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The Rich Young Ruler Luke 18 18-30 . V 18 young ruler of the synagogue people influencer rich a perfect catch for the kingdom we need to do whatever it takes to get this man through the door this man wants to become a follower but a follower of whom? Good teacher, not LORD Jesus knows his heart when…

How many of you have a fence in your yard? What is the purpose of fences? Keep people out Keep animals out Keep animals in Keep people from “looking in” Every culture has sin. Although, sometimes the people in that culture do not see it. How many of you know the song “Amazing Grace?” How many of you…

Introduction If we keep one foot on one side of a fence and the other on another side, we will never go anywhere or do anything. We will be hung up and of no use to anything. We must make a decision and move forward. If we stay hung up and do not move, that bull may very well put on one side or another.…

Illustration ABIDING A DINNER plate left out overnight will be hard to clean in the morning. An alternative to scrubbing is soaking the dish in hot water and dishwashing liquid. Letting a dish abide in the solution will allow a hard cleaning job to become a lot easier. This is what abiding does for Christians.…

Context Here we are again this morning still not starting our messages on David, but I saw something this last week that really bothered me, and I have been struggling all week with it. So, here we are. I titled this mornings message Zeal for the LORD’S house. Over the last few months you all have heard…

What is the value of asking good questions? Maybe I should step back and ask, is there value in asking good questions? Yes! How do we evaluate that? If there is value, how do we make sure we ask good questions in order to realize that value? Sometimes we’ve heard that “there’s no such thing as a dumb…

Satan is the fisherman. We are the fish. The bait which Satan uses are the deceptive lies that cause us to doubt God’s truth. This second hook that we will begin to look at this morning goes hand in hand with family fragmentation. This second hook is rebellion against authority. Timothy O’Leary was an…

Advent as if a cheer Once finished, ask the question, “What’s that spell?” Then ask, “What’s that mean?” Odds are there will be a humorous silence. Say: “Advent comes from the Latin word adventus and means arrival or appearance. During these next four weeks of Advent, we are going to be celebrating and…

Welcome Elijah is a prophet who God worked through to bring the people of Israel back to him. Elijah announces to the King of Israel, Ahab, that there is going to be a drought because of how they have turned away from God and worshipped other gods. During this drought God provides water to Elijah through…

Introduction From conception to creation the process As some of you may know I love to dabble in woodworking. I always had an interest in building and creating things out of wood. I remember shop class in grade 7. It was my first taste of taking a piece of rough wood and over a step by step process creating…

Last week we began a series called Choose Joy. How many think it’s time… it’s time for some joy. You don’t see a lot of joy out in the world right now. Everyone is angry about something. In the prophecy of Jesus hundreds of years before he came, Isaiah described our time. 3 To console those who mourn…

Welcome Good morning again everyone and welcome to anyone joining us online! This morning we are switching up what we originally were going to talk about. We were going to go through How To Hope In God, but I actually feel like it would be good for us to talk about one of the topics we talked about at…

Good morning! We are in our series Our mess His Masterpiece and we are in Genesis talking about the life of Joseph. This morning we are going to be talking about the measure of man … we using that term in a generic sense … we could say what is the measure man or a women… What do we mean by the “measure…

Morning 14 January 24

We try to hide our faults and failures from others. We want people to see us at our best. Perhaps we assume that if people knew what we were really like, they would want nothing to do with us. There’s no hiding from God; He is all-seeing and all-knowing. Christ Jesus has witnessed our very worst, even…

Divine Appointments Ruth 2 “Now Naomi had a relative on her husband’s side of the family named Boaz. He was a wealthy, prominent man from the clan of Elimelech. One day Ruth the Moabite said to Naomi, “Let me go to the fields so I can gather grain behind whoever permits me to do so.” Naomi replied, “You…

Intro “This above all, to thine own self be true” This and many other ideas lead us to seek to understand who we really are. We live the children's story of the Ugly Duckling. It speaks of our nature in terms of what we must become rather than the awkward intermediary state. Sometimes we misapply it.…

He did not see Not physically, not spiritually the blind man did not see. Think about this for a minute, at this time, the blind man had been healed. He had not seen Jesus, did not know how the sight was restored to him, just that it was done. Has God done things in your life that you did not see, did…

The Feast of Sukkot the feast of Booths / Tabernacles Every male was required to go 6 months from Passover 6 months from the time in chapter 6 6 months to the time of the Crucifixion Jesus was expected at the feast V11 Jesus is a controversial man now. a wanted man V 1 A lot of grumbling about Him V…

“Find It Pure Joy...” James tells us to “find it pure Joy” when we face trials… BUT… How do we do that? James says to us: — “Remember, trials bring spiritual maturity” — “Perseverance makes our Faith complete” — “Endurance brings us to a place where we lack nothing” 2 My brothers and sisters, whenever…

Exegetical Point: Homiletic Point: Intro There are 7 “I am” Statements in John, what are they? Jesus has said: I am the Bread of Life I am the Light of the World I am the Door of the Sheep I am the Good Shepherd I am the Resurrection and the Life I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life Now... I am the…

It was D-day, June 6, 1944 . The Allied Forces were about to land on the beaches of Normandy. An armada of 5000 Allied ships and over 150,000 personnel were poised ready to storm ashore across 60 miles of beach. Why? To penetrate and drive the German forces back into retreat and ultimately liberate the…

For our reading this morning, I’m going to invite Drew up to read our Scripture for us this morning: Now the boy Samuel was ministering to the Lord in the presence of Eli. And the word of the Lord was rare in those days; there was no frequent vision. At that time Eli, whose eyesight had begun to grow…

Exegetical & Homiletic Point: Jesus is the Good Shepherd who lays down his life for the Sheep Intro Kids: What makes a great cow or sheep farmer? Recap John showing us why we should believe in Jesus Healed a man bron blind on the Sabbath The Pharisees did not like that! (Pharisees a sect of strict religious…