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Acts 2:12 -16 NIV 12 Amazed and perplexed, they asked one another, “What does this mean?” 13 Some, however, made fun of them and said, “They have had too much wine.” 14 Then Peter stood up with the Eleven, raised his voice and addressed the crowd: “Fellow Jews and all of you who live in Jerusalem, let me explain this to you; listen carefully to what I say. 15 These people are not drunk, as you sup...

John 15:1-4 NIV 1 “I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener. 2 He cuts off every branch in me that bears no fruit, while every branch that does bear fruit he prunes so that it will be even more fruitful. 3 You are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you. 4 Remain in me, as I also remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine. Neither can you...

John 14:1–7 (NIV) 1 “Do not let your hearts be troubled. You believe in God; believe also in me. 2 My Father’s house has many rooms; if that were not so, would I have told you that I am going there to prepare a place for you? 3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am. 4 You know the way to the place where I am going.” 5 T...

Don’t Take My Oil Pacific Coast Church Guest Pastor Rich Wilkerson Pastors JF & Ashley Wilkerson

Red Letters : How Jesus Described Himself // I Am the Bread of Life John 6:35 NIV 35 Then Jesus declared, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never go hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty. 1. The Bread as a Sign John 6:14 -15 NIV 14 After the people saw the sign Jesus performed, they began to say, “Surely this is the Prophet who is to come into the world.” 15 Jesu...

Jonah 1:11 -12 NASB 11 So they said to him, “What should we do to you that the sea may become calm for us?”—for the sea was becoming increasingly stormy. 12 He said to them, “Pick me up and throw me into the sea. Then the sea will become calm for you, for I know that on account of me this great storm has come upon you.” Jonah 1:15 -16 NASB 15 So they picked up Jonah, threw him into the sea, and th...

Red Letters : How Jesus Described Himself // I Am the Resurrection and the Light  John 11:3-7 NIV 3 So the sisters sent word to Jesus, “Lord, the one you love is sick.”4 When he heard this, Jesus said, “This sickness will not end in death. No, it is for God’s glory so that God’s Son may be glorified through it.” 5 Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus. 6 So when he heard that Lazarus w...

Genesis 15:6 NIV  6 Abram believed the Lord, and he credited it to him as righteousness. 3 Characteristics of Faithfulness Found in Abraham That We Can Mimic Today  1. His Confidence  Genesis 12:1-4 NIV  1 The Lord had said to Abram, “Go from your country, your people and your father’s household to the land I will show you. 2 “I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you; I will make...

1. The Good Shepherd Purchases His Sheep  John 10:11 -13NIV  11 “I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. 12 The hired hand is not the shepherd and does not own the sheep. So when he sees the wolf coming, he abandons the sheep and runs away. Then the wolf attacks the flock and scatters it. 13 The man runs away because he is a hired hand and cares nothing for the...

John 8:12 NIV  12 When Jesus spoke again to the people, he said, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.”  1. His Light is meant to REVEAL  John 8:6-8 NIV  6 They were using this question as a trap, in order to have a basis for accusing him. But Jesus bent down and started to write on the ground with his finger. 7 When they kep...

Acts 16:31 (NLT) 31 They replied, “Believe in the Lord Jesus and you will be saved, along with everyone in your household.”   Two Parts of the Basics of Communion: The Purpose of Communion      The Practice of Communion The Purpose of Communion: TO REMEMBER (What Jesus Did For Us)  1 Corinthians 11:23-24 (NLT) 23 For I pass on to you what I received from the Lord himself. On the night when he was...

Joshua 24:15b NIV  as for me and my household, we will serve the Lord.  Joshua 23:1-3 NIV  1 After a long time had passed and the Lord had given Israel rest from all their enemies around them, Joshua, by then a very old man, 2 summoned all Israel — their elders, leaders, judges and officials — and said to them: “I am very old. 3 You yourselves have seen everything the Lord your God has done to all...

Three things to remember about your place in HIS story.  1. Your Origin Matters Gen 1:27 -28a; 31a NRSV  So God created humankind in his image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them. 28 God blessed them, 31 God saw everything that he had made, and indeed, it was very good.  Genesis 5:1b-2 NRSV  When God created humankind, he made them in the likeness of God. 2 Male a...

Joshua 9:1-2 NIV  1 Now when all the kings west of the Jordan heard about these things—the kings in the hill country, in the western foothills, and along the entire coast of the Mediterranean Sea as far as Lebanon (the kings of the Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites)— 2 they came together to wage war against Joshua and Israel.  1) Your Advancement Attracts Attacks  1...

