
Galatians 6:1-5, John 13:34-35, Galatians 5:14
To bear with one another.
Ephesians 4:1-3, Colossians 3:13, Romans 12:18
To pray for one another.
James 5:16, Ephesians 6:18, Acts 12:1-17, Matthew 7:7-11, Philippians 4:6-7
And finally, to spur one another on to love.
Hebrews 10:23-25, Galatians 4:16, Proverbs 27:6, Proverbs 18:21
2025-08-03: Spur One Another On – One Anothering
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Speaker: Pastor Val Watkins
Scripture Text: Hebrews 10:23-25, Galatians 4:16, Proverbs 27:6, Proverbs 18:21
One Anothering
Spur One Another On
Hebrews 10:23-25, Galatians 4:16, Proverbs 27:6, Proverbs 18:21
“My son is under a doctor’s care and should not take P.E. today. Please execute him.”
“Dear School: Please ekscuse John being absent on Jan. 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, and also 33.”
“Please excuse Roland from P.E. for a few days. Yesterday he fell out of a tree and misplaced his hip.”
“Megan could not come to school today because she has been bothered by very close veins.”
“Chris will not be in school cus he has an acre in his side.”
“Please excuse Ray Friday from school. He has very loose vowels.”
“Please excuse Tommy for being absent yesterday. He had diarrhea and his boots leak.”
“Please excuse Jimmy for being. It was not his fault.”
God doesn’t want to hear excuses, rather He wants to hear confessions and resolutions. God wants to see genuine repentance and faithfulness.
Hebrews was written to persuade them to come back to Christ and stick with Christ.
Usually, when we think of provoking someone, we think of doing so in a negative sense, rather than a positive sense.
There are people to be loved, there is service to be performed, and there is justice to be done.
Deeper and more meaningful relationships require something more than just niceness. Deeper and more meaningful relationships require prodding and provoking.
We can provoke people by our PRESENCE The first thing we must do is faithfully gather with the church as a whole and with each other individually.
We can provoke people by our EXAMPLE So let’s continue in our faithfulness and allow it to be a powerful example that spurs one another on.
There is a time for warm, encouraging words, and there is also a time for corrective and challenging words.