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And now, O Lord, hear their threats, and give us, your servants, great boldness in preaching your word. Stretch out your hand with healing power; may miraculous signs and wonders be done through the name of your holy servant Jesus.” After this prayer, the meeting place shook, and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit. Then they preached the word of God with boldness. Acts 4:29-32 NLT It is Hol...

The most irrefutable testimony for the truth of God is a life that has been changed and healed! While Peter and John were addressing the people, the priests, the chief of the Temple police, and some Sadducees came up, indignant that these upstart apostles were instructing the people and proclaiming that the resurrection from the dead had taken place in Jesus. They arrested them and threw them in j...

We’re so glad you are here! Thanks for checking out Sunday's message! -- SUNDAY'S NOTES -- Peter and John went to the Temple one afternoon to take part in the three o’clock prayer service. As they approached the Temple, a man lame from birth was being carried in. Each day he was put beside the Temple gate, the one called the Beautiful Gate, so he could beg from the people going into the Temple. Ac...

We’re so glad you are here! Thanks for checking out Sunday's message! -- SUNDAY'S NOTES -- Matthew 3:7-10 Our disappointment does not permit us to disengage. Matthew 11:1-2a When Jesus had finished giving these instructions to his twelve disciples, he went out to teach and preach in towns throughout the region. 2 John the Baptist, who was in prison, heard about all the things the Messiah was doing...

We’re so glad you are here! Thanks for checking out Sunday's message! -- SUNDAY'S NOTES -- “Your earthly father may have shaped your past, but your Heavenly Father defines your future.”-if you let me Romans 3:23 and 24 says - for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,  24 and all are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus. - We all fall Short, B...

And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Advocate, who will never leave you. He is the Holy Spirit, who leads into all truth. John 14:16 NLT  The earth was formless and empty, and darkness covered the deep waters. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the surface of the waters. Genesis 1:2 NLT The plans of God are carried out by the authority of the Father, the work and word of th...

As they watched, he was taken up and disappeared in a cloud. They stood there, staring into the empty sky. Suddenly two men appeared in white robes! They said, “You Galileans, why do you just stand here looking up at an empty sky? This very Jesus who was taken up from among you to heaven will come as certainly and mysteriously as he left.” So they left the mountain called Olives and returned to Je...

I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship. Romans 12:1-2 NLT Set apart for the gospel of God. Romans 1:1 CSB Those who live a life faithful to God must see themselves as set apart for His mission.  1) Set aside your time and attention for relationship with God. From the begin...

Go into all the world and preach the Good News to everyone. Mark 16:15 NLT  Mission's trips are cool, but a life lived on mission is our call!  God’s mission which you should definitely except, is a mission that comes with every redemptive weapon you could ever need. You will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you. And you will be my witnesses, telling people about me everywhere, in Jer...

Living faithful to God’s mission is something we are called to do together.   In my first book I told you, Theophilus, about everything Jesus began to do and teach until the day he was taken up to heaven after giving his chosen apostles further instructions through the Holy Spirit. During the forty days after he suffered and died, he appeared to the apostles from time to time, and he proved to the...

But the angel said to the women, “Do not be afraid, for I know that you seek Jesus who was crucified. He is not here, for he has risen, as he said. Come, see the place where he lay. Then go quickly and tell his disciples that he has risen from the dead. Matthew 28:5-7 ESV Those who sincerely seek are the ones who are blessed to be sent.  He presented himself alive to them after his suffering, by m...

We’re so glad you are here! Thanks for checking out Sunday's message! -- SUNDAY'S NOTES -- New life in Christ should lead to a life faithful to God’s mission! Later, Jesus appeared again to the disciples beside the Sea of Galilee. This is how it happened. Several of the disciples were there, Simon Peter, Thomas (nicknamed the Twin), Nathanael from Cana in Galilee, the sons of Zebedee, and two othe...

We’re so glad you are here! Thanks for checking out Sunday's message! -- SUNDAY'S NOTES -- The people who sat in darkness have seen a great light. And for those who lived in the land where death casts its shadow, a light has shined. Matthew 4:16 NLT Death caused by sin casts a shadow that obstructs our much needed view of the son. Jesus came to overcome death and darkness with life and light! In t...

