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After fearful retreat, God cleanses and bandages the wound then starts on a process of recovery by providing in 4 ways.

Jesus is proclaimed as teh anointed one for all peoples.

A crippled woman came to worship God. In the Lukan passage, we come upon a simple story of a woman who was worshipping in the same synagogue as Jesus. She had a physically crippling condition. Her condition kept her from standing straight up for eighteen years, not unlike what some experience today from…

Annanias and Sapphira contrast with Barnabas All those who claimed Jesus Christ, sold property and gave it to the Apostles to be distributed. Barnabas was recognized as a leader of distinction for giving encouragement who sold a field and gave the money to the Apostles for distribution. Annanias and…

More than Forgiveness B.R. Titus 2:11-14 11 For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men, 12 Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world; 13 Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing…

Our passage for today is John 13:1-17. I encourage you to open your bibles to read the passage with me. This is likely a familiar passage for many of you. What I would ask is that we let go of the thoughts that I have heard this before, and truly look at it with fresh eyes, as it were. When we started…

A childlike spirit is the litmus test for spiritual maturity and against spiritual disorder. Not all spiritual growth is healthy. The Chinese has a term “Zouhuo Rumo 走火入魔,” which is equivalent to Kundalini Syndrome, a condition when a spiritual pactice gets derailed or melfunctioned that leads to mental and emotional disorders. In Christianity, I would call it Pharisee Syndrome. Pharisees are very spiritual people. They are very "faithful" to the scriptures, but according to Jesus, they are not "fruitful" because they got stuck in their egos and arrogance that caused the spiritual disorder.

Hebrews: Jesus is Better God Speaks (1:1-4) Introduction Good morning again to you. Open your Bible to the book of Hebrews. This morning we are beginning a series of messages that will last the remainder of the calendar year. We are going to be marching through this fantastic book of Hebrews. Why Hebrews?…

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,…

Introduction: Refresh: to restore strength and animation to. To renovate, revive, restore. Review: David made a colossal mess but somehow came out victorious and even singing. How? We need refreshing, it is freely offered in Jesus. In our passage today we see the heart of the gospel, of God’s grace.…

This is a Psalm with which we can all identify. We are all sinners in need of mercy and cleansing. Let's take a look at King David's prayer of repentence.

“Be Reconciled to God” Root of Fruit Sin addressed “Unbelief, Pride, Selfishness” Gathering Hand Out-Catechism - Reading Plan Call to Worship 1 Nevertheless, the gloom of the distressed land will not be like that of the former times when he humbled the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali. But in…

A perplexing issue The third missionary trip has come to an end. Time to give the mission report to James, and the elders there in the church in Jerusalem. It was exciting but there was some issues too, that is what we are going to look at tonight. The Text (Act21:17-26) 17 After we arrived in Jerusalem,…

Have you ever heard the sentiment that goes something like this-”I don’t want to become too serious a Christian because then I will have to change my life so much that I won’t have any fun anymore.” Have you ever heard that? Have you ever thought that? I can remember in high school one of my class mates…

Order of Service Welcome Hymn - Psalm Reading Walk about Zion, go around her, number her towers, consider well her ramparts, go through her citadels, that you may tell the next generation that this is God, our God forever and ever. He will guide us forever. Prayer Teen Talk Hymn - Notices Prayer Meeting…

Good Morning, if you have your Bibles turn with me to Luke chapter 2 and we will begin in verse 21. Luke chapter 2. As you are making your way there, I hope that you will make it a priority to be with us on Wednesday evening as we take time to remember what Christ did for us on the Cross. We will eat…

And Here He Is 21 And at the end of eight days, when he was circumcised, he was called Jesus, the name given by the angel before he was conceived in the womb. 22 And when the time came for their purification according to the Law of Moses, they brought him up to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord 23…

Now Jesus did many other signs in the presence of the disciples, which are not written in this book; Now there are also many other things that Jesus did. Were every one of them to be written, I suppose that the world itself could not contain the books that would be written. On the third day there was…

Introduction Purity in things?? Acceptable limits of certain impurities?? When it comes to the Gospel, how important is purity? When people tell me they don’t believe in God, I like to ask them about God. Usually, there are several things that they’ve heard about God that aren’t biblical. Things which…

If you had to pick one day on the calendar as the most important day of the year, what would it be? Would it be your birthday? Would it be an anniversary? Maybe Easter, Christmas, or the fourth of July or some other holiday? According to the UN, the most important day of the year is September 21, the…

Series: The Superiority of CHRIST A Study of Hebrews Hebrews 1 CHRIST's Place Introduction Baker’s New Testament Commentary (BNTC): This Book calls the believer to stay faithful. Origen, “But who wrote the epistle, to be sure, only God knows.” In the final analysis, authorship is not important. The content…

The Holy Spirit comes during Pentecost Pentecost – Shavuot (The Feast of Weeks: end of seven weeks between Passover and Pentecost; celebrates the abundant harvest of wheat); 50 days = Pentecost. Jesus had ascended after spending 40 days with his disciples after his Resurrection. The disciples were told…

Pastor Jeff preaches about the Joy in Salvation