TEXT: Mark 9:14-29 Title: This Kind Requires More Fasting, as an act of discipline and obedience, tunes us to the Holy Spirit and draws on divine power to confront systemic, spiritual, and communal strongholds. Some manuscripts simply say 'prayer'; others say 'prayer and fasting'. Whether the phrase was written by Mark’s hand or by the…
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YOU CAN’T HAVE ONE WITHOUT THE OTHER – REV. DR. DEMETRIA C. MCCROSKEY, ED.D – 02-15-26
TEXT: Luke 4:1-13 Title: You Can’t Have One Without the Other Fasting is not deprivation—it’s preparation. When we fast without the Word, we starve the body and the spirit. But when we fast with the Word, we feed our purpose and stand firm against temptation. Even Nehemiah shows in Nehemiah 1:8 that fasting must be…
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THERE’S GOOD WORK TO BE DONE AND WE ALL HAVE A PART – REV. DR. DEMETRIA C. MCCROSKEY, ED.D – 02-08-2026
TEXT: Nehemiah 2: 11-18 TITLE: There’s Good Work to Be Done and We All Have a Part When God calls us to rebuild the broken walls around us—our families, our faith, our neighborhoods—God invites all of us to put on our spiritual hard hats. Under the power of the Holy Spirit, everybody has work to…
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PUSHING PAST POTENTIAL TO PERFORMANCE – REV. DR. DEMETRIA C. MCCROSKEY – 01-25-2026
TEXT: Nehemiah 2: 10-12 TITLE: Pushing Past Potential to Performance Introduction 1. Previous Sermons on Nehemiah a. Pray Before You Act – Nehemiah 1:1-10 b. Pray Before You Answer – Nehemiah 2: 1-5 c. In Between Prayer and Purpose – Nehemiah 2: 4-10 2. Our God-given Potential and Purpose Attracts Haters Point One – “They”…
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