tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-63606092024-03-24T09:00:32.103-04:00ImagineSermons, commentary on current events, and devotional thoughts from an evangelical Wesleyan perspective.Gregoryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01714779828548152665noreply@blogger.comBlogger1054125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6360609.post-76931063612017539122024-03-24T09:00:00.001-04:002024-03-24T09:00:00.150-04:00SERMON: SELFLESS SERVING
Naylor Community Christian ChurchI. Introduction
-- turn in
Bibles to Matthew 20:20-28
Matthew 20:20 Then the mother of Zebedee’s sons came to
Jesus with her sons and, kneeling down, asked a favor of him.
21 “What is it you want?” he asked.
She said, “Grant that one of these two sons of Gregoryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01714779828548152665noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6360609.post-75245375252329714042024-03-17T16:24:00.001-04:002024-03-17T16:24:00.162-04:00SERMON: SEEING JESUS
Naylor Community Christian Church
I. Introduction
-- turn in
Bibles to Matthew 16:28-17:8
Matthew 16:28 “Truly
I tell you, some who are standing here will not taste death before they see the
Son of Man coming in his kingdom.”
Matthew 17:1 After
six days Jesus took with him Peter, James Gregoryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01714779828548152665noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6360609.post-3709168157102377912024-03-10T09:51:00.001-04:002024-03-10T09:51:00.145-04:00SERMON: WHO AM I?
Naylor Community
Christian Church
I. Introduction
-- turn in Bibles to Mark 8:27-33
Mark
8:27-33
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Mark
8:27 Jesus and his disciples went on to the villages around Caesarea Philippi.
On the way he asked them, “Who do people say I am?”
28
They replied, “Gregoryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01714779828548152665noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6360609.post-28563453189239871722024-03-03T09:27:00.003-05:002024-03-03T09:27:00.141-05:00SERMON: THE HEART OF OBEDIENCE -- THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT
Naylor Community
Christian Church
I. Introduction
-- turn in Bibles to Matthew 5:17-20
Matthew
5:17-20
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Matthew
5:17 “Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have
not come to abolish them but to fulfill them. 18 For truly I tell you, Gregoryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01714779828548152665noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6360609.post-17889680388289588032024-02-25T07:16:00.001-05:002024-02-25T07:16:00.246-05:00SERMON: COME -- FOLLOW ME -- JESUS CALLS HIS FIRST DISCIPLES
Naylor Community
Christian Church
I. Introduction
-- turn in Bibles to Matthew 4:18-22
Matthew
4:18-22
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Matthew
4:18 As Jesus was walking beside the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon
called Peter and his brother Andrew. They were casting a net into the Gregoryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01714779828548152665noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6360609.post-27203893780041723722024-02-18T09:45:00.001-05:002024-02-18T09:45:00.400-05:00SERMON: CALLING HIS SHOT
Naylor Community
Christian Church
I. Introduction
-- turn in Bibles to Luke 4:14-30
Luke
4:14-30
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Jesus
Rejected at Nazareth
Luke
4:14 Jesus returned to Galilee in the power of the Spirit, and news about him
spread through the whole countryside. 15 He was teachingGregoryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01714779828548152665noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6360609.post-67821844998497914022024-02-11T09:53:00.001-05:002024-02-11T09:53:00.148-05:00SERMON: THE TEMPTATIONS OF CHRIST
Naylor Community Christian Church
I. Introduction
-- turn
in Bibles to Luke 4:1-13
Luke 4:1 Jesus, full of the
Holy Spirit, left the Jordan and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness, 2
where for forty days he was tempted by the devil. He ate nothing during those
days, and at the end of them he was hungry.
