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Good Morning. I am glad we can be here together. Easter is just around the corner. The time is growing close as we look to the cross and the gift that Jesus gave us this on the cross. We have been walking this journey toward the cross and the final messages that Jesus was sharing to the disciples. It…

The Purpose Fascination - Discovery - Identity - Authenticity One day, Napoleon was speaking of the Divinity of Christ; when General Bertrand said:— “I can not conceive, sire, how a great man like you can believe that the Supreme Being ever exhibited himself to men under a human form, with a body, a…

8 When he comes, he will prove the world to be in the wrong about sin and righteousness and judgment: 9 about sin, because people do not believe in me; As we begin this morning, it might be helpful for us to know and understand the Greek word elencho ἐλέγχω (elenchō). vb. to convict, rebuke, expose.…

3rdSunday of Advent -- Joy Reading: Luke 2:8-14 Introduction: Not a comprehensive study of the expansive subject of joy, but a practical look at how we can experience joy during the time of advent; of waiting for Jesus to return, even as the world around us spins more and more into chaos. I. The Value…

12 “I have much more to say to you, more than you can now bear. Jesus has clearly been speaking to the disciples and telling them what is to come But, He knows that His time is short…and He has much more to say to them! Man, to have been one of the disciples and walked and talked with Jesus for 3 years…

John 14:1 0 -14 Proposition: God wants us to know that we will see the power of prayer when we pray in submission to His will, and to both the power and purpose of God. Read the text John 14:1-14 . Proposition: God wants us to know that we will see the power of prayer when we submit to His will to both…

Call to Worship: John 15:27 “27 And you also will bear witness, because you have been with me from the beginning.” Kids Takeaway: “Remember Jesus” Pastoral Prayer: God, throughout each season of life, we are yours. Would you teach us ever more clearly what it means to follow you. We know that this world…

Comfort to a troubled heart I think we have spoken for many weeks since getting to chapter-13 that the disciples were in need of comfort for their troubled heart. Why do you think the disciples needed comfort? What comfort do you remember that Jesus promised them? Words oftentimes bring us comfort and…

Jesus is comforting His disciples before His death “I have said all these things to you to keep you from falling away. Jesus is preparing the disciples for His death The next few days could destroy His closest followers But He is “leaving” soon as well They will put you out of the synagogues. Indeed,…

Intro Victimhood is the modern currency. How do you gain favor in the eyes of the world? Have the saddest story. Belong to the most marginalized groups. This is seeping into the church even now under the guise of “self care”. Simple wisdom about looking after your own health has turned into self obsession…

12 Therefore, just as tsin came into the world through one man, and udeath through sin, and vso death spread to all men5 because wall sinned— 13 for sin indeed was in the world before the law was given, but xsin is not counted where there is no law. 14 Yet death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over…

Notes In his book God Tells the Man Who Cares , A. W. Tozer observes a dangerous perspective among Christians. “Men think of the world, not as a battleground but as a playground. We are not here to fight, we are here to frolic. We are not in a foreign land, we are at home. We are not getting ready to…

Endure In order to understand what we are going to talk about this morning, we have to really have an idea planted in our brains and in our hearts. Jesus is preparing his followers to be a new community. A community that is set apart. A community that looks different. A community that is teaching and…

Matthew 5:13–16 (CSB) 13 “You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt should lose its taste, how can it be made salty? It’s no longer good for anything but to be thrown out and trampled under people’s feet. 14 “You are the light of the world. A city situated on a hill cannot be hidden. 15 No one lights…

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.

Welcome Good morning everyone! It is good to be back after the weekend away at Skwim. It was a good weekend, no one got hurt, and we learned and talked more about what it means to abide in Jesus, to make him our home, our dwelling place. As we begin this morning, let’s quickly recap were Pastor Dan left…

“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…

God is the perfect Father 1. Where does this concept of God as a Father come from? When Israel was a youth I loved him, And out of Egypt I called My son. Listen, O heavens, and hear, O earth; For the Lord speaks, “Sons I have reared and brought up, But they have revolted against Me. For You are our Father,…

They Will Hate You Jesus told the disciples that the world would hate them I am going away and the world will hate you If the world hates you, you know that it has hated me before it hated you. If you were of the world, the world would love its own. But because you are not of the world, but I chose you…

Background: It has been about a year since we were in the Gospel of John. I have been anxious to get back to this book and finish our study. Today, we will be looking at John 15:18-16:4 . If you have your bibles, please open to this passage as we study. As you are turning to the passage. I would like…

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.…

The Life of a Christian 1 For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven: 2 a time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up what is planted; 3 a time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up; 4 a time to weep,…

Bearing Witness in a World of Hurt This Has Always Been a World of Hurt Plague Histories We Still Believe by Kathryn Scott Lyrics Kathryn Scott: “It is at the end of the day we get to look God in the face and declare: We still Believe.” “We Still Believe” is one way of saying, “We live in trust of God’s…

Palm Sunday Foretold by the Prophets 9 Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion! Shout in triumph, O daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your king is coming to you; He is just and endowed with salvation, Humble, and mounted on a donkey, Even on a colt, the foal of a donkey. 22 The stone which the builders rejected…

Where do we start? 10 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, And the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding. 10 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom; A good understanding have all those who do His commandments; His praise endures forever. What do we tend to fear? The unknown…