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Intro We’ve all experienced much and little. Sometimes not when we wanted either! The same might hold true in our life with Jesus too. Some blessings that bring us to tears. Some hurts or hopeless days that do the same. The Bible never promises a difficulty free life, rather more the opposite. But It…

Do Not Fear, Only Believe GSR across the street. Anybody ever get on the Ultimate Rush swing? I’m not afraid to admit, that scares me just thinking about it! I know I wouldn’t die, but I might as well. Fear is powerful. Fear transforms actions, perceptions, reality. But today, we see that Jesus overcomes…

Intro Fishing trip. Kimberly got sick, I didn’t. Our reaction to the same situation was very different, and it made all the difference. So with our reaction to Jesus in the midst of our life situation. 35 As evening came, Jesus said to his disciples, “Let’s cross to the other side of the lake.” 36 So…

Intro Last week - soil preparation This week - Focusing on the produce Story of William Wilberforce early life self-serving, hedonist Entered Parliament with this disposition Transformed by meeting and befriending Thomas Clarkson, a devout Christian and early anti-slavery leader Wilberforce took up the…

With Friends Like These - Part 2 Intro ‘Blood is thicker than water.’ Nothing comes between family. Those of you who are part of an adoptive family know there are limits to that statement. Our section of scripture today explores the connections and relations of people and of God. We will look at an uncomfortable…

Intro James Webb Space Telescope Two Images. 1. MIRI (mid-infrared) = can see through things that block our vision 2. Red shift = distance Can see the beginning from the end. Today, we’ll look at a section of scripture that shows Jesus seeing what’s hidden, and of being able to see the end from the beginning…

Intro Do we seek when we should hide, and hide when we should seek? Lost Jonathan at the Zoo Sometimes we hide for other reasons. It there a right way to hide? 35 Before daybreak the next morning, Jesus got up and went out to an isolated place to pray. 36 Later Simon and the others went out to find him.…

Jesus authority over religios, spiritual, and personal spheres.

Intro Are we asking the right question? Are our questions of eternal importance or trivial in the moment? Do our questions seek to give or receive understanding or to cause division? Is our aim our kingdom or God’s Kingdom? I’m sure we’ve all hear “There is no dumb question.” On some level, that might…

Intro “Can I have some money?” That question depends as much on who is asking as it does the question itself. “Can I have some money… for the carnival games?” Child to parent. “Can I have some money… to food?” Same child, at college. “Can I have some money… that I loaned you?” The lender to the borrower.…

Lures, Allure, and Value I like to fish… But what gets the fish into trouble is mistaking the counterfeit for the real deal. “All bait and no hook” is a saying that points to a temptation that doesn’t have any consequences. That really doesn’t exist! The bait is what the fish sees. The hook is there…

Intro “This above all, to thine own self be true” This and many other ideas lead us to seek to understand who we really are. We live the children's story of the Ugly Duckling. It speaks of our nature in terms of what we must become rather than the awkward intermediary state. Sometimes we misapply it.…

Intro 27 And they came again to Jerusalem. And as he was walking in the temple, the chief priests and the scribes and the elders came to him, 28 and they said to him, “By what authority are you doing these things, or who gave you this authority to do them?” 29 Jesus said to them, “I will ask you one…

Intro 1 For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven: 2 a time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up what is planted; 3 a time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up; 4 a time to weep, and a time to laugh;…

Intro Jesus is risen! He is risen indeed! Today is the day we celebrate Jesus’ resurrection from the dead, of His victory over death, of our hope of salvation. Today is a day of celebration! But is it possible, in our celebration, to miss the hope we are celebrating for? This morning, I’d like to walk…

Requests For Position 35 And James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came up to him and said to him, “Teacher, we want you to do for us whatever we ask of you.” 36 And he said to them, “What do you want me to do for you?” 37 And they said to him, “Grant us to sit, one at your right hand and one at your…

Intro Once apron a time there was a brilliant electrical engineer - when that was a brand new field. Maybe you are familiar with his name - Charles Steinmetz? No? Albert Einstein was. So was Nicola Tesla, and Thomas Edison. And so was Henry Ford. Henry Ford was innovative and used electrical equipment…

Intro What do Wilt Chamberlain, Mohamed Ali, Alexander the Great, and Paul the Apostle all have in common? Each of them are arguably touted as the greatest in their fields. Each worked very hard, held themselves to the highest standard. And they each call, challenged, and motivated others to achieve…

Intro Back into Mark. Series: Mark(ed) For Action. Marks most recognizable word might be ‘immediately’. Mark takes us on two great movements: From the birth of Jesus (as a baby and in His ministry) to the point of recognition of who He is. This recognition is from Peter “ Mark 8:29 “29 And he asked them,…

The Year Of The Lord’s Favor What is your favorite? We all have favorite things. My favorite season is fall. My favorite hobby is fly fishing. My favorite food is lasagna. What do all those have in common? They’re all AWESOME! But also, none of them are near to me. I’m estranged from each of them. Cool…

Intro 18 “The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim liberty to the captives and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty those who are oppressed, 19 to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor.” Jesus was sent to…

Proclaim Liberty to the Captives Last week Doug shared how God calls us to proclaim good news to the poor. This is what Jesus was anointed to proclaim. The Good news was His own death and resurrection. Victory over death and sin. As Jesus proclaimed this with His own life, so we are called to proclaim…

The Time Is Now Are any of you Star Wars fans? Have you seen all the movies? Most of the movies? Some of the movies? Didn’t know there were movies? I have a confession. I’ve never watched Episode III. I think because it’s seems dark. And because I know where the movie starts, and where it ends up at.…

Intro Paul David Trip New Morning Mercies Dec. 22, 2022 Jesus knew what he was facing. He knew the price that needed to be paid. He knew what it would mean to stand in our place. He was quite aware of the spiritual math: suffering for a moment = acceptance for all of eternity. And he was willing. A great…

Intro Nature and effect. Two ways to perceive a thing. The nature of a thing can be described in terms that are appropriate to it. The effect is, by necessity, only partially about the thing we describe. If we described the nature of a pillow, we could use words like down, fluffy, hard, flat, smelly,…