First Baptist Church - Dickson, Tennessee Podcast: Recent Episodes

Pastor Mike Miller

The sermons of Pastor Mike Miller, Senior Pastor, FBC Dickson, Tennessee

Solitude is a time to draw near to God in silence in order to experience quiet, rest & renewal from time with God

Matthew 18:3-4...

Whenever you fast, do not put on a gloomy face as the hypocrites do, for they neglect their appearance so that they will be noticed by men when they are fasting. Truly I say to you, they have their reward in full. But you, when you fast, anoint your head and was your face so that your fasting will not be noticed by men, but by your Father who is in secret; and your Father who sees what is done in secret will reward you. Matt. 6:16 -18 ...

Grow Your Foundation of Faith

Focal Truth: Remind yourself of God's past work in your life.

"Cast your burden upon the Lord and He will sustain you; He will never allow the righteous to be shaken." Psalm 55:22...

Do you believe in the Son of Man? He answered, who is He, Lord, that I may believe in Him? Jesus said to him, you have both seen Him and He is the one who is talking with you. And He said, Lord, I believe. And He worshipped Him – John 9:35 – 38

Psalm 38:22...

But an hour is coming & now is, when the true worshippers will worship the Father in spirit and in truth, for such people the Father seeks to be His worshippers. God is Spirit and those who worship Him must worship Him in spirit and truth John 4: 23 -24

"The Lord is near to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit." Psalm 34:18...

Hear O Lord when I cry with my voice, and be gracious to me and answer me. ...

11 You have turned for me my mourning into dancing;...

Memorizing & Meditating on God's Word

Wait for the L ORD ; Be strong and let your heart...

Practices in study ...

Psalm 23:1...

Centered in the Mind of Christ

"But I have trusted in Your lovingkindness; my heart shall rejoice in Your salvation. I will sing to the Lord because He has dealt bountifully with me." Psalm 13:5-6...

What we believe - Baptist Faith & Message

8 Depart from me, all you who do iniquity,...

What we believe - Baptist Faith and Message

Recognition Service of Jeanne Cook

Yours is the Kingdome, the power, and the glory. Amen.

"Why are you in despair, O my soul? And why have you become disturbed within me? Hope in God, for I shall again praise Himfor all the help of His presence." Psalm 42:5...

The first day of the week is the Lord's Day

"So the church throughout Judea, Galilee, and Samaria enjoyed peace, as it was being built up; and as it continued in the fear of the Lord and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit, it kept increasing."

What we believe - Baptist Faith & Message

Psalm 96:3...

What we believe - Baptist Faith and Message

"He who testifies to these things says, "Yes, I am coming quickly." Amen. Come, Lord Jesus. Rev. 22:20...

What we believe - Baptist Faith and Message

Revelation 3:21...

What we believe - Baptist Faith and Message

Revelation 3:12...

What we believe! Baptist Faith and Message & Our Confession

Revelation 3:12...

Revelation 3:5...

Wednesday Night Bible Study

Revelation 3:5...

Now to the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only God, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen 1 Tim. 1:17

28 and I will give him the morning star. "...

Jude 1:3 – I felt the necessity to write to you appealing that you contend earnestly for the faith which was once for all handed down to the saints ...

Revelation 2:26-27...

Revelation 2:17...

"Behold, it is written before Me, I will not keep silent, but I will repay; I will even repay into their bosom." – Isa. 65:6...

17 He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says ...

Revelation 2:10-11...

Focal Truth: The glory of the Lord Jesus will be revealed in His millennial reign

30 "Charm is deceitful and beauty is vain,...

Revelation 2:7...

Revelation 1:5-6...

Focal Truth: The glory of the Lord Jesus will be revealed in His millennial reign

5 Now your two sons, who were born to you in the...

Focal Truth: Jesus Christ will reign from Jerusalem for 1,000 years.

29 When the time for Israel to die drew near, he called his ...

For thus says the Lord, Behold, I extend peace to her like a river, and the glory of the nations like an overflowing stream; and you will be nursed, you will be carried on the hip and fondled on the knees. As one whom his mother comforts, so I will comfort you; and you will be comforted in Jerusalem. Then you will see this, and your heart will be glad, and your bones will flourish like the new grass; and the hand of the Lord will be made known to His servants, but He will be indignant toward His enemies – Isa. 66:12 - 14...

42: 24 He turned away from them and wept. But when ...

Focal Truth: God the Father appointed Jesus Christ to be the preacher of good news!

29 Jesus said to him, “Because you have seen Me, ...

Focal Truth: Jesus Christ is the suffering servant of the God the Father

Focal Truth: God the Father glorifies His Servant Jesus Christ

Genesis 37:3...

