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33 Oh, the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments and how inscrutable his ways! 34 “For who has known the mind of the Lord, or who has been his counselor?” 35 “Or who has given a gift to him that he might be repaid?” 36 For from him and through him and…

Big Idea of the Message : The purpose of God is to bring all things together under Christ. God’s Purpose (v. 9-10) Everyone like to have a purpose in life - be it family, employment, financial or spiritual; Then life happens and as our dreams fade so goes also our purpose and with that we begin to feel…

Future Restoration 35 And Jesus was going through all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every kind of disease and every kind of sickness. Observe the goodness of His mission - the constant provision of help and hope Preaching the…

Anchor Verses: 38 Then Jesus, deeply moved again, came to the tomb. It was a cave, and a stone lay against it. 39 Jesus said, “Take away the stone.” Martha, the sister of the dead man, said to him, “Lord, by this time there will be an odor, for he has been dead four days.” 40 Jesus said to her, “Did…

Philippians 3:7-14 Purpose is a very wonderful thing. Without purpose, a person life is without direction and ultimately without hope. When one loses hope then they lose reason for living. We live in a society today that is losing its purpose. There is a real problem, not only in America but in many…

The Prayer of Restoration God answers prayer. Do you believe that? You know, sometimes you pray, and it feels like nothing happens, like, like no one is listening. But there are some prayers based on promises of God from scripture, prayers that when you pray, you can know that God will always answer…

Restoration A few years ago, an angry man rushed through the Rijks Museum in Amsterdam until he reached Rembrandt's famous painting "Nightwatch." Then he took out a knife and slashed it repeatedly before he could be stopped. A short time later, a distraught, hostile man slipped into St. Peter's Cathedral…

No front door evangelism today Scripture Reading Pastoral prayer INTRODUCTION The subject I want to talk about today is what I call “John’s Great Commission”. And since we preached out of John last week on the resurrection, I want us to study the final chapter in John today. So if you have a Bible please…

Intro: Gathered around the Fire, ask the questions of those gathered around, share some bread with them. Imagine the conversation they were having, while having breakfast. There is just something about sitting around and sharing that opens the heart and warms the soul. I sure it was the same for the…

The Mountain Valley Cathedral in a remote Swiss village was one of the most beautiful churches in the region. One of the features that attracted so many people to the cathedral was its beautiful pipe organ. People would come from miles away to hear the lovely tones of this organ. But one day the organ…

Look its Jesus You never know when the risen Savior was going to show up. He appeared to Mary at the tomb (20:16) He appeared to disciples minus Thomas (20:19) He appeared to disciples and Thomas (20:26) Those are the times that John records in his gospel of the appearance of Jesus. Now He has shown…

Main Theme Agents of Restoration: The Spirit-filled church imparts what it has The Fourfold Gospel of Jesus According to the Christian and Missionary Alliance, Jesus is: Savior 12 And there is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.”…

Mark 16: 1-7 . There is nothing in Scripture that should give us more joy and excitement then the Resurrection of our Savior. The resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead is as much a part of the Gospel message as His sacrificial death on the cross ( 1 Cor. 15:1–8 ). The Resurrection proves that Jesus…

Introduction A New Start Series: We began a new series a couple weeks ago on the first Sunday of the new year called ‘New Beginnings’. In that first message we started at the beginning. In that in order to have a true new start, it has to begin somewhere, and that somewhere is the salvation found in…

1 The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me, because the Lord has anointed me to bring good news to the poor; he has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to those who are bound; 16 And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up. And…

Second Wind 1 Now I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away. Also there was no more sea. 2 Then I, John, saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. 3 And I heard a loud voice from…

Messiah as Ideal Israel 1 Listen to me, O coastlands, and give attention, you peoples from afar. The Lord called me from the womb, from the body of my mother he named my name. 2 He made my mouth like a sharp sword; in the shadow of his hand he hid me; he made me a polished arrow; in his quiver he hid…

Scene 1. The journey through life can be a wild ride sometimes. We have our ups and downs. The fun times. The great memories. The times we would rather forget. And the times when we think all has been lost but somehow it turns out all right. That is the journey that the apostle Peter experienced as he…

Intro We will follow our usual pattern of working our way through the passage. There are two main pictures here, the scene on the boat, and the scene between Jesus & Peter. Then there’s the closing verse to finish the book off! Jesus Brings Fruitfulness A Picture of Ministry As per usual in the book…

Isaiah’s prophecy is a wake-up call. Yahweh, the Ever-living God is everything, idols are nothing. Give up your idolatry. Return to God with a whole heart, listen to His voice, and He will turn your wastelands of sin into gardens of eternal life. Because there is so much talk about turning from idols,…

Signs in the Book of Jonah Biblical signs are miracles - That is what the Pharisees in Matthew 12 are actually asking for and Jesus points them to the sign of Jonah. The first sign is that of Jonah’s very commission, it was very unique that Jonah was called to a gentile nation. Second was the sign of…

God is. This is the central truth of the universe. But why is it important to our lives? It is important because this one truth has massive implications for our being, our identity, our purpose, and as we will see, every choice we make either moves us closer or farther from our own flourishing and wholeness.…

Gio shares how the church can practice the ministry of reconciliation God began through Jesus Christ.

Back to the New Normal, for Peter Backstory: Everything had fallen apart. Hopes, dreams, plans, purposes. It seemed like everything Peter and the other disciples had imagined had gone up in smoke. What started out as an exciting entrance into Jerusalem, and apparent allowance of the Jewish leaders for…

Recognition of sin Respect of and for God Retributive Theology Remorse Reunion