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To the choirmaster. A Maskil of the Sons of Korah. 1 As a deer pants for flowing streams, so pants my soul for you, O God. 2 My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When shall I come and appear before God? 3 My tears have been my food day and night, while they say to me all the day long, “Where…

I Timothy 1:12-20 Scripture Reader: A.J. Katzberg Introduction Good morning once again to you. We are in the second week of our exploration of the first letter of Paul to the young pastor Timothy at the church in Ephesus. Each time I get into this letter I get more and more excited about what God has…

The Sabbath Jesus has gone to church and they wanted Him to do the preaching on this Sabbath He spoke with great authority, none ever heard before. he spoke so authoritatively that the demon in the possessed man had to reveal himself. And Jesus cast him out of the man, showing His authority over the…

Luke 5:12-16 12 And it happened that while he was in one of the towns, there was a man covered with leprosy. And when he saw Jesus, he fell down on his face and begged him, saying, “Lord, if you are willing, you are able to make me clean.” 13 And extending his hand he touched him, saying, “I am willing;…

1 Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, for many false prophets have gone out into the world. 2 By this you know the Spirit of God: every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God, 3 and every spirit that does not…

Introduction Isaiah 5 is divided into 2 sections: Isa. 5:1-7 - song of the vineyard (it’s a disappointing vineyard) Isa. 5:8-30 - is about the fruit of the vineyard (wild, worthless grapes) We’re just going to listen to the song this morning I don’t know how good a singer Isaiah was but he’s a master…

Intro: Does anyone know who Granger Smith is? He is a 43 year old fairly successful singer/songwriter who is walking away from his country music career – a to devote his life to ministry at his local church outside of Austin, Texas. His final show is on Aug. 26. "I have a huge feeling of relief now that…

Introduction - A hard step This week is probably the most difficult point of our journey through the wilderness. We began by talking about how the Holy Spirit of God calls us to the desert that we might be transformed. We have spoken about how wilderness worship looks different from mountaintop worship…

Readings: John 2:13-22 , 1 Cor 1:18-25 Sermon: · Sometimes things just don’t make sense. “Well, sometimes my life just don't make sense at all When the mountains look so big, And my faith just seems so small” · Quote on the screen comes from a song called “Hold me Jesus” by an American songwriter called…

Message It was late in my high school years that I first began paying attention to something called “March Madness.” Yes, I discovered the famous college basketball tournament and began learning about one particular team, Duke University. I had never been into sports very much growing up. Sometimes my…

R. Kent Hughes, in his book Liberating Ministry From The Success Syndrome tells a story of a gospel singer and songwriter who was associated with Dwight L. Moody. The story goes “It was Christmas Eve 1875 and Ira Sankey was traveling on a Delaware River steamboat when he was recognized by some of the…

Fact - Faith - Feeling And many will turn away from me and betray and hate each other. And many false prophets will appear and will deceive many people. Sin will be rampant everywhere, and the love of many will grow cold. But the one who endures to the end will be saved. This last 4 weeks we have had…

Broken Paradise I don’t know about you, but I grew up on Switchfoot. They’ve been a constant soundtrack in the background on my life for the last 25 years. Jon Forman is one of the great songwriters of our day. Don’t believe me, check out his solo albums. One theme that has been constant in the music…

WORSHIP LIKE JACOB How We Worship WAYS OF WORSHIP Genesis 24:26 Then the man (Jacob) bowed down and worshiped the LORD Nehemiah 8:6 Ezra praised the LORD, the great God; and all the people lifted their hands and responded, "Amen! Amen!" Then they bowed down andworshiped the LORD with their faces to the…

Isaiah 28 Good evening church! I want to begin by thanking you for allowing Nicole and I some time away to celebrate our 30th Wedding anniversary. We had a wonderful time of exploring Tennessee. We saw 7 bears not including the ones in zoos and country stores, got to see and do a ton of things, we were…

Text: 1 Peter 1:17-19 The Apostle Peter gives us many insights in this short, 3-verse, passage. Let’s look at one. How we view God. First, he talks about how we view God. Yesterday we celebrated the life of Bob Millage. Several of you were unable to be here because of the snow and the bad road conditions.…

O God, you are my God; earnestly I seek you; my soul thirsts for you; my flesh faints for you, as in a dry and weary land where there is no water. So I have looked upon you in the sanctuary, beholding your power and glory. Because your steadfast love is better than life, my lips will praise you. Did…

Have you ever met someone who just always seems to be smiling? You know the one I’m talking about.... You’re in the ridiculously long check out line at Walmart.... Why can’t they just open another register? But…instead of being annoyed like everyone else, they seem to be happy — filled with joy! You…

Introduction: “Open My Eyes That I May See” Open my eyes that I may see Glimpses of truth Thou hast for me; Place in my hands the wonderful key That shall unclasp, and set me free; Silently now I wait for Thee: Ready, my God, Thy will to see; Open my eyes, illumine me, Spirit divine! Within this awesome…

Paul just taught how God has given different gifts to His people in the church The purpose was to edify Jesus The goal was to further Jesus among the church and the world These were simply tools to be used But covet earnestly the best gifts: and yet shew I unto you a more excellent way. There’s a better…

Salvation through Christ Alone The gospel, the good news, Greek word “euaggelion.” We hear it often. We say we believe, we tell others to believe. Today let’s look at why we should believe and how we can explain to others why we believe, the hope we have in the gospel. In Christ alone my hope is found…

The first and greatest command of all is to share the greatest gift of all.

Introduction Joy is not the product of a problem free existence. Joy is produced as we are aware of God’s promises and are confident in His faithfulness to fulfill them. This means that what joy requires most is the marriage of knowledge and faith. When we know who our God is because we have read His…

There is an old Christmas song that isn’t sung too much these days. It goes like this... "C" is for the Christ Child born upon this day; "H" for herald angels in the night. "R" means our Redeemer; "I" means Israel; "S" is for the star that shone so bright. "T" is for the three wise men, They who travelled…

Scripture Reading 8 But do not overlook this one fact, beloved, that with the Lord one day is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. 9 The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should…