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Good morning church Announcements: Next Saturday - Youth Fundraiser, Couples dinner Tonight - Youth Group Wednesday Night - Children and Adult Bible Study Pray - Preach. We know the church is to behave as a hospital for sinners. Sometimes we look more like a nursing home, other times we look more like…

The Lord God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to work it and keep it. And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, “You may surely eat of every tree of the garden, but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall surely die.”…

Submitting to direction from a wise & caring Shepherd enables us to positively traverse unknown circumstances.

(S1) — SERIES — Life: we only have ONE! What are we doing with OUR one... “The real proof of the transformation Jesus brings, is not in the habits we practice, but in the lives we lead.” How do our lives as follower’s of Jesus, impact our RELATIONSHIPS — FINANCES – PRIORIES – GROWTH — CRISIS 50+ years…

Crisis is never fun. An amen goes right there. No one likes a crisis. Crisis is a part of life. We cannot get through this world without a crisis at some point. To survive we must have hope. The reality is many who commit or attempt suicide do not have adequate hope to manage the crisis they find themselves…

14 And when they came to the disciples, they saw a great crowd around them, and scribes arguing with them. 15 And immediately all the crowd, when they saw him, were greatly amazed and ran up to him and greeted him. 16 And he asked them, “What are you arguing about with them?” 17 And someone from the…

Palm Sunday / Passion Sunday Shocking how quickly it all goes wrong Absolute adoration —> absolute hatred Dealing in absolutes I’m absolutely right .: you must be absolutely wrong See it all the time in the world around us Sadly we also see it in our own families, in our own lives. Sometimes it lasts…

I am sure we all know that life is full of crises and crossroads. The decision you make during a crisis or crossroads will determine your future. As someone who made many wrong choices in life, I appreciate those smart kids and adults who have the endurance to stay in the right course when confronted with a crisis or crossroads. In Luke 21:5-19, Jesus revealed a set of spiritual principles to endure crises. Let's take a look ...

Mark 5:21-34 In the last two messages in Mark we have seen some people that have gone through some series crisis in their life. The disciples in the midst of a great storm and then a man in the country of Gadarenes that was possessed by a Legion of demons. Both situations seemed hopeless but both found…

Intro ; Last week as we defined the word “Rapture”, [ harpazo ], which is used 13 times in the NT. It means to be caught up or snatched away from danger or destruction. We talked about the two main reasons for the rapture of the church; The Rapture will end the church age and trigger the events of the…

Sometimes we try so hard to make Christmas feel special that forget the ways in which Christmas is also ordinary; God did something special when Jesus was born at Christmas, but it came into an ordinary world in an ordinary way.

Let’s go verbing! Faith is a noun, complete trust or confidence in someone or something. strong belief in God or in the doctrines of a religion, based on spiritual apprehension rather than proof. But, let’s take faith and put it into action. That is what you see tonight a progression of faith. Open your…

The book of Esther reads like a good news/bad news story. Her story starts off like this... Bad News: She was born into slavery in a foreign land. Good News: Her family is together. Bad News: Both of her parents die, leaving her an orphan. Good News: She gets to have her kind cousin, Mordecai, raise…

Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth: But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also. And if any man will sue thee at the law, and take away thy coat, let him have thy cloke also. And…

NOTE: This is a manuscript, and not a transcript of this message. The actual presentation of the message differed from the manuscript through the leading of the Holy Spirit. Therefore, it is possible, and even likely that there is material in this manuscript that was not included in the live presentation…

Psalm 143 We all face, or will face, various and numerous crises in our lives. Most seem to come and go pretty quick, however some are long-term. Things like: illness unemployment disability death of a loved one unfaithfulness Whatever it might be for you, those lasting trials are difficult to bear.…

A Turning Point What are some major turning points in following God’s will for your life? Do you believe God calls all Christians to some type work / assignment? Acts 13:36 (ESV) 36 For David, after he had served the purpose of God in his own generation, fell asleep and was laid with his fathers and…

Last week, focused on the turning points of life. These turning points can become a crisis in our life. Crisis meaning decision or judgment. The main point of these crises are will we follow, or not? This week focuses on the adjustments we must make in life. The book makes this comment “You cannot stay…

The key to avoiding fights and quarrels is mortifying selfish passions and submitting to God's grace in the lives of others.

Know God How do we get to know God? And, is there a difference between knowing God, and knowing about God? Too often, we may be as guilty as the Israelites described by Moses in Exodus 3:13 13 Then Moses said to God, “If I come to the people of Israel and say to them, ‘The God of your fathers has sent…

Hebrews 5:7 “who, in the days of His flesh , when He had offered up prayers and supplications , with vehement cries and tears to Him who was able to save Him from death, and was heard because of His godly fear ,” In an open garden (gethsemane), between the brook kedron and the foot of the mount of olives…

Citizens of America. Citizens of Heaven. Being a good citizen in America without betraying our Hevenly citizenship.

Prejudiced Introduction v.2 Oxymoronic Behaviors vv. 3-5 Response by Worship v6 Change Does Not Come Without Resistance vv.7-12 Improved Image vv.14-15 Build the Family vv. 18-19 Share Your Testimony v20

We just heard from what we know as the Triumphal Entry passage in John’s gospel. Next Sunday is Easter. This Sunday is traditionally called “Palm Sunday” because of what was just detailed in that passage. Within that text we heard the people crying out Hosanna! (save us. save us.) Blessed is He who comes…

(S1) Ever done something difficult, but not doing it was not an option, because doing it would serve a greater purpose? First Funeral/Keryx (Tim) Jesus near to Jerusalem/Gethsemane/Palm Sunday/What’s next (S2) — Today Luke points us to Jesus’ tears... 41 And when he drew near and saw the city, he wept…