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The missing ingredient. 17 And as he was setting out on his journey, a man ran up and knelt before him and asked him, “Good Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?” 18 And Jesus said to him, “Why do you call me good? No one is good except God alone. 19 You know the commandments: ‘Do not murder,…

Fire has been used as a tool for thousands of years. When it burns in a fireplace, it keeps us warm. On the wick of a candle, fire provides light. It can easily be controlled and used for good. But without the proper safety measures in place, it can cause tremendous amounts of harm. In May 1962, a coal…

Four stories Then Job answered the Lord and said: “I know that You can do everything, And that no purpose of Yours can be withheld from You. Truly God is good to Israel, To such as are pure in heart. But as for me, my feet had almost stumbled; My steps had nearly slipped. For I was envious of the boastful,…

What does a transformed like really look like? Good morning. Turn with me to Luke chapter 5. As you are making your way to Luke 5 today we once again see the Lord ministering to someone, however today we see how the Lord is ministering to an individual who was considered the worst of the worse, a social…

Joni Erikson Tada Joni was born into an active family. Her dad was an Olympic wrestler. With the example set by her parents, she led an active life growing up and enjoyed swimming, riding horses, hiking, and tennis. O July 30, 1967, at the age of 17, Joni dove into Chesapeake Bay where she misjudged…

There is a religious ritual practice that has been observed in history in different forms by different cultures over the centuries performed by someone called a sin-eater. A sin-eater is someone who consumes a ritual meal with the intent to take on the sins of another person who has died so the soul…

Text : 19 I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live: 20 That thou mayest love the Lord thy God, and that thou mayest obey his voice, and that thou mayest cleave unto…

32 They were on their way up to Jerusalem, with Jesus leading the way, and the disciples were astonished, while those who followed were afraid. Again he took the Twelve aside and told them what was going to happen to him. 33 “We are going up to Jerusalem,” he said, “and the Son of Man will be betrayed…

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…

How many of us has had our CC numbers taken or been scammed? This week I bought $300 airpods to be sent to CA.. I’d like to start with an illustration from Jim L. Wilson and Rodger Russell Juan Zamora of Richland, Washington, owed a bill he could not pay for a charge he did not make. After filling up…

Kathryn shares how even though life isn’t fair our trust can always be in God who is always good.

Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you: For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened. Or what man is there of you, whom if his son ask bread, will he give him a stone? Or if he ask…

14 So he went down and dipped himself in the Jordan seven times, as the man of God had told him, and his flesh was restored and became clean like that of a young boy. 15 Then Naaman and all his attendants went back to the man of God. He stood before him and said, “Now I know that there is no God in all…

Jesus offers us an incomparable treasure which no money can buy and no thief can steal. The thing we most set our heart on is our highest treasure. Material wealth will shackle us to this earth unless we guard our hearts and set our treasure on God and his everlasting kingdom. GOAL: Make Eternal Life…

Jesus teaches that entrance into the Kingdom of God requires total dependence on God, relinquishing earthly attachments, and trusting in His provision.

It is my habit when preaching through books of the Bible to begin with the background and overview of a book at the beginning, highlighting key themes, verse, and the overall flow of the book, and then circle back around to that at the end of the study to review what we’ve seen. Usually I’m able to do…

Why so much evil in our world? We like to ask this question, and sometimes we must. Even this day we have at least two full scale wars going on, a potential for at least a 3rd, and may other calamities. We have children suffering the effects of not having food and many more homeless in many ways. Why…

Introduction: know which muscles to exercise. Grace Values The Gospel We value believing, living out, and growing in the Gospel through evangelism, discipleship, personal living, and community relationships. Grace Values The Bible 16 All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for…

Knowing God Part 5 – God’s Love for Us We are in the journey of Knowing God as much as we ought to so that we may worship Him, praise Him, exalt Him, adore Him, revere Him, love Him, depend upon Him, serve Him, proclaim Him much more that what we have been doing! We have been learning about several aspects…

When God Hides Have you ever felt like God was hiding from you? Like you were desperately searching for answers, but all you found was silence? That's where we find Job this week... Speaking of God - Job says: 9 on the left he hides, and I cannot behold him; I turn to the right, but I cannot see him.…

Introduction Being dad to Luisa, Holly, and our newest addition (Javier) has taught me much about myself and much about my Heavenly Father. For instance, in discipling my children, I’ve realize that it requires repetition, patience, and the idea of an ongoing conversation about how we should be that…

What makes a leader easy to follow? Many leaders would love nothing more than to answer that question. Some leaders appear to have the best plans, the most knowledge, and ability to get things to And they were on the road, going up to Jerusalem, and Jesus was walking ahead of them. And they were amazed,…

The Battle for Your Heart Remember, John the Baptist welcomed Jesus Christ with the message “Repent for the Kingdom of God is at Hand”. Jesus’ begins teaching about the Kingdom and explains the standards of this new Kingdom, a Holy Kingdom. He begins with The Beatitudes about how we should view ourselves…

We can be assured that when God starts a work, that he will accomplish and finish that work that he began. When God brings about a finish to something…it is understood to mean to bring something to completion or perfection Something that is complete within itself without any other outside influence or…

Balancing Ambition and Humility John was ambitious, especially early in his life. But it is wrong to have selfish motives, and it’s especially wrong to be ambitious without also being humble. Another important balance must be struck, or else a virtue turns into a vice. Ambition without humility becomes…