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2009 Archive

Sunday Jan 4, 2009
Removing The Reproach
Dale Armstrong
Church of the Word Sermons
Text: Neh. 5:9. Pastor Dale preaches about how the believer and leaders must be accountable and responsible to judge themselves, be transparent, and to deal with the flesh through repentance. The service includes baby dedication, as well as ordination of Jim and Michele Johnson and Miriam and Art Remington.
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Sunday Jan 4, 2009
Living Daily in the Book of Acts
Roger Rinker
Church of the Word Sermons
Roger Rinker, a pastor and missionary, preaches on 10 scriptures from the book of Acts, and then ministers to the congregation an evaluation of our actual living in the book of Acts. Listen to hear the 10 things that should be evident in our lives daily.
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Sunday Jan 11, 2009
I Surrender All
Dominic Russo
Church of the Word Sermons
Dominic questions and challenges us to make the commitment to surrender all to Christ. Do I live like I don't belong to myself? Am I trying to please Christ or man? If you want to experience miracle working power, you must first die.
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Sunday Jan 11, 2009
You Can See Your Faith Part 10
Dale Armstrong
Church of the Word Sermons
Faith is a way of looking at life, not something applied to a problem. The tests you go through should increase you. It's your faith that is being tested. Listen to Pastor Dale's definition of "patience", which should be your response to a test.
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Sunday Jan 25, 2009
What If
Bob Hawk
Church of the Word Sermons
Pastor Bob preaches on bringing simplicity to obedience. There are "ifs" attached to prophetic words. Listen to hear some of the conditions for the Father's honor, His forgiveness, having His ear, for having, finding, and enjoying life, for moving mountains, for living, and for a successful prayer life.
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Sunday Jan 25, 2009
What's The Purpose of The Power
Ed Black
Church of the Word Sermons
Ed Black ministers on how the power of God in signs, wonders, and miracles was and is to get peoples? attention and to minister God to them. He uses personal testimonies and both Old and New Testament examples to show how God's power ministered as a witness of His greatness.
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Sunday Feb 1, 2009
Living and Walking In The Spirit Part 1
Dale Armstrong
Church of the Word Sermons
Moving in the Spirit means walking in the Spirit- doing what you've heard God tell you to do. It's all about hearing and moving. Make sure you don't misinterpret God (Samuel). Gal. 5:24-26; John 5:1-9; Amos 3:7; II Chron. 20:20.
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Wednesday Feb 4, 2009
Don't Run From Your Nineveh
Lee Grady
Church of the Word Sermons
Using Jonah as the example, Lee Grady gave a strong warning to the church to wake up and stop running from the presence of God. The Church needs to get in alignment with God's plan. Five of the nine gifts involve the mouth. WE MUST SPEAK! When we're quiet and not fulfilling our assignment, we are putting people in peril. Lee also prophesied over CWI and different people in the congregation.
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Sunday Feb 8, 2009
Living and Walking In The Spirit Part 2
Dale Armstrong
Church of the Word Sermons
Pastor Dale continues this series using last week's scriptures (see 02.01.09) and adding more story/examples to demonstrate the absolute need for us to walk in the Spirit. We live in the Spirit and that enables us to crucify the flesh, not the other way around.
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Wednesday Feb 11, 2009
The Power of Unity, The Purpose of Leadership
Dale Armstrong
Church of the Word Sermons
The closer you come to Jesus, the more the Body is in unity. Pastor Dale preaches on unity and its power, contrasting the Tower of Babel and speaking in tongues by the Holy Spirit. He explains that the anointing on the leader is for the Body's sake. Leaders are to serve with responsibility and not seek power.
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Sunday Feb 15, 2009
Living and Walking In The Spirit Part 3
Dale Armstrong
Church of the Word Sermons
Listen as Pastor Dale shares many of his experiences of walking in the Spirit and preaches about visions and what stops and aids the personal and corporate move of God. Scriptures: Gal. 5:16, 24-26; Amos 3:7; John 5:1-15, 17-20; I Sam. 3:1-10; Is. 6:6-8; John 7:17.
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Wednesday Feb 18, 2009
The Few, The Faithful, The Chosen
Bob Hawk
Church of the Word Sermons
Pastor Bob delivers a powerful word from the Holy Spirit concerning "understanding". He preaches on integrity and faithfulness. We are called, but few are chosen. Listen as he describes who the few are in this time of harvest. (Ps. 101:1-8; Matt. 7:13, 14; Matt. 9:35-38...)
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Sunday Feb 22, 2009
The Right Ingredient
Bob Hawk
Church of the Word Sermons
Did you know that your soul fights your heart (spirit)? How do we get rid of the limits of our souls? How do we use the authority of the spoken Word? Listen as Pastor Bob uses James 1:21-25 and Matt. 8:5-13 and preaches on how to implant the Word in us to save our souls.
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Wednesday Feb 25, 2009
Mixing Your Faith
Dale Armstrong
Church of the Word Sermons
Did you know that building your faith is different from releasing your faith? The Word must be mixed with faith (Heb. 4:1, 2), but the confession unto faith does not do the same thing as the confession of faith. Don't confuse faith with peer pressure and mental assent.
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Saturday Feb 28, 2009
Avoid a Crash in a Bird Strike
Bob Harrison
Church of the Word Sermons
Using information on the pilot and the plane of the US Air Flight 1549 "crash", Bob Harrison ("Dr. Increase") explains 10 strategies for success and increase for our lives.
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Sunday Mar 1, 2009
Ways God Can Increase You
Bob Harrison
Church of the Word Sermons
How is God going to give us increase so that we can live in the Promised Land that God wants you to live in? Listen as Bob Harrison give 5 powerful ways God can give you increase and increase you.
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Sunday Mar 1, 2009
The Lord Will Increase You
Bob Harrison
Church of the Word Sermons
Listen as Bob Harrison removes a barrier between you and increase. What is your mindset? Do you know that God wants to increase you? To drive out wrong thinking, you must put in right thinking. Bob challenges us to say Ps. 115:14 aloud 10 times a day for 40 days. What's in you acts as a magnet to bring more of it to you.
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Wednesday Mar 4, 2009
Let Your Love Flow
Bob Hawk
Church of the Word Sermons
John 13:34 and 15:12 tell us to love one another as Jesus has loved us. Listen as Pastor Bob uses many scriptures to exhort us to love, and when our faith isn't working, we need to check up on our love walk.
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Sunday Mar 8, 2009
Living and Walking In The Spirit Part 4
Dale Armstrong
Church of the Word Sermons
Using the text from Gal. 5:16, 24-26, Pastor Dale continues to preach on walking the Spirit, and then you won't fulfill the lusts of the flesh. We are dead to sin, but we still have the choice to sin. From I Corinthians 14:27-33 he explains that a church service should have an "interpreter" who conducts the Spirit in the service. Listen as Pastor Dale gives 7 things that can limit an interpreter in a service.
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Wednesday Mar 11, 2009
Obtaining Healing Through Faith and Patience
Karen Sallee
Church of the Word Sermons
Karen Sallee teaches a lesson on receiving our healing. Using John 3:16 she explains God's order of operation: love, grace, faith, and freedom. She gives characteristics of faith and grace, and then develops the truth of our inheriting the promises through faith and patience (Heb. 6:12-15).
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Sunday Mar 15, 2009
Living and Walking In The Spirit Part 5
Dale Armstrong
Church of the Word Sermons
Pastor Dale continues to preach on Gal. 5:16 - walk in the Spirit, and then you will not fulfill the lusts of the flesh. Spiritual dyslexia will get the work of trying not to fulfill the flesh before walking in the Spirit. He clarifies two "ceilings" that we must break through and the need for an "interpreter" (the person at the helm of the flow of the Spirit) in a service.
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Wednesday Mar 18, 2009
The Reality of Healing
Bruce Ladebu
Church of the Word Sermons
Pastor Bruce Ladebu preaches on healing, using an outline of scriptures for Healing School. Listen as he lays out God's will to heal and Jesus? making it possible. He also ministered by laying on of hands and by ministering prophetically.
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Sunday Mar 22, 2009
Living and Walking In The Spirit Part 6
Dale Armstrong
Church of the Word Sermons
Gal. 5:16, 24. The love-walk is in the Spirit. Worship is life. Listen as Pastor Dale shares the truth of being filled with the Spirit and the power that is in being filled- continuously.
