The Vineyard Church - Sunday Messages

Luke 2:1-7 2  In those days Caesar Augustus issued a decree that a census should be taken of the entire Roman world.   2  (This was the first census that took place while [ a ] Quirinius was governor of Syria.)   3  And everyone went to their own town to register. 4  So Joseph also went up from the town of Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to Bethlehem the town of David, because he belonged to the hou...

1 Corinthians 11:23 23  For I received from the Lord what I also passed on to you: The Lord Jesus, on the night he was betrayed, took bread,  

Matthew 11:2-11 2  When John, who was in prison, heard about the deeds of the Messiah, he sent his disciples   3  to ask him, "Are you the one who is to come, or should we expect someone else?" 4  Jesus replied,  "Go back and report to John what you hear and see:   5  The blind receive sight, the lame walk, those who have leprosy [ a ]  are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the goo...

John 14:1-4 14  "Do not let your hearts be troubled. You believe in God [ a ] ; 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 g...

Isaiah 2:2-5 2  In the last days the mountain of the  Lord 's temple will be established      as the highest of the mountains; it will be exalted above the hills,      and all nations will stream to it. 3  Many peoples will come and say, "Come, let us go up to the mountain of the  Lord ,      to the temple of the God of Jacob. He will teach us his ways,      so that we may walk in his paths." The...

Mark 10:35-37, 41-45 35  Then James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came to him. "Teacher," they said, "we want you to do for us whatever we ask." 36  "What do you want me to do for you?"  he asked. 37  They replied, "Let one of us sit at your right and the other at your left in your glory."     41  When the ten heard about this, they became indignant with James and John. 42  Jesus called them toge...

Matthew 35:14-19 14  "Again, it will be like a man going on a journey, who called his servants and entrusted his wealth to them.   15  To one he gave five bags of gold, to another two bags, and to another one bag, [ a ]  each according to his ability. Then he went on his journey.   16  The man who had received five bags of gold went at once and put his money to work and gained five bags more.   17...

Matthew 13:1-9 That same day Jesus went out of the house and sat by the lake.   2  Such large crowds gathered around him that he got into a boat and sat in it, while all the people stood on the shore.   3  Then he told them many things in parables, saying:  "A farmer went out to sow his seed.   4  As he was scattering the seed, some fell along the path, and the birds came and ate it up.   5  Some...

Ephesians 6:21-24 21  Tychicus, the dear brother and faithful servant in the Lord, will tell you everything, so that you also may know how I am and what I am doing.   22  I am sending him to you for this very purpose, that you may know how we are, and that he may encourage you. 23  Peace to the brothers and sisters,and love with faith from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.   24  Grace to a...

Ephesians 6:18:20 18  And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for all the Lord's people. 19  Pray also for me, that whenever I speak, words may be given me so that I will fearlessly make known the mystery of the gospel, 20  for which I am an ambassador in chains. Pray that I may declare it fearlessly, as...

Ephesians 4:17 17  Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.   The New International Version (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2011), Eph 6:17.  

Ephesians 6:17 17  Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.   The New International Version (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2011), Eph 6:17.

Ephesians 6:16 16  In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one.   The New International Version (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2011), Eph 6:16.  

Ephesians 6:14-15   14  Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness in place, 15  and with your feet fitted with the readiness that comes from the gospel of peace.   The New International Version (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2011), Eph 6:13–15.  

Ephesians 6:14b   14  Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness in place, 15  and with your feet fitted with the readiness that comes from the gospel of peace.   The New International Version (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2011), Eph 6:13–15.  

Ephesians 6:10-17 10  Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power. 11  Put on the full armor of God, so that you can take your stand against the devil's schemes. 12  For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms. 13  Therefore put on t...

Ephesians 6:10-13 10  Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power. 11  Put on the full armor of God, so that you can take your stand against the devil's schemes. 12  For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms. 13  Therefore put on t...

Ephesians 5:21-6:9 21  Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ.  22  Wives, submit yourselves to your own husbands as you do to the Lord. 23  For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, his body, of which he is the Savior. 24  Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands in everything.  25  Husbands, love your wives,...

Ephesians 5:8-20 8  For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Live as children of light 9  (for the fruit of the light consists in all goodness, righteousness and truth) 10  and find out what pleases the Lord. 11  Have nothing to do with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them. 12  It is shameful even to mention what the disobedient do in secret. 13  But everyt...

Ephesians 5:1-8 5 Follow God's example, therefore, as dearly loved children 2  and walk in the way of love, just as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.  3  But among you there must not be even a hint of sexual immorality, or of any kind of impurity, or of greed, because these are improper for God's holy people. 4  Nor should there be obscenity, f...

Ephesians 4:25-32 25  Therefore, having put away falsehood, let each one of you speak the truth with his neighbor, for we are members one of another. 26  Be angry and do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your anger, 27  and give no opportunity to the devil. 28  Let the thief no longer steal, but rather let him labor, doing honest work with his own hands, so that he may have something to share...

Ephesians 4:17-24 17  So I tell you this, and insist on it in the Lord, that you must no longer live as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their thinking. 18  They are darkened in their understanding and separated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them due to the hardening of their hearts. 19  Having lost all sensitivity, they have given themselves over to sensuality so as...

Ephesians 4:11-16 11  So Christ himself gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the pastors and teachers, 12  to equip his people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up 13  until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God and become mature, attaining to the whole measure of the fullness of Christ.  14  Then we will no longer be infant...

 Ephesians 4:7-16 7  But grace was given to each one of us according to the measure of Christ's gift. 8  Therefore it says,  "When he ascended on high he led a host of captives,  and he gave gifts to men."  9  (In saying, "He ascended," what does it mean but that he had also descended into the lower regions, the earth? 10  He who descended is the one who also ascended far above all the heavens, th...

A pastoral response to the killing of Alton Sterling , a black man shot several times while being held on the ground by police outside a Louisiana convenience store, Philando Castile , a young black school nutrition services worker who was shot by a police officer during a stop for a minor violation. Also, there was the sniper attack resulting in the death of Dallas Police officers Patrick Zamarri...