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Intro; Most of us in America have no idea what it means to go hungry. Now we get hungry but we have the means by which to fill those hunger desires. Matter of fact, obesity is at an all time high in America. CDC 2020, 2 out of 3 adults are obese [75 %] CDC 2023, 1 out of 5 children are obese [20 %] 14.7…

Good afternoon, I hope that everyone is having a great weekend so far. It's a privilege to gather once more as we continue our sermon series, "The Path of Healing: Exploring the Beatitudes." In this series, we've been looking at the timeless teachings of Jesus as encapsulated in the Beatitudes—a collection…

Morning 14 May 2023

Happy Father’s Day Announcements Are there any announcements? Mikey Gullett’s Celebration of Life Service is this Saturday, June 25 at 11am. Feel free to bring a dish, drinks, or deserts if you would like. Worship Team Meeting is this Wednesday, June 22 at 7pm. Introduction Good morning and welcome to…

Jesus said in 10 The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full. So, if Jesus said that he came that we may have life and have it to the full, is it any wonder at all that God wants us to be happy. There is no wonder. Looking back at our…

I don’t know about you, but when I start eating popcorn or potato chips and get a taste of them I want more. Some foods seems to stimulate our appetite. The same is true spiritually. When we get a taste of God and His word we want more. Jesus has recently miraculously fed a large multitude, and when…

Introduction Fancy restaurants serve bread. Not always an appetizer. להם = food. Necessary for life. Ukraine as breadbasket. Food insecurity to Starvation. Israel understood physical hunger. Left Egypt and traveling through the wilderness. One month to the day. They begin grumbling against Moses and…

A couple of weeks ago, we started a new series of messages entitled “Repent, for the Kingdom of God is at Hand”. The kingdom of God, the kingdom of heaven, can sometimes in the New Testament refer to all of God’s sovereignty. It refers sometimes to the way he reigns over all. He never relinquishes his…

Morning 11 June 2023

Passion is the catalyst that launches all of our ambitions and goals. It drives us to, not only start, but to also finish. definition of passion: intense, driving, or overmastering feeling or conviction ardent affection : LOVE (Ardent=characterized by warmth of feeling typically expressed in eager zealous…

Previously, Jesus has been addressing misunderstandings of the law and of practice. In this section, he addresses three practices (giving, praying, and fasting). In each of them there is a contrast between the practices of the religious leaders of the day and how followers of Jesus ought to practice…

1 Seeing the crowds, he went up on the mountain, and when he sat down, his disciples came to him. 2 And he opened his mouth and taught them, saying: 3 “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. 4 “Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted. 5 “Blessed are the…

Exegetical Point: Jesus is the new Moses who feeds with miraculous bread, but he is not slave to the people. Homiletic Point: Jesus, the New Prophet, provides all our greatest needs Intro Christmas day. It’s one of my favorite days of the year! Unfortunately it’s not for very spiritual reasons... You…

1 Seeing the crowds, he went up on the mountain, and when he sat down, his disciples came to him. 2 And he opened his mouth and taught them, saying: 3 “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. 4 “Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted. 5 “Blessed are the…

Announcements Are there any announcements? Thank you for helping out yesterday at Mikey’s Celebration of Life. Thanks for bringing food! Thanks for setting up, tearing down, and cleaning up! The Revelation Bible study continues this Thursday June 30 at 6:30pm with Kevin. If it is too hot in the sanctuary…

1 Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. 2 And after fasting forty days and forty nights, he was hungry. 3 And the tempter came and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, command these stones to become loaves of bread.” 4 But he answered, “It is written,…

What is it? Christian fasting is a believer’s voluntary abstinence from food for spiritual purposes. - Donald Whitney when something is exerting so much influence over us that our view of spiritual realities is blurry, we need a fast to reorient and clear up our focus on God. we must maintain and regain…

What is your view of God? Is He an angry old man waiting to punish you? Is He a stingy dad who makes you earn everything you get? If someone was to use your life as a signpost to God, what would they think of Him by looking at you? Isaiah 53 and 54 tell us that the covenant of peace between God and man…

1 And Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit in the wilderness 2 for forty days, being tempted by the devil. And he ate nothing during those days. And when they were ended, he was hungry. Lured to temptation, Jesus was.... much like 40 years for the people…

Morning 28 May 2023

Note: The title of the Sermon is the goal we want to reach MINIMALISM DEFINED Intentionally living with only the things that are needed Removing the distraction of excess possessions in order to focus more on those things that matter most. Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves…

Want to find the satisfaction and joy your heart wants? Learn to stay hungry. Find out more in this message from Matthew 5:6

2 Timothy 3:15–17 (KJV 1900) 15 and that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus. 16 All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction…

Introduction: This morning we are on the cusp of something that I hope and pray is to be a big deal. I challenged our group at Prayer Meeting this past Wednesday night to join me in praying for revival in our nation. I am asking specifically for us to pray for a movement of God that is bigger than we…