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God still surprises those who are willing to surrender to His plan.

I. When What You Know Is Too Much Not too much knowledge, but too much to understand. Too much to deal with. When what you know is too much about the mysteries and not enough about the reasons why, you just might get stuck, freeze, go catatonic and get real useless. There becomes an overload of disbelief…

Hard way and the easy way… to get what you want in life But there’s really no easy way… life is just hard and some times we make it even harder… by not asking for help… not taking advantage of opportunities… Today we look at two healings of Jesus and how Jesus was moved to heal for two different reasons…

Years ago when I was going through seminary- along with going to school I also worked as a security guard to help pay for my education. It was an awful schedule. I was working third shift, then going directly to school in the morning and then sleeping during the afternoon. So I would go to work at 10:30…

Emotion Wheel: Surprise I mentioned that for most of my life I struggled to be in touch with my emotions. I linked an emotionless life to godliness. I believed that God was able to move past emotions and simply make the decisions that needed to be made. But I found myself struggling with that belief.…

All authority is deligated authority, What is your response to the authority of Jesus?

Faith thrives in surprise.

Bookmarks & Needs: B: John 6:16-21 N: Welcome Good morning, and welcome to Family Worship here at Eastern Hills! If you’re with us this morning online, we’re glad that you are able to take part in our live stream. For those of you here in the room today, its good to see your faces and to worship together…

Theme: There is peace and preaching. Purpose: To help saved people see God's best for them in Simon's life

Prayer Who’s the Boss? In my final year of seminary I got involved with a group of other students to do outreach at a newly built apartment complex. Idea behind this complex was that it would be mixed housing - some apartments people would pay full rent, others would be government subsidized. The developers…

POWER OF PRAYER A legendary tale tells the story that occured in a small Texas town (Mt. Vernon). Drummond’s Bar began construction on a new building to increase their business. The local Baptist church started a campaign to block the bar from opening with petitions and prayers. Work progressed right…

From Wonder to Wonder Wonder - As a verb: desire or be curious to know something. feel doubt As a noun: a feeling of surprise mingled with admiration, caused by something beautiful, unexpected, unfamiliar, or inexplicable. The Greek word that is often translated wonder or to be amazed in the New Testament…

A Message about keeping the wonder of who Jesus is.

The authority of Jesus is demonstrated by the marvelous and miraculous power of His word.

Do you ever wonder? Depending on your personality and perspective, you may have heard and interpreted that question one of two ways: You may have heard - Do you ever doubt? This is a pretty common use of this word – I wonder how that could ever happen. There is a sense of doubt in the question, a sense…

Who likes Surprises? It is sometimes easy to loose sight of the real people of Christmas. They aren’t just characters in a story. Their lives were forever altered by their encounters with God’s plan. Zacharias and Elizabeth had to be absolutely flabbergasted by the announcement of the Angel. While they…

Welcome Series Intro Week 2 of “What Made Jesus ________?” Small Group/Resources Weekend Intro Are you familiar with the concept of “emotional intelligence?” Emotional intelligence. Sometimes it’s referred to as “EQ.” Here’s what emotional intelligence is: it’s the ability to identify and understand…

Such a horrible sight! Such a horrible sight was the community of lepers! A group of people who suffered severely. What a disgusting skin disease. The discoloration of sore spots covering them from head to toe. The deterioration of their foreheads, cheeks, forearms, legs, toes; sometimes so bad that…

What is the sermon about? Uncertain times thoughts and reactions during a storm. Understanding the real power of Jesus (God). Why is this important? Tie thoughts to your imagination your perceptions of future events based on the present conditions. Identify the basis of your imagination. What do we need to do? Renew the imaginations to good instead of bad. Do not limit the power of God. Awaken the Christ in you, and cast your care on him. What is the single most persuasive idea. Jesus never sleeps

Jesus teaching ministry starts: Teaching with authority

Intro: On the first day of July, 1885, a man named Edward Kimble sensed that the Lord wanted Him to share His faith with a shoe salesman he knew. Kimble was also a Sunday School teacher, and this young shoe salesman had been coming to his class. Like many of us, Kimble was uncertain as to whether he…

This sermon is based on the Gospel reading (John 2:1-11) of the Church of England. It explores the tension between the abundant life Jesus invites us into, which stands in contrast to the world of scarcity in which we live. The miracle reveals the extravagent love of the Father for us in the person of Jesus and invites into a posture of looking for Jesus in the places of our lives where we least expect Him.

Everyone has a different take on surprises. Some love them, some hate them. Most everyone has experienced surprises and some have had a larger impact than others. Unprepared There are things that happen in our life that we are simply unprepared for. At Jericho, Israel had no way to SCALE the walls Against…

Jesus is not indifferent to our suffering but is moved with compassion. He has authority over death and is able to bring about miraculous interventions in our lives.

If our suffering is for Christ’s glory, then we can rejoice.