Mon, 29 March 2021
If linking from the Twitter feed, click the little POD icon right below the date to listen Subscribe at iTunes, search Istrouma Istrouma Baptist Church (BR) Mar 28, 2021 ========== March 28 | Better Together Welcome Back! We're glad you've joined us today for our Sunday morning worship service! For more information about Istrouma, go to istrouma.org or contact us at info@istrouma.org. We glorify God by making disciples of all nations. ========== Connection Card https://istrouma.org/myinfo Easter at Istrouma https://istrouma.org/calendar/event/2058692 March 28, 2021 | Jeff Williams "The Church Matters" “The church exists for those that aren’t here yet” 1 Corinthians 12:12-26 For just as the body is one and has many members, and all the members of the body, though many, are one body, so it is with Christ. For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body— Jews or Greeks, slaves or free—and all were made to drink of one Spirit. For the body does not consist of one member but of many. If the foot should say, “Because I am not a hand, I do not belong to the body,” that would not make it any less a part of the body. And if the ear should say, “Because I am not an eye, I do not belong to the body,” that would not make it any less a part of the body. If the whole body were an eye, where would be the sense of hearing? If the whole body were an ear, where would be the sense of smell? But as it is, God arranged the members in the body, each one of them, as he chose. If all were a single member, where would the body be? As it is, there are many parts, yet one body. The eye cannot say to the hand, “I have no need of you,” nor again the head to the feet, “I have no need of you.” On the contrary, the parts of the body that seem to be weaker are indispensable, and on those parts of the body that we think less honorable we bestow the greater honor, and our unpresentable parts are treated with greater modesty, which our more presentable parts do not require. But God has so composed the body, giving greater honor to the part that lacked it, that there may be no division in the body, but that the members may have the same care for one another. If one member suffers, all suffer together; if one member is honored, all rejoice together. The Right Perspective We are different We need each other The Right Questions Is my issue a conviction or a personal preference? Is my issue Gospel centered? The Right Focus Don’t give up on the church Don’t give up on people Don’t give up on yourself Pastor Updates For all pastor updates and information go to: https://istrouma.org/pastor Want to receive weekly announcements in your inbox each week? Click here to add your name to our mailing list: https://istrouma.org/email Give Online Text ISTROUMA IBC to 73256 or go to: https://istrouma.org/give Our Website https://istrouma.org
Direct download: IBC_20210328.mp3
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Sun, 21 March 2021
If linking from the Twitter feed, click the little POD icon right below the date to listen Subscribe at iTunes, search Istrouma Istrouma Baptist Church (BR) Mar 21, 2021 ========== March 21 | Better Together Welcome Back! We're glad you've joined us today for our Sunday morning worship service! For more information about Istrouma, go to istrouma.org or contact us at info@istrouma.org. We glorify God by making disciples of all nations. ========== Connection Card https://istrouma.org/myinfo Easter at Istrouma https://istrouma.org/calendar/event/2058692 March 21, 2021 | Jeff Williams "Love your Neighbor" “Love your neighbor” is God’s primary method of spreading the Gospel “Love your neighbor” is an opportunity to be hands and feet of Jesus Luke 10:25-37 And behold, a lawyer stood up to put him to the test, saying, “Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?” He said to him, “What is written in the Law? How do you read it?” And he answered, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind, and your neighbor as yourself.” And he said to him, “You have answered correctly; do this, and you will live.” But he, desiring to justify himself, said to Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?” Jesus replied, “A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and he fell among robbers, who stripped him and beat him and departed, leaving him half dead. Now by chance a priest was going down that road, and when he saw him he passed by on the other side. So likewise a Levite, when he came to the place and saw him, passed by on the other side. But a Samaritan, as he journeyed, came to where he was, and when he saw him, he had compassion. He went to him and bound up his wounds, pouring on oil and wine. Then he set him on his own animal and brought him to an inn and took care of him. And the next day he took out two denarii and gave them to the innkeeper, saying, ‘Take care of him, and whatever more you spend, I will repay you when I come back.’ Which of these three, do you think, proved to be a neighbor to the man who fell among the robbers?” He said, “The one who showed him mercy.” And Jesus said to him, “You go, and do likewise.” A true neighbor is willing to sacrifice their TIME, MONEY, and EFFORT A true neighbor’s motivation is passion for the Gospel and love for people Pastor Updates For all pastor updates and information go to: https://istrouma.org/pastor Want to receive weekly announcements in your inbox each week? Click here to add your name to our mailing list: https://istrouma.org/email Give Online Text ISTROUMA IBC to 73256 or go to: https://istrouma.org/give Our Website https://istrouma.org
