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Verde Valley Christian Church May 22, 2022 Series: Fan Into Flame Title: "Be Courageous" Speaker: Jim Hammond BE COURAGEOUS: 1. There will be TERRIBLE TIMES ahead 2 Timothy 3:1-5 But mark this: There will be terrible times in the last days. People will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, proud, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, without love, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not lovers of the good, treacherous, rash, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God— having a form of godliness but denying its power. Have nothing to do with such people. 2 Timothy 3:13 while evildoers and impostors will go from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived. 2 Timothy 3:6-9 They are the kind who worm their way into homes and gain control over gullible women, who are loaded down with sins and are swayed by all kinds of evil desires, always learning but never able to come to a knowledge of the truth. Just ...

Verde Valley Christian Church May 1, 2022 Series: Fan Into Flame Title: "Be On Guard" Speaker: Jim Hammond 2 Timothy 1:12 (KJV) … he is able to keep that which I have committed unto him against that day. 2 Timothy 1:12 (ESV) … he is able to guard until that day what has been entrusted to me. I. What's the CONTEXT? 2 Timothy 1:8-14 Therefore do not be ashamed of the testimony about our Lord, nor of me his prisoner, but share in suffering for the gospel by the power of God, who saved us and called us to a holy calling, not because of our works but because of his own purpose and grace, which he gave us in Christ Jesus before the ages began, and which now has been manifested through the appearing of our Savior Christ Jesus, who abolished death and brought life and immortality to light through the gospel, for which I was appointed a preacher and apostle and teacher, which is why I suffer as I do. But I am not ashamed, for I know whom I have believed, and I am convi...

Verde Valley Christian Church April 24, 2022 Series:   Fan Into Flame Title:    "Take Your Baton and Be Faithful" Speaker:    Doug Freeman "I know of  nothing which I would choose to have as the subject of my ambition for life than to be kept faithful to my God till death." ~C.H. Spurgeon "Intentionality is the measuring stick of faithfulness." Philippians 3:12-16 ESV <small><font color="#999999">12</font></small> Not that I have already obtained this or am already perfect, but I press on to make it my own, because Christ Jesus has made me his own. <small><font color="#999999">13</font></small> Brothers, I do not consider that I have made it my own. But one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead, <small><font color="#999999">14</font></small> I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Chr...

Verde Valley Christian Church Apr 3, 2022 Series: I'm That Fool Title: "I Vent My Anger" Speaker: Jim Hammond 1. I'm Wise In My Own Eyes 2. I Don't Like Discipline 3. I'm Defensive When Corrected 4. I Trust Myself 5. I Vent My Anger Proverbs 29:11 A fool gives full vent to his anger, but a wise person holds it in check. I. I SPOUT like a TEA KETTLE Ephesians 4:26 "In your anger do not sin": Do not let the sun go down while you are still angry, James 3:5-6 Likewise, the tongue is a small part of the body, but it makes great boasts. Consider what a great forest is set on fire by a small spark. The tongue also is a fire, a world of evil among the parts of the body. It corrupts the whole body, sets the whole course of one's life on fire, and is itself set on fire by hell. II. My uncontrolled words are a WRECKING BALL Proverbs 25:28 Like a city whose walls are broken through is a person who lacks self-control. III. ...

Verde Valley Christian Church Mar 27, 2022 Series: I'm That Fool Title: "I Trust Myself" Speaker: Jim Hammond I. I AM THE FOOL THAT… A. TRUSTS In Myself Proverbs 28:26 The one who trusts in himself is a fool, but one who walks in wisdom will be safe. B. Trusts My HEART Jeremiah 17:9 The heart is more deceitful than anything else, and incurable — who can understand it? Mark 7:21-23 For from within, out of people’s hearts, come evil thoughts, sexual immoralities, thefts, murders, adulteries, greed, evil actions, deceit, self-indulgence, envy, slander, pride, and foolishness. All these evil things come from within and defile a person.” Proverbs 3:5 Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. C. Leans on MY UNDERSTANDING Proverbs 3:5 Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. Matthew 22:37 He said to him, “Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind. D. IGNO...

Verde Valley Christian Church Mar 20, 2022 Series: I'm That Fool Title: "I'm Defensive When Corrected" Speaker: Doug Bridge Proverbs 15:5 A fool despises his father's discipline, but a person who accepts correction is sensible. Ephesians 6:4 Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger by the way you treat them. Rather, bring them up with the discipline and instruction that comes from the Lord. Proverbs 15:31-33 If you listen to constructive criticism, you will be at home among the wise. If you reject discipline, you only harm yourself; but if you listen to correction, you grow in understanding. Fear of the Lord teaches wisdom; humility precedes honor. There are GREAT BLESSINGS in LIFE when we LISTEN to CORRECTION. Proverbs 12:1 Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge, but whoever hates correction is stupid. God's WORD is CLEAR and DIRECT. I don't WANT to be STUPID. Have you completely forgotten this word of hope? It speaks to you as a father t...

Verde Valley Christian Church Mar 13, 2022 Series: I'm That Fool Title: "I Don't Like Discipline" Speaker: Jim Hammond Proverbs 1:7 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge; fools despise wisdom and discipline. I. I have DISORDERED desires CHOCOLATE 🍫  Hebrews 12:11 No discipline seems enjoyable at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it. II. Because my desires are often OUT OF ORDER 1 Corinthians 6:12-13 "I have the right to do anything," you say—but not everything is beneficial. "I have the right to do anything"—but I will not be mastered by anything. You say, "Food for the stomach and the stomach for food, and God will destroy them both." The body, however, is not meant for sexual immorality but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body. WE don’t like discipline! III. My disordered desires resist CORRECTION Proverbs 15:5 ...