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The Kingdom | Everyday And The Eternal Day Awakened Jon Fredricks Today’s Scripture: Luke 17:26-31 NIV __________ Luke 17:26-31 NIV 26  “Just as it was in the days of Noah, so also will it be in the days of the Son of Man.  27  People were eating, drinking, marrying and being given in marriage up to the day Noah entered the ark. Then the flood came and destroyed them all. 28  “It was the same in t...

The Kingdom | Everyday And The Eternal Day The Everlasting Rule of Christ Bobby Humes Today’s Scripture: Luke 17:20-25 ESV __________  Romans 13:1 NIV Let every person be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and those that exist have been instituted by God.   John 18:33-38 NIV 33  Pilate then went back inside the palace, summoned Jesus and asked him, “Ar...

Approach | Growing Closer What Do I Do When I Really Need An Answer? Bobby Humes Today’s Scripture: Luke 18:35-43 ESV __________  Luke 18:35-43 ESV 35 As he drew near to Jericho, a blind man was sitting by the roadside begging. 36 And hearing a crowd going by, he inquired what this meant. 37 They told him, “Jesus of Nazareth is passing by.” 38 And he cried out, “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on...

Approach | Growing Closer Undivided Heart Jon Fredricks Today’s Scripture: Luke 18:18-30 NIV   Luke 18:18-30 NIV 18 A certain ruler asked him, “Good teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?” 19 “Why do you call me good?” Jesus answered. “No one is good—except God alone. 20 You know the commandments: ‘You shall not commit adultery, you shall not murder, you shall not steal, you shall not gi...

Approach | Growing Closer STOP Jon Fredricks Today’s Scripture: Luke 18:15-17 NIV __________ Luke 13:32-33 NIV 32  He replied, “Go tell that fox, ‘I will keep on driving out demons and healing people today and tomorrow, and on the third day I will reach my goal.’  33  In any case, I must press on today and tomorrow and the next day—for surely no prophet can die outside Jerusalem!   Luke 17:22 NIV...

Approach | Growing Closer Getting God's Attention…for Dummies Jon Fredricks Today’s Scripture: Luke 18:9-14 NIV __________ Luke 17:6 NIV He replied, “If you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mulberry tree, ‘Be uprooted and planted in the sea,’ and it will obey you.   Luke 16:22-23 NIV “The time came when the beggar died and the angels carried him to Abraham’s side. The...

Approach | Growing Closer Show Up in Faithfulness Bobby Humes Today’s Scripture: Luke 18:1-8 NIV __________ Luke 18:1-8 NIV Then Jesus told his disciples a parable to show them that they should always pray and not give up.  2  He said: “In a certain town there was a judge who neither feared God nor cared what people thought.  3  And there was a widow in that town who kept coming to him with the pl...

Approach | Growing Closer Gratitude and the Power of Praise and Worship Bobby Humes Today’s Scripture: Luke 17:11-19 NIV __________  James 4:7-8 NIV Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.   Come near to God and he will come near to you. Wash your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.   John 5:30 NIV By myself I can do nothing; I judge...

Lost Things: Redeeming Prodigals The Welcome Jon Fredricks Today’s Scripture: Luke 15:8-10 NIV __________ Luke 15:8-10 NIV “Or suppose a woman has ten silver coins and loses one. Doesn’t she light a lamp, sweep the house and search carefully until she finds it? 9 And when she finds it, she calls her friends and neighbors together and says, ‘Rejoice with me; I have found my lost coin.’ 10 In the sa...

Lost Things: Redeeming Prodigals Going Jon Fredricks Today’s Scripture: Luke 15:1-7 NIV __________ Luke 15:1-7 NIV Now the tax collectors and sinners were all gathering around to hear Jesus. 2 But the Pharisees and the teachers of the law muttered, “This man welcomes sinners and eats with them.” 3 Then Jesus told them this parable: 4 “Suppose one of you has a hundred sheep and loses one of them. D...

Lost Things Where Is God, Now? Jon Fredricks Today’s Scripture: Luke 15:11-32 NIV __________ Luke 15:11-32 NIV 11 Jesus continued: “There was a man who had two sons. 12 The younger one said to his father, ‘Father, give me my share of the estate.’ So he divided his property between them. 13 “Not long after that, the younger son got together all he had, set off for a distant country and there squand...

Lost Things Who Is Lost? Jon Fredricks Today’s Scripture: Luke 15:11-32 NIV __________ Luke 15:11-32 NIV 11 Jesus continued: “There was a man who had two sons. 12 The younger one said to his father, ‘Father, give me my share of the estate.’ So he divided his property between them. 13 “Not long after that, the younger son got together all he had, set off for a distant country and there squandered h...

