Faith

Finding Jesus in Unexpected Places // Stopping a Jesus Parade   Mark 10:46-52 (NIV) “Then they came to Jericho. As Jesus and his disciples, together with a large crowd, were leaving the city, a blind man, Bartimaeus (which means ‘son of Timaeus’), was sitting by the roadside begging. When he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to shout, ‘Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!’ Many rebuk...

Finding Jesus in Unexpected Places // Jesus and the Leper      Matthew 8:1-4 (NLT) “Large crowds followed Jesus as he came down the mountainside. Suddenly, a man with leprosy approached him and knelt before him. ‘Lord,’ the man said, ‘if you are willing, you can heal me and make me clean.’ Jesus reached out and touched him. ‘I am willing,’ he said. ‘Be healed!’ And instantly the leprosy disappeare...

Finding Jesus in Unexpected Places - Asleep in the Boat     Mark 4:35-41 (NIV) “That day when evening came, he said to his disciples, ‘Let us go over to the other side.’ Leaving the crowd behind, they took him along, just as he was, in the boat. There were also other boats with him. A furious squall came up, and the waves broke over the boat, so that it was nearly swamped. Jesus was in the stern,...

Finding Jesus in Unexpected Places // The Human Womb   Isaiah 7:14 (NIV) “Therefore, the Lord himself shall give you a sign: Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel. (God with us)”   Isaiah 9:6-7 (NIV) “For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everla...

Finding Jesus in Unexpected Places       Romans 8:28 (NIV) “We know that God works all things together for good to those that love him and are called according to his purposes.”   Romans 8:31-39 (NLT)  “What shall we say about such wonderful things as these? If God is for us, who can ever be against us?  Since he did not spare even his own Son but gave him up for us all, won’t he also give us ever...

Baptism Sunday   Romans 6:1-11 (NLT) “Well then, should we keep on sinning so that God can show us more and more of his wonderful grace? Of course not! Since we have died to sin, how can we continue to live in it? Or have you forgotten that when we were joined with Christ Jesus in baptism, we joined him in his death? For we died and were buried with Christ by baptism. And just as Christ was raised...

Easter Sunday   Mark 16:11,13 (NIV) “When they heard that Jesus was alive and that she had seen him, they did not believe it… These returned and reported it to the rest, but they did not believe them either.”     Hope restored in the face of deepest despair.     Without the resurrection of Christ, our horizon is diminished. There is no hope.     Romans 5:6-10 (NLT) “When we were utterly helpless,...

Good Friday   Jesus the Bread of Life John 6:35-40 (NIV) “ Jesus replied, ‘I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never be hungry again. Whoever believes in me will never be thirsty. But you haven’t believed in me even though you have seen me. However, those the Father has given me will come to me, and I will never reject them.   For I have come down from heaven to do the will of God who...

Jesus' Not-So-Triumphal Entry   Zechariah 9:9 (NIV) Rejoice greatly, Daughter Zion! Shout, Daughter Jerusalem! See, your king comes to you, righteous and victorious, lowly and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey. I will take away the chariots from Ephraim and the warhorses from Jerusalem, and the battle bow will be broken. He will proclaim peace to the nations. His rule will extend...

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Immeasurably More// Faith Under Fire// March 30, 2025 Ephesians 6:10-20 (NIV) “Finally, BE STRONG in the Lord and in the strength of HIS MIGHT . Put on the full armor of God so we can take our stand against the devil’s schemes because our battle is not against flesh and blood but against rulers and against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of e...

Immeasurably More // New Identity   Ephesians 4:17-32 (NIV) “So I tell you this, and insist on it in the Lord, that you must no longer live as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their thinking. They are darkened in their understanding and separated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them due to the hardening of their hearts. Having lost all sensitivity, they have given thems...

Immeasurably More: The Book of Ephesians: Unified in love   Ephesians 4:1-6 (NIV) “As a prisoner for the Lord, then, I urge you to live a life worthy of the calling you have received. Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love. Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace. There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called to...

