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Renew's values are Biblical Discipleship, Gracious Community, and Light to the World. Where do these values come from, what do they mean, and how do we live them out? Join Malcolm as he explores our foundations and their consequences.

Can we live in grace upon grace? This is my New Year resolution. As Christians, we all are the recipients of grace, but can we be the extenders of grace? I know it's not easy, but there are five things we can do to grow our ability to give grace. Let's take a look ...

In our 21 Day journey in prayer, we looked at several important principles—essential for experiencing the life God intends for you. In the prayer of Nehemiah, we discovered the critical principle of repentance —turning from our sin and trusting in God alone. Last week we identified three essential principles…

Grace is the key to open the Bible. We must stop asking what is lawful according to Jesus and what is unlawful. Instead, we must ask what is gracious and what is not gracious. We are saved by grace alone. We must live by grace alone. As recipients of grace, let us grace it forward.

What kind of God do we serve? Just what is God like? According to Nehemiah God is forgiving, compassionate, and gracious. All traits that are true of Jesus Christ. But also traits of His disciples in increasing measure each day.

Forgiveness invites the peace of God into our lives.

God is not angry with you. God is slow to anger because he is quick to love. Throughout history, God has been patient with his people encouraging them towards repentance. Ultimately, Jesus came to bear the full weight of God's anger so that we could receive his love!

For God loves a cheerful giver

10 For it is said, “His letters are weighty and powerful, but his physical presence is weak, and his public speaking is despicable.” 1 Now I, Paul, make a personal appeal to you by the gentleness and graciousness of Christ—I who am humble among you in person but bold toward you when absent. Gentleness:…

If we are going to communicate well we must listen well. When we fail to listen we fail to communicate. Confusion and disunity will be the result.

Jab 1 We are Made right and made worthy or worth anything ONLY because of Jesus Christ and his life, death and resurrection. -We know this and yet sometimes it is forgotten and not lived out and it is plain to see that people are searching for things that will make them feel worthy -Jobs, accumulation…

The power of the tongue to bring life and joy or death and suffering.

Introduction Please turn with me in your Bible to the letter to the Hebrews chapter 12. While we’ll be focusing on verses 24-25, let’s read verses 18-29 to remind ourselves of the context. Let’s now turn to and read verses 1-16. Illustration | Susan: In C.S. Lewis’s The Last Battle he writes Susan’s…

Jonah is not a kid’s story- rescuing it from Veggie Tales 1 Now the word of the Lord came to Jonah the son of Amittai, saying, 2 “Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and call out against it, for their evil has come up before me.” 3 But Jonah rose to flee to Tarshish from the presence of the Lord .…

Job is restored to service through the graciousness of God

Introduction Illustration: The Day General Andrew Jackson came to church In his excellent biography of Andrew Jackson, Marquis James tells of a Sunday morning in 1818 when the General traveled from his home, the Hermitage, into downtown Nashville to attend a Methodist conference. The famous circuit-riding…

1 The Lord said to Moses, “Cut two stone tablets like the first ones, and I will write on them the words that were on the first tablets, which you broke. 2 Be prepared by morning. Come up Mount Sinai in the morning and stand before me on the mountaintop. 3 No one may go up with you; in fact, no one should…

I have to be honest I did not know that crashing a wedding was a real thing until I saw the 2005 film “Wedding Crashers”. In this movie two divorce attorneys find weddings from the announcements section of the newspaper and then show up and pretend they know who the people are in order to achieve two…

A church united in Christ to share God's grace and show God's glory.

Identifying our addiction to power and replacing that addiction with God's graciousness and humility.

Through His magnificent gifts God equips us to seve Him gladly, boldy, and confidently.

After summarizing Israel’s sin and God’s grace in v. 16-17; he recounts the story of God’s patience and mercy. He describes three examples in Israel’s history that demonstrates how in mercy God did not forsake Israel. It is meant to be a praise to God and a reminder to the people.

In Order For There To Be A Gospel, Which Is The "Good News", There Was Some Bad News Which Came First, Sin (Separation From God And All That That Entails)

When life gets hard and our expectations of God go unmet, we can begin to lose confidence in the reliability and justice of God. This was true in Malachi’s day and our text delivers a clear answer to the skepticism of his audience. His answer ought to buttress our hope as well. In the heart of our text is the principle upon which we ground our hope that God will keep every promise he has made—“I the LORD do not change” (3:6).