Focal Truth: God the Father sent & helped Jesus Christ fulfill His ministry.

30 Then Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, “You have brought trouble ...

I will also make You a light of the nations, so that My salvation may reach to the end of the earth...

To Remember:...

Genesis 31:19...

One generation shall praise Your works...

Focal Truth: God saves Israel to be a witness – God saves sinners to be a witness to the world.

Genesis 29:25...

"But now, thus says the Lord, your Creator, O Jacob, and He who formed you, O Israel, do not fear, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by my name; you are Mine!" Isa. 43:1 ...

"Esau said to his father, “Do you have only...

Focal Truth: Believers must hear God’s word as they read God’s word

Focal Truth: Esau hated his parents living in open rebellion against them

God called on Israel to see & hear the promise of the coming of the Messiah but they were spiritually blind & deaf.

Focal Truth: God called on Israel to see & hear the promise of the coming of the Messiah but they were spiritually blind & deaf

"The LORD said to her, “Two nations are in your ...

14 So Abraham rose early in the morning and took...

Focal Truth: Global worship is given to the God who makes all things new in Jesus Christ .

2 So Sarai said to Abram, “Now behold, the LORD...

Focal Truth: Jesus Christ the Servant of Yahweh the Eternal God is the light of the nations.

Focal Truth: ...

This was to fulfill what was spoken through Isaiah ...

Behold My Servant! – the glory of Jesus Christ the Servant of God the Father

"AND YOU, BETHLEHEM, LAND OF JUDAH, ARE BY...

Focal Truth: Jesus Christ the Servant of God came to seek & save the lost

Focal Truth: Jesus Christ is the Servant of God sent to save sinners

Matthew 1:22 ...

They said, “Come, let us build for...

5 Then the LORD saw that the wickedness of ...

Focal Truth: God’s encouragement to Israel in times of trial

FOCAL TRUTH: ...

God calls forgiven Jerusalem to preach the good news of God's glory in Jesus Christ to the cities of Judah

God drove sinful mankind from the garden to live in the world of sin - East of Eden.

Focal Truth: God’s word is eternally comforting to repentant sinners

When the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was desirable to make one wise, she took some of its fruit and ate; and she also gave some to her husband with her, and he ate....

The Glory of God in Isaiah-The Glory of Jesus Messiah in Isaiah-The Glory of God on Israel

For this reason a man shall leave his father and his mother, and be joined to his wife; and they shall...

27 God created man in His own image, in the ...

Focal Truth: The excellent wife is praised because she fears the Lord

26 Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image,...

Focal Truth: Wise thoughts produce wise living ...

God saw that it was good – 1:4,10,12.18,21, 25 ...

Focal Truth: Those who fear God have life & honor ...

Wise contrasts & Sacred Similarities ...

"Thus the heavens and the earth were ...

Focal Truth: The fear of God is listening to His warnings & instructions

"Thus the heavens and the earth were ...

Focal Truth: Honor is not fitting for a fool – Sinfulness is foolishness ...

"In the beginning God created the ...

Sacred similarities – Wise comparisons...

"Remember also your Creator in the days of your youth, before the evil days come and the years draw near when you will say, "I have no delight in them," ...

Focal Truth: whoever lives in the fear of God learns life lessons & listens to His warnings

But Jesus looked at them and said, “What then is this ...

Focal Truth: Live in the fear of the Lord always 23:17 ...

Focal Truth: Togetherness is blessedness for believers in Jesus Christ ...

"I tell you that to everyone who has, more shall be ...

Focal Truth: Victory in life is from the Lord ...

9 And He also told this parable to some people who ...

Focal Truth: Man's life is determined by God - 20:24

But he said to him, “If they do not listen to Moses and ...

Focal Truth: The fear of the Lord leads to life ...

3 No servant can serve two masters; for either he will ...

Focal Truth: The foolish life of conflict

"24 for this son of mine was dead and has come to life ...

Wednesday night Bible Study

8“Or what woman, if she has ten silver coins and loses ...

Focal Truth: Silence is better than sinful words

Focal Truth: Jesus graciously associated & welcomed sinners

Focal Truth: The fear of the Lord keeps one from evil

"And the master said to the slave, ‘Go out into the ...

Focal Truth: The righteous speak and listen to wise words

11 For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, ...

So He was saying, “What is the kingdom of God...

Hearing the needs of Tennessee's foster children

Focal Truth: God’s wisdom teaches that righteousness protects the ways of the righteous

Focal Truth: God’s wisdom teaches that righteousness is has deep roots

5 “I tell you, no, but unless you repent, you will all...

