THE GIFT OF NEW STRENGTH
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The Gift of a New Family
The Gift of a New FamilyIsaiah 43:1-7 1. Hear the message to Judah 2. Hear the message to His child
THE GIFT OF A NEW DAY
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THE GIFT OF A NEW PLAN
THE GIFT OF A NEW PLANGod Gives New Gifts – Part 1 of 4Advent 2022Jeremiah 31.31-34 v. 31 “… the days are coming … when I will make a new covenant …” (esv) Hebrews 9.15 “… Christ is the mediator of a new covenant …” (niv) v. 32 “This one will not be like the covenant I made with their ancestors … that they broke …” (csb) WHAT HOPE DOES GOD’S NEW PLAN GIVE? New Love CAN ARISE FROM Dead…
NAVIGATING BY THANKING
NAVIGATING BY THANKINGThanksgiving 20221 Corinthians 1.4-9 v. 4 “I give thanks … because of the grace … given you in Christ Jesus …” (esv) WE NAVIGATE BY GRATITUDE THAT … WE HAVE Experienced God’s Grace v. 4 “I give thanks to my God always for you because of the grace of God that was given you in Christ Jesus …” (esv) Acts 5.40-41 “They called the apostles in and had them flogged … The apostles left … rejoicing because they…
THE IMPORTANCE OF THE ABSENT ONE
THE IMPORTANCE OF THE ABSENT ONEJudges 19-21We Need A Better Savior – Part 16 Hosea 9.9 “They have deeply corrupted themselves as in the days of Gibeah …” 21.25 “In those days there was no king in Israel. Everyone did what was right in his own eyes.” (esv) GOD’S KING IS A … TEACHER WHO Limits Man’s Depravity Jeremiah 17.9 “The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately sick …” Matthew 7.28–29 “… the crowds were astonished at his…
PUTTING THE PROPER PRICE ON PRAYER
PUTTING THE PROPER PRICE ON PRAYERJohn 14.11-17 vv. 13–14 “Whatever you ask in my name … If you ask me anything in my name, I will do it.” (esv) OUR PRAYERS ARE PRECIOUS BECAUSE … Relational PRAYERS ARE Rare The Man Born Blind: John 9.31 “We know that God does not listen to sinners, but if anyone is a worshiper of God and does his will, God listens to him.” Isaiah 59.1-2 “Behold, the LORD’s hand is not shortened, that…
Life Lessons from the Womb
Life Lessons from the WombLuke 1:39-45Jared Marshall- Marsha’s Place Executive Director Three Truths to Embrace: The Goodness of Every Life in the Womb Psalm 127:3 – “Behold, children are a heritage from the Lord, the fruit of the womb a reward…” The Personhood of Every Child in the Womb Luke 1:15 – “…and he will be filled with the Holy Spirit, even from his mother’s womb.” The Full Deity and Humanity of Jesus Christ in the Womb Luke 1:43 –…
SAMSON: A MIRROR OF REDEMPTION
SAMSON: A MIRROR OF REDEMPTIONJudges 16We Need A Better Savior – Part 14 James 1.22–24 “… if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man who looks intently at his natural face in a mirror … and goes away and at once forgets what he was like.” (esv) OUR HEARTS ARE MADE WISE AS WE REALIZE … Privilege CAN LEAD TO Presumption v. 3 “… he got up and took hold of…
SAMSON: RAISING THE PRICE OF COMPROMISE
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SAMSON: A SINFUL SAVIOR
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SAMSON: CHRISTMAS COMES EARLY
SAMSON: CHRISTMAS COMES EARLYJudges 13We Need A Better Savior – Part 11 v. 5 “…you shall conceive and bear a son … and he shall begin to save Israel from the hand of the Philistines.” (esv) ULTIMATELY, WE ARE SAVED BECAUSE … GOD Wants It More Than We DO v. 1 “… Israel again did what was evil …” (esv) 1 John 4.10 “This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son…