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Let’s begin with a word of prayer. Gracious and Loving Father, as we gather here in Your presence, we humbly seek Your guidance and wisdom. Bless this assembly with Your Spirit, and open our hearts to the transformative power of Your Word. May our time together today be a testament to Your love and grace,…

Introduction: Everyone loves a good hero story, right? What makes them a true hero? I think most of us would agree that it is their selflessness and service to others. No one thinks of a taker as a hero. If Superman came in and used his power to dominate everyone and make much of himself, he wouldn’t…

From the beginning of the series, we saw that God created us for fellowship with Him and others. Selfishness sought for meaning outside of a relationship with God. This led to separation and loneliness. Christ carries out the heroic act of restoring us to friends. As friends we are on a quest toward…

Do not go back to normal! Play video: Christmas story wise men. 12 And having been warned by God in a dream not to return to Herod, the magi left for their own country by another way. If you go back to normal there is a trap set for you. God has anointed a new path for you and He has lifted His favor…

Selfless Love Marches Victorious over Self-glorification GOAL: Understand the surprising value of Love as God bestows it, and practice it. MALADY: We emotionalize love, which makes it subject to our unreliable feelings. MEANS: The means to the goal is the carefully considered understanding of the fullness…

The Book of Jeremiah Author: Jeremiah 650BC - 560BC Name: “The LORD exalts, lifts, raises” - Nickname “The Weeping Prophet” Date of Writing: 561 BC Audience: The people of Judah Theme: Judgment on God’s people. Submit to foreign domination as being disciplined. Chapters: 52 Interesting Fact: It is the…

p / Vasily Arkhipov / I doubt you recognize the man in the photograph, and I wonder how many of us even know his name. This man is Vasily Arkhipov (Vah-SEE-lee Ar-KEY-pov), and on October 27, 1962 he may have saved the world as we know it. / He was the second in command of the Soviet submarine B-59 during…

God’s people are given a mission. The stories in Acts show us how that mission takes shape in the church; it is a mission that still takes shape in the church today.

The final group of four apostles is the least known to us, except for Judas Iscariot, who made himself notorious by selling Christ to be crucified. This group seems to have been less intimate with Christ than the other eight disciples. They are virtually silent in the Gospel narratives. Little is known…

National healing is only possible through the people of God. It is now 21 years since those tragic events of 9/11. Two buildings struck by two airplanes and demolished in the center of New York. The symbol of military might, the Pentagon, struck by a third plane. A fourth plane, crashing in central Pennsylvania,…

In judges 6 we see Gideon is met by an angel of the Lord while he is beating out wheat in a winepress to hide it from the Midianites. So the setting is the Midianites are raiding the land of Israel, during the harvest they would come and take all the food from the Israelites. And so you see Gideon in…

In this section of Scripture Jesus turns to the relationship we believers are to have with one another. The command to love one another acts as bookends to this section of John 15 . It is hard to miss. Keeping the Lord’s commandments mentioned in John 15:10 “If you keep My commandments, you will abide…

He who does not prepare for death is more than an ordinary fool. He is a madman. Charles Spurgeon In the day and time that we live…it seems we don’t hear much talk or preaching about Hell or death... And for good reason..who wants to talk or think about hell and death... We want to hear about the good…

Intro Continuing in the Psalms, our Songs of Faith. These are not just historical curiosities, these are precious songs and prayers for God’s people to use. But, we use them through Jesus. Jesus is our worship leader. He is our Great High Priest and our anointed King. All the Psalms find their fulfillment…

Awareness of the wickednes of others warns us to consider our choices.

Names mean something to us. Alyvia (found it in a baby name book) Marie Jane (both grandma’s) Bennson (baby name book) Hugh Amyah (picked by Amy and spelled for her) Renea (Amy) Names meant even more in the Old Testament. They would name their children by how they felt, something that was happening,…

Jesus' Perfect Work of Salvation for Us Enables us to Honor Him and the Day Set Apart for Him. During our Wednesday evening gatherings our attention is directed to the Ten Commandments, where Luther famously explains each command with, “We should fear and love God so that...” It is only the First Commandment…

Responding to the Government This is another significant area of Christian response. We’ve considered how Christians should respond to others (12:14-16), to evil (12:17-21), and now to the government. This is in tune with discerning the good, acceptable, perfect will of God (12:2), and in tune with relating…

If you are anything like me, you have been on an emotional roller coaster this week. Some have made police to be heroes, others have blamed law enforcement (seemingly more than the perpetrator) for the extent of the atrocity in Uvalde. This was a domestic situation where those who responded to combat…

What about your other resolution?

There has been a growing trend in the last decade or so to make movies and T.V. shows centered around the villains of classic stories. It began for me when Disney made a movie about Maleficent, the villain of Sleeping Beauty. As time went on, I noticed a shift where kids were more interested in dressing…

From the Ashes Sacrifice (Palm Sunday) Big Idea: The Hebrew people experienced the temporary forgiveness of sins by the blood of an animal sacrifice. The sacrifice of Jesus, to leave heaven and offer himself on the cross, was an atoning sacrifice that is effective throughout eternity. Through Christ…

It is a pretty common theme in movies - the hero gives up their own life to save another. Harry Stamper - the main protagonist in the outlandish movie Armageddon played by Bruce Willis, is an oil rigger who dies in a suicide mission in space protecting the earth from an approaching asteroid. In Terminator…

The Need for Redemption (1:8–22) A. Political slavery (1:8–10) B. Economic slavery (1:11–14) C. Social slavery (1:15–22) D. Spiritual slavery (1:8–2:25; 9:1) Introduction: The first half of the book focuses on Israel’s departure from Egypt: the historical setting (1:1–2:25); In Genesis 12:2–3 God made…