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Wednesday Mar 25, 2009
God Is Healing
Pat Murphy
Church of the Word Sermons
Going back to Genesis, we know that God's will is for healing. Jesus is Health. He is Healing. He is Life. Listen to powerful testimonies of the healings Pastor Pat experienced himself, in his family, and in others through Jesus, the Healer. God will always heal if we cooperate.
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Sunday Mar 29, 2009
Living and Walking In The Spirit Part 7
Dale Armstrong
Church of the Word Sermons
Gal. 5:16; Ps. 112; Rom. 8:1. We can walk in the Spirit by strengthening our spirit, and walking in the Spirit causes your spirit to get stronger. The Holy Spirit's power to convict is stronger than the devil's power to tempt. Don't let the devil steal your time with Jesus. People will be set free by you, if they see Jesus, not a Pharisee.
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Wednesday Apr 1, 2009
Is The Word Enough
Bob Hawk
Church of the Word Sermons
Prov. 4:20-22; John 8:16-17; Is. 53:4; Is. 55:8-11. Pastor Bob preaches on healing. People must connect with the truth by faith in order to receive salvation and healing. When we speak the Word, it's Jesus speaking it. Speaking the Word is sowing it. We need to sow it into our bodies, digest it, and receive from the Lord.
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Sunday Apr 5, 2009
Created For His Glory Part 1
Bob Hawk
Church of the Word Sermons
Pastor Bob gives many scriptures explaining "glory". We are to glorify God in and with our bodies. Miracles are a manifestation of the glory of God. We are created for glory and representatives of heaven. God loves people!
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Wednesday Apr 8, 2009
Faith of a Child
Karen Sallee
Church of the Word Sermons
How is faith to receive healing like a teenager going to the refrigerator in his home? Listen as Karen Sallee gives practical examples of how we can receive healing as a child, because we are the children of God. We can know that God loves us, that we can be bold, because Jesus made us worthy and righteous and has given us authority. Fear contaminates our faith, but the Holy Spirit helps us stand against fear.
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Sunday Apr 12, 2009
What The Resurrection Gives Us
Dale Armstrong
Church of the Word Sermons
Pastor Dale preaches on what Jesus? resurrection gives us, starting with John 14:12-13. Because of the resurrection, Jesus always makes intercession for us, allows us to use His name (authority and power), and provides for the Holy Spirit, the Comforter, to be in us. [Statements- Jesus didn't go to heaven dead; He went there alive! He didn't pray our sins away. He died for them.] We pray first, and then we speak a declaration of authority. Learn when to pray and when to speak to whatever needs to go or change. John 11 - Lazarus raised from the dead. Experiences: 17 yr. old deaf-mute healed; blind person in Armenia; Dale's seeing Jesus going through the aisles healing people; woman in Meadeville opening door and demanding sickness and depression to get out.
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Wednesday Apr 15, 2009
God Wants You Well
David Kandole
Church of the Word Sermons
Dr. David Kandole from Uganda and more recently, Harrisburg, preaches that God wants you healed, healthy, happy, and helping others. Listen as he takes you on a faith walk using: Prov. 4:20-24; Luke 5:17; Ps. 103:1-3; Ps. 107:20; Acts 10:38; O John 3:8; John 1o:10; Luke 4:38; III John 2; Is. 53:4 and 5; Matt. 8:17.
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Sunday Apr 19, 2009
Created For His Glory Part 2
Bob Hawk
Church of the Word Sermons
The glory of the Lord was evidenced before the preaching of the Word through Holy Spirit-given words, scripture, spontaneous song, and tongues and interpretation. Then Pastor Bob continued his sermon from April 6th about our being created for God's glory. We are associated with Jesus, so we can experience His glory. We are granted, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with might through His Spirit (Eph. 1:18; 3:14-19). We are being transformed in His glory. Listen as Pastor Bob preaches about the manifest glory of the Lord.
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Sunday Apr 19, 2009
A Farmer's View of Increase: Good Soil
Aaron Ray Zimmerman
Church of the Word Sermons
Aaron Ray Zimmerman, a CWI farmer, shares how he experienced increase simply by checking the soil and changing the way he treated it. The result brought increase in his herd of cows and his crop production. Listen to hear how good soil in the natural is important, just as Jesus taught about the good soil of our hearts. (Luke 8)
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Wednesday Apr 22, 2009
The Touch of Faith
Pradeep Perera
Church of the Word Sermons
Pradeep Perera from Sri Lanka uses Mark 5:24-34 as his text. Salvation, healing, and your future are personal to you. No one can predict you. You must be determined, just as the woman with the issue of blood made a choice, was determined to make a connection with Jesus, and was made well by her faith. She pulled the power of God into her situation. We need to receive our breakthrough, which is already done.
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Sunday Apr 26, 2009
Living and Walking In The Spirit Part 8
Dale Armstrong
Church of the Word Sermons
Gal. 5:16-18; Rom. 12:1-3; I Cor. 14:14-15. Pastor Dale preaches that you are to be a living sacrifice that doesn't crawl off the altar. Listen to find out how you beat the battle of the flesh, not by denying it, but by walking in the Spirit and saturating yourself in the Word daily. Sin is a choice, and then it can change your nature. Live passionately for Jesus. Pray in the Spirit, building yourself up. The source of the problem is the flesh; the source of the answer is the Spirit and the Word.
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Sunday Apr 26, 2009
The Coming Revival
Pradeep Perera
Church of the Word Sermons
I Kings 18. Listen as Pradeep preaches about the birthing of revival in us and in CWI. We are the answer to the famine in the land. God is preparing us for the season of revival. We must take up the challenge with the confidence of God in us. Pradeep tells how we get that confidence and what discipline does in us. The fire is on us to destroy what is false, to demonstrate who God is, and to cause the people to be revived and lives to be transformed. We must pay attention to what God is saying. Pradeep ministered in the spirit of prophecy.
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Wednesday Apr 29, 2009
Release Faith in the Name of Jesus
Ashish Mubarak
Church of the Word Sermons
Do you know the power of the name of Jesus? Do you exercise the authority in the name of Jesus? The name of Jesus Christ is great because: (1) of His inheritance (Heb. 1:3 and 4), (2) of His authority and His (Eph. 1:19-23), and (3) of His great work (Phil.2:5-11).
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Sunday May 3, 2009
Teaching on giving
Dale Armstrong
Church of the Word Sermons
Luke 6:36. Don’t have a judging and condemning spirit towards people, but some doctrine needs to judged, but you need to know where you have authority. Forgive and forget other people's wrongs, just as Jesus Christ forgave you. Give and it will be given back to you in the same measure- in speed- grudgingly and slowly or quickly. Give your best, and give everyday. Look for places to give. Listen to God for when and where to give, and it will sharpen your faith.
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Sunday May 3, 2009
Living and Walking In The Spirit Part 9
Dale Armstrong
Church of the Word Sermons
Gal. 5:16; I John 1:1-3; II Cor. 5:16; I John 3:2. The main focus of this sermon is that fellowship with God brings change by giving you His nature. The flesh side of man changes temporarily and with discomfort, but when the spirit of the person is changed, light comes in. Listen for lots of nuggets that you will need to process and meditate on, such as the enemy of fellowship with God is organized Christian fellowship, because it's an alternate to an evangelistic lifestyle.
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Wednesday May 6, 2009
Stop Wavering In Your Faith
Bob Hawk
Church of the Word Sermons
Listen to Pastor Bob preach on how not to waver in your faith. The hearing of the Word that brings faith must be applied with practice. Pastor Bob challenges us to put the Word in us and then practice it by what we say. What should we do when our words don't match up with the Word of God? Listen and find out.
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Sunday May 10, 2009
Living and Walking In The Spirit Part 10
Dale Armstrong
Church of the Word Sermons
Listen to the message concerning the offering and proclaiming bills "paid", praying for financial miracles and God’s grace, mercy, and forgiveness, Kim Miller's testimony of Glenn Eshleman's amazing recovery from bypass surgery, and an ordination service of Ed Garner as COO for CWI. Pastor Dale preaches briefly on spiritual warfare, that we are to pull down strongholds in others’ minds, such as how people view women in the church.
