"That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands
have handled, of the Word of life;"
1 John 1:1 - King James Version
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Word of Life Ministries of Middletown, Delaware, Inc.
404 N. Cass Street, Middletown, DE 19709
Larry J. Bryson, Pastor
Word of Life Ministries of Middletown, Delaware, Inc.
404 N. Cass Street, Middletown, DE 19709
Larry J. Bryson, Pastor
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Below are a list of previous messages from Pastor available for download.
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Transitions: Where You Are Is Just Temporary
...,think of LIFE because this is really what it is all about. ...There is coming a time when we are going to have to transition from this tabernacle to another tabernacle... ...we expect transition; moving from one stage to another. We expect that the transition continues as time passes...
For purposes of this study read:
2nd Corinthians 5:1-10
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Transitions Part 2: Moving from Time to Eternity
... Previously we discussed the fact of transition and being in a temporary situation. Paul taught us how to deal with transition by:
1. Letting the Holy Spirit work in our lives.
2. Being courageous.
3. Walking by faith
4. Making our aim our goal to please God.
All of us are in transition in the natural. We are moving from one stage, one place to another. We have made the transition spiritually if we are in Christ...
For purposes of this study read:
Ephesians 2:5-6, Colossians 1:12-13
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Do You Have Your Appointment? ...It's Time
...As a verb, an appointment is the act of assigning to a position or office. Most often you hear about it in the political arena but it happens in other areas as well, including the body of Christ.
Do you have your appointment?
An appointment is also a set time and place in order for parties to meet for a specific purpose. People make appointments to meet with physicians or lawyers accountants, the clergy, etc. It’s time...
When we consider the purposes of God we must consider that everything happens by appointment; God appoints us to the specific positions that will accomplish His purpose.... For purposes of this study read:
Ecclesiastes 3:1-11
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PRISON BREAK
... There are literal prisons where men and women have been incarcerated because of crimes that they have committed. There are also virtual prisons that have people trapped. There are no physical walls or chains that hold them but they are prisoners none-the-less and need a prison break. God wants us to be free...
For purposes of this study read:
Acts 16:16-31
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RESTORATION IS HERE!
Fulfilling our destiny
...All of us have been or will be in a position that we need restoration. Whether it is manifest in our bodies or our souls or the inner man, there will come a time when we will need restoration.
Restoration is putting things back into the position that God intended them to be from the beginning. We must know that there is a destiny for each of us...
For purposes of this study read:
Luke 15:11-32
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CHOICES
...What does Psalm 121 have to do with making a choice? A choice is an act of the will whereby we make a selection
from various options that we have in any given situation. The Psalmist begins with, I will;...
We may ask the question, “what is the difference between a choice and a decision?” ...
Key Text: Psalm 121
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Speak the Word Only
...The church, the ekklesia, must be on guard, receive the message from God and speak the word of God only. The message that we repeat is the message that we receive. And when we repeat the message that we have received and believed, we conceive that message in the inner man and when something is conceived, it will produce unless it is aborted. We believe unto righteousness and confession is made unto salvation....
Key Text: Matthew 8:1-10
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The Difference Between Law & Grace
...To get into the doctrine of salvation, you must come to Bible study. The focus in Bible study is on what really occurred when we accepted Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior. What does it mean when we say, “I am saved?”...
We hear that since we are saved, we are no longer under the law but we are under grace. The question comes to mind, “what is the difference between law and grace?”...
For purposes of this study read:
Galatians 3:16-29
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God's Got This!
...When God tells us to take a step of faith we sometimes struggle because we begin to asses our situation from the natural perspective; from our perspective and not from God’s perspective.
An entire generation of Israel did not make it into the promised land because they did not trust God and looked to their own strength and found it wanting....
Key Text: Romans 8:28
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A New Mind for A New Year
...The New Year is often thought of as presenting an opportunity for a new beginning. This is a time when people feel that they can put away the failures of the previous year and look forward to success in the New Year. People feel that they can get a fresh start; that all of the past is left behind and they can resolve to do better in areas where they think that they have failed or come short in the previous year...
Key Text: Romans 12:1-3
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God is Speaking to Me! (Part 2)
...David first speaks of God and how His glory is declared and His Work displayed.
