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March 2025 Bible Reading- “Names of God, Esther, Acts, & Malachi”
March Bible Reading- “Names of God, Esther, Acts (Pt 1), & Malachi”
Click on each chapter to read, listen to, and study the Scriptures via Blue Letter Bible.
| Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday |
| 1 Proverbs 9 |
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| 2 | 3 Esther 3 |
4 Genesis 14 |
5 2 Samuel 22 |
9 Psalm 9 |
7 Acts 1 |
8 Proverb 10 |
| 9 | 10 Esther 4 |
11 Exodus 17 |
12 Genesis 22 |
16 Judges 6 |
14 Acts 2 |
15 Proverbs 11 |
| 16 | 17 Esther 5 |
18 Jer. 23 |
19 Psalm 84 |
20 Malachi 1 |
21 Acts 3 |
22 Proverbs 12 |
| 23 | 24 Esther 6 |
25 Malachi 2 |
26 Malachi 3 |
27 Malachi 4 |
28 Acts 4 |
29 Proverbs 13 |
| 30 | 31 Esther 7 |
The Bible readings throughout the week will generally follow the 2025 sermons & Adult class topics.
Saturdays are books of wisdom, ending with 9 prophecies about Jesus.
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February 2025 Bible Reading- “Names of God and Esther”
February Bible Reading- “Names of God and Esther”
Click on each chapter to read, listen to, and study the Scriptures via Blue Letter Bible.
| Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday |
| 1 Proverbs 5 |
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| 2 | 3 2 Samuel 11 |
4 2 Samuel 12 |
5 Psalm 51 |
6 John 13 |
7 John 14 |
8 Proverbs 6 |
| 9 | 10 John 15 |
11 John 16 |
12 John 17 |
13 Luke 18 |
14 Matthew 6 |
15 Proverbs 7 |
| 16 | 17 Esther 1 |
18 Genesis 1 |
19 Genesis 2 |
20 Genesis 3 |
21 Genesis 4 |
22 Proverbs 8 |
| 23 | 24 Esther 2 |
25 Genesis 17 |
26 Genesis 35 |
27 Psalm 91 |
28 Rev. 21 |
The Bible readings throughout the week will generally follow the 2025 sermons & Adult class topics.
Saturdays are books of wisdom, ending with 9 prophecies about Jesus.
If you would like to comment or discuss the reading, click here to join our Bible Reading Facebook Chat.
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2025 Involvement Form
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8,100 Prayers for January 2025
Prayers for each week: morning, noon, and night.
Week of:
January 5-11:
- AM- Central’s Health and Prosperity
- Noon- Wisdom to be Christ-like
- PM- To Boldly Share
January 12-18:
- AM- Central’s Leadership
- Noon- Workers to Go!
- PM- Receptive, Open Hearts
January 19-25:
- AM- Central’s Numerical Growth
- Noon- To Be Unashamed
- PM- Christ-like Wisdom
January 26-31:
- AM- Central’s Unity
- Noon- Clear Communication
- PM- Removing Barriers of Division
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Devotional for January 1, 2025
Devotional for January 1
A New Commitment in 2025
Songs to Sing:
The Greatest Commands- http://y2u.be/FIdszDLf77Y
A Common Love- http://y2u.be/zeSrqEGwWok
Scripture to Read: John 13:34-35
34 A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another. 35 By this all people will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”
Questions to Consider & Discuss:
In 2025, how can I better…
1. show God’s love…
- To my family? To my friends? To my coworkers/neighbors? To my church?
2. tell God’s story…
- To my family? To my friends? To my coworkers/neighbors? To my church?
3. be a part of God’s family…
- To my family? To my friends? To my coworkers/neighbors? To my church?
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Sermon Notes 12-29-24 “IT’S ALMOST 2025… What Now God?” James Farris
IT’S ALMOST 2025… What Now God?
1 Vindicate me, O LORD,
for I have walked in my integrity,
and I have trusted in the LORD without wavering.
2 Prove me, O LORD, and try me;
test my heart and my mind.
3 For your steadfast love is before my eyes,
and I walk in your faithfulness.
Ezekiel 36:27– And I will put my Spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes and be careful to obey my rules.
Jeremiah 31:33–For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the LORD: I will put my law within them, and I will write it on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
ENJOY THREE GREAT GIFTS:
1) A NEW SPIRIT
2) A NEW HEART
Ezekiel 36:26– And I will give you a new heart, and a new spirit I will put within you. And I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh.
3) A NEW COVENANT
Jeremiah 31:31-34– “Behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and the house of Judah, 32 not like the covenant that I made with their fathers on the day when I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt, my covenant that they broke, though I was their husband, declares the LORD. 33 For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the LORD: I will put my law within them, and I will write it on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they shall be my people. 34 And no longer shall each one teach his neighbor and each his brother, saying, ‘Know the LORD,’ for they shall all know me, from the least of them to the greatest, declares the LORD. For I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.”