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Sunday May 10, 2009
The Covering of Women
Dale Armstrong
Church of the Word Sermons
Pastor Dale preaches that the Gospel has brought freedom for women. The bondage is caused by people who will hold to their doctrine, but they will not obey it, whether it is coverings for the woman when she prophesies, or the accusers of the woman caught in adultery. Listen as Pastor Dale explains why women should be able to preach and more about women wearing covernings.
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Wednesday May 13, 2009
Three Ways To Receive Your Manifestation
Dale Armstrong
Church of the Word Sermons
Listen as Pastor Dale shows in the Word how healing and manifestations of the Spirit are linked to a person's giving, praying, and fasting. Seek God, not healing. (Acts 10:1-4, 29-31; Matt. 6:1-18; Matt. 17:14-21)
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Sunday May 17, 2009
Three Pillars of Christianity
Nevers Mumba
Church of the Word Sermons
Dr. Nevers Mumba, soon to be Zambia's ambassador to Canada, preaches on the three pillars of the Christian faith: the power of the name of Jesus, of Jesus' blood, and of the cross. Listen as he explains that we must know and understand the language and the culture of the kingdom of God.
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Wednesday May 20, 2009
Elements of Healing
Dale Armstrong
Church of the Word Sermons
John 5:1-9, 14. Pastor Dale expounds on 4 elements of healing: God heals through the gifts of the Spirit. We can be healed by our faith in Jesus Christ- through the anointing. We can be healed if we are under an authority (ex.-a church body) that believes I divine healing. Pastor Dale explains that the anointing is not the gifts of the Spirit.
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Sunday May 24, 2009
Seeds of Revival Part 1
Dale Armstrong
Church of the Word Sermons
Col. 1:9-14 Pastor Dale preaches on the power of salvation. We have been translated out of the kingdom of darkness. We are full of God. We've been delivered from all of Satan's power. Acts. 26:18. The power of salvation is the seed of revival.
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Wednesday May 27, 2009
Laying on of The Hands
Dale Armstrong
Church of the Word Sermons
Pastor Dale preaches on laying on of hands for anointing and healing. Love people and have compassion for them. Laying hands on some people may be the only time they get a physical touch from God. Titus 1:2, 5 Titus was a mobile minister; pastors can be mobile!
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Friday May 29, 2009
An Open Heaven
Neil Miers
Church of the Word Sermons
Neil Meir of Australia preaches on Acts 10:1-6 (Cornelius and Paul). What opens heaven? How do you get God’s attention? Listen to find out. The fear of God is the beginning of wisdom. We are to give generously, pray, and act on the Word. Press in. Apply God’s principles.
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Saturday May 30, 2009
What God Is Looking For
Neil Miers
Church of the Word Sermons
Neil Miers preaches about the atmosphere and attitude which allow the Holy Spirit to move in, which is an atmosphere of worship, prayer, and praise. Jesus wants to rock His house, because we need to give the world a positive view of the church. Shake off what doesn’t belong. (The Lord gave the words of a song to Pastor Dale and the Holy Spirit through MaryBeth Rutter put it to music.
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Sunday May 31, 2009
Breaking Through God's Promises
Neil Miers
Church of the Word Sermons
Josh.1:1–11. How do we go to the "Promised Land"? Listen to, meditate on, believe, and trust in what God is saying. Get rid of the negativity, shyness, inferiority, false humility, boundaries, and the "whys". Prepare yourselves, put a demand on God, and reach out. We build our own hindrances, and the enemy hands us the bricks.
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Wednesday Jun 3, 2009
Compassion In Action
Bob Hawk
Church of the Word Sermons
Pastor Bob preaches on Matt. 4:23-25 and Acts 10:38. We are anointed and given the mandate to demonstrate God?s power by doing the works that Jesus did and greater ones. Pastor Bob defines compassion as a manifestation of God's love in action. We must go and release God's compassion.
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Sunday Jun 7, 2009
Seeds of Revival Part 2
Dale Armstrong
Church of the Word Sermons
Listen to this powerful message on being delivered and saved in our experience as well as our doctrine. What are the 5 phases of Jesus Christ's identification with us? Do we need to figure ourselves out? How can we forget those things (sins) which we?ve done in the past? When are you truly confessing your sin? Are you dead in Christ?
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Wednesday Jun 10, 2009
Boldness
Dale Armstrong
Church of the Word Sermons
(Your Heavenly Calling) Hebrews, Is. 55:10, Rom. 5:5, and I Cor. 13:4. What's a key to receiving from God? Jesus Christ is the High Priest of our profession. When we boldly profess (confess, repeat with boldness) His Word, we can enter into what God has for us. The boldness is in what we say. Boldness leads to possession. SPEAK THE WORD BOLDLY!
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Sunday Jun 14, 2009
The 2nd Alter
Ron Bruce
Church of the Word Sermons
Do you know what "will go in and out" means in John 10:9 and Hebrews 10:16-19? Listen as Rev. Ron Bruce powerfully and carefully explains how we go into God's presence with the blood of Jesus in worship, just like the shadow of the Old Covenant Israelite priests who went in with the blood of animals, and how we go out to serve others. We stink, like the dead body of the sacrificed animal, if we don?t go out.
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Wednesday Jun 17, 2009
Boldly Say
Dale Armstrong
Church of the Word Sermons
Pastor Dale preaches on Mark 11:22-26. Our faith for receiving is in the believing what we say and keep on saying. What are you saying? That's what you will get. Don't rehearse your problem, and don't use your faith to dig your own grave. Ask for wisdom. (James 1:2-8)
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Sunday Jun 21, 2009
God's Operation
Bob Hawk
Church of the Word Sermons
Jesus prepared His disciples for His resurrection by telling them what would happen. Regardless how things look, there will be a resurrection in our lives. The person you used to be before you were saved is dead. God wants to bring back the vision He has given you. Go by the Word and speak it. (Matt. 17:22-23; 20:17-19; 16:21-23; Luke 24:1-7; Col. 2:6-15; Rom. 10:6-9)
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Wednesday Jun 24, 2009
Don't Break The Connection To Life
Bob Hawk
Church of the Word Sermons
Using many scriptures, Pastor Bob preaches on how the Word and the Holy Spirit are on our side for our wholeness, but we have to fight and pay the price of reading and speaking the Word, eliminating negativity and doubt, and making sure we are not quenching the Spirit (I Thess. 5:14-22) or grieving the Holy Spirit (Eph. 4:22-5:7). The service ended by communion being served.
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Sunday Jun 28, 2009
Seeds of Revival Part 3
Dale Armstrong
Church of the Word Sermons
You cannot be baptized in the Holy Spirit or be filled with the Holy Spirit unless you receive salvation. You must ask God for the filling of the Spirit, which is needed for service. (John 14:16; Luke 11:11ff; Acts 11:4ff; Acts 2:38, 39; Jude 20; Eph. 6:18)
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Sunday Jun 28, 2009
Personal testimony and vision for Africa
David Kandole
Church of the Word Sermons
Dr. Kandole reminds us that Pastor Dale should be called Apostle Dale. Listen as Dr. David shares how he went from Uganda to CWI with the points in between. He tells how God has given him a desire for the continent of Africa. He would like to take Armada to Africa. Believe big!
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Sunday Jul 5, 2009
Grace and Truth
Dale Armstrong
Church of the Word Sermons
Listen to this powerful message on grace and truth. If Jesus is preached in the spirit of grace and truth, the law can lead people to Christ, but the law does not set people free. It is the truth that sets people free. What should be preached? The truth of Jesus Christ should be preached. Preaching Jesus Christ and the spirit of grace and truth changes people, rather than preaching against immorality, fear, etc. Don't be judgmental. You're not the Holy Spirit. There was ministry time for Dr. David and Grace Kandole.
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Sunday Jul 12, 2009
Seven Things You Should Know About the Anointing
Dale Armstrong
Church of the Word Sermons
Pastor Dale preached on letting go of the past as trash. He explains the seven things you should know about the anointing. Ed Black, Ed Garner, and Karen Zelfimyan were ordained. (Others the Spirit ordained: couple from Colorado)
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Wednesday Jul 15, 2009
Faith That Says
Dale Armstrong
Church of the Word Sermons
Do you honor (keep) your own word like a signature on an important contract? Do you have a small view of yourself? Do you believe what God sees in you? You will get what you believe and say, because your words are binding. Believe all the things you say you will do, and know God's love for you. It will give you the boldness to have faith for the big things. Don't compare yourself with others.
