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Main Preaching Theme: Jesus’ deliberate plan of heading towards the cross was for the atonement of our sin. Main Preaching Intention: I believe that people will be struck by the deliberate actions of Jesus on their behalf and that they will respond with gratitude and action. Scene 1: Jesus has a plan,…

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…

Intro; This morning as we head into the Easter season, we’re gonna take a break from our study of the Holy Spirit and focus on Jesus’ passion week. This morning I want us to look at “The Triumphal Entry” as Jesus comes into Jerusalem for His final time. Matthew 21:1–11 (NKJV) 1 Now when they drew near…

Let the Little Children Come to Me INTRODUCTION Now when Jesus finished these sayings, he left Galilee and went to the region of Judea beyond the Jordan River. Large crowds followed him, and he healed them there. Then some Pharisees came to him in order to test him. They asked, “Is it lawful to divorce…

Carrying on the Kingdom Pre-Introduction: Set timer, introduce, Introduction: I want to talk about turning points. Every good story has a turning point. Good literature always has a point in the story where the main character has something that happens, or some fact is revealed that makes for the turning…

WWJD (What Would Jesus Do)?

November 20th 5:00 we will join our sending church Living Hope for a Thanksgiving dinner. There will be no Wednesday Bible study Thanksgiving week. INTRODUCTION Our message today is on serving. If you want to know how I come up with the topics for our messages, I’ll show you. I extract them from the…

Influencing Change. Called to Lead: The Grounded Leader. Presented by OrLando Yarborough III Opening passage: Matthew 4:18–20 (NKJV) · At the age of 6 when I accepted Jesus Christ as my Lord and Savior, I knew my life was changed but I didn't know the full extent of that change. · I knew I was saved…

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…

I. If I Do II. If I Don’t III. What to Do

Bartimaeus may have been blind, but he could see. Who Do You Say I AM? I love the line of that video portrayal, “What amazed me the most was that it seemed like the people who could see the best were the most blinded...” Bartimaeus may have been blind, but he could see. But not Bartimaeus. He could see,…

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,…

23 “Therefore the kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king who wished to settle accounts with his servants. Kingdom servants serve a great king who has forgiven far more than they could ever forgvie each other.... so failure to forgive excludes one from the kingdom because this King’s kingdom has…

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…

For the past several weeks, we’ve walked through various TOPICS... various ANCHORS of Christianity And being something that we do every year... VISITING these topics in this way... SO FAR…we’ve covered... The Anchor of Prayer Anchor of Faith Anchor of Giving (last week) And now - this week - we come…

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…

Intro A I wonder if Peter was here today And we got to ask him, Peter, if there was one thing you’d want for Gateway Chapel, what would it be? One virtue, one aspect of godliness that you would want for us as a church, what would it be? Peter you don’t know us as a church but we’re a nice group of folks…

Jesus the Miracle worker When you study the gospels, you can see story after story of Jesus doing things that a normal Human should not be capable of doing Just skimming the book of Matthew we can see Jesus wasn’t an ordinary man Here's a list: Healing of the leper ( Matthew 8:1-4 ) Healing the centurion's…

The other night, the kids went to bed early, and Vanessa was resting as she was sick and so I turned on ESPN’s 30 for 30 documentary on the 1998 Home Run Record Chase called “Long Gone Summer.” As a kid growing up in a suburb of Chicago - I remember this season pretty well. It was the season that I became…

Throughout the history of the church different aspects of the Gospel message have been emphasised at different times. Especially since the Reformation in the 1500 and 1600s we have seen a variety of expressions of the Gospel message. Some have emphasised personal encounter with Christ, others the aspects…

Introduction: Helen Keller is known for being both blind and deaf after an illness at the age of 19 months. With the help of her life-long teacher and friend, Anne Sullivan, she became the first deaf and blind person in the United States to earn a Bachelor of Arts degree. Someone once asked Helen Keller…

Introduction Why I am doing this and not doing Matthew… Fully Man Virgin Birth Salvation must come from God. Virgin Birth made this possible by uniting full diety and full humanity in one person Virgin Birth makes possible Christ’s true humanity without inherited sin Human Weakness and Limitations Jesus…