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Therefore, we who have fled to him for refuge can have great confidence as we hold to the hope that lies before us. This hope is a strong and trustworthy anchor for our souls. It leads us through the curtain into God’s inner sanctuary. Hebrews 6:18b-19 NLT Life is an ocean of possibilities and promise, but all who journey will at times face a tumultuous sea. The Art of Anchoring How and When to dr...

The love of Christ revealed on the Cross is Real Real stuff cost more. This is real love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us… 1 John 4:10 NLT My confidence is in Gods capacity, His character and most of all His compassion. When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they shall not overwhelm you; when you walk through fire you shall not be burned, and the...

Then Jesus went with them to the olive grove called Gethsemane. Matthew 26:36 NLT “Sit here while I go over there to pray.” He took Peter and Zebedee’s two sons, James and John, and he became anguished and distressed. He told them, “My soul is crushed with grief to the point of death. Stay here and keep watch with me.” Matthew 26:36-38 NLT (read through and briefly elaborate.) Jesus’ heart was hea...

Rejoice in hope, be patient in tribulation, be constant in prayer. Romans 12:12 ESV Hope is a precious priceless commodity. Misdirected Hope As they were gathering in Galilee, Jesus said to them, “The Son of Man is about to be delivered into the hands of men, and they will kill him, and he will be raised on the third day.” And they were greatly distressed. Matthew 17:22 ESV - - - He tried to help...

Miracle - an extraordinary event in the physical world that surpasses all known human or natural powers and is therefore considered supernatural. A man named Lazarus was sick. He lived in Bethany with his sisters, Mary and Martha. This is the Mary who later poured the expensive perfume on the Lord’s feet and wiped them with her hair. Her brother, Lazarus, was sick. So the two sisters sent a messag...

Jesus is our miracle. I am leaving you with a gift, peace of mind and heart. And the peace I give is a gift the world cannot give. So don’t be troubled or afraid. John 14:27 NLT The peace we find in Jesus isn’t circumstantial; it’s transcendent, and it’s found in His presence. You make known to me the path of life; in your presence there is fullness of joy; at your right hand are pleasures forever...

On the other side of the lake the crowds welcomed Jesus, because they had been waiting for him. Then a man named Jairus, a leader of the local synagogue, came and fell at Jesus’ feet, pleading with him to come home with him. His only daughter, who was twelve years old, was dying. Luke 8:40-42 NLT - “Please come and lay your hands on her; heal her so she can live.” Whatever the source of your despe...

After this there was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. Now there is in Jerusalem by the Sheep Gate a pool, in Aramaic called Bethesda, which has five roofed colonnades. In these lay a multitude of invalids, blind, lame, and paralyzed. John 5:1-3 ESV Bethesda - House of mercy Now a certain man was there who had an infirmity thirty-eight years. When Jesus saw him and knew he had b...

You must love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, and all your mind. This is the first and greatest commandment. A second is equally important: Love your neighbor as yourself. The entire law and all the demands of the prophets are based on these two commandments. Matthew 22:37-38 NLT If you love only those who love you, what reward is there for that? Even corrupt tax collectors d...

Dear friends, let us continue to love one another, for love comes from God. Anyone who loves is a child of God and knows God. 1 John 4:7 NLT God’s Love Protects you. In all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, nor height nor depth, nor anything else in...

Love isn’t so much a commentary on how we feel but a description of how we live. Let love be your highest goal! 1 Corinthians 14:1 NLT You must love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, and all your mind. This is the first and greatest commandment. A second is equally important: Love your neighbor as yourself. The entire law and all the demands of the prophets are based on these t...

Now when Sanballat and Tobiah and Geshem the Arab and the rest of our enemies heard that I had built the wall and that there was no breach left in it (although up to that time I had not set up the doors in the gates), Sanballat and Geshem sent to me, saying, “Come and let us meet together at Hakkephirim in the plain of Ono.” But they intended to do me harm. And I sent messengers to them, saying, “...

Life happens everyday to everyone. Yet true godliness with contentment is itself great wealth. After all, we brought nothing with us when we came into the world, and we can’t take anything with us when we leave it. So if we have enough food and clothing, let us be content. But people who long to be rich fall into temptation and are trapped by many foolish and harmful desires that plunge them into...

We as a church are currently in the midst of 21 days of prayer and fasting, as well as our annual Kingdom Builders offering. Our 5th birthday is coming up in February 🤯and we are believing God for $50,000! Talk about big vision! Through prayer we have decided $30,000 will go to the things we are called to locally in Wilmington and $20,000 will go globally to the work we do with our partners in So...

We as a church are currently in the midst of 21 days of prayer and fasting, as well as our annual Kingdom Builders offering. Our 5th birthday is coming up in February 🤯and we are believing God for $50,000! Talk about big vision! Through prayer we have decided $30,000 will go to the things we are called to locally in Wilmington and $20,000 will go globally to the work we do with our partners in So...

The constant exposure to perversion, indecency and immorality pose an eternal danger to the heart, identity and security God wills for His children... (carcinogen) Now the works of the flesh are evident: sexual immorality, impurity, sensuality, idolatry, sorcery, enmity, strife, jealousy, fits of anger, rivalries, dissensions, divisions, envy, drunkenness, orgies, and things like these. I warn you...

The words of Nehemiah the son of Hacaliah. Now it happened in the month of Chislev, in the twentieth year, as I was in Susa the citadel, that Hanani, one of my brothers, came with certain men from Judah. And I asked them concerning the Jews who escaped, who had survived the exile, and concerning Jerusalem. And they said to me, “The remnant there in the province who had survived the exile is in gre...

Our King has a Kingdom. His is an eternal kingdom with an incredible earthly impact! The kingdom of God is in the midst of you. Luke 17:21 ESV So when they had come together, they asked him, “Lord, will you at this time restore the kingdom to Israel?” He said to them, “It is not for you to know times or seasons that the Father has fixed by his own authority. But you will receive power when the Hol...

But you, O Bethlehem Ephrathah, who are too little to be among the clans of Judah, from you shall come forth for me one who is to be ruler in Israel, whose coming forth is from of old, from ancient days. Micah 5:2 ESV On his robe and on his thigh he has a name written, King of kings and Lord of lords. Revelation 19:16 ESV Kind isn’t a good enough word to describe our King! Therefore the Lord waits...

The blessed and only Sovereign, the King of kings... 1 Timothy 6:15 ESV For to us a child is born, and the government shall be upon his shoulder, and his name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. Isaiah 9:6 ESV No one loves us like the King who came in a cradle. Allegiance to the King comes with divine rights and responsibilities that are incredible...

For to us a child is born, and the government shall be upon his shoulder, and his name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. Isaiah 9:6 ESV Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign. Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel. Isaiah 7:14 ESV Now after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of H...

The supernatural summation from creation to salvation adds up to life abundant and eternal! In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. Genesis 1:1 NLT Christ is the visible image of the invisible God. He existed before anything was created and is supreme over all creation, for through him God created everything in the heavenly realms and on earth. He made the things we can see and the...