Focal Truth: God’s wisdom reveals the blessings of a righteous life

5 “Be dressed in readiness, and keep your ...

"Then He said to them, “Beware, and be on your ...

Living wisely

36 “Which of these three do you think proved to be a ...

Other seed fell into the good soil, and grew up, and...

The warning to those who lack understanding – 9:18 ...

And Jesus came up and spoke to them, saying, ...

7“Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will...

And do not lead us into temptation, but deliver us ...

To know wisdom and instruction, to discern the sayings of understanding, to receive instruction in wise behavior...

13 And do not lead us into temptation, but deliver us ...

Focal Truth: Repentant sinners pray for God’s mercy out of their suffering

13 And do not lead us into temptation, but deliver us ...

Focal Truth: Zion - the suffering city confesses under God’s judgment

"And forgive us our debts, as we also have ...

Holy Grief Observed

Give us this day our daily bread.

O Lord, you have pleaded my soul’s cause;...

"Your kingdom come. Your will be done, on ...

Focal Truth: Holy lament leads the sufferer to God in prayer ...

"Your kingdom come. Your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.

9“Pray, then, in this way: ‘Our Father who is in heaven,...

Focal Truth: Holy lament leads the sufferer back to God with holy questions and holy answers.

9“Pray, then, in this way: ‘Our Father who is in heaven,...

Focal Truth: Holy lament in suffering understands God’s purposes for suffering

“Pray, then, in this way: ‘Our Father who is in heaven,...

Focal Truth: Good come.s in suffering to those who wait and seek God

"So do not be like them; for your Father knows ...

The Lord is good to those who wait for Him, to the person who seeks Him...

5...

Wednesday Night Bible Study

Lamentations 3:24 ...

And suddenly there appeared with the angel a ...

The Lord’s lovingkindnesses indeed never cease, For His compassions never fail...

49“For the Mighty One has done great things for me;...

I am a man who has seen affliction because of the rod of His wrath Lam. 3:1 ...

As to this salvation, the prophets who prophesied of ...

"A LIGHT OF REVELATION TO THE GENTILES, ...

I am the man who has seen affliction because of the rod of His wrath Lam. 3:1

The angel answered and said to her, “The Holy ...

Focal Truth: It is the character & duty of believer’s to spiritually lament for the sinfulness of others

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word ...

Unrepentant rebellious Israel

And we know that the Son of God has come, and ...

God's faithfulness and a suffering city.

18 We know that no one who is born of God sins; but He ...

Six things to do amidst uncertainty.

And the testimony is this, that God has given ...

"You are the salt of the earth…you are the light of the world." ...

For whatever is born of God overcomes the world; and this is the victory that has overcome the world-our faith.

The one who keeps His commandments abides in Him, and He in him. We know by this that He abides in us, by the Spirit whom He has given us.

Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God ...

22 and whatever we ask we receive from Him, because ...

Focal Truth: The pure in heart are blessed to see God

21 Beloved, if our heart does not condemn us, we have ...

Focal truth: The Merciful are blessed with God's mercy.

14 We know that we have passed out of death into ...

Focal Truth: Those who are spiritually hungry & thirsty are blessed ...

29 If you know that He is righteous, you know that ...

Focal Truth: Believers are blessed because of their gentleness ...

3 By this we know that we have come to know Him, ...

Wednesday Night Bible Study

Therefore, since we have been declared righteous by ...

Focal Truth: Believer's mourn for their sinfulness while God comforts the mourner.

4 The one who says, “I have come to know Him,” and ...

Focal Truth: Only the poor in spirit go to heaven ...

6.If we say that we have fellowship with Him and yet ...

Matt. 5:3 – Blessed are the poor in spirit… God blesses …NLT ...

3 For the wicked boasts of his heart’s desire, and the ...

16 We have come to know and have believed the love ...

21 and since we have a great priest over the house of ...

24 For Christ did not enter a holy place made with hands, ...

15 For this reason He is the mediator of a new covenant, ...

A Psalm of David the King. ...

6 But now He has obtained a more excellent ministry, by ...

Focal Truth: Worshipping God through the Lord Jesus Christ is spiritual & truthful

Now the main point in what has been said is this: we have ...

Focal Truth: The believer’s heavenly mindedness destroys earthly mindedness

25 Therefore He is able also to save forever those ...

19 This hope we have as an anchor of the soul, a hope ...

5 So also Christ did not glorify Himself so as to become ...

Vertical & Horizontal Prayer & Petitions

15 For we do not have a high priest who cannot ...

5 Dear friend, you are faithful in what you are doing for the brothers and sisters,[a] even though they are strangers to you.

