HigginsLakeBaptistChurch.com» Sermons http://higginslakebaptistchurch.com Higgins Lake Baptist Church - Higgins Lake, Michigan Sat, 04 Feb 2012 16:11:59 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 How Are We to Love One Another? – John 15:12-16 http://higginslakebaptistchurch.com/how-are-we-to-love-one-another-john-15-12-16/ http://higginslakebaptistchurch.com/how-are-we-to-love-one-another-john-15-12-16/#comments Thu, 02 Feb 2012 20:14:32 +0000 Admin http://higginslakebaptistchurch.com/?p=6440 Listen to this sermon from our January 29, 2012 AM Service.

How Are We to Love One Another? – John 15:12-16
Series: John’s Gospel
Speaker: Pastor Kevin A. Pierpont
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]]> http://higginslakebaptistchurch.com/how-are-we-to-love-one-another-john-15-12-16/feed/ 0 Why Don’t All Believers Have The Same Joy? – John 15:7-11 http://higginslakebaptistchurch.com/why-dont-all-believers-have-the-same-joy-john-15-7-11/ http://higginslakebaptistchurch.com/why-dont-all-believers-have-the-same-joy-john-15-7-11/#comments Tue, 24 Jan 2012 01:03:36 +0000 Admin http://higginslakebaptistchurch.com/?p=6424 Listen to this sermon from our January 22, 2012 AM Service.

Why Don’t All Believers Have The Same Joy? – John 15:7-11
Series: John’s Gospel
Speaker: Pastor Kevin A. Pierpont
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]]> http://higginslakebaptistchurch.com/why-dont-all-believers-have-the-same-joy-john-15-7-11/feed/ 0 How Is Spiritual Fruit Produced in Christians? – John 15:1-6 http://higginslakebaptistchurch.com/how-is-spiritual-fruit-produced-in-christians-john-15-1-6/ http://higginslakebaptistchurch.com/how-is-spiritual-fruit-produced-in-christians-john-15-1-6/#comments Mon, 16 Jan 2012 21:43:40 +0000 Admin http://higginslakebaptistchurch.com/?p=6323 How is spiritual fruit produced in the life of a Christian? What about plants? Have you ever seen a branch or leaf that can survive without the stalk of the plant? No. That’s not the way it works is it?

Have you ever seen a child that after birth cares for himself and feeds himself and clothes himself? Never — that’s not the way it works is it?

Listen to or read the text of this sermon from our January 15, 2012 AM Service.

How Is Spiritual Fruit Produced in Christians? – John 15:1-6
Series: John’s Gospel
Speaker: Pastor Kevin A. Pierpont
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]]> http://higginslakebaptistchurch.com/how-is-spiritual-fruit-produced-in-christians-john-15-1-6/feed/ 0 Why Is It Important That Christians Love One Another? http://higginslakebaptistchurch.com/why-is-it-important-that-christians-love-one-another%e2%80%a8/ http://higginslakebaptistchurch.com/why-is-it-important-that-christians-love-one-another%e2%80%a8/#comments Wed, 11 Jan 2012 16:02:10 +0000 Admin http://higginslakebaptistchurch.com/?p=6314

Listen to or read the text of this sermon from our January 8, 2012 AM Service.

Why Is It Important That Christians Love One Another? – 1 John 4:11
Series: John’s Gospel
Speaker: Pastor Kevin A. Pierpont
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We’ve started out the year with eight days of prayer because prayer is a life blood of the church. We began the year with this emphasis on prayer because we will not be a church that grows spiritually, we will not be effective for the Lord Jesus Christ, we will not please God, if we aren’t serious about prayer.

Last week as we began the new year I gave you 3 reasons, as God’s children, we are to pray. First, we are commanded to pray. Second, Jesus prayed, and if Jesus needed to pray so do we. Third, the early church learned quickly that they needed to pray and they made it their continual practice to pray as God’s people.

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]]> http://higginslakebaptistchurch.com/why-is-it-important-that-christians-love-one-another%e2%80%a8/feed/ 0 Why Pray – Luke 18:1-8 http://higginslakebaptistchurch.com/why-pray-luke-18-1-8/ http://higginslakebaptistchurch.com/why-pray-luke-18-1-8/#comments Wed, 04 Jan 2012 21:09:49 +0000 Admin http://higginslakebaptistchurch.com/why-pray-luke-18-1-8/ Listen now to this sermon from our January 1, 2012 AM Service.

Why Pray – Luke 18:1-8
Series: John’s Gospel
Speaker: Pastor Kevin A. Pierpont
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We’re beginning today, as we start the new year, our 8 days of prayer as a church. But why the emphasis on 8 days of prayer?

And maybe the better question is:

Why Pray as God’s People? Isn’t God in control? Doesn’t God already know all about our needs? So why pray?

