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Now the serpent was the most cunning of all the wild animals that the Lord God had made. He said to the woman, “Did God really say, ‘You can’t eat from any tree in the garden’?” The woman said to the serpent, “We may eat the fruit from the trees in the garden. But about the fruit of the tree in the middle…

God can use anybody to go anywhere to reach anyone.

Oh, Christmas Tree. Up went we, up the mountainside to find the perfect tree. Searching through the ice and snow, we seven, four and three. Then, carefully we carried the tree in and unwrapped it from the tarp. 50% of the pinecones had fallen off. Sad story. But we got it in the stand, got the stand…

Many people have doubts about Jesus. We are guilty of accepting the faulty logical fallacy of attempting to appeal to authority to decide if we should believe someone. Jesus repeatedly demonstrated that he was capable of responding to criticism and both honest and deceptive, cynical questioners. He is indeed able to handle our questions. But at the end of all things, let be sure that Jesus teaches there is a resurrection of the dead and we stand in peril as it relates to our eternal state. Jesus has come to save. He indeed does save. He saves by Himself all those who come to God through Him. We throw ourselves on the Messiah and find that He breaks us of the stuff that destroys us and others. Or, we refuse Him and will find that He grinds to powder in true judgement. Or, as John the Baptist said, He will thoroughly clean out His threshing floor. These thoughts were shared by Jason Stuart Percy at Refuge TLH in Tallahassee, FL on Sunday, October 3, 2021.

There is a rich and valuable tradition of reading Jesus’ Beatitudes as desirable or meritorious conditions to pursue. Jesus’ original hearers heard them as provocative declarations of the radical new availability of the Kingdom. The Kingdom of God is even available to the spiritually bankrupt. Our response…

The Impact of Repentance

Broken Heart “No one ever worshipped God with his whole heart unless he worshipped him with a broken heart; and there never was a heart that was truly broken thatbrokenness did not thereby become a whole heart.” Charles Spurgeon By contrast, the focus here is not on the potential convert’s humility,…

Leave your jar behind, Jesus is waiting for you, Jesus is an equal opportunity Savior, You are broken, Deal with the hard things, Fix Your Theology, Leave your jar behind, Share your story, Believe His words,

Opening Announcements(Welcome) Good Morning Welcome Everyone! To those joining us this morning here at Eastern Hills and to those joining us online…Welcome, we’re so glad you are here with us. I’m Pastor Joe Vivian. I have the honor of bringing the study on the 3rd Miracle in our 8 part series, Signs.…

Sermon dealing with encounter with Jesus on the road to Damascus.

Privítanie a modlitba Privítať Modlitba Pieseň 21 Nahrávať!! Kohelet 1 , 12 -18 Bratia a sestry, dnes pokračujeme v prvej kapitole knihy kazateľa alebo knihy Kohelet. Kohelet 1 , 12 -18 Prvá časť 12 Ja, Kazateľ, som bol kráľom nad Izraelom v Jeruzaleme. 13 Predsavzal som si, že budem múdro hľadať a skúmať…

There is no worse feeling than when our sin finds us out. Being exposed can leave us feeling broken and ashamed. Oftentimes, this can be rock bottom for us. Many of us can relate to the woman caught in adultery. We may fail in different ways, but they have the same result. The woman was going to pay the price for her sin—until she meets Jesus. What hope she must have felt as the stones began to fall at the feet of her accusers, and she was given a second chance to “go and sin no more.” If you feel broken today, hope is here. Jesus is offering forgiveness and a fresh start. On the other side, how we interact with people around us who have made mistakes says a lot about our relationship with Jesus. The Church should be the place where grace is found easily and forgiveness is extended quickly.

When things break, God can and will bring purpose and beauty out of the brokenness.

Many of us encounter systematic problems in our families and lives that we cannot get rid of. Many of these issues are generational curses. Little do we know that God has given us the power to rid ourselves of such problems.

This may not be a standard text on marriage, but in light of the fact that marriage is a reflection of Christ and the church, I want to view it through that lens. I’m hoping that by the end you’ll see more clearly how our relationship to Jesus is reflected in our relationship with our spouse. Our relationship…

God calls His people to brokenness and repentance over our spiritual failures or face His judgment for our sins as a nation.

A little bit about myself Moved to America at age 14 (spoke no English) My wife Sarah and I have been married for 17 years. 6 kids. Associate pastor at MEFC for 10 years Fun fact: I have done Crossfit training with pastor DS. Let me tell you how I ended up working out with pastor David. I was in a very…

We will seek to take Christmas back. Christmas is traditionally known as a time of joy, laughter, good tidings and family. We ask the question is this really what happens at Christmas? Our goal is to restore these things this year at Christmas.

Introduction: While the passage before us today introduces one of my favorite characters in all of Scripture, this passage is full of brokenness. Growing up, I really used to look forward to hearing the account of Joseph. Now that I’m older and see all of the evidences of brokenness across the passage,…

Intro: Good morning, and welcome back to The Social Distance Gathering Place West. I hope you guys have had a great week. How was your week? What are struggling with this week? What has been easy for you? If you aren’t able to work, I want you to know that we are praying for you and joining you in asking…

Rest was created by God. He had a practical purpose for rest, but He also had a deeply spiritual and kingdom purpose for rest. Rest and Worship are inextricably linked in the Bible. We rest in order to worship and we rest as a mode of worship.

Legacy teaching

The Purpose of Communion Introduction: This morning we are going into a time of remembering. It is a time where our church sees the significance of remembering the Lord’s death through symbols of the bread and cup. We are told to remember. This is not a ritual but an ordinance of our church. We are called…

I. Why Would God Break Us? A. Ephesians 3:14–21 (KJV 1900) 14 For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, 15 Of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named, 16 That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit…

God breaks the spirit of the proud and arrogant so that in their humility and brokenness they may come to repentance and restoration. A crushed heart or spirit may be caused by tragic circumstances or by God’s judgment.