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Joy, Peace, and Victory This morning we are going to wrap up Jesus’ final discourse to his disciples before he goes to be crucified. Throughout the last several weeks we have looked at how Jesus is preparing his disciples for his departure. In these last few verses, Jesus is really going to focus on…

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John 16:16-33 There are many things that can be considered in this passage of scripture. We can see that our belief is nothing to glory in. Sometimes we think we are something because of our tremendous faith. Yet Christ tells the disciples who had just made a plain statement to the fact that they believed…

Good Morning, if you have your Bibles would you turn with me to Matthew chapter 13. Over the past several weeks we have been talking about the parables of Jesus, and so we are going to look today at the hidden treasure and the Pearl of great Value. We are going to begin in verse 44. Matthew 13:44 . 44…

Even before Jesus goes to the cross, he begins preparing his followers for what will come next—a new resurrection life guided by the Holy Spirit to be centered upon Christ and directed towards the Father.

Just the right amount of tension and pressure are sometimes required in order for an engine to run smoothly; are there necessary tensions and pressures that help maintain a healthy soul?

Jesus’ death and resurrection give birth to reconciliation; reconciliation produces the joy of obedience. When the world tries to steal your joy dial 911.

10 On the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, in the second year of Darius, the word of the Lord came by Haggai the prophet, 11 “Thus says the Lord of hosts: Ask the priests about the law: 12 ‘If someone carries holy meat in the fold of his garment and touches with his fold bread or stew or wine or…

Trying to Make Sense of What Doesn’t Make Sense For a few weeks we have been teaching from what Jesus taught between the upper room and the Garden of Gethsemane. But before we get to the prayer of Jesus, I want to look at something that is a part of the teaching of Jesus that the Disciples were still…

As Jesus prepared to leave the disciples, he reminded them that he was offering them a new Counselor and new comfort. Find out what that means for us today in this message from John 15:25-16:33.

PRAYER CHANGES THINGS You have probably heard me tell a tale of someone bringing a plaque home from Hobby Lobby that says, “Prayer Changes Things”. She proudly hung it on the wall by her dining table, so that every day it would be a reminder that God is at work when we pray. Well, the next morning she…

Reading: PS103 Intro: I like to observe people. There is something glorious about watching the straight face of a child rise to a big grin. I love to see small children all giddy as they take their parents hand and dance as they head towards the waters edge. Or to see a person gripped in fear sigh and…

7 “Keep on asking, and you will receive what you ask for. Keep on seeking, and you will find. Keep on knocking, and the door will be opened to you. 8 For everyone who asks, receives. Everyone who seeks, finds. And to everyone who knocks, the door will be opened. 9 “You parents—if your children ask for…

“I have said all these things to you to keep you from falling away. They will put you out of the synagogues. Indeed, the hour is coming when whoever kills you will think he is offering service to God. And they will do these things because they have not known the Father, nor me. But I have said these…

The Beloved Son Text: Matthew 3:17 As we pray tonight, we pray in the Name of Jesus. 23 “And on that day you will not question Me about anything. Truly, truly I say to you, if you ask the Father for anything in My name, He will give it to you. 24 Until now you have asked for nothing in My name; ask and…

You have a choice to make. Develop a soft heart toward God or allow a hard heart to develop.

In that Day Context Jesus is going away, to the Father; to prepare us a place They will be hated and persecuted Holy Spirit is coming, to be in them Jesus will teach them things, through the Holy Spirit Sorrow into Joy Joy is the settled assurance that God is in control of all the details of my life…

Jesus’ Farewell Going away to prepare a place you will do greater works than I I and my Father are 1 And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Advocate, in order that he may be with you forever— Yet a little time and the world will see me no longer, but you will see me; because I live,…

Today we will be studying John 17 together. Often we refer to the Lord teaching the disciples to pray in Matthew 6:9-13 , and Luke 11:2-4 as the Lord’s Prayer. Certainly, Jesus did pray those words, and they are the Lord’s prayer. John 17 is another of his prayers. However, this prayer is not his instruction…

Today we are in John 16:16-33 . This being the night before Jesus was crucified, Jesus was giving a final warning, and final encouragement to his disciples before it all unfolded. The disciples were perplexed at some of what Jesus was sharing. They were, I am sure, worried or concerned at what Jesus…

6 “For I the Lord do not change; therefore you, O children of Jacob, are not consumed. 7 From the days of your fathers you have turned aside from my statutes and have not kept them. Return to me, and I will return to you, says the Lord of hosts. But you say, ‘How shall we return?’ Return to God part…

Joy is revealed in sorrow Joy is resistant to every evil attack Joy is refreshed by answered prayer

Last week we approached the topic of suffering. How suffering gives opportunity to show off how great God is, which helps others follow Jesus, which will, in turn, send out new missionaries. This week we will deal with what suffering produces: sadness/sorrow. Next week we will return to Genesis (Ch 43).…

Belief: An opinion of judgment in which a person is fully persuaded. 12 But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God, 16 “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.…

We See Loss, God Will Bring Joy We focus on what we had We want to go back to the way it was We forget God has better for us Even through greatest trial God will give us Joy The Timing Makes No Sense “A little while, and you will see me no longer; and again a little while, and you will see me.” So some…