Sermon Audio: 3/8/15 “The Heart Of A Deacon”
http://gspcocala.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/sermon20150308.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSby Rev. Michael Rauls Matthew 25:34-40 34 Then the King will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world. 35 For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty […]
Preparing Our Hearts For Worship – 3/8/15
– – -Liturgy for Sunday, March 8th, 2015- – – “Everyone will be forgotten, nothing we do will make any difference, and all good endeavours, even the best, will come to naught. Unless there is God. If the God of the Bible exists, and there is a True Reality beneath and behind this one, and […]
Sermon Audio: 3/1/15 “Fruit”
http://gspcocala.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/sermon20150301.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSRev. Michael Rauls Galatians 5:16-26 16 But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh. 17 For the desires of the flesh are against the Spirit, and the desires of the Spirit are against the flesh, for these are opposed to each […]
Preparing Our Hearts For Worship – 3/01/15
– – -Liturgy for Sunday, March 1st, 2015- – – “The essence of…worship [is] to be turning to God because of sin so as to be turned by God from it.” -Ashley Null But I say, walk by the Spirit… Galatians5:16 Prelude: Hear The Call Of The Kingdom (Getty Music) Gathering Song: Jesus Everlasting King […]
Preparing Our Hearts For Worship on 2/22/15
– – -Liturgy for Sunday, February 22, 2015- – – “Legalism says God will love us if we change. The gospel says God will change us because He loves us.” ― Tullian Tchividjian My soul longs, yes, faints for the courts of the Lord; my heart and flesh sing for joy to the living God. […]
Sermon Audio: 2/15/15 “Freedom”
http://gspcocala.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/sermon20150215.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSRev. Michael Rauls Galatians 5:1-15 5 For freedom Christ has set us free; stand firm therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery. 2 Look: I, Paul, say to you that if you accept circumcision, Christ will be of no advantage to you. 3 I testify again to […]
Sermon Audio: 2/8/15 “What It Means To Be A Child Of Promise”
http://gspcocala.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/sermon20150208.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSby Rev. Ted Strawbridge Galatians 4:8-31 8 Formerly, when you did not know God, you were enslaved to those that by nature are not gods. 9 But now that you have come to know God, or rather to be known by God, how can you turn back again to the […]
2/8/15 – Preparing Our Hearts For Worship
– – -Liturgy for Sunday, February 8, 2015- – – “It’s important to notice that the gospel is not simply an invitation; it’s a declaration, an announcement: The time has come for God to be your king. He’s reclaiming and restoring his world. Repent of all of your petty kingdoms and believe this good news.” […]
Sermon Audio: 2/1/15 “Adoption” Galatians 4:1-7
http://gspcocala.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/sermon20150201.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSRev. Michael Rauls Galatians 4:1-7 4 I mean that the heir, as long as he is a child, is no different from a slave, though he is the owner of everything, 2 but he is under guardians and managers until the date set by his father. 3 In the same way […]
2/1/15 – Preparing Our Hearts For Worship
– -Liturgy for Sunday, February 1, 2015- – “The doctrine of propitiation is precisely this: that God loved the objects of His wrath (the world) so much that He gave His own Son to the end that He by His blood should make provision for the removal of His wrath. It was Christ’s so to […]
Sermon Audio: 1/25/15 “Law” – Galatians 3:15-29
http://gspcocala.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/sermon20150125.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSGalatians 3:15-29 15 To give a human example, brothers: even with a man-made covenant, no one annuls it or adds to it once it has been ratified. 16 Now the promises were made to Abraham and to his offspring. It does not say, “And to offsprings,” referring to many, but […]
1/25/15 – Preparing Our Hearts For Worship
– -Liturgy for Sunday, January 25, 2015- – “Giving the gospel away is one of the best ways of experiencing its power in your own life.” -John Piper “This God—his way is perfect; the word of the Lord proves true; he is a shield for all those who take refuge in him.” Psalm 18:30 Prelude: […]
Preparing Our Hearts For Worship – 1/18/15
– -Liturgy for Sunday, January 18, 2015- – “The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?” Jer. 17:9. Learn much of the Lord Jesus. For every look at yourself, take ten looks at Christ. He is altogether lovely. Such infinite majesty, and yet such meekness and grace, and all […]
Sermon 1/11/15: Faith – Galatians 3:1-9
