We’re so glad you are here! Thanks for checking out Sunday's message! -- SUNDAY'S NOTES -- Peter and John went to the Temple one afternoon to take part in the three o’clock prayer service. As they approached the Temple, a man lame from birth was being carried in. Each day he was put beside the Temple gate, the one called the Beautiful Gate, so he could beg from the people going into the Temple. Acts 3:1-2 NLT One of the primary reasons Jesus came was so no one would have to be an outsider. When ...
Jun 29, 2025•39 min
We’re so glad you are here! Thanks for checking out Sunday's message! -- SUNDAY'S NOTES -- Matthew 3:7-10 Our disappointment does not permit us to disengage. Matthew 11:1-2a When Jesus had finished giving these instructions to his twelve disciples, he went out to teach and preach in towns throughout the region. 2 John the Baptist, who was in prison, heard about all the things the Messiah was doing. Matthew 10:7-8 Saying yes to God means joining him in what he’s already doing. Matthew 11:2-3 If w...
Jun 22, 2025•28 min
We’re so glad you are here! Thanks for checking out Sunday's message! -- SUNDAY'S NOTES -- “Your earthly father may have shaped your past, but your Heavenly Father defines your future.”-if you let me Romans 3:23 and 24 says - for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, 24 and all are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus. - We all fall Short, But Jesus stands in the gap 1 Chronicles 28:9 (NIV) "And you, my son Solomon, acknowledge the God of y...
Jun 15, 2025•37 min
And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Advocate, who will never leave you. He is the Holy Spirit, who leads into all truth. John 14:16 NLT The earth was formless and empty, and darkness covered the deep waters. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the surface of the waters. Genesis 1:2 NLT The plans of God are carried out by the authority of the Father, the work and word of the Son, and the power of the Holy Spirit! But when the Father sends the Advocate (comforter) as my rep...
Jun 08, 2025•35 min
As they watched, he was taken up and disappeared in a cloud. They stood there, staring into the empty sky. Suddenly two men appeared in white robes! They said, “You Galileans, why do you just stand here looking up at an empty sky? This very Jesus who was taken up from among you to heaven will come as certainly and mysteriously as he left.” So they left the mountain called Olives and returned to Jerusalem. It was a little over half a mile. They went to the upper room they had been using as a meet...
Jun 01, 2025•38 min
I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship. Romans 12:1-2 NLT Set apart for the gospel of God. Romans 1:1 CSB Those who live a life faithful to God must see themselves as set apart for His mission. 1) Set aside your time and attention for relationship with God. From the beginning of the mission the disciples were told the priority and gifted the promise of nearness. Be sure ...
May 25, 2025•31 min
Go into all the world and preach the Good News to everyone. Mark 16:15 NLT Mission's trips are cool, but a life lived on mission is our call! God’s mission which you should definitely except, is a mission that comes with every redemptive weapon you could ever need. You will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you. And you will be my witnesses, telling people about me everywhere, in Jerusalem, throughout Judea, in Samaria, and to the ends of the earth. Acts 1:8 NLT Any church that isn’t...
May 18, 2025•45 min
Living faithful to God’s mission is something we are called to do together. In my first book I told you, Theophilus, about everything Jesus began to do and teach until the day he was taken up to heaven after giving his chosen apostles further instructions through the Holy Spirit. During the forty days after he suffered and died, he appeared to the apostles from time to time, and he proved to them in many ways that he was actually alive. And he talked to them about the Kingdom of God. Acts 1:2-3 ...
May 11, 2025•34 min
But the angel said to the women, “Do not be afraid, for I know that you seek Jesus who was crucified. He is not here, for he has risen, as he said. Come, see the place where he lay. Then go quickly and tell his disciples that he has risen from the dead. Matthew 28:5-7 ESV Those who sincerely seek are the ones who are blessed to be sent. He presented himself alive to them after his suffering, by many proofs, appearing to them during forty days and speaking about the kingdom of God. Acts 1:3 ESV A...
May 04, 2025•38 min
We’re so glad you are here! Thanks for checking out Sunday's message! -- SUNDAY'S NOTES -- New life in Christ should lead to a life faithful to God’s mission! Later, Jesus appeared again to the disciples beside the Sea of Galilee. This is how it happened. Several of the disciples were there, Simon Peter, Thomas (nicknamed the Twin), Nathanael from Cana in Galilee, the sons of Zebedee, and two other disciples. Simon Peter said, “I’m going fishing.” “We’ll come, too,” they all said. So they went o...
