23 Dec

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Over the last number of weeks we have been discussing "6 Very Vivacious Viewpoints Verifying the View": 1. What I continually see…affects me (Matt. 12:33-35). 2. What I continually see…affects my priority (Matt. 6:22-24). 3. What I continually see…affect my destiny (Prov. 29:15) 4. What I continually see…affects my body (Prov. 4:20-23). 5. What I continually see...

16 Dec

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Approximately 22 years ago I could barely walk or talk.  I had become emaciated and lost much of my muscle tone.  I had to fight constant heart palpitations, heart irregularities, angina and shortness of breath.  When I taught the Word of God, it was barely above a whisper and I couldn’t walk more than about 100 yards before pain and difficulty breathing would permeate my heart region. My precious wife, Anne, had to do most of the household chores.  As you can imagine, this was a very precarious and difficult time in our lives and ministry!  However, I was determined to...

02 Dec

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When we first started Joy Church over eleven years ago, I had one of my staff members find for me a picture of a sanctuary that had a similar size compared to our facility.  I wanted this sanctuary full of people.  As soon as my staff member found such a picture, I immediately put it on my refrigerator so I could view it every day.  Sure enough, it wasn’t long before our sanctuary was filled with people.  We then expanded our sanctuary and it was soon filled up.  So we went to two services and over time, both services were...

18 Nov

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Jim Carey, the famous actor/comedian, moved from Canada to Hollywood many years ago.  Upon arriving, he made out a check to himself from a big studio for ten million dollars.  He would get that check out every day and look at it, believing that one day this would be the sum of money he would be paid per movie.  Within five years, Jim Carey was not making ten million dollars per movie…he was making twenty million dollars per movie! When his father died, he took out that check he had made out to himself all those years ago and put it...

09 Nov

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Have you ever taken a personal challenge before> Maybe you have taken an ice bucket challenge, or a fitness challenge, or an eating challenge. But what about your attitude? Have you ever given your own personal attitude a challenge? Well now you can! The Bible tells us in Philippians 2:14 to do all things without complaining. Not just some things...

04 Nov

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Several years ago when my father was still alive here on his earth, he and I were riding bikes together on vacation. It was a beautiful evening and so we rode our bikes on the beach. We rode together quite a ways down the beach and by the time we returned back to make our way to the mainland, it was dark. Where we vacation, there are bike paths all over the island and most of them are not lit. At the time, my father was in his 70's and couldn't see as well in the dark a he could when...

28 Oct

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Over the last number of weeks we began discussing 5 Outstanding Objectives to Current Event Opinions: 1. Jesus clearly defined marriage (Matt. 19:1-9, Gen. 2:21-24). We shared with you the primary definition of marriage from Genesis to Revelation: God separated feminine out of masculine They were given a desire to be one again They publicly left their parents They are permanently united in heterosexual marriage Sealed by sex From Genesis to Revelation, there is no other God-approved union 2. The Bible clearly defines homosexuality as sin: Genesis 19 Lev. 18:22 Ezek. 16:49-50 Rom. 1:18-37 I Cor. 6:9 I Tim. 1:9-10 II Tim. 3:3 8. II Peter 2:6-8 Jude v.7 3. We must have the proper balance of mercy...