"Holy Spirit" Tagged Sermons (Page 10)
Our Indian Odyssey
While visiting India in 1985, two cousins from different cities asked, “Sister, you have known the Sabbath truth for so long; how is it that you never shared it with us?” We took this as a double message from God to share the Sabbath truth with our relatives. Ten years past, In 1995, we accompanied a team of 25 — pastors, evangelists, doctors, nurses, educators to conduct 7 simultaneous crusades in 7 centers in Andhra Pradesh, India. We invited all our…
Odds of Survival
Make no mistake. If you live in the Pacific Northwest, you live near survivalists. You may not see them. But they are there. Somewhere. Close. Can we learn anything from “Preppers?” Are their odds of survival better than yours if Mount Rainier explodes, a giant tsunami hits, or North Korea attacks? This sermon will answer those questions while providing a biblical formula to increase your odds of survival when the next disaster hits. Scripture: Numbers 35:11-28; Matt 13:28; Matt 24:14;…
How to Make the Rest of Your Life the Best Part of Your Life
Suppose you were starting life all over. You are old enough to know right from wrong. You are old enough to learn, old enough to love, old enough to really live. If you ask Jesus how to make the rest of your life the best of your life, What do you think He would say? Scripture: Psalm 90:12, Matt 6:33 “How to Make the Rest of Your Life the Best Part of Your Life” preached by Elder Mark Everett on…
Integrity
What IS Integrity? Integrity is a wholeness, where the outside matches the inside, and is intact. What does integrity look like today? How do we live that out? Take some time with us today and explore the meaning of integrity, with biblical examples of lives of integrity; to learn what it takes to become “undone” in the presence of God like Isaiah and Peter, and how they both were built back up into wholeness of character. What does integrity look…
Total Eclipse
If the moon is 400 times smaller than the sun, how could it block out the sun during an eclipse? Which is the better athlete, Venus or Serena Williams? Have you experienced at least two baptisms? Your answers will sparkle and shine during the “Eclipse.” Scripture: John 3:30 -35 “Total Eclipse” preached by Pastor John McGhee on September 2nd, 2017 at the Mount Vernon Seventh-day Adventist Church in Mount Vernon, Washington
Identity in Jesus
Open a letter addressed to you. Inside is a concise description of who a Seventh Day Adventist is. This message is inspired to share our core value of identity. Your invited to allow Jesus Christ to put on a robe of great wealth that shows who’s corner you identify with and gives the privilege to be in the presence of the most powerful ruler in the universe. Scripture: Revelation 14:6-13, 1 Samuel 16:7, Deuteronomy 4:39, 2 Corinthians 3:3, Isaiah 61:10,…
Showing Compassion to our Neighbors
In today’s world we constantly see people in need. Some are struggling with homelessness, others with abuse and neglect, others with addictions, and still others who don’t fit into our ideal world. Do we take the time to stop to help them in their time of need? Do we provide comfort, shelter and even financial help to them? Do we only stop to help those that look like us, sound like us or have the same blood in our veins?…
Thirsty? Hungry? Come! Listen!
Hungry for God? Thirsty for Living Water? Do you find yourself craving junk food? Do you reach for soda to quench your thirst? Do you long for a more satisfying life? Perhaps you are hungry and thirsty for God! Perhaps the outpouring of the Holy Spirit starts with this hunger and thirst. If you find yourself spending “money on what is not bread” and your “labor on what does not satisfy,” God’s heart cry to you is “Come!..Listen!..Come to the…
God’s Time Clock
God’s alarm clock has been ringing for 6000 years because God’s people have been sleepy for 6000 years. This Bible study takes a look at the special ring tone God has at this time in earth’s history. We’ll find it by looking briefly at the state of the world we live in, and then focus on the state of the church during this last -day end time of this planet as we know it. Matthew 25 gives us a clear…
Pulling Together to Finish God’s Plan
God made a plan before man was created. The 3 most powerful beings in the cosmos agreed that should man fall, no price was too great to save him. That plan resulted in Christ’s death and will be completed when Jesus returns to take His people home to live with Him. The Mt. Vernon SDA church is engaged in developing a strategic plan that will work to ensure we support God’s plan and provide opportunities for its members to use…