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Epigram on Overcoming Many times we are faced with challenges. Some challenges are external, many are internal. Some challenges are daily, and some challenges come and go There are self inflicted challenges There are challenges that are not initiated by you Challenges of the physical Challenges of the…

His Final Words Then he delivered Him to them to be crucified. Then they took Jesus and led Him away. And He, bearing His cross, went out to a place called the Place of a Skull, which is called in Hebrew, Golgotha, where they crucified Him, and two others with Him, one on either side, and Jesus in the…

Lure of Comparison 1 Samuel 18:6–8 ESV And it came to pass as they came, when David was returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, that the women came out of all cities of Israel, singing and dancing, to meet king Saul, with tabrets, with joy, and with instruments of musick. And the women answered…

Intro: We are here to glorify God by following Jesus together and calling everyone to follow Him with us. The WIFE acronym helps us with the details. Glorify God- Everything is about God. Pointing out his greatness. We do that most especially with the idea of worship. More than singing. It’s a way of…

Intro: We are here to glorify God by following Jesus together and calling everyone to follow Him with us. The WIFE acronym helps us with the details. Glorify God- Everything is about God. Pointing out his greatness. We do that most especially with the idea of worship. More than singing. It’s a way of…

Intro: We are here to glorify God by following Jesus together and calling everyone to follow Him with us. The WIFE acronym helps us with the details. Glorify God- Everything is about God. Pointing out his greatness. We do that most especially with the idea of worship. More than singing. It’s a way of…

Text: Matthew 21:1-17 Each year we celebrate the Triumphal entry of Jesus into Jerusalem — as we should. But we tend to limit Jesus’ triumphant entry to Him riding into Jerusalem on a donkey. But here in Matthew we see three other indicators of Jesus’ triumph. Palm Sunday is MORE than a triumphant entry…

“To God Alone Be All Glory” Text: Romans 11:33-36 I want you to see a picture in your mind. An old man of 80+ years stands on a mountain. There are deep lines in his face reflecting the burden of leading many people. His hair, if he has any, is white and thinning. But don’t be fooled by his grandfatherly…

Recognizing Mom’s birthday On this 2023 Sanctity of Human Life Sunday, let us remember that Jesus is CREATOR, GIVER and SUSTAINER of Life. True Life. Eternal Life. Resurrection Life. But also, this life we live in the natural world. We are here according to His purpose and plan. I know that Roe v. Wade…

Receive Members I. Membership A. It is a privilege to welcome new members into the church! 1. I have had opportunity to do so many, many times over the 13 years that I have been pastor here. 2. Praise God! B. Normally I would not be doing this with an Annual Business Meeting coming up next week. ARTICLE…

READ Text: John 14:16-20 esp vs. 18 I don’t know all of what your year was like. Maybe some of you had a fairly normal year. I know some of you went through extraordinarily DIFFICULT THINGS. And then there were some of you had a very BLESSED year. Whatever kind of year you faced, please know this with…

We live in a broken, messed up world. (examples) How did it get this way? Some say it just is like this, and there’s no God. Just chance. Some say if there’s a God, He doesn’t care or isn’t able to do anything about this. Some say there’s a God and His ways are so mysterious that we can’t make any of…

Last week I proclaimed that, even in times of difficulty, chaos, turmoil and even persecution — we can have hope. As I said last week: Hope is here because Jesus is here. Jesus is here because we have gathered in His Name. We have worshipped in His Name. We have prayed in His Name. And now I proclaim…

Previous: November 30, 2008 AM God’s Gift of Grace Previous: 06-06-1999 PM Subject: Grace Subject 2: God’s Blessings Synopsis: God’s grace flows to us through Jesus. Let us grow and walk in that grace. Text: Ephesians 2:8-9 Do You Know Him? Last Sunday I emphasized the importance of KNOWING the Jesus…

az- AB - ah to hef-zee-BAH PRAYER Text: Isaiah 62:1-5 Jerusalem has a long and checkered history. Our personal history may not be as long, but most of us can identify with the checkered part. Jerusalem was originally a pagan city. But David conquered it and it became his capital city over all Israel.…

Intro: We are here to glorify God by following Jesus together and calling everyone to follow Him with us. The WIFE acronym helps us with the details. Glorify God- Everything is about God. Pointing out his greatness. We do that most especially with the idea of worship. More than singing. It’s a way of…

God is the “I Am” Good afternoon! Thank you for coming to the service this afternoon. We read in Exodus 3:13–15 (LSB) [That at the burning bush] Moses said to God, “Behold, I am about to come to the sons of Israel, and I will say to them, ‘The God of your fathers has sent me to you.’ And they will say…

Intro: We are here to glorify God by following Jesus together and calling everyone to follow Him with us. The WIFE acronym helps us with the details. Glorify God- Everything is about God. Pointing out his greatness. We do that most especially with the idea of worship. More than singing. It’s a way of…

For the last few weeks we have been looking at the 6 marks here in John 17 that Jesus prayed His followers and, by extension, His church should have. The world in which we live and in which this church exists desperately needs people and a church marked by love, by fullness of joy, by unity, by holiness,…

What a week this has been for our country! In the middle of this 4th of July weekend we think about decisions the U.S. Supreme Court handed down in these last few days before summer recess Two of these decisions have impacts on religious freedom. First, the court ruled in favor of a U.S. Postal employee…

Intro: We are here to glorify God by following Jesus together and calling everyone to follow Him with us. The WIFE acronym helps us with the details. Glorify God- Everything is about God. Pointing out his greatness. We do that most especially with the idea of worship. More than singing. It’s a way of…

Moving Past our past: That can be really hard! This past week I starting going through photos to find pictures of the Brownings and Jim Hartsock for a memorial in a service I plan to do in June. Wow! It was hard seeing those who have gone on to be with Jesus. AND to see how some of us have gotten older.…

Intro: We are here to glorify God by following Jesus together and calling everyone to follow Him with us. The WIFE acronym helps us with the details. Glorify God- Everything is about God. Pointing out his greatness. We do that most especially with the idea of worship. More than singing. It’s a way of…

Intro: We are here to glorify God by following Jesus together and calling everyone to follow Him with us. The WIFE acronym helps us with the details. Glorify God- Everything is about God. Pointing out his greatness. We do that most especially with the idea of worship. More than singing. It’s a way of…

Intro: We are here to glorify God by following Jesus together and calling everyone to follow Him with us. The WIFE acronym helps us with the details. Glorify God- Everything is about God. Pointing out his greatness. We do that most especially with the idea of worship. More than singing. It’s a way of…