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Love God. Love people. Make disciples. Ever heard that? Bringing In the Sheaves? Remember that old song. None of us knew what it meant. As we saw on Wednesday, it is a reference to the Jewish Festival of Weeks (or Pentecost), which was a celebration of the harvest in Old Testament times. A sheaf of wheat…

Your image in the world In the modern age of 2020 one of the most important things that a person holds on to is their image. It is one of the most important thing to the average Young Adult. Just look at the Average time it takes for us to get ready for the day. YouGov did a survey to show the average…

What brings you comfort? Are there times that you need comfort? What are things that bring you comfort when you have a troubled heart? Think back in the past few weeks, what are some of the thinks Jesus has offered to bring comfort to the troubled hearts to the apostles? Our Passage 22 Judas (not Iscariot)…

Divine appointments Everything God did, and did in and through Jesus was by divine design. Jesus had many divine appointments and we continue to look at them. Divine appointment with John the Baptist ( Jn1:30-33 ) Divine appointment at wedding ( Jn2:6-9 ) Divine appointment w/Nicodemus ( Jn3:1-21 ) Divine…

I knew the day was coming, when our youngest grandson, Carter, was going to finally use the one word everyone hoped he would never use. Can you guess the word? Not “no”, MINE. It happened early this week, when we were sitting at the table. He was eating his dessert, an Oreo cookie, which he has discovered…

Turn to Phil 4:4-9 in your bibles In this section of Phil 4:4-9 , Paul uses seven exhortations: (the following list and explanation of the exhortations from: Benjamin L. Merkle et al., Ephesians–Philemon , ed. Iain M. Duguid, James M. Hamilton Jr., and Jay Sklar, vol. XI, ESV Expository Commentary (Wheaton,…

God intends for you to have steadfast faith in this life! If you don't, it is not HIS fault.

Citizenship As Christians we have special citizenship, dual citizenship that comes with benefits and responsibilities too. This evening we will look at what transpired with Paul regarding citizenship and then come to our responsibilities for our dual citizenship too. A Christian has citizenship in heaven…

Aikamme on eksynyt kauas mailman luomisesta ja Jeesuksen tekemistä ihmeteoista. Uskomme kohdet tulee olla Jeesus ja Hänen tekemänsä sovitustyö meidän elämässä. Emme voi nojata meidän subjektiivisiin kokemuksiin jotka elää omaa elämäänsä ja kokemuksemme meidän uskontilasta voi olla todella värittynyttä…

Physical/Spiritual Exercise Value, physical and spiritual fitness have value, one temporally, the other eternally, both are needed. Questions to ask yourself: What value do I place on physical exercise? What value to I place on godly exercise? Do I have a responsibility to both? Consider our passage…

A night to remember There are days, there are nights that you will always remember. Without a doubt this is a great day in the life of a jailer and his household. (insert previously picture here) Previously - things leading to our story (Act16:20-24) Paul, Silas and Luke got in some hot water because…

Good morning, Gateway Chapel! If we haven’t met... Connect Card by the Coffee Machine Normally we do announcements at the end, but I wanted to end with Jesus today and not a reminder of the stuff you have to do, so we’re going to do this stuff in the middle. Is that okay? Maui Relief Fund Membership…

Stir-Up Repentance In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. Oh, how impatient we are! We have instant rice, quick oatmeal, microwave ovens, drive-through hamburgers; computers that can perform 4,000,000,000,000 (that is, four trillion , four million million) instructions…

The Word is powerful! The word is powerful, it is effective, it is informing, it is convicting, it is converting, it is transforming and it is conforming. (Heb4:12; Isa55:11; Rom7:7; Rom12:2) 12 For the word of God is living and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division…

Picking up and moving on Proclamation of God What does the word proclamation mean? What would be an example of something you have proclaimed? Do we as Christians have a proclamation we do often? If God is making a proclamation, it is something we should lean in and take note of. God’s first proclamation…

23 By faith Moses, when he was born, was hidden for three months by his parents, because they saw that the child was beautiful, and they were not afraid of the king’s edict. 24 By faith Moses, when he was grown up, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh’s daughter, 25 choosing rather to be mistreated…

Jesus was resurrected bodily, lives in our bodies, and is returning bodily.

Hope Four Candles. Hope, Peace, Love and Joy. This Sunday the Candle is the Candle of Hope. In the light of the scriptures we read today - let us reflect on what this ‘Hope’ means. Isaiah 2:1-5 Psalm 122 Romans 13:11-14 Matthew 24:36-44 What is the opposite of hope? If I try to think of the opposite…

How important is it to read your Bible? Where does Scripture memory and meditation come in? In this message, Pastor Steve will continue the 5 ways to read the Bible and also talk about the importance of Scripture memory and meditation.

Have you ever been discouraged, disparaged by the church? The imperfect church is still something we should believe in. This morning we are going to be looking at the church, described, defined and applicable. Previously we have in this series looked at: Why believe in God Creator of the world ( Gen1:1-27…

A spiritual life that truly transforms the believer from the damage of sin comes from that believer’s participation in God’s tool of confession. It says in 1 John 1:9 “If we confess our sins, He is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.” This confession…

Experiencing the World Changer 6 For to us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder, and his name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. Jesus is the Prince of Peace. Over the past few weeks, we have explored several…

I. The Worth of an Excellent Wife 10 An excellent wife, who can find? For her worth is far above jewels. 11 The heart of her husband trusts in her, And he will have no lack of gain. 12 She does him good and not evil All the days of her life. good not evil in the temporal sense and the ultimate spiritual…

Intro; This morning as we looked at “What’s Your Treasure” , we saw that Jesus was challenging His disciples [ and us ] to make a choice to whom we will trust. Is Christ our priority or are material possessions. Whatever becomes our treasure is what we will seek after. If we are laying up treasure in…

Introduction: The Book of Jude is probably not a book that is on anyone’s best seller list. Of all of the books of the Bible that you’ve studied, you probably don’t have very many verses memorized out of it and you probably have not heard a ton of messages preached from it. However, Jude is an incredibly…