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Lamentations 4-5 Good evening church! Blessed that you joined us this evening. Why in the world would we come out during the middle of the week to study what I described in our first week as laments or funeral songs? There is a verse written in 1 Corinthians in a section talking about all of these old…

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…

Shame is a confusing feeling It can be debilitating and crippling It can also lead us to repentance But first, what is shame? 3 main elements: emotional judgement self-depreciation In a nutshell, shame is exposure We see shame displayed in Lamentations Lamentations 1:8 (ESV) Jerusalem sinned grievously;…

Weariness plagues us all This is why rest is one of the first questions in counseling What causes weariness? Most do not become weary of success Loss, betrayal, hardship, and sin Lamentations 1:1–5 (ESV) How lonely sits the city that was full of people! How like a widow has she become, she who was great…

Grace in Grief

Lament helped us to see the world and ourselves through a different lens. As we dove deep into this book, lament helped uncover some hidden idols. Lamentations mourns the effects of suffering on a society, but not simply because of the loss. It is a memorial to the futility of trusting in anything but…

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…

Introduction : Sally Edwards is a highly esteemed third grade teacher in the Jacksboro Elementary School in a small, rural Texas town. To help her students prepare for an important placement exam, she compiles her own exam to help them. The exam is 20 questions and one of the questions is: List in order…

Opening Prayer: Heavenly Father, We come before You today with grateful hearts, thanking You for the gift of family and the privilege of coming together to seek Your face. As we gather in Your presence, we ask for Your Holy Spirit to be among us, guiding our thoughts and opening our hearts to the message…

We just heard from what we know as the Triumphal Entry passage in John’s gospel. Next Sunday is Easter. This Sunday is traditionally called “Palm Sunday” because of what was just detailed in that passage. Within that text we heard the people crying out Hosanna! (save us. save us.) Blessed is He who comes…

Today we are starting a series that I hope you will find interesting and engaging, but above all my hope and prayer is that this series will be a tool that God will use in your life to reach a lost and dying world. Today we are going to go back to basics and study the Good News. If you don’t feel comfortable…

Jeremiah had warned the people… Moses had declared almost 900 years earlier in Deuteronomy 28 all the things we see in this book. The curses from God, His righteous indignation, the peoples low and pathetic situation in misery and anguish. The time had come for God’s discipline… Ecclesiastes 3:2-4 speaks…

Genesis 3:14-15 Dec 17, 1927 8 year old S class submarine conducting tests off coast of MA. 2273 Any Hope Of Rescue? Someone has said that if you could convince a man there was no hope, he would curse the day he was born. Hope is an indispensable quality of life. Years ago the S-4 submarine was rammed…

Introduction Well good morning once again. It’s good to be with you today. Go ahead and turn in your Bible to the book of Hebrews, chapter 3. We are going to be diving into verses 7-19 this morning. As you do that I want to call your attention to a couple of additional announcements. On June 26 we are…

God dispersed the people for their own good, then later He united the peoples out of His mercy.

Does anyone know what this picture represents? This might be the most amazing data picture you see in a lifetime! It shows the 63,779 cross-references in the Bible. The white bars along the bottom represent each Bible chapter, Gen. 1 - Rev. 22 . The line’s color shows the reference’s distance from the…

Good morning, Gateway! Scripture: Psalm 31 . Prayer Intro Good morning, again! August 5, 2001 was a beautiful night in Cleveland, Ohio at Jacobs Field, especially if you were a Seattle Mariners fan. The Mariners coming into the game were 80-30, they had won the first two games of the series, and seemed…

Good morning, Gateway! Scripture: Lam 3:21-26 . God of creation. God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. God of the covenant. You are merciful, and gracious, slower to anger, and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness, keeping steadfast love for thousands, forgiving iniquity and sin, but you are also…

What do you believe about God? What God do you serve?

Last Spring, we studied through the Sermon on the Mount. One of the great themes of Matthew is the coming kingdom. The Book of Revelation speaks of the time when that new kingdom is fully realized. I shared with our Elders a week ago an observation that I gleaned about songs describing Heaven. Historically…

the Kingdom of God is described in different ways throughout the bible. There are different aspects of the kingdom being described. Knowing the Ruler, the Realm and the Reign helps us understand which aspect of the kingdom is being addressed. And, it is important to apply what we are learning to life. How does the prophecy of the kingdom change our lives, today?

The Dilemma of Belief. Have you ever had those moments when you wondered, “Is this really true?” Maybe life has gotten difficult. Maybe you have come to the Derailment of your hopes and dreams like Joseph, Mary’s husband, when he found out that his betrothed bride was pregnant after all his time and…

God’s renewal is for you Is 40:30–31 ; Eph 4:22–24 See also Ps 23:3 ; Ps 51:10–12 ; Ps 103:1–5 ; Jn 7:37–39 ; Ro 12:2 ; 2 Co 4:16 ; Col 3:9–10 ; 2 Ti 1:6 ; Tt 3:5 God’s renewal is for the world The renewal of Israel The hand of the Lord was upon me, and he brought me out in the Spirit of the Lord and…