Our book of Mark Bible Study resumes, Wednesday, October 21st at 7:00 PM. We will be picking up at Mark 13:9-23, Jesus’ prophesy of the destruction of the temple and His teaching about the signs of when these things would be fulfilled. Mark 13 is filled with prophetic signs and teaching, we will work to understand those...
Author: City of Refuge
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Luke 1:67-80 The Person, Purposes and Plans of the Holy Spirit “Faithfulness in the Midst of Barren Places”
Last week we began talking about the first people filled with the Holy Spirit. Usually, when we want to see the first outpouring or the first infilling of the Holy Spirit we turn right to Acts 2 and read about the Day of Pentecost and when the Holy Spirit descended upon the 120 people gathered...
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Mark Bible Study: Mark 13:1-8 “Discerning the Prophetic”
Tonight we will begin a discussion of Mark 13, the longest discourse of Jesus recorded in Mark’s gospel. This chapter will lead us directly into the passion of Jesus: the last supper, His betrayal, Gethsemane, His arrest, trials, torture and crucifixion but this chapter can’t be walked through quickly or taken lightly. It is filled...
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Building Tour and Prayer, Sunday, November 1st After Morning Service
On Sunday, November 1st, after the morning service we will be touring and praying together at our building at 35 West Broad Street in Burlington. A construction team has been cleaning out and preparing the building for renovation for the last few weeks. The process will be complete and the building will be cleaned out...
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Burlington House of Prayer Gathering, Sunday, October 25th, 6:00
The next Burlington House of Prayer gathering will be on Sunday, October 25th at 6:00 PM. The host will be Amanda Mackie, if you would like directions or would be willing to host a gathering in 2015 please email [email protected]
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Book of Mark Bible Study, Wednesday, October 21st
Our book of Mark Bible Study resumes, Wednesday, October 21st at 7:00 PM. We will be picking up at Mark 13:1-13, Jesus’ prophesy of the destruction of the temple and His teaching about the signs of when these things would be fulfilled. Mark 13 is filled with prophetic signs and teaching, we will work to understand those...
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Luke 1:39-45 The Person, Purposes and Plans of the Holy Spirit “The First Family Filled”
We have been talking about the Holy Spirit for months now. We have seen His person, that the Holy Spirit is God, that He is “another helper”, exactly like Jesus in every way; that His purpose is to glorify Jesus, to listen to Jesus’ voice, to remind us of Jesus’ words, to convict the world...
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A Recap From the Philippines: “Always”
This past Sunday Abie shared about his recent trip to General Santos, Philippines. While there Abie taught for a week at The Church Planter’s Institute on the topic of the Father heart of God. This message is a few of the details of Abie’s trip, some stories from his students and some things he learned...
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Revelation 5:1-10 The Person, Purposes and Plans of the Holy Spirit: “Redemption for Men”
If we are honest we have to admit that we have a tendency to look more at the external than the eternal. We like evidence that we can see, touch, count and display; we are often suspect of anything that we can’t readily and easily measure. In II Corinthians 4:18 the Apostle Paul told us...
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Prayer Meeting, Philippines Missions Trip, Monday, September 21, 7:00 PM
Abie has been invited to speak at The Church Planting Institute (CPI) in General Santos, Philippines from September 28th to October 2nd. CPI is a six month program training rural believers to establish and build faith communities in their villages. The program is being run by YWAM missionaries and a local pastor. Abie will be...