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Sunday Jul 19, 2009
Keeping Your Faith On
Dale Armstrong
Church of the Word Sermons
We owe others our faith. Listen to find out how to keep your faith turned on. Scriptures: Luke 17:11-19;Acts 14:7-10; Luke 13:101-17; I John 3:8; Jonah 2:7-9.
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Wednesday Jul 22, 2009
National Healing Through the Outpouring of Revival
Bob Hawk
Church of the Word Sermons
After the Lord gave several words, Pastor Bob preached on II Chron. 7:14. We, as the Body of Christ, are responsible for some of our nation’s hurts. We are to do the works He called us to as missiles. We are to focus on Jesus Christ, not on the circumstances. We are to spend time at Jesus’ feet in His presence and in His grace and work with God, not for Him. That’s when revival, returning to life, will come to bring national healing.
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Sunday Jul 26, 2009
Your First Ministry
Dale Armstrong
Church of the Word Sermons
Born-again believers are God's elect, who are all chosen to pray and make petitions to God. We are to be His ambassadors, enforcing His jurisdiction. Don?t pray until you can pray in faith, so you can use prayer effectively. Pastor Dale encouraged us to make a list of 10 people we are praying for. 1) II Cor. 4:3 pray to bind the devil from making attacks on them and pray for them to be loosed to be saved. 2) Eph. 1:16-18 pray that the eyes of their understanding would be enlightened (wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him. 3) Praise God and worship Him, and 4) do it tomorrow and tomorrow... Talk to God about men.
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Wednesday Jul 29, 2009
How To Believe To Receive Answers To Your Prayers
Dale Armstrong
Church of the Word Sermons
Listen as Pastor Dale tells four of seven ways to believe to receive answers to your prayers. Matt. 21:22 Ask in prayer, believe, and you shall receive.
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Sunday Aug 2, 2009
Evangelism Offering Message
Dale Armstrong
Church of the Word Sermons
Pastor Dale updates the congregation on the outreach of CWI to Delta, Colorado and Chester County, Pennsylvania and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The wealth of the ungodly will be given to the righteous when the wicked are saved. Success is measured by obedience.
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Sunday Aug 2, 2009
Lord, Give Me Souls For An Inheritance
Dale Armstrong
Church of the Word Sermons
Ask and I'll give you the heathen for your inheritance. The harvest is plenteous, but the laborers are few, pray for more laborers. However, don't pray for something that you're not willing to do. He'll send you with a commission and authority...dominate where you go. Three things to pray, Lord give me the right message at the right time; open the door of utterance into people's lives; pray that the Word will continue to run its course and be glorified.
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Wednesday Aug 5, 2009
7 Steps To Answered Prayer
Dale Armstrong
Church of the Word Sermons
Listen as Pastor Dale expounds on each of the seven steps to answered prayer. Having problems with your thoughts and emotions? Listen to this helpful sermon.
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Sunday Aug 9, 2009
Sunday AM
Dale Armstrong
Church of the Word Sermons
John 16:23; John 14:12-14; Acts 3:1-10; Ps. 91:1-3. The devil is scared of us, because he knows we have the authority to stop him. Do not tolerate him or his snares, but cast him out. There is a difference between praying in the name of Jesus Christ and using the name of Jesus Christ in authority. Live in the secret place of the Almighty. The secret is in what you are saying, such as who you are in Christ.
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Sunday Aug 9, 2009
Jesus Our Jubilee
Christopher Alam
Church of the Word Sermons
Christopher shares pictures from his crusades/ministry and then preaches on Luke 4:14-22. We, as the Body of Christ, need to develop godly habits, be faithful, committed, and be good to our word. We are in a time of mercy and salvation, not judgment. Jesus caught the Jews attention in the synagogue when He stopped reading the scriptures before the end of the passage and shocked them by saying that He fulfilled the scripture He was reading (Is. 61). Jesus was declaring He was the jubilee (Lev. 25). He was the Lamb, Pentecost was the fire, and the pastor preaching the Gospel is the priest blowing the trumpet. Believe and speak the work of God until it engulfs the sickness.
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Monday Aug 10, 2009
Foundations for Healing
Christopher Alam
Church of the Word Sermons
We must reclaim the healing Gospel of Jesus Christ. You will get a foundation for faith in God/Jesus as the healer by considering: What is your attitude towards God? How does God see you? Why does God heal us? What causes disease? What does the Old Testament say about healing?
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Tuesday Aug 11, 2009
Suffering
Christopher Alam
Church of the Word Sermons
Christopher Alam preaches on suffering and misconceptions about suffering, especially concerning health and healing.
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Wednesday Aug 12, 2009
The Blood Covenant
Christopher Alam
Church of the Word Sermons
Christopher preaches on what a covenant is, different covenants in the Bible, and most importantly, what the blood covenant of Jesus with God did for all people. He further explained Paul’s teaching concerning the First Communion.
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Thursday Aug 13, 2009
Faith- The Power of Faith and How to Exercise Faith
Christopher Alam
Church of the Word Sermons
Listen as Christopher takes us from our limitations to the possibilities of Jesus Christ in us. He defines faith and carefully explains the difference between faith and hope. How do we go from hope to faith? What is the prayer of faith? Scriptures: Rom. 12:3; Heb. 11:6, 1, 2; Rom. 4:17; Mark 11:23-24; James 5:15-18; I John 5:14 and 15.
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Sunday Aug 16, 2009
Contend For The Faith
Bob Hawk
Church of the Word Sermons
There was ministry to people who are willing to go to a higher level of intercession. Pastor Bob preaches on faith. Nothing is impossible to those who believe. Faith enemies are doubt, unbelief, fear, lies. We must contend for the faith, sacrifice our bodies, and stand fast in one spirit, with one mind (the mind of Christ), and pray in the Spirit. Let the Word of God work in you to get rid of doubt.
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Wednesday Aug 19, 2009
Minister In Faith, Not By Feeling
Bob Hawk
Church of the Word Sermons
People came to Jesus, often desperate for a miracle. Do not let someone’s rejection of your wanting to minister to him or her hinder you, but get your heart back and keep reaching out to people until you get 100%. Start with faith, not feeling. Draw closer to God and the anointing will increase in you. We must respect and honor the name of Jesus. He touched people. Prepare people to receive ministry by sharing testimonies of your healings and God’s blessings.
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Sunday Aug 23, 2009
Fight for Victory
Bob Hawk
Church of the Word Sermons
After a powerful time of testimonies, worship, and words having been given, Pastor Bob preaches on fighting for your victory. Listen as Pastor Bob shares his testimony. Scripture texts: I John 5:1-5; I Cor. 15:57; I Tim. 6:12; II Tim. 4:1-5.
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Wednesday Aug 26, 2009
Esteem Others Greater Than Yourself
Bob Hawk
Church of the Word Sermons
Did you ever connect helping the poor with healing? Listen as Pastor Bob uses scripture to show how esteeming others more than yourself changes the poor or needy person’s prosperity. (Poor and needy can be any person without the Lord Jesus Christ.) It also allows you to "put a demand on" God and to remind Him that He will deliver, preserve, strengthen, and sustain you on your sickbed. Ps. 41:1-3. Other scriptures: Phil. 2:1-5; I Tim. 2:1-4; John 15:12-14; I Cor. 10:24; III John 2; Prov. 28:27; Prov. 14:21; Prov. 19:17. Also: Pastor Bob gave a couple words and some testimonies were shared.
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Sunday Aug 30, 2009
Setting Momorials Before The Lord
Dale Armstrong
Church of the Word Sermons
Gen. 28:11-22 and Gen. 32:24-29. Problem to pillow to pillar. How do you keep your testimony and joy fresh? Know Jesus in a personal relationship and grow up! Don’t pet your problems, but push into God, pray and don’t let go. It will change your identity, like Saul to Paul, Jacob to Israel. There are different stages of spiritual growth. Personal victory marks a person. Don’t love the world and its things. You must forsake for the mark of maturity. Some things in your life you can’t be prayed for or anointed to do. You have to get alone with God to deal with them. Listen as Pastor Dale shares powerful testimonies from the Ukraine: cross-eyes healed, epileptic child healed, and a man who left his personal relationship with Christ.
