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We’re so glad you are here! Thanks for Watching our Gratitude Series! ----- SERMON NOTES It’s good and Godly to be grateful and moreover to show gratitude! Bless the LORD, O my soul, and all that is within me, bless his holy name! Psalm 103:1 ESV Unexpressed gratitude is experienced as ingratitude. Be grateful and live like you are! Gratitude and ingratitude are relationally determinative. Andy St...

We’re so glad you are here! Thanks for Watching our Gratitude Series! ----- SERMON NOTES After this, the armies of the Moabites, Ammonites, and some of the Meunites declared war on Jehoshaphat. Messengers came and told Jehoshaphat, “A vast army from Edom is marching against you from beyond the Dead Sea. They are already at Hazazon-tamar.” 2 Chronicles 20:1-2 The answer to your problem always start...

We’re so glad you are here! Thanks for Watching our Gratitude Series! ----- SERMON NOTES Brothers and sisters, honor those who are your leaders in the Lord’s work. They work hard among you and give you spiritual guidance. Show them great respect and wholehearted love because of their work. And live peacefully with each other. We urge you to warn those who are lazy. Encourage those who are timid. T...

Generosity is a matter of the heart. We invest in what we value and believe in. As followers of Christ we are meant to care about what He cares about and to give and live like we do. Talk is cheap but action isn’t. Living our ourselves and our resources back to God is an unbelievable blessing. After all He gave all He had for us and we can never hope to out give our gracious God! (Proverbs 19:17)...

You have planted much but harvest little. You eat but are not satisfied. You drink but are still thirsty. You put on clothes but cannot keep warm. Your wages disappear as though you were putting them in pockets filled with holes! Haggai 1:6 NLT Be careful how you live. Don’t live like fools, but like those who are wise. Make the most of every opportunity in these evil days. Ephesians 5:15-16 NLT T...

The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly. John 10:10 NKJV Next level living / abundant life requires next level light! Light is much more than a convenience, it’s a necessity for the existence of life itself. Light, like no other physical phenomenon, is linked in a wide variety of ways with...

In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. And God said, Let there be light: and there was light. Genesis 1:1-3 KJV - (31,102 verses) GOD formed Man out of dirt from the ground and blew into his nostrils the breath of life. The Man came alive, a...

Next Level Deep relationship will always lead to Higher goals for the gifts God has given. The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly. John 10:10 NKJV Next Level abundant living is gift you can only get from God. Because we belong to the day, we must live decent lives for all to see. Don’t par...

Consider it a sheer gift, friends, when tests and challenges come at you from all sides. You know that under pressure, your faith has a chance to really grow, so let it grow. Don't try to get out of anything prematurely. Let it do its work so you become mature and well-developed, not deficient in any way. If you don't know what you're doing, pray to the Father. He loves to help. You'll get his hel...

My thoughts are nothing like your thoughts,” says the LORD. “And my ways are far beyond n anything you could imagine. For just as the heavens are higher than the earth, so my ways are higher than your ways and my thoughts higher than your thoughts. Isaiah 55:8-9 NLT Glory to God, who is able, through his mighty power at work within us, to accomplish infinitely more than we might ask or think. Ephe...

A deep relationship with the Divine will result in the release of God’s destiny for your life. Before I shaped you in the womb, I knew all about you. Before you saw the light of day, I had holy plans for you: A prophet to the nations, that’s what I had in mind for you. Jeremiah 1:5 MSG Newton’s 1st law of motion - A body at rest will remain at rest until acted upon by a force. All glory to God, wh...

God wants to take your relationship to the next level because we were designed to have deep conversations with our Creator The Creator created YOU to have a life full of substantial conversations and treasured talks. Genesis 3:8 Lam 3:23 “If God has your heart, you’ll hear His heart.” - Ron Jesus had the difficult deep conversation with God so we would be able to have our treasured talks with Him....

May the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all. 2 Corinthians 13:14 NLT The trinity falls outside our natural vision spectrum, but with the right lens it becomes a revelation of life and relationship that is deeper than we could ever dream. I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Advocate, who will never leave you. He is t...

Devotion is critical to deep relationship. Religious - To devotedly follow and practice a specific set of values and beliefs. Deep relationship requires deep devotion and intentional living. Misplaced religious devotion is a poor replacement for relationship with God. When the Pharisees heard that he had silenced the Sadducees with his reply, they met together to question him again. One of them, a...

God wants to take you to a place with Him you haven’t been before. Grow in grace and understanding of our Master and Savior, Jesus Christ. 2 Peter 3:18 MSG I am certain that God, who began the good work within you, will continue his work until it is finally finished on the day when Christ Jesus returns. Philippians 1:6 NLT I'm not saying that I have this all together, that I have it made. But I am...

He’s Closer than you think. The God who made the world and everything in it, being Lord of heaven and earth, does not live in temples made by man, nor is he served by human hands, as though he needed anything, since he himself gives to all mankind life and breath and everything. Acts 17:24-25 ESV Starting from scratch, he made the entire human race and made the earth hospitable, with plenty of tim...

For many this year has made for a not so Merry Christmas. Sadness can be heavier at a time known for tradition, and difficulty an even more unwelcome guest at a time meant for celebration. Then the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid, for behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy which will be to all people. For there is born to you this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the L...

In those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be registered. This was the first registration when Quirinius was governor of Syria. And all went to be registered, each to his own town. And Joseph also went up from Galilee, from the town of Nazareth, to Judea, to the city of David, which is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and lineage of David, to be reg...

Leaders from the The Zambia Project share with our church family this week!

This is how Jesus the Messiah was born. His mother, Mary, was engaged to be married to Joseph. But before the marriage took place, while she was still a virgin, she became pregnant through the power of the Holy Spirit. Joseph, to whom she was engaged, was a righteous man and did not want to disgrace her publicly, so he decided to break the engagement quietly. As he considered this, an angel of the...

The natural world, so evident to our senses, draws a curtain across spiritual reality. Philip Yancey. Now we see things imperfectly, like puzzling reflections in a mirror, but then we will see everything with perfect clarity. All that I know now is partial and incomplete, but then I will know everything completely, just as God now knows me completely. 1 Corinthians13:12 We live in the most comfort...

Ears to hear and eyes to see, both are gifts from the LORD. Proverbs 20:12 NLT I see Blessing, I see Jesus! Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God. Matthew 5:8 ESV The presence of problems can never overpower than the presence of Jesus. Open my eyes so I can see what you show me of your miracle-wonders. Psalm 119:18 MSG The love of Jesus is the most obvious and consistent reality I’...

“You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden. Nor do people light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a stand, and it gives light to all in the house. In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven. Matthew 5:14-16 ESV We won’t pray about what we don’t prioritize, and we won’t c...