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Isaiah 42-45 Good evening church! Just a reminder that we are transitioning back to our Growth Groups for the months of May and June, so wherever we leave off tonight, we will pick back up the first week in July and continue on through the summer with our midweek study. I’m excited to get into the Word…

1 Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring. 1 The word that Isaiah the son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem. 2 It shall come to pass in the latter days that the mountain of the house of the Lord shall be established as the highest of the mountains, and shall be…

God is. This is the central truth of the universe. But why is it important to our lives? It is important because this one truth has massive implications for our being, our identity, our purpose, and as we will see, every choice we make either moves us closer or farther from our own flourishing and wholeness.…

Elder - Matt Markham

Today is Fathers Day. Happy Fathers Day to all you Dads. This August will be 10-years since my Dad went home to be with the Lord. What a great guy! A wonderful sense of humor, while always teaching me a new way to handle a project or problem. I have many fond memories of my Dad, but the one that stands…

Introduction One Creator 1 But now, thus says the Lord , who created you, O Jacob, And He who formed you, O Israel: “Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by your name; You are Mine. 2 When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; And through the rivers, they shall not overflow…

Introduction What is purpose? Directions or goals we personally set. What is our purpose in life? Is it to become the next millionaire? Is it to be a dedicated and devoted spouse? Is it to be a disciplined employee? Is it to be the best parent to your children that you can be? If we spend time, though,…

The catechism tells us that our only comfort in life and in death is that we belong to our faithful savior Jesus. What does that assurance look like in our world today?

Several times in the past I have told you that Tammy and I really like reality TV shows. One we came across a while back, and he has done several is about a man Named Bear Grylls.Any of you seen him. Christian guy. HEAR IS HIS PICTURE.Let me tell you about him. He was he a SAS Officer. or special air…

It is obvious that the immediate context of this passage is God’s deliverance of Israel from the hands of the Babylonians, but there is a lot of application that speaks to the character of God and the salvation and deliverance He provides for His Church as well. God has redeemed us 1 Now this is what…

Peter sets up a significant contrast here in 1 Peter 2 . The contrast is between unbelievers and believers. Unbelievers are those face God’s judgment, those who stumble over Jesus and fall headlong into destruction, those destined to disobey, the picture we see in 1 Peter 2:8 . and, “A stone that causes…

Intro “Where were you when…” This is a question we ask around important events. During pivotal moments in history, we tend to remember our circumstances. The longer we live the more of them we experience. For millennials, the biggest moment was probably 9/11. For all of us, a different kind would be…

I Have Engraved You on the Palms of My Hands Isaiah 49:8–16 (ESV) 8 Thus says the Lord: “In a time of favor I have answered you; in a day of salvation I have helped you; I will keep you and give you as a covenant to the people, to establish the land, to apportion the desolate heritages, 9 saying to the…

Comfort 1 Comfort, O comfort my people, says your God. 2 Speak tenderly to Jerusalem, and cry to her that she has served her term, that her penalty is paid, that she has received from the Lord ’s hand double for all her sins. Last Week Last Sunday I spoke about “Shocking Hope.” A reminder that Christian…

Theme: We are blessed when we see how God views things. Intro: To me, one of the striking things about reading the OT profits is that the people had no ability to see what God was doing and why he was doing it. We are about to embark on a study about what God said He would do, the options presented to…

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.

Leader Guide ESV, Unit 15, Session 1 © 2019 LifeWay Christian Resources. Permission granted to reproduce and distribute within the license agreement with purchaser. Edited by Rev. Lex DeLong, M.A., Jan. 2023. Summary and Goal In the previous unit, we explored why God would judge the sins of His people.…

Leader Guide ESV, Unit 15, Session 1 © 2019 LifeWay Christian Resources. Permission granted to reproduce and distribute within the license agreement with purchaser. Edited by Rev. Lex DeLong, M.A., Jan. 2023. Summary and Goal In the previous unit, we explored why God would judge the sins of His people.…

Genesis 3:14-15 Dec 17, 1927 8 year old S class submarine conducting tests off coast of MA. 2273 Any Hope Of Rescue? Someone has said that if you could convince a man there was no hope, he would curse the day he was born. Hope is an indispensable quality of life. Years ago the S-4 submarine was rammed…

Summary Revelation 21-22 is John’s climactic vision of the new Jerusalem and new earth. In Part 1 we looked at how Israelites thought about the concept of “temple” and how that concept led John to conflate the expectation of a new temple and see fulfillment of that expectation in a city (the new Jerusalem)…

God dispersed the people for their own good, then later He united the peoples out of His mercy.

From Fear to Faith; Jesus Walks on Water Text: Immediately he made his disciples get into the boat and go ahead of him to the other side, to Bethsaida, while he dismissed the crowd. After he said good-bye to them, he went away to the mountain to pray. Well into the night, the boat was in the middle of…

Does anyone know what this picture represents? This might be the most amazing data picture you see in a lifetime! It shows the 63,779 cross-references in the Bible. The white bars along the bottom represent each Bible chapter, Gen. 1 - Rev. 22 . The line’s color shows the reference’s distance from the…

Chicken Crackers - can’t find the door - door should be here but it’s not In life when things should work out one way-but don’t God should do this - but doesn’t John the Baptist was absolutely certain Jesus was the Messiah Luke 1:39-41 , 57-80 John 1:29-33 , 43-45 At the same time, Jesus didn’t seem…

People don’t take outsiders seriously unless they see that you identify with them in some meaningful way. You might have had an experience where you didn’t belong and you knew it. I remember being invited to a party at the Patriots Motorcycle Clubhouse at Narangba. The real estate agent through whom…