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Who Bothers to Thank God? Grace, mercy, and peace from God our Father and from our risen Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen. My mother, as well as Tanya’s, taught us to write “Thank You Notes”. If ever I missed, a lecture would follow and sometimes punishment. I wish I did a better job of writing thank…

Let us pray…Gracious and loving God, we come before you today with Joy in our hearts. Joy for being in this space together. Joy for being able to be together. And joy for the day itself which represents the day in which our new lives can begin. We thank you and praise you this day for all these things…

Let us pray…Gracious and loving God, on this day that we celebrate Christ’s arrival in Jerusalem and immediately move to his passion, we ask that you help us to open our hearts, minds and spirits to your still speaking voice above the din of all other voices in our hearts, minds, and spirits so that…

Let us pray…God, may the words of my mouth, the meditations of all of our hearts, and the willingness of our spirits be pleasing unto you this day. Today’s time of reflection on this Psalm is going to be a bit different for us. I know I typically spend time relating the scripture to our lives but I want…

Let us pray…Gracious and loving God, as we gather this day, we are reminded that your love knows no limits and no bounds. Help us in this time to remember and reflect on this idea so that we can find comfort and peace in a time that is out of our control, and remind us that your time is perfect. Now,…

Let us pray…Gracious and loving God, on this first Sunday in Lent, we are standing at the stream of life and longing for your presence amongst us in this time that seems to be a never ending period of grief, despair, sorrow, and sadness. We are ready to celebrate and be able to praise you once again.…

What are you afraid of? If you watched the 1986 movie “The Fly”, starring Jeff Goldblum and Geena Davis, you will recall the tagline phrase "Be afraid, be very afraid". Search Google with that phrase and you'll get about 370 million results. I expect what we are going through right now with COVID-19…

This morning, I want to begin a series in the book of Psalms by asking you a peculiar question: "Why are we so tired all the time?" I’m tired of this pandemic! I’m sick of wearing masks everywhere I go, I’m tired of social distancing and what it does to the local church. This seems to be a shared problem…

Covenant Keeping

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…

Main text: 10 An excellent wife who can find? She is far more precious than jewels. 11 The heart of her husband trusts in her, and he will have no lack of gain. 12 She does him good, and not harm, all the days of her life. 13 She seeks wool and flax, and works with willing hands. 14 She is like the ships…

Would you turn with me in your Bible to Psalm chapter 1. As you are making your way there I want to help us see just why the the Book of Psalm is so vital for us to look at as we journey through this life and to prepare us for what is to come. Athanasius who was one of the early church fathers was known…

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

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…

Introduction This morning as we come to worship, and if you had a chance to read the passage and the title of the sermon, I have a question for you. Where is your delight? As I was looking over this Psalm for today, this phrase seemed to jump out at me. Where do we place our delight? There are many things…

Introduction I have a question for you this morning. How many of you came this morning with the intention of coming to Worship? You may be thinking this a stupid question Pastor, as all of us come to church to worship. It’s called a worship service. But I ask, do we come on Sunday morning to worship?…

Introduction This is our second and last sermon in the third book of Psalms. Just a reminder as we have been looking at the Psalms, the third book collection has a general focus of exile in the lives of the people. Exile in their world is both actual and metaphorically. There was a time where the people…

Introduction This Thanksgiving weekend where are you on the scale of thanksgiving? Are you the type of person who is full of thanksgiving because as you look around you there is much to be thankful for in your world? Is your world today seem hard and you are looking to God and you know you are to be…

Introduction This morning begins a new series in our church. Over the next three months we are going to spend some time working through to some degree the whole book of Psalms. To be honest, like all other series that we have done lately, three months is really not enough time to properly cover the many…

Intro A little over 12 years ago I was the worship and youth pastor of a church in the Austin area. Pastor Matt, Jennifer, and Jaida were just camping near that church. At the church we had a prayer garden and anybody who wanted to could get 4 to 8 feet of space to plant vegetables fruits whatever would…

What is the Main Purpose of Psalms? The entire collection of Psalms is actually called Praises in the Hebrew text. How awesome is that? In fact ancient rabbis often designated it as “The Book of Praises.” The Septuagint, which is the Greek Translation of the Old Testament labeled it as Psalms. The book…

I. THE INCLINATION OF THE HEART A. Psalm 119:36 (ESV) — 36 Incline my heart to your testimonies, and not to selfish gain! 36 Incline my heart to your testimonies, and not to selfish gain! B. Our need before we open the word is to have our heart inclined to it and liberated from the pursuit of selfish…

I. Jesus’ Ministry Begins A. Beginning of Mark’s Story 1. Doesn’t begin with the birth narrative 2. Begins with prophesy of John the Baptists and his ministry 3. First appearance of Jesus is when He was baptized by John the Baptist 4. Jesus was lead by the Spirit into the wilderness where He lived with…