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Evening 11 June 2023

Pastor Michael Mehring I want to take us on a journey — a journey of the last few days of Jesus life— we will be Going… —from the garden — through the trial — to the cross — engaged in the battle of the ages — and finishing with the victory!! Let’s begin from the garden Jesus was facing Substitution…

On the very first Christmas mankind was oblivious to all that was happening. Not much has changed. Many people want the celebration of Christmas. Many people look forward to the gifts and even time off of Christmas. Many retailers look forward to all the profits of Christmas, and yet the world wants…

Teach God’s Character and Work. (The Word) So that the people may turn from a rebellious Heart (Root) Sins of “Unbelief, Pride, Selfishness” (Repentance) and “Be Reconciled to God” (Justification) Resulting in Transformation - behavioral change of the work of the HS (Sanctification) Which is obedience…

There is a constant conflict within our hearts, it is the conflict of comfort with what we know verses the need to embrace that which is new. People like what they know, they like being with people like them and in essence people don’t like change. Who remembers the movie Happy Feet? There was this constant…

Introduction: This Psalm is a song and it is much like Psalm 27 which is composed of two different sections. The first section which comes to us from verses 1-10 show us just how thankful the Psalmist is for God’s salvation. On the back half of this Psalm which includes verses 11-17 we see an individual…

1 For since the law has but a shadow of the good things to come instead of the true form of these realities, it can never, by the same sacrifices that are continually offered every year, make perfect those who draw near. 2 Otherwise, would they not have ceased to be offered, since the worshipers, having…

1 Long ago, at many times and in many ways, God spoke to our fathers by the prophets, 2 but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed the heir of all things, through whom also he created the world. 3 He is the radiance of the glory of God and the exact imprint of his nature,…

1 Thessalonians 5:19 As we have looked at this series on living The Great Life we have seen that God has made man a Spiritual Being. But because of the fall of man, our spirit died. This is the state of all man who are unsaved - the Natural Man. When we accepted Christ as our Savior, he brought that…

Hebrews 10 Good morning church! Glad you all made it here this morning. We are thankful that we have power and a roof over our heads to be able to gather and worship our God together. I hope many of you read ahead this week. There is some repetition from where we have been, so reading ahead helps us…

This week Dr. and Pastor Tim Keller passed away from cancer. He was a man used by God to reach many many people with the gospel. He was good friends with John Piper. And John Piper made a video describing the last email correspondence he had with his friend Tim Keller before he passed away. In his last…

Leviticus 1:1-6:7 Review TORAH GPS We continue to use the Torah as our guide to do our portions So far we have come from Genesis to now Leviticus, and God has been at work Let me summarize it like this: B’Reisheet, in the beginning, God creates Paradise, but we fail to rest. God begins again with Avraham…

The Person and Work of Christ the Mediator 1 For since the law has but a shadow of the good things to come instead of the true form of these realities, it can never, by the same sacrifices that are continually offered every year, make perfect those who draw near. 2 Otherwise, would they not have ceased…

As we commence the New Year I want to ask you a question. It is a very simple question but the answer is quite profound. What is God’s will for you this year? Interesting question isn’t it? Some of you will say, “I haven’t got a clue” Others will give a theologically correct but incomplete answer, which…

This morning we are going to observe the Lord’s supper. The Lord’s supper is a time for us to remember what Jesus has gracious done for us in providing our salvation. When observe the elements of communion, when we eat the bread and drink the cup, we do it, in remembrance of Jesus Christ. Each element…

Faith Studying faith is like drinking from a spiritual fire hose. The scriptures are filled with example after example of genuine faith, failed faith, earth shattering faith, and just enough faith. No matter which category of faith or place in your faith journey you are in, God has something to say to…

This is our 3rd week in the teaching portion of our EMPTY acronym, our flyover of the New Testament. It’s a 40,000 foot flyover, but its giving us a sense of the overarching message of redemption and seeing the connections of the New Testament back to the Old, and the flow of the story from Genesis on.…

My daughter and wife bought this cook book several years ago and it really does have some amazing recipes of meals to make. What is extremely awesome is the actual pictures of the food that you make. In fact every recipe that you look at just leaves you more hungry. But, trying to be fed by just the…

FREEDOM Today is Juneteenth, a date that commemorates the events of June 19, 1865, when Union soldiers arrived in Galveston, Tex., to inform enslaved African Americans in the furthest reaches of the Union that the Civil War had ended and that they were free. ...Despite the surrender of the Confederacy…

We are talking about a faith that is Tried & True…There’s a Testing of our Faith to determine if it is true. When we hear the word faith a lot of ideas come to mind…some people think about “blind faith,” something crazy, some people think about “positive thinking,” some people think about a belief system,…

Sin Separates Humanity from God, But God Made a Way to Defeat Sin. 14 And the Lord God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life: 15 And I will…

This morning I want to preach a timely and I think providential message on the subject of giving. I don’t go out of my way to preach about giving. In fact I normally only talk about it as I am naturally preaching expository through a book. This year God worked so that we could address this subject right…

When the Lord Comes Near — He Lifts Up the Humbled May God’s grace, mercy, and peace be multiplied to you all this blessed Fourth Sunday in Advent. Amen For a lot of people, Christmas has more or less arrived. Our kids have either already started their Christmas break from school — or are about to —…

Larry King was once asked: "If you could select any one person across all of history to interview, who would it be?" Mr. King's answer was that he would like to interview Jesus Christ. When the questioner followed with, "And what would you like to ask him?" King replied, "I would like to ask him if he…

1 For since the law has but a shadow of the good things to come instead of the true form of these realities, it can never, by the same sacrifices that are continually offered every year, make perfect those who draw near. 2 Otherwise, would they not have ceased to be offered, since the worshipers, having…