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Prayer & Persistence
BY REV. DORAL PULLEY, Today’s Church Tampa Bay “He spoke a parable to illustrate that people are to always pray and never give up (Luke 18:1).” Jesus, the Perfect Pattern, was a great teacher and often used parables to illustrate his point. Parables represent earthly stories that have heavenly
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Our Father
“Our Father who is in heaven. Hallowed be your name (Matthew 6:9).” You are both human and Divine. As such, your divinity comes from our Father, Jehovah, and your humanity comes from our mother, earth. God is always your Father, and nothing will ever change that. You are a Divine idea that
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Praying in the Name of Jesus
“In that day you will ask me nothing. Verily, verily, I say unto you, whatsoever you shall ask the Father in my name, he will give it to you (John 16:23).” Praying in the name of Jesus is more than saying “in the name of Jesus” at the end of prayer (John 16:22-27). Pray with the […]
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Prayer Partners
BY REV. DORAL PULLEY, Today’s Church Tampa Bay “Where two or three are gathered together in my name, there I am in the midst of them (Matthew 18:20).” I got introduced to the idea of Prayer Partners at an All- Night Prayer Service at the Holy Name Church of Jesus. After our Friday Night
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Facing What’s Forward
Pastor Brian K. Brown, St. Mark Missionary Baptist Church Scripture Reference: Genesis 8:13 -19 Continuing to unpack the theme of how to successfully face forward and face it with faith, we journey through the chronicling of Noah’s narrative, verse 13. This scripture allows us to examine the exodus
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Wolves: The Kingdom Key of Sheep & Goats
BY REV. DORAL PULLEY, Today’s Church Tampa Bay READ | Matthew 7:13-20 “Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves; therefore, be as wise as serpents and harmless as doves (Matthew 10:16).” Wolves are conniving and destructive. The wolf is that part of us that does not desire to
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Permanent
BY REV. DORAL PULLEY, Today’s Church Tampa Bay Read – John 1:1-18 Scripture: “I AM the Lord your God, I do not change (Malachi 3:6).” Denial: “My identity will never change.” Affirmation: “My spirit is wholeness. My soul is healing. My body ismanifesting that health.” I AM is always permanent
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Praying the Kingdom-The Kingdom Key of Binding & Loosing
READ | Matthew 18:15-20 Kingdom praying is building consciousness, your awareness of God. You build consciousness by quoting scriptures, denials, and affirmations. There is power in speaking the Word of God aloud with power and authority. There is power in denials and affirmations. Praying the
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Way of Speaking
“…If anyone says to this mountain, ‘Go, throw yourself into the sea,’ and does not doubt in their heart but believes that what they say will happen, it will be done for them (Mark 11:23).” Prayer is two-way communication between you and God. Prayer impacts what you say to yourself about
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Your Agreement, Your Assignment
The Kingdom Key of First & Last BY REV. DORAL PULLEY, Today’s Church Tampa Bay READ | Matthew 20:1-17 “Study to be quiet, to do your own business and to work with your own hands (I Thessalonians 4:11).” In today’s work world, we are familiar with people working different shifts. For example, in
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Selah
BY DORAL PULLEY, Today’s Church Tampa Bay “After he had dismissed them, he went up on a mountainside by himself to pray. Later that night, he was there alone (Matthew 14:23).” Selah is a one-word prayer. You can find Selah in the Bible over 70 times (Psalm 3:2-8, Habakkuk 3:3-13). It is
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What’s Your Sign? – Luke 2:1-20
Rev. Brian K. Brown, Pastor, St. Mark M.B. Church Christmas is not about the commercial aspects of this season but is a reminder to us about the Christ who makes Christmas possible. In verses 11 and 12 the Angel announces to shepherds of a great occurrence they weren’t aware of.  A baby had been
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What are we doing with the gift God has given us?
