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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…

Luke 24:1-12 v.5 Why do you seek the living among the dead? An interesting question. Why would you go to an area of death, and expect to find the living? You wouldn’t! Clearly, they didn’t believe that he would be living. They approached the area, expecting to find someone dead. After all the time they…

Jesus and the disciples have just been through the experience of His transfiguration. They had seen the glorified for of Jesus, present on earth. Can you IMAGINE what that would have been like? Tell No One 9 And as they were coming down the mountain, Jesus commanded them, “Tell no one the vision, until…

The Transfiguration We are getting ready to study an amazing passage of scripture. Up until this time, Jesus has told the disciples He was the Son of God, they have witnessed the miracles, they have heard His teaching, they have LIVED with Him…and yet I don’t know that they fully grasped the concept…

Matthew 16-17 Saving Private Ryan is probably not the first thing that would rise to the top of anyone’s mind while reading through the book of Matthew. It sure wasn’t for me. Extra-violent war film and all that. But one of the characters from that movie is, I think, of some relevance to the portion…

Have you had an opportunity to look outside lately? We are beginning to see signs of spring. Trees beginning to bud out, flowers starting to bloom, birds beginning to return, spring peepers beginning to croak, it foretells of a time of renewal. All of the earth is beginning to be resurrected. The word…

WWJD (What Would Jesus Do)?

SCRIPTURE READING The Apostles’ Creed (paraphrased) I believe in God the Father, Maker of the heaven and earth, And in Jesus Christ, our Savior, God’s own Son of matchless worth; By the Holy Ghost conceivéd, Virgin Mary bore God’s Son, He in whom I have believéd, God Almighty, Three in One. Suffered…

Trying to Make Sense of What Doesn’t Make Sense For a few weeks we have been teaching from what Jesus taught between the upper room and the Garden of Gethsemane. But before we get to the prayer of Jesus, I want to look at something that is a part of the teaching of Jesus that the Disciples were still…

Who Is Jesus?

Risk is the way forward! 17 “Truly I say to you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a child will not enter it at all. ” I know many people who have been in the same kind of relationships or situations several times. The same bad things keep happening to us. How do we get out of this trapped…

After chapter 16 of Matthew the mood of the gospels change. No longer do you have this great following and joyous throng around Jesus. Only the strong in the Lord that will remain. We still have wonderful things of joy and healing but the atmosphere around those passages has changed. 14 When they reached…

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…

What is faith really? Is faith a forced belief? Is faith in something? Is faith in that something will happen? Or Is faith something more beautiful and more tangible then that? Faith = belief in God from a root word = trust in or to have confidence in or be persuaded. To make friends of. Sense; To have…

Paavavali paljastaa mikä on armon ja apostolin viran tarkoitus Paavali, Jeesuksen Kristuksen palvelija, kutsuttu apostoli, erotettu julistamaan Jumalan evankeliumia, jonka Jumala on edeltä luvannut profeettainsa kautta pyhissä kirjoituksissa, hänen Pojastansa—joka lihan puolesta on syntynyt Daavidin…

How many of you enjoy eating at a buffet occasionally? Regularly?... 14 And when they came to the crowd, a man came up to him and, kneeling before him, 15 said, “Lord, have mercy on my son, for he has seizures and he suffers terribly. For often he falls into the fire, and often into the water. 16 And…

A few years ago the Muppets and CeeLo Green co-performed a Christmas song called “All I Need Is Love,” complete with a music video. In true Muppets form—I don’t know how many Muppets fans we have—but if you haven’t seen it, it’s full of action and humor, and all the favorites show up—from Kermit, Fozzie,…

Beyond Wealth: The Truth About God's Blessings and the Prosperity Gospel We all need prosperity! But what kind? What is Prosperity? Hebrew Word: “Tsalach” (Strong’s H6743) • This word is often translated as “prosper” or “success” in the King James Version (KJV). • Meaning : To advance, to succeed, to…

We all struggle with “ shoulds ” - the idea of promoting “self-made religion”. It is my observation that some personalities struggle with the “shoulds” of legalism more. The use of the word “should” in our thoughts and speech is an indication that we are functioning in a cycle of condemnation and shame…

1 The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. 2 He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters. 3 He restores my soul. He leads me in paths of righteousness for his name’s sake. Restoring my soul. Restore- to bring back to its original existence, use, or position. Restored. 1939…

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…

A little boy excitedly told his mom that he had just MEASURED HIMSELF and he was six feet tall! Mom was a little skeptical, so she asked him to measure himself again while she watched. She discovered the problem when the boy took out not a 12-inch, but a 6-inch ruler. He had calculated well: he was six-ruler-heights…

Created for Community I want to think about some high level stuff for just a moment. Before the creation of the heavens and the earth God existed. We can all agree to that, the God we serve existed in eternity past. He was, is, and ever will be. Now prior to our creation, God existed in perfect harmony…

Easter/Resurrection morning is a wonderful day to be together to worship the LORD. We do this every Sunday. We gather. We sing. We pray. We study God’s Word together; we take a portion of verses from the Bible and I (along with other men in the church) preach about what those verses mean and how they…