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A Song of degrees for Solomon. Except the Lord build the house, they labour in vain that build it: Except the Lord keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain. It is vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, To eat the bread of sorrows: For so he giveth his beloved sleep. Lo, children are an…

Where Do We need God, and where does God show up to work? Is God like a clockmaker who divinely wound the clock of existence and then uninterestedly walked away? Is God like a personal answer provider like an 8-ball with a 15-year old girl shaking it asking, “does he like me, Does he like me, does he…

In the book of Ecclesiastes, Solomon expresses the importance of realizing that life is empty and meaningless without God. Picture this, the wisest, richest, most powerful man of that time after all he had learned, accomplished and gained said it was all pointless without God. None of it had lasting…

We've spoken over the quarter about God's promises… his promises of blessing when we give, about God's promise of heaven, about God's promise of the Holy Spirit, and God's promises for the future, and for guidance, and for energy, and for freedom from fear, and God's promise of abundant life. If you…

Our Statement on Mankind Mankind We believe mankind is created in the image of God to reflect His glory. As male and female, God commands them to take care of the earth and to populate it through the union of marriage. Because of inherited and committed sin they are spiritually dead, disobeying God and…

Idols are not always “overtly wrong”. I am NOT suggesting that idols are good but I am trying to say that some idols are not blatantly evil at first sight. And idol is anything in place of God. This is the basic definition of an idol. God’s rightful place is first above all other things. This is at the…

Introduction: ​ There’s a Mother’s Day card that, on the front, reads: “Mom, I remember that little prayer you used to say for me every day.”; When opened, the inside reads: “God help you if you ever do that again!” ​ Kids can be challenging, but they are precious gifts from God. As we celebrate Mother’s…

Review- Jarad at job for 15 years. Enjoyed it, but now faces difficult people, boss with no leadership, and less energy. How’s work- “Its a job” Story continues- the company name and boss is totally different. Conflict is still present but progression is being made A people of God- “Ambassador, I have…

I don’t think you have to try hard to understand that most people’s lives are out of balance. We used to teach this to kids in Campus Life… Living Balanced Life. Jesus modeled it. 52 Jesus grew in wisdom and in stature and in favor with God and all the people. Jesus grew mentally, physically, spiritually,…

You can Try to Build your Home with out God. But that Would be a bad decision. Building our Lives Only in the Lord. 1 The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. Corrupt are they, and have done abominable iniquity: There is none that doeth good. 1 Except the Lord build the house, they labour in…

Futility Futility Digging in sand Teaching a cat Cleaning a childs room 9 So I became great and surpassed all who were before me in Jerusalem. Also my wisdom remained with me. 10 And whatever my eyes desired I did not keep from them. I kept my heart from no pleasure, for my heart found pleasure in all…

What is rest? REST, Cessation of motion or action of any kind, and applicable to any body or being; as rest from labor; rest from mental exertion; rest of body or mind. A body is at rest , when it ceases to move; the mind is at rest , when it ceases to be disturbed or agitated Freedom from work or activity.…

The Tired Prophet in 1 Kings 19 , we have the story of Elijah the prophet of God during King Ahab and Queen Jezebel’s time. Elijah had just had a GREAT victory for God, defeating the 450 prophets of Baal. We might imagine this would be the start of a really Awesome series of moves, fixing the Northern…

Let us pray…Gracious and loving God, we come before you today with Joy in our hearts. Joy for being in this space together. Joy for being able to be together. And joy for the day itself which represents the day in which our new lives can begin. We thank you and praise you this day for all these things…

Let us pray…Gracious and loving God, on this day that we celebrate Christ’s arrival in Jerusalem and immediately move to his passion, we ask that you help us to open our hearts, minds and spirits to your still speaking voice above the din of all other voices in our hearts, minds, and spirits so that…

Let us pray…God, may the words of my mouth, the meditations of all of our hearts, and the willingness of our spirits be pleasing unto you this day. Today’s time of reflection on this Psalm is going to be a bit different for us. I know I typically spend time relating the scripture to our lives but I want…

Exegetical point: God is the builder and protector - and he does both through families. Homiletic point: Unless you build you life and family on Christ - you’re wasting everything. Intro We recently renovated a house. It took heaps of effort and time! It’s something that we have sunk a bunch of money…

Let us pray…Gracious and loving God, as we gather this day, we are reminded that your love knows no limits and no bounds. Help us in this time to remember and reflect on this idea so that we can find comfort and peace in a time that is out of our control, and remind us that your time is perfect. Now,…

Let us pray…Gracious and loving God, on this first Sunday in Lent, we are standing at the stream of life and longing for your presence amongst us in this time that seems to be a never ending period of grief, despair, sorrow, and sadness. We are ready to celebrate and be able to praise you once again.…

Intro: The Psalms of Ascent are about a people. The Psalms of Ascent are about a God. The People of God are Scattered · Psalm 122 · The People of the OT were scattered · The movement of the OT events is to gather God’s people. · The Psalms of Ascent were a picture of that scatteredness. · We are scattered…

Pastor Steve leads us through the Psalms: Songs of Ascent

This morning, I want to begin a series in the book of Psalms by asking you a peculiar question: "Why are we so tired all the time?" I’m tired of this pandemic! I’m sick of wearing masks everywhere I go, I’m tired of social distancing and what it does to the local church. This seems to be a shared problem…

As we head into our third week on this series, I wanted to start us off today with a little bit of a recap, in case some have missed what we have discussed so far and to also give us a little history lesson on what we heard from today’s Psalm. Recap of last two weeks... So let’s start with what we have…

What is rest? What do you think of when you think of rest? Are sleeping and rest the same thing? 9 How long will you lie down, O sluggard? When will you arise from your sleep? 10 “A little sleep, a little slumber, A little folding of the hands to rest”— 11 Your poverty will come in like a vagabond And…

Down Why do we get down? Sin Discouragement Weariness Heartbreak Failure 23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, 26 “Do you intend to reprove my words, When the words of one in despair belong to the wind? 3 Encourage the exhausted, and strengthen the feeble. 18 The Lord is near to…