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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,…

1 Now when they drew near to Jerusalem and came to Bethphage, to the Mount of Olives, then Jesus sent two disciples, 2 saying to them, “Go into the village in front of you, and immediately you will find a donkey tied, and a colt with her. Untie them and bring them to me. 3 If anyone says anything to…

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…

Review Tanakh Brit Hadoshah Eber (ebur) I AM (grafted) Brit Chadasha - He appeared have life Brit Chadashah: ( John 4:3-14 ) Tribulation A New Moon Anani Introduction Summary Torah Portion: ( Gen 28:10-32:3 ) 10 Now Jacob went out from Beersheba and went toward Haran. 1 So Jacob went on his way, and…

What is your goal for living the Christian life? What is your DEEP motivation? What is your why? One pastor friend of mine says it this way, “What is your eternal why?” Having the correct Biblical goal is essential to actually growing in Christlikeness. If your motivation is fuzzy, your Christian life…

The Chief Priests and Elders have just questioned Jesus’ authority while He was teaching in the temple. Who gave you permission to teach and preach like you do? The people accepted Jesus as the “prophet from Nazareth in Galilee” 11 And the crowds said, “This is the prophet Jesus, from Nazareth of Galilee.”…

Last week, we saw Jesus cursing the fig tree. For practical purposes, Jesus removed something that was not performing as expected and removed it from taking up space. He did so, not as a warning or as a threat, but as a teaching moment for the disciples to know the power and authority He and even His…

18 In the morning, as he was returning to the city, he became hungry. 19 And seeing a fig tree by the wayside, he went to it and found nothing on it but only leaves. And he said to it, “May no fruit ever come from you again!” And the fig tree withered at once. 20 When the disciples saw it, they marveled,…

Wedding Clothes Now when the Pharisees 38 heard that he had silenced the Sadducees, 39 they assembled together. 40 And one of them, an expert in religious law, 41 asked him a question to test 42 him: “Teacher, which commandment in the law is the greatest?” 43 Jesus 44 said to him, “ ‘ Love 45 the Lord…

Hosanna, means, “save now, help now, or save we pray thee.” It’s roots are in Psalm 118:25 Lord , save us! Lord , grant us success! This Psalm was one of the psalms sung by the Jews as they approached Jerusalem for the feast of Passover. It is a Psalm which looks forward to the Davidic King, the descendent…

Jesus Was About His Father's Business... Why Are You Here? Most everything that Jeus did brought life. See John 3.17 17 For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him. But, today, Jesus cleanses the temple and curses a fig tree.…

Where are we so far? Jesus has fulfilled the prophecy of the Messiah He has gained a group of loyal followers Disciples Women He has also experienced a few instances of gaining and losing large amounts of followers He is also hunted by the religious leaders they want Jesus dead they are jealous of His…

Matthew 21:1-17 Introduction: Good morning and welcome once again to this gathering of Hope Bible Fellowship. We have been walking through the book of Nehemiah for the last several weeks. For the next two Sundays we are going step away from that to celebrate Palm Sunday and Easter week and then we will…

Genesis 21:22-34 Now it happened at that time, that Abimelech and Phicol, the commander of his army, spoke to Abraham, saying, “God is with you in all that you do; so now, swear to me here by God that you will not deal falsely with me or with my offspring or with my posterity, but according to the lovingkindness…

WWJD (What Would Jesus Do)?

Call to worship Welcome everyone! LET US STAND AND WORSHIP! “Waymaker” Words and Music by Hillsong PRAYER OF PRAISE FOR WHO GOD IS Lord, we praise You for choosing us. We praise You that in ur grace and mercy You reached down and called us by name and that now we belong to You. We worship You this morning…

Palm Sunday is when we begin to reflect and remember the last week of Jesus’ life on Earth, before his death, burial and resurrection. Palm Sunday is a day of celebration. But what are we celebrating? As they approached Jerusalem and came to Bethphage and Bethany at the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent two…

Welcome Good morning everyone and welcome to church! This morning, we are going to switch things up a bit! I figured since it was our wonderful daylight savings time day and we lost an hour of sleep, we would do something different. (Don’t worry, nothing crazy, but enough to hopefully make us remember…

Secular - Did you know there are a lot of saying that have crept into the church which aren’t in the Bible? "God helps those who help themselves." " Cleanliness is next to godliness. " " In the last days, you will not be able to know the seasons except by the changing of the leaves. " " Money is the…

Vision I am stirred today in my spirit. The Lord has unsettled me over the last few weeks. We have great great things happening at Branches Church, and I am so thankful for what the Lord is doing. I am thankful for what He continues to do. When I pray I can see where God is leading us, and it is exciting!…

The fig tree 12 On the following day, when they came from Bethany, he was hungry. 13 And seeing in the distance a fig tree in leaf, he went to see if he could find anything on it. When he came to it, he found nothing but leaves, for it was not the season for figs. 14 And he said to it, “May no one ever…

Becoming a House of Prayer Jesus entered the temple courts and drove out all who were buying and selling there. He overturned the tables of the money changers and the benches of those selling doves. “It is written,” he said to them, “ ‘My house will be called a house of prayer,’ but you are making it…

"If Christians spent as much time praying as they do grumbling, they would soon have nothing to grumble about." - Anonymous. “You must not have prayed hard enough!” Early in the morning, as Jesus was on his way back to the city, he was hungry. Seeing a fig tree by the road, he went up to it but found…

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…

Are you Strong or Weak? Our King shows us who He is and how we should respond to Him! Jesus enters as the Rightful King! ( Mt 21:1-11 ) Now when they drew near to Jerusalem and came to Bethphage, to the Mount of Olives, then Jesus sent two disciples, Sent 2 unknown Disciples(Learners/Followers) saying…