Direct download: IBC_20210321.mp3
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Sun, 14 March 2021
If linking from the Twitter feed, click the little POD icon right below the date to listen Subscribe at iTunes, search Istrouma Istrouma Baptist Church (BR) Mar 14, 2021 Dr. James "Jamie" K. Dew, Guest Speaker ========== March 14 | Better Together Welcome Back! We're glad you've joined us today for our Sunday morning worship service! For more information about Istrouma, go to istrouma.org or contact us at info@istrouma.org. We glorify God by making disciples of all nations. ========== Connection Card https://istrouma.org/myinfo Easter at Istrouma https://istrouma.org/calendar/event/2058692 March 14, 2021 | Dr. Jamie Dew Better Together Notes: Pastor Updates For all pastor updates and information go to: https://istrouma.org/pastor Want to receive weekly announcements in your inbox each week? Click here to add your name to our mailing list: https://istrouma.org/email Give Online Text ISTROUMA IBC to 73256 or go to: https://istrouma.org/give Our Website https://istrouma.org
Direct download: IBC_20210314.mp3
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Sun, 7 March 2021
If linking from the Twitter feed, click the little POD icon right below the date to listen Subscribe at iTunes, search Istrouma Istrouma Baptist Church (BR) Feb 28, 2021 ========== February 28 | Better Together Welcome Back! We're glad you've joined us today for our Sunday morning worship service! For more information about Istrouma, go to istrouma.org or contact us at info@istrouma.org. We glorify God by making disciples of all nations. ========== Connection Card https://istrouma.org/myinfo February 28, 2021 | Jeff Williams "Better as One" Marriage is a 100% commitment, not a 50-50 contract. Couples that keep score will never have a fulfilling marriage. Ephesians 5:22-33 Wives, submit to your own husbands, as to the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife even as Christ is the head of the church, his body, and is himself its Savior. Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit in everything to their husbands. Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her, that he might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word, so that he might present the church to himself in splendor, without spot or wrinkle or any such thing, that she might be holy and without blemish. In the same way husbands should love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. For no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as Christ does the church, because we are members of his body. “Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and hold fast to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh.” This mystery is profound, and I am saying that it refers to Christ and the church. However, let each one of you love his wife as himself, and let the wife see that she respects her husband. Focusing on your spouse meeting your needs will always lead to disappointment Submission is a gift to be offered not a command to be demanded Mutual submission is a beautiful picture of the Gospel Married Couples Don’t just survive...COMMUNICATE Don’t talk down to your spouse...especially in public Take trips together...without the kids Single but Looking The wrong person is much worse than no person...don’t settle Don’t marry someone you don’t trust...they must be “submit-worthy” Pastor Updates For all pastor updates and information go to: https://istrouma.org/pastor Want to receive weekly announcements in your inbox each week? Click here to add your name to our mailing list: https://istrouma.org/email Give Online Text ISTROUMA IBC to 73256 or go to: https://istrouma.org/give Our Website https://istrouma.org
Direct download: IBC_20210307.mp3
Category: Better Together
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Sun, 28 February 2021
If linking from the Twitter feed, click the little POD icon right below the date to listen Subscribe at iTunes, search Istrouma Istrouma Baptist Church (BR) Feb 28, 2021 ========== February 28 | Better Together Welcome Back! We're glad you've joined us today for our Sunday morning worship service! For more information about Istrouma, go to istrouma.org or contact us at info@istrouma.org. We glorify God by making disciples of all nations. ========== Connection Card https://istrouma.org/myinfo February 28, 2021 | Jeff Williams "Better as One" Marriage is a 100% commitment, not a 50-50 contract. Couples that keep score will never have a fulfilling marriage. Ephesians 5:22-33 Wives, submit to your own husbands, as to the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife even as Christ is the head of the church, his body, and is himself its Savior. Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit in everything to their husbands. Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her, that he might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word, so that he might present the church to himself in splendor, without spot or wrinkle or any such thing, that she might be holy and without blemish. In the same way husbands should love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. For no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as Christ does the church, because we are members of his body. “Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and hold fast to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh.” This mystery is profound, and I am saying that it refers to Christ and the church. However, let each one of you love his wife as himself, and let the wife see that she respects her husband. Focusing on your spouse meeting your needs will always lead to disappointment Submission is a gift to be offered not a command to be demanded Mutual submission is a beautiful picture of the Gospel Married Couples Don’t just survive...COMMUNICATE Don’t talk down to your spouse...especially in public Take trips together...without the kids Single but Looking The wrong person is much worse than no person...don’t settle Don’t marry someone you don’t trust...they must be “submit-worthy” Pastor Updates For all pastor updates and information go to: https://istrouma.org/pastor Want to receive weekly announcements in your inbox each week? Click here to add your name to our mailing list: https://istrouma.org/email Give Online Text ISTROUMA IBC to 73256 or go to: https://istrouma.org/give Our Website https://istrouma.org
Direct download: IBC_20210228.mp3
Category: Better Together
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Mon, 22 February 2021
If linking from the Twitter feed, click the little POD icon right below the date to listen Subscribe at iTunes, search Istrouma Istrouma Baptist Church (BR) Feb 21, 2021 ========== February 21 | Better Together Welcome Back! We're glad you've joined us today for our Sunday morning worship service! For more information about Istrouma, go to istrouma.org or contact us at info@istrouma.org. We glorify God by making disciples of all nations. ========== Connection Card https://istrouma.org/myinfo February 21, 2021 | Jeff Williams "Selfless" God knows what you need and what you desire better than you do Matthew 22:36-39 “Teacher, which is the great commandment in the Law?” And he said to him, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the great and first commandment. And a second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself. Loving God and loving people takes the focus off of me God is the only one who can meet my needs Psalm 37:4 Delight yourself in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart. Philippians 2:3-4 Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves. Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others. Selfishness never satisfies and ultimately destroys Serving gives life and brings contentment Pastor Updates For all pastor updates and information go to: https://istrouma.org/pastor Want to receive weekly announcements in your inbox each week? Click here to add your name to our mailing list: https://istrouma.org/email Give Online Text ISTROUMA IBC to 73256 or go to: https://istrouma.org/give Our Website https://istrouma.org
Direct download: IBC_20210221.mp3
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Sun, 14 February 2021
If linking from the Twitter feed, click the little POD icon right below the date to listen Subscribe at iTunes, search Istrouma strouma Baptist Church (BR) Feb 14, 2021 ========== February 14 | Better Together Welcome Back! We're glad you've joined us today for our Sunday morning worship service! For more information about Istrouma, go to istrouma.org or contact us at info@istrouma.org. We glorify God by making disciples of all nations. ========== Connection Card https://istrouma.org/myinfo February 14, 2021 | Jeff Williams "Better with God" God set us apart from all His creation. Genesis 1:26-27 Then God said, “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. And let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over the livestock and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.” So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them. We are unique We are valued Colossians 1:15-16 He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation. For by him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all things were created through him and for him. We are known Ephesians 5:1-2 Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children. And walk in love, as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us, a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God. Pastor Updates For all pastor updates and information go to: https://istrouma.org/pastor Want to receive weekly announcements in your inbox each week? Click here to add your name to our mailing list: https://istrouma.org/email Give Online Text ISTROUMA IBC to 73256 or go to: https://istrouma.org/give Our Website https://istrouma.org
Direct download: IBC_20210214.mp3
Category: Better Together
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