Clear Water Presbyterian Church

See the blind man crying out in his desperation. See that Jesus shows his mercy by hearing, halting, and healing. See that you must choose on whose way you will go.

Jesus leads the way to suffering, death, and resurrection. He leads the way unlike the rulers of the earth do. Jesus leads the way as the Servant of servants. So will you follow him wherever he goes?

Because Jesus brings eternal life in his Kingdom, we must trust him by abandoning our normal resources of human security, value, and identity in this life.

Jesus blesses little children. This teaches us about what his kingdom is really like and how we must enter it.

Christ encounter with the pharisees on the topic of divorce teach Christ's unique authority, Christ's power that surpasses the law, and that true discipleship invades all of life.

Jesus Confronts and corrects two sins his disciples commit. Christians in all ages need to beware of these dangers and look to Christ for the solution to their ongoing struggle with sin.

Jesus challenges worldly and 'normal' definitions in his call to sacrificial service and welcoming the insignificant.

This text teaches us 3 lessons on true faith. 1) True faith comes looking for Jesus. 2) True faith is honest about its inadequacy. 3) True faith is learning to pray.

This is the Son of God, whom the Father loves, who is very Word of the Prophets, and who is a Suffering Messiah. You must listen to Him.

Psalm 41 concludes Book 1 of the Psalms. It brings together three great themes of the Psalms up until this point with a story of when King David is at his low point. Psalm 41 looks forward to how Blessing, Suffering and Praise come together in the life of King Jesus.

God loves justice, so he causes the wicked to fade away and have no future, he causes the righteous to remain and have a future, and will make all things right. We need greater faith to not fret, to live righteously now, and to wait patiently for Ps 37 to be true when Jesus returns.

We can praise the Lord because He delivers, because He is experiential, and because the LORD is near those who fear him.

The Truly blessed person has experienced God’s Forgiveness... Because unconfessed sin is a curse Because God answers prayers for forgiveness Because its God’s wise plan for you. Because its a praise worthy show of God’s steadfast love.

Because the Creator is coming to dwell with us as king, we must respond to Him, both individually and corporately, by joyfully receiving Him!

My Shepherd surely leads me to what is good. My Shepherd is firmly with me in an evil world. My Shepherd makes me dwell in honor with Him. All of this has the effect in my life that I shall not want.

The Lord reveals who He is in creation, through his Law/Word, and finally and fully through His Son. The ability to be acceptable before God comes through the true Rock and Redeemer, Jesu Christ who presents the acceptable sacrifice for sinners, so they may come near as those who please God.

Confidence in the Lord's preservation of you, his presence with you, and confidence in the Lord that reaches beyond the grave.

Psalm 13 teaches us to bring our complaints to God, knowing that he hears, to ask him to respond boldly, and by faith, even while in the midst of pain, choose to trust Him.

The righteousness and relentless goodness of God provides us refuge in a fallen world, calls for a clean conscience, and presents us a reason to praise Him.

You need faith to pray out of the deepest despair and greatest troubles knowing that God is deeper and greater. You need faith to cry out without ceasing. You need faith to pray for no victory unless it's His. You can have such faith because salvation belongs to the Divine Warrior

This sermon answers the questions, "Why do the nations rage?" "How does the Lord rule the world?" and "Who are blessed ones?" (Can I really find a happy/blessed life?).

This sermon asks and answers: Who is Blessed? What does the blessed life look like? Why can we trust God for these blessings?

Our Doctrine and love confirm our communion with God. Knowing the Triune God is to know love.

A celebration of Pentecost requires a renewed understanding of what kind of event it is, certainty of who Jesus is, and with a radical conversion to Jesus Christ that ripples to your children and those who are far off.

We celebrate the Ascension of Christ because it was his enthronement as King at God's right hand, it is the place from where He will fulfill his saving ministry, and because He has taken humanity into heaven.