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Comfort for troubled heart Still the apostles have a hard time with all they have been told. I’m leaving Someone will betray me One will deny me All will abandon me They were given some hope, some comfort You believe in God, believe in Me I go prepare a place and I will return I am the way to the Father…

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,…

9 “This, then, is how you should pray: “ ‘Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name, Hallowed - greek word hagiazo - verb which means to make holy, sanctify, treat as holy The English here doesn’t exactly give us the clear meaning that is expressed in the Greek. We usually take it as a recognition…

But we are all as an unclean thing , And all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; And we all do fade as a leaf; And our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away. And there is none that calleth upon thy name, That stirreth up himself to take hold of thee: For thou hast hid thy face from us, And…

Intro What's in a name? that which we call a rose By any other name would smell as sweet; You may have heard or read this phrase before, anyone know where it comes from? Shakespear - Romeo and Juliet - Juliet is trying to convince herself after meeting Romeo that if he only had a different last name,…

We are just finishing up our birthday season. We have Christmas, then Nancy and Grace’s birthdays are in January, and David’s and mine are in February. That makes for a lot of gifts being given in two months. The kids have been thrilled. I am looking at the house, wondering what we are going to do with…

1 This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. 2 For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, 3 Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that…

We've spoken over the quarter about God's promises… his promises of blessing when we give, about God's promise of heaven, about God's promise of the Holy Spirit, and God's promises for the future, and for guidance, and for energy, and for freedom from fear, and God's promise of abundant life. If you…

This Torah Portion: Genesis 18:1-22:24 Introduction 10 Steps I will make you a great nation; I will bless you And make your name great; And you shall be a blessing. I will bring the one -third through the fire, Will refine them as silver is refined, And test them as gold is tested. They will call on…

5 In your relationships with one another, have the same mindset as Christ Jesus: The book “Thinking Like Jesus: Understanding the mind of Christ” says that When Paul penned this verse in his own language, he chose an interesting word for “mind . " The word mind here means "attitude" or "thinking." Therefore,…

Welcome... Introduce self... Pray... Must start in the book of Luke... Inasmuch as many have undertaken to compile a narrative of the things that have been accomplished among us, just as those who from the beginning were eyewitnesses and ministers of the word have delivered them to us, it seemed good…

He maketh the storm a calm, So that the waves thereof are still. The Lord is good, a strong hold in the day of trouble; And he knoweth them that trust in him. I. Introduction A. It never ceases to amaze me how crazy the storms of life can be. 1. We get overwhelmed. 2. Stress steps in and causes us to…

Recap Here we are on the final piece of the Armor of God, “the sword of the Spirit”. Over the last several weeks we have gone piece by piece through the armor of God. We have fastened the belt of truth, put on the breastplate of righteousness, put on our shoes given by the gospel of piece, we have taken…

Exegetical & Homiletic Point: Jesus sends out his Disciples with the Spirit to bring life through Faith. Intro We live in a world full of resurrection. People are constantly trying to resurrect nostalgia and recapture past glories. Our video games often have a “life” system where if you die, you’ll be…

Announcements Are there any announcements? Good Friday Service is at 7pm. Rend Collective May 4, 7pm Communion Today is communion Sunday and all who are here that have received Jesus as Lord and Savior can come to the Table. Prayer Lord Jesus, we bow before you in humility and ask You to examine our…

Exegetical Point: Homiletic Point: Intro Do you sometimes open the Bible and feel unequipped to understand what you’re reading? Or perhaps that you would not be able to explain to someone else what it means? Well, don’t worry, because I feel that way too sometimes. That’s how I felt as i was approaching…

Intro: Jesus is now on His way to Jerusalem to present Himself as the Passover Lamb. He knows what lies ahead for Him. People are converging on Jerusalem from all directions to observe the Passover. Historians believe that 1-2 million Jews would have been in Jerusalem throughout this week. Imagine the…

INTRODUCTION From a Christian perspective, having overwhelming peace in times of hardship means Having an unshakable sense of calm and trust in God even in the midst of difficult circumstances. This kind of peace goes beyond mere human understanding and is the result of having a deep faith in God's goodness,…

OPENING: Vayak’hel - Pekudei TORAH: Ex. 35:1 ––40:38 I will dwell among the children of Israel and will be their God. My tabernacle also shall be with them; indeed I will be their God, and they shall be My people. All the way around shall be eighteen thousand cubits; and the name of the city from that…

In our last Torah Portion we attempted to look at Shemot from a bigger perspective, remembering that Messiah is for the preparation of the Exodus Shemot is divided in two big Themes: Part 1: Israel’s Liberation from Egypt: Ch 1-18 Part 2: Israel’s Adoption CH 19-40 We saw and continue to see how Shemot…

Christians are under grace as a rule of life Obedience that is primarily motivated by love 17 By this is love perfected with us, so that we may have confidence for the day of judgment, because as he is so also are we in this world. Love has been perfected with us- Lit. “love has reached its goal” with…

John 3:12-21 We are going to start a new four week series today. I borrowed this series title from another pastor, because I thought it was such a great idea. This new series is going to be entitled, “Coffee Mug Christianity: Bringing Clarity to Cliches.” I love coffee mugs. I love to collect them when…

The Ghost In the Room: October’s Theme The end of October has so much attention on ghosts, ghouls, witches, demons, devils and death. You already know that stuff, of course. You can’t escape it. We carve strange faces in round orange squashes and put lights or candles in them, either to show our own…

Jesus Loves Me Apostle’s Creed I believe in God, the Father almighty, creator of heaven and earth. I believe in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord. He was conceived by the power of the Holy Spirit and born of the Virgin Mary. He suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died, and was buried. He…

Secular - An American man visits the Holy Land with his wife and mother-in-law. Sadly the mother-in-law died. When seeing the local Israeli undertaker, it was explained that they could ship the body home for $5,000. But if they buried her locally it would cost only $150. The man said to the undertaker…