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Jesus is leading you by what you see and hear. When asked, what do you see? Some get gridlocked and cannot shift from soul to spirit. When fear partners with your imagination what you see and hear is often future tripping. Future tripping. Creating imaginational situations that don’t exist. ‘What If’…

In The Middle of Nowhere The title of the message today is “In the Middle of Nowhere”. It makes me think about a story about a guy who went on a hiking trip in the mountains on his vacation… Before heading into the wilderness, he stops at a small town general store to get some supplies. After picking…

Jesus is leading you by what you see and hear. When asked, what do you see? Some get gridlocked and cannot shift from soul to spirit. When fear partners with your imagination what you see and hear is often future tripping. Future tripping. Creating imaginational situations that don’t exist. ‘What If’…

Jesus is leading you by what you see and hear. When asked, what do you see? Some get gridlocked and cannot shift from soul to spirit. When fear partners with your imagination what you see and hear is often future tripping. Future tripping. Creating imaginational situations that don’t exist. ‘What If’…

When I was a child, 5 or 6 years old, our family took a three weeklong camping trip to see "many" of the national parks in the US. It was a great experience for us as a family. It was a great experience for me. Someday I’d like for Patti and I to do something similar, but probably not in a tent. While…

Introduction Light is a great thing. We can see what we are doing. We can see the beauty of the world. We can move around without tripping on things or stubbing our toes. With light we can make better decisions. As a story I read this week tells of a farmer. Making decisions in the dark can lead to some…

What happens when your imagination partners with Holy Spirit? 11 The word of the Lord came to me saying, “What do you see, Jeremiah?” And I said, “I see a rod of an almond tree.” Imagination and Holy Spirit. Do you think God has an imagination? Victor Frankl. Was a jew who was captured in world war 2.…

God provides resources when we encounter fear from external and internal tensions.

For the last few weeks we have been looking at the church and what makes a church. The church does not exist without the Resurrection. The resurrection gives us hope. Every step that we take on this spiritual journey should move us to another level. Today, I am concluding this series called The Easter…

Planning to camp Two summers ago, we went to CA to visit family, but we also wanted to do some camping in the Eastern Sierras on the return trip. We crossed over to highway 395 and went by: Lone Pine, Independence Big Pine and Bishop. We spent the night in a hillside camp north of Bishop and then tried…

Prayer: God, show me the way to the cross. It is still hard to understand why the Son of God would let mortal men condemn Him to such a horrible death. What love you demonstrated in that act! Show me how to demonstrate that same love to the world’s needy. Give me your power…to do your work…as I set out…

Darkness can be teh Doorway to Great Measures of Grace.

A more expansive definition of the rearguard arose during the large-scale struggles between nation-states during World War I and World War II. In this context, a rearguard can be a minor unit of regular or irregular troops that protect the withdrawal of larger numbers of personnel (military or civilian)…

As we begin, I need to warn every one that I am going to place an image on the screens overhead that at least some of us in the room will not be prepared to see. Responses may include anger, maybe even tears, so parents, you may need to shield the vision of your children from the reaction that others…

Just this past week, we have been hit with unexpected news…from our point of view. But nothing surprises God. He is infinitely amazing and endlessly fascinating—altogether unique. He is the LORD God of Israel, the God who hears, listening to the cries of the oppressed. He is the God who speaks, revealing…

One would think that by the time the Levites had finished their work, with all its carnage, God was finished dealing with Israel’s sin. The golden calf had been destroyed. Aaron had been confronted. The people had tasted the bitterness of their idolatry. The ringleaders of the rebellion had all been…

Wednesday night we launch REACH! Yes!!!! This church is one of the most valuable things we do as a church. REACH for us is the first touch with families in our area. We bus in approximately 80-100 students under the age of 18. We will feed dinner to 200 people and about 140 will be under the age of 18.…

[Example of underwhelming solution to an overwhelming problem] Maybe we feel like that. The problems, troubles, difficulties in our lives are overwhelming. And we don’t have the resources to deal with it. Maybe that’s not how you feel. But you SHOULD! Things in your life might be fine, but there is an…

The focus of 1 Samuel 4 —the chapter we’re looking at this morning—is the ark of the covenant, mentioned 12 times in this chapter. The Ark of the Covenant was the visible sign of the presence and power of God. The ark of the covenant was that sacred, gold-covered, portable box, 3.75 feet long by 2.25…

Recap: Lie: Jesus only cares about the rules and only likes perfect people. Lie: Jesus is wimpy. Today’s Lie: Following Jesus is boring. Idea that Christians don’t get to do the fun things. God is just trying to keep everyone from enjoying their lives. That is NOT true! In fact, I’ve found that living…

6 For I am already being poured out as a drink offering, and the time of my departure is at hand. 7 I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. 8 Finally, there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will give to me on that…

Esther - part 3 - Today we are going to finish this brief study of the book of Esther. In this study we have been focusing on the characters of the story. We began by talking about King Xerxes as we explored what life in Esther’s time would have been like. Last week we took a look at the relationship…

Intro Today I want to talk to you about the Next Generation. We want to see our area come to faith in Christ and living for the Lord. 43% of Born Again Believers become Christians before age 13 . 64% of Americans who Profess their faith in Christ do so by age 18 . To put it another way… Only 15% of Americans…

When I was a kid - from age 8 to 17, I was a proud member of the Boy Scouts of America. That is not an organization that I could currently endorse, but back in the day there were a lot of good things going on. The Motto of the Boy Scouts was “Be Prepared” On one hand, it was just something that you said…