2 Cor. 4:6 ...

5 “When you pray, you are not to be like the hypocrites; for they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and on the street corners 1bso that they may be seen by men. Truly I say to you, they have their reward in full. ...

44 “The kingdom of heaven is like treasure, buried in a ...

Reality #6 ...

Jesus described His kingdom from a new perspective.

Psalm 80:3,7,19 ...

6 “He is not here, but He has risen. Remember how He ...

14 Therefore, since we have a great High Priest who ...

1 Cor. 9: 26 -27 – therefore, I run in such a way, as not without aim, I box in such a way, as not beating the air, but I discipline my body and make it my slave, so that after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified. ...

Focal Truth: God gave Moses the instructions for the consecration of priests who minister to the Lord .

17 Therefore, He had to be made like His brethren in all ...

Focal Truth: God gave to Moses the instructions for the clothing of the priests of God

Col. 1:7 – just as you learned it from Epaphras, our beloved fellow bond – servant, who is a faithful servant of Christ on our behalf ...

18 As You sent Me into the world, I also have sent them ...

Wednesday night Bible Study

14 I have given them Your word; and the world has hated ...

Focal Truth: God revealed to Moses to build the altar of sacrifice, the courtyard of the tabernacle & the continual burning of the lamp in the holy place

So, look at Apollos and me as mere servants of Christ who have been put in charge of explaining God’s mysteries. Now a person who is put in charge as a manager must be faithful ...

11 I am no longer in the world; and yet they themselves are ...

19 Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, ...

Focal Truth: God revealed to Moses the importance of the curtains & veil for the tabernacle

Focal Truth: Believers live in overcoming victory in the world because of the love of Christ for them

Focal Truth: God cause everything to work together for the good of believers

If we are adding these qualities to our life, we won't be useless or unfruitful for God.

13 “You are the salt of the earth; but if the salt has become ...

Focal Truth: God gives the Holy Spirit to believers to help us in our weaknesses

Focal Truth: God revealed to Moses the earthly pattern of the tabernacle revealing the glory of heaven & the Lord Jesus Christ

4 You are from God, little children, and have overcome ...

Rom. 8:11 – the Spirit of God, who raised Jesus from the dead, lives in you. And just as God raised Christ Jesus from the dead, he will give life to your mortal bodies by this same Spirit living within you. ...

“The early church was married to poverty, prisons and persecutions. Today, the ...

17 “Therefore, COME OUT FROM THEIR MIDST AND BE ...

Rom. 8:11 – the Spirit of God, who raised Jesus from the dead, lives in you. And just as God raised Christ Jesus from the dead, he will give life to your mortal bodies by this same Spirit living within you. ...

Focal Truth: God gave to Moses detailed instructions for the building of the Tabernacle

27 Pure and undefiled religion in the sight of our God and ...

Focal Truth: God meets Moses on the mountain of God with instructions for the building of ...

Rom. 8:2 – for the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set you free from the law of sin & of death ...

See how great a love the Father has bestowed on us, that ...

Focal Truth: God gave to Israel laws to guide their daily life – situations

Rom. 8:1 – therefore there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus ...

15 Do not love the world nor the things in the world. If ...

Focal Truth: God spoke the 10 words to Israel

Eph. 6:18 – with all prayer and petition pray at all times, in the Spirit with this in view be on the alert with all perseverance and petition for all the saints ...

Therefore I urge you, brethren, by the mercies of God, to ...

Eph. 6:12 – for our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against rulers, against the powers, against the world forces of this darkness, against spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places ...

Focal Truth: Israel hears from God at the mountain of God

14 But may it never be that I would boast, except in the ...

Eph. 6:11 – Put on the full armor of God, so that you will be able to stand firm against the schemes of the devil ...

Focal Truth: God provided Moses with wise counsel as the leader of God’s people and people to help him.

11 For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation ...

15 But Jesus, aware of this, withdrew from there. Many followed Him, ...

17 that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of ...

Eph. 6:10 – be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power

Focal Truth: God provided water from a rock for Israel

5 For You are my hope; O Lord GOD, You are my ...

Question for today: How does taking the Lord’s Supper help your spiritual life? ...

Focal Truth: God provided for Israel as they followed Him

21 And although you were formerly alienated and hostile in ...

13 Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and ...

18 so that by two unchangeable things in which it is ...

