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What does it mean to live face to face with Jesus? Play video: Kid call dad on Ring doorbell... Matthew 7:21–23 (ESV) 21 “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. 22 On that day many will say to me, ‘Lord,…

Read the Blueprints When considering constructing a building or house, the best successes come when plans are followed. An entire team of people who understand the plans are able to gather together and read from those plans what the end vision will entail. However, there are times when people attempt…

Introduction Good morning.... Thank you Courtney for leading us today. It sort of feels a little more normal today at Connect Community and I thankful for that. Again thank you all for joining in with us this morning…we hope you are enduring well. I again long for a time when the church can gather. This…

The Church is the new people of God

What is church supposed to look like? Very often we talk about “going to church” as if the church service is the church. But the New Testament, and specifically in our passage today, paints a different picture of church. We will discover what the church ought to look like, and what practical steps we can take to move toward God’s prescriptions.

Entice: The most important information is not always the easiest to find, the easiest to understand or the easiest to assimilate. And, The central stories human existence are often comic tragedies with little heroism. I say that to introduce today's text, today's story, todays parable. It is maybe the…

Sermon Outline: "Who We Are" - 1 Peter 2:4-10 I. Introduction Story about why your identity matters: Share about being pulled over on my way to see Amy, because they thought I had just robbed a convenience store- I was speeding because I wanted to see Amy- They thought I was alluding arrest :) Why did…

Introduction If I hade some legos here to build a house, what part of the house would you start with? Roof Door Window Wall Foundation Why start with the foundation first? Why cant’ you build your walls and roof? I remember back in 2019, my grandfather was building a house. My dad and I helped him out.…

Introduction Read 1 Peter 2:4-8 “As you come to him, a living stone rejected by men but in the sight of God chosen and precious, you yourselves like living stones are being built up as a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. For…

What we learn from the Chief Cornerstone.

There was two young boys John and Tim returned home from school one day. John was thrilled to tell his mother what his younger brother had done. Bursting through the door he proclaimed, “Tim hit the teacher with a rock today.” His mother looked at Tim with a look of horror. Tim, in gritted his teeth…

Face to face with Jesus is the answer to all our questions and needs. Face to face with Jesus is where He is asking us to be. We are changed when we are face to face with Jesus.

The Building Blocks So get rid of all evil behavior. Be done with all deceit, hypocrisy, jealousy, and all unkind speech. 2 Like newborn babies, you must crave pure spiritual milk so that you will grow into a full experience of salvation. Cry out for this nourishment, 3 now that you have had a taste…

Welcome Announcements Just Started our New Reformation Study this morning. Join us next week We started a new phase in our Puritan Study last Wednesday. We looked at the forming of the Westminster Confession, and this week we begin to look at specific theological aspects of Puritan thought. Starting…

Addition 41 Those who accepted his message were baptized, and about three thousand were added to their number that day. 42 They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer. 47 praising God and enjoying the favor of all the people. And the Lord…

1 While they were speaking to the people, the priests, the captain of the temple police, and the Sadducees confronted them, 2 because they were annoyed that they were teaching the people and proclaiming in Jesus the resurrection of the dead. 3 So they seized them and took them into custody until the…

Introduction Summarize Chapter 1…We are God’s chosen people , called to live obedient lives to Jesus as exiles in a land that is not our home....to be an example to others. Now, Peter wants to show the status that Christians have as the true people of God, so that he may encourage us to live before the…

Intro: [ SLIDE ] T&C reaction to COVID-19 quarantine. Levels of disruption to our lives. National polls reflect the same: stress levels are higher than any time since the Great Recession in 2008. 70% report the virus outbreak as the source. The foundations of “normal” life have been knocked off of center.…

HOOK DO NOT FORGET TO UNMUTE It’s MONDAY the 28th day of September Last Thursday right here at “The Message”, we looked into the conversation between Peter, John and the crowd attending the prayer meeting at the temple— they explained to them the facts behind the healing of the beggar that was lame since…

The mighty temple! During the trial of Jesus, one thing they accused him of was when he said that the temple would fall and he would rebuild it in three days? Well for one, he was prophesying that the temple in Jerusalem would fall in a few decades. He was also talking about how he was die, and be resurrected…

Introduction Welcome Announcements Prayer Requests Last week we continued our Bible study through 1 Peter and saw how, in the local church, we submit to the Word of God and we are satisfied by the Word of God in 1 Peter 1:22-2:3 . Believers have been born again through the enduring and living Word of…

Please turn to Acts 4 . Acts 4 verse 1 Last week, we saw the apostles Peter and John going to the Jewish temple for prayer, when a man lame from birth asked them for $. Peter and John don’t have $, but instead, Jesus does a miracle through them to completely heal this man physically , socially (He is…

Christ our Cornerstone transforms us from dead rocks to living stones in His house

1 Peter 2:4-6 Coming to Him as to a living stone, rejected indeed by men, but chosen by God and precious, you also, as living stones, are being built up a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. Therefore it is also contained in the…