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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…

Deuteronomy 6:4–9 (ESV) — 4 “Hear, O Israel: The Lordour God, the Lord is one. 5 You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might. 6 And these words that I command you today shall be on your heart. 7 You shall teach them diligently to your children,…

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…

The Tempatations of Jesus in Matthew 4:1-11.

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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…

Deuteronomy 7:12-11:25 REVIEW We started the book of Deuteronomy/ Devarim 3 weeks ago The Torah goes on to recount the 42 stations from the Exodus from Egypt to the Promised Land. We spoke of Devarim = Deuteronomy elle-ha deverim = these are the words Picture of Journey An 11 day journey that lasted…

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,…

Your “Go To” When all else fails what do you fall back on. If life would just always work this way, I’d be: Content Focused Successful Happy _________ Today’s sermon is about the fact that life is not always easy and the question we face is where is God and how do we interact with Him when life goes…

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…

Preeminent Domain Last week we saw how the arrival of John the Baptist and Jesus the messiah played out against the backdrop of the divine council passage in Isaiah 40 . While the episodes of John’s appearance and Jesus’ baptism are familiar, the framework provided by Isaiah is easy to miss. The supernatural…

“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…

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…

Exodus 34:14 14 You must worship no other gods, for the Lord , whose very name is Jealous, is a God who is jealous about his relationship with you. A strong feeling of possessiveness, often caused by the possibility that something which belongs, or ought to belong, to one is about to be taken away. The…

Jealousy - Good? Bad? 14 But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your heart, do not be arrogant and so lie against the truth. 16 For where jealousy and selfish ambition exist, there is disorder and every evil thing. What is jealousy? A greedy or prideful longing for something that belongs…

What is the difference between trusting God and testing God? What did Jesus and the Old Testament teach us about testing God? Should we seek out unnecessary danger and thus show our trust in Him, or would that be testing God? What should we do when the rules of God seem to be in conflict?