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INTRODUCTION Let’s turn together in our Bibles: To the gospel of Luke. Luke chapter 2 . & we’re gonna read verses 21-39 . Luke 2:21-39 . & when you find that in your Bible Pls stand for the reading of God’s Word. The title of today’s teaching is: Make Yourself Useful to the Lord In Luke 2:21-39 . The…

Introduction Back in September, I sat down and began to set out a preaching schedule and themes for the next few months. I knew we were going to do Jonah and I looked at the dates for Advent. Advent, a time to reflect on the beginning of Emmanuel, God dwelling with us, and I noticed that there would…

Selfless Love Marches Victorious over Self-glorification GOAL: Understand the surprising value of Love as God bestows it, and practice it. MALADY: We emotionalize love, which makes it subject to our unreliable feelings. MEANS: The means to the goal is the carefully considered understanding of the fullness…

Jesus Reveals His Glory at a Wedding Do you know what is amazing, even remarkable. It’s not that God’s changed water into wine. Rather, it is the manner in which He did so. He didn’t do so according to the laws He set down to govern what we like to call “nature.” Instead, he chose to do so by means of…

Delight Uncovered I have a friend in San Diego who loves wine. San Diego is very much a desert climate, but there is also a lot of granite. It is a challenge to cultivate the soil due to all the rock and granite. Well, my friend built his dream home on top of a steep hill in San Diego county, and decided…

Introduce self... Pray... Introduce series: For advent this year, I am going to preach through 4 simple truths... On the surface, these truth’s seem to be little more than platitudes, but through careful examination I hope to scratch the surface and demonstrate their rich depth. 1 Timothy 6:12 (ESV)…

Introduction The Lord has revealed to Moses he will die and that Israel will betray Him And the Lord said to Moses: “Behold, you will rest with your fathers; and this people will rise and play the harlot with the gods of the foreigners of the land, where they go to be among them, and they will forsake…

Isn’t that a pleasant thought. You came to church today and the pastor said we need a cleanse. We are getting ready to do 21 Days of Prayer. In January we do prayer and fasting. But in August, we don’t. But there are things we need to get our of our system. Detox - Removal of toxic substances from a…

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 is God like? This may be the most important question we can ask ourselves. In his book The Knowledge of the Holy, A.W. Tozer says this- “What comes into our minds when we think about God is the most important thing about us.” (A.W. Tozer) Do you agree with this statement? What comes into your mind…

Introduction Over the next 5 weeks we are going to gather and discuss five big ideas. We will look at 5 more after Christmas. These ideas are taken from our church’s doctrinal statements. Each week we are going to look at the Big Idea from the statement and dig into scripture to find out where these…

Whom do we trust ? A fundamental question we ask, whether we know it or not. Character matters. This is true always but definitely true in matters of trust. To trust without character is to set oneself up for pain. The past matters. The greatest predictor of the future behavior is past behavior. Yes…

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…

Three weeks ago we started a study to help us to end this year off in a better place than we have been and to start the new decade in a good place.It’s a study in Psalm 145 , which is the only Psalm David titled a Psalm of Praise.When we put into practice what is taught in this Psalm we will see it changes…

Because the Lord is the Rock of our Salvation - Let us Enter into POWERFUL PRAISE 1 Come, let us sing to the Lord ! Let us shout joyfully to the Rock of our salvation. 2 Let us come to him with thanksgiving. Let us sing psalms of praise to him. 3 For the Lord is a great God, a great King above all gods.…

Last we put our study in Isaiah on hold until January so that we could do a study that will help us end this year in a better place and to start the new decade in a healthy way.It’s a study about Praise.What we are doing is looking at Psalm 145 , the only Psalm that is called a Psalm of praise and studying…

Praise Out the Old-Praise in the New Happy December. It’s hard to believe that Christmas and the New Year are almost upon us. Actually even Harder its a new decadeAnd so for that we are going to put our study in Isaiah on hold until January because something else is on my heart that I believe God has…

Before I bring the children up here for their time I want all of you to pull out your sermon notes and a pencil or pen, and we are going to take a little quiz. Ok, now those were the Bible Trivia questions for today. For this next part I want you to be honest with yourself. I was talking to someone in…

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…

The Mission of God “What do those Stones Mean?” Joshua 4:1–24 (ESV) 1 When all the nation had finished passing over the Jordan, the Lord said to Joshua, 2 “Take twelve men from the people, from each tribe a man, 3 and command them, saying, ‘Take twelve stones from here out of the midst of the Jordan,…

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…