Deut. 17:18 -19 – now it shall come to about when he sits on the throne of his kingdom, he shall write for himself a copy of this law on a scroll in the presence of the Levitical priests. It shall be with him and he shall read it all the days of his life, that he may fear the Lord his God, by carefully observing all the words of the law and these statutes, that his heart may not be lifted up and that he may not turn aside from the commandment to the right or to the left, so that he and his sons may continue long in his kingdom in the midst of Israel

Ex. 14:30 -31 – the Lord saved Israel that day from the hand of the Egyptians and Israel saw the Egyptians dead on the seashore. When Israel saw the great power which the Lord had used against the Egyptians, the people feared the Lord, and they believed in the Lord and His servant Moses ...

4 For whatever was written in earlier times was written ...

James 1: 21 -22 – so get rid of all the filth and evil in your lives, and humbly accept the word God has planted in your hearts, for it has the power to save your souls. But don’t just listen to God’s word. You must do what it says. Otherwise, you are only fooling yourselves.

Focal Truth: God leads His people out of the bondage & tyranny of Egypt

23 Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without ...

Question for today: What are the blessings that believers enjoy at death? ...

Focal Truth: God leads His people to remember His works, dedicate their firstborn to Him & follow His leadership

3 And not only this, but we also exult in our tribulations, ...

Pr. 15:23 – a person has joy in giving an appropriate answer, and a word at the right time – how good it is! ...

Focal Truth: the blood of the lamb saved Israel – the blood of Jesus Christ saves sinners

3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus ...

Pr. 15:23 – a person has joy in giving an appropriate answer, and a word at the right time – how good it is! ...

The Gospel is what the church is to be built upon.

5 Why are you in despair, O my soul? And why have ...

Pr. 15:23 – a person has joy in giving an appropriate answer, and a word at the right time – how good it is! ...

Focal Truth: God judgment will come on unrepentant sinners

Focal Truth: Moses experiences the assurance of God in his work

Pr. 15:23 – a person has joy in giving an appropriate answer, and a word at the right time- how good it is! ...

Behold, children are a gift of the LORD, the fruit of the ...

There are six things that the LORD hates, seven that ...

Pr. 15:23 – a person has joy in giving an appropriate answer, and a word at the right time- how good it is! ...

Focal Truth: God’s promises always come to pass in His time

15 Drink water from your own cistern, and fresh water ...

25 At that time Jesus said, “I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and learned, and revealed them to little children. 26 Yes, Father, for this is what you were pleased to do. ...

Pr. 15:23 – a person has joy in giving an appropriate answer, and a word at the right time – how good it is! ...

Prov. 5:3-4 ...

Focal Truth: God equipped Moses to serve His purposes

Pr. 15:23 – a person has joy in giving an appropriate answer, and a word at the right time – how good it is! ...

Prov. 4:23 ...

God called Moses to serve His purpose.

Pr. 15:23 – a man has joy in an apt answer, and how delightful a timely word! ...

11 I have instructed you in the way of wisdom; I have led ...

Pray like Daniel prayed

7 Principles for persisting under pressure for life!

27 Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due, ...

Focal Truth: Moses heard God speak & feared God ...

Lord, with you I am ready to go both to prison and to death…a servant girl, seeing him as he sat at the fire and looking intently at him said, this man was with Him too…But he denied it, saying, woman, I do not know him…a little later another saw him and said you are one of them too! But Peter said Man, I am not! And after about an hour passed another man began to insist, certainly this man also was with Him, for he is a Galilean too. But Peter said, man I do not know what you are talking about! Immediately while he was speaking a rooster crow. The Lord turned and looked at Peter. And Peter remembered the word of the Lord, how he had told him, before a rooster crows today you will deny me three times. And he went out and wept bitterly. ...

13 Blessed is a person who finds wisdom, and one who ...

A man’s discretion makes him slow to anger, and it is his glory to overlook a transgression – NASB ...

Focal Truth: Moses was a man prepared by God for great service for God

5 Trust in the LORD with all your heart and do not lean on ...

The Lord is the light and my salvation, whom shall I fear? The Lord is the defense of my life, whom shall I dread? When evildoers came upon me to devour my flesh, my adversaries and my enemies, they stumbled and fell. Though a host encamp against me, my heart will not fear, though war arise against me, in spite of this I shall be confident – NASB ...

Now these things happened to them as an example and they were written for our instruction, upon whom the ends of the ages have come – 1 Cor. 10:11 ...

10 My son, if sinners entice you, do not consent. ...

For this reason, I remind you to kindle afresh the gift of God which is in you through the laying on of my hands. For God has not given us a spirit of timidity, but of power and love and discipline – NASB ...