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]]> http://higginslakebaptistchurch.com/why-pray-luke-18-1-8/feed/ 0 Christmas Joy, Part 2 – Luke 2:8-20 http://higginslakebaptistchurch.com/christmas-joy-part-2-luke-2-8-20/ http://higginslakebaptistchurch.com/christmas-joy-part-2-luke-2-8-20/#comments Tue, 27 Dec 2011 21:38:30 +0000 Admin http://higginslakebaptistchurch.com/christmas-joy-part-2-luke-2-8-20/ Listen now to this sermon from our December 25, 2011 AM Service.
Title: Christmas Joy, Part 2 – Luke 2:8-20
Speaker: Kevin A. Pierpont
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Christmas joy. I asked you last week to think carefully about whether you’d be able to find reason for joy at Christmas, even if we had none of the Christmas celebrating, like all the decorating, gift giving, and gatherings we’ve grown so accustomed to. And we noted that there are, wonderful reasons for joy. We saw them in the first few verses of Luke 2 last week. I want you to go there with me again this morning. We’re going to look at a few more verses here in Luke 2 and we’ll see there are even more reasons for joy than we saw last time.

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]]> http://higginslakebaptistchurch.com/christmas-joy-part-2-luke-2-8-20/feed/ 0 Christmas Joy, Part 1 – Luke 2:1-7 http://higginslakebaptistchurch.com/christmas-joy-part-1-luke-2-1-7/ http://higginslakebaptistchurch.com/christmas-joy-part-1-luke-2-1-7/#comments Tue, 20 Dec 2011 17:07:20 +0000 Admin http://higginslakebaptistchurch.com/christmas-joy-part-1-luke-2-1-7/ Listen now to this sermon from our December 18, 2011 AM Service.
Title: Christmas Joy, Part 1 – Luke 2:1-7
Speaker: Kevin A. Pierpont, Pastor
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The other night our family was watching a Christmas movie together called The Man Who Saved Christmas. It was about a toy maker who’d been enlisted by the government in the war effort to make things the soldiers needed on the battle field. 

In an effort to get the public to buy war bonds instead of toys, the government also convinced the toy maker to support their idea of canceling Christmas until the war was over. 

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]]> http://higginslakebaptistchurch.com/christmas-joy-part-1-luke-2-1-7/feed/ 0 The Best Gifts Ever – John 14:25-31 http://higginslakebaptistchurch.com/the-best-gifts-ever-john-1425-31/ http://higginslakebaptistchurch.com/the-best-gifts-ever-john-1425-31/#comments Mon, 12 Dec 2011 22:09:07 +0000 Admin http://higginslakebaptistchurch.com/the-best-gifts-ever-john-1425-31/

Have you ever received a bad gift at Christmas? God, through Jesus Christ, gives the best gifts ever. You’ll never get a bad gift from God. Listen now to this sermon from our December 11, 2011 AM Service.

The Best Gifts Ever – John 14:25-31
Series: John’s Gospel
Speaker: Pastor Kevin A. Pierpont
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]]> http://higginslakebaptistchurch.com/the-best-gifts-ever-john-1425-31/feed/ 0 I Will Come To You – John 14:18-24 http://higginslakebaptistchurch.com/i-will-come-to-you-john-14-18-24/ http://higginslakebaptistchurch.com/i-will-come-to-you-john-14-18-24/#comments Mon, 28 Nov 2011 21:51:26 +0000 Admin http://higginslakebaptistchurch.com/i-will-come-to-you-john-14-18-24/

Do you want to know Jesus more fully? Do you want to see Him at work in your life? Jesus Christ will make himself known to all who love Him. Listen now to this sermon from our November 27, 2011 AM Service.

I Will Come To You – John 14:18-24
Series: John’s Gospel
Speaker: Pastor Kevin A. Pierpont
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For the believer, obedience to God is always the first order of business. And this is for your own good and for God’s glory. But God also plays a part in our obedience. He gives us His indwelling power by way of the Holy Spirit. Listen now to this sermon from our November 20, 2011 AM Service.

If You Love Me – John 14:15-17
Series: John’s Gospel
Speaker: Pastor Kevin A. Pierpont
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We think we need more than God’s promises to live by. God agrees. He gives believers the Spirit and prayer. The power of God at work in them and the resources of God at work for them. Listen now to this sermon from our November 13, 2011 AM Service.

More Than Promises – John 14:8-14
Series: John’s Gospel
Speaker: Pastor Kevin A. Pierpont
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The answer to not letting your hearts be troubled, begins with belief in God. Belief in God is the foundation for the courage to obey God. Listen now to this sermon from our November 6, 2011 AM Service.

The Way, The Truth, and The Life – John 14:1-7
Series: John’s Gospel
Speaker: Pastor Kevin A. Pierpont
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