Grace Bible Church, Holden, Maine

All of us are called to ministry. The power of the Spirit via prayer: the Spirit will lead and guide us in prayer if we let it. Romans 8:26-39 26 Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For we do not know what to pray for as we ought, but the Spirit himself intercedes for [...]

Sufferings are real and part of the Christian life. To deny this misunderstands the consequences of sin. God has in store a better place/life for us. What is going on in your life where you need the encouragement of Hope? Romans 8:18-27 18 For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth [...]

The most natural path . . . it seems right, while the supernatural path . . . it seems like death. How do we put to death the misdeeds of the body? Dependent on repentance and faith. Romans 8:5-17 5 For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the [...]

Does God really want to answer our prayers? Can God really fix the broken relationships in our lives? We doubt whether God can really use us. Matthew 28:16-20 16 Now the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain to which Jesus had directed them. 17 And when they saw him they worshiped him, but some doubted. [...]

Guilt – the hidden killer! Why? We have all make and have made horrible choices. The Law cannot change us. We need one to fulfill the Law for us. Romans 8:1-4 8:1 There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. 2 For the law of the Spirit of life has set you [...]

Who are you? Replaced in our culture by “What do you do?” “Who am I” is a cultural quest. We celebrate Easter. This gives an answer to “Who are you?” Romans 7:13-25 13 Did that which is good, then, bring death to me? By no means! It was sin, producing death in me through what is [...]

The power of the law: 1) ends with death, 2) died to us because of Christ’s death, and 3) it’s death means new life in the Spirit. Romans 7:1-12 7:1 Or do you not know, brothers—for I am speaking to those who know the law—that the law is binding on a person only as long as [...]

This is the first of three parables told by Jesus in this chapter of Luke. Here, the lost sheep corresponds to lost sinners being found and entering the Kingdom of God. Luke 15:1-7 15:1 Now the tax collectors and sinners were all drawing near to hear him. 2 And the Pharisees and the scribes grumbled, saying, “This [...]

What we believe and who we follow impacts what we do. We are slaves to what we obey. Romans 6:15-23 15 What then? Are we to sin because we are not under law but under grace? By no means! 16 Do you not know that if you present yourselves to anyone as obedient slaves, you are slaves [...]

Unity with Christ means identification with Him. He died to sin and death. He lives for God and His dominion. Unity with Christ means a new source of Power in the life of a believer. Not our power, but Christ’s power. Not self-sufficient and prideful, but in Christ. Romans 6:8-15 8 Now if we have died [...]