My God will supply all your needs according to the His riches in glory in Christ Jesus ...

Prov. 1:7; Jer. 32:38-39 ...

Story to why David wrote Psalm 51: ...

Paul’s example of spiritual contentment ...

26 Give me your heart, my son, and let your eyes delight ...

No temptation has overtaken you except what is common to mankind. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can endure it – 1 Cor. 10:13

Focal Truth: When believers pray the peace of God guards their minds so that they can think about godly things ...

4 “Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, ...

Ps. 62: 1-2 – My soul waits in silence for God only: from Him is my salvation. He only is my rock and my salvation, my stronghold, I shall not be greatly shaken. ...

15 But if it is disagreeable in your sight to serve the LORD, ...

Mark 9:22 – 24 -It has often thrown him both into the fire and into the water to destroy him. But if you can do anything, take pity on us and help us! Jesus said to him, if you can? All things are possible to him who believes. Immediately the boy’s father cried out and said, I do believe, help my unbelief

Focal Truth: Believer’s must pray to not be anxious in these last days

12 ...

Focal Truth: Believers must live joyfully in these last days

Turn to me and be gracious to me, for I am lonely and afflicted. The troubles of my heart are enlarged, bring me out of my distresses. Look upon my affliction and my trouble, and forgive all my sins…. Guard my soul and deliver me, do not let me be ashamed, for I take refuge in you. NASB

16 “Truly, truly I say to you, a slave is not greater than his ...

God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. Therefore, we will not fear, though the earth should change. And though the mountains slip into the heart of the sea, though the waters roar and foam, though the mountains quake at its swelling pride… ...

24 “Truly, truly I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls ...

Col. 3:12 -13 ...

7 ...

Focal Truth: The believer must press on in faith expectant of complete conformity to Christ in the resurrection

James 1:12 ...

Psalm 124 ...

34 Jesus answered them, “Truly, truly I say to you, ...

Spiritual joys

6 So then, just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to live your lives in him, 7 rooted and built up in him, strengthened in the faith as you were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness.

Focal Truth: God blesses the church with those who minister to the church

53 So Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless ...

Focal Truth: Believers must live out their salvation as God works in them ...

24 ...

Focal Truth: Jesus Christ's glory was His willing humble obedience to God

19 Therefore Jesus answered and was saying to them, ...

“Though infinitely better able to do without prayer than we are, yet Christ prayed much more than we do.” ---Charles Spurgeon

Jesus responded and said to him, “Truly, truly, I say to ...

Focal Truth: Believer’s must live in humility of mind like Jesus Christ

Jesus responded and said to him, “Truly, truly, I say to ...

Focal Truth: Believer’s must live a life that honors the gospel of Jesus Christ

20 For He was foreknown before the foundation of the ...

Focal Truth: believers live for Christ in this world & die to be with Christ ...

22 Yet He has now reconciled you in His body of flesh ...

Focal Truth: God uses all the circumstances in the believer’s life for the progress of the gospel of Jesus Christ

18 For Christ also suffered for sins once for all time, the ...

Paul’s prayer for the spiritual growth of the church.

6 Because you are sons, God has sent the Spirit of His ...

QUOTE BY JOHN PERKINS ...

7 ...

Therefore, prepare your mind for action, keep sober in spirit, fix your hope completely on the grace to be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ. As obedient children, do not be conformed to the former lusts which were yours in your ignorance, but like the Holy One who called you, be holy yourselves also in all your behavior, because it is written, you shall be holy, for I am holy ...

24 being justified as a gift by His grace through the ...

Focal Truth: Obedient faith trusts God & obeys God

19 Therefore, brothers and sisters, since we have ...

and not through the blood of goats and calves, but through His own blood. He entered the holy place once for all time, having obtained eternal redemption. ...

Therefore, I urge you, brethren, by the mercies of God to present your bodies a living and holy sacrifice, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service of worship ...

6 But now He has obtained a more excellent ministry, to ...

Eccl. 12:13 -14 – The conclusion when all has been heard, is, fear God and keep His commandments, because this applies to every person. For God will bring every act to judgment, everything which is hidden, whether it is good or evil ...

14 Therefore, since the children share in flesh and blood, He ...

Focal Truth: Christian’s obey God as they love their neighbor as themselves

11 And not only this, but we also celebrate in God through our ...

Focal Truth: The supreme act of Christian obedience is love for God

But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that ...

O Lord, I remember Your name in the night, and keep Your law. This has become mine, that I observe Your precepts ...