Immeasurably More // Framed Ephesians 3:14-20 (ESV) “For this reason I bow my knees before the Father, from whom every family[a] in heaven and on earth is named, that according to the riches of his glory he may grant you to be strengthened with power through his Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith—that you, being rooted and grounded in love, may have s...

Immeasurably More // The Book of Ephesians: God’s Dwelling   Ephesians 2:11-22 (NLT)  “Don’t forget that you Gentiles used to be outsiders. You were called “uncircumcised heathens” by the Jews, who were proud of their circumcision, even though it affected only their bodies and not their hearts. In those days you were living apart from Christ. You were excluded from citizenship among the people of...

Immeasurably More // Experience More of God’s Grace   ·      Where did you come from? ·      Where are you now? ·      Where are you going?   Ephesians 2:1-7 (ESV) “And you were dead in the trespasses and sins in which you once walked, following the  course of this world, following the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience— among whom we all onc...

Immeasurably More // God’s Blessing to You Through Christ   “The Gospel is the principal article of all Christian doctrine…Most necessary is it that we know this doctrine well, teach it to others, and beat it into their heads continually.”   Martin Luther   Ephesians 1:1-3 (NKJV) "Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, to the saints who are in Ephesus, and faithful in Christ Jesus: G...

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  Connecting The Dots // Created for Connection   1.       You are a part of God’s family.  2 Corinthians 6:18 (NIV) "I will be a Father to you, and you will be my sons and daughters, says the Lord  Almighty."   Acts 5:42 (NIV) “Day after day, (they met) in the temple courts and from house to house.”   Acts 2:42-47 (NIV) “They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to fellowship, to the...

Let My Son Go     Exodus 4:1-5 (HCSB) “Moses answered, ‘What if they won’t believe me and will not obey me but say, ‘The Lord did not appear to you’?’ The Lord asked him, ‘What is that in your hand?’ ‘A staff,’ he replied. Then He said, ‘Throw it on the ground.’ He threw it on the ground, and it became a snake. Moses ran from it, but the Lord told him, ‘Stretch out your hand and grab it by the tai...

Connecting the Dots // The Second Most Important Thing to Do   Matthew 22:34-40 (NIV)  The Pharisees got together. One of them, an expert in the law, tested him with this question: ‘Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?’ Jesus replied: ‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the first and greatest commandment. And the seco...

Connecting the Dots // Created For Relationship     Romans 12:16-18 (NIV) “Live in harmony with one another. Do not be proud, but be willing to associate with people of low position. Do not be conceited. Do not repay anyone evil for evil. Be careful to do what is right in the eyes of everyone. If it is possible, as far as it depends on you, live at peace with everyone.”   Revelation 22:17 (NIV) “T...

Relationships: Connecting the Dots // The Foundation of All Relationships   1 Corinthians 16:14 (ESV) “ Let all that you do be done in love.”   1 Corinthians 13:1 (NIV) “If I speak in the tongues of men or of angels, but do not have love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal.”   1. Your words without love are unproductive.    1 Corinthians 13:2 (NIV) “ If I have the gift of prophecy an...

Raise An Ebenezer     1 Samuel 7:7-13 (ESV) “Now when the Philistines heard that the people of Israel had gathered at Mizpah, the lords of the Philistines went up against Israel. And when the people of Israel heard of it, they were afraid of the Philistines. And the people of Israel said to Samuel, ‘Do not cease to cry out to the Lord our God for us, that he may save us from the hand of the Philis...

Christmas Eve – No More Darkness     Isaiah 8:21-22 (NIV) “Distressed and hungry, they will roam through the land; when they are famished, they will become enraged and, looking upward, will curse their king and their God. Then they will look toward the earth and see only distress and darkness and fearful gloom, and they will be thrust into utter darkness.”   Isaiah 9:2,6 (NIV) “The people walking...