Next, David focuses on the word of God.
Finally David focuses on the efficacy of the word where we are concerned and closes with a prayer concerning the words we speak.
Those are the three I want to deal with in this Psalm. Last week, we focused on God....
Key Text: Psalm 19
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Seeking the Presence of God
...God is our source and we need His presence in our lives at all times. We especially need Him when we are going through trials or when we are under attack by the enemy. When we are tried or attacked, our tendency is to look at our resources or the circumstances that we face. However, I encourage you to look not at your resources but at your source. Our source is El Shaddai, the ALMIGHTY God; the God who is more than enough. It is in Him that we live and move and have our being...
Key Text: II Samuel 6:1-11
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Receiving The Favor of God
...The term blessed as ascribed to this Psalm is rendered “happy.” Therefore we would be saying, Happy is the man.However, the happiness comes from...
Key Text: Psalm 1:1-3
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Follow The Leader
...There are a lot of Simons out there. They are called by various names and we can begin with Satan, false prophets or false teachers; be warned....
Key Text: I Corinthians 11:1-12
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Thanksgiving Day Is Every Day
For Christians, however, the giving of Thanks
should be a process of our existence. We
have so much to be thankful for...
Key Text: Psalm 40:5
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God Gave Us Time
...It seems that time is getting by us very quickly. When you have something to do and you think that you have time, suddenly the time is here and quickly is gone. We often find ourselves asking, “…where did the time go?
Key Text: Genesis 1:3, 14
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Work for What Matters
...The words of the prophet Isaiah come to
mind concerning what our priority out to be
when we labor (work). There is a message
for all of us in what the prophet i s saying in
this 55th chapter. We have the ability to buy
bread without money...
Key Text: Isaiah 55:2
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Message - June 25, 2006
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Below are a list of previous messages from Pastor available for download.
*You must have Adobe Reader Installed on your computer to view the PDF version of these files. There is also Non-PDF version also available for most messages.
Transitions: Where You Are Is Just Temporary
...,think of LIFE because this is really what it is all about. ...There is coming a time when we are going to have to transition from this tabernacle to another tabernacle... ...we expect transition; moving from one stage to another. We expect that the transition continues as time passes...
For purposes of this study read:
2nd Corinthians 5:1-10
NEW: View the Non-PDF Version of this Message
Transitions Part 2: Moving from Time to Eternity
... Previously we discussed the fact of transition and being in a temporary situation. Paul taught us how to deal with transition by:
1. Letting the Holy Spirit work in our lives.
2. Being courageous.
3. Walking by faith
4. Making our aim our goal to please God.
All of us are in transition in the natural. We are moving from one stage, one place to another. We have made the transition spiritually if we are in Christ...
For purposes of this study read:
Ephesians 2:5-6, Colossians 1:12-13
NEW: View the Non-PDF Version of this Message
Do You Have Your Appointment? ...It's Time
...As a verb, an appointment is the act of assigning to a position or office. Most often you hear about it in the political arena but it happens in other areas as well, including the body of Christ.
Do you have your appointment?
An appointment is also a set time and place in order for parties to meet for a specific purpose. People make appointments to meet with physicians or lawyers accountants, the clergy, etc. It’s time...
When we consider the purposes of God we must consider that everything happens by appointment; God appoints us to the specific positions that will accomplish His purpose.... For purposes of this study read:
Ecclesiastes 3:1-11
NEW: View the Non-PDF Version of this Message
PRISON BREAK
... There are literal prisons where men and women have been incarcerated because of crimes that they have committed. There are also virtual prisons that have people trapped. There are no physical walls or chains that hold them but they are prisoners none-the-less and need a prison break. God wants us to be free...
For purposes of this study read:
Acts 16:16-31
NEW: View the Non-PDF Version of this Message
RESTORATION IS HERE!
Fulfilling our destiny
...All of us have been or will be in a position that we need restoration. Whether it is manifest in our bodies or our souls or the inner man, there will come a time when we will need restoration.
Restoration is putting things back into the position that God intended them to be from the beginning. We must know that there is a destiny for each of us...
For purposes of this study read:
Luke 15:11-32
NEW: View the Non-PDF Version of this Message
CHOICES
...What does Psalm 121 have to do with making a choice? A choice is an act of the will whereby we make a selection
from various options that we have in any given situation. The Psalmist begins with, I will;...
