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As we continue our study of the book of Amos, we recall that Amos was a man from the southern kingdom of Judah sent to the northern kingdom of Israel to prophesy against them. He wasn’t trained as a prophet. He was a country boy, a sheepherder and grower of sycamore figs. But God called him anyway to…

9 Now concerning brotherly love you have no need for anyone to write to you, for you yourselves have been taught by God to love one another, 10 for that indeed is what you are doing to all the brothers throughout Macedonia. But we urge you, brothers, to do this more and more, 11 and to aspire to live…

Call to worship Welcome everyone! LET US STAND AND WORSHIP! “Waymaker” Words and Music by Hillsong PRAYER OF PRAISE FOR WHO GOD IS Lord, we praise You for choosing us. We praise You that in ur grace and mercy You reached down and called us by name and that now we belong to You. We worship You this morning…

I like road trips—the adventure of not just the destination, but the experience of getting there. ILLUSTRATION: When I was sixteen years old, me and my seventeen year old friend, Mike, went on a road trip from L.A. to Iowa. Car breaks down the second day of the trip. We need not carefully look at making…

1 Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy, To the church of the Thessalonians in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace to you and peace. 2 We give thanks to God always for all of you, constantly mentioning you in our prayers, 3 remembering before our God and Father your work of faith and labor of love…

Our self-image will continue to be distorted until we look into the true mirror. Who are we really?

How do you live a holy lifestyle?

Engage When God calls you, you go where he sends you. Such was the case for a man who was born in the United Kingdom who God called to pastor a church here in the U.S. And for as much as we share in similarity between our two countries, we are worlds apart in many other respects. Take for instance names…

This May, May 20, my wife and I will celebrate 17 years of marriage. On our wedding day, we did something we thought was really cool. We had seen some friends of ours do it in their wedding and we wanted to have it in ours too. So, on May 20, 2006, before we said “I do”, before we were pronounced husband…

1. Your relationship _with God_ For you yourselves know, brothers, that our coming to you was not in vain. But though we had already suffered and been shamefully treated at Philippi, as you know, we had boldness in our God to declare to you the gospel of God in the midst of much conflict. For our appeal…

Over the last few months we have been thinking through the need for every one of us to personally engage in Great Commission work. That means we have to make the main thing the main thing. We have to put the first things first in our life. We have many different kinds of commissions as disciples of Jesus,…

Sermon Title: In Awe of God Key Scripture: Ecclesiastes 5:1-7 Big Idea: Stand in Awe of God! Sermon Outline: I. Be reverent in worship (1) II. Be genuine in prayer (2-3) III. Be honest with (or without) vows (4-7)

God wants us to be real and genuine. He desires for our hearts to be pure and motivated to bring Him glory.

Have you ever been in a fake community? A place where everyone pretends and hides all the mess of their lives? At City Hope, we want to be a place where we live authentically with one another, without any hint of being fake. But to do that we will have to be honest with the mess of our lives.

Some identifying marks of the church God built, so that we may compare churches to them to determine if they are genuine or counterfeit.

Following God When You're Stuck in the Waiting Room • Genesis 39 • The Waiting Room is the place where God does His greatest work in you As God's preparing the promise for you, He's also preparing you for His promise Isaiah 64:4-5a Following God in the Waiting Room means that you... - 1. Steward the Present - 2. Fight for Integrity 1. Steward the Present "Gladly Do Good..." Are you allowing God to use you to be a channel of His divine blessing to the people around you? 2. Fight for Integrity "Remember Your Ways..." 3 Reasons for Joseph's Refusal - 1. An ABUSE of the great trust placed in Joseph - 2. An OFFENSE against her husband - 3. A SIN against God In other words, No INTEGRITY Integrity 1. Whole/Complete 2. Genuine 3. Pure/Blameless Are you willing to be a... woman/man of Integrity? Isaiah 64:4-5a Hebrews 4:15

Welcome I did theater in college, and the closest to a leading role I got was in a play by Molier called Tartuffe . I played the titular Tartuffe, who was a terrible person. He pretended to be ultra-religious so a wealthy nobleman would basically let him live rent-free at his mansion. And the whole time,…

Matthew 7 : 1000 Fresh Illustrations (Illustration 1 > Foundation) Glenda lost her home. It didn’t burn. Termites and rats didn’t take over. Glenda and her family had to abandon their home because of sink holes.Huge areas of their property began to sink inward, and one sink hole made a section of the…

In this message, we will see Paul contrast the evidence of God's work in the Thessalonians with the rebelliousness of the Jews.

Why should Christians practice righteousness? John shows us that this practice stems from who we are in Christ. This test shines a light on our identity, priveleges, and pursuit as Christians.