October 2, 2022Pastor Ricky Smith Sermon Notes I. React Out of Fear Exodus 20:18-19Now when all the people saw the thunder and the flashes of lightning and the sound of the trumpet and the mountain smoking, the people were afraid and trembled, and they stood far off and said to Moses, “You speak to us, […]
Off the Bench: Loving Others
Pastor Ricky SmithSeptember 25, 2022 Sermon Notes Exodus 20:12-17Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land that the Lord your God is giving you. You shall not murder. You shall not commit adultery. You shall not steal. You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor. You shall […]
Off the Bench: Rhythm of Rest
September 18, 2022Pastor Ricky Smith Sermon Notes I. We Will Remember Exodus 20:8Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. A weekly rhythm of rest reminds us whose we are and why we are here II. Work By God’s Design Exodus 20:9-10Six days you shall labor, and do all your work, but the seventh day […]
Off the Bench: Loving God
September 11, 2022Pastor Ricky Smith Sermon Notes I. Relationship is the Starting Point Exodus 20:1-3And God spoke all these words, saying, “I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery. “You shall have no other gods before me. God’s words are for our […]
Off the Bench: Fire on the Mountain
September 4, 2022Pastor Ricky Smith Sermon Notes I. Present Yourselves to God Exodus 19:16-17On the morning of the third day there were thunders and lightnings and a thick cloud on the mountain and a very loud trumpet blast, so that all the people in the camp trembled. Then Moses brought the people out of the […]
Off the Bench: Consecrate Me Now
August 28, 2022Pastor Ricky Smith Sermon Notes Exodus 19:7-15So Moses came and called the elders of the people and set before them all these words that the Lord had commanded him. All the people answered together and said, “All that the Lord has spoken we will do.” And Moses reported the words of the people […]
Off the Bench: Mt. Sinai
August 21, 2022Pastor Ricky Smith Sermon Notes Exodus 19:1-6On the third new moon after the people of Israel had gone out of the land of Egypt, on that day they came into the wilderness of Sinai. They set out from Rephidim and came into the wilderness of Sinai, and they encamped in the wilderness. There […]
Growing Season – Week 7
August 14, 2022Pastor Ricky Smith Sermon Notes I. Relationships are marked by Intentional and Worshipful Interactions Exodus 18:1–27Jethro, the priest of Midian, Moses’ father-in-law, heard of all that God had done for Moses and for Israel his people, how the Lord had brought Israel out of Egypt. Now Jethro, Moses’ father-in-law, had taken Zipporah, Moses’ […]
Growing Season – Week 6
August 7, 2022Pastor Ricky Smith Sermon Notes I. The Weak Link Exodus 17:8Then Amalek came and fought with Israel at Rephidim. Deuteronomy 25:17-19“Remember what the Amalekites did to you on the journey after you left Egypt. They met you along the way and attacked all your stragglers from behind when you were tired and weary. […]
Growing Season – Week 5
July 31, 2022The Rock of ChristPastor Ricky Smith Sermon Notes I. So Close, and So Far Away Exodus 17:1-3All the congregation of the people of Israel moved on from the wilderness of Sin by stages, according to the commandment of the Lord, and camped at Rephidim, but there was no water for the people to […]