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Have you ever wanted to just give up? I think about a teacher. The day has not been going well. Those troublemakers are just not listening to reason and the rest of the class are beginning to follow. I can imagine that a point is reached where the teacher just wants to give up. What’s the use? Let’s…

Mark 12:28-34 A QUESTION OF PRIORITIES Intro : As Jesus moves closer to the cross, He finds Himself under attack by certain religious Jews who want to see Him dead. The Pharisees and the Herodians, two groups who were bitter enemies, came together to ask Jesus a question about ownership . They failed…

1 Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, 2 looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him…

INTRODUCTION Martyn Lloyd-Jones said... Love does not look at itself—it is absorbed in the object of its love. The Love of God , 77 That is so true! And that is the kind of love that God calls us to give Him A love that is “absorbed in” Him It is clear in Scripture that we are to love God That is without…

Introduction As we begin I want us to listen to the words of a song. It’s called “Give Me Your Eyes.” 4:02 This song is the plea of a mans heart to see people how God does. As we work our way through this passage I believe we see the heart of the Apostle Paul for the lost. He wanted people to be saved.…

Taking a look at misplaced dependencies and the root cause of manipulation

“Never meet your hero, because you will always be disappointed.” We usually have some great expectations for who these people are and what they do, so it is a let down when we find out that they aren’t that different from us. I wonder if the Greek followers in this passage, had that same thought when…

Omnivorian Liberty On our second date, I discovered a terrible secret, a truly disturbing life choice, a chronic disease afflicting my soon-to-be girlfriend soon-to-be wife. She was a… vegetarian. I wanted to make sure I wasn’t about to sacrifice my freedom to eat meat. #deal-breakers Some of you are…

Work, Quit, or Procrastinate!

It is interesting how every small town has a different culture. Neligh is different than Oakdale, Clearwater, Elgin, or Plainview. Each one is different than the other. We could spend some time and tear apart each culture, explaining how different aspects of those cultures are good or bad. But we won’t,…

Christ-centered lives are devoted to Christ.

1 If then you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. 2 Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth. Paul begins this Chapter with an “If—Then” Statement. Essentially— if you are a Christian then the…

Leaving behind self interests. Some things we are busy in life with , we have to learn to leave behind otherwise we will be left behind. A man can be so busy making a living that he forgets to make a life. William Barclay (New Testament Scholar) Preferences What do we prefer doing rather than the things…

Week #7 - March 13, 2022 Series: Nine Marks of a Healthy Marriage Lesson: Righteous Priorities IceBreaker: If you were to look at your calendar and expenses from the last month. What would be the top two areas where you invested the most time and the most money. Write answer on front of card. On back,…

As you consider getting back to following Jesus, what is something that's weighing you down that you need to leave behind? Because knowing Jesus helps us understand everything else in our life.

Last year on April 23, 2023 I preached my candidating sermon for the position of Senior Pastor at MEFC: A Nobody Telling the World About Somebody. In between services there was a Q&A question time: Do you have a vision or a plan for our church? I don’t have one… Actually, I do. Sort of. One of the greatest…

When we focus on our circumstances – whatever they are – we start to sink. If you want to walk about the storms of life, you have to keep your eyes fixed on Jesus.

Jesus wants us to make the treasures of heaven the deepest desires of our hearts.

THEWEDDING FEAST As we continue with Jesus’ parables – two weeks we started with Jesus’ entry into Jerusalem and Jesus tells the parable the two sons speaking to the Pharisees, Priests and Scribe – last week Jesus’ parable of the wicked tenants addressed to them describing God as the vineyard owner,…

If you want to make a difference in the world, then focus only on doing what God wants you to do.

is not rude, is not self-seeking, is not irritable, and does not keep a record of wrongs. INTRO— Master Chef…Generations! Baby Boomers (46-64)… Gen X (65-80)…Millennials (81-96)…Gen Z (97-12) [[with acknowledgements that the Greatest Generation (01-27), the Silent Generation (28-45), and Gen A (13-25)…

The Cycle Under the Sun 3 What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun? The reason this book seems to clash with the rest of the Word of God is that it presents merely human reasoning “under the sun.” This phrase, under the sun , forms the most important single key to understanding…

It is Christ the King who determines what is relevant in heaven, regardless what the world esteems to be relevant.

Living our life one day at a time by focusing on and giving priority to the things that are important and influence our future. መግቢያ · “የትናንት ቁጭት፣ የነገ ጭንቀት፣ ዛሬን እንዳንሮች አግዶናል። · እንዴት አንድን ቀን በአንድ ጊዜ በመኖር የህይወታችንን አቅጣጫ ወይንም ቅደም ተከተላዊ ሂደት ዘለቄታዊ ውጤት ባለው አላማ ማዋል እንችላለን? መሰረታዊ እውነታዎች፥ · እድሜ፥ · ጾታ፥ · ወቅት፥ ብቻችንን…

Introduction (5m) What are your Christmas Priorities? What’s on your Christmas List? Seeing family (COVID), buying gifts, writing cards, ordering food, etc. Are we prioritising the right things? Our priorities can change LJ’s - XBox, hairdryer, etc. to food, crockery, bedclothes, food, petrol (probably…