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Wednesday Sep 2, 2009
Prosper and Be In Health
Pat Murphy
Church of the Word Sermons
III John 2 (all to prosper) is for everyone. Ask God why it is not happening for you. Is it because you have gone on the path away from God? Is it because your words do not line-up with the Word of God? The only thing between you and the manifestation of healing for you is faith. Do not consider your flesh, but DO THE WORD! SPEAK THE WORD! We will only do and act on what we truly believe. Be the church and take the Gospel to the world.
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Sunday Sep 6, 2009
Two Realms
Dale Armstrong
Church of the Word Sermons
Pastor Dale continues to preach on Gen. 28:11-13, 16, in which Jacob made a pillow out of his problem and made it into a pillar to worship the Lord. We live in the natural, but we need to move in the spiritual. Change your environment if it is not good. Faith does not deny reality. Faith addresses tragedies, because the greatest victory is resurrection. In the light of eternity, your affliction is nothing. Look at the things that are not seen and are eternal. Look at the answer. It is long in duration and eternal. Dwell on Jesus! Be thankful!
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Wednesday Sep 9, 2009
Corporate Faith for Corporate Anointing to Fulfill Our Corporate Destiny
David Kandole
Church of the Word Sermons
Dr. Kandole shares what happened during his time in Portugal and Kenya. He charged us with working together under Apostle/Pastor Dale’s vision. We will see the miraculous, like in Mark 2:1 with the paralytic man, when we use our callings and abilities under the faith and vision of the man of God. Honor the man of God; he is NOT a hired man. When we honor and receive the apostle, pastor, teacher, evangelist, and prophet, then the people will be perfected. If we do not, then we short-circuit the miraculous. There are lots of preachers, but few men of God. Even Jesus could not do mighty works because He was not honored in His hometown. Once your leader has heard from God, you do not need a confirmation. (He also ministered a Word from the Lord for Ethan Armstrong.)
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Sunday Sep 13, 2009
We Are Partakers of His Grace
David Kandole
Church of the Word Sermons
Using Mark 6:1-4, Dr. Kandole exhorts CWI to honor, pray for protection, obey, and come under vision of the man of God, Apostle and Pastor Dale Armstrong, and to partake in the same grace that God has given him. We need to show our appreciation for the gift of God. Receive him as the man of God, remember his labor and sacrifice and pray for him, refresh him and his family, respect him as father and builder of the body, reassure him of your love for him and his family, and run with his vision. Pastor gave a demonstration of the apostolic ministry and then there was a time of ministry.
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Wednesday Sep 16, 2009
Seeing Revelation
Keith Hudson & Mary Hudson
Church of the Word Sermons
Keith and Mary Hudson are from Oceanside, California. They ministered the Word and the prophetic. They released an anointing for God to open our eyes so that we can see through the eyes of the Master. Instead of information, we are at a time when we need revelation, the seer anointing. An anointing was released for businesses and finances. Confirming prophetic words were given to many people of all ages in the congregation.
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Thursday Sep 17, 2009
Back To The Hand of God
Keith Hudson & Mary Hudson
Church of the Word Sermons
Keith and Mary Hudson speak prophetically about the time we are in. God is sending His hand back to the church to deliver the church out of the hands of man and back to God. In I Chron. 21:13 King David said that he would rather fall into the hand of God than the hand of man. God is releasing a wholeness anointing. Put everything into the hand of God. Keith and Mary ministered prophetically to many people in the congregation.
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Sunday Sep 20, 2009
God's Authority and The Man of God
Dale Armstrong
Church of the Word Sermons
Ray Hurst and Warren Thomas shared their testimonies early in the service. Pastor Bob, Pastor Dale, and Pat Denlinger gave words. Pastor Dale stated what the Lord told him: If you thank Me for what I did in the past (a specific miracle), I will do it again. Pastor Dale preached on God’s authority. Order comes before increase. God is stitching the body tighter together. The good shepherd (pastor) gives his life for the sheep; he is a servant of God, not man. Pastor Dale told of a missionary who would not submit to the spiritual authority in the man of God over him, and how to cost him his life. How does God use authority? He uses it to fix the abuse of authority and to bless. (Ps. 2:1-3) Where does authority come from? It comes from relationship. To whom do we submit? We submit to the Word of God, to our elders, and to the anointing. Don’t confuse the anointing with talent. The "head" is the source of supply, and the anointing comes from the "head" down.
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Wednesday Sep 23, 2009
The Authority of The Believer
Livingstone P Kamau
Church of the Word Sermons
God wants us to understand and use the authority He has given us as believers. When God calls someone, He gives them the authority to carry out that call. Everything must submit to God’s authority. When we move in His authority, it does not leave people the way they are, but it changes them. Know your authority over sickness, disease, and demons. We have heavenly authority, so we do not need to fear. Authority is tied up with faith and released with your mouth. Do not walk around as if you are defeated. Christ has defeated the enemy on your behalf.
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Sunday Sep 27, 2009
Authority Over Evil Spirits
Dale Armstrong
Church of the Word Sermons
In Mark 1:22 the people were astonished at Jesus’ doctrine or teaching because He taught them about and with authority, which He then demonstrated by commanding evil spirits to leave. You have the authority to command, if you are under God’s authority. The command of authority is not praying, laying on of hands, anointing, or the prayer of agreement. Listen as Pastor Dale relates his experience of casting out devils in a 12 year old boy. At the end, the now young man who was delivered of the demons stood up and told of his agreement with Satan that opened the door for the demonic to work in his life and his freedom through Jesus Christ. Fear is a spirit. Get rid of it! Command your body to function correctly. Speak to the object, to the problem. To not use your authority is negligence.
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Wednesday Sep 30, 2009
Different Perspectives of Faith
Christopher Alam
Church of the Word Sermons
Scripture text: Heb. 11:8-13, 16, 23-27, 32-12:2. Abraham received the temporal promise of the land, but he got a vision of Jesus and when he got the land, he felt like, "Is this it?" He eventually looked up and was looking for another city. There is an eternal (vertical) perspective and a temporal (horizontal) perspective to faith. Which one is primary and which one is secondary in your life? We are to seek the kingdom of God and His righteousness. We can receive prosperity, not by seeking it, but through faithfulness, communion with God, giving Him our hearts. The great men of faith saw suffering as of greater worth than earthly gain. Some faith heroes did great things. Some suffered greatly, but did not accomplish anything. The currency of heaven is faith, not accomplishment. Strive to be like Christ. How do you see Jesus? This is a time of war to establish the will of God on earth.
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Sunday Oct 4, 2009
Building the CWI Foundation
Jim Johnson
Church of the Word Sermons
Jim Johnson introduces the CWI body to the plan for membership. Those who have been a part of the CWI body will be grandfathered in, and new believers will go through classes, probably held prior to the services. The function is T-E-A-M: transform people by the Word of God, equip members to fulfill the call on their lives, and mobilize them to do what they have been equipped to do. The classes will focus on the foundations, righteousness, the believers’ function in the body, tithing, authority, ministry of helps, missions, etc. Jim’s teaching was on Ps. 127:1 and Ps. 133:1-3 exhorting the body to build a firm foundation of CWI on Jesus Christ, learn to function under the authority of Pastor Dale, and to live and work in unity. Using many scriptures in Acts, Jim highlighted how the church growth exploded when the people were in one accord. Dr. David Kandole also exhorted the church using Phil 2:2 and Acts 4:32-34, pointing out that there was no lack because the multitude was of one heart and one soul.
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Wednesday Oct 7, 2009
Thirsty or Have You Had Enough
Bob Hawk
Church of the Word Sermons
Pastor Bob gave many words of exhortation from the Lord to the church at this time. The words are a call to grow up, go up, and to hear Him by sitting in His presence. We are revived, awakened, and now it is time to take the fire to the nations and to the people around us. His text was Rom. 16:17-20. It is time to wake up and know the spirit of the people we are listening to- in the pulpit, on television, or on radio. Whatever is said must be from the Word. We need to be filled with the Holy Spirit so we can be witnesses and representatives of Jesus Christ. Eph. 1:15-21 says that we need spiritual wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him... The enemy wants to deceive you, but you will get greater illumination by praying the Word and praying in the Holy Spirit. Ps. 119:129-131 tells us that His Word gives light. It separates what is emotion, flesh, and/or Spirit. Eph. 5:13 His light makes things visible and clear. We need to be wise in this world of deception. Allow the Word to be sharp in you, so you do what He wants you to do and don’t listen to what is not truth and from the Word.
