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If you have ever gone through troubling times or are currently going through troubling times than this message is for you today. This is the Psalm you need to be reminded of. But, in order for us to see what the Psalmist is talking about here we need to go back to Psalm 88 . In the Psalms, the Sons of…

Over the past few weeks we have begun this new series on the foundations of our faith. The background behind all of this is to make sure that we have a firm foundation under us and what we believe. I see many Christians today when asked about God or His Word unsure or they just don’t know. So, my desire…

Intro; Being a good parent can be a difficult and challenging venture, but at the same time can be the most rewarding and fulfilling thing we ever do. The Bible has a lot to say about the way we can successfully raise our children to be men and women of God. As a good parent, the most important thing…

The Results of God’s Love Good morning. It is good to be back to preaching today, after a short-term fever knocked me out of commission last weekend. I am so thankful for our regular Sunday worship and tech team, Andrea and Patty, and for Mary Lopez with a really good Mother’s Day message for us. And…

11 For this is the message that you have heard from the beginning, that we should love one another. 12 We should not be like Cain, who was of the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his own deeds were evil and his brother’s righteous. 13 Do not be surprised, brothers,…

1 “But now hear, O Jacob my servant, Israel whom I have chosen! 2 Thus says the Lord who made you, who formed you from the womb and will help you: Fear not, O Jacob my servant, Jeshurun whom I have chosen. 3 For I will pour water on the thirsty land, and streams on the dry ground; I will pour my Spirit…

When God Sent God The Celebration of God’s Love celebrations represent the culmination of hard work John 3:16–21 (ESV) 16 “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. 17 For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn…

The Results of God’s Love I have spent a few weeks in these lessons from 1 John, talking about the results of God’s love. This is one of my favorite books in the New Testament. It is full of insight that comes from the beloved apostle John, after many years, probably many decades of living with a full…

The Results of God’s Love Today is part 4 of this study in 1 John. We spoke of God meeting our deepest needs in Christ at the Cross; then about Knowing God; last week our gerund was Loving like God’s Children, today it is Believing like God’s Children, and next week on Mother’s Day it will be Behaving…

The Results of God’s Love Message 3 in our post-Resurrection Sunday series from 1st John. We already talked about God meeting all our needs for salvation in Jesus Christ, mostly from chapter 1. Then last week we shared about what it means to “Know” God through Jesus Christ, mostly from chapter 2. I decided…

1. _Show love_ 1 Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children. 2 And walk in love, as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us, a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God. 1. Show Love 2. _Show light_ 3 But sexual immorality and all impurity or covetousness must not even be named among you, as…

1 In the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, on the fifth day of the month, as I was among the exiles by the Chebar canal, the heavens were opened, and I saw visions of God. 2 On the fifth day of the month (it was the fifth year of the exile of King Jehoiachin), 3 the word of the Lord came to Ezekiel…

6 who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, 7 but emptied himself, by taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men. 8 And being found in human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross.…

In these last few Sundays together as we made our way through Luke 6 , we came to see how Jesus prepared for and began to announce the glorious kingdom of God. It is in God’s kingdom where wrongs will be set right and this lost world will be made new. And I pray that we also came to see that Jesus calls…

I would like to thank everyone for being here this Sunday. You had many choices in front of you for the day but you choose to worship with us at Concord UMC. I am honored and grateful for you making that decision. I cannot believe that we are moving into our second part of our Bedrock Series as we begin…

Introduction Back in September, I sat down and began to set out a preaching schedule and themes for the next few months. I knew we were going to do Jonah and I looked at the dates for Advent. Advent, a time to reflect on the beginning of Emmanuel, God dwelling with us, and I noticed that there would…

Introduction: Good morning. If you have your Bibles let me invite you to open with me to the book of Mark chapter 6. We will begin reading in verse 53 and then read through chapter 7 verse 13. 53 When they had crossed over, they came to land at Gennesaret and moored to the shore. 54 And when they got…

What worship song or hymn is meaningful to you right now? The songs we listen to and sing, whether publically or in the shower matters. Worship matters. Public worship matters. Private worship matters. We see in our text this morning the important of worship. The importance of being faithful in worship…

God’s Design As I told you all last week, for the next three weeks we are going to be taking a journey around how we can best share our faith with others. I don’t know about you, but for many believers sharing their faith can be difficult. It can be overwhelming. Questions arise in our minds like, “What…

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…

INTRO Growing up as a Pastor’s kid, before there was Chat GPT, there was my dad. I could pretty much go to him and ask him anything about the Bible and get an answer. And I guess I grew up assuming God was real and didn’t really question anything about Him, until I got into my high school years. Until…

Intro: Theme/Topic (What’s the problem, the question, etc.) One thing you may not know about me is that I’ve had quite the acting career! As a kid my friends and I would use my dad’s camcorder to record skits we made up. And in high school I took some video production classes. My junior year, I got a…

Announcements Our door to door evangelism this past Sunday and yesterday Tyler Brandon Samuel Kathy Halie Scripture Reading: Pastoral Prayer Pray for the lost Pray for transformation of our hearts Pray for God presence in this place Pray for God’s will to be revealed to us in relocating INTRODUCTION…

Where is God? 2 Why should the nations say, “Where, now, is their God?” 3 But our God is in the heavens; He does whatever He pleases. Why do the wicked rage? 1 Why are the nations in an uproar And the peoples devising a vain thing? 2 The kings of the earth take their stand And the rulers take counsel…

The mission of the church is centered in God’s love for the world; our connection to the love of God frames our actions as followers of Jesus.