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And they went to a place called Gethsemane. And he said to his disciples, “Sit here while I pray.” And he took with him Peter and James and John, and began to be greatly distressed and troubled. And he said to them, “My soul is very sorrowful, even to death. Remain here and watch.” And going a little…

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…

Welcome Good morning everyone. Today we are continuing on in our sermon series on prayer. This will be our last Sunday looking at prayer, I will be home with a new baby next Sunday and then the following week we are going to begin our Advent series. For Advent this year we are going to go through the…

Palm Sunday 2024 Good Morning Church! This morning in recognition of Palm Sunday we are doing something that we have never done here. As you know I have invited you all to join me in a fast this week as we approach Resurrection Day, to prepare our hearts and minds to celebrate the most important day…

Do you know what happens when you give a kid some sugar? Some kids have a worse reaction than others. I know some kids that are related to Dean and Nancy who are very susceptible to sugar. In fact, after a period of the grandparents continually feeding them sugar, the parents were very tempted to feed…

Into Rock and a hard place? Stuck in a situation where any solution is as inaccessible as every other one. Such was the case for Aaron Ralston. He was an outdoor enthusiast and loved mountaineering. One trip near Canyonlands National Park in UT he was repelling down into a narrow canyon. In his maneuvering,…

32 Then they came to a place which was named Gethsemane; and He said to His disciples, “Sit here while I pray.” 33 And He took Peter, James, and John with Him, and He began to be troubled and deeply distressed. 34 Then He said to them, “My soul is exceedingly sorrowful, even to death. Stay here and watch.”…

Text : Mark 14:26-31 Betrayed: Prophecy of Denial Type thesis statement here Introduction : (Insert Introduction Statements, Illustration) - Brief Explanation of Text Problem to be addressed Solution/Restate Thesis Point I: And when they had sung a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives. Explain…

1 Simeon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ, To those who have obtained a faith of equal standing with ours by the righteousness of our God and Savior Jesus Christ: Introduction Today, as we continue our exploration of our general theme, "That I May Grow in Grace," let us pause and give thanks…

James Of the three disciples in jesus’ closest inner circle, James is the least familiar to us. The biblical account is practically devoid of any explicit details about his life and character. He never appears as a stand-alone character in the Gospel accounts, but he is always paired with his younger…

9 Pray like this: Our Father in heaven, may your name be kept holy. 36 “Abba, Father,” he cried out, “everything is possible for you. Please take this cup of suffering away from me. Yet I want your will to be done, not mine.” 16 “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever…

40 One of the two who heard John speak and followed Jesus was Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother. 41 He first found his own brother Simon and said to him, “We have found the Messiah” (which means Christ). What is the significance of Andrew’s statement? Andrew recognized Christ as the Messiah - the one who…

Welcome to Heartland Christian Church. Thanks for joining us for our first ever Good Friday Service. This service will be different then our normal service. We'll sing some songs, take communion and read some scriptures, but there will be no sermon. The focus of this service is on the death of our Lord…

Introduction When is the last time you had to pull an all nighter? I have not done so in quite a while and was never really good at it. I’ve gone to bed really late and I’ve had to get up really early, but at least I got a little sleep. I just don’t do well without sleep. I’m not unusual. That’s the…

(S1)—SERIES Experiencing Lent; a wilderness journey; 40 days, we are to reflect on our own faith journey. How is your wilderness journey going? Seeing blessing: give God praise. Struggling; find mercy and forgiveness—Give thanks. We began by looking at Jesus' baptism...sent into the wilderness— A place…

What A Fool Believes 27 There came to him some Sadducees, those who deny that there is a resurrection, Controversy. it is loaded in Luke 20 . The Jews question Jesus’ authority. Jesus has told the parable of the master of the vineyard, where the father sends servants to the vineyard and finally sends…

Before I preach, I want to take a moment to talk about our opportunity to help some of our family in the body of Christ, particularly to the west of us in Fort Myers, Naples, and other places that were impacted by Hurrican Ian. There are about 11 C&MA churches in the areas that had the most devastation.…

In 2018 a member of the Cathedral small group Richard and I led suffered a sudden brain aneurysm when she was out visiting a friend. She was fit and healthy, with two young adult children. We had prayed for our small group members to deepen in intimacy with Jesus and our friend was growing in faith.…

Introduction What Humility is Not A pretense of being unaware of your strengths There is nothing more prideful than mock humility Dangerous during a job interview Are they Hebrews? So am I. Are they Israelites? So am I. Are they offspring of Abraham? So am I. Are they servants of Christ? I am a better…

Introduction: Good morning, If you have your Bibles let me invite you to open with me to the book of Mark chapter 11. We are going to begin reading with part of the passage that we covered last week and then we will continue on to our new text for study this morning. If its your first time here this…

Imagine with me… Peter from a distance, watching Jesus as He hung on the cross that day for six hours… As he sits watching he begins to reflect back on things Jesus said, events that had occured His memories and reflections are broken up with moments of weeping Over the last three years Peter had seen…

The phrase “the darkest day” or “darkest hour” has been used throughout history describing a time when bad events are at their worst. Some darkest days in history were; The early period of World War II, from the mid-1940 to mid-1941, when it was certain that Britain would be invaded by Germany [ Churchill…

Introduction: Two reasons make this message timely. One, this is the season when many begin to ponder the sacrifice of Christ. Two, we are participating in communion tonight and in doing so, we are told to remember something very specific. I. Pressure II. Prayer III. Possibilities

Understanding who is He ? 1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. 1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was in the beginning with God. 13 Just as a father has compassion on his children, So the Lord has compassion on those who fear Him.…

5 For His anger is but for a moment, His favor is for life; Weeping may endure for a night, But joy comes in the morning.