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Jesus' soon return inspires hope, demands holiness, and motivates witness.

1 Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea was no more. 2 And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. 3 And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “Behold,…

Have you ever wanted to write a book? Me neither. Writing books is really hard. Reading books takes a while, I imagine writing one takes a little longer. Now, what’s funny is we’re a church of about 100 people, and we have several authors in our midst! Gene Poppino has helped write a book. Hannah Russell…

1 Now when they drew near to Jerusalem and came to Bethphage, to the Mount of Olives, then Jesus sent two disciples, 2 saying to them, “Go into the village in front of you, and immediately you will find a donkey tied, and a colt with her. Untie them and bring them to me. 3 If anyone says anything to…

A couple of weeks ago I started a series Jesus is _______. How would you fill in the blank? We talked about how Jesus is always with you. Today were going to talk about.......... Jesus is scandalous . Often we speak of God’s grace being “amazing,” but let’s take a moment and categorize it as “scandalous.”…

Luk e 2:1-20 What child is this Who's laid to rest On Mary's lap is Sleeping? Whom angels greet with anthems sweet While shepherd's watch are keeping This this is Christ the King Whom shepherds guard and angels sing Haste! haste! To bring him, Lord! The babe, the son of Mary Why lies He in such mean…

1 And when the sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome, had bought sweet spices, that they might come and anoint him. 2 And very early in the morning the first day of the week, they came unto the sepulchre at the rising of the sun. 3 And they said among themselves,…

Introduction Since the 3rd century before Christ (about the time of Alexander the Great), smallpox has killed more than half a billion people. In 18th century Europe, people would scratch themselves with smallpox to give themselves a mild case of the disease. This mild case would train your immune system…

3 Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear, and who keep what is written in it, for the time is near. Revelation is not written to incite fear, but to invoke courage — Matt Chandler 1 After this I looked, and behold, a door standing open in heaven!…

Today is Palm Sunday, the day that we celebrate with believers around the world this triumphant entry of Jesus into Jerusalem as King of peace. This is the beginning of what we celebrate as Holy Week. Historically, if Jesus would have entered the city today - he would be crucified on Friday, and resurrected…

Purpose: To encourage people to hope for the coming of the Jesus. Proposition: In Psalm 14 we see three reasons why we should hope for the coming of Jesus. [Steve Doosey (Fox News Network) “Son, our building has been hit. See you in heaven. Love, Dad.”] 1. Because The Wicked are Wicked. 1 The fool has…

A couple of weeks ago, we left off with Jesus naming His disciples. If you remember, I said it reminding me of a pick up basketball game where you would pick teams, except Jesus picked 12 to be on His team. There were still more that followed Him, but He chose 12 to be in His inner circle and then He…

4 But when the set time had fully come, God sent his Son, born of a woman, born under the law, When the set time had fully come…God sent His Son! God made the most magnificent decision by choosing to come in the person of Jesus! Out of His love, He chose to make His dwelling among us! He chose to enter…

7 The end of all things is at hand; therefore be self-controlled and sober-minded for the sake of your prayers. 9 And they sang a new song, saying, “Worthy are you to take the scroll and to open its seals, for you were slain, and by your blood you ransomed people for God from every tribe and language…

John 12:12–19 (ESV) — 12 The next day the large crowd that had come to the feast heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem. 13 So they took branches of palm trees and went out to meet him, crying out, “Hosanna! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord, even the King of Israel!” 14 And Jesus found…

I have been reading a book about joy in sorrow and suffering. In this book there is a story told about a young lady who loses her husband to an overdose of pills. Not even a year later her 4 year old son comes down with cancer. This young woman experienced tremendous sorrow. However, during this time…

For the past several weeks, we have been reading where everywhere Jesus goes, people have been asking the question, who is this man Jesus? When He calmed the storms, who is this man that even the winds and waves obey Him. When He cast the demons out, who is this man that even the spirits listen to Him…

Quarterly Business meeting next week A very short Finance team meeting after service today INTRODUCTION This morning we will be continuing in our series through Matthew and we will be learning about “Discipleship is imitating Jesus”. Many people have their own idea of what it means to follow Christ,…

Jesus is Listening As we continue this series Jesus is _______. Tonight’s message is Jesus is Listening. When are times God is listening to you? Is it only when you are praying? Singing to Him? No I believe that’s not the case... Jesus hears everything we say and even think We spend so much time talking...…

Morning 28 January 24

Who Is Jesus? That’s the question we’re going to be discussing today and next week. We began this series in the search of truth, what it is, where it must come from, who it must come from, can that one be known, and now we are going to talk about Jesus. When a Christian talks about Jesus we sometimes…

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…

Is Jesus the Messiah? Call to Worship Intro Have you ever been into a television series and really enjoyed it. Then all of a sudden there is this extremely slow paced episode that no one seems to like, but it’s important for moving the story along. These are called expositional episodes. And the reality…

Merry Christmas! Yesterday many of us celebrated the birth of Jesus Christ, the Son of God! Because of this wonderful gift we can Rejoice, and Celebrate, and here is why, because Christ has come to give us new life. One of the great things that I read about yesterday is the birth of Christ and in Matthew…

This sermon is about two words. Two simple words. Two words that we frequently use. Both words are small. Each word has just one syllable. These two words are found in the word of the angel recorded in Luke 2:10 , “ Fear not, for behold, I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people…