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The Art of Loving Mom - Worship at West Freeway

May 11, 2008 – 4:33 pm
The Art of Loving Mom - Sunday morning Worship with West Freeway - The church of Christ Sermon Podcast site is proud to start offering a Bible Study and Worship our list.  Every Sunday and Wednesday we will send a Bible Study or Sermon.  Today's Bible Study and Worship are brought to you by Terry Casey and the West Freeway church of Christ located in Texas for Sunday May 11th, 2008.

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Please Use The Keys

May 10, 2008 – 8:21 pm
Tonight I want you to consider a third lesson from Matthew 16:13-23. In the first lesson we noted that Peter understood the fact that Jesus was the Christ, the Son of the living God. But he did not understand God's purposes in Jesus. Therefore, he rebuked Jesus when Jesus said that he would be killed. In the second lesson we focused on Jesus blessing Peter. We examined some of the good and bad things that happened to Peter after Jesus said, "Peter, you are blessed." We noted that God used his successes and his failures to move him along the road to heaven. Tonight, I want us to focus on Jesus' statement to Peter, "I will give to you the keys to the kingdom of heaven; and whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven." Do you enjoy the experience ...

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Who Would You Choose To Be

May 8, 2008 – 10:38 pm
Do you like to use your imagination? If you build things, you do. If you solve problems, you do. If you are creative, you do. If you provide leadership, you do. If you play competitive sports, you do. If you hunt or fish, you do. There are very few people who do not enjoy using their imagination. Most of us just took communion. That is a time when we should use our imaginations with gratitude. We are to focus our minds and hearts on Jesus' death. As we eat a piece of the bread, we are to think about the physical body that Jesus surrendered to death for us. As we drink the grape juice, we are to think about the blood he poured out in death for us. It is impossible to do what Jesus asked us to do when we take the Lord's supper unless we use our imagination. I ...

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Peter, Do You Feel Blessed?

May 5, 2008 – 9:28 pm
God gave you and me, as Christians, some incredible promises. Because we were baptized into Christ, God promised that He would forgive and forget all of our sins (Hebrews 8:12). God promised if we maintain faith in Christ, maintain our commitment to live in God's ways, and maintain a heart that readily repents, that God will continually forgive our sins (I John 1:5-9 ). God promised that He will use everything that happens in our lives to help us get to heaven (Romans 8:28). God promised that He has reserved a place in heaven for us, and that His power will protect us by working through our faith (1 Peter 1:4,5). God's most important objective in each of our lives is to bring us home to heaven with Him. God will use everything that evil does to us, everything evil does in our lives to move us closer to heaven. Evil ...

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Insights From Ephesians Part Four

May 2, 2008 – 9:58 pm
All of us tend to exaggerate our loveableness. First, we exaggerate our personal loveableness by asking what each of us considers a rhetorical question: "Why shouldn't anyone love a person like me?" We tend to think "everyone should love a person like me!" If I love me, why shouldn't you love me? Second, we exaggerate our personal loveableness by citing all our good qualities: "I am this, and I am that; I do this, and I do that; this person is blessed by me, and that person is blessed by me."  Most of us tend to have a very good opinion of ourselves! If I convince you to look at only my good qualities, deeds, and characteristics, I can make you see a pretty good person. Third, we exaggerate our personal loveableness by citing all the good things we do. "Look at all the good organizations I am a member of! Look ...

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Insights From Ephesians Part Three

April 30, 2008 – 9:32 pm
One of the most powerful negative forces that exist in our society today is discouragement. This force is even more powerful in the church. There are likely more people who worship no where, or have changed to a different kind of church, or who are a loud, negative voice in their congregation because they have been discouraged, than any other negative influence among Christians. If all the discouraged Christians assembled for worship on any given Sunday in their "home congregation" left their discouragement at home and praised God for His many blessings in Christ, attendance in most congregations would increase from one-third to over 100%. People are discouraged for many reasons. (1) For many, life is just plain hard. Circumstances they never once anticipated descended on them, consumed them, and created a personal crises for them. Unfortunately, these people are in congregations that are unaware--for whatever reason--of their struggle. Or their ...

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Insights From Ephesians Part Two

April 24, 2008 – 10:07 pm
Today I want to focus us on the concept of gifts. At first mention, you might not think that is a very important concept. I hope when you finish thinking with me, you will find your insights and thoughts truly helpful. I suspect all of us have received gifts. What concept do you think of when you think of the word "gift?" There are birthday gifts, Christmas gifts, welcome gifts, "thinking of you" gifts, various forms of appreciation gifts, various forms of accomplishment gifts like graduation gifts, various forms of event gifts like shower gifts, and various forms of need gifts like the gifts given in a disaster. There are all kinds of gifts people give. My Webster's Dictionary says a gift is a voluntary transfer of something from one person to another without compensation. That definition causes me to ask an interesting question: When does a gift cease to be a ...

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Are There Real Answers For Aloneness?

