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Welcome Home Introduction - Pastor Theresa is performing a wedding for Angelo and Rosa Merenda’s daughter in Minnesota. She is returning later today. Pray for safe travel. Pray for the Service - Thanksgiving Let’s praise the Lord together Lord You are Mighty Roar From Zion The Battle is Yours Moving…

(S1) — Two things church people don’t like to hear…Money/Sharing our faith ( Evangelism) I DON’T WANNA HEAR IT Landscaper/Evangelist Can we just not talk about it? Are we going to be the church of believers, as Jesus intend (Acts) “Evangelism, good or bad, is the reproductive system of Christianity.”…

(S1) — Some fill-in-the blank fun... ( S2 ) — McDonald's is our Kind of Place ( S3,S4 ) — Bounty is the Quicker Picker Upper ( S5,S6 ) — KFC is Finger Lickin’ Good Familiar ad slogans (S7) Wendy’s: _____________ the _____________! (S8) It softens your hands while you do the dishes? Why do we know these…

(S1) Generous LIVING as a multiplying force when its focused on God’s mission and purpose Last week—living out of a spiritual mentality of abundance Scarcity or Abundance—Trusting Jesus to do more with what we have to multiply our ministry to the world —Jesus’ generosity with his TIME —Jesus’ generosity…

(S1) What are the odds of being born in an exact place and in an exact time? “Scientists have calculated the probability you would exist as the unique person you are. The odds are 1 in 400 trillion (14 zeros). The probability of your parents meeting, falling in love, and procreating along with your ancestors……

(S1) Have you eve felt abandoned by God? Forgotten? Surrounded by circumstances beyond your control? Wondered how you got there? Whether its whats going on in your life or the people you care for, or the world around you, at times, it can seem overwhelming. When it feels like we may be alone, with everything…

(S1) SERIES—When life hands you choices…choose BETTER Some things are GOOD, like the temporary things this world has to offer, but God’s word tells us there is BETTER, that which has eternal significance. To have the BETTER life, you have to let go of the GOOD —There is GOOD, and then there’s BETTER!…

(S1) Who doesn’t desire a BETTER life? While there are some things we can’t control in life, BETTER living largely depends on us—In the choices we make. Choosing BETTER is... Letting of the GOOD (temporal), to grab hold of the BETTER (eternal) (S2) Last week — BETTER is…a day with God Psalm 84:10 “Better…

(S1) — Some intersections are more difficult than others Crossroads—T—Roundabout—Fork—Merge Times in life and in the church, when we find ourselves at a difficult intersection—lack of peace (S2) Yet, when two roads converge into ONE—one direction and one destination, there is one peace. This same kind…

Faces in the Crowd Mark 11:1-11 Pastor Brian Johnson

(S1)— Rivers to wilderness—40 days—Barren land of desolation, and hardship—A journey Jesus willingly took LENT—A self-imposed wilderness...Like Jesus, a place we willingly enter. What we can learn from Jesus wilderness experience, about ourselves, our relationaship with God? (S2)— Trouble in River City…

(S1) — SERIES— MEANS OF GRACE: CONNECTING WITH GOD The Bible teaches us that, from the begining God made himself available to humanity Adam/Eve—Noah—Abraham/Sarah — Moses—Israelites—Canaan “God made himself available to the Israelites physically through the laws, commandments that he had given them.”…

(S1)— There is no doubt that Barbara lived out her calling; committing her life to loving God, loving people, serving the needy, the young and the old, and as a pastor spreading the Good News of salvation found in Jesus. I like others who are called into pastoral ministry, can relate to her journey...…

(S1) — SERIES…Why What We Believe Matters (S2) SCRIPTURE — Live in the word, and the WORD will come ALIVE in you! Inspired by God, Whole Bible , Jesus, ChurchLife-Giving SALVATION — “Grace is the source, FAITH is the condition through which we are saved” Present — “The greatest of all Blessings” CHRISTIAN…

(S1) — SERIES — Scripture — Salvation When I met Jesus — Mountain — Life change — Questions (S2) — Am I a really a Christian? The Apostle Paul had been confronted with similar questions after his conversion... “I don’t really understand myself, for I want to do what is right, but I don’t do it. Instead,…

Live in the word, and the WORD will come ALIVE in you. Builders understand the Importance of FOUNDATIONS... Florida Condo Collapse — 12-story beachfront condo in Miami-Dade County built in 1981 — and had been sinking into the ground since the 1990s, according to a study conducted by a professor at Florida…

The Wonder of HOPE — Jesus is the FULFILLMENT of things to come — FORGIVENESS we need — The one to FOLLOW The Wonder of PEACE — Sheep…who like us need a Shepherd Jesus CALLS us by name — LEADS us out — GATHERS us in — GOES ahead Is it Christmas yet? Anxious — Advent (waiting) — Carols? Today we jump…

(S1) — SERIES (21 days) — PROMISE/POWER/POTENTIAL— JOHN Do we underestimate the POTENTIAL in Prayer? In other words, do we BELIEVE in the PROMISE, and POWER in our prayers, given to us in the Holy Spirit, to lead people to Jesus? ‘Nobody is beyond God’s reach ’ — Airplane story(22) Jesus words to the…

(S1) — A tale of two ships (book) Which would you rather be on? (S2) — A tale of two churches One is thriving — The other is barely holding on — One has all the programs for kids…the other is overjoyed when they get one or two…One makes decisions on the fly, the other has a vision of their future…In…

(S1) — New Name More than a name… REVIVE ( anazáō )—‘to bring to life, renew, recover, flourish, with new vitality, new energy’ Biblically it means reviving the human spirit, and the church for God’s purpose in the world. This new year focus—a reNEWed priority of the presence of Jesus in our lives and…

(S1) SERIES—When God Intervenes—2 words that change everything — No matter what your going through, how you feel about your self, your life, or your circumstances...There is always a BUT God Last week—Jacob— BUT GOD has seen my hardship —Undeserving Today—One who is most deserving... SHEPHERD: confident,…

(S1) — SERIES — BUT GOD… —Adam/Eve: But God called out...Give ‘em a pass —Noah: But God remembered…flood Today, Jacob (elephant in the room)—If anyone doesn't deserve a BUT God… Rap Sheet —cheater, deceiver, trickster, grifter, liar, manipulator, con-artist, thief... Jacob was always looking out for…

(S1) Ask parents—all that has been done for children would fill this room. How well did we teach them what it means to put their trust in God and follow Jesus? I could have done more Making disciples in the church — Discipleing children — Is it solely the churches responsibility? SERIES—It STARTS at…

(S1) — SERIES Together as ONE—United as ONE— When the church unites around its oneness in Christ, there is nothing that it can't do for God's kingdom. Followers of Jesus are not only called to unite together as ONE, but to LIVE as ONE. Those who the apostle Paul is writing to in his letter to the Ephesians,…

(SI)— What does it mean to be united as a nation, as americans, as a people? One nation under God , indivisible, with liberty and justice for all... Pledge of Allegiance was ”written in 1885 by Captain George Thatcher Balch, a Union Army officer in the Civil War who later became auditor of the New York…