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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…

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…

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.

Recap from last week: 38 Then Jesus answered, “Will you really lay down your life for me? Very truly I tell you, before the rooster crows, you will disown me three times! Jesus just tells Peter that he was going to deny Him Then He tells him 1 “Do not let your hearts be troubled. You believe in God;…

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…

Acts29 Sunday Your Apple calendar may not have told you but today is Church Planting Sunday. Every year we take some time to celebrate what God is doing in planting churches worldwide, specifically through the network we’re a part of in Acts29. What is Acts29? Acts29 is a network of churches who link…

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…

John 13:38 John 21:15-19 Today is the last of the eight week series on Truth. We have been looking at the times that Jesus said Verily, Verily in the book of John. Each time he says Verily, Verily he is saying Amen, Amen (in the Greek) which at it’s root is Truth, Truth In the Greek repeated words are…

Glorious Dark Night Last week we looked at the beginning of John 13 . We examined Jesus washing the feet of his disciples. And in that act we talked about the intense love and humility that Jesus Demonstrated. After Jesus had washed the feet of his Disciples he told them that their lives need to be marked…

Hey guys—this is your last warning: Valentine’s Day is tomorrow. It’s the primary day our country celebrates romantic love. We spend absurd amounts of money on cards, overpriced chocolate, and roses that cost half that much two weeks ago, all as a way to celebrate love. There is nothing wrong with getting…

Introduce self... Pray... Heavenly father, I praise you that you are great. I praise you that you were before all things and that by you all things hold together. I praise you that you are good. I praise you that all your ways are righteous and just. There is no imperfection in you. Thank you for coming…

Graduation Sunday: In many places in the New Testament, the apostle Paul refers to himself as “a servant of Jesus Christ” (e.g., Romans 1:1 ; Colossians 4:12 ; Philippians 1:1 ; 1 Timothy 4:6 ). 1 Paul, a bondservant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, separated to the gospel of God The Lord’s…

Judas Has Left Cant talk because of someone in the room you have something to say but you cant 31 Then, when he had gone out, Jesus said, “Now the Son of Man is glorified, and God is glorified in him. Glorify the Father 4 I have glorified you on earth by completing the work that you have given me to…

58 times — in scripture — we are told “Do Not Fear” 10 times — we are told “Do Not Worry” No weapon that is fashioned against you shall prosper, and you shall confute every tongue that rises against you in judgment. This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord and their vindication from me, says…

Belief: An opinion of judgment in which a person is fully persuaded. 12 But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God, 16 “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.…

How often do we grasp the weight of being a follower of Jesus? Do we realize that Christianity isn’t just a religious system where we go through some motions in order to appease God, but a system of belief. A belief that should effect how we conduct ourselves in this life. Sarah was recently speaking…

Where are You going? I was a young mother with a very precocious toddler. She spoke in full sentences - paragraphs - at age 2. She was curious, bright, active, and above all very determined to figure out the world around her. I worked mostly in the late evenings and into the wee hours of the morning.…

Palm Sunday Foretold by the Prophets 9 Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion! Shout in triumph, O daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your king is coming to you; He is just and endowed with salvation, Humble, and mounted on a donkey, Even on a colt, the foal of a donkey. 22 The stone which the builders rejected…

Where do we start? 10 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, And the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding. 10 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom; A good understanding have all those who do His commandments; His praise endures forever. What do we tend to fear? The unknown…

Last week, we looked at John 13:1-17 , and Jesus washing his disciples’ feet. We saw how Jesus knew, and then Jesus loved. Actually, we stopped in the middle of the scene, and today we want to finish the scene. Jesus has just washed his disciples’ feet, and returned to the table. He tells them that they…

Simon Peter said to him, “Lord, where are you going?” Jesus answered him, “Where I am going you cannot follow me now, but you will follow afterward.” Peter said to him, “Lord, why can I not follow you now? I will lay down my life for you.” Jesus answered, “Will you lay down your life for me? Truly, truly,…

Jesus breaks away for a Q&A session with his disciples to talk about where he is going and why it matters.  We need that reminder too about where Jesus is going and why it matters.

1 On the third day a wedding took place in Cana of Galilee. Jesus’ mother was there, and 2 Jesus and His disciples were invited to the wedding as well. 3 When the wine ran out, Jesus’ mother told Him, “They don’t have any wine.” 4 “What has this concern of yours to do with Me, woman?” Jesus asked. “My…

Prelude Welcome/Reason for Gathering We gather together on this night to remember and celebrate the Thursday of Holy Week—the day on which Jesus shared a meal with His disciples, washed their feet, and gave them a command. As we gather here, separated by time and location from the events of that night,…

Several week ago, we started this series, but have had a few weeks off. We talked about walking according to the Spirit 16 So I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh. 17 For the flesh desires what is contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit what is contrary to the flesh.…