1/14/2023 Worship Service & Sermon: Solomon’s Fall, God’s Verdict - 1 Kings 11

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1/7/2024 Worship Service and Sermon from Brick Lane Community Church in Elverson, PA.

Worship Leader: Tyler Estes
Speaker: Steve Estes
Scripture: 1 Kings 11
Title: Solomon's Fall, God's Verdict

Notes:

1. Introducing Solomon's sin
A. His drift into idolatry
B. Young Solomon wouldn't have dreamed of following other gods
C. How he started with other gods

2. God became angry with Solomon

3. God's discipline of Solomon
A. Discipline via Hadad of Edom
B. Discipline via Rezon of Aram
C. Discipline via Jeroboam

4. Lessons
A. Drifting is deceitful because it happens gradually
B. Drifting has a domino effect
C. It matters who we are close to
D. Where there is repentance, mercy trumps sin and discipline

Benediction: To him who is able to keep you from stumbling and to present you before his glorious presence without fault and with great joy--to the only God our Savior be glory, majesty, power and authority, through Jesus Christ our Lord, before all ages, now and forevermore! Amen

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1/7/2024 Worship Service & Sermon: Solomon’s Golden Reign - 1 Kings 3-10

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1/7/2024 Worship Service and Sermon from Brick Lane Community Church in Elverson, PA.

Worship Leader: Randy Helper
Speaker: Steve Estes
Scripture: 1 Kings 3-10
Title: Solomon's Golden Reign

Notes:

1. Solomon as a ruler of power and strength

2. Solomon as a ruler of wisdom
A. God appears to him at Gibeon
B. The two prostitutes
C. Wisdom in literature and natural sciences

3. Solomon as a ruler of wealth
A. Refinery at the Gulf of Aqaba
B. Overland trade routes
C. Sea-going trade
D. Result

4. Solomon as worthy

5. Solomon as a ruler of honor, glory, and praise

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12/31/23 Worship Service: Stewardship Failure - Malachi 3:6-12

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12/31/23 Worship Service from Brick Lane Community Church in Elverson, PA.

Worship Leader: Dave Stoltzfus
Speaker: Wendell Stoltzfus
Scripture: Malachi 3:6-12
Title: Stewardship Failure

Notes:

1. Introduction

2. Robbing God
A. Admonition
B. Extortion
C. Condemnation

3. Returning to God
A. Exhortation
B. Declaration
C. Protection
D. Reputation

4. Practical Applications

#Malachi #tithing

12/24/2023 Christmas Eve Worship Service & Sermon: Christ’s Poverty, Our Wealth - 2 Corinthians 8:9

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12/24/2023 Worship Service & Sermon from Brick Lane Community Church in Elverson, PA.

Worship Leader: Mike Culbert
Speaker: Steve Estes, Senior Pastor
Scripture: 2 Corinthians 8:9
Title: Christ's Poverty, Our Wealth

For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, so that you through his poverty might become rich.

Notes:

1. Jesus Christ was rich
A. Rich in possessions
B. Rich in the ability to create yet more
C. Rich in honor
D. Rich in love

2. Jesus Christ became poor
A. Born into poverty
B. Lived as a human
C. Had no place to lay His head
D. Endured frustration and sorrow

3. The result of Christ's poverty is our wealth in heaven
A. You're rich in possessions

4. Applications
A. For non-Christians
B. For Christians

12/17/2023 Worship Service & Sermon: Faith Rewarded Tomorrow - Hebrews 11:35-40

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12/17/2023 Worship Service & Sermon from Brick Lane Community Church in Elverson, PA.

Worship Leader: Matt Lambert
Speaker: Steve Estes, Senior Pastor
Scripture: Hebrews 11:35-40
Title: Faith Rewarded Tomorrow

NIV: Women received back their dead, raised to life again. Others were tortured and refused to be released, so that they might gain a better resurrection. Some faced jeers and flogging, while still others were chained and put in prison. They were stoned; they were sawed in two; they were put to death by the sword. They went about in sheepskins and goatskins, destitute, persecuted and mistreated--the world was not worthy of them. They wandered in deserts and mountains, and in caves and holes in the ground. These were all commended for their faith, yet none of them received what had been promised. God had planned something better for us so that only together with us would they be made perfect.

ESV: Women received back their dead by resurrection. Some were tortured, refusing to accept release, so that they might rise again to a better life. Others suffered mocking and flogging, and even chains and imprisonment. They were stoned, they were sawn in two, they were killed with the sword. They went about in skins of sheep and goats, destitute, afflicted, mistreated--of whom the world was not worthy--wandering about in deserts and mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth. And all these, though commended through their faith, did not receive what was promised, since God had provided something better for us, that apart from us they should not be made perfect.