8 For the word of the cross is foolishness to those ...

Heb. 10:7 -9 – in the days of His flesh, He offered up both prayers and supplications with loud crying and tears to the One able to save Him from death, and He was heard because of His piety. Although He was a Son, He learned obedience from the things which He suffered. And having been made perfect, He became to all those who obey Him the source of eternal salvation ...

John 19:30 ...

Psalm 130

10 And those who know Your name will put ...

10 And, “YOU, LORD, IN THE BEGINNING LAID THE FOUNDATION OF ...

Focal Truth: The Lord Jesus Christ is richest!

11 Who is like You among the gods, LORD? Who is like ...

Focal Truth: All believers need a ministry of serving others

17 When I saw Him, I fell at His feet like a dead man. And ...

He leads the humble in justice, and He teaches the humble His way ...

19 The LORD has established His throne in the heavens, ...

27 to the only wise God, through Jesus Christ, be ...

Be on the alert, stand firm in the faith, act like men, be strong ...

Message for Christians on how to reach people for Christ.

Focal Truth: Believers need courage to live in this world ...

19 If it is a matter of power, behold, He is the strong ...

Not that I speak from want, for I have learned to be content in whatever circumstances I am. Phil. 4:11 ...

Focal Truth: God always knows everything about everyone’s past, present & future at the same time

Not that I speak from want, for I have learned to be content, in whatever circumstances I am – Phil 4:11 ...

7 Where can I go from Your Spirit? Or where can I flee ...

Definition of Trust: ...

They shall eagerly utter the memory of Your ...

Focal Truth: Believers must avoid discontentment as God’s people in the world

Righteousness and justice are the foundation of ...

Focal Truth: All believers must practice love to all people

20 Seeing their faith, He said, “Friend, your sins are ...

Focal Truth: Every believer needs to practice brotherly love toward all God’s people

9 After this I looked, and there before me was a ...

9 God is faithful, through whom you were called ...

Focal Truth: Believers need diligent faith in the promises of God

But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in ...

24 "The Lord is my portion," says my soul, "Therefore I have hope in Him." ...

8 But do not let this one fact escape your notice, beloved, ...

Focal Truth: ...

14 And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us, ...

Wednesday Night Bible Study

The Problem of Unbelief (v.11-12) ...

God’s discipline is temporary pain for eternal peace ...

14 Therefore, since we have a great High Priest who has ...

Focal Truth: God's People rejoice in trials, trials produce endurance

I will extol You, my God, O King, and I will bless Your ...

Faithful Endurance

The repentance of godly sorrow restores and revives.

Things to Remember ...

LORD, I have heard the report about You and I fear. O LORD, revive Your work in the midst of the years, in the midst of the years make it known; In wrath remember mercy.

Focal Truth: God revives His people as they depend on His word ...

16 For You do not delight in sacrifice, otherwise I would give it; You are not pleased with burnt offering. 17 The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; A broken and contrite heart, O God, You will not despise.

Focal Truth: God in His favor revives His people in troublesome times.

10 Create in me a clean heart. O God. And renew a steadfast spirit within me. 11 Do not cast me away from Your presence. And do not take Your Holy Spirit from me. 12 Restore to me the joy of Your salvation. And sustain me with a willing spirit.

Focal Truth: God Revives His people for His own glory! ...

Focal Truth: God's people must pray in holy grief for the sinfulness of men.

Focal Truth: Spiritual revival comes in self-denial

Focal Truth: The prayers of the righteous are powerfully effective

Focal Truth: The Holy Spirit is the source of reviving life

FOCAL TRUTH: God meets His people when they seek Him in prayer.

Focal Truth: God’s people need revival from difficult afflictions in the world.

Focal Truth: When God's people sin they experience the distant presence of God.

The lovingkindness of God brings life to those who love God. ...

God's people must pray as intercessors on behalf on others.

Focal Truth: God can revive His people from empty worldly distractions.

Focal Truth: God's people must in times of spiritual deadness ask God to revive them.

God many times revives His people from their desperate conditions and sin.

God's people must pray for God's renewed favor on them.

God's people must go back to God from living in sin.

Believer’s must accept the discipline of the Lord in all things

Believer's Praise God at all times

Believer's prayers to God bring God's peace to mind.

Focal Truth: Those who live by faith are faithful to God in times of trial.

Justifying faith protects the believer in overcoming the devil.

Believers can only please God when they live by faith.

Trials test the genuineness of our faith.

Trials test the genuineness of our faith.

Believer's live in confident hope in all our trials.

Christians must learn to live content in every circumstance of life.

Remember Jesus Christ, risen from the dead, descendant of David, according to my gospel,

We gain endurance in times of trouble.

