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Often we think that we are the ones who approach God; in fact, it is God who approaches us. How does your life form a response to God?

Haggai, Malachi ((1) Call for Repentance (3:7)) The problem was that Judah failed to recognize that they had strayed from the divine path. Although they had noticed the absence of God’s blessings (1:2; 2:13–14, 17; 3:14–15), they had not noticed the absence of their God. They were like the stereotypical…

I would like to thank everyone for being here this Sunday. You had many choices in front of you for the day but you choose to worship with us at Concord UMC. I am honored and grateful for you making that decision. I cannot believe that we are moving into our second part of our Bedrock Series as we begin…

Does God Exist? The question of the existence of God in the scope of human history is not a new one, but it is not particularly old either. When one examines cultures throughout history there seems to have always been a “something greater” that is in control of it all. For instance in school we studied…

“Be Reconciled to God” Root of Fruit Sin addressed “Unbelief, Pride, Selfishness” Gathering Hand Out-Catechism - Reading Plan Call to Worship 1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was with God in the beginning. 3 All things were created through him, and…

Philippians 1:19-26 19 For I know that this shall turn to my salvation through your prayer, and the supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ, 20 According to my earnest expectation and my hope, that in nothing I shall be ashamed, but that with all boldness, as always, so now also Christ shall be magnified…

Have your Bibles ready this morning because we will be looking at the Bible as whole this morning and not really camping in one location of the Bible. What we are going to discussing in this series of messages is Does your God match with the God of Holy Scripture? Confronting your God vs. the God of…

My God, My God, Why? There was an emergency room doctor in Kentucky that told this true story... A guy came into the ER after being in a car accident and the guy had burns all the way around his neck. The doctor looked and said, “ How in the world did you get burns around your neck after a car accident?…

1 As he went along, he saw a man blind from birth. 2 His disciples asked him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?” 3 “Neither this man nor his parents sinned,” said Jesus, “but this happened so that the works of God might be displayed in him. 4 As long as it is day, we…

Secular - An American man visits the Holy Land with his wife and mother-in-law. Sadly the mother-in-law died. When seeing the local Israeli undertaker, it was explained that they could ship the body home for $5,000. But if they buried her locally it would cost only $150. The man said to the undertaker…

Intro: Questions! We all have them! Much of the time we value them because we were created with a desire to know. If you have a 2 or 3 year old all the questions can be annoying. Answers to our questions give us the opportunity to make adjustments and shape our lives. We can get with reality, or choose…

Good Morning. Turn in your Bible with me to Psalm Chapter 15. Steve has already read this for us today, but now I want you to see this passage and what the Psalmist wants us to truly know? Here in Psalm 15 we see that David is earnestly crying out to the Lord. We see here in his brief prayer that he…

God’s Design As I told you all last week, for the next three weeks we are going to be taking a journey around how we can best share our faith with others. I don’t know about you, but for many believers sharing their faith can be difficult. It can be overwhelming. Questions arise in our minds like, “What…

Summary: Voluntary Slavery Slavery in Paul’s day was very different in many ways than the slavery we think of. Paul is using a certain type of slavery in his day as a limited illustration. There was voluntary slavery in the Roman empire in Paul’s day that was beneficial for the poor. This is the type…

Habakkuk is a picture of simple interaction between God and a man who is commited to God. It is a simple presentation of the impact of one’s faith in the wake of distress, change, and the unraveling of life as one know’s it. Habakkuk asks God the questions that every child of God, at one time or another…

We are starting a new series this morning. Titled When God Doesn’t. A study in the book of Habakkuk. if you have your bible go ahead and turn to Habakkuk 1 . If you know were it is. Habakkuk is a small book so it might be hard to find. It is found in the Old Test. a couple of book after Jonah and before…

We are continuing our series this morning Our House. When you ask someone what they think about the church, be prepared for any response. What they say may inspire feelings of anger, sadness, joy, or hope, depending on what they have experienced in their dealings with believers. This four-week series…

There he went into a cave and spent the night. And the word of the Lord came to him: “What are you doing here, Elijah?” God should have the first word in the morning, and the last word in the evening What does it actually mean to pray? I’ve always assumed that praying is talking it’s asking that it involves…

How do we handle pain, suffering and the evil around us? This is the question we have been exploring the past couple weeks. I am hoping to wrap up by the beginning of November our series on suffering. Joseph experienced a lot of pain and suffering. Some of this was because of his choices and many times…

As Americans, we prefer a God who is small a God we can manage, predict and control. We want a God that feels safe to us. One that we can fully understand and explain. One that doesn’t embarrass, confuse, contradict us or make us made. We want what C.S. Lewis called a “tamed lion”. The God of the Bible…

1 Now the word of the Lord came to Jonah the son of Amittai, saying, 2 “Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and call out against it, for their evil has come up before me.” 3 But Jonah rose to flee to Tarshish from the presence of the Lord . He went down to Joppa and found a ship going to Tarshish.…

Unchangeable How many of like the same routine in our lives; Kaye and I on Wednesday talked about the sameness of our lives - same restaurants, same stores, same TV shows and on the list could go; The church is no different - we want the same style, the same rooms, the same approach and again this list…

Manipulating the Master When I was in high school, I had a maths teacher, who, despite the story I’m about to tell, was actually a really good teacher who helped me excel at the subject. Well, many of us in the class figured out something about this teacher. We learnt that there were about 3 or 4 topics…

Genesis 1:1 “Call me Ishmael.” This well-known opening line to the classic novel, Moby Dick , captures our imagination, builds our anticipation for the rest of the story, and say a lot of things by itself. Other well-known opening lines do the same thing: “In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit”…

The Top 10 Things You’ll Never Hear a Dad Say: 10. I really appreciate the Father's Day breakfast, but next time could you do turkey bacon with my eggs? Turkey bacon blows regular bacon out of the water! 9. “You know Pumpkin, now that you’re thirteen, you’ll be ready for un-chaperoned car dates. Won’t…