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This morning we are starting a new series titled Criticizing Jesus: The Words of Jesus. In this five-week series we will look at the criticisms Jesus faced during his ministry. What does each criticism reveal about Jesus’s character, priorities, authority, and mission? If you look at the Gospels you…

Introduction Good morning again. At this time any children that would like to go to our children’s ministry can exit right out the back doors and someone will take them to their room and they will have a lesson at their age level. For the rest of you, go ahead and turn in your Bibles to Hebrews chapter…

Today we continue our series in Luke chapter 4. Let me remind you that Jesus has just been baptized. The Holy Spirit has ascended on Him like a dove and God has spoken from Heaven. Jesus leaves the baptism and goes off into the desert where our text today picks up in chapter 4. So, if you have your Bibles…

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]Last week we looked at Hindsight and how God tells us to aways remember the past. We look at what the year was in view and how we could not forgot where we have come from. We must imprint God word on our heart. We must teach our children. We must actively remember the goodness of God. We have been changed…

Introduction: We all love a good show! I am particularly fond of theater because I love to see how they come up with creative ways to change scenes and I feel like the characters have to really be good actors and actresses to be able to perform. There aren’t creative camera angles and edits to help them…

We continue our series with what every Christian should have in their live and even more so before this stage, prayer. Today we are discussing the topic of praying for your future spouse. This is the most important part of this journey. 10 Take, my brethren, the prophets, who have spoken in the name…

Prayer and Fasting On occasion, every priest will have something on his mind that he would like to communicate with his parish, but the Sunday lectionary doesn’t exactly agree. The readings point in one direction, while the priest wants to go another. Today is not one of those Sundays. In fact, because…

How many of us today have heard the word “LENT” talked about or even explained? Maybe, you have heard some discussion about it this week. No, I am not talking about this, (your dryer lent, that you get from the clothes) I am talking about the season of lent. This past Wednesday many people took part…

If you would open your Bibles to Mark chapter 2. We all instinctively know that there is a time and a place for certain activities, right? No one goes to the baseball game and files their taxes at the ballpark. No one shows up to work wearing a costume, except maybe on Halloween, depending on what the…

Over the past several weeks we have been learning about taking a season or a time to reevaluate or recalibrate and focus our hearts and minds on the Lord. As we approach Easter where we remember all of the wonderful things that Christ has done for us I think it is good for us the remember the sacrifice…

Announcements Are there any announcements? Introduction Good morning and thank you for your prayers and for taking care of the church while I was gone. What blessing to have Brother Brent and Pastor Dave cover! Again, thank you for all you do! I hope you had a wonderful Christmas season and that you…

As you know, I completed my requirements for my doctor of ministry degree this week. I’m feeling pretty good. The last thing I had to do was an exit interview with my primary reader and the head of the doctoral department of Dallas Theological Seminary. This exit interview was conducted over Zoom. Now,…

Previously, Jesus has been addressing misunderstandings of the law and of practice. In this section, he addresses three practices (giving, praying, and fasting). In each of them there is a contrast between the practices of the religious leaders of the day and how followers of Jesus ought to practice…

Lineage Anna’s lineage is identified as from the tribe of Asher in Luke 2:36 . 36 And there was a prophetess, Anna, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher. She was advanced in years, having lived with her husband seven years from when she was a virgin, Asher was the 8th son of Jacob, the offspring…

Introduction: Fasting for a blood test Intermittent fasting Fasting for prayer Donald Whitney wrote this in his book Spiritual Disciples for the Christian Life : Quick. What do people who fast look like? What kinds of people come to your mind? Do they appear a bit strange? Are they John the Baptist types?…

Wise Living (Part 2) This morning we are going to wrap up our study on Ecc 10 . Solomon has been showing us what it means to live wisely, by demonstrating how foolish the fool lives. Two weeks ago we looked at how the fool is known by his actions. and his actions are dictated by his heart stance. And…

Live life shaped by Messiah’s merciful call Intro me Rather than looking at tiny slices of the bible in isolation, reading things in context is always important. Each passage we study fits into the bigger story, slotted together with those around it like puzzle pieces. This week it’s particularly important…

Jesus replied: “ ‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.” This section of Matthew beginning…

1 Thessalonians 3:4-4:8 Good morning church! I pray you will all have a wonderful new year. Congratulations to those of you that completed the chronological reading plan through the Bible yesterday. That really is a life changing accomplishment that I would encourage all of you to do. There are a couple…

Good Morning Living Word, and welcome. This past Wednesday marked Ash Wednesday which is the beginning of the season of Lent, a 40-day period of reflection, prayer, confession, and letting go. Lent is a time for us to assess ourselves and make adjustments. It’s a time for us to recalibrate God’s way…

18 Now John’s disciples and the Pharisees were fasting. And people came and said to him, “Why do John’s disciples and the disciples of the Pharisees fast, but your disciples do not fast?” The question was about fasting. In the law, the fast of the Day of Atonement was the only required fast. After the…

Good morning, Gateway Chapel If we haven’t met... Sermon notes in the back... Scripture Prayer Good morning, again! One of the things we regularly say at Gateway Chapel is we are a church on mission to plant churches and make disciples who hear, love, and obey Jesus. And one of the ways we live out that…

Based in Hebrews 4:14-16.We re together with other Believers any time we are at the throne of mercy.

Introduction Last week we started to explore the idea of journeying through the wilderness with Jesus for Lent. We looked at how wilderness worship might be different from other kinds of worship we may have experienced. Some worship involves singing songs or hymns, using guitars or choirs or organs.…