God gives renewing strength to those who wait for HIm

Restlessness vs. Restfulness of the mind

Fearless trust in waiting on the Lord

What is the condition of my thinking? Take time to practice Spiritual Thinking.

And we know that God causes all things to work together for the good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose. Romans 8:28

17 So this I say, and affirm together with the Lord, that you walk no longer just as Gentiles also walk, in the futility of their mind. 18 being darkened in their understanding, excluded from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them, because of the hardness of their heart; 19 and they, having become callous, have given themselves over to sensuality for the practice of every kind of impurity with greediness.

vs. 6 - in your knowledge, self-control......

4 My heart is in anguish within me, ...

14 For when Gentiles who do not have the Law ...

Knowledge of Jesus, knowledge of our Lord

25 Therefore He is able also to save forever those who draw near to God through Him, since He always lives to make intercession for them. ...

Who are protected by the power of God through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.

6 The one who says he abides in Him ought himself to walk in the same manner as He walked. ...

2 Pet. 1: 5 – Now for this reason also, applying all diligence, in your faith supply moral excellence, and in your moral excellence, knowledge…

4 ...

Romans 10:9-10 ...

16 “For God so loved the world, that He gave ...

A life- long process to teach and preach God's Word

46 and He said to them, them,“Thus it is written, that ...

4 But when the kindness of God our Savior ...

Christ is judge of the living and the dead

Are all people already saved?

14 And the Word became flesh, and dwelt ...

Colossians 3:11 ...

9 For in Him all the fullness of Deity dwells in ...

The Gospel of the Nations

For I want you to know how great a ...

Focal Truth: ...

He is also head of the body, the church; ...

The Church and its growth

Focal Truth: ...

A new creature in Christ = evidence of conversion

He is the image of the invisible God, ...

Acts 5: 42 – and every day, in the temple and from house to house, they kept right on teaching and preaching Jesus as the Christ

Focal Truth: ...

God was working by the Holy Spirit through the apostles.

Focal Truth: Do not speak falsely about your neighbor.

God's call to salvation and what that truly means for THE CHURCH (Christians).

15 ...

Acts 4:33 - And with great power the apostles were giving testimony to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus, and abundant grace was upon them all.

Focal Truth: ...

And with great power the apostles were giving the testimony to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus, and abundant grace was upon them all – Acts 4:33

Focal Truth: ...

Focal Truth: The Lord Jesus Christ High Priest lives forever as intercessor in heaven for believers

12 ...

Focal Truth: ...

Focal Truth: ...

The First Christian Sermon - Acts 2

Focal Truth: ...

The requirements for the new Apostle ...

Focal Truth: ...

Wednesday night Bible Study

Focal Truth: ...

Wednesday night Bible study

Don't be a stonefish

Focal Truth: ...

Focal Truth: ...

God’s people live a sin-crucifying life.

God's people kill sin's desires and deeds when they live in the Spirit

Focal Truth: ...

The Battle with indwelling sin is real and powerful.

Romans 6:15-16, 22-23

Sin shall not be master over you

1 Peter 4:10-11 ...

Luke 10:27-28

Our people must also learn to engage in ...

Daily Use: ...

Ephesians 2:8-10 ...

Message #8 from series A Season for Everything ...

Jesus Christ is Risen from the Dead ...

The Coming of Jesus Christ ...

The Seasons of Young Age ...

The Love of a Friend ...

Message #3 from Pastor Mike Miller's "A Season for Everything" series at FBC Dickson, Tennessee. Originally given 3/24/19.

Making the Most of the Rest of Your Time ...

Message #1 from Pastor Mike Miller's series, A Season for Everything, March, 10th, 2019 at FBC Dickson, Tennessee.

Message #7 from Pastor Mike's "Tested Faith" series. Originally recorded 2/24/19.

Lesson #4 in Pastor Mike's Minor Prophets Series

Sermon #6 from Pastor Mike's Tested Faith Series. Originally aired February 17th, 2019 at FBC Dickson, Tennessee

Lesson #3 From Pastor's Series on the Minor Prophets

The fourth lesson in Pastor Mike's evening Bible Study series at FBC Dickson, Tennessee.

The fifth message in the series "Tested Faith" by Pastor Mike Miller, Senior Pastor at FBC Dickson, Tennessee

Lesson #2 from Pastor Mike's study series on the Minor Prophets.

A continuation of Pastor Mike's Sunday evening study series.

The fourth message in Pastor Mike's series, Tested Faith.

Session #1 from Pastor Mike Miller, Senior Pastor at FBC Dickson, Tennessee