We may ask the question, “what is the difference between a choice and a decision?” ...
Key Text: Psalm 121
NEW: View the Non-PDF Version of this Message
Speak the Word Only
...The church, the ekklesia, must be on guard, receive the message from God and speak the word of God only. The message that we repeat is the message that we receive. And when we repeat the message that we have received and believed, we conceive that message in the inner man and when something is conceived, it will produce unless it is aborted. We believe unto righteousness and confession is made unto salvation....
Key Text: Matthew 8:1-10
NEW: View the Non-PDF Version of this Message
The Difference Between Law & Grace
...To get into the doctrine of salvation, you must come to Bible study. The focus in Bible study is on what really occurred when we accepted Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior. What does it mean when we say, “I am saved?”...
We hear that since we are saved, we are no longer under the law but we are under grace. The question comes to mind, “what is the difference between law and grace?”...
For purposes of this study read:
Galatians 3:16-29
NEW: Get the non-PDF Version of this Message
God's Got This!
...When God tells us to take a step of faith we sometimes struggle because we begin to asses our situation from the natural perspective; from our perspective and not from God’s perspective.
An entire generation of Israel did not make it into the promised land because they did not trust God and looked to their own strength and found it wanting....
Key Text: Romans 8:28
NEW: Get the non-PDF Version of this Message
A New Mind for A New Year
...The New Year is often thought of as presenting an opportunity for a new beginning. This is a time when people feel that they can put away the failures of the previous year and look forward to success in the New Year. People feel that they can get a fresh start; that all of the past is left behind and they can resolve to do better in areas where they think that they have failed or come short in the previous year...
Key Text: Romans 12:1-3
NEW: Get the non-PDF Version of this Message
God is Speaking to Me! (Part 2)
...David first speaks of God and how His glory is declared and His Work displayed.
Next, David focuses on the word of God.
Finally David focuses on the efficacy of the word where we are concerned and closes with a prayer concerning the words we speak.
Those are the three I want to deal with in this Psalm. Last week, we focused on God....
Key Text: Psalm 19
NEW: Get the non-PDF Version of this Message
Seeking the Presence of God
...God is our source and we need His presence in our lives at all times. We especially need Him when we are going through trials or when we are under attack by the enemy. When we are tried or attacked, our tendency is to look at our resources or the circumstances that we face. However, I encourage you to look not at your resources but at your source. Our source is El Shaddai, the ALMIGHTY God; the God who is more than enough. It is in Him that we live and move and have our being...
Key Text: II Samuel 6:1-11
NEW: Get the non-PDF Version of this Message
Receiving The Favor of God
...The term blessed as ascribed to this Psalm is rendered “happy.” Therefore we would be saying, Happy is the man.However, the happiness comes from...
Key Text: Psalm 1:1-3
Soon to be Posted: Get the non-PDF Version of this Message
Follow The Leader
...There are a lot of Simons out there. They are called by various names and we can begin with Satan, false prophets or false teachers; be warned....
Key Text: I Corinthians 11:1-12
Soon to be Posted: Get the non-PDF Version of this Message
Soon to be Posted:
Thanksgiving Day Is Every Day
For Christians, however, the giving of Thanks
should be a process of our existence. We
have so much to be thankful for...
Key Text: Psalm 40:5
NEW: Get the non-PDF Version of this Message
God Gave Us Time
...It seems that time is getting by us very quickly. When you have something to do and you think that you have time, suddenly the time is here and quickly is gone. We often find ourselves asking, “…where did the time go?
Key Text: Genesis 1:3, 14
NEW: Get the non-PDF Version of this Message
Work for What Matters
...The words of the prophet Isaiah come to
mind concerning what our priority out to be
when we labor (work). There is a message
for all of us in what the prophet i s saying in
this 55th chapter. We have the ability to buy
bread without money...
Key Text: Isaiah 55:2
Soon to be Posted: Get the non-PDF Version of this Message
*You must have Adobe Reader Installed on your computer to view or download these files.
Audio of Messages
Message - June 25, 2006
More revisions are soon to come!
Please continue to check our site for updates.