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What I love most about Christmas is that’s is all about Immanuel God with us. The Lord himself will give you the sign. Look! The virgin will conceive a child! She will give birth to a son and will call him Immanuel (which means ‘God is with us’). Isaiah 7:14 NLT The capacity to care about people the way God cares about people is a clear sign that Immanuel is not only God with us, but also God thro...

What if the monotonous is actually miraculous! What does the term Rhythm mean? - It's a strong, regular, repeated pattern of movement or sound. Rhythm is music’s pattern in time. God is our life’s metronome. He sets the rhythm and without him we can’t play the song he created us for. God’s favor is a force to be reckoned with, and it starts with us choosing Him. Walking with God everyday doesn’t m...

What I love most about Christmas is that’s is all about Immanuel!  Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign: The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and will call him Immanuel. Isaiah 7:14 NIV As he considered this, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream. “Joseph, son of David,” the angel said, “do not be afraid to take Mary as your wife. For the child within her was conc...

We’re so glad you are here! Thanks for checking out Sunday's message titled Greater Love! ----- SERMON NOTES: The only thing we never get enough of is love; and the only thing we never give enough of is love. Henry Miller The word love is so loosely applied and recklessly referenced that it’s lost much of its meaning and impact.   See what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be...

We’re so glad you are here! Thanks for checking out Sunday's message titled His Vision His Voice! ----- SERMON NOTES: If people can’t see what God is doing, they lose their way; But when they attend to His word, they are most blessed. Proverbs 29:18 MSG  God’s ability to make Himself known is even greater than our inability to see and hear!   When you notice someone doing well in following Jesus,...

Purpose - The reason someone or something exists. Through him God created everything in the heavenly realms and on earth. He made the things we can see and the things we can’t see, such as thrones, kingdoms, rulers, and authorities in the unseen world. Everything was created through him and for him. Colossians 1:16 NLT The more we devalue and marginalize God, the more we devalue and marginalize ou...

Greater - of an extent, amount, or intensity considerably above the normal or average. Still - referring to something that could or will happen in the future. Greater Still - refers to something that will happen to an extent, amount, or intensity considerably above the the normal or average or expected. When Israel planted its crops, Midian and Amalek, the easterners, would invade them, camp in th...

Recap take aways: There is a graced rhythm to relationship with God; to stay close is to learn that rhythm! Being with Jesus will make you more like Jesus! Until who He is transforms who you are, you’ve missed on the impact of His presence. When what happens isn’t what you hoped, you learn a lot about the condition of your heart. You’ll be disillusioned by God’s sovereign decisions if you proudly...

We’re so glad you are here! Thanks for checking out Sunday's message titled Everyday together with God! ----- SERMON NOTES: Set aside God time is priceless, but everyday life together with God is the goal. But know this, the LORD has set apart the godly for himself. Psalm 4:3 ESV Everyday closeness is not only possible, it's God’s plan! One day as Jesus was preaching on the shore of the Sea of Gal...

Moses said to the LORD, “You have been telling me, ‘Take these people up to the Promised Land.’ But you haven’t told me whom you will send with me. You have told me, ‘I know you by name, and I look favorably on you.’ If it is true that you look favorably on me, let me know your ways so I may understand you more fully and continue to enjoy your favor. And remember that this nation is your very own...

And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to His purpose. Romans 8:28 ESV Jesus knows what you’re looking for even when you don’t. A week later his disciples were in the house again, and Thomas was with them. Though the doors were locked, Jesus came and stood among them and said, “Peace be with you!” Then he said to Thomas, “Put y...

Jesus said to the people who believed in him, “You are truly my disciples if you remain faithful to my teachings. And you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.” “But we are descendants of Abraham,” they said. “We have never been slaves to anyone. What do you mean, ‘You will be set free’?” Jesus replied, “I tell you the truth, everyone who sins is a slave of sin. A slave is not a pe...

Notes- Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for he who promised is faithful. And let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works, not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day drawing near. Hebrews 10:23-25 ESV What if we choose community? We were created to live covered and conn...

What if we choose to be more than good, what if we choose to be His? Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God? You are not your own, for you were bought with a price. So glorify God in your body. 1 Corinthians 6:20 ESV What if instead of trying to live a Godly life, we lived our lives for God. Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the de...

1 Kings 17: 7-16 7 Some time later the brook dried up because there had been no rain in the land. 8 Then the word of the Lord came to him: 9 “Go at once to Zarephath in the region of Sidon and stay there. I have directed a widow there to supply you with food.” 10 So he went to Zarephath. When he came to the town gate, a widow was there gathering sticks. He called to her and asked, “Would you bring...

Immediately he made the disciples get into the boat and go before him to the other side, while he dismissed the crowds. And after he had dismissed the crowds, he went up on the mountain by himself to pray. When evening came, he was there alone, but the boat by this time was a long way from the land, beaten by the waves, for the wind was against them. And in the fourth watch of the night he came to...

What if - We build on the rock!? Everyone then who hears these words of mine and does them will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock. And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house, but it did not fall, because it had been founded on the rock. And everyone who hears these words of mine and does not do them will be like a foolish man who built his ho...

Looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith, who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. Hebrews 12:2 NKJV The most critical element to being in God’s will is to want more than anything to be in God’s will! You are a chosen people. You are royal priests, a holy nation, God’s very own possessio...

We know that God causes everything to work together for the good of those who love God and are called according to his purpose for them. Romans 8:28 NLT This is not how this should have gone but I know God’s got me and I’m gonna follow Him. For I know that my Redeemer lives, and at the last he will stand upon the earth. Job 19:25 ESV Choosing redemption is actually an option, and because of Jesus...

For you did not receive the spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you have received the Spirit of adoption as sons, by whom we cry, “Abba! Father!” Romans 8:15 ESV There will always be obstacles to the promised plan God has for you. “Be strong and courageous, for you are the one who will lead these people to possess all the land I swore to their ancestors I would give them. Be strong and v...

He gives More Grace! - JAMES 4:6 ESV For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast. For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them. Ephesians 2:8-10 ESV Grace is a divine provision that multiplies with every obedien...

Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. Hebrews 11:1 NKJV Faith is a seed sown into every heart and life by the author and finisher of our faith, Jesus Christ. Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good. Romans 12:21 ESV Let us not grow weary while doing good, for in due season we shall reap if we do not lose heart. Galatians 6:9 NKJV Blessing...