April 22, 2008 – 8:01 pm
Have you ever felt desperately alone and completely empty? You felt absolutely nothing inside. Your life was so empty that you could feel the hollowness. You were certain that no one really cared if you were alive or dead. The loneliness was so painful you knew it was obvious, but no one seemed to notice. There was no future because there was no now. You felt like the earth had been jerked from beneath your feet and you were falling, plunging endlessly downward, and no way to stop falling. If I had each of you tell me if you had ever felt this lonely and empty, I know that I would receive these three answers in some form. (1) Preacher, I don't know what in the world you are talking about. (2) David, I haven't had that experience, but I certainly know someone has had it--in fact he/she is having it ...

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We’re Part of the Family - Worship at West Freeway

April 13, 2008 – 5:38 am
Committing to Excellence Pt. 3 - Join us in a Worship at West Freeway Church of Christ this morning for Sunday April 13th, 2008. Let's all praise God and Jesus Christ together. The church of Christ Sermon Podcast site is proud to start offering a normal Bible Study and Worship to the play list here. Every Sunday and Wednesday we will send a Bible Study or Sermon. Today's Bible Study and Worship are brought to you by Terry Casey and the West Freeway church of Christ located in Texas.

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When Knowledge Exceeds Understanding

April 8, 2008 – 10:44 pm
Spiritually, we create an enormous danger when we have sound knowledge of God's facts and truths, but have little or no knowledge of God's purposes. That danger has existed from the time of Adam and Eve's rebellion against God in the garden of Eden. That same danger intensified and rose to a new level when Jesus was born. That danger was clearly evident in Jesus' ministry. The Pharisees knew God's facts, but they did not know God's purposes. The twelve disciples understood new facts from God, but they did not understand God's purposes. This same danger intensified again and rose to still a higher level when Jesus died and was raised from the dead. That danger is as real and powerful today as it has ever been. I want you to understand that danger and consider how it exists for us personally and as a congregation by studying Matthew 16:13-23. I. In Matthew 16 ...

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You Are To Be A Blessing

April 7, 2008 – 9:22 pm
In the summer that I was eighteen, I preached for the Mount Della Church of Christ, a small, rural congregation in the hills of east Tennessee. Among the families that were a part of that congregation was a family named Wallace. Load Wallace, the father, had served in the Second World War. He had been a part of the liberation force that occupied Paris, France. Each summer on July a weekend, the congregation had a huge dinner-on-the- ground at a nearby wilderness area. It combined family reunions, church fellowship, and neighborly get-together into one occasion. Two, perhaps three times, more people attended this get-together than attended the congregation. These were good hearted country people, so there would be all kinds of country food and country cooking. Even though there were virtually no prosperous people in that little country community or the congregation, there would be lots and lots of food. The Wallace family ...

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Followers, Why Do You Follow??

April 4, 2008 – 8:39 am
When the topic of discussion is follower, how would you describe yourself as a follower? Do you know how to follow? What is your concept of following? To you is following keep your mouth shut, try to stay out of the way, and don't create a problem? Is your concept of following stand quietly on the side, occasionally offer your opinion, try not to criticize, and occasionally share a word of encouragement? Does your concept of following involve understanding the objective, learning the reasons for the objective, and helping make the objective a reality? Do you consider yourself a good follower, an average follower, a poor follower, or an awful follower? Do you work well in a group because you are a cooperative team player who follows leadership well? Do you work poorly in a group because you rarely agree with the group's leadership? Do you work well in a group only ...

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Insights From Ephesians

April 3, 2008 – 3:42 pm
There are people in life we choose to be with or not to be with. When we are young, parents commonly choose for us and force their decisions on us. Often children wonder why they can or cannot be around the people their parents approve of or reject. Often children are told (upon their inquiry), "They are not good for you," or, "They are the 'right kind of people' for you." Yet, the fact our parents chose or reject them does not determine if children "like" those people or not. Even if our parents choices are forced on us as children, that commonly still does not determine who we "like." As teenagers, the choice is no longer the parents in most cases. In fact, for a parent to seek to tell an older teen whom he or she can be friends with usually results in a declaration of war or in alienation. ...

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Boldness in the Lord - Wednesday Bible Study at West Freeway

April 2, 2008 – 4:04 pm
Wednesday Bible study with West Freeway - Boldness in the Lord - The church of Christ Christian Sermon Podcast site is proud to start offering a normal Bible Study and Worship to the play list here. Every Sunday and Wednesday we will send a Bible Study or Sermon. Today's Bible Study is brought to you by Terry Casey and the West Freeway church of Christ located in Texas.

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Christianity and Relationships Part Four

April 1, 2008 – 9:09 pm
Sacrificing animals, animal blood, the first fruits of a crop, and crop products to God was a way of showing dependence on and appreciation for God. For generations, people who sought God and depended on God sacrificed. Abel sacrificed. Abraham sacrificed. Sacrificial acts were a part of worship for Isaac, Jacob, the nation of Israel, and devout Jews early in New Testament history. The core of Passover involved sacrifice. Deuteronomy 16:16 instructed all the men of Israel to gather in the place God chose three times a year with gifts (sacrifices). Leviticus 1-7 states sacrifice was involved in burnt offerings, in peace offerings, and in sin and guilt offerings. When God solved our problems produced by alienation through sin, He sacrificed. We have forgiveness available to us because God offered an enduring sacrifice. We can escape the eternal consequences of our sins because God sacrificed. We can become God's people because ...

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