"Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen." (Hebrews 11:1).
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Faith, Beyond Our Duty
Are we profitable servants? What do we have to do that is beyond just being a servant so that we can be profitable?
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Meeting with Our Maker
This sermon is about a fundamental subject of our Christian life - prayer. When we pray we should remember we are praying to the most powerful being in the universe, our creator. He loves us as His children, and is…
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Three Lessons from the Great Flood
Three lessons that Christians can learn by examining the account of the Great Flood
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Mercy for the Masses in 3D
Mercy for the Masses? Is such an ideal even plausible to contemplate? Billions have suffered and died in abject poverty, in unmitigated tragedy, in the clutches of disease. For them, death rather than life became a welcome destiny. Mercy for…
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Are We Living By Faith?
As we see the world around us falling apart, we see people losing faith in its institutions and sadly many are losing faith in God. In this sermon UCG Houston local elder Mark Sappington gives five points that show us…
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Overcoming Our Fears
Every person has fears that they struggle with, but God is asking us to place all our worries on Him. Are you willing to overcome your negative thoughts and trust that the Almighty God will never forsake you?
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A Fruit of the Spirit - Longsuffering
This world is short on patience - it affects our attitude and relationships with others. God's Fruits of the Spirit is an antidote for the works of the flesh. Patience is a tool God uses to shape our Christian character…
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The Marvelous Attitude to Which Christ Marveled
The Gospels shares two accounts in which Christ marveled at people. One was due to a lack of faith and the other due to the incredible faith of an unlikely individual exhibiting a positively astonishing attitude in a time of…
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Caleb Followed God Fully
How can we follow in the footsteps of Caleb? Caleb went down in history as a hero of Israel from the seminal beginning of the nation. His life is a pattern which we must learn to mimic. He followed God…
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Three Steps of Faith
Faith, without which it is "impossible to please God", is a very serious and important attribute. But, how do we grow it, how do we practice it, how do we refine it, how do we strengthen it?
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Weebles Wobble... But They Don't Fall Down
The world around us is filled with tragedy and suffering. We see it on the nightly news, we hear about it from people that we love. What about when it happens to us? When life punches us in the gut…
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No Excuses
We all have used excuses, but they can be our destruction. This message examines different types of excuses that mankind uses to justify what they want to do, which many times is used to excuse themselves from obeying God.
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The God Kind God made living things “after their kind” AND made man “in His Image” – OR, in context, after “The God Kind”.
We do not yet see this concept FULLY finished, yet. The being created in God’s Image process happens, or doesn’t happen for each person during physical life – as God Calls each one, SO, we must come to understand HOW…
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Food Fellowship and Faith
Satan is busy working to take our eye off the future goal we all look forward to. Satan wants to keep us from being there. We are told to go anyway and go with joy. We go each year to…
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Waiting On God
Through the story of Abraham and Sarah and their promised son, we're able see that waiting on the promises of God often reveals things about our faith that nothing else will. If you find yourself waiting for His answer or…
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Will You Be Found Faithful?
The fall Festival season is a very visible part of God's plan. We look forward to its fulfillment with great excitement. But are we realizing and striving for the underlying reason God wants us to keep these days? When Jesus…
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Faith: Is It All God Requires for Salvation?
Martin Luther was correct in rejecting Catholic teaching and practice that one could essentially “buy” salvation through donations to the church or physical acts. But his belief in “faith alone” is a serious theological error with lasting impact to this...