I have learned how to be content with whatever I have. I know how to live on almost nothing or with everything. I have learned the secret of living in every situation, whether it is with a full stomach or empty, with plenty or little. For I can do everything through Christ, who gives me strength. Philippians 4:11-13 NLT He who loves money will not be satisfied with money, nor he who loves wealth w...

We’re so glad you are here! Thanks for checking out Sunday's message! -- SUNDAY'S NOTES -- I know that nothing good lives in me, that is, in my sinful nature. I want to do what is right, but I can’t. I want to do what is good, but I don’t. I don’t want to do what is wrong, but I do it anyway. - Who will free me from this life that is dominated by sin and death? Thank God! The answer is in Jesus Ch...

We’re so glad you are here! Thanks for checking out Sunday's message! -- SUNDAY'S NOTES -- Make allowance (bear with) for each other’s faults, and forgive anyone who offends you. Remember, the Lord forgave you, so you must forgive others. Colossians 3:13 NLT Forgiveness is not an occasional act; it is a constant attitude. MLK Peter came to Jesus and asked, “Lord, how often should I forgive someone...

We’re so glad you are here! Thanks for checking out Sunday's message! -- SUNDAY'S NOTES -- Stronghold - A perspective, thought, thought pattern, mindset, or belief that is set above God and His truth. Your heart was proud because of your beauty; you corrupted your wisdom for the sake of your splendor. I cast you to the ground. Ezekiel 28:17 ESV Pride is the original stronghold and a consistent hig...

We’re so glad you are here! Thanks for checking out Sunday's message! -- SUNDAY'S NOTES -- For though we walk in the flesh, we are not waging war according to the flesh. For the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh but have divine power to destroy strongholds. We destroy arguments and every lofty opinion raised against the knowledge of God, and take every thought captive to obey Christ. 2 C...

We’re so glad you are here! Thanks for checking out Sunday's message! -- SUNDAY'S NOTES -- For though we walk in the flesh, we are not waging war according to the flesh. For the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh but have divine power to destroy strongholds. We destroy arguments and every lofty opinion raised against the knowledge of God, and take every thought captive to obey Christ. 2 C...

1. Understand God Determines Your Mantle Ahead of Time We do not select a mantle; God is the One who establishes and destines it.  Elisha didn’t just receive Elijah’s mantle because he happened to be at the right place and time. It was already his according to God’s word.                    (1 Kings 19:16) Also you shall anoint Jehu the son of Nimshi as king over Israel. And Elisha the son of Shap...

Three Behaviors seen in the life of Ahab that perpetuated his rebellion and brokenness.  Compromise About that time King Ben-hadad of Aram mobilized his army, supported by the chariots and horses of thirty-two allied kings. They went to besiege Samaria, the capital of Israel, and launched attacks against it. He sent messengers into the city to King Ahab of Israel and said to him, “This is what Ben...

The LORD gave special strength to Elijah. He tucked his cloak into his belt and ran ahead of Ahab’s chariot all the way to the entrance of Jezreel. I Kings 18:46 NLT Fear and insecurity will drive you to desperation and fatigue. So he got up and ate and drank, and the food gave him enough strength to travel forty days and forty nights to Mount Sinai, the mountain of God. 1 Kings 19:8 NLT  When we...

His Call, His Grace, His Glory His Call  Go into all the world and proclaim the gospel to the whole creation. Mark 16:15 ESV A key to being confident in your call is to submit your call to the crucible of trusted conversation and prayerful consideration. Let us run with endurance the race that lies before us, keeping our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of our faith. For the joy that lay b...

-- SUNDAY'S NOTES -- 1 Kings 19:1 Elijah burned the candle on all ends and here we find him: 1. Elijah was fearful (emotional unrest) 2. Elijah was fatigued (spiritual exhaustion) 3. Elijah was famished (physical depletion) Elijah was fearful (emotions)_________________________________________ 1 Kings 19:1 Priscilla Shirer - “We give our feelings too much power. Feelings are not the engine, they’r...

Later on, in the third year of the drought, the LORD said to Elijah, “Go and present yourself to King Ahab. Tell him that I will soon send rain!” So Elijah went to appear before Ahab. 1 Kings 18:1-2 NLT When Ahab saw him, he exclaimed, “So, is it really you, you troublemaker of Israel?” “I have made no trouble for Israel,” Elijah replied. “You and your family are the troublemakers, for you have re...