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Lonely Nation Listen, I believe we were created for so much more than what this world offers. A study was released this week by the Surgeon General that says that Americans are lonelier than we been in 20 years And that study ended before COVID brought even greater loneliness. Over the past 25 years…

(S1) SERIES—When God Intervenes—2 words that change everything — No matter what your going through, how you feel about your self, your life, or your circumstances...There is always a BUT God Last week—Jacob— BUT GOD has seen my hardship —Undeserving Today—One who is most deserving... SHEPHERD: confident,…

Setting a Hedge of Protection Within our lives there are many things which tempt us to stray from our secure lives as Christians. Society deems different lifestyles as okay and provides enticement to veer off the straight and narrow path through television and movies. When we investigate the moral nature…

Good morning once again. It's great to be with you this morning. I had planned for weeks on preaching about absolute truth today, in response to questions in our culture. However, this week it just wasn't coming together and I realized what I needed was to bring you a message of hope and encouragement…

Leader Guide ESV, Unit 11, Session 6 © 2019 LifeWay Christian Resources. Permission granted to reproduce and distribute within the license agreement with purchaser. Edited by Rev. Lex DeLong, M.A., Sept. 2022. Summary and Goal In this final session from the life of King David, we turn our attention to…

Jesus tells this parable to convey the cost of discipleship. This parable about a dishonest manager who had one admirable quality, persistence. The manager squandered the property of the rich man But, he had the audacity to cover it up for his own gain. He literally stole property of the rich man to…

A Cry in the Deep READ Jonah 2 . (v 2,3) God does the casting they are His waves and billows Fear and Faith (v 4-6) Panic and overwhelmed, and a dash of hope the power of “ yet ” based on a promise from God (key that unlocks resources) Worship in the Dark (v 7-9) Prayer is an act of worship- sacrifice…

We are reminded that God graciously forgives our debts. We are encouraged to show compassion to others kneeling at Jesus' feet.

More hope for the troubled heart Click here for another picture to use (then use the summary below for Jn14:1-6 ) They had a troubled heart that started to have hope given from Jesus Hope for a troubled heart Believe in Jesus like you do the Father Believe in the place, I go to prepare, the way I go…

The Sick Need A Doctor As we continue thru Luke’s Gospel this morning we are again reminded of the reason Jesus came. Everything we see Jesus do is an extension of his mandate from Isaiah 61 . He lives on mission. Whether it infuriates people, confuses people, or amazes people, Jesus proclaims and demonstrates…

Today we begin a new series called Jesus is Greater. I begin a new semester of school a couple of weeks ago. Last semester I received my associate degree and that was so easy, I decided to go ahead and finish up my bachelors degree in Church Ministries. One of my classes this semester is having us do…

Introduction: In our justice system, a person has to raise his or her right hand as they give an oath asserting that they are going to speak the truth. The right hand is a symbol of power and authority as well because around 90% of people are naturally right-hand dominant. As I thought through this interchange…

Created For More Last week we looked at Jesus feeding of the 5000. Crowds gathered to hear the Gospel of the Kingdom Proclaimed and Demonstrated. The crowd was gathered because the Gospel of the Kingdom touched them to the very core of their human longing. We were created for Kingdom of Heaven living.…

Greatness in Christ’s kingdom community is built upon humility, love and forgiveness

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him. Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever…

For just as the body is one and has many parts, and all the parts of that body, though many, are one body—so also is Christ. For we were all baptized by one Spirit into one body—whether Jews or Greeks, whether slaves or free—and we were all given one Spirit to drink. Indeed, the body is not one part…

Therefore is a great word for starting our Epistle reading this evening because it lets us know that what we are reading is based on what has just been said a chapter earlier. And the preceding chapter, the first chapter of Hebrews, starts, “Long ago, at many times and in many ways, God spoke to our…

1 Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, for many false prophets have gone out into the world. 2 By this you know the Spirit of God: every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God, 3 and every spirit that does not…

Many people are unwilling to experience the new things God is trying to do in their lives because of the baggage that keeps them longing for the past. When we wonder, "what if" or "if only," we rob ourselves of the fresh work of God within us that can take us places we cannot imagine.

God’s character is perfect. Who is God? The short answer is-perfect. In every characteristic of God he is just this—perfect. We are imperfect. Though we strive for perfection we will never attain it. God’s goodness is powerful. We have seen this to be true as we sung of it this morning. For the people…

The preacher of preachers, Charles Haddon Spurgeon once said, “My faith rests not in what I am, or shall be, or feel, or know, but in what Christ is, in what he has done, and in what he is doing for me.” Another great theologian, John Owen wrote, “Faith itself is of God. Not of ourselves; and teaches…

Learning How to Live Like Jesus This doesn’t have to do with long hair and a perfect beard, or togas and sandals, or learning Hebrew or the street language of Aramaic: Learning how to live like Jesus means learning how to live with his values for personal choices of behavior, and even more importantly,…

One of the great needs of our day is to simply get people lost. Everyone is a Christian, everyone is righteous, everyone is good. For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh: According…

Through the faith practice of celebrating we delight in circumstances, relationships, and occasions that help us remember and anticipate God’s abundant goodness, creativity, faithfulness, beauty, and love.

Big Idea: John was among the greatest of prophets, but the believer today is greater than John The people’s response to John the Baptist and Jesus shows us that we must be careful to: Accept God’s Word When it is hard to receive When it is graciously given Realize that God uses many teachers who have…