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Isaiah 6:1-8 Isaiah went to the Temple because he thought God needed to be filled in on what was going on. The Lord revealed to him what was really going on and invited him to be a part of the solution.

Acts 2:1-21 On Pentecost Sunday we remember God’s great gift to us following the death of his Son in our place on the Cross. It is the Gift of the Holy Spirit. Yet so many Christians reject the gift of the Holy Spirit – either out of false assumptions of fear and ignorance, or simply out of misinformation - missing out on a wonderful and crucial gift from God himself. The Holy Spirit, given first...

Genesis 16:1-2 It struck me this past week that it is not enough to just know God’s will. When we have a promise or a direction from the Lord, we need to always realize that there are three elements involved: God’s will, God’s way, and God’s timing. To not take all three of these into consideration really can cause us a lot of anxiety, frustration, and stress, and can result in our missing the ble...

Luke 1:34-38; John 2:1-5; John 19:23-27 In the Garden of Eden God presented Eve to Adam, and Adam to Eve. He entrusted them to each other. They were to be helpers to each other in life, and they became husband and wife. God has continued to do this down through the ages, bringing men and women together and creating families. Then, the Lord entrusted Adam and Eve with a tiny, helpless little baby,...

1 John 4:7-21 In his first epistle, John reminds us that the most imperative commands of God are to love Him and to love one another. If we say we love Him and are not truly loving those around us, we haven’t even begun our life in Christ. We’re lying to ourselves and others. Many Christians today are walking in hate because they have never learned what hatred really is. I discovered something thi...

1John 3:16-24 As I looked at 1John 3 this past week, something hit me. John is talking about the right now. He uses the present tense in talking about our relating to Jesus, and His abiding in us. The Bible, and Christian experience both show us that the Christian life is a current, thing, happening in our lives today. Yes, we look back with gratitude and to help understand the present. Yes, we lo...

Matthew 7:1-6 When Jesus said, “Do not judge...” He meant, 'do not condemn'. He meant, 'do not set yourself up as a judge over someone else'. He meant, 'do not judge with a blind eye to your own sin and your own judgment'. He meant, 'do not be a prideful faultfinder'. He did NOT mean, 'do not judge between evil and good'. He did not mean, 'do not practice discernment'. He did not mean, 'do not tal...

Luke 14:26 There is a phenomenon in our society today that makes it very difficult for many people to understand what Jesus is calling us to do today. Many believe that when it comes to character or compromise, you must always cast aside character and compromise your values. One of Satan’s sneakiest ploys is to bring us to a point where we compromise our values. If anything, or anyone, − even your...

1 Corinthians 15:1-23 In this message we review three things the Resurrection gives us: 1. A Revelation of the tremendous power of God. 2. The Proof we are on the right path. 3. The Promise of Eternal Life.

Luke 23:33-47 Today, in our country, we have way too many people just looking for ways to be offended and grudges to bear. What we need is a whole lot of people who will start loving like they’ve never been hurt. We need a move of God in this area like never before.

Luke 9:23-26 We are currently in a series called “Jesus Unfiltered.” When the Father spoke at the time of Jesus’ transfiguration, He said, “This is My beloved Son. Listen to Him.” In this series, we’re taking some well-known things that Jesus has said and trying to really listen to them anew and afresh without all the filters and glosses that have been implanted in our hearts and minds by our cult...

John 6:47-59 During our Jesus Unfiltered series, we’re looking at the fact that many of us take our preconceptions to the Bible, and miss out on what we really need to hear. We now come to what may very well be the hardest of all these sayings. In fact, after Jesus spoke these words, the people who heard them responded like this: When many of his disciples heard it, they said, “This is a hard sayi...

John 14:6 We are currently in a series called “Jesus Unfiltered.” When the Father spoke at the time of Jesus’ transfiguration, He said, “This is My beloved Son. Listen to Him.” In this series we’re taking some well-known things that Jesus has said and trying to really listen to them anew and afresh without all the filters and glosses that have been implanted in our hearts and minds our culture and...

