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Good morning! Pray over Gateway using Col. 1:9-14 as a guide. If we haven’t met before... New website! Finance update ME Life is hard. Amen. Let’s pray. I want to follow Jesus and love him, but every day I sin in innumerable ways. Sin blinds me. At times it blinds me to the gospel and I forget that I’m…

What Right Do We Have? Let’s read Jonah 4:9-11 9 Then God said to Jonah, “ Is it right for you to be angry about the plant?” And he said, “ It is right for me to be angry, even to death!” 10 But the Lord said, “You have had pity on the plant for which you have not labored, nor made it grow, which came…

What are some things that can give you a sleepless night? I have a short list of those, and near the top is when I’m facing the painful consequences of my own mistakes. What do you do when you’re confronted with your own sin, brokenness, and failure, and you realize that your own selfish choices have…

Amazing Potential Matthew 9:35–38 (ESV) 35 And Jesus went throughout all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues and proclaiming the gospel of the kingdom and healing every disease and every affliction. 36 When he saw the crowds, he had compassion for them, because they were harassed and…

DEALING WITH PRAYER DISCOURAGEMENT Luke 18:1-8 Discouragement has been termed "a killer disease." It is one of the most effective weapons in Satan's arsenal, and is widely utilized against believers, particularly in the matter of prayer. Our archenemy has numerous reasons for seeking to propel this poisonous…

Stir up! Be encouraged, be reminded! Timothy was told to stir up the gift in him ( 2Tim1:6 ) to know what God has given him. For before him was an important task, teach others so they can teach others ( 2Tim2:2 ). So endure hardship ( 2Tim2:3 ). Then when we ended last week: 7 Consider what I say, for…

14 I have seen everything that is done under the sun, and behold, all is vanity and a striving after wind. 18 Behold, what I have seen to be good and fitting is to eat and drink and find enjoyment in all the toil with which one toils under the sun the few days of his life that God has given him, for…

*** The verse that changed my life Little children, let us love, not in word or speech, but in truth and action. *** Image: Good Samaritan: The Good Samaritan lived out the truth of that verse A Distance / Up Close Now by chance a priest was going down that road; and when he saw him, he passed by on…

13 “Enter by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and there are many who go in by it. 14 Because narrow is the gate and difficult is the way which leads to life, and there are few who find it. 8 The Lord is merciful and gracious, Slow to anger, and abounding…

1. They stood at a distance 12 As he was going into a village, ten men who had leprosy met him. They stood at a distance It was custom that those who had leprosy were not allowed to be with everyone else. They often formed communities outside of the cities. When people came along, they would stay back…

Notes for sermon: 1. Jonah’s Accusation vs. God, vs. 1-3 But - points back to Jonah 3:10 — a contrast. Unfortunate chapter break in that verse 1 continues the action of Chapter 3. “greatly displeased” - Jonah viewed these preceding events as being gravely unjust, even evil in his perception of what has…

Subject: Blessing: A Life with God Blessing in the ancient world was the highest form of well-being possible for human beings. The Greeks referred to the blissful existence of the gods as “blessed.” For Israel, blessing included not just gifts from God but especially life with God. Blessing would include…

Many do not understand God or themselves As a result we: think wrong act wrong respond wrong Jonah is an example of failing to understand both Jonah failed to fix his thinking Jonah 4:1–4 (ESV) But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was angry. And he prayed to the Lord and said, “O Lord , is not…

3 When I was my father’s son, Tender and the only one in the sight of my mother, 4 He also taught me, and said to me: “Let your heart retain my words; Keep my commands, and live. It means something to be a father Fatherhood in Israel was ++The key to family life ++The only way to perpetuate the family…

INTRODUCTION . 12 Now if Christ is preached, that He has been raised from the dead, how do some among you say that there is no resurrection of the dead? 13 But if there is no resurrection of the dead, not even Christ has been raised. 14 And if Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is vain, your…

1 Bless the Lord , O my soul: And all that is within me, bless his holy name. 2 Bless the Lord , O my soul, And forget not all his benefits: 3 Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; Who healeth all thy diseases; 4 Who redeemeth thy life from destruction; Who crowneth thee with lovingkindness and tender…

1 But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was angry. 2 And he prayed to the Lord and said, “O Lord , is not this what I said when I was yet in my country? That is why I made haste to flee to Tarshish; for I knew that you are a gracious God and merciful, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love,…

Intro: Madam Twinkle Toes You see, in this story of Madam Twinkletoes, you can understand the burden and the agony that she was going through and experiencing. It was happening right before her very eyes. But what a about Jesus? What kind of agony must a man be going through to begin sweating blood?…

Lamentations 2-3 Good evening Saints, tough sledding as they say in this book of Laments, or funeral songs. 1 How the Lord has covered the daughter of Zion With a cloud in His anger! He cast down from heaven to the earth The beauty of Israel, And did not remember His footstool In the day of His anger.…

Forgiveness 21 Then Peter came up and said to him, “Lord, how often will my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? As many as seven times?” forgive-to stop blaming or taking an offense into account. It means, at its best and easiest a very simple concept: to let go. 22 Jesus said to him, “I do not…

Introduction Last lesson in our June series “The Incredible Race” I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. Henceforth there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, will award to me on that day, and not only to me but also…

1 Hear, my children, the instruction of a father, And give attention to know understanding; 2 For I give you good doctrine: Do not forsake my law. 3 When I was my father’s son, Tender and the only one in the sight of my mother, 4 He also taught me, and said to me: “Let your heart retain my words; Keep…

Text: 1 Corinthians 15:1-2 ; 12-20a esp vs. 1-2 This Resurrection Sunday morning I declare to you what humanity declares improbable — actually, they declare with absolute certainty that it is impossible… That on the third day after His crucifixion, Jesus rose from the dead. In fact many sneer at what…