Family Matters Forgiveness Jon Fredricks Today’s Scripture: Luke 17:1-10 NIV __________ Luke 17:1-10 NIV Jesus said to his disciples: “Things that cause people to stumble are bound to come, but woe to anyone through whom they come. It would be better for them to be thrown into the sea with a millstone tied around their neck than to cause one of these little ones to stumble. So watch yourselves. “I...

Family Matters When My World Unravels Jon Fredricks Today’s Scripture: Luke 16:14-18 NIV __________ Luke 16:14-18 NIV The Pharisees, who loved money, heard all this and were sneering at Jesus. He said to them, “You are the ones who justify yourselves in the eyes of others, but God knows your hearts. What people value highly is detestable in God’s sight. “The Law and the Prophets were proclaimed un...

Family Matters A Heart For Heaven Jon Fredricks Today’s Scripture: Luke 16:19-31 NIV __________ Luke 16:19-31 NIV “There was a rich man who was dressed in purple and fine linen and lived in luxury every day. At his gate was laid a beggar named Lazarus, covered with sores and longing to eat what fell from the rich man’s table. Even the dogs came and licked his sores. “The time came when the beggar...

Family Matters: Finding Health in the Mess The Big Shift Jon Fredricks Today’s Scripture: Luke 16:1-15 NIV __________ Luke 16:1-15 NIV 1 Jesus told his disciples: “There was a rich man whose manager was accused of wasting his possessions.  2  So he called him in and asked him, ‘What is this I hear about you? Give an account of your management, because you cannot be manager any longer.’ 3  “The man...

TRACTION | Moving Faith To Real Life Growing Older With Grace Jon Fredricks Today’s Scripture: Luke 14:34-35 NIV __________ Luke 14:1-7 NIV One Sabbath, when Jesus went to eat in the house of a prominent Pharisee, he was being carefully watched. There in front of him was a man suffering from abnormal swelling of his body. Jesus asked the Pharisees and experts in the law, “Is it lawful to heal on t...

Traction: Moving Faith To Real Life Your Will Becoming Mine Jon Fredricks Today’s Scripture: Luke 14:31-33 NIV __________ Luke 14:31-33 NIV "Or suppose a king is about to go to war against another king. Won’t he first sit down and consider whether he is able with ten thousand men to oppose the one coming against him with twenty thousand? If he is not able, he will send a delegation while the...

Traction: Moving Faith To Real Life Building Blocks for Abundant Living Bobby Humes Today’s Scripture: Luke 14:25-30 ESV __________ Luke 14:25-30 ESV Now great crowds accompanied him, and he turned and said to them, “If anyone comes to me and does not hate his own father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, yes, and even his own life, he cannot be my disciple. Whoever does no...

Traction: Moving Faith To Real Life The Banquet Jon Fredricks Today’s Scripture: Luke 14:15-24 NIV __________ Luke 14:15-24 NIV When one of those at the table with him heard this, he said to Jesus, “Blessed is the one who will eat at the feast in the kingdom of God.” Jesus replied: “A certain man was preparing a great banquet and invited many guests. At the time of the banquet he sent his servant...

Easter 2024 Everything New Jon Fredricks Today’s Scripture: Luke 24:1-12 NIV __________ Luke 24:1-12 NIV On the first day of the week, very early in the morning, the women took the spices they had prepared and went to the tomb. They found the stone rolled away from the tomb, but when they entered, they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus. While they were wondering about this, suddenly two men...

Jesus: Who He Really Is and Why It Matters His Death, My Covering Jon Fredricks Today’s Scripture: Luke 13:31-35 NIV __________ Luke 13:31-35 NIV At that time some Pharisees came to Jesus and said to him, “Leave this place and go somewhere else. Herod wants to kill you.” He replied, “Go tell that fox, ‘I will keep on driving out demons and healing people today and tomorrow, and on the third day I...

Jesus: Who He Really Is and Why It Matters Narrow Door Jon Fredricks Today’s Scripture: Luke 13:22-30 NIV __________ Luke 13:22-30 NIV 22  Then Jesus went through the towns and villages, teaching as he made his way to Jerusalem.  23  Someone asked him, “Lord, are only a few people going to be saved?” He said to them,  24  “Make every effort to enter through the narrow door, because many, I tell yo...

Jesus: Who He Really Is and Why It Matters Cookie Control Mark Miller Today’s Scripture: Isaiah 43:18 NIV __________ Isaiah 43:18 NIV Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past.   1) Principle #1: Understand you were not created as a person of deficits, handicaps & baggage Genesis 1:26a KJV And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion....  ...

Jesus: Who He Really Is and Why It Matters Who is Jesus? Jon Fredricks Today’s Scripture: Luke 13:18-19 NIV __________   Luke 13:18-19 NIV 18  Then Jesus asked, “What is the kingdom of God like? What shall I compare it to? 19  It is like a mustard seed, which a man took and planted in his garden. It grew and became a tree, and the birds perched in its branches.”   Luke 10:9 NIV Heal the sick who a...