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Hebrews 1:1-3a NIV 1 In the past God spoke to our ancestors through the prophets at many times and in various ways, 2 but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, and through whom also he made the universe. 3 The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of his being, sustaining all things by his powerful word.   John 1:14 NIV 1...

Hebrews 1:1-3a NIV 1 In the past God spoke to our ancestors through the prophets at many times and in various ways, 2 but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, and through whom also he made the universe. 3 The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of his being, sustaining all things by his powerful word.   Hebrews 1:3a NI...

John 1:14 NIV 14 The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.   Mark 2:1-12 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 prea...

God in Flesh // Week 4 // Jesus Raises Lazarus   Hebrews 1:1-3a NIV 1 In the past God spoke to our ancestors through the prophets at many times and in various ways, 2 but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, and through whom also he made the universe. 3 The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of his being, sustaining a...

God in Flesh // Week 3 // Jesus Prays in Gethsemane   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...

God In Flesh // Week 2 // Jesus Wars In the Wilderness ___ Matthew 4:1-3a NIV 1 Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. 2 After fasting forty days and forty nights, he was hungry. 3 The tempter came to him… ___ Matthew 4:2-3 NIV      2 After fasting forty days and forty nights, he was hungry. 3 The tempter came to him and said, “If you are the Son of God, t...

Hebrews 1:1-3a NIV 1 In the past God spoke to our ancestors through the prophets at many times and in various ways, 2 but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, and through whom also he made the universe. 3 The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of his being, sustaining all things by his powerful word.   Hebrews 1:3a NI...

LISTEN AND OBEY   James 1:22 (NIV) Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says.   Joshua 1:8 (NIV) Keep this Book of the Law always on your lips; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. Then you will be prosperous and successful.   1. Listen and obey even when it doesn’t make sense.   Genesis 6:22 (NIV) Noah did ever...

New Year, New Resolutions   Resolution - n. (oxford english dictionary) 1. A firm decision to do or not to do something. 2. The quality of being determined or resolute. 3. The action of solving a problem, dispute, or contentious matter.   1 Peter 5:8 NIV 8 Be alert and of sober mind. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour.   Philippians 3:10 -14 NIV  ...

The What and Why of Sabbath   1. The HONOR of Sabbath   Genesis 2:1-3 NIV 1 Thus the heavens and the earth were completed in all their vast array. 2 By the seventh day God had finished the work he had been doing; so on the seventh day he rested from all his work. 3 Then God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it he rested from all the work of creating that he had done.   Deuterono...

God With Us // Week 3 // The Commission of Christmas   1. God SHOWS UP in our ORDINARY   Luke 2:8-12 NIV 8 And there were shepherds living out in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks at night. 9 An angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified. 10 But the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid. I bring you good news that will...

God Is With Us // Week 2 // The Misconceptions Of Christmas   Isaiah 7:14 NLT 14 All right then, the Lord himself will give you the sign. Look! The virgin will conceive a child! She will give birth to a son and will call him Immanuel (which means ‘God is with us’).   1. Our PLANS - Joseph   Matthew 1:18 -19 NIV 18 This is how the birth of Jesus the Messiah came about: His mother Mary was pledged t...

God Is With Us // Week 1 // The Message Of Christmas   Isaiah 7:14 NLT 14 All right then, the Lord himself will give you the sign. Look! The virgin will conceive a child! She will give birth to a son and will call him Immanuel (which means ‘God is with us’).   1. Recognize it’s a REPORT   Matthew 1:1-16 NIV 1 This is the genealogy[a] of Jesus the Messiah[b] the son of David, the son of Abraham: 2...

Expect Your Harvest Pacific Coast Church Guest Pastor Pastor Rich Wilkerson Sr

Gratitude // Week 4 // Life's Secret Code - 1. Don’t relive the past, instead kill it - Isaiah 43:18 -19 (NIV) 18 Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past. See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland. - Isaiah 43:25 (NASB) 25 I, even I, am the one who wipes out your transgressions for My own sake...

1 Thessalonians 5:18 NIV 18 give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus. - 2 Chronicles 19:4-5 4 Jehoshaphat lived in Jerusalem. He went out again among the people. He went from Beersheba to the hill country of Ephraim. He turned the people back to the Lord, the God of Israel. 5 Jehoshaphat appointed judges in the land. - 2 Chronicles 20:1 1 After that, the Moa...

Gratitude // Week 2 // Thankfulness Changes Our Lives   1 Samuel 25:1-3 NIV 1 Now Samuel died, and all Israel assembled and mourned for him; and they buried him at his home in Ramah. Then David moved down into the Desert of Paran. 2 A certain man in Maon, who had property there at Carmel, was very wealthy. He had a thousand goats and three thousand sheep, which he was shearing in Carmel. 3 His nam...

Gratitude // Week 1 //  Thankfulness Changes What We See   Title: Gratitude Week 1   1 Thessalonians 5:18 NIV 18 give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus. - 1 Thessalonians 1:3 NIV 3 We remember before our God and Father your work produced by faith, your labor prompted by love, and your endurance inspired by hope in our Lord Jesus Christ.   ________   1 Thes...

Esther Week 2: The Excuses A Fractured System ___   Genesis 2:7-9 NIV 7 Then the Lord God formed a man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being. 8 Now the Lord God had planted a garden in the east, in Eden; and there he put the man he had formed. 9 The Lord God made all kinds of trees grow out of the ground—trees that were ple...

ESTHER // WEEK 1 // THE ASSIGNMENT Pastors JF & Ashley Wilkerson

Church Defined: (Week 5)  PRAYERS Acts 2:42 NIV 42 They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer.  Praying with Thanksgiving. Philippians 4:4-9 NIV 4 Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice! 5 Let your gentleness be evident to all. The Lord is near. 6 Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer a...

Church Defined (week 4) - What are we doing here?   Gathering in Groups (Small and Large)   Acts 2:42-47 NIV 42 And they devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching and the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and the prayers. 43 And awe came upon every soul, and many wonders and signs were being done through the apostles. 44 And all who believed were together and had all things in common. 45 And...

Church Defined: (Week 3) The Body, The Building, The Bride   1 Corinthians 12:12-14; 27 NIV 12 Just as a body, though one, has many parts, but all its many parts form one body, so it is with Christ. 13 For we were all baptized by one Spirit so as to form one body—whether Jews or Gentiles, slave or free—and we were all given the one Spirit to drink. 14 Even so the body is not made up of one part bu...

John 17:20-23 NIV 20 “My prayer is not for them alone. I pray also for those who will believe in me through their message, 21 that all of them may be one, Father, just as you are in me and I am in you. May they also be in us so that the world may believe that you have sent me. 22 I have given them the glory that you gave me, that they may be one as we are one — 23 I in them and you in me — so that...

Church Defined: (Week 1) Devotion Acts 2:41 -47 NIV 41 Those who accepted his message were baptized, and about three thousand were added to their number that day. 42 They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer. 43 Everyone was filled with awe at the many wonders and signs performed by the apostles. 44 All the believers were together a...