A Wise Thanksgiving
Nov 16, 2025 Elisha Freeman – Thanksgiving is around the corner and we are busy making family plans. This morning we will take a look at Psalm 107 to center our hearts and prepare our minds to be thankful.
Jesus’ Thanksgiving List
Nov 17, 2024 Elisha Freeman — Thanksgiving is around the corner and many are participating in the 30 day Thanksgiving challenge. It is a challenge to use each day for 30 days to list at least one thing, person, and/or event that an individual is grateful for. What would make Jesus’ list? What items, things, or even events would make an appearance on his list. This morning we are going walk with Jesus and hear Him reveal his thanksgiving list.
Manna Moments from God
Nov 10, 2024 Elisha Freeman — Thanksgiving is upon us and many are participating in the thirty day challenge of naming one thing an individual is thankful for. In Deuteronomy 8, Moses reminds Israel that God fed them with manna while they were in the wilderness. While this manna was provided, it was not the only good thing provided by God. This morning we will look at three manna moments from God that we can add to our list and express our gratefulness.
Thankful in All Circumstances
Nov 19, 2023 Elisha Freeman — Thanksgiving is a great time of year as we gather with family to celebrate each other and give thanks to God. However, many of us can struggle to have a heart of gratitude due to circumstances. When this struggle for gratitude appears, what can be said, done, and remembered that will help us have thankfulness for who is with us and for what we have? We will explore these questions this morning.
Living the Word: The Satisfied Soul
Nov 05, 2023 Elisha Freeman — If asked, ‘What is the key to happiness and joy?’ What would your answer be? The Bible lifts up two attitudes for our consideration: thanksgiving and contentment. This morning we are going to examine the attitude of contentment (also known as satisfy in the OT. This attitude is one that God desires us to cultivate and promote in ourselves and in others.
Deacons
Oct 08, 2023 Elisha Freeman — It is a momentous day when the local church establishes leadership or adds to its existing leadership. Today, our elders start the process of adding deacons to our existing leadership. This means that the Raleigh Church of Chris tis growing and that men are maturing to step into these roles. This morning we will review key New Testament passages concerning deacons that will help us in this selection process.
Thanksgiving 2022
Nov 20, 2022 — Elisha Freeman Feeling grateful but not expressing it is like wrapping a present but never giving. (William Arthur Ward) This week begins the thanksgiving holiday. Many of us are planning for family and friends, we are planning menus and schedules, and will be busy. Among the the hustle, we will pause and give thanks to God and count our blessings. One blessing we need to have at the top of the list in which we are thankful is the people God has brought into our life. Our lesson this morning comes from 2 Corinthians 8:16-24 where the Apostle Paul stops and expresses thanks to God for Titus.
The Secret to Contentment
Nov 21, 2021 — Elisha Freeman — Christian contentment is that sweet, inward, quiet, gracious frame of spirit which freely submits to and delights in God’s wise and fatherly disposal in every condition.” (Jeremiah Burroughs) In our final lesson in our series of “Thankfulness” we reach a familiar text this discusses contentment in circumstances. In our text, the Apostle Paul reveals the secret to remaining content no matter the situation. This morning we will examine this secret and apply its timeless principles to our life.
The Path to Contentment
Nov 14, 2021 — Elisha Freeman — As we continue our Thanksgiving series, we turn our attention to an attitude and lifestyle that benefits us greatly. The attitude of contentment. When it comes to our material goods and blessings, how do we remain content in a society that tells us we do not have enough or that we need the latest and greatest item? The Apostle Paul answers our question in a text to the young minister Timothy.
A Thanksgiving Sacrifice
Nov 07, 2021 Elisha Freeman — We continue on with part two of our series of lessons centered on ‘Thanksgiving’. What would you say are some barriers to Thanksgiving? This morning we will look to Leviticus to see two specific Barriers and how thanksgiving helps us to overcome them and live a life of gratefulness.