http://gspcocala.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/sermon20150111.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSSermon by Rev. Michael Rauls on 1/11/15 Galatians 3:1-9 3 O foolish Galatians! Who has bewitched you? It was before your eyes that Jesus Christ was publicly portrayed as crucified. 2 Let me ask you only this: Did you receive the Spirit by works of the law or by hearing […]
Preparing Our Hearts For Worship – 1/11/15
– -Liturgy for Sunday, January 11, 2015- – “It is the nature of faith to believe God upon His bare word…. ‘It will not be,’ saith sense; ‘it cannot be,’ saith reason; ‘it both can and will be,’ saith faith, ‘for I have a promise.’”—John Trapp You are my refuge, my portion in the land […]
Sermon: 1/4/14 – Justified By Faith
http://gspcocala.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/sermon20140104.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS Sr. Pastor Michael Rauls Galatians 2:11-21 11 But when Cephas came to Antioch, I opposed him to his face, because he stood condemned. 12 For before certain men came from James, he was eating with the Gentiles; but when they came he drew back and separated himself, fearing the […]
Sermon: 12/28/14 – The Song of Simeon
http://gspcocala.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/sermon12282014.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSBy Rev. Mike Austin Luke 2:25-35 25 Now there was a man in Jerusalem, whose name was Simeon, and this man was righteous and devout, waiting for the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was upon him. 26 And it had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit […]
Sermon: Christmas Eve Candle Light Communion Service
http://gspcocala.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/sermonChristmasEve2014.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSSermon from our Christmas Eve Service 12/24/14 By Rev. Michael Rauls Luke 2:8-15 8 And in the same region there were shepherds out in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night. 9 And an angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone […]
12/21/14 – Preparing Our Hearts For Worship: Advent Week 4
– -Liturgy for Advent Sunday, December 21, 2014- – “And to him was given dominion and glory and a kingdom,that all peoples, nations, and languages should serve him;his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away,and his kingdom one that shall not be destroyed.” -Daniel 7:14 Prelude: While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks By […]
Sermon 12/14/14 – (Advent Week 3) Matt. 2:1-12 “The World Will Know”
http://gspcocala.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/Sermon20141214.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSSermon on Matthew 2:1-12 entitled “The World Will Know,” by Rev. Michael Rauls Matthew 2:1-12 2:1 Now after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, wise men from the east came to Jerusalem, 2 saying, “Where is he who has been […]
12/14/14 – Preparing Our Hearts For Worship: Advent Week 3
– -Liturgy for Advent Sunday, December 14, 2014- – “…Behold, now is the favorable time; behold, now is the day of salvation.” 2 Corinthians 6:2 Prelude: O Come O Come Emmanuel (Sovereign Grace Music, traditional tune with new verses) Gathering Song: O Little Town Of Bethlehem (traditional) “O come let us adore Him, O come […]
Sermon 12/7/14 – (Advent Week 2) Matt. 1:18-25 “Redemption From Righteousness”
http://gspcocala.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/sermon20141207.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSSermon by Rev. Michael Rauls entitled: “Redemption From Righteousness” Matthew 1:18-25 18 Now the birth of Jesus Christ took place in this way. When his mother Mary had been betrothed to Joseph, before they came together she was found to be with child from the Holy Spirit. 19 And her […]
Preparing Our Hearts For Worship (Advent) 12/07/14
– -Liturgy for Advent Sunday, December 7, 2014- – “And a Redeemer will come to Zion, to those in Jacob who turn from transgression,” declares the LORD. -Isaiah 59:20 Prelude: Gather ‘Round (Andrew Peterson) Gathering Song: It Came Upon A Midnight Clear (traditional, Sears/Smith/Willis) “O come let us adore Him, O come let us adore Him O […]
11/30/14 – (1st week of Advent) Family Dynamics Matthew 1:1-17
http://gspcocala.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/sermon20141130.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSRev. Michael Rauls “Family Dynamics” Matthew 1:1-17 1 The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham. 2 Abraham was the father of Isaac, and Isaac the father of Jacob, and Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers, 3 and […]
Preparing Our Hearts for Worship (Advent) 11/30/14
– -Liturgy for Advent Sunday, November 30, 2014- – The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light; those who dwelt in a land of deep darkness, on them has light shone. -Isaiah 9:2 Prelude: Serve Hymn (Andrew Peterson) Gathering Song: O Come All Ye Faithful (traditional) Lighting of the 1st Advent Candle: […]