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Intro; It’s hard to believe, but here we are again starting off a New Year. 2024 went out in a bang in our family, but life is always lived in the present and looking with hope for the future, that 2025 will be a better year than 2024. A better year depends upon two major factors; the world we live in…

Being pulled in different directions Do you know that feeling of being pulled in multiple directions? You have expectations from your parents. Perhaps they want you to live up to a certain ideal. It might be stated, or it might be implied, but either way, it’s usually clear, Your employer obviously has…

Luke 2:41-49 The story of Jesus' visit to the Temple at twelve years old is profound—not only because it marks a critical moment in His life, but because it reveals so much about family devotion, priorities, and what it means to pursue the will of God. Every year, Mary and Joseph traveled to Jerusalem…

Good Morning. The title of our Message today is, “What Can A Boy Tell Me?” Lessons we can learn from the young boy, Christ Jesus. If you have your Bibles go with me to Luke chapter 2. We will begin today in verse 39. As you are making your way to Luke chapter 2 you may be wondering as many people do…

Jesus Grows Up This morning we are going to wrap up the opening and prologue of Luke. Let’s not forget that throughout these opening chapters of Luke’s gospel that Luke is setting up an epic retelling of Jesus’ life and ministry. His purpose in these opening chapters is to create in us a sense of awe…

Luke 2:41-52 Now his parents went to Jerusalem every year at the Feast of the Passover. And when he was twelve years old, they went up according to custom. And when the feast was ended, as they were returning, the boy Jesus stayed behind in Jerusalem. His parents did not know it, but supposing him to…

Introduction As you’re turning to Luke chapter two, I invite you to take a moment and to think of one famous person in history. It can be anyone. Now, what do you know about the teenage years of that person? For example, you know of George Washington, but what do you know about his teenage years? I mentioned…

Introduction It’s the most wonderful time of the year…or so the song says. Disconnected Reality For many people, it just isn’t the most wonderful time of the year. If you sell anything, it is the busiest time of the year, and shoppers tend to save peace and goodwill for those they know. If you suffer…

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…

I want to focus on two verses in our readings this morning and follow them up with a question. Now the boy Samuel continued to grow both in stature and in favor with the Lord and also with man. and then in Luke 2:52 And Jesus grew in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and man. Samuel grew, Jesus…

Holy Family Celebrating Jesus When we celebrate Christmas we remind ourselves that Jesus is not a disembodied vision from above. But a human who lived on Earth with us. That is why the Early Church had to establish festivals to celebrate him from conception to birth - and even aspects of his childhood.…

“God Gives Sonship to Those Born in Slavery” Heaven’s Greatest Gift Sets Us Free From Death and Sin Grace to you and peace, from God our Father and from our risen Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen! Today is the 10th Day of Christmas. Today is a special day because we get to hear Scripture readings…

Intro This is the Linus passage. If you’ve seen A Charlie Brown Christmas then you likely can picture the scene in your head. But if you haven’t seen it - which I would incredibly surprised by - since it has been on television nearly every year since 1965. However, if you for someone reason have not…

“We abhor, besides, and anathematize those who say falsely that he is but the mere Word of God and non-existent, having his being in another—at one time the ‘expressed’ Word, as some say, at another the ‘immanent’ Word, holding that he was not Christ or Son of God or mediator or image of God before ages;…

I have told you before that the story of the Shepherds is my favorite of the Christmas stories. Luke tells about the forgotten all through his gospel. In a day of Religious men, Luke tells Mary’s story. In a day of high power Greek warriors and Pharisees that control everything that happened in religious…

Intro: Our Christmas series thus far has covered several aspects of why our world needs our Saviour. Pastor Fil began to fill in the details of this Saviour with a look at the love of God. Then I preached an overarching message on peace. Last week Fill preached on the hope we have from our saviour. Today…

Not a biography The gospels cannot be looked at as a biography, there is too much to record everything ( Jn21:25 ) 25 And there are also many other things which Jesus did, which if they were written in detail, I suppose that even the world itself would not contain the books that would be written. The…

I. Introduction Update on life I’l be taking the new role of senior pastor at a grace called Grace Bible Church of Cedar Ridge It is in Grass Valley, California, which is about 1 hour north of Sacramento Beautiful area that we’re excited to move to And our family was welcomed well, so we’re super excited…

I. Introduction 1. Prayers 2. Scripture memory 26 Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For we do not know what to pray for as we ought, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words. Title and start Catch.. Lucien of Antioch (an early Christian believer) said, ‘A…

I. Introduction 1. Prayers 2.Memory verse For in this hope we were saved. Now hope that is seen is not hope. For who hopes for what he sees? Title What are some valuable ministry tasks people do? Chris Mueller writes "Women thought being a godly woman meant they must be a ministry speaker, write books…

I. Introduction 1. Prayers Bible memory And not only the creation, but we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for adoption as sons, the redemption of our bodies. Title Catch- What do angels get to see that we do not? Angels are amazing They are said to…

Introduction We have Advent to discuss the the amazing events leading up to and surrounding the birth of Jesus. But what happened after the birth of Christ? Jesus as child Jesus in Egypt Matthew 2:13-15 “Now when they had departed, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream and said,…

We are in the season of Lent, a 7 week journey to Easter. And for the next several weeks we’re going to be meeting Jesus. Some of you might say, but I already know Jesus. Well, we’re going to examine what we know and be open to what we don’t know. What does the Bible say? What else can we know? Most…

The Boy Jesus The family is now living in Nazareth make the annual trip to Jerusalem V 39-42 after the fast they would caravan home women and children in the front setting the pace men in the rear 12 year old boys could be anywhere V 43-45 they found Jesus in the temple V 46 V 47 the teachers were astounded…

This morning we are going to look at the only passage of scripture that says anything about the childhood of Jesus. The other gospels do not say anything about the life of Jesus between his birth and the beginning of his public ministry. But Luke records an interesting incident. Over the last two weeks,…