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WHAT I'VE LEARNED IN MY 80 YEARS-DAMON SHOOK (SPANISH TRANSLATION) by Community of Faith

If It’s Not Good, God’s Not Done (Spanish Translation) by Community of Faith

If It’s Not Good, God’s Not Done John 11 John 11 Now a man named Lazarus was sick. He was from Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha. (This Mary, whose brother Lazarus now lay sick, was the same one who poured perfume on the Lord and wiped his feet with her hair.) So the sisters sent word to Jesus, “Lord, the one you love is sick.” When he heard this, Jesus said, “This sickness will n...

I NEED A MIRACLE: JESUS TEACHES US HOW TO RESPOND TO A CRISIS (SPANISH TRANSLATION) by Community of Faith

I NEED A MIRACLE: JESUS TEACHES US HOW TO RESPOND TO A CRISIS
 A CRISIS COMES TO _______________ – NO ONE IS _______________
 “After Jesus returned from across the lake, a huge crowd of people quickly gathered around him on the shoreline.  Just then, a man saw that it was Jesus, so he pushed through the crowd and threw himself down at his feet. His name was Jairus, a Jewish official who was in cha...

I NEED A MIRACLE WK2 (SPANISH TRANSLATION) by Community of Faith

I Need A Miracle - Week 2 Speaker: Mark Shook   The next day He purposed to go into Galilee, and He found Philip. And Jesus said to him, “Follow Me.”  Now Philip was from Bethsaida, of the city of Andrew and Peter.  Philip found Nathanael and said to him, “We have found Him of whom Moses in the Law and also the Prophets wrote—Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.” Nathanael said to him, “Can any g...

I NEED A MIRACLE The Wedding On the third day there was a wedding in Cana of Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there; and both Jesus and His disciples were invited to the wedding. When the wine ran out, the mother of Jesus said to Him, “They have no wine.” And Jesus said to her, “Woman, what does that have to do with us? My hour has not yet come.”  His mother said to the servants, “Whatever He...

Series: For the Win
Title: The Extraordinary Version of You
Matthew 12:46-50; 28:18-20 Then God said, “Let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness, so that they may rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky, over the livestock and all the wild animals, and over all the creatures that move along the ground.” Genesis 1:26 46 While Jesus was still talking to the crowd, his mother a...

Reinforcements for Life 4 groups of people I need in my life I. I need models that inspire me. I have given you an example to follow. Do as I have done to you. John 13:15 (NLT) “Join together in following my example, brothers and sisters, and just as you have us as a model, keep your eyes on those who live as we do.” Philippians 3:17 (NIV) • Nick Vujicic IMAGES II I need mentors that advise me Lis...

FOR THE WIN - WEEK 7 by Community of Faith

ANCHORED – WHEN EXPECTATIONS AND REALITY COLLIDE-PT.2 “Among men it is customary to swear by something greater than themselves. And if a statement is confirmed by an oath, that is the end of all quibbling. So in this matter, God, wishing to show beyond doubt that his plan was unchangeable, confirmed it with an oath. So that by two utterly immutable things, the word of God and the oath of God, who...

WHEN REALITY AND EXPECTATIONS COLLIDE 1. SET MY EXPECTATIONS ABOUT LIFE. LIFE IS DIFFICULT. “Our days may come to seventy years, or eighty, if our strength endures; yet the best of them are but trouble and sorrow, for they quickly pass, and we fly away.” Psalm 90:10 2. SET MY EXPECTATIONS ABOUT GOD. INCOMPREHENSIBLE STORMS WILL COME. “Everyone who hears my words and does not ·obey [act on; practic...

Series: For the Win Title: Living My Best Life Hebrews 12:1-4; James 1:14-17 1 Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us, 2 fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith. For the joy set before him he endured the cros...

FOR THE WIN - THE FOUNDATION IS FAITH Faith is belief in God’s promises plus unbelief and acting on the belief part, without regard to the consequences. Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. Hebrews 11:1 The fundamental fact of existence is that this trust in God, this faith, is the firm foundation under everything that makes life worth living. It’s our h...

Series: For the Win Title: A Winning Mindset Hebrews 12:1-6, 11 1 Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, 2 looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the s...

Your ‘Great Work’ 21 So we labored at the work, and half of them held the spears from break of dawn until the stars came out. 22 I also said to the people at that time, “Let every man and his servant pass the night inside Jerusalem, so that they may be a guard for us by night and may labor by day.” 23 So neither I nor my brothers nor my servants nor the men of the guard who followed me ever took o...

HOME FOR CHRISTMAS Christmas Eve 2019 "Your Father in heaven does not want a single one of the tripped, waylaid, stumbling little ones to be lost.” Matthew 18:14 • A SPIRITUAL HOMECOMING “But when she saw him (the angel), she was greatly troubled and disturbed and confused at what he said and kept revolving in her mind what such a greeting might mean.” Luke 1:29 “Mary (deciding in her heart): Here...

Title: A Not-So-Perfect, Perfect Christmas Matthew 1:18-25, Galatians 4:4-5 18 Now the birth of Jesus Christ took place in this way. When his mother Mary had been betrothed to Joseph, before they came together she was found to be with child from the Holy Spirit. 19 And her husband Joseph, being a just man and unwilling to put her to shame, resolved to divorce her quietly. 20 But as he considered t...

THE CHRISTMAS GIFT FOR A GOD WHO HAS EVERYTHING But you, O Bethlehem Ephrathah, who are little to be among the clans of Judah, from you shall come forth for me one who is to be ruler in Israel, whose origin is from of old, from ancient days.. Micah 5:2 With what shall I come before the Lord and bow down before the exalted God? Shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves a year old? W...

CHRISTMAS AND THE CIRCLE OF LIFE Infinite Circles are built into God’s universe. • LOVE “We love because He has first loved us. If someone claims, “I love God,” but hates his brother or sister, then he is a liar. Anyone who does not love a brother or sister, whom he has seen, cannot possibly love God, whom he has never seen. He gave us a clear command, that all who love God must also love their br...

Teaching Series: Best Gift Title: Risky and Rich Matthew 25:14-29 14 “Again, the Kingdom of Heaven can be illustrated by the story of a man going on a long trip. He called together his servants and entrusted his money to them while he was gone. 15 He gave five bags of silver to one, two bags of silver to another, and one bag of silver to the last—dividing it in proportion to their abilities. He th...

The Process of Transformation 1. Crisis * Your main struggle is with God. “This left Jacob all alone in the camp, and a man came and wrestled with him until the dawn began to break.  When the man saw that he would not win the match, he touched Jacob’s hip and wrenched it out of its socket.” Genesis 32:24-25 (NLT) 2. Perseverance “Then the man said, “Let me go, for the dawn is breaking!” But Jacob...

BEST GIFT WK1 by Community of Faith

10-10-80-Week Three The 80 % “Those who love money will never have enough. How meaningless to think that wealth brings true happiness! The more you have, the more people come to help you spend it. So what good is wealth—except perhaps to watch it slip through your fingers!” Ecclesiastes 5:10-11 1. SPEND LESS THAN YOU EARN You can act rich, or you can be rich. “One pretends he is wealthy but has no...