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Friday Oct 9, 2009
Breakthrough
Janny Grein
Church of the Word Sermons
Janny Grein ministered mainly through songs. The theme was breakthrough. We need to seek God and His righteousness. God and our salvation are inside us. Learn how to work your salvation. Do not let Satan make you forget who you are. God upholds the Word of and with His power. 10.10.09 Sat.
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Saturday Oct 10, 2009
God's Manifested Power in Action
Janny Grein
Church of the Word Sermons
Janny testifies to God’s intervention, power, love, and grace as she tells how they started their ministry. They connected with Kenneth Copeland and learned many life lessons from him. They preach what they practice. We fail when we do what we want or do it the way we want. She tells of how they learned to subdue the storms by speaking the Word. Janny tells a powerful encounter with a demoniac in Africa and how God used her to set him free. Be led by God’s Spirit.
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Sunday Oct 11, 2009
The Biggest Block to Breakthrough
Janny Grein & Bill Grein
Church of the Word Sermons
Bill Grein taught about the biggest block in breakthrough, a religion and a religious spirit. The religious people of His day, the Pharisees and Sadducees, could not receive from Jesus. They harassed the blind man whom Jesus healed by making mud with his spit and putting it on his eyes, because he did it on the Sabbath. Religion is trying to do it your own way. It is talking about what Jesus used to do. Religious people go to the past. They throw out any present day activity by Jesus and truth. In John 10:10 a thief is anyone Satan uses to come instead of Jesus.
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Wednesday Oct 14, 2009
Do Not Be Deceived
Bob Hawk
Church of the Word Sermons
Pastor Bob gave many words of exhortation from the Lord to the church at this time. The words are a call to grow up, go up, and to hear Him by sitting in His presence. We are revived, awakened, and now it is time to take the fire to the nations and to the people around us. His text was Rom. 16:17-20. It is time to wake up and know the spirit of the people we are listening to- in the pulpit, on television, or on radio. Whatever is said must be from the Word. We need to be filled with the Holy Spirit so we can be witnesses and representatives of Jesus Christ. Eph. 1:15-21 says that we need spiritual wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him... The enemy wants to deceive you, but you will get greater illumination by praying the Word and praying in the Holy Spirit. Ps. 119:129-131 tells us that His Word gives light. It separates what is emotion, flesh, and/or Spirit. Eph. 5:13 His light makes things visible and clear. We need to be wise in this world of deception. Allow the Word to be sharp in you, so you do
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Sunday Oct 18, 2009
Authority
Dale Armstrong
Church of the Word Sermons
Matt. 8:5-13 (Jesus and the Centurion). Some things are not covered by believing, and some things are not covered by prayer. You may have to speak or do something (heal the sick) with authority instead of praying for the person. The name of Jesus through faith in His name made the man well. You need to believe in the authority to use His name. You represent Jesus fully, regardless of how close you are to the pastor. Do not pamper, accommodate, and use sickness! Matthew’s version of the centurion’s servant’s healing is from the Jewish standpoint. The Roman centurion was saying that Jesus was a higher authority than him and that He could speak the word only and his servant would be healed. He said he wasn’t worthy to have Jesus come under his roof. Jesus is our "roof"- protection, our realm of power and authority. We need to put faith in His authority, that we are under His "roof". In Luke 7:2-10 the centurion sent elders to Jesus, and they told Him that he was not worthy because he was a Gentile, and he was giving Jesus respect, because by rabbinical law the Gentile does not fellowship with the Jew. The Jews understood authority. Luke’s version was written to the Gentiles. Luke’s account says that the Centurion sent a group of elders to contact Jesus, which is showing delegated authority. When we say, "In Jesus’ name be healed", it is really Jesus speaking. God does not want us to be independent. He wants us to be in unity with each of us keeping his/her own unique expression. You must submit to God and walk in love for John 10:10 and James 4:7 to work for you. "Agreement" is like a symphony where you maintain your uniqueness. Eph. 1:3 tells us that Jesus blessed us, meaning the body, with every spiritual blessing. Pastor Dale tells the story of the water buffalo calf, lions, a crocodile, and the herd (on YouTube) and also about a unique man named Ron Con. Satan can devour you more easily if you are not connected with the Body.
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Wednesday Oct 21, 2009
The Tangibility of The Anointing
Dale Armstrong
Church of the Word Sermons
Acts 8:12-21, Luke 6:12-17, Luke 5:15-17, and James 5:13-16 are the texts for this sermon. The baptism of the Holy Spirit with the evidence of speaking in tongues is found in Acts 2, 8, 9, 10, and 19. Although tongues are not mention in every text about the people receiving the baptism of the Holy Spirit, there is a tangible manifestation that could be seen by everyone there. Jesus prayed all night. Prayer is a privilege and brings power. The people who came to Jesus came to hear the Word and to be healed. The Word is a priority of the manifestations and always agrees with the Spirit. Jesus didn’t operate in hype. He operated in the anointing of the Holy Spirit. Hype dilutes the anointing. You can put pressure on the Holy Spirit to get a more accurate word of knowledge or word of wisdom. Do not try to please people. PLEASE GOD! If there is no power, pray in faith, but do not use faith or lack of it as a "pause button" to postpone the manifestation you need. If you are sick, you call for the elders of the church and let them pray over you. The prayer of faith will save the sick. PRAYER + THE WORD = MANIFESTED POWER. Part 2 is a principle of giving teaching- Using Luke 6:36-38 Pastor Dale expounds on the word "measure". "Measure" here is not an amount, but a principle or manner of giving, so "it" is given back to you the way you give. For example, Pastor Dale shared how he received $6000 needed for a trip to Russia at "the last minute", and the Lord showed him how hesitant he (Pastor Dale) had been to give a new suit to the drummer at his church. The "measures" of giving are: 1) Be quick to give. 2) Give your best. 3) Give something everyday. 4) Sow to the Spirit and not to the flesh.
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Sunday Oct 25, 2009
Spiritual Authority
Dale Armstrong
Church of the Word Sermons
Matt. 8:8. Being under authority protects and empowers you and does not control in a manipulative way. Do not see yourself as the one who is manipulated. Authority is meant to liberate and to build up. You will never have more authority than the authority you are under. In Eph. 5:22-33, we are shown that the authority in the family is derived from the authority of the church, and you can’t understand that authority unless you understand church authority. When you leave a church it is like a divorce. Pastor Dale shares a couple experiences in which he had to submit to authority and how God took care of "you-know-whos". God, reveal Your Glory to the church!
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Wednesday Oct 28, 2009
Prayer
Pat Murphy
Church of the Word Sermons
James 5:16. Our prayers are effective if we are in right alignment with God. When righteous people pray in the Spirit, we pray the perfect will of God. Prayer is interactive dialogue. You must listen to God and put your ear to His heart. Sometimes we need to repent before we can hear God’s voice. Be in God’s presence. Be a worshiper. When you pray, you can change the course of history for nations, a business, the people you are praying for. How do you get manifestations? Pray! God will change things from the inside out. Hook up with God in prayer. Look for people who need Jesus and pray for them. We are in covenant relationship with God: what is His is ours. Prayer is the tool that changes everything. It causes faith to rise because we have heard the Word from God. God is still on the throne! Big things happen when righteous people in alignment pray.
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Sunday Nov 1, 2009
A Vision for the Body of Christ
Dale Armstrong
Church of the Word Sermons
Eph. 3:8-11; Eph. 4:1-3, 11-13. From the beginning, God wanted a family. He didn’t leave Adam alone. As much as God loves the individual person, it isn’t about one person. It’s about the Body, the Church. The members of the five-fold ministry must love one another and work together to equip the Body. The faster and stronger the Body grows, the faster and stronger the individuals in it grow. Unity doesn’t mean conformity; the Body needs differences. Not everybody sees things the way you do, because you see things in light of the calling you have. Get hooked up with a local church, and don’t float from one part of the Body to another. There’s a limit as to how far we can go, and then someone else has to carry it from there, just like Moses and Joshua. Your point of offense is your point of deliverance, because that’s where the crisis came. Break through the past and tap into what God is doing in the church.
