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Prayer In CS Lewis’s book, Mere Christianity, Lewis spells out the fact that when the Bible mentions faith it talks about it on two levels. BELIEF What faith means in the first sense is what most people who are not Christians or who are inv…
Prayer **30**As soon as Judas had taken the bread, he went out. And it was night. **31**When he was gone, Jesus said, “Now the Son of Man is glorified and God is glorified in him. **32**If God is glorified in him,[c] God will glorify the So…
How do we love like Jesus? For love, to be true, it must hurt just as it hurt Jesus to love. The day is December 11, 1979: in Oslo, Norway, an Albanian nun named Teresa, who has dedicated her life to live a simple life of love among the wor…
During World War 2 a Christian young man was drafted off a farm in South Georgia and sent into the army, and he took his Christian faith with him…. …which meant that he continued to practice things like reading his Bible and kneeling by his…
As Christians, we need to remember to keep our focus on Christ and not forget the day when God ran to us and embraced us. We will be looking at one of Jesus’ parables this morning that portrays Christ’s love and compassion for lost individu…
MATTHEW 20: 20-28 Who was the greatest person who ever lived? Without question, no person more greatly impacted the course of history than Jesus Christ. He didn’t do it through wars, conquest, and domination. He changed the world by serving…
Can anyone tell me this morning who Leonard Slye was? The king of the cowboys, Roy Rogers. He was one of the good guys, one of the good cowboys, a man that boys of that time wanted to imitate. He was born November 15, 1911, as Leonard Frank…
Black Friday, Small Business Saturday, ??? Sunday, and Cyber Monday. What do we call the Sunday, that comes after Thanksgiving, and falls in between what the world has become to know as the best days of the year to get the big deal! Some ye…
The story is told of a businessman whose wife was experiencing depression. She began to mope around and be sad, lifeless—no light in her eyes—no spring in her step—joyless. It became so bad that the man made an appointment for her with a ps…
Welcome, Welcome to Cane Creek Meeting on this 4th month 4th third day of 2023. We are gathered here to celebrate the life of Tommy Griffin. Let me start by saying what an honor it is to participate in this celebration of Tommy’s life. And …
Last week Cheryl taught on; The road to Jerusalem, and that this road is a road to humility, a road of fulfilment, a road of obedience, and a road of destiny. Today, on a similar path we will be discussing the road to the cross. I have trie…
Some of you may have followed “Brooklyn’s Journey Home” on Facebook. Today I we will have a memorial service for Brooklyn, accompanied by writings by Brooklyn from her posts on her Facebook page “Brooklyn’s Journey Home”. If you are a Face …
Joy is a gift from God. Our joy is a witness to others as to the "great things God has done for us." **O**nce voted the funniest religious joke of all time, credit to Emo Philips: Once I saw this guy on a bridge about to jump. I said, 'Don'…
Prayer. God calls specific people to specific places for specific purposes. I believe that each of us have been placed here at Cane Creek to fulfill a specific purpose. The question is, are you fulfilling that purpose? In Jonah’s case, we w…
"life is like a baseball game...a world series baseball game and you never know what is going to happen!" The apostle Paul often compared the Christian life with athletics. He said, "Everyone who competes in the games goes into strict train…
Jesus' famous foot washing of His disciples is a love-story of the way disciples should live and treat one another. Read John 13: 1-20 **Jesus Washes His Disciples’ Feet** **13**Before the Passover celebration, Jesus knew that his hour had …
**Epilogue: Jesus Appears to Seven Disciples** **21**Later, Jesus appeared again to the disciples beside the Sea of Galilee.[a] This is how it happened. **2**Several of the disciples were there—Simon Peter, Thomas (nicknamed the Twin),[b] N…
Matthew 21:1-11 KJV Jesus’ Triumphant Entry **1****And when they drew nigh unto Jerusalem, and were come to****Bethphage****, unto the mount of Olives, then sent Jesus two disciples,****2****Saying unto them, Go into the village over agains…
Cane Creek Friends Meeting 12/14/25. A man in Phoenix called his son in New York on Christmas Eve and says, “I hate to ruin your day, but I have to tell you that your mother and I are divorcing; 45 years of misery is enough – I cannot take …
Cane Creek Friends Meeting 04/06/25. Jesus' greatest miracle was at the grave of Lazarus; the miracle that pointed to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus. Pray. “At the Grave of Lazarus” **John 11:25-44** **John 11:25-27** (NKJV): 25 Jesus s…
Sing chorus twice; Count Your Blessings: Count Your Blessings, name them one by one. Count Your Blessings, see what God has done! Count Your Blessings, name them one by one. Count Your many blessings, see what God has done. As we continue t…
Let me begin this morning by saying, I am in front of some of the most humble people that I know. I don’t keep up with my messages as I should, but I am pretty sure that I have spoken on humility before, although God has placed on my heart …
Cane Creek Friends Meeting 11/17/24. Bob, was in the mountains one day taking pictures of all the beautiful scenery. Then suddenly, he got too close to the edge and started falling down the side of the mountain. On the way down ... he manag…
Cane Creek Friends Meeting 8/17/25. Our Scripture today is about the youngest born of his family, Joseph, and who constantly seeks to get the attention of his family and brothers. Joseph was the great-grandson of Abraham and had 11 older br…
(HESED) 1-3-21 Pronunciation. Hesed. What does it mean? Hesed is one of the most important Hebrew words in the Bible. Hesed, time tested and so very important for every Christian to understand! Hesed. Say it with me. • Why is this word impo…
Cane Creek Friends Meeting 12/28/25. The poem “One Solitary Life” was written by Dr. James Allan Francis. Francis was a pastor and writer who delivered the famous text as a sermon in 1926, and though often mistakenly attributed to anonymous…
Ararat Friends Meeting 12/01/24. Good morning, I am John, my wife Rhonda couldn’t make it this morning. She is at home (Alamance County) with our grandchildren. Aiden (16), Laci (13), Saint (4), and Eden (5 months). I am from Cane Creek Fri…
Cane Creek Friends Meeting 5/04/25. Before we open our Bibles, this morning let’s all recite the best we can, Psalm 23. There are only 6 verses here. Then we can open our Bibles and read David’s famous Psalm together. Psalm 23 King James Ve…
HEB. 4:14-16 There was once a young lady who occasionally walked through the park after work. One afternoon she stopped to have her picture taken by a photographer. She was very excited about her picture being taken with the skyline in the …