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Maundy Thursday - The Ultimate Example Introduction: Let’s take a moment before we begin with tonight’s message and look at why it is called Maundy Thursday. Maundy Thursday, refers to the Thursday before Good Friday when the Crucifixion took place. It commemorates the Last Supper of Jesus Christ with…

A thief breaks into a house at around 3 AM. As he's walking about in the house with his flashlight, he hears a voice whisper, *"Jesus is watching you!"* Startled, he points his flashlight towards the source of the voice. In the corner of the room, there's a birdcage with a parrot in it. The thief breathes…

Theme: The Compassion in Discipleship Word for the Week Love : It is a caring commitment, in which affection and delight are shown to others, which is grounded in the nature of God himself. In his words and actions, and supremely in the death of Jesus Christ on the cross, God demonstrates the nature…

We are finishing our Back to School Series today as we discuss Team Spirit. I don’t know about you but our school had horrible team spirit even though we were awesome in football, so in our senior year, a group of us Seniors decided to take matters into our own hands. Each week we would introduce a new…

5 And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge; 6 And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness; 7 And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity. 8 For if these things be in you, and abound, they…

Secular - The Title today is Serving Jesus, Even If We Fail. The Following story is about a judge who failed. A lawyer defending a man accused of burglary tried this creative defense: “My client merely inserted his arm into the window and removed a few trifling articles. His arm is not himself, and I…

Happy Valentines day. This is a day when we pause to celebrate love. 34 So now I am giving you a new commandment: Love each other. Just as I have loved you, you should love each other. 35 Your love for one another will prove to the world that you are my disciples.” The disciples had been told to love…

Let’s begin with a word of prayer. Heavenly Father, As we gather here today, we come before You with hearts open to receive Your Word. We recognize that Your Word is a lamp to our feet and a light to our path. We invite Your Holy Spirit to be our guide and our teacher as we delve into the truths of Your…

The Departure and the command Has something bad ever led to something good? We are in the midst of passion week, actually the last night of Jesus earthly life before his being handed over. He has been anointed for His death His triumphal entry Jesus foretells his death, and manner of His death Jesus…

We are looking verse by verse through the practical teaching of Romans. Now in Romans 13:8-10 , we learn about the Believer’s Relationship with His Fellow Citizen. Last week we looked at the Believer’s relationship with the government, now the citizenry side of the believers relationships continue. God…

When the Final Gavel falls This weekend is easter many will be celebrating for different reasons. It is interesting I have 2 boys staying with us at the moment. They don’t know God and its interesting the conversation we are having. From Christmas to Easter and why did Adam and Eve sin? To What is sin?…

In John 13 we find Jesus sitting down to eat his last meal with his disciples. You'd think he'd be taking the opportunity to really relax and enjoy this time. But instead he jumps up and engages in the most demeaning task imaginable (for the time): washing his disciples' feet. Why? What was the point? Join Malcolm as he unpacks why and how this menial task informs one of the core priorities of Jesus' followers.

Blessing and Gratitude Numbers 6:24–26 (ESV) The Lord bless you and keep you; the Lord make his face to shine upon you and be gracious to you; the Lord lift up his countenance upon you and give you peace. an attitude of gratitude will turn the eyes of your heart toward the giver of all good things help…

Matthew 25:31-42 We began last week a series on the Truth about Our Hope. We saw that Hope Motivates us to Holiness. The Hope that we see when we look at this manger scene down here on this communion table is not a coming child, but the hope of a coming king. The Christ child has already come, He has…

Today we turn our attention back to the gospels and the story of Jesus. However, we are still focusing on unpacking what it means to be a forever family of God. Over the next three weeks we will be looking at what it means to be a loving, generous, and hospitable people. So while we are going to the…

John 14:1 0 -14 Proposition: God wants us to know that we will see the power of prayer when we pray in submission to His will, and to both the power and purpose of God. Read the text John 14:1-14 . Proposition: God wants us to know that we will see the power of prayer when we submit to His will to both…

What You Believe Matters 2 JOHN 1–13 When Jesus was in the “upper room” with His disciples the night before His crucifixion, He made a number of profound and lasting statements. One concerned truth; another concerned love. John 14:6 reports that He said, Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth,…

INTRO GOES HERE Scripture instructs God’s people to love one another and illustrates what this means in practice. Why Love One Another God Commands Us To Love For the whole law is fulfilled in one word: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” You shall not take vengeance or bear a grudge against…

Intro Kids, What’s the nicest thing that you could do for someone else? How can you show someone that you love them? In our passage today, Jesus is going to tell us how we are to love one another, and it is harder than you think! Love is not just something you say, it is something you do! See if you…

How would you define love? There was a movie made by Disney over 14 years ago, with a song called: How does she know that you love her. How does someone show love? I realize that I am late to the ball game for this sermon. Every September or October, I set aside a week to prepare my preaching calendar…

Mawage. Mawage is wot bwings us togeda today. Mawage, that bwessed awangment, that dweam wifin a dweam...And wuv, tru wuv, will fowow you foweva…So tweasure your wuv… The Princess Bride Unfortunately, that is what many think of relationships and marriage today, as jokes, something to poke fun at, and…

1 Thessalonians 5:12-28 Good morning church. Open your Bibles with me this morning to 1 Thessalonians 5 verse 12. Now let me explain my controversial title to this morning’s message. Commands for Christians. Now some of you might look at that title and think how is that controversial, and then there…

Philippians 1:19-26 19 For I know that this shall turn to my salvation through your prayer, and the supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ, 20 According to my earnest expectation and my hope, that in nothing I shall be ashamed, but that with all boldness, as always, so now also Christ shall be magnified…

1 Thessalonians 4:9-4:18 Good morning church. Open your Bibles with me to 1 Thessalonians chapter 4. We got as far as the 8th verse last week, let me just remind you that Paul begins the chapter with the words finally then. Not as his closing, but as a transition between doctrine and practice. Or teaching…

Merry Christmas!!!! Over these last few weeks… as we’ve journeyed together through Advent… We’ve talked about a lot… We’ve looked at the Christmas story… We’ve seen it’s characters… We’ve heard from them… from their stories… from their struggles… Hopefully … we’ve learned something! The Christmas story…