Matthew 25:34-46 At the end of the day, we will all stand before His glorious throne, and Jesus says we will be sorted out, just like sheep are sorted out from the goats. One group, those who are depicted as sheep, will enter into eternal life. The other group, who are depicted as goats, will go away into eternal punishment. With all the filters taken out of the way, we are left with the warning t...

Mark 9:2-9 On the mount of Transfiguration, as God reveals Jesus to us for Who He really is, and tells us what He expects us to do with these words: This is My beloved Son, listen to Him!" (Mark 9:7 ) Have we really been listening to the words of Jesus, as our Heavenly Father and our Lord Jesus have both told us to? Or have we been listening through filters and assumptions that keep us from really...

Jonah 1:1-3 Many Christians today do not have the conscious presence of God in their lives. We should not settle for God’s protection, His provision, or His promises without His presence. When we have the presence of God, we need nothing more; and we should settle for nothing less. There are four things that will rob us of God’s manifest presence in our lives: (1) direct disobedience, (2) divided...

Jonah 3:1-5,10 When I met the Lord, one of the things that I realized was that my past was filled with times when I had selfishly hurt others, and I couldn’t undo any of my actions, words, thoughts, attitudes. I had damaged people’s faith and a whole lot more. It was really horrifying and crushing to me how my self-centered, sinful attitudes and actions had a ripple effect around the world in a ba...

Jonah 3:1-5, 10 Mark Twain said: "The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why." Both of those days are important to God, too. He needs you to be you right now. The answer to why you were born is something that a lot of people struggle with, and approach in a lot of different ways. If you are one of those who have struggled with this, I hope this m...

1Samuel 3:1-20 I’m afraid that a lot of us have lost our hearing, and really aren’t hearing any more from God Himself. Since the ’60s our nation has been losing its hearing. Back then We were told that we needed to cast off old, outdated ways of thinking and values, and basically, just quit feeling guilty about being immoral. This was the time of the sexual revolution, the dawning of the Age of Aq...

John 1:18 Through the years I have heard questions like this multiple times: “If God’s really there, why doesn’t he let us know?” “Why doesn’t He just appear in the sky and say something?” The thing is, He HAS let us know. This is what John is trying to get across to us. He has let us know. We just have to be serious about looking for Him.

John 1:1-18 Although John doesn’t mention it, the manner in which Jesus, The Word, became flesh is very important to our salvation. This morning, as we affirmed our faith, we affirmed this when we said those historic words in the Nicene Creed: “ For us and for our salvation, He came down from heaven; He became incarnate by the Holy Spirit and the Virgin Mary, and was made human.” In the Apostles’...

Luke 2:1-20 In this Christmas message we pause and contemplate on what characteristics make up the most beautiful, meaningful of gifts. We can see that the first is love, the second is sacrifice, and the third is that somehow the gift shares a part of you with the one who is loved. That is exactly what we see in God’s coming into this world that first Christmas night. Love, for you. Sacrifice, for...

It's Christmas and my mind wanders to the glories of Christmases past, my family, my brothers, and that one Christmas I told you about. But I'm glad we've set aside a time to consider the gift of the baby in the manger. He paid everything for the wonderful gift that He offers you. Everything!

Luke 5:4-11 This is the Advent Season. It’s a time when we remember that the Lord kept His promise and came the first time, and we now wait for His coming the Second time. But living in this “in-between time,” He wants to be continually coming into your life. Every day we should be giving as much of ourselves as we know to as much of God as we understand. This means that when the Lord shows us an...

1 Peter 5:6-11 The enemy loves labels, because if you take on and identify with the label instead of the Lord, he has you! Black, White, Hispanic, Men, Women, Right, Left, Liberal, Conservative… the list goes on and on. When asked, “Are you on our side or their side?” The answer should always be, “No. I’m on the Lord’s side.” You see, if you choose a label to live by, you are going to be pushed in...