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Scripture Reading: Acts 13:26-30 . Message Illustration: Recently, as I was out in a neighborhood taking our Resurrection Sunday seed packets door to door, I came across a young boy and his sister who were playing on the sidewalk outside their home. The young boy (who couldn’t have been any more than…

We all have expectations. You came to this time with us with expectations. As we gather for hearing the message you have an expectation about what will happen. I do as well. Life is full of expectations. Sometimes we are disappointed in life. Life does not go as planned. We are disappointed. We may feel…

Even from the time of Christ’s birth, there are those who anticipate resurrection; we can be people today who also live as those anticipating resurrection.

Intro Easter Sunday What is today all about. Why do we gather? Jesus is resurrected from the dead. But what is the significance of this? What does this matter in today’s world? Have you found yourself in a place where your love for the Lord has perhaps waned. You are not as interested, not as fascinated…

(S1) Mary Magdalene the first to experience the resurrection—Outside the empty tomb the risen Christ stood before FULLY ALIVE! Were her tear-soaked eyes playing tricks on her? The first April fool’s? “Teacher,” she calls him, yet we know he was to her so much more; the one who saved her. Jesus the one…

He Is Risen! Good morning! I’m Pastor Jared Trotter, and I’m excited to share a message of hope from God with you this morning! This morning - there is no other morning so hopeful as this morning! This morning is a celebration of God’s mercy, His hope from ashes, forever freedom from inescapable chains.…

1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was with God in the beginning. 3 Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. 4 In him was life, and that life was the light of all mankind. 5 The light shines in the darkness,…

It’s Easter and sometime people will say, how can you come up with a new Easter message every year. I mean it’s the same story… it doesn’t change. It’s kind of like all the different Titanic movies… in each one of them, the Titanic sinks. Easter is the same no matter how you tell the story but, I love…

We are reminded that God graciously rose from the dead, declaring us redeemed. We are encouraged to seek God where He is found.

Does it surprise you that those who knew Jesus best responded to the Good News from the Angel as they did? He has risen! He is not here. See the place where they laid him. If you had been there to witness the final week of Jesus’ life, when Jesus came in to Jerusalem on Palm Sunday, Watch him cleanse…

Intro Good morning, Gateway Chapel! Scripture Pray Intro Jim Gaffigan Easter spending—projected to break records at more than 17 billion dollars this year—is also significant, though not necessarily religiously motivated. Americans even spend more on candy for Easter than for Halloween. The average American…

In our lives we all have had those moments where a voice over a phone or a voice from across a room has gotten our attention. And it is because that voice is a voice that is familiar to our ears. I was in a restaurant one time and a group of people were talking a few tables over and a voice began to…

People don’t take outsiders seriously unless they see that you identify with them in some meaningful way. You might have had an experience where you didn’t belong and you knew it. I remember being invited to a party at the Patriots Motorcycle Clubhouse at Narangba. The real estate agent through whom…

Key Quote : The resurrection is God’s dramatic way of saying to us: ‘This is what I’m like. This is what I’ve done. And this is what I’m going to do.’ —N.T. Wright Prayer: “Lord thank you for Easter Sunday. Thank you for giving your Son so that we may have eternal life and salvation. Revive us O Lord,…

Based on Hebrews 2:9-18. Jesus ws born with a purpose and humility. Together we learn why jesus became less than angels and what that means for the living of our lives.

READ: Matthew 28:1-10 Today we continue a sermon series called Made New. Last week we looked at how the death and resurrection of Jesus changed: How we relate to God — Jesus’ death initiated a new covenant. No longer do we relate to God according to the Law, but according to a Covenant of Grace. Secondly,…

Does anyone know what this picture represents? This might be the most amazing data picture you see in a lifetime! It shows the 63,779 cross-references in the Bible. The white bars along the bottom represent each Bible chapter, Gen. 1 - Rev. 22 . The line’s color shows the reference’s distance from the…

The out-of-placeness and the feeling that something is not quite right about stay-at-home Easter 2020 might actually give us a closer glimpse of what that very first Easter Sunday was like.

Scripture: 1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was in the beginning with God. 3 All things came into being through him, and without him not one thing came into being. What has come into being 4 in him was life, and the life was the light of all people.…

What are we longing for? Good morning! Today is Sunday April 2, 2020! This is Easter Sunday. But around the world this is a very different Easter! For many of us we are stuck in our homes. Listening online to Easter services. Visiting with family via zoom! Instead of the new Easter clothes. We have Easter…

Resurrection Day 2022 This morning we’ve gathered to celebrate that Jesus has risen from the dead. I’ve titled the message, Jesus did what He said He would do. Maybe this is your very first Easter Sunday going to church or watching a church service. But for most of us, this is one of several. For me,…

Thinking About Jesus Today is pretty simple and straight forward. Next week is Easter and we are going to celebrate Jesus together, so this week I want to talk about Jesus. I want to THINK about Jesus. I want to PONDER and MEDITATE on Jesus. We are very blessed here in that we can sit and publicly talk…

Opening • Welcome • Easter coming • Child dedication - 4/2 - Palm Sunday • Boudreaux Joke Message Opening • Pray • Series = Easter is 5 weeks away • Culmination of all that Jesus came to set in place for us • We are exhorted to: 1 Therefore we also, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses,…

Grace, mercy, and peace to you; from God our Father, and from our risen Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen. Peace — is a word that can take us into a lot of different directions. Many times people connect peace with their emotions, or connect it to what is going on in the world or in our community.…