3 The devil Gregoryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01714779828548152665noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6360609.post-56272684270800514122024-02-04T07:08:00.001-05:002024-02-04T07:08:00.138-05:00SERMON: THE BAPTISM OF CHRIST
Naylor Community
Christian Church
I. Introduction
-- turn in Bibles to Matthew 3:1-17
Matthew 3:1 In
those days John the Baptist came, preaching in the wilderness of Judea 2 and
saying, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven has come near.” 3 This is he who was
spoken of through the prophet Isaiah:
&Gregoryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01714779828548152665noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6360609.post-82449989048225577472024-01-28T09:13:00.001-05:002024-01-28T09:13:00.134-05:00SERMON: LOSING JESUS
Naylor Community Christian Church
I. Introduction
-- turn in Bibles to Luke 2:41-52
Luke
2:41 Every year Jesus’ parents went to Jerusalem for the Festival of the
Passover. 42 When he was twelve years old, they went up to the festival,
according to the custom. 43 After the festival was over, while Gregoryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01714779828548152665noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6360609.post-77986523469138507702024-01-21T09:21:00.001-05:002024-01-21T09:21:00.153-05:00SERMON: THE WATCHERS
Naylor Community
Christian Church
I. Introduction
-- turn in
Bibles to Luke 2:21-40
Luke 2:21-40
New International Version
Luke 2:21 On the eighth day, when it was time to
circumcise the child, he was named Jesus, the name the angel had given him
before he was conceived.
Jesus Gregoryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01714779828548152665noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6360609.post-24906239824188594112024-01-14T09:18:00.005-05:002024-01-14T09:18:45.209-05:00SERMON: A SHINING STAR
Naylor
Community Christian Church
I. Introduction
-- turn
in Bibles to Matthew 2:1-12
Matthew 2:1 After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in
Judea, during the time of King Herod, Magi from the east came to Jerusalem 2
and asked, “Where is the one who has been born king of the Jews? We saw his
star when Gregoryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01714779828548152665noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6360609.post-13929756036484329572024-01-07T09:26:00.001-05:002024-01-07T09:26:00.248-05:00LEAVE THE WORLD BEHIND -- A CHRISTMAS SERMON
Naylor Community
Christian Church
I. Introduction
-- turn in Bibles to Luke 2:1-20
Luke
2:1 In those days Caesar Augustus issued a decree that a census should be taken
of the entire Roman world. 2 (This was the first census that took place
while[a] Quirinius was governor of Syria.) 3 And everyone went Gregoryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01714779828548152665noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6360609.post-542376107268978812023-12-31T07:31:00.001-05:002023-12-31T07:31:00.265-05:00WHAT CHILD IS THIS? -- ADVENT SERMON Naylor Community
Christian Church
I. Introduction
-- turn in Bibles to Isaiah 9:6-7
Isaiah
9:6 For to us a child is born,
to us a son is given,
and the government will be on his
shoulders.
And
he will be called
Wonderful Counselor, Mighty Gregoryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01714779828548152665noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6360609.post-30525455523345589772023-12-24T09:27:00.001-05:002023-12-24T09:27:00.138-05:00THE CALL OF MARY -- AN ADVENT SERMON
Naylor Community
Christian Church
I. Introduction
-- turn in Bibles to Luke 1:26-38
Luke
1:26 In the sixth month of Elizabeth’s pregnancy, God sent the angel Gabriel to
Nazareth, a town in Galilee, 27 to a virgin pledged to be married to a man
named Joseph, a descendant of David. The virgin’s nameGregoryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01714779828548152665noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6360609.post-16209725947049658892023-12-17T09:26:00.001-05:002023-12-17T09:26:00.139-05:00SERMON: WHY THE VIRGIN BIRTH?
Naylor Community Christian Church
I. Introduction
-- turn in
Bibles to Isaiah 7:14
Isaiah 7:14 Therefore the Lord himself will give you a
sign: The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and will call him
Immanuel.
Gregoryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01714779828548152665noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6360609.post-1517741772600372162023-12-10T09:12:00.001-05:002023-12-10T09:12:00.130-05:00BREAKING THE SILENCE -- AN ADVENT SERMON <!--[if supportFields]> SEQ CHAPTER \h \r 1<![endif]--><!--[if supportFields]><![endif]-->BREAKING THE SILENCE -- AN ADVENT SERMON
Naylor
Community Christian Church
I. Introduction
--
turn in Bibles to Luke 1:5-7 [read Luke 1:5-7]
--Gregoryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01714779828548152665noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6360609.post-26108029205414750862023-12-03T10:05:00.001-05:002023-12-03T10:05:00.136-05:00SERMON: THE BEGINNING OF THE END
Naylor Community
Christian Church
I. Introduction
-- if you have your Bibles with you
this morning, please join me over in Ezekiel 38 -- Ezekiel is one of the major
prophets in the Old Testament, and you’ll find his book after Psalms and
Proverbs -- after Isaiah -- and after Jeremiah -- if you start runningGregoryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01714779828548152665noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6360609.post-75609470842720688412023-11-26T10:09:00.004-05:002023-11-26T10:09:41.374-05:00SERMON: THANKFUL FOR THE FLEAS
Naylor CommunityChristian Church
26 November 2023
I. Introduction
-- turn in Bibles to 1 Thessalonians
5:16-18
1
Thessalonians 5:16-18
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16
Rejoice always, 17 pray continually, 18 give thanks in all circumstances; for
this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.
Gregoryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01714779828548152665noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6360609.post-55235777551123729132023-11-26T08:35:00.003-05:002023-11-26T08:35:00.162-05:00SERMON: JUST PRAY
Naylor Community
Christian Church
I. Introduction
-- turn in Bibles to Acts 12:1-19a
Acts
12:1 It was about this time that King Herod arrested some who belonged to the
church, intending to persecute them. 2 He had James, the brother of John, put
to death with the sword. 3 When he saw that this met with Gregoryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01714779828548152665noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6360609.post-12105799361724057352023-11-19T09:52:00.005-05:002023-11-19T09:52:00.137-05:00SERMON: TOMORROW MATTERS [Note: Sermon Modified from Sermon Outline from Craig Groeschel, Life Church] Naylor Community Christian Church
I. Introduction
-- if
you have your Bibles, please turn with me to Matthew 25:14-30 -- we’re going to
open this morning by reading this parable from Jesus that we know as The
Parable of the Talents
-- lastGregoryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01714779828548152665noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6360609.post-79841140080816763092023-11-19T08:08:00.005-05:002023-11-19T08:08:44.480-05:00SERMON: STOPPING TO GIVE THANKS
I. Introduction
-- turn in
Bibles to Luke 17:11-19
Luke 17:11 Now on
his way to Jerusalem, Jesus traveled along the border between Samaria and
Galilee. 12 As he was going into a village, ten men who had leprosy[a] met him.
They stood at a distance 13 and called out in a loud voice, “Jesus, Master,
Gregoryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01714779828548152665noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6360609.post-4889376718253831052023-11-12T09:04:00.001-05:002023-11-12T09:04:00.141-05:00SERMON: LEFT BEHIND Naylor Community Christian Church
I. Introduction
-- turn
in Bibles to Matthew 25:1-13
Matthew 25:1-13 New International Version (NIV)
The Parable of the Ten Virgins
25 “At that time the kingdom of heaven will
be like ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the Gregoryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01714779828548152665noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6360609.post-79524958682753153012023-11-05T10:09:00.001-05:002023-11-05T10:09:00.142-05:00SERMON: MEMORIAL STONES
Preached at Wright’s Chapel Methodist Church150th Anniversary -- 15 October 2023
I. Introduction
-- before
we turn to God’s word, I wanted to take a moment to thank you for this
invitation to come and speak this morning -- it is truly an honor to be here in
this place -- I left here in 2012, and I findGregoryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01714779828548152665noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6360609.post-82877442402811086032023-10-29T07:58:00.001-04:002023-10-29T07:58:00.161-04:00SERMON: SHAPED BY THE SPIRIT
Naylor CommunityChristian Church
I. Introduction
-- turn in
Bibles to John 14:16-26
John 14:16-26 (NIV)
16 And I will ask the Father, and he will give you
another Counselor to be with you forever--
17 the Spirit of truth. The world cannot accept him,
because it neither sees him nor knows him. Gregoryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01714779828548152665noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6360609.post-24580036607278844872023-10-22T09:46:00.001-04:002023-10-22T09:46:00.154-04:00SERMON: THE HOLY SPIRIT AND US
Naylor Community Christian Church
I. Introduction
-- turn in
Bibles to Ephesians 1:13-14
Ephesians 1:13-14
New International
Version
13 And you also were
included in Christ when you heard the message of truth, the gospel of your
salvation. When you believed, you were marked in him withGregoryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01714779828548152665noreply@blogger.com0