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John 11:17-38 WELCOME CAMP!  RECAP SERIES BROKEN WHAT BREAKS THE HEART OF JESUS? SORROW (John 11) He was weeping with those who weep. He wasn’t weeping because of the end of Lazarus, because the end of Lazarus was going to be resurrection. He was weeping because of the sorrow of Mary and Martha. This is the empathy, the sympathy, the tenderness, the kindness of Christ manifesting itself in that se...

“ 5 Now the LORD descended in the cloud and stood with him there, and proclaimed  the name of the LORD. 6 And the LORD passed before him and proclaimed, ‘The  LORD, the LORD God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abounding in  goodness and truth,  7 keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and  transgression and sin, by no means clearing the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the  fat...

28 Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. 29 Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. 30 For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.” Matthew 11:25-30  18 But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be the glory both now and to the day of eternity. Amen...

Psalm 119:65-72 “Why do we suffer in this world if God loves us so much?” THE PROBLEM OF SUFFERING AND EVIL QUESTIONS LEAD US TO JESUS. QUESTIONS ARE NOT NEW 9 What has been is what will be,     and what has been done is what will be done,     and there is nothing new under the sun. Ecclesiastes 1:9 8 God said to Satan, “Have you noticed my friend Job? There’s no one quite like him—honest and true...

Psalm 22:1-5 This psalm begins abruptly, with a disturbing scene: someone who knows and trusts God is forsaken, and cries out to God in agony. David Guzik “How do you continue to walk with God when you don’t feel His presence and it feels like He isn’t with you?” THE WALL. What is The Wall? What is important here is to note that the trials we encounter each day are not the Wall or “dark night of t...

Matthew 26:36-44 “36 Then Jesus went with them to a place called Gethsemane, and he said to his disciples, ‘sit here, while I go over there and pray.’ 37 And taking with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, he began to be sorrowful and troubled. 38 then he said to them, ‘ My soul is very sorrowful, even to death; remain here, and watch with me.’ 39 And going a little farther he fell on his face...

15 Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. 16 For all that is in the world—the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not of the Father but is of the world. 17 And the world is passing away, and the lust of it; but he who does the will of God abides forever. 1 John 2:15-17Now the serpent was more...

Philippians 2:3-16 “Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility, value others above yourselves, not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of the others. In your relationships with one another, have the same mindset as Christ Jesus: Who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be used to his own advantage; rather...

Acts 1:3-8 SACRIFICIAL MISSION  52% of Christians who attend church monthly and say their faith is important and agree they have a responsibility to share their beliefs. Barna Group 73% of Christians belief it was their responsibility to share their faith, but only 52% have actually shared their faith at least once with someone in the last year. Telling the Gospel 31% of Christians believe they ar...

9 I am praying for them. I am not praying for the world but for those whom you have given me, for they are yours. 10 All mine are yours, and yours are mine, and I am glorified in them. 11 And I am no longer in the world, but they are in the world, and I am coming to you. Holy Father, keep them in your name, which you have given me, that they may be one, even as we are one. 12 While I was with them...

“One thing, I have desired of the Lord, that I will seek that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life. To behold the beauty of the Lord, and to inquire in his temple.” Psalm 27:4 Pillars of the Church The pillars of our church are PURSUING THE PRESENCE OF GOD, TRANSFORMATIONAL DISCIPLESHIP, KINGDOM COMMUNITY, AND SACRIFICIAL MISSION “At New Song Church, we pursue the presence...

STAND IN AWE Psalm 33:6-9 By the word of the Lord the heavens were made and all their host by the breath of his mouth. He gathered the waters of the sea as in a bottle; he put the deeps in storehouses. Let all the earth fear the Lord; let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of him, for he spoke, and it came to be; he commanded, and it stood firm. I often feel left out or lonely I can't d...

Psalm 55:1-8 4 We were buried therefore with him by baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might walk in newness of life. Romans 6:4 FEAR THE ANATOMY OF FEAR Fear: an unpleasant emotion caused by the belief that someone or something is dangerous, likely to cause pain, or a threat. ALEX HONNOLD PHOTO** EL CAPITAN PHOTO** FREE SO...

19 O that you would kill the wicked, O God,     and that the bloodthirsty would depart from me— 20 those who speak of you maliciously     and lift themselves up against you for evil![d] 21 Do I not hate those who hate you, O Lord?     And do I not loathe those who rise up against you? 22 I hate them with perfect hatred;     I count them my enemies. 23 Search me, O God, and know my heart;     test...

LOVE IN PSALMS We are created in the image of a God that feels emotions PSALMS 6:4 — Return, O Lord, and rescue me.  Save me because of your unfailing love. PSALMS 26:3 — For I am always aware of your unfailing love, and I have lived according to your truth. PSALMS 33:22 — Let your unfailing love surround us, Lord, for our hope is in you alone.  PSALMS 136:1 — Give thanks to the Lord, for he is go...

Psalm 27:1-6 Apprentice: someone who has decided to follow another person to become capable of doing what that person does, or become who that person is.  “We are learning from Jesus to live our lives as He would live our life if He were us. I am not necessarily learning to do everything He did, but I am learning how to do everything I do in the manner that He did all He did.”  Dallas Willard It m...

Psalm 88:1-8  Transition in church should not be common, but it is inevitable. And when transition does happen, we should be sad AND extremely hopeful.  SADNESS, JOY, LOVE, ANGER, FEAR, SURPRISE Introduction to the Psalms and Sadness 16 All scripture is inspired by God… 2 Timothy 3:16a Christian writers throughout history have insisted that the only way we can come to understand the Psalms is by p...

Luke 6:12-16 Behold, how good and pleasant it is     when brothers dwell in unity![a] 2 It is like the precious oil on the head,     running down on the beard, on the beard of Aaron,     running down on the collar of his robes! 3 It is like the dew of Hermon,     which falls on the mountains of Zion! For there the Lord has commanded the blessing,     life forevermore. Psalm 133 COVENANT FRIENDSHIP...

“27 “But I say to you who are listening: Love your enemies; do good to those who hate you; 28 bless those who curse you; pray for those who abuse you. If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners love those who love them. If you do good to those who do good to you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners do the same. If you do good to those from whom you hope t...

1 Peter 2:1-7 (NKJV) LIVING UNDER AUTHORITY Behold, how good and pleasant it is     when brothers dwell in unity! 2 It is like the precious oil on the head,     running down on the beard, on the beard of Aaron,     running down on the collar of his robes! 3 It is like the dew of Hermon,     which falls on the mountains of Zion! For there the Lord has commanded the blessing,     life forevermore. P...

Micah 6:6-8 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 shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of...