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Here are some funny things that were found on church signs: Don’t let worries kill you, let the church help. The fact that there is a highway to hell and a stairway to heaven says a lot about anticipated traffic numbers. Honk if you love Jesus. Text and drive if you want to meet Him. Historical/Cultural…

We have been studying the method of relational or friendship evangelism. Last time we looked at the Master Evangelist, Jesus, and developed some principles that we can implement into our own lives. The principles of evangelism: 1. curiosity aroused; 2. problem pointed out; and then (maybe), 3. the answer…

Today we return to our exegetical study through the opening chapters of the book of Revelation. As a way or reminder, we are blessed, according to Chapter 1, when we read or hear the things written here. We are studying the very letters Christ wrote to His churches. He knew what was happening and what…

Simon the Zealot The next name given in Luke 6:15 is “Simon called the Zealot.” 15 and Matthew, and Thomas, and James the son of Alphaeus, and Simon who was called the Zealot, 4 Simon the Zealot, and Judas Iscariot, who betrayed him. 18 Andrew, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and Matthew, and Thomas, and…

What brings you comfort? Are there times that you need comfort? What are things that bring you comfort when you have a troubled heart? Think back in the past few weeks, what are some of the thinks Jesus has offered to bring comfort to the troubled hearts to the apostles? Our Passage 22 Judas (not Iscariot)…

Comfort for troubled heart Still the apostles have a hard time with all they have been told. I’m leaving Someone will betray me One will deny me All will abandon me They were given some hope, some comfort You believe in God, believe in Me I go prepare a place and I will return I am the way to the Father…

Deuteronomy 7:12-11:25 REVIEW We started the book of Deuteronomy/ Devarim 3 weeks ago The Torah goes on to recount the 42 stations from the Exodus from Egypt to the Promised Land. We spoke of Devarim = Deuteronomy elle-ha deverim = these are the words Picture of Journey An 11 day journey that lasted…

Jesus is the Way, the Truth, and the Life “Let not your hearts be troubled. Believe in God; believe also in me. Jesus begins an extended dialogue He and God are to be trusted equally In my Father’s house are many rooms. If it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you? And…

INTRODUCTION . 16 “I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may be with you forever; 17 that is the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it does not see Him or know Him, but you know Him because He abides with you and will be in you. 18 “I will not leave…

3rdSunday of Advent -- Joy Reading: Luke 2:8-14 Introduction: Not a comprehensive study of the expansive subject of joy, but a practical look at how we can experience joy during the time of advent; of waiting for Jesus to return, even as the world around us spins more and more into chaos. I. The Value…

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…

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…

Announcements Are there any announcements? Good Friday Service is at 7pm. Rend Collective May 4, 7pm Communion Today is communion Sunday and all who are here that have received Jesus as Lord and Savior can come to the Table. Prayer Lord Jesus, we bow before you in humility and ask You to examine our…

Exegetical Point: Homiletic Point: Intro Do you sometimes open the Bible and feel unequipped to understand what you’re reading? Or perhaps that you would not be able to explain to someone else what it means? Well, don’t worry, because I feel that way too sometimes. That’s how I felt as i was approaching…

Intro: Jesus is now on His way to Jerusalem to present Himself as the Passover Lamb. He knows what lies ahead for Him. People are converging on Jerusalem from all directions to observe the Passover. Historians believe that 1-2 million Jews would have been in Jerusalem throughout this week. Imagine the…

OPENING: Vayak’hel - Pekudei TORAH: Ex. 35:1 ––40:38 I will dwell among the children of Israel and will be their God. My tabernacle also shall be with them; indeed I will be their God, and they shall be My people. All the way around shall be eighteen thousand cubits; and the name of the city from that…

Have you ever felt as though your relationship with God is not where it used to be? Many of us have felt as though we were not as close as we used to be in our walk and our relationship with God. Hopefully through this study we have learned how to realign ourselves with God and draw closer to Him. As…

12 Therefore, just as tsin came into the world through one man, and udeath through sin, and vso death spread to all men5 because wall sinned— 13 for sin indeed was in the world before the law was given, but xsin is not counted where there is no law. 14 Yet death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over…

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…

Christians are under grace as a rule of life Obedience that is primarily motivated by love 17 By this is love perfected with us, so that we may have confidence for the day of judgment, because as he is so also are we in this world. Love has been perfected with us- Lit. “love has reached its goal” with…

The beauty of the Gospel is seen in the gracious gift of Holy Spirit to convict and comfort.

After offering himself to the disciples in the previous pericope, in the second of these six statements Jesus offers the Holy Spirit. Jesus begins to articulate the Christian life after his departure and speaks about living in obedience to the commandments of God in a fallen world that opposes God and…

5 In your relationships with one another, have the same mindset as Christ Jesus: The book “Thinking Like Jesus: Understanding the mind of Christ” says that When Paul penned this verse in his own language, he chose an interesting word for “mind . " The word mind here means "attitude" or "thinking." Therefore,…

Jesus’s life — He taught, healed, encouraged, showed us how to live, and love, revealing to the the world the mind and character of God. Out of all the things that Jesus did...stood his relationship with the Father. Jesus Prayed — As a boy — Temple — How to pray (only once a pattern for prayer) — Public…

Paraclete . Huh? This is a Greek word used in John’s writings to describe the Holy Ghost. In Greek, the word appears as paraklētos, which is used by Jesus in the Gospel of John 4 times, all in the teachings between the Last Supper in the upper room and the prayers of Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane.…