Snakes are one of mankinds greatest fears, that fear is no doubt tied to the picture of Satan in the Garden of Eden, and every since that time Satan has been trying his hardest to defeat, distract and discourage mankind. Out of all the ways that he works one of the greatest is though other people, so how do we repond when something bad happens or when someone attacks us? In Acts 28:1-10 Paul shows us why that we as believers must overcome snakebites, those reasons being; people are watching us, we may never get another chance, and we have a greater task ahead of us. It doesn't matter if you're living a faithful life or a unfaithful life Satan's job is to devour, we have to chose if we are going to let him devour us, or if we are going to let Jesus deliver us.

Every decision you make has an impact on the outcome of your daily life, that is why each move should be handled with prayer and discernment. When we stray to far from that we end up in a mess and usually that is when we end up calling out to God for help. In the book of Joel we see that Israel the Northern Kingdom has fallen and Judah the Southern Kingdom is next. Joel pours out his heart for the repentence of the people, calling for them to renew their covenant with God. Have you made a committment to God and failed to keep it, have you been faithful to all that you said you would be, if not let today be the day that you renew your covenant.

When you think about a fit man what comes to mind? Is it a person with buldging muscles or maybe a runner? The truth is the fitness of man is often determined by the test you're putting him through. As we examine this Father's Day, God is looking for Fit Men to serve in the Church, the home and in life. In Leviticus 16:20-22 the fit man had a very important task, it was a matter of life and death for the others. Are you a "Fit Man?"

We've all heard the saying, "I'm in the Lord's Army," so how do we as Christians serve the Lord as good soldiers? Paul tells Timothy in 2 Timothy 2:1-4 that there are four points of emphasis on a good soldier: our enlistment, our endurance, our entanglement, and our exaltation.

Life has a way of breaking us down and if we are not careful Satan will even shake our faith, for this reason we need to reminded of the confident hope that we have in Christ Jesus often. Throught Ezra 9:5-8 we identify three groups of people that make up all of mankind; A Sinful Waste, A Space of Grace, and A Sure Place. On which foundation do you stand today?

People spare no expense when building their own homes, but give little thought to building the kingdom of God. We spend just a few moments here on earth, but a eternity at our next destination, shouldn't we focus more on eternal things? Priorities can get shifted, but in this message God reminds us through Haggai to consider our ways and to put Him first in our life.

When the wall was finished Nehemiah has to shift the focus to the building project from building the wall to building the people. He set up gatekeepers, guards, singers, and Levites to defend the city and to return the focus back to God. The final thing that He did in Nehemiah 7:1-4 was he choose to draw on a open promise that God had made to the people. If we are to go from Maintence to Ministry we have to guard our hearts, defend what God has built and bring our focus back to God while relying on His promises that He has made to us.

There was great power in the resurrection, and that power is still alive today. When Paul wrote his letter to the Romans he said he was not ashamed of the gospel of Jesus for it was the power of God, but what can the power of God do? In this sermon we see that the power of God can resurect the Savior, reach the sinner, and reclaim the Saint.

There is nothing on earth that if you push it hard enough it wont burn out, and in churches we are sometimes the worst at burning out our best people. The question then becomes how do we keep from burning out? Nehemiah came to the problem in his rebuilding of the wall of Jerusalem, he was about to lose his workers, so he devised a plan to battle burnout. He found the strength in prayer, the strength in the body (unity) and the strength in the Lord.

Ezra led the second group of exiles back to Jerusalem, but along the way he stops along the river of Ahava and leads the people to pray and fast. He understand that if God doesn't bless the trip they're about to take that they are doomed. The fact that we all need to understand is that we are in God's hands, and the best way to deal with that is to surrender to His will just like Ezra and the people of God did. They sought for God's wisdom, courage and strength along the way.