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Verde Valley Christian Church Nov 24 – Dec 1, 2024 Sermon Series: Anchored in Unchanging Truth Sermon Title:"Anchored in Love" Presenter: Jim Hammond 1. Without Love, I'm a USELESS NOBODY 1 Corinthians 13:1-3 If I speak in the tongues of men or of angels, but do not have love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing . If I give all I possess to the poor and give over my body to hardship that I may boast, but do not have love, I gain nothing . Romans 5:5 And hope does not put us to shame, because God's love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us. 2. What this kind of love LOOKS like 1 Corinthians 13:4-8 Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easil...

Verde Valley Christian Church Nov 17 – 24, 2024 Sermon Series: Anchored in Unchanging Truth Sermon Title:"Anchored in Hope" Presenter: Jim Hammond 1. Our Hope is CERTAIN 1 Peter 1:3 Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, 1 Peter 1:4 and into an inheritance that can never perish, spoil or fade. This inheritance is kept in heaven for you, 2. Our Hope STRENGTHENS Us 1 Peter 1:5-6 who through faith are shielded by God's power until the coming of the salvation that is ready to be revealed in the last time. In all this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in all kinds of trials. 1 Peter 1:7 These have come so that the proven genuineness of your faith—of greater worth than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire—may result in praise, glory and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed. 3. Our...

Verde Valley Christian Church Nov 10 – 17, 2024 Sermon Series: Anchored in Unchanging Truth Sermon Title:"Anchored in Faith" Presenter: Jim Hammond 1. Biblical Faith Has a SOLID FOUNDATION Hebrews 11:1 Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see. 2. Faith is Anchored in God's PROMISES Romans 4:20-21 Yet he did not waver through unbelief regarding the promise of God, but was strengthened in his faith and gave glory to God, being fully persuaded that God had power to do what he had promised. Romans 4:22 This is why "it was credited to him as righteousness." 3. Faith is Anchored in God's Unchanging CHARACTER Malachi 3:6 "I the Lord do not change. So you, the descendants of Jacob, are not destroyed. Hebrews 13:8 Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever. Proverbs 3:5-6 Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your path...

Verde Valley Christian Church Nov 3 – 10, 2024 Sermon Series: Anchored in Unchanging Truth Sermon Title:"Anchored in the Gospel" Presenter: Jim Hammond 1. The Gospel is POWERFUL Romans 1:16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God that brings salvation to everyone who believes: first to the Jew, then to the Gentile. Luke 24:45-49 Then he opened their minds so they could understand the Scriptures. He told them, "This is what is written: The Messiah will suffer and rise from the dead on the third day, and repentance for the forgiveness of sins will be preached in his name to all nations, beginning at Jerusalem. You are witnesses of these things. I am going to send you what my Father has promised; but stay in the city until you have been clothed with power from on high." 2. We are called to be witnesses, not EXPERTS 1 John 1:1-3 That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked at...