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Come And See I love to see the excitement on a kids face when they discover something new or receive something surprisingly unexpected. They get so excited about it they want to show and tell everyone about this new thing they have. Just this week Eden went to the dentist. As she was leaving they gave…

Defeat anxiety and worry about a future you can’t control by fighting to focus your heart and mind on the loving God who is glad to be with you in the present.

Epiphany: The manifestation of Christ to the Gentiles as seen in the coming of the Magi *** Image: Camels and Magi. “Nations shall come to your light, and kings to the brightness of your dawn” ( Is 60.3 ). “They shall bring gold and frankincense, and shall proclaim the praise of the Lord” ( Is 60.6 )…

Last week we discussed the call of Abraham. 367 years after the Flood, God seeks out Abraham, and calls him out to use him for His purposes. It was WITH Abraham that God establishes a covenant...and it was THROUGH Abraham that God would reveal His plan of redemption. See we talked about how mankind up…

Do you remember being tested in school? Why did the teachers make us take those tests? Was it because they didn’t know the answers and wanted to learn from us? I don’t think so. It was to help us see what we knew and what we still needed to learn. Some time later God tested Abraham. He said to him, “Abraham!”…

Ecclesiastes 3:1-8 Today we start a new series, entitled, The Truth about Change. Change is one of the constants of life. Seasons change People change Governments change Animals change etc. Many are resistant to any change. We do things this way, we have always done things this way, this is the way we…

A mother buys her little boy a helium balloon from a vendor at the fair. Its shiny foil liner is shaped like his favorite cartoon character. He clutches the balloon string tightly as they make their way to the Ferris wheel. All at once, a dog from the crowd barks loudly behind them. The boy jumps suddenly…

Prayer With this week being Father’s Day, we thought it would be a good time to conduct a baby dedication service... as well as recognize our Graduate for 2018. With that said, we’re going to be looking at another Father in scripture... ABRAHAM 367 years after the Flood, God seeks out Abraham, and calls…

Our Scripture lesson this morning is 1 Corinthians 8:1-13 : Now concerning food offered to idols: we know that “all of us possess knowledge.” This “knowledge” puffs up, but love builds up. If anyone imagines that he knows something, he does not yet know as he ought to know. But if anyone loves God, he…

For our reading this morning, I’m going to invite Drew up to read our Scripture for us this morning: Now the boy Samuel was ministering to the Lord in the presence of Eli. And the word of the Lord was rare in those days; there was no frequent vision. At that time Eli, whose eyesight had begun to grow…

We are continuing our series this morning What child is this? This four-week Christmas sermon series looks at Isaiah 9:6 and the titles given to the Christ child Isaiah prophesied would come. So if you have your bible go head and turn to Isaiah 9:6 . If not you can follow ago on the screen in a few minutes.…

Jerusalem’s blindness to God’s Messiah means absolute destruction for the city, bringing pain and tears to the Messiah who loves the blind city. Let us not be as Jerusalem!

The Reality of Death & the Hope of Deliverance Genesis 5 traces Adam's descendants through Seth to Noah. Enoch and Noah have a bit of description, the rest just record their age and death. This chapter isn’t normally the highlight of anyone’s Bible reading plan. Leupold, in one of the classic commentaries…

Introduction When we were moving towards adoption, very sweet and concerned people would say this: “Your life is about to change!” So true! That new relationship changed my life forever! And it was expected…but there was no way to anticipate all the ways it would change. Relationships impact your life.…

How do we live in the tension? Let us love our enemies, pray for those who persecute you, do good to those who love you. It makes us feel fake, doesn’t it? The human emotions are either still waters that run deep, or sometimes are more like a torrential river rushing close to the surface. In either event,…

A man in a hot air balloon realized he was lost. He reduced altitude and spotted a woman below. He descended a bit more and shouted, "Excuse me, can you help me? I promised a friend I would meet him an hour ago, but I don't know where I am." The woman below replied, "You are in a hot air balloon hovering…

Static Electricity/ Potential Energy We cannot see electrons. We cannot see the potential energy that is stored up in an object like a sheet of paper, a balloon or an electric wire. We cannot see the potential energy stored in a storm cloud. Wires are small and flexible yet hold a strong enough current…

Stay Encouraged This world is not my home i’m only passing through. song take me by the hand by Jim Hill 50 Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption. 51 Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall…

Has anyone ever committed a mistake? We have all made mistakes in our lives. Tell about a funny mistake… Mistakes are messy. What’s worse is the mistakes we make in relationships. We say things, we .... Those can lead to regret. Regret - mourn the loss of or to be very sorry for... Many people when they…

Introduction: Identity Theft – How many of you have been a victim of identity theft or had someone duplicate your Facebook profile and claim to be you? How many have received a friend request and wondered if it was actually from the person who it claimed to be? How many have answered a caller-id from…

Sometimes life is about pig slop and fish guts. That was true for the prodigal son and for Jonah. The prodigal son ( Luke 15 ) ended up squandering his father’s wealth and eating pig slop. Jonah rebelled from God’s command to preach to Nineveh and ended up in the guts of a big fish. In The Story we will…

A Common Problem for All of Us: You see, We Like What Is New. We like things that are. . . Fresh — Edgy — Pushing the limits — Re-imagined — Refreshed — Revitalized or Re-energized. Those are exciting words, the kind of words that are designed to make us want the latest and best, and to move away from…

I Am The Lord Your God Rev. Thomas A. West Sr. October 31, 2021 Exodus 20:2-3 Why Halloween Is Celebrated? Though the holiday began in Celtic regions of Ireland, the United Kingdom, and France, it quickly spread to other parts of the world. The first American colonists in New England were forbidden to…

Introduction: Have you ever known someone who was a Lone Ranger Christian? Now they likely did not refer to themselves in this way but they lived their life as if their growth as a Christian was a private thing between only them and God. Have you ever wondered how we know the way in which the church…

Jon shares about the role of those in the Bible which we do not want to imitate. We don’t want to be “that guy”. We cannot mistake proximity to matters of God with intimacy with God.