Psalm 118:24   Pastor Brian K. Brown, St. Mark M.B. Church Every day God grants to us a wonderful gift.  We open our eyes to the beauty of a new day that comes from God where we can experience more of him and do more for him in the day he has provided.  How will you […]
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Fellowship
BY REV. DORAL PULLEY, Today’s Church Tampa Bay “That they all may be one; as you, Father, are in me, and I in you, that they also may be one in us (John 17:21).” Jesus realized his oneness with God and his oneness with good. He knew that there was no separation between God and […]
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New is not Improved! The Kingdom Key of Old & New
BY REV. DORAL PULLEY, Today’s Church Tampa Bay READ|Matthew 5:14-17 “It shall come to pass that the mountains shall drop down new wine, andthe hills shall flow with milk, and all the rivers of Judah shall flow withwaters, and a fountain shall come forth out of the house of theLord. (Joel
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After The Valley
Rev. Brian K. Brown, St. Mark M.B. Church Genesis 26:23-33 From the text we see another valley at Gerar where Isaac found himself.  Isaac has spent time in the valley but according to verse 23 he is not to dwell in the valley.  We may be experiencing valleys like Isaac, but God does not want […]
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The Kingdom Key of Wise and Foolish –
BY REV. DORAL PULLEY, Today’s Church Tampa Bay The Kingdom Key of Wise and Foolish is rooted in the Parable of the Ten Virgins (Matthew 25:1-13). Five of them were wise and five of them were foolish. The difference between wisdom and foolishness is preparation. The Kingdom Key of Sheep and Goats is
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The Kingdom Key of Binding & Loosing
READ | Matthew 23:13-39 “Woe to you, teachers, writers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You shut the door of the Kingdom of God in people’s faces. You yourselves do not enter, nor will you let those enter who are trying to (Matthew 23:13).” Do you remember the first time that you were
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Co-Creators with God
Read – Genesis 1:1-31 Scripture: “Through faith we understand that the heavens and the earth were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seenwere not made of things which do appear (Hebrews 11:3).” Denial : 'No one else can create my experiences.' Affirmation: “I AM co-creating with
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Are You A Good Neighbor?   What Does A Good Neighbor Do?
Pastor Brian K. Brown, St. Mark Missionary Baptist Church Luke 10:25-37 The text is the story of the Good Samaritan.  In the passage we find a ‘certain lawyer’ ask Jesus what he should do to inherit eternal life.  Jesus responded by asking him ‘what is written in the law?’ The lawyer responded by
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Thankful During Unsettling Times
Rev. Brian K. Brown, Pastor, St. Mark M.B. Church Philippians 4:4-7 As we are getting ready to celebrate another Thanksgiving holiday, let us be reminded that we don’t need a holiday to be thankful.  Every day is a day to be thankful.  Paul writes this epistle while imprisoned to a bellowed group
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The Big Revelation
“Jesus answered and said, I thank you, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you hid these things from the wise and prudent and revealed them unto babes (Matthew 11:25).” Jesus, our Wayshower, began his prayer with thanksgiving, and then he acknowledged the Lord of heaven and earth as his
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Praying the Kingdom-The Kingdom Key of Binding & Loosing
BY REV. DORAL PULLEY, Today’s Church Tampa Bay READ | Matthew 18:15-20 Kingdom praying is building consciousness, your awareness of God. You build consciousness by quoting scriptures, denials, and affirmations. There is power in speaking the Word of God aloud with power and authority. There is
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Inferred I Ams
BY REV. DORAL PULLEY | Today’s Church Tampa Bay Read – Matthew 16:13-20 Scripture: “Then Jesus replied, Blessed are you Simon, son of Jonah,flesh and blood did not reveal this to you, but my Father which is inheaven(Matthew 16:17).” Denial: “My identity is not limited to
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Sowing vs. Planting: The Kingdom Key of Sowing & Reaping –
BY REV. DORAL PULLEY, Today’s Church Tampa Bay READ | Matthew 13:1-23 There is a difference between sowing and planting. With planting, you have a designated place, a plan, and the preparations to make it grow and produce fruit. With sowing, you throw the seeds out and let the seeds fall where they
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What’s Needed if More WiII Become Our Reality?
Rev. Brian K. Brown, Pastor, St. Mark M.B. Church Sermon Series: Facing What’s Forward | Scripture Reference: Genesis 12: 1- 3 How many times have you and I stopped to ponder what God requires of us in our daily walk with him or how can we make our lives impactful for others from
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Balancing Ministry & Family Jesus, the King of the Kingdom
READ | Matthew 12:46-50 “Whoever does the will of my Father in heaven is my brother, my sister, my mother, my family (Matthew 12:50).” When Jesus, the Wayshower, said my Father, he was claiming his personal relationship with God. His relationship with God superseded the religious rituals and dogmas
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Robbed But Still Rich
PASTOR BRIAN K. BROWN, St. Mark M.B. Church John:10 The text is a parable where Jesus shares a human story laced with spiritual heavenly truth. The story is of shepherding and sheep with the shepherd. The sheep have a good shepherd, and he cares for the sheep but there are those in the midst of […]
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Balancing Being & Birth Jesus, the King of the Kingdom
BY REV. DORAL PULLEY, Today’s Church Tampa Bay READ | Matthew 1:16-25 Whether your parents were married, separated, or divorced, your conception was perfect for your purpose. Maybe your parents were unmarried teenagers or adults who had not planned on having any more children; your conception was
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Congratulations to St. Mark’s 2021 Graduates!
St. Mark M.B. Church, Pastor Brian K. Brown On Sunday St. Mark extended congratulations and God’s blessing to its graduating high school and college graduates: Jordan Anderson – Graduate of Dixie Hollins High School.  He plans to pursue a career in Electronics, Video Development/Streaming.  His
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