DEVELOP AND DISPLAY YOUR FAITH IN 2025
- YOU ARE BLESSED. ACT THAT WAY!
- THE CHURCH IS GOOD. INVEST IN IT!
- YOU NEED OTHERS, SO LOVE THEM!
Psalm 26– COME TO ME FOR A SPIRITUAL CHECKUP
David applies the remedy God gave him.
HOW GOOD DO YOU HAVE THE BE TO ASK THAT?
Psalm 26:1– Vindicate me, O LORD,
for I have walked in my integrity,
and I have trusted in the LORD without wavering.
Since God makes everything new, we are in the best place for a great 2025!
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January 2025 Bible Reading- “Magnetic Christianity & the Power of Prayer”
January Bible Reading- “Magnetic Christianity & the Power of Prayer”
Click on each chapter to read, listen to, and study the Scriptures via Blue Letter Bible.
| Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday |
| 1 James 1 |
2 James 2 |
3 James 3 |
4 Proverbs 1 |
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| 5 | 6 James 4 |
7 James 5 |
8 Exodus 1 |
9 Exodus 2 |
10 Exodus 3 |
11 Proverbs 2 |
| 12 | 13 Exodus 4 |
14 Exodus 5 |
15 Exodus 6 |
16 Exodus 7 |
17 Exodus 8 |
18 Proverbs 3 |
| 19 | 20 Exodus 9 |
21 Exodus 10 |
22 Exodus 11 |
23 Exodus 12 |
24 Exodus 13 |
25 Proverbs 4 |
| 26 | 27 Exodus 14 |
28 Exodus 15 |
29 1 Samuel 1 |
30 1 Samuel 2 |
31 1 Samuel 3 |
The Bible readings throughout the week will generally follow the 2025 sermons & Adult class topics.
Saturdays are books of wisdom, ending with 9 prophecies about Jesus.
If you would like to comment or discuss the reading, click here to join our Bible Reading Facebook Chat.
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Devotional for December 25, 2024
Devotional for December 25
An Honest Reflection on 2024
Songs to Sing:
God is So Good- http://y2u.be/dj2QKwGfCaI
Amazing Grace- http://y2u.be/YXd-FyGMVto
Scripture to Read: Romans 5:1-11
1 Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. 2 Through him we have also obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in hope of the glory of God. 3 Not only that, but we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, 4 and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, 5 and hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us.
6 For while we were still weak, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly. 7 For one will scarcely die for a righteous person—though perhaps for a good person one would dare even to die— 8 but God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. 9 Since, therefore, we have now been justified by his blood, much more shall we be saved by him from the wrath of God. 10 For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, now that we are reconciled, shall we be saved by his life. 11 More than that, we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation.
Questions to Consider & Discuss:
In 2024, how did I…
1. show God’s love…
- To my family? To my friends? To my coworkers/neighbors? To my church?
2. tell God’s story…
- To my family? To my friends? To my coworkers/neighbors? To my church?
3. be a part of God’s family…
- To my family? To my friends? To my coworkers/neighbors? To my church?
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Sermon Notes 12-22-24: James Farris The Birth of the King: One Fought It & One Brought It
THE BIRTH OF THE KING: ONE FOUGHT IT & ONE BROUGHT IT
LUKE 2:11-14- 11 For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord. 12 And this will be a sign for you: you will find a baby wrapped in swaddling cloths and lying in a manger.” 13 And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God and saying, 14 “Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace among those with whom he is pleased!”
Matthew 2:1-23 The Tale of Two Kings
ONE KING FOUGHT THE BIRTH OF THE KING
- RAGING
- PARANOID
- MURDEROUS
- SELF-PROTECTING
HE USED THE OLD TESTAMENT TEXT SELFISHLY
THE KING WHO BROUGHT IT
God sent his Son to Earth as the greatest gift ever.
Without the gift of Jesus, our finite minds could not grasp the infinite nature of God’s personality.
GOD EMBODIED FLESH SO WE COULD KNOW HIM
John 1:18– No one has ever seen God; the only God, who is at the Father’s side, he has made him known.
John 12:44– And Jesus cried out and said, “Whoever believes in me, believes not in me but in him who sent me.
John 1:11– He came to his own, and his own people did not receive him.
Most don’t realize who they refuse.
THE GIFT OF JESUS REVEALS THAT…
GOD IS REAL
GOD IS CLEAR
THE GIFT OF JESUS REVEALS THAT…
God is Near
God is Love
HOW CAN I RECEIVE THE GIFT OF THE KING?
God’s salvation is a gift that we must receive by faith.
THE FIRST STEP TOWARDS CHANGE IS ADMITTING THAT YOU NEED IT.
NOTE TO SELF: BE GRATEFUL
HE CAME TO LIVE WITH US SO WE COULD CHOOSE TO LIVE WITH HIM
THE BIRTH OF THE KING OF KINGS
Luke 2:11– For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord.
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