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A. Rapport for the time I love a good story don’t you? If you are like me you began life with your grandfather telling the most intersecting stories about how they grew up. It moved on to my Dad who would tell all kinds of crazy stories which you would find out B. Reading of the text Paul on the Island…

Church Camp story - JH camp working He was willing to give the shirt off of his back He was not to attached to the shirt In this moment at least, he was willing to give up whatever he had to help someone else... This is the essence of simplicity “Simplicity is freedom. Simplicity brings joy and balance.…

Greediness: Having a keen appetite For.... 10 The one who loves silver is never satisfied with silver, and whoever loves wealth is never satisfied with income. This too is futile. 11 When good things increase, the ones who consume them multiply; what, then, is the profit to the owner, except to gaze…

Intro: What is the best way to prove a point - give an example right? Especially if people are unwilling to believe your claim, whether you are true or false, by giving an example of your claim, you hearers will know the truth. For example I can build a chicken coop. Don’t believe me just looky here…

“Choosing Good or Evil -The Choice is Yours ” This Week’s Theme: Be Constant in the midst of Chaos Memory Verse: 2 Kings 17:39 But the Lord your God you shall fear; and He will deliver you from the hand of all your enemies This Week’s Word is Steadfast: Not fickle or wavering; constant; firm; resolute…

READ Matt 21:1-11 . The Triumphal Entry (2min) Timing: Preparation for passover bedichat chamets (cleansing) preparation of the sacrificial lamb right on time- arrangement for the donkey 1. Palm Waving Masses (7min)(v 1-5) Those gathered in fulfillment of ancient prophecy ( Dan. 9 ) 9 Rejoice greatly,…

34 Awake to righteousness, and sin not; for some have not the knowledge of God: I speak this to your shame. 51 Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, 52 In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall…

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Last Easter we did not meet. COVID scare had us in lockdown. So much has changed in a year. Some things for the better but it sure seems to me that hopelessness has increased too. I hear from so many people who have let fear grip them. So many people who become chronically depressed, anxious, and hopeless.…

Verse 19 The same angry mob in Iconium from verses 5-6 make the journey of more than 100 miles that Paul and Barnabas just did to persuade/win over the multitudes to join in their hate and violence. It wasn’t enough for them to kick Paul and Barnabas out of their region, they wanted to make sure everyone…

Galatians 3:1-5 Few things are more tragic or disappointing than a Christian who deserts the purity of the gospel for a false form of Christianity especially when it presumes to improve the finished work of Christ. I have had converts leave our church and go to a church that is works based. Yet that…

Context: Where does this fit in the Big Picture of God's Glory? The First Missionary Journey Continues Greek and Roman Mythology had tales of gods coming down and walking about. Usually causing trouble, but the story of Baucis and Philemon (yes, similar name) Zeus and Hermes wandered through Phrygia…

Garden imagery in Isaiah 61 this sermon The prophet speaks of the coming anointed one - the coming Messiah מָשַׁח [mashach /maw·shakh/]. The year of the Lord’s favour, and the coming of the new creation - a new garden, a new Eden when all of creation will be restored. v. 3 A planting of the Lord Anticipates…

Text - Subject - Hope Theme - Thesis - Principle - Easter reminds us of the hope that we have because of the sacrifice Jesus made for us. I. Introduction Hope - Do you consider yourself a hopeful person? It can be difficult today to live with hope when we look at the world around us. The truth of the…

Our service today is stark, abrupt, inconsistent. It starts with us singing the regal 8th century hymn all glory laud and honor and just as quickly we sing the comparatively downtrodden Stricken Smitten. There is little else to say about this except that on this side of the resurrection we should know…

It's only a few days from Palm Sunday to the Crucifixion. How fickle the world's praise! One Sunday you're crowned, the next crucified. Jesus' sixth word from the cross is the hallelujah cry of the saints.

1. The Surprising Discovery (18) 18 Now the birth of Jesus Christ was as follows: when His mother Mary had been betrothed to Joseph, before they came together she was found to be with child by the Holy Spirit. “birth” is the same word as genealogy in 1:1. 1:1 is His human legal genealogy and 1:18 is…

Exodus 2:23–25 (ESV) — 23 During those many days the king of Egypt died, and the people of Israel groaned because of their slavery and cried out for help. Their cry for rescue from slavery came up to God. 24 And God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with…

A little boy was sick on Palm Sunday and stayed home from church with his mother. His father returned from church holding a palm branch . The little boy was curious and asked, "Dad, why do you have that palm branch?" His dad said, "You see, when Jesus came into town, everyone waved Palm Branches to honor…

John 19:1–16 1 Then Pilate therefore took Jesus, and scourged him . 2 And the soldiers platted a crown of thorns, and put it on his head, and they put on him a purple robe, 3 And said, Hail, King of the Jews! and they smote him with their hands. 4 Pilate therefore went forth again, and saith unto them,…

Introduction Last week we learned that our need is twofold: we need reconciliation and transformation, or justification and sanctification. We dealt primarily with the need of Justification: Justification is an act of God whereby He declares unjust sinners to be just after He has imputed to them the…

IF God is your Shepherd and you travel with His flock, you’ll have all you need to live a good life.

Palm Sunday – Luke 19: 28-44 Scene 1/ On the road Jesus took, a traveller would arrive first at Bethany and then come to Bethphage, about two miles from Jerusalem. The elevation at this point is about 2,600 feet, and from it you have a breathtaking view of the Holy City. The Lord was about to do something…

Illustration: Have Natalia try to put together small puzzle that is missing a piece. It’s frustrating to put a puzzle together only to find that you are missing one or two pieces that keep you from completing it. Many people are frustrated - saved and unsaved alike - because they “feel” as though something,…