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I. THE STRUGGLE OF A GREAT HEART 1 For I want you to know how great a struggle I have for you and for those at Laodicea and for all who have not seen me face to face, 2 that their hearts may be encouraged, being knit together in love, to reach all the riches of full assurance of understanding and the…

Join us today as we answer the question, can you really sweat drops of blood?

As an old farmer was driving down the freeway, his cell phone rang. Answering, he heard his wife’s voice urgently warning him,” Bill, I just heard on the news that there’s a car going the wrong way on Highway 59. Please be careful!” “Darling” Bill replied, “It’s not just one car. It’s hundreds of them!”…

Psalm 6 To the lead musician, with stringed instruments, on the eighth, a psalm of David. This introduction resembles the previous two psalms. It belonged in the collection of psalms for use in regular temple worship, was accompanied by string instruments – like guitars and harps, and was written by…

Introduction Good morning! Please open your Bibles with me to Mark 14 , Mark 14 . In our passage today, we see something we don’t see in any other time throughout the entirety of the scriptures. With the exception of parallel passages recording these events found in Matthew and Luke, nowhere in scripture…

Introduction Today I want to share for you this portion of Scripture that the LORD led me to this week. (Ill.) Thursday night while speaking to my mother, she’d told me of a health issue that she’s having. After that phone call, the words of v2 rang in my mind. Psalm 61:2 “From the end of the earth will…

“There was a rich man who would dress in purple and fine linen, feasting lavishly every day. But a poor man named Lazarus, covered with sores, was lying at his gate. He longed to be filled with what fell from the rich man’s table, but instead the dogs would come and lick his sores. One day the poor man…

3 Reasons to Pray for the salvation of all men. I. One God 5 For there is one God, and one mediator also between God and men, the man Christ Jesus, A. The Only God This might not seem like a reason, but if there are multiple gods then why pray? If all gods are equally valid, the muslim god will save…

Distance can increase anxiety, but faithfulness brings joy.

Redemption is not a “do it yourself” project. The kind of redemption that God has in mind is one that only he can accomplish. It is the kind of redemption that leaves you speechless. John Cartwright The exodus shows that there is a God who saves, who delivers his people from bondage. Philip Graham Ryken;…

Intro: Madam Twinkle Toes You see, in this story of Madam Twinkletoes, you can understand the burden and the agony that she was going through and experiencing. It was happening right before her very eyes. But what a about Jesus? What kind of agony must a man be going through to begin sweating blood?…

Luke 22:39–46 (ESV) — 39 And he came out and went, as was his custom, to the Mount of Olives, and the disciples followed him. 40 And when he came to the place, he said to them, “Pray that you may not enter into temptation.” 41 And he withdrew from them about a stone’s throw, and knelt down and prayed,…

Introduction 22 So all this was done that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying: 23 “Behold, the virgin shall be with child, and bear a Son, and they shall call His name Immanuel,” which is translated, “God with us.” The word Immanuel is second only to the word…

Jesus’ Farewell Going away to prepare a place you will do greater works than I I and my Father are 1 And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Advocate, in order that he may be with you forever— Yet a little time and the world will see me no longer, but you will see me; because I live,…

The Woman and her Son 1 And a great sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars. 2 She was pregnant and was crying out in birth pains and the agony of giving birth. 3 And another sign appeared in heaven: behold, a great…

As we pick back up from this morning looking at “The Darkest Day” in human history, Jesus has had some deep valleys so far that night. The joy of celebrating the Passover with His disciples, was diminished by Judas Iscariot abandoning the Saviour to go and betray Him to His enemies. Then there was the…

Pastor Michael Mehring I want to take us on a journey — a journey of the last few days of Jesus life— we will be Going… —from the garden — through the trial — to the cross — engaged in the battle of the ages — and finishing with the victory!! Let’s begin from the garden Jesus was facing Substitution…

Story of the SWAN. Isn’t it awesome to think that God has our sixes, and there is nothing that can get past God to cause us harm? We have arrived at the 1/2 point of the Tribulation. We have seen the seven seals of judgment, and the 7 Trumpets of judgment. For a few chapters, we will see several characters…

I hope for the last few weeks I have given you something to think about. You have been created by God for something significant. Today, I want to conclude this series by looking at the life to come. The last parable in these 3 chapters of Luke that we have been looking at for the last few weeks is a…

There’s so much craziness in the world today that it makes one wonder if everything is going out of control. It would be easy to simply give up trying to make sense out of it. This man was handed over to you by God’s set purpose and foreknowledge; and you, with the help of wicked men, put him to death…

Since the beginning of this year. We have looked at the book of Matthew. We began with the genealogy of Jesus and these next two weeks we are looking at the ending of the life that Jesus spent here on earth. Next Sunday is Easter and we will look at the Resurrection and what Jesus said to us as He was…

Pastor Kevin Jones once told a story of an evangelist that was making his way home on a train. This evangelist sat down beside a young man, and after a while he noticed tears in his eyes. The minister asked if there was anything he could do to help him. The young man said, "Preacher, two years ago, I…

36 Then Jesus went with them to a place called Gethsemane, and he said to his disciples, “Sit here, while I go over there and pray.” 37 And taking with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, he began to be sorrowful and troubled. 38 Then he said to them, “My soul is very sorrowful, even to death; remain…

God’s Plan of Salvation Completed Luke 23:26 , 32–46 Last week, we looked at Jesus’ public ministry, His teachings about the nature of God’s kingdom of grace, and His miracles, which revealed His identity as God’s Son as well as His power over creation, the devil, and death itself. This week, we will…

New believers wanted to know how to live a life of faith. Notes: “Save yourselves from this corrupt generation.” – refers to all people who rejected Jesus, who were probably still mocking them, evidenced by the rumor that the disciples stole Jesus body. In the OT, described the people of Israel who rebelled…