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Lamentations Background: written by Jeremiah Close the 587 BC It is the emotional reaction to the seige and fall of Jerusalem We learn 2 things in Lamentations: we can accept despair and sadness we can worship is despair and sadness We will cover 9 subjects in Lamentations: loneliness Depression Weariness…

Cheers. Making your way in the world today Takes everything you've got Taking a break from all your worries Sure would help a lot Wouldn't you like to get away? All those nights when you've got no lights The check is in the mail And your little angel Hung the cat up by its tail And your third fiance…

While Peter gave in to pressure and disowned Jesus, Jesus maintains his claim before the highest Jewish authorty.

Perk up. How does that work. How do you get out of your lonely place? PErk up doesn’t work because you loneliness is not the need for something from with yourself. It’s something that you have been disconnected from. It is relational. It’s not a better relationship with yourself that will fix it. We…

Introduction: On the first page of your Bible you are introduced to God. God is sometimes depicted as being an old white man, in a white robe, sometimes with a staff, but this is far from the truth. In fact, Genesis 1:26 tells us God is a plurality, what we refer to as the Trinity. Then God said, “Let…

Summer Ending? What a journey this has been about how faith (strong conviction) in Jesus Christ can bring victory over a variety of things that Christians can, and often do face. Victory over sin to become a Christian Victory over anxiety Victory over boredom Victory over depression Victory over despair…

Hope is essential to not just survive—but to thrive. Take hope away and life stops, growth stops, creativity stops, effort stops. So it is understandable, that when Jesus was about to ascend to heaven, his disciples were afraid and discouraged. In Jesus’ final words to His disciples during His earthly…

The Absolute Truth of Death The Negotiations of Faith Future Implications

Intro When I moved to BR, I was alone and lonely. I got an apartment with a BR, Kitchen, Bath and a den area. My furniture was the back-porch furniture from my parent’s house. I guess my mom got some that was better. My kitchen table was an old cafeteria table the hospital where my dad worked threw away.…

Matthews 8: 23-27

Introduction: Everyone experiences pain in some form or another throughout life Some asked the question of why is there so much pain, so much suffering and so much disappointment all around me? You’re looking at all the challenges of your life, trying to make sense of it without knowing what the bigger…

Introduction Of all of the human interaction there is nothing more significant than touch. Over the last year the pandemic has been a reason for separation. That separation produced ++Fear ++Anxiety ++Brokenness ++Loneliness We are wired for connection Separation is the farthest place from touch. 43…

The Wrath To Come As we overhear Jesus giving instructions to those whom He is sending out (See Matthew 10:1-4 ) the context changes. Beginning in vs 16 Jesus is speaking more broadly about the task of taking the message of Jesus to the broader, Gentile world. Yes, there would be persecution from among…

Good morning! If we haven’t met… QR Codes Report Advent Giving Success! Talk through United in Prayer One thing we do regularly as Elders is ask, “What does Gateway need?” And recently we’ve begun thinking about the need for us to engage with what God is doing outside of our church. To partner with Him…

I want to talk about RADICAL LIVING. And Radical living involves a lot of things we will study over the coming weeks, but it begins with Radical Presence of God. If I were to ask you what the most common emotional pain people struggle with in our culture is… many would answer anxiety or depression or…

Announcements Seed Sowing Saturday, this Saturday, January 2. This coming Sunday, we will be revealing the church theme for 2021. Evangelist Bruce Frye will be ministering to us on Sunday, January 17. Our Scripture Assembly is still planned for the weekend of January 29-31. Couple’s Overnight Retreat…

Big Idea: Jesus increases our faith. Doubts come to all believers Doubts are caused by circumstances and weakness Doubts must be brought to Jesus himself The disciples of John reported all these things to him. And John, calling two of his disciples to him, sent them to the Lord, saying, “Are you the…

Intro Joke - It’s okay to be frugal, but sometimes frugality borders on being a cheapskate? How many of you know someone who is a cheapskate? How many of you are a cheapskate? You know you’re a cheapskate if : 1. you have ketchup, mustard, or mayonnaise from fast food restaurants in your refrigerator.…

1. The Practice of Honesty 2. The Practice of Order in the Home 3. The Practice of Resolving Conflict Spiritually 4. The Practice of Peacefulness 5. The Practice of Bearing Holy Fruit e. The Christian is to bear the {fruit} of the Spirit in his daily walk. Gal. 5:22-23 G alatians 5:22-23 22 But the fruit…

God’s provision is based on His omniscience and carried out by His omnipotence through His compassion.

1 Therefore, since Christ suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves also with the same mind, for he who has suffered in the flesh has ceased from sin, 2 that he no longer should live the rest of his time in the flesh for the lusts of men, but for the will of God. 3 For we have spent enough of our…

Join us today as our guest speaker Dr. John King walks us through 1 Kings 17 and explains to us where God is in our times of loneliness. 07/23/2023