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Luke 8:26-39 (NLT) So they arrived in the region of the Gerasenes, across the lake from Galilee. As Jesus was climbing out of the boat, a man who was possessed by demons came out to meet him. For a long time he had been homeless and naked, living in the tombs outside the town. As soon as he saw Jesus, he shrieked and fell down in front of him. Then he screamed, "Why are you interfering with me, Je...

Luke 7:36-50 (NLT)    One of the Pharisees asked Jesus to have dinner with him, so Jesus went to his home and sat down to eat. When a certain immoral woman from that city heard he was eating there, she brought a beautiful alabaster jar filled with expensive perfume. Then she knelt behind him at his feet, weeping. Her tears fell on his feet, and she wiped them off with her hair. Then she kept kissi...

Luke 5:1-11 (NLT) One day as Jesus was preaching on the shore of the Sea of Galilee, great crowds pressed in on him to listen to the word of God. 2 He noticed two empty boats at the water's edge, for the fishermen had left them and were washing their nets. 3 Stepping into one of the boats, Jesus asked Simon, its owner, to push it out into the water. So he sat in the boat and taught the crowds from...

Guest Speaker Judge Jeff Hanson brought us today's message. Romans 12:2(a)(NIV) Do not conform to the pattern of this world, Philippians 2:5 (NIV) In your relationships with one another, have the same mindset as Christ Jesus

Ash Wednesday Service 2-14-24 2 Corinthians 6:1-10 (NLT) As God's partners, we beg you not to accept this marvelous gift of God's kindness and then ignore it. 2 For God says, At just the right time, I heard you.  On the day of salvation, I helped you."Indeed, the "right time" is now. Today is the day of salvation. 3 We live in such a way that no one will stumble because of us, and no one will find...

Guest Speaker Chris Moore III brought us today's message. Philippians 3:12-14 (KJV) Not as though I had already attained, either were already perfect: but I follow after, if that I may apprehend that for which also I am apprehended of Christ Jesus. 13 Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those t...

Romans 1:1-6 8:7-11 (NLT) This letter is from Paul, a slave of Christ Jesus, chosen by God to be an apostle and sent out to preach his Good News. 2 God promised this Good News long ago through his prophets in the holy Scriptures. 3 The Good News is about his Son. In his earthly life he was born into King David's family line, 4 and he was shown to be[a] the Son of God when he was raised from the de...

Revelation 4 (NLT) Then as I looked, I saw a door standing open in heaven, and the same voice I had heard before spoke to me like a trumpet blast. The voice said, "Come up here, and I will show you what must happen after this." 2 And instantly I was in the Spirit, and I saw a throne in heaven and someone sitting on it. 3 The one sitting on the throne was as brilliant as gemstones—like jasper and c...

Psalm 96:10-13 (NLT) Tell all the nations, "The Lord reigns!"  The world stands firm and cannot be shaken.   He will judge all peoples fairly.  Let the heavens be glad, and the earth rejoice!     Let the sea and everything in it shout his praise!  Let the fields and their crops burst out with joy!     Let the trees of the forest sing for joy    before the Lord, for he is coming!     He is coming t...

Ephesians 3:20-21 (NLT) Now all glory to God, who is able, through his mighty power at work within us, to accomplish infinitely more than we might ask or think. Glory to him in the church and in Christ Jesus through all generations forever and ever! Amen.

Psalm 150 (NLT)  Praise the Lord.  Praise God in his sanctuary;  praise him in his mighty heavens.  Praise him for his acts of power;  praise him for his surpassing greatness.  Praise him with the sounding of the trumpet,  praise him with the harp and lyre,  praise him with timbrel and dancing,  praise him with the strings and pipe,  praise him with the clash of cymbals,  praise him with resoundin...

Luke 1:57-80 (NLT) When it was time for Elizabeth's baby to be born, she gave birth to a son. 58 And when her neighbors and relatives heard that the Lord had been very merciful to her, everyone rejoiced with her. 59 When the baby was eight days old, they all came for the circumcision ceremony. They wanted to name him Zechariah, after his father. 60 But Elizabeth said, "No! His name is John!" 61 "W...

Ezra 3:1-4 10-13 (NLT)  In early autumn  when the Israelites had settled in their towns, all the people assembled in Jerusalem with a unified purpose. 2 Then Jeshua son of Jehozadak[b] joined his fellow priests and Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel with his family in rebuilding the altar of the God of Israel. They wanted to sacrifice burnt offerings on it, as instructed in the Law of Moses, the man of G...

