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Many of us remember a rhyme from our grade school playground: “Sticks and stones can break my bones but words can never hurt me.” We all probably know that this rhyme is not entirely true. Robert Fulghum in his book, All I Ever Really Needed to Know I Learned in Kindergarten, turned that phrase a bit…

Torah Portion: Leviticus 12:1-13:59 Haftarah: 2 Kings 4:42-5:19 Road Map Review Map of the 40 year journey Picture of Negative/ Distorted Thinking control, Distortion - Corruption (8) Summary of Torah Portion Torah Portion: Leviticus 12:1-13:59 2 “Speak to the children of Israel, saying: ‘If a woman…

Today we are wrapping up this six part study of the Good News called, “Life in 6 Words.” We get these six words by using the word “Gospel” as an acrostic. As a way of review, let’s walk through these six words one final time… G - God created us to be with Him. ( Genesis 1-2 ) O - Our sins separate us…

Introduction E.g. Chasing the jet ski Fell off jet ski & had to keep swimming after it as it ‘snaked’ its way up the river By the time I caught it I was too exhausted and annoyed to keep going so I went back For many people happiness, contentment, satisfaction in life seems like chasing the jet ski It…

Good morning, Gateway! Psalm 34:1-6 Pray Intro I remember a car ride home with my mom from church when I was about 12 and I was a real know-it-all. Our church just got a new youth pastor, and my mom was asking me about the service. “How’d it go? What’d you think of the new guy?” “He seems nice, but I…

Signs Of An Idiot Attention Getter: Why the need for Guru’s Jordan Peterson - Male Responsibility; Dave Ramsey - Financial Responsibility; The Entire self -help section. Introduce Topic: People are looking for practical answers to real questions and problems. Scripture: Background: Challenge Audience:…

All the ways of a man are pure in his own eyes, but the Lord weighs the spirit. Commit your work to the Lord , and your plans will be established. The Lord has made everything for its purpose, even the wicked for the day of trouble. Everyone who is arrogant in heart is an abomination to the Lord ; be…

Watch out for Pride! It is good to be back with you. Jennifer Jaida and I spent some time with my family over the past few weeks and it was good to be with them, but we missed our church family. So, it is wonderful to see you this morning. Today I want to talk to you about the folly of Pride and its…

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…

Colossians 3:5 . 5 Put to death therefore what is earthly in you: sexual immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry. Jesus, through his death and resurrection, has given us a new identity that seeks the kingdom of God. We are to seek the heavenly by the power of the…

Introduction Today we come to the exhortation and encouragement in Hebrews 12 . He has reminded them what faith is and shown how in their history their ancestors were approved by their faith. Showing how they fixed their minds on the promises that were to come and that it was by faith that they lived.…

Today we are starting a series that I hope you will find interesting and engaging, but above all my hope and prayer is that this series will be a tool that God will use in your life to reach a lost and dying world. Today we are going to go back to basics and study the Good News. If you don’t feel comfortable…

Intro: Rossville flood 2015 It was the day after the flood waters receded and all of the utilities were turned back on. We had no hot water because of the water tank being destroyed by the flood. The main thing was to just get rid of all the sweat that was pouring off of me after our initial clean up.…

Illus: My plans fell apart when I took Jonah to the Cardinals game and the Arch. (Because of construction we could not park anywhere within reason.) What about Topeka? We are under construction everywhere it seems like anymore. We're waiting, maybe confused, and trying to figure out where the heck our…

Ephesians 4:1-16 Good morning church. We are going to be in Ephesians 4 this morning, with a message entitled “Grow Up!” Now if you’re not offended by the title, hold on I’m not done. Actually, it is so easy to offend people when talking about certain things, so before we get started, we should pray…

Genesis 3:14-15 Dec 17, 1927 8 year old S class submarine conducting tests off coast of MA. 2273 Any Hope Of Rescue? Someone has said that if you could convince a man there was no hope, he would curse the day he was born. Hope is an indispensable quality of life. Years ago the S-4 submarine was rammed…

Summary Ezekiel 16 is known for being the most sexually explicit chapter in the Bible. Some scholars even consider it pornographic. The prophet casts the city of Jerusalem as a whore when articulating why God has condemned it and marked it for destruction. This episode explores the portrayal of spiritual…

God dispersed the people for their own good, then later He united the peoples out of His mercy.

A family member was at a family reunion and took a lot of pictures . When she took them to the photo place to get them developed , she asked if the pictures could be touched up . The photo tech asked : “You mean wrinkles and such?” She said “Yes” and the tech said, “Well of course.” Well she said: “Could…

Does anyone know what this picture represents? This might be the most amazing data picture you see in a lifetime! It shows the 63,779 cross-references in the Bible. The white bars along the bottom represent each Bible chapter, Gen. 1 - Rev. 22 . The line’s color shows the reference’s distance from the…

Good morning, Gateway! Scripture: Psalm 31 . Prayer Intro Good morning, again! August 5, 2001 was a beautiful night in Cleveland, Ohio at Jacobs Field, especially if you were a Seattle Mariners fan. The Mariners coming into the game were 80-30, they had won the first two games of the series, and seemed…

Good morning, Gateway! Scripture: Lam 3:21-26 . God of creation. God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. God of the covenant. You are merciful, and gracious, slower to anger, and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness, keeping steadfast love for thousands, forgiving iniquity and sin, but you are also…

A mighty Angel Revelation 10 is a hiatus from the trumpet judgments. The chapter describes a “mighty angel” who holds a scroll that the awestruck John will take from his hand and eat. This odd language has Old Testament precedent in Ezekiel. However, it is the angel that has drawn the most attention…

Last week we talked about Help for Hot Temper so that we wouldn’t lose our witness and that we wouldn’t say things we would later regret. Tonight I want to talk about “Watching What We Say”. We have all heard the statement; “Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me.” That’s…

James 1:5-8 Introduction: Two Kinds of Wisdom In the OT book of Amos, God said through His prophet that the people of certain places had sinned again and again and God declares He will not forget it. America is like that. Our nation has sinned again and again – and God will not forget our national sins…