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Great expectations (Great expectations picture here) Great expectations is more than a book, or a movie made from the book. Do you ever have expectations of yourself or others? What does the word expectation mean? Defined (N) It is a strong belief that something will happened or be the case in the future.…

To know the salvation of God we must know Jesus in both His first coming and an eternally increasing second coming in our lives. · We must embrace His sacrifice for us upon our cross · We must live from the throne room of grace Hebrews 9:26 He then would have had to suffer often since the foundation…

The Gifts of Christmas Advent Series Sermon 1: The Gift of Hope Do you ever feel like Charlie Brown? In the midst of the Christmas decorations that have been up since Halloween, the Christmas songs stuck in your head, the lights and shopping and cookies and parties—do you ever want to just stand up and…

The parable we hear this morning follows the one we heard last week. In that parable, Jesus compared the kingdom of heaven to ten virgins who were waiting for the bridegroom. The bridegroom was delayed, and his delay revealed which of the virgins were foolish and which were wise. The wise virgins brought…

Goal: To comfort hearers with the promise that in trials and temptations God will make us strong, firm, and steadfast. Pericopal Series: Living in the Hope of Our Inheritance 1. Living Our Unchangeable Inheritance (1 Peter 1:3–9) 2. Living in Reverent Fear (1 Peter 1:17–21) 3. Living through Unjust Suffering…

Human Hope Hope there are several ways that hope is defined. *As a noun... 1.a feeling of expectation and desire for a certain thing to happen: A: "he looked through her belongings in the hope of coming across some information" B. "I had high hopes of making the Olympic team" 2.a feeling of trust: A:…

Welcome Good morning once again, today we are at the start of the new church year, with the beginning of Advent. 1 Oh, that you would rend the heavens and come down, that the mountains would tremble before you! 2 As when fire sets twigs ablaze and causes water to boil, come down to make your name known…

The Gift of Hope Do you ever feel like Charlie Brown? In the midst of the Christmas decorations that have been up since Halloween, the Christmas songs stuck in your head, the lights and shopping and cookies and parties—do you ever want to just stand up and shout in exasperation like Charlie Brown, “Isn’t…

I’ve been asked a lot about the prophetic significance of much of what is happening around us. We’ve been living in the last days since Jesus went to heaven. There is nothing that needs to happen prophetically before Christ comes for His Church. Prophecy about Jesus was missed, misunderstood, dismissed,…

The Newborn King Welcome to the first Sunday of Advent. What an amazing season it is as we journey together toward Christmas. The word advent is a version of a Latin term which means “coming.” So we use these weeks leading up to Christmas as a chance to look forward to our celebration of the arrival…

Me - I ran Youth for Christ here in the city for 20 years. During that time, I had to raise money for my salary, and the salaries for staff that eventually came along. That was a fun time, but a scary time. The fun was working with kids and seeing lives changed. The scary part was raising the money to…

Introduction 1 Thessalonians 5:16–18 “16 Rejoice always, 17 pray without ceasing, 18 in everything give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.” The Apostle Paul The idea of celebrating thanksgiving everyday is a biblical one. Clearly, not everything in life is not good or something…

3 If I give away all I have, and if I deliver up my body to be burned, but have not love, I gain nothing. Wishing and Hoping I think this is how the world interprets the idea of hope. It is just another word for wishing or dreaming about something. For example, "I hope I win the lottery," or "I hope…

We see examples in the gospel of Luke of those who made room in their hearts for love, and those who had no room in their hearts for love; we still see those examples in our world today.

NOTE: This is a manuscript, and not a transcript of this message. The actual presentation of the message differed from the manuscript through the leading of the Holy Spirit. Therefore, it is possible, and even likely that there is material in this manuscript that was not included in the live presentation…

There was a boy who asked a girl to the school dance… She agreed… so he went to rent a tux, but the rental store had a long line… so he waited and waited, and finally got his suit… Then he decided to get flowers, but the flower shop had a long line… so he waited and waited, and finally, got his flowers……

7 Be still before the Lord and wait patiently for him; fret not yourself over the one who prospers in his way, over the man who carries out evil devices! Thesis/ Central Idea: Be prepared to patiently look toward God for his guidance and accept his proposed timing. Waiting on God can lead to an atmosphere…

How many of you have a list of unanswered questions? I used to say, when I get to heaven I want to ask God... Why did God make Mosquitos? Why did God make Red Bugs? Why did God make Poison Ivy? Why do they put flotation devices under airplane seats instead of parachutes? Why we keep junk in our garage…

So now faith, hope, and love abide, these three; but the greatest of these is love. Faith brings you to God Hope sustains you while you wait to be in His presence, Love is the actual experience that one will have eternally with God in heaven Hope – Webster’s Dictionary “A confident expectation that a…

And not only the creation, but we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for adoption as sons, the redemption of our bodies. For in this hope we were saved. Now hope that is seen is not hope. For who hopes for what he sees? But if we hope for what we do not…

It is a significant day in our country’s history. I doubt there are many of us here that don’t remember where they were the when they learned of planes hitting the world trade center, the Pentagon, and going down in a field in Pennsylvania. In the days that followed there was a palpable connection. I…

A Parable Alight, let’s get back into the Word the morning. Looking at the Parable of the Ten Minas in Luke 19 . So what’s a mina? A Mina is a measure of currency. It’s about 100 drachmas. So what’s a drachma? its money. A Mina is about 100 drachmas. Like a Benjamin is 100 bucks. But in that day, a Mina…

Wow it is Christmas already. Most of You already checked your gifts our. Did you get what you wanted? Were all your expectations met. I for one am very glad to be here with you today. Trina and I had COVID and the last 10 days have been very rough. I didn’t expect COVID We had expectations of our Daughter…

I love the psalms; that’s no secret. It’s not my favorite book in the Bible (that would be Judges), but if I could only preach from one book of the Bible, I’d probably pick Psalms. I’d pick Psalms because it covers the widest range of emotion and greatest variety of content and every single psalm points…

Where were you when…? Every generation has a “Where were you when?” moment… — Where were you when Neil Armstrong landed on the moon? — Where were you when you heard JFK or Martin Luther King Jr. got shot? — Where were you when Columbine happened? — … 9/11? And the list goes on… Moments like these are…