1. Don’t be DISILLUSIONED by DISOBEDIENCE.  Joshua 7:1 NIV  But the Israelites were unfaithful in regard to the devoted things; Achan son of Karmi, the son of Zimri, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, took some of them. So the Lord’s anger burned against Israel.  Joshua 7:2-9 NIV  2 Now Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which is near Beth Aven to the east of Bethel, and told them, “Go up a...

1. The Cutting and Consecration  Joshua 5:2-3 NIV  2 At that time the Lord said to Joshua, “Make flint knives and circumcise the Israelites again.” 3 So Joshua made flint knives and circumcised the Israelites at Gibeath Haaraloth.  Joshua 5:8-9a NIV  8 And after the whole nation had been circumcised, they remained where they were in camp until they were healed. 9 Then the Lord said to Joshua, “Tod...

2 Peter 2:22 NIV  Of them the proverbs are true: "A dog returns to its vomit," and, "A sow that is washed returns to her wallowing in the mud."  1. Your Witness Bears Weight  Joshua 2:1 NIV  Then Joshua son of Nun secretly sent two spies from Shittim. “Go, look over the land,” he said, “especially Jericho.” So they went and entered the house of a prostitute named Rahab and stayed there.  Joshua‬ ‭...

Luke 19:10   NIV 10 For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.  1. Jesus’ Narration  Luke 19:1-2 NASB  1 He entered Jericho and was passing through. 2 And there was a man called by the name of Zacchaeus; he was a chief tax collector and he was rich.  Luke 19:3-4 NASB  3 Zaccheus was trying to see who Jesus was, and was unable because of the crowd, for he was small in stature. 4 So he ra...

Matthew 21:1-3 NIV  As they approached Jerusalem and came to Bethphage on the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent two disciples, 2 saying to them, “Go to the village ahead of you, and at once you will find a donkey tied there, with her colt by her. Untie them and bring them to me. 3 If anyone says anything to you, say that the Lord needs them, and he will send them right away.”  Matthew 21:6 NIV  6 The di...

Hebrews 11:30 -31 NIV  30 By faith the walls of Jericho fell, after the army had marched around them for seven days. 31 By faith the prostitute Rahab, because she welcomed the spies, was not killed with those who were disobedient.  Joshua 2:8-11 NIV  8 Before the spies lay down for the night, she went up on the roof 9 and said to them, “I know that the Lord has given you this land and that a great...

Joshua 1:1-4 NIV  1 After the death of Moses the servant of the Lord, the Lord said to Joshua son of Nun, Moses’ aide: 2 “Moses my servant is dead. Now then, you and all these people, get ready to cross the Jordan River into the land I am about to give to them—to the Israelites. 3 I will give you every place where you set your foot, as I promised Moses. 4 Your territory will extend from the desert...

Joshua : Strong & Courageous // Giants 2 Corinthians 5:7 NKJV 7 For we walk by faith, not by sight.  1. The GIANT named “PAYMENT”, not the one named “POSSESSION”  Numbers 13:1-3 NIV  1 The Lord said to Moses, 2 “Send some men to explore the land of Canaan, which I am giving to the Israelites. From each ancestral tribe send one of its leaders.” 3 So at the Lord’s command Moses sent them out from th...

Exodus 17:8-9 NIV  8 The Amalekites came and attacked the Israelites at Rephidim. 9 Moses said to Joshua, “Choose some of our men and go out to fight the Amalekites. Tomorrow I will stand on top of the hill with the staff of God in my hands.”  1. Learn to See Opposition as Opportunity  Exodus 17:13 NIV  13 So Joshua overcame the Amalekite army with the sword.  Exodus 17:14 NIV  14 Then the Lord sa...

1. Am I encountering fear or am I operating in it?  Proverbs 9:10 NIV  The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, and knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.  2 Timothy 1:7 KJV  For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.  2 Timothy 1:6-7 NLT  6 This is why I remind you to fan into flames the spiritual gift God gave you when I laid my han...

Numbers 20:9-12 NLT  9 So Moses did as he was told. He took the staff from the place where it was kept before the Lord. 10 Then he and Aaron summoned the people to come and gather at the rock. “Listen, you rebels!” he shouted. “Must we bring you water from this rock?” 11 Then Moses raised his hand and struck the rock twice with the staff, and water gushed out. So the entire community and their liv...