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The Mount // Week 11 // - Kingdom Expectations 1.What are your EXPECTATIONS of God? Matthew 7:7-11 NIV 7  “Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. 8 For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened. 9 “Which of you, if your son asks for bread, will give him a stone? 10 Or if he ask...

The Mount // Week 10 // - Prejudice, Planks and Pearls Matthew 7:1-6 NIV 1“Do not judge, or you too will be judged. 2 For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you. 3 “Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother’s eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye? 4 How can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take th...

The Mount //Week 9// Worry in God's Kingdom Matthew 6:25-27 NIV  25 “Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes? 26 Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuabl...

The Mount // Week 8 // Misconceptions of Storing, Seeing & Serving Pastor Ashley Wilkerson Matthew 6:19-21 NIV  19 “Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moths and vermin destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. 20 But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moths and vermin do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal. 21 For where your treasure...

The Mount // Week 7 //  Fasting In God's Kingdom Pastors JF & Ashley Wilkerson Matthew 6:16–18 NIV 16“When you fast, do not look somber as the hypocrites do, for they disfigure their faces to show others they are fasting. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in full. 17 But when you fast, put oil on your head and wash your face, 18 so that it will not be obvious to others that you are...

The Mount //Week 6//Praying in God’s Kingdom Matthew 6:5-8 NIV  5 “And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by others. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in full. 6  But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees what...

The Mount // Week5 // Giving in God's Kingdom Pacific Church Pastors JF & Ashley Wilkerson

The Mount //Week 4// The Heart of God’s Kingdom Matthew 5:17 NIV 17“Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them. The Hebrew word: תּוֹרָה (Torah) Does not merely mean “law.” It more literally means: instruction; teaching; guidance. Jesus is the Fulfillment of the Law - The Law Correctly Understood and Represented Jesus is th...

The Mount (WEEK 3) — THE INFLUENCE OF GOD’S KINGDOM Matthew 5:13 –16 NIV 13 “You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt loses its saltiness, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled underfoot. 14 “You are the light of the world. A town built on a hill cannot be hidden. 15 Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl. Inst...

The Mount (Week 2) - The People of God’s Kingdom (Beatitudes 5-8) Matthew 5:1-12 NIV 1 Now when Jesus saw the crowds, he went up on a mountainside and sat down. His disciples came to him, 2 and he began to teach them. He said: 3 “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. 4 Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted. 5 Blessed are the meek, for they will inhe...

The Mount // Week 1 // The Posture of God's Kingdom (Beatitudes 1-4) Pastor Ashley Wilkerson   Matthew 4:12 NIV 12 When Jesus heard that John had been put in prison, he withdrew to Galilee.   Matthew 5:1–6 NIV 1 Now when Jesus saw the crowds, he went up on a mountainside and sat down. His disciples came to him, 2 and he began to teach them. He said: 3 “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is...

1 Corinthians 13:4-8a 4 Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. 5 It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. 6 Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. 7 It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. 8a Love never fails. Ephesians 4:1-3 NIV 1 As a p...

1. Jesus REFRAMES Your PAST Romans 8:27 -28 NIV  27 And he who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for God’s people in accordance with the will of God. 28 And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose. John 20:24 -28 NASB  24 But Thomas, one of the twelve, who was called Didymus...

Good Friday Pastors JF & Ashley Wilkerson Matthew 27:27 -31 NIV 27 Then the governor’s soldiers took Jesus into the Praetorium and gathered the whole company of soldiers around him. 28 They stripped him and put a scarlet robe on him, 29 and then twisted together a crown of thorns and set it on his head. They put a staff in his right hand. Then they knelt in front of him and mocked him. “Hail, king...

The Pictures of Palm Sunday Pastors JF & Ashley Wilkerson 1. The Lamb John 1:29 NIV 29 The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world! 1 Corinthians 5:7b NIV 7b For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed. 1. The Lamb 2. The Colt Luke 19:28-34 NIV 28 After Jesus had said this, he went on ahead, going up to Jerusalem.  29 A...

Luke 23:32-43 NIV 32 Two other men, both criminals, were also led out with him to be executed. 33 When they came to the place called the Skull, they crucified him there, along with the criminals—one on his right, the other on his left. 34 Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing.” And they divided up his clothes by casting lots. 35 The people stood watching, and...

Matthew 26:36 -38 NIV 36 Then Jesus went with his disciples to a place called Gethsemane, and he said to them, “Sit here while I go over there and pray.” 37 He took Peter and the two sons of Zebedee along with him, and he began to be sorrowful and troubled. 38 Then he said to them, “My soul is overwhelmed with sorrow to the point of death. Stay here and keep watch with me. 1. Who we are praying WI...

Women In Scripture Pastors JF and Ashley Wilkerson Genesis 2:18 NIV 18 The Lord God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him.” Adam = human Ezer Kenegdo (עֵזֶר כְּנֶגְדּוֹ) - A powerful partner who is a strong aid corresponding to him or a strength as his front or “Deliverer”. Genesis 2:19 -24 NIV 19 Now the Lord God had formed out of the ground all the...

Healing For Hopelessness Pastor Ashley Wilkerson Matthew 6:6 NIV 6 But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you. Numbers 15:37 -41 NIV 37 The Lord said to Moses, 38 “Speak to the Israelites and say to them: ‘Throughout the generations to come you are to make tassels on the corners of...

Black History Month Celebration Pastors JF and Ashley Wilkerson Matthew 28:18 –20 NIV 18 Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. 19 Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you...

Community // Week 5 // Serving To Grow Together Pastors JF and Ashley Wilkerson Mark 10:42 -45 NIV 42 Jesus called them together and said, “You know that those who are regarded as rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their high officials exercise authority over them. 43 Not so with you. Instead, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant, 44 and whoever wants to be first...

Community // Week 4 // Living Life On Team Pastors JF & Ashley Wilkerson 1. Is Your Focus the Team or the Talent? What Do You Value More: the Name on the Front or the Name on the Back? Philippians 2:1-2 NIV 1 Therefore if you have any encouragement from being united with Christ, if any comfort from his love, if any common sharing in the Spirit, if any tenderness and compassion, 2 then make my joy...

Community // Week 3 // Life In Circles Pastor Ashley Wilkerson 1. In Circles We See Each Other. Mark 2:1-3 NIV 1 A few days later, when Jesus again entered Capernaum, the people heard that he had come home. 2 They gathered in such large numbers that there was no room left, not even outside the door, and he preached the word to them. 3 Some men came, bringing to him a paralyzed man, carried by four...

Community // Week 2 // Ok...But How? Pastors JF and Ashley Wilkerson Proverbs 14:4 NASB 4 Where no oxen are, the manger is clean, But much revenue comes by the strength of the ox. 1. WHY? - Why engage in community even when people are messy? Answer: The POWER Matthew 18:12 -14 NASB 12 “What do you think? If any man has a hundred sheep, and one of them has gone astray, does he not leave the ninety-...

Community // Week 1 // Why We Need Each Other Pastor JF Wilkerson Hebrews 10:23-25 NIV 23 Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for he who promised is faithful. 24 And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds, 25 not giving up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging one another—and all the more as you see the Day approaching....