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Word is spreading! The message of Jesus, the miracle worker has spread from Capernaum, to Galilee. Some are amazed, some are enraged, many are healed Jesus mission “I must preach the Kingdom of God” is going out to other cities now. I think by now you can already be in agreement that the heart of Jesus…

Last week we ended at verse 29 of Luke chapter 4. Today I want to go back to verse 16 for just a moment. How many of you understand that punctuation is important in the English language? It is important to know when to use and not to use the common and a period. For instance, if I was to say, “Let’s…

What does it mean to follow Christ? Good Morning. Grab your Bibles and turn with me to Luke chapter 5. The title of our message today is, “The Call to Go fishing.” What does it mean to follow Christ? When I was a young boy I had many calls to go fishing with my grandfathers. On many occasions there were…

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…

Recognizing that God is immutable, omnipotent, omnipresent, and omniscient is indeed significant. However, these attributes alone provide only a glimpse of what God expects from us. So, what compels us to worship beyond His unchanging, all-powerful, and infinitely knowing presence? God’s holiness Compels…

Leaving It All Behind On one occasion, while the crowd was pressing in on him to hear the word of God, he was standing by the lake of Gennesaret, and he saw two boats by the lake, but the fishermen had gone out of them and were washing their nets. Getting into one of the boats, which was Simon’s, he…

What is faith? Where does it come from, and how is it that we obtain faith? Faith can be defined as reliance upon and trust in God. Now, that’s a good start of WHAT faith is, but the definition does not give us a practical application or the answer to WHY it is important and HOW we get or grow in our…

Following Jesus Just to catch us up to speed, this is what we’ve looked at the last few weeks through our study of Luke. First, we read about Jesus’ baptism. There he was declared the Son of God. Then, that title was challenged by the Devil in the Temptation of Jesus. After the Temptation Jesus went…

5 But Simon answered and said to Him, “Master, we have toiled all night and caught nothing; nevertheless at Your word I will let down the net.” 6 And when they had done this, they caught a great number of fish, and their net was breaking. Fishing was hard work The catch was ++Not a trophy ++Not to display…

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…

Luke 5:1–11 (ESV) 1 On one occasion, while the crowd was pressing in on him to hear the word of God, he was standing by the lake of Gennesaret, 2 and he saw two boats by the lake, but the fishermen had gone out of them and were washing their nets. 3 Getting into one of the boats, which was Simon’s, he…

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…

Simon had worked all night fishing with no results. But at Jesus’ command, he cast them out one more time. How can we learn from Simon Peter and trust our Lord’s commands?

Peters Commitment Peter has seen Jesus heal people Seen Jesus cast out demons He has been semi-following Jesus bus has not yet become a true believer Peter knows that there is something special about Jesus Maybe Peter knows that Jesus is the Messiah but Peter still has not realized that Jesus is God…

Did you know the fishing industry is worth 11 billion dollars in the United States? That is big business. I don’t know much about fishing. I did not begin to fish until 2020, when I needed any reason to get out of the house when the world was shut down. I met with a guy who taught me how to fish and…

And Jesus, walking by the sea of Galilee, saw two brethren, Simon called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea: for they were fishers. And he saith unto them, Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men. And they straightway left their nets, and followed him. And going on from thence,…

I am indebted in no small part to Rev. Dr. Paul Smith for the descriptions and story line I used here in this sermon from his book, on which this Sermon Series title comes from and is based: Jesus - Meet Him Again for the First Time. One of the ways that you know about someone is the types of people…

Our Scripture lesson this morning is taken from Luke 5:1-11 : On one occasion, while the crowd was pressing in on him to hear the word of God, he was standing by the lake of Gennesaret, and he saw two boats by the lake, but the fishermen had gone out of them and were washing their nets. Getting into…

And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place. And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting. And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of…

Introduction: So many people live their entire lives asleep. No, they don’t close their eyes and nod off as they walk around. But they are clueless about what is truly going on around them. They do not see God working in this world. They are oblivious to the spiritual warfare going on around them. They…

Read Luke 5:1-11 Jesus calms the storm 23 Then he got into the boat and his disciples followed him. 24 Suddenly a furious storm came up on the lake, so that the waves swept over the boat. But Jesus was sleeping. 25 The disciples went and woke him, saying, “Lord, save us! We’re going to drown!” 26 He…

Order of Service Welcome Hymn - Psalm Reading In place of your fathers shall be your sons; you will make them princes in all the earth. I will cause your name to be remembered in all generations; therefore nations will praise you forever and ever. Prayer Teen Talk Hymn - Notices Prayer Meeting - 7:30pm…

Think back to your first experience with Jesus/ministry. Does anyone remember your first? After you were saved and God used you and you knew it was for His Kingdom with a focus on Him.... You think about it for a second... Salvation - Above all - Crucified Laid behind the stone You lived to die Rejected…