Isaiah 40:1-11 (NRSV)  Comfort, O comfort my people,    says your God.  Speak tenderly to Jerusalem,     and cry to her that she has served her term,     that her penalty is paid, that she has received from the Lord's hand     double for all her sins.  A voice cries out: "In the wilderness prepare the way of the Lord;     make straight in the desert a highway for our God.  Every valley shall be li...

Jeremiah 33:10-18 (NLT) "This is what the Lord says: You have said, 'This is a desolate land where people and animals have all disappeared.' Yet in the empty streets of Jerusalem and Judah's other towns, there will be heard once more 11 the sounds of joy and laughter. The joyful voices of bridegrooms and brides will be heard again, along with the joyous songs of people bringing thanksgiving offeri...

1 Kings 18:20-39 (NLT) So Ahab summoned all the people of Israel and the prophets to Mount Carmel. Then Elijah stood in front of them and said, "How much longer will you waver, hobbling between two opinions? If the Lord is God, follow him! But if Baal is God, then follow him!" But the people were completely silent. Then Elijah said to them, "I am the only prophet of the Lord who is left, but Baal...

1 Kings 12:1-17 (NLT) Rehoboam went to Shechem, where all Israel had gathered to make him king.  When Jeroboam son of Nebat heard of this, he returned from Egypt, for he had fled to Egypt to escape from King Solomon. The leaders of Israel summoned him, and Jeroboam and the whole assembly of Israel went to speak with Rehoboam. "Your father was a hard master," they said. "Lighten the harsh labor dem...

2 Corinthians 9:9-15 (NLT) As the Scriptures say, "They share freely and give generously to the poor. Their good deeds will be remembered forever." For God is the one who provides seed for the farmer and then bread to eat. In the same way, he will provide and increase your resources and then produce a great harvest of generosity in you. Yes, you will be enriched in every way so that you can always...

2 Corinthians 9:1-8 (NLT) I really don't need to write to you about this ministry of giving for the believers in Jerusalem. For I know how eager you are to help, and I have been boasting to the churches in Macedonia that you in Greece were ready to send an offering a year ago. In fact, it was your enthusiasm that stirred up many of the Macedonian believers to begin giving. But I am sending these b...

1 Samuel 17:41-58 (NLT) Goliath walked out toward David with his shield bearer ahead of him,  sneering in contempt at this ruddy-faced boy. "Am I a dog," he roared at David, "that you come at me with a stick?" And he cursed David by the names of his gods. "Come over here, and I'll give your flesh to the birds and wild animals!" Goliath yelled. David replied to the Philistine, "You come to me with...

1 Samuel 17:32-40 (NLT)  "Don't worry about this Philistine," David told Saul. "I'll go fight him!"  "Don't be ridiculous!" Saul replied. "There's no way you can fight this Philistine and possibly win! You're only a boy, and he's been a man of war since his youth." But David persisted. "I have been taking care of my father's sheep and goats," he said. "When a lion or a bear comes to steal a lamb f...

1 Samuel 17:12-31 (NRSV) Now David was the son of an Ephrathite of Bethlehem in Judah named Jesse, who had eight sons. In the days of Saul the man was already old and advanced in years. The three eldest sons of Jesse had followed Saul to the battle; the names of his three sons who went to the battle were Eliab the firstborn, and next to him Abinadab, and the third Shammah. David was the youngest;...

​ 1 The Philistines now mustered their army for battle and camped between Socoh in Judah and Azekah at Ephes-dammim. 2 Saul countered by gathering his Israelite troops near the valley of Elah. 3 So the Philistines and Israelites faced each other on opposite hills, with the valley between them. 4 Then Goliath, a Philistine champion from Gath, came out of the Philistine ranks to face the forces of I...

This week's guest speaker Julie Rogers from Wesley Glen Ministries brings us today's message.

Matthew 9:10-17 (NLT) Later, Matthew invited Jesus and his disciples to his home as dinner guests, along with many tax collectors and other disreputable sinners. But when the Pharisees saw this, they asked his disciples, "Why does your teacher eat with such scum?"  When Jesus heard this, he said, "Healthy people don't need a doctor—sick people do."Then he added, "Now go and learn the meaning of th...