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Wednesday Nov 4, 2009
God’s Word is Medicine
Dale Armstrong
Church of the Word Sermons
Prov. 4:20-23; Ps. 107:17-20; Matt. 12:34-37;Mark 4:14-19. You must "keep" (protect, guard) your heart. God’s Word is medicine (health) to your heart, and it goes to healing the flesh. Sickness is always from sin, from Adam’s sin on. Jesus Christ came to destroy the curse of sickness. Your words reflect what is in your heart; you must give account of the idle, non-operative words your speak. Fill your heart with the Word of God, because prosperity and healing begin in your heart. Meditate (mutter, repeat) the Word like in the negative you might worry. MAKE THE WORD FIRST PRIORITY IN YOUR LIFE. Satan comes after the Word in your heart to stop your prosperity by putting affliction on you. The Word will produce according to your heart condition. How do you heal the human spirit? Pull out the "weeds" (deceitfulness of riches, lusts or pressures, cares of this world.) Renew your mind- change the patterns of your mind. Control your thoughts with the Word. Pastor Dale shares a testimony of extreme depression and anger that he needed to change in his life.
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Sunday Nov 8, 2009
God's Vision of the Church
Dale Armstrong
Church of the Word Sermons
This is the morning the church members were "grandfathered" in. Eph. 3:5-6, 10. The Body is to serve the Lord, and not to be takers. God gave up Jesus, and He is willing to give you up for the purpose of the Gospel. The joy that Jesus had in going to the cross was God’s plan for the church. People will gather, even in extreme persecution, because they have the vision of what the church is. We are in a family, are fellow partakers and heirs. We are to reveal God’s wisdom to principalities and powers. Is that what your church is doing? Your name is written in the Lamb’s Book of Life, but if you reject Jesus Christ, your name is removed. What is church membership? It is accepting the Lordship of Jesus Christ and finding your function in the body. Look for ways to serve and to give. Rom. 12:3 You must have purpose. Realize who you are and how you fit into the body. You are a member of the person sitting beside you in a church service or wherever you are with other believers.
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Wednesday Nov 11, 2009
Healing
Dale Armstrong
Church of the Word Sermons
How can you have faith for healing? (1) God’s personality is to heal, because He is the healer (ex. 15:26; Ex. 23:25). (2) God gave us promises that He heals (Ps. 91:10, 7, 16; Ps. 103:1-3). (3) Healing is in the atonement; Jesus provided for healing when He died (Is. 53:4; Matt. 8:16-17) (4) It’s God’s will to heal (Matt. 8:2-3; III John 2). (5) Healing glorifies God (Mark2:12; Ezekiel 34:2). The church is to be God’s healing agents. Listen to Pastor Dale’s testimonies: wart on knee; God’s birthday present to him; Brother Dreshner speaking to his bones; boil under his arm in Georgia (Russia); Billy Graham with Chinese interpreter saying "sicknesses and diseases when reading Is. 53:4; young female worship leader beaten in Georgia and healed.
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Sunday Nov 15, 2009
Pruning: Love that Produces Fruit
Bob Hawk
Church of the Word Sermons
John 15:1-17. In order to see increase and fruit, we must allow God to prune away our will and wrong desires and to be more individually and corporately connected and rightly aligned with Jesus Christ. Are we saying "yes" to Him and "no" to our self-will? Have we fallen out of love with Jesus and with others? To what degree are we loving people and sacrificing ourselves for them? Have we disconnected from His will- to love one another? Allow correction to be made in your heart. Walk in love and stay free of offense. If the Word isn’t producing fruit, are you in love with people? The service started with prayer and a word given by Pastor Bob. There was ministry to married couples near the end of the service.
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Wednesday Nov 18, 2009
Having faith in God’s Character and Heart of Mercy
Bob Hawk
Church of the Word Sermons
Heb. 4:16; Lam. 3:21-23; Ps. 145:8; Ps. 86:15; Luke 1:50; Luke 18:35-43; Luke 17:11-19; Titus 3:1-8. We can give mercy to others, the desperate and distressed ones, after we’ve experienced His mercy and grace. God’s attitude is mercy and grace towards people in distress. God’s heart is merciful, and His mercies are new every morning. How do we experience His mercy? We go in reverence and worship and praise and thanksgiving into the throne of grace to obtain mercy and find grace to help others in need, and then we RECEIVE sozo (wholeness, safety, rescuing from danger and destruction, healing, salvation). Jesus Christ has already made us whole; receive in thanksgiving, praise, worship, and glorifying God. Connect with God’s whole covenant, just part of it. Enter into worship- on your own- of our awesome God.
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Sunday Nov 22, 2009
Pacman Faith
Dale Armstrong
Church of the Word Sermons
When life doesn't turn out as you planned, will you believe in the goodness of the Lord? King David said in Psalm 27:13 "I had fainted, unless I had believed to see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living." In the Hebrew text faint actually means to quit. God's blessings are for today, in the land of the living. When you want to quit, check your love relationship with Jesus and you'll find it isn't very strong at that point. But what keeps you from quitting? Strengthen the love relationship, with God and toward others, and the strength to continue comes through that daily walk with Jesus. In Isaiah 40:28-31 God's words to you are that He gives and renews strength to the weary as you wait upon Him. But, how do you wait on the Lord? Think about a waiter in a restaurant. That person comes to your table, finds out what you want, comes back to the table often to check with you to see if there is anything else you would like. Be like that waiter and start with these three things to wait on the Lord. First, make the Lord a priority in your daily life. Other things will want to take your attention, but give your attention to the Lord. Second, feed your spirit with the Word. You may need to double your time in the Word. Third, begin again to make a public confession of Him. Purpose in your heart to talk about God. Isaiah 50:4 and James 1:12-17. In situations that cause pain and hurt, wait to hear what the Lord has to say and then use that Word to speak directly into the conflict. The flesh wants to speak pain and hurt, but don't speak until you've heard what the Lord has to say. Don't make a mistake; don't allow the pressure to get what you want to become bigger than your service to Him. Every good and perfect gift comes from above. God is always good and you have to believe that of Him. Pastor Dale Armstrong shares a personal testimony of how he wanted to quit and how he wanted to speak out of pain and hurt, but he chose to speak what God showed him to speak and to walk in love. You can't beat the love of God! Love works! It always works!
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Sunday Nov 29, 2009
Destiny: Why We Go on and Fight
Dale Armstrong
Church of the Word Sermons
II Tim. 1:6-9. Destiny is a process of discovery and revelation. We are a people of destiny, and we don’t quit. The closer you get to your destiny, the more divine and supernatural things will happen. There’s a cost to fulfilling your destiny- you have to fight to get it, because Satan wants to steal what you have never had and to keep you from your fulfilling your destiny. FIGHT FOR YOUR DESTINY! Love finds power in you to deliver someone else. God saved us and called us with a holy calling according to His purpose and grace. Eph. 2:8-10 We are saved by grace. God loves you even with what you’ve done and haven’t done; you can’t earn salvation or His love. Find your purpose in salvation. Sin has consequences, relevance, and permanence. Sin means you’ve missed the mark. To fulfill your destiny you must get on the right road.
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Wednesday Dec 2, 2009
The Miraculous Power of God
Dale Armstrong
Church of the Word Sermons
The anointing in a body of believers will peak, then plateau, then peak, and so on, but if you can keep strife and sin out, the anointing will always increase after each plateau. A spirit of faith gets into a group of people and is contagious. Be around people who are audacious with their faith. John 14:12. You can become known for your level of faith. There are two factors involved in the corporate anointing and spirit of faith: 1) the individual’s faith and 2) the sovereignty of God. Sovereign does NOT mean ARBITRARY! It means supreme and most powerful. God will call one person to be a prophet and other one an evangelist. Jesus expects us to do everything He did and more. Follow the Word, not signs and miracles. Do the work that Jesus did: He healed and ministered to the poor among other things. He taught the people, so they would believe and receive the Word and works. (Mark 5:1-5) You can’t control the move of God (John 5:1-15). Stay away from things that add to what’s in the Bible (angels, demons, etc.). When you obey God in one point, other things will happen, because it stirs up other gifts of the Spirit. Trust the Holy Spirit to reveal to you if you need to repent. Check up on your love walk if you aren’t getting results in your own life. Revival can stir up the "dirt at the bottom of the rocks in the aquarium". There are seasons of the power of God, but His Word is constant.