Notes:

1. True faith may seem unrewarded in this life
A. Being confined
B. Loss of home or comfort
C. Physical pain
D. A painful death
E. Emotional pain

2. God commends His faithful by contrasting them with the world
A. What God condemns
B. What God loves

3. God's great plan for those with faith
A. Verse 40 is speaking of Old Testament believers after death
B. Verse 40 is also speaking of all believers on the world's final day

Benediction: "May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit." (Romans 15:13)

#Hebrews #faith

12/10/2023 Celebration Sunday Sermon: The Full Extent of His Love - John 13:1-2

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12/10/2023 Worship Service & Sermon from Brick Lane Community Church in Elverson, PA.

Worship Leader: John Sletta
Speaker: Steve Estes, Senior Pastor
Scripture: John 13:1-2 (NIV 1984)
Title: Celebration Sunday Sermon: The Full Extent of His Love

It was just before the Passover Feast. Jesus knew that the time had come for him to leave this world and go to the Father. Having loved his own who were in the world, he now showed them the full extent of his love. The evening meal was being served , and the devil had already prompted Judas Iscariot, son of Simon, to betray Jesus.

Notes:

1. Jesus washes His disciples' feet
A. Jesus had already loved them 1,000 ways
B. Now He shows them the full extent of His love

2. Jesus enables us to love Him and other people without exhaustion

3. Brick Lane goals for 2024
A. Ministries
i. Public worship
ii. Internal ministries
iii. Expand local outreach
iv. International outreach

B. What these ministries need
i. A building
ii. Staff
iii. Finances
iv. Prayer

12/3/2023 Worship Service & Sermon: Faith Rewarded in This Life - Hebrews 11:32-35

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12/3/23 Worship Service & Sermon from Brick Lane Community Church in Elverson, PA

Worship Leader: Steve Boyer
Speaker: Steve Estes
Scripture: Hebrews 11:32-35a
Title: Faith Rewarded in This Life

And what more shall I say? I do not have time to tell about Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, David, Samuel and the prophets, who through faith conquered kingdoms, administered justice, and gained what was promised; who shut the mouths of lions, quenched the fury of the flames, and escaped the edge of the sword; whose weakness was turned to strength; and who became powerful in battle and routed foreign armies. Women received back their dead, raised to life again.

Notes:

1. Our author's approach in chapter 11

2. A general and a judge
A. Barak
B. Samson

3. Four famous faithful foreigners
A. Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego
B. Daniel

4. Two anonymous women
A. The Zarephath widow
B. The Shunammite woman
C. Summary

5. Some principles
A. Many times, God rewards our faith in this life
B. God rewards our faith even in times of national decline
C. God rewards the faith of people whose faith has faltered

Benediction: May God give you grace to persevere in faith, so when you've done the will of God you'll receive what He has promised.

#Hebrews #faith

11/26/23 Worship Service and Sermon: Thanksgiving and (Not) Understanding - Various Scripture

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11/26/23 Worship Service and Sermon from Brick Lane Community Church in Elverson, PA

Worship Leader: Dave Daily
Speaker: Steve Boyer
Scripture: Various
Title: Thanksgiving and (Not) Understanding

Notes:

1. Thanksgiving as Memory (Psalm 136)
A. Giving thanks for all the good things
B. Giving thanks must become a habit

2. Thanksgiving as Anticipation (Luke 22:14-20)
A. Trusting God to keep His promises

3. Thanksgiving as Faith (Ephesians 5)
A. Giving thanks in these evil day
B. Giving thanks in the Name of Jesus
C. Giving thanks even when we don't understand

Nicene Creed

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11/19/2023 Worship Service & Sermon: Faith at the Walls of Jericho

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11/19/2023 Worship Service and Sermon from Brick Lane Community Church in Elverson, PA.

Worship Leader: Luke Stoltzfus
Speaker: Steve Estes, Senior Pastor
Scripture: Hebrews 11:30-31
Title: Faith at the Walls of Jericho

By faith the walls of Jericho fell, after the people had marched around them for seven days.

By faith the prostitute Rahab, because she welcomed the spies, was not killed with those who were disobedient.

Notes:

1. The setting

2. Several days earlier...
A.Spies are inside the city
B. In Rahab's house

3. Jericho vs. Jehovah
A. Day one
B. Days two through seven

4. Lessons
A. True faith overcomes insurmountable odds
B. True faith results in doing
C. True faith saves even the most unworthy

#Hebrews #faith #jericho