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What are you doing here? Repeated question Out of my comfort zone learning lots of things Information vs. Experience Getting to know people Passion, gentleness, determination, mana Experiences I’ve never had before Tangata whenua side of powhiri sharing in the kitchen, and in the laundry making friends…

Amos 5 is the Lord’s attempt to cause a stiff necked and hard hearted people to turn from their sin and seek Him. How do you get a hard hearted person to seek the Lord How does the Lord motivate hard hearted people to seek Him? All of us need to seek the Lord more than we currently are seeking. All of…

Torah Portion: Deuteronomy 16:18-21:9 Haftarah: Isaiah 51:12-52:12 Review Three Weeks Picture of the Three Weeks of Sorrow/ 3 Rebukes 7 Consolations: “Nachamu Nachamu,” the doubled consoling. Comforted but Zion said Sometimes, you can feel alone even when you are with the one you love, especially when…

Intro 1 Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil. 2 And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungred. Jesus was led by the spirit… He was focused on the Lord. He went out to Fast. The purpose of the leading was to be “tempted of…

Evening 11August 24

Today we are wrapping up this six part study of the Good News called, “Life in 6 Words.” We get these six words by using the word “Gospel” as an acrostic. As a way of review, let’s walk through these six words one final time… G - God created us to be with Him. ( Genesis 1-2 ) O - Our sins separate us…

Is anyone among you suffering? Let him pray. Is anyone cheerful? Let him sing praise. Is anyone among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord. And the prayer of faith will save the one who is sick, and the Lord will…

Genesis 28:10-32:3 Hosea 12:12- 14:9 Review In our last Hafltarah We spoke of Jacob and Esau - and their purpose After speaking of Esau and Jacob, Summary of The Torah Portion: Genesis 28:10-32:3 10 Now Jacob went out from Beersheba and went toward Haran. Vayetze Picture Jacob leaves his hometown of…

15 “The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among you, from your brothers—it is to him you shall listen— 16 You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit and that your fruit should abide, so that whatever you ask the Father in my name,…

In your freedom, serve the Lord. It’s said that America is the land of the free, the home of the brave. What do you do with your freedom? The original 13 colonies were built up by the British monarchy, and when the colonies were taxed in order to pay foreign wars, what was the response? The seeds of…

Welcome Good morning everyone, today we are in a spot in our Gospel story series where we aren’t necessarily moving the plot forward, we have some exposition that needs covered. Last week we saw how God wanted the Israelites to enter into the promised land, but because of the report of the people who…

“Lord, thank you that you lead us out of temptation and that you deliver us from evil. We need you. We need your strength and your love to overcome the tests, temptations, and challenges that we face today and every day . Thank you that you are freely willing to give. Amen.” Hello, church! Today we are…

Ezekiel 15:2

Our Scripture lesson this morning comes from Luke 4:1-13 : And Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit in the wilderness for forty days, being tempted by the devil. And he ate nothing during those days. And when they were ended, he was hungry. The devil said…

We are continuing our survey of the Old Testament this morning, as we look at the overview of what took place after God revealed Himself to the people of Israel at Mt. Sinai. Each week, we have been asking two main questions. What do we learn about God? What do we learn about mankind, or ourselves? Over…

Our text today from Deuteronomy 6 , is about the testing of our faith. When Scripture speaks of the “ testing ” of our faith it is referring to one of two things. The first is the “ testing ” of the QUALITY of our faith, and the second is the “ testing ” which ENHANCES our faith. In my message this morning,…

Our Scripture reading this morning is selected verses from Deuteronomy 6 . We will be looking at what is called the Shema by Jews. “ Shema ” is the first word in our text, it means “ to hear ”. “Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and…

The Dangers of Comfort Big Idea: Human nature is to think less of God in times of comfort. Winning the lottery or inheriting what you did not earn. The tendency is that the one who has received comfort, income, or other blessings that were not earned may either forget what the cost was or be unaware…

1 And Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit in the wilderness 2 for forty days, being tempted by the devil. And he ate nothing during those days. And when they were ended, he was hungry. Lured to temptation, Jesus was.... much like 40 years for the people…

Welcome Good morning everyone and welcome to church, if you’re listening online, welcome! This last week we officially began the church season of Lent with Ash Wednesday. Last week we talked about how it is possible for us to misuse these season of the church by doing things in order to appear righteous…

Laser focus brings peace . Laser focus reduces worry . Laser focus pleases God .

Definition : Worship is our active response to the Glory of the triune God. #1 Scripture is our final authority. 16 All Scripture is inspired by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for training in righteousness; – Scripture is inspired by God. 1 Then some Pharisees and scribes…

Opening • Good morning and welcome • Boudreaux, the smoothest-talking Cajun in the Louisiana National Guard, got called up to active duty. Boudreaux's first assignment was in a military induction center. And because he was such a good talker, they assigned him the duty of advising new recruits about…

Reverence to God is prerequisite to Relationship with God vv.4-5 There’s a Daily Expectation of Attentiveness to the Commands of God (vv.6-9) Rest Assured God Will Honor the Words Spoken from His Mouth (vv. 10-11) Manage Temptations without Testing God vv. 12-16 When You Couldn’t God Did It Anyway vv.…

“No!” “You can’t!” “It won’t work!” “There is no way.” “We took a vote.” How do you hear it? Do these words give you a sense of victory, or do they give you a sense of defeat? It may depend on whether you’re the one hearing them or the one saying them. Either way the source of these words can often be…