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Sunday Dec 6, 2009
Praise and Worship Part 1
Dale Armstrong
Church of the Word Sermons
The move of God is most often impacted by our worship. The Spirit of God poured out on us changes the music, and brings a new song. Don’t worship the form or symbol of praise and worship. When God told Moses to make a bronze serpent on a pole so anyone bitten by a serpent would live, the people eventually began worshiping it, and today people are tempted to worship "praise and worship" and not God in their worship. Just like David, our singing should be from the Word. We can participate in worship to God through the Psalms, which were written for a people yet to be created (Psalms 102:18). Born-again believers are new creations, a new species that never existed before. What’s the difference between praise and worship? Praise is thanking God for what He’s done. Praise to God evokes a response. Worship is thanking God for who He is. Ps. 100:1 tells us to make a joyful noise unto the Lord. If you have joy, you’ll respond. Pastor Dale tells his experience with Gene Olon who was beaten in Romania, destroying 22% of his brain. Pastor Dale struggled to praise, but he did and Gene was healed and restored. Ps. 149:5 tells us to sing aloud on our bed of affliction. What’s the difference between joy and happiness? Joy is a spiritual fruit. Happiness is an emotional response. Pastor Dale shares about the time when he ministered to a Russian who found out in Moscow that his church in Siberia was set on fire and how he gave him $500, which the pastor turned around and sowed in an offering for a Christian speaker. God told him in turn to take an offering for the Siberian pastor and a new church building was built. King David couldn’t praise God like we can, because we are new creations. Worship is not an emotional response.
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Wednesday Dec 9, 2009
God's Secret: Confession, the Aspect of Faith
Dale Armstrong
Church of the Word Sermons
Ps. 91:1-2. The secret place is your intimacy with God. What you say about God determines your relationship with Him. Are you saying He is your strength, He is your refuge, He is your help? He is whatever you say about Him when you are dwelling with Him. Philemon 6. Confess who you are in Christ Jesus: the wisdom of God is in me; the Lord leads me; I am the righteousness of Jesus Christ. Confess what you desire, not what you see and are experiencing. Joshua 1:5-6; Heb. 13:5 and 6. We should not be covetous, but be content because God said He will never leave or forsake us. Listen to Him, even if you are deep in sin, so that we may boldly say, "He is My Helper." Be bold about the Bible. The more your conscience agrees with the Bible, the more your faith increases. SPEAK GOD’S WORD to your business or whatever challenge you have. Faith will work, because it comes from God, not from you. Mark 11:22-24. You get what you say. The Bible in Mark 11:23 doesn’t say you’ll get whatever you believe, but whatever you say. Watch what you say, because you are what you have been saying. Master the thoughts in your head before going to bed and when you wake up. Confess: my marriage is blessed. He gives His beloved sleep. Start confessing one thing all night and during the day.
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Sunday Dec 13, 2009
Praise and Worship Part 2
Dale Armstrong
Church of the Word Sermons
There are powerful words: the pest-controller is in the house, the sandstorm is over, and you are free. Pastor Dale delivers the Word, teaching on praise and worship. Ps. 100:1 and 2. Serve means to worship, and worship means bowing down and kissing the ground, surrendering and submitting to God as your authority and is your surrendering to Him as His servant. Rom. 12:1 We are to worship with our bodies. Getting your eyes on Jesus and entering into His presence takes the focus off forms of worship. Gen. 28:16 You can know the Lord is in a place by the fear of the Lord and by God making Himself known to you. God’s essential presence is everywhere (Jer. 23:24; Ps. 139:7). The presence of God is apprehended by faith, not emotions and feeling good. He’s with you now. You’ll lose faith is you live by feelings. Sometimes God is more felt than other times, and God introduces Himself. This is His effective presence. Admitting God is here is worship. Sometimes there is a cloud of glory, as Pastor Dale experienced in a service in Titusville. Praise brings you into God’s presence, and worship is your confessing and knowing He is your God and Lord. In Ex. 15:1 and 2, Moses sang to the Lord that he will prepare Him a habitation. Ps. 22:2 God is enthroned with our praises. Preparing God a habitation is the issue. God wants to make Himself known to His people. Worship takes us places. We worship by faith. The Lord IS WITH YOU!
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Wednesday Dec 16, 2009
Confession is the Law of Faith
Dale Armstrong
Church of the Word Sermons
Mark 11:14-23.Your words change lives, so use your words to bless. The disciples heard Jesus’ confession to the fig tree. Jesus told the disciples that Lazarus was sleeping, not dead, because He was confessing the blessing. Have the faith of God, believing that what you say you will get. You are to believe in all that you say, so watch what you say. How can you have the faith of God? Rom. 4:16; call those things that be not as though they are. It’s NOT, call those that are as though they aren’t. The law of faith is never denial. Is. 55:8-10 God’s thoughts are not our thoughts and vice versa. He is never depressed, wondering what to do or how to pay the bills. Change how you are thinking. God’s Word will not return void, so speak His Word aloud to your circumstances and to yourself. Rom. 1:16 The gospel is the power of God to salvation. Peter walked on the water from one word from Jesus, "Come!" The boat didn’t sink, because Jesus said, "Let us pass over to the other side." James 3:2-5. Learn to bridle your tongue. Where you are is because of your words. Speak in the right direction. Where are your words guiding you?
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Sunday Dec 20, 2009
Praise and Worship Part 3
Dale Armstrong
Church of the Word Sermons
Ps. 100:1-3. We are to worship God with gladness. Sadness and emotional tears are not worship. Worship is not about you, but it is between you and God. Offering praise and worshiping God is a sacrifice. We do it, not because we like to do so, but because we are obedient to God. We need to sacrifice our singing to the Lord; singing can pull in the supernatural. In John 4:18-24 Jesus told the Samaritan woman that we are to worship God in spirit and truth. We can only worship God as far as we know Him. Jesus gave us two "musts": You must be born-again, and you must worship God in spirit and truth. In Luke 19:40 He said that if the people do not worship, even the rocks will cry out. We were created to worship God! In Mark 5 the demoniac worshiped Jesus. Demon-possessed people will worship Jesus quicker than religious people. To get out of depression- LEARN TO WORSHIP GOD. Pastor Dale tells the story of Terry Law, who was serving the Lord taking Bibles behind the Iron Curtain, and while he was in England, he received word that his wife and four daughters were all killed in an accident. He met with Oral Roberts after a long, hard time of depression and despair, and Oral told him to get on his knees and worship God. It was a sacrifice of praise and worship, and it breaks depression.
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Sunday Dec 27, 2009
Praise and Worship Part 4
Dale Armstrong
Church of the Word Sermons
John 4:24 tells us to worship God in spirit and truth. When we become new creations, that means we are made out of nothing. Paul could say things Saul could not. Worship (serve) is presenting your body to the Lord. The believer is created to worship God. Eph. 5:18, 19 and Col. 3:16 speak of allowing the Spirit and the Word to dwell in us and then to sing in the Spirit and in the Word. Rom. 1:9 and Phil. 3:3 tell us that we should worship God with our spirit. I Cor. 14:12-14 reminds us to be zealous for spiritual gifts, but that it should be for the edification of the church, and that we operate in love, wanting the person to be free. You can pray in tongues, sing in tongues, and pray with the understanding (interpretation; English). There were Words to the church and to individuals.
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Sunday Dec 27, 2009
Communion, Offering, and Water Baptism
Dale Armstrong
Church of the Word Sermons
In I Cor. 11:23-33 Paul says that the Lord taught him about holy communion. Twice He said, "Do this in remembrance of Me." To remember is connected with covenant, meaning claiming the benefits of covenant. We are to remember the covenant blessings. We know the covenant of God with man as sins being forgiven, but it is also healing for the body and deliverance. We take communion so that we are made holy. Giving our tithes and offerings is one way we worship God. He rebukes the devourer for our sakes. Rom. 6:2 says that we are dead to sin. When we’re born again, we aren’t fixed. We die, so that we can be born again as new creations. We are members one of another. We’re part of God’s covenant. Baptism started with the rite of passage. It is identification with the death of Christ. The baptismal pool symbolizes a tomb and death. The tomb then becomes a womb for a new birth.
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