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The faith practice of wonder helps us glimpse with surprise just how creative, faithful, good, big, and present God is.

Through the faith practice of celebrating we delight in circumstances, relationships, and occasions that help us remember and anticipate God’s abundant goodness, creativity, faithfulness, beauty, and love.

According to my research on the great minds, creative imagination is the presence of the Holy Spirit. If you are here this morning feeling beat up by the storms of life, I have a solution for you: exercise your creative imagination. This world is a sea of suffering, and the only way to stay afloat is your positive imagination. I am not talking about wishful thinking. Creative imagination is a gift from God to navigate this life. It is the very Spirit of Jesus Christ that enabled him to forgive when he was suffering from the worst injustice in human history when he was on the cross. It is his imagination of the bright future that allowed him to endure the cross. Lack of imagination will make you become negative, complainful, and resentful which will make the suffering even worse...

In our text this morning we are continuing to look at the Woe oracles of the prophet Amos. Amos’ uses of the word “Woe” is very significant and it has set the tone for this series of messages. “Woe”- a grievous an threatening cry by the prophets. A warning of danger and death. This is what Amos is doing…

In that great and terrible day, there will be those white with shock when they find that they have depended upon a mental assent to Christianity instead of upon the miracle of the new birth! 7 A. W. Tozer The Purpose of God, from the beginning, has always been to perfect a group of people who will be…

Opening Prayer: Good morning, today's message is entitled “A New Vision?” The verse is Proverbs 29:18 ; Matt 16:16 , 18 ; 1 Cor 2:1-5 ; With the New Year 2024 coming tomorrow, well you know the drill, renewal, revitalization, recommencement, re invite and reset all resolutions and start again. Often…

How many of you have read an amazing book that was just absolutely riveting, a story that unfolded page by page by a masterful storyteller, skillfully woven together with a tapestry of words that makes the images simply come alive in your mind? It’s amazing how a good book back fuel our imagination for…

In our text this morning we are continuing to look at the Woe oracles of the prophet Amos. Amos’ uses of the word “Woe” is very significant and it has set the tone for this series of messages. “Woe”- a grievous an threatening cry by the prophets. A warning of danger and death. This is what Amos is doing…

Session Outline 1. Sin grieves God and brings His judgment (Gen. 6:5-7). 2. Sin brings judgment, but God provides grace (Gen. 6:8-9,17-22). 3. Sin will not halt God’s creative purpose ( Gen. 9:1 , 12-15 ). Summarize: In this session, we will see that what began in Eden with Adam and Eve’s choice not…

God’s Roles as Creator and Sustainer Are Less Different Than We Have Thought Now that we have developed a modified view of the creation account in Genesis and a corresponding modified view of what constitutes creative activity, we can explore how these give us a renewed vision of God as Creator. Two…

Introduction Introduction The place we need to start to think correctly, to think grammatically, about is to talk about clauses—and no, I hope you’re not having flashbacks already about going back to English class. This is not going to be complicated; it’s something very comprehensible. As we are going…

Last week we looked at the beginning of time and all creation. Genesis was given to show us the past, the beginning, and to show us the God who created it all. History is His story. The Bible gives us a glimpse into God’s creative works, giving us enough detail to understand some things but not nearly…

If . . . then John (Jesus Speaks About God’s True Children / 8:31–47 / 128) LABC, Bruce Barton For many, “knowing the truth” means personal autonomy, creativity, and freedom from oppression and ignorance, which they define as mental slavery. But Jesus didn’t die to guarantee personal freedom of expression.…

Have We Seen the Light? All creation longs for light! We long for light because we live in a shadowy world. Darkness in the ancient world symbolized chaos, the unknown, and misery.[1] [2] In the Bible darkness often symbolize wickedness, impurity, and evil.[3] The Bible story begins in a dark, chaotic…

Introduction‏ Last week, we started a series called ‏ ‏Making the Most of Your Time ‏ In Ephesians 5:15-17 15 So be careful how you live. Don’t live like fools, but like those who are wise. 16 Make the most of every opportunity in these evil days. 17 Don’t act thoughtlessly, but understand what the Lord…

Genesis 2:4-25 focus on day 6 formed- (not spoken) by God’s hand (v7) from dust breath of life God gave Adam everything that was good: (food, water, shelter, purpose, beauty…) BUT it was not good that man was alone. Creation of Woman- from Man’s rib not the head, not the foot, but from his side, close…

In the OT, it is to appoint is to give an order, to command, to instruct, order or send. In the NT, it means to put in charge, to commission, to designate God Appointed Time 14 Is anything too hard for the Lord ? At the appointed time I will return to you, according to the time of life, and Sarah shall…

Welcome Back to School! Back to school! mix of emotions! School prepares you for your future. I hope some of the things I say tonight, will blow your mind! Turn your brains on, think about what I’m going to say. If you really listen and if you try to care about what I say - then what I say could help…

Sometimes, we lose our sense of identity and our sense of worth. We become distracted both by pains & pleasures. We may move away from everything we once knew. We need to be reminded through something visceral, real; something we can’t ignore. John was preparing people to receive the Kingdom of Heaven…

On one of those days, as he was teaching, Pharisees and teachers of the law were sitting there, who had come from every village of Galilee and Judea and from Jerusalem. And the power of the Lord was with him to heal. And behold, some men were bringing on a bed a man who was paralyzed, and they were seeking…

Creator God A. In the Beginning God created 1. A lot of debate over how the world was created 2. Debate among Christians about the creation a. 6 literal days b. others over a much longer period of time c. I don’t know, nor do I think it really matters d. there was no day and night as we know it until…

The Lies We Tell Ourselves Let’s just jump right in… Our culture tells us many lies about sex and sexuality It tells us that sex doesn’t matter but also that sex is the most important thing about us. It tells us that gender is a social construct but also that gender is whatever I make it. It tells us…

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer. This is a saying we have in our world. The question becomes, who is my friend. Blessed is the one who does not walk in step with the wicked or stand in the way that sinners take or sit in the company of mockers, The Old Testament revels we must be careful…