Apr 27, 2025•33 min
We’re so glad you are here! Thanks for checking out Sunday's message! -- SUNDAY'S NOTES -- The people who sat in darkness have seen a great light. And for those who lived in the land where death casts its shadow, a light has shined. Matthew 4:16 NLT Death caused by sin casts a shadow that obstructs our much needed view of the son. Jesus came to overcome death and darkness with life and light! In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning ...
Apr 20, 2025•37 min
I have learned how to be content with whatever I have. I know how to live on almost nothing or with everything. I have learned the secret of living in every situation, whether it is with a full stomach or empty, with plenty or little. For I can do everything through Christ, who gives me strength. Philippians 4:11-13 NLT He who loves money will not be satisfied with money, nor he who loves wealth with his income; this also is vanity. Ecclesiastes 5:10 ESV Greed only and always leads to discontent...
Apr 13, 2025•42 min
We’re so glad you are here! Thanks for checking out Sunday's message! -- SUNDAY'S NOTES -- I know that nothing good lives in me, that is, in my sinful nature. I want to do what is right, but I can’t. I want to do what is good, but I don’t. I don’t want to do what is wrong, but I do it anyway. - Who will free me from this life that is dominated by sin and death? Thank God! The answer is in Jesus Christ our Lord. Romans 7:18-19 & 24 NLT By grace you have been saved through faith. And this is n...
Apr 06, 2025•42 min
We’re so glad you are here! Thanks for checking out Sunday's message! -- SUNDAY'S NOTES -- Make allowance (bear with) for each other’s faults, and forgive anyone who offends you. Remember, the Lord forgave you, so you must forgive others. Colossians 3:13 NLT Forgiveness is not an occasional act; it is a constant attitude. MLK Peter came to Jesus and asked, “Lord, how often should I forgive someone who sins against me? Seven times?” “No, not seven times,” Jesus replied, “but seventy times seven! ...
Mar 30, 2025•41 min
We’re so glad you are here! Thanks for checking out Sunday's message! -- SUNDAY'S NOTES -- Stronghold - A perspective, thought, thought pattern, mindset, or belief that is set above God and His truth. Your heart was proud because of your beauty; you corrupted your wisdom for the sake of your splendor. I cast you to the ground. Ezekiel 28:17 ESV Pride is the original stronghold and a consistent high-minded perspective the enemy exploits for attack. But the serpent said to the woman, “You will not...
Mar 23, 2025•38 min
We’re so glad you are here! Thanks for checking out Sunday's message! -- SUNDAY'S NOTES -- For though we walk in the flesh, we are not waging war according to the flesh. For the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh but have divine power to destroy strongholds. We destroy arguments and every lofty opinion raised against the knowledge of God, and take every thought captive to obey Christ. 2 Corinthians 10:3-5 ESV Mistaken Identity You are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a ...
Mar 16, 2025•44 min
We’re so glad you are here! Thanks for checking out Sunday's message! -- SUNDAY'S NOTES -- For though we walk in the flesh, we are not waging war according to the flesh. For the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh but have divine power to destroy strongholds. We destroy arguments and every lofty opinion raised against the knowledge of God, and take every thought captive to obey Christ. 2 Corinthians 10:3-5 ESV. It’s hard to win a war, you don’t realize you’re fighting. Take no part in th...
Mar 09, 2025•40 min
1. Understand God Determines Your Mantle Ahead of Time We do not select a mantle; God is the One who establishes and destines it. Elisha didn’t just receive Elijah’s mantle because he happened to be at the right place and time. It was already his according to God’s word. (1 Kings 19:16) Also you shall anoint Jehu the son of Nimshi as king over Israel. And Elisha the son of Shaphat of Abel Meholah you shall anoint as prophet in your place Elisha needed to cooperate with the call of God on his lif...
Mar 02, 2025•35 min
Three Behaviors seen in the life of Ahab that perpetuated his rebellion and brokenness. Compromise About that time King Ben-hadad of Aram mobilized his army, supported by the chariots and horses of thirty-two allied kings. They went to besiege Samaria, the capital of Israel, and launched attacks against it. He sent messengers into the city to King Ahab of Israel and said to him, “This is what Ben-hadad says: ‘Your silver and your gold are mine! And your best wives and children are mine as well.”...
Feb 23, 2025•44 min
The LORD gave special strength to Elijah. He tucked his cloak into his belt and ran ahead of Ahab’s chariot all the way to the entrance of Jezreel. I Kings 18:46 NLT Fear and insecurity will drive you to desperation and fatigue. So he got up and ate and drank, and the food gave him enough strength to travel forty days and forty nights to Mount Sinai, the mountain of God. 1 Kings 19:8 NLT When we journey in our own wisdom and strength we will land up confused, exhausted, and lost. There he came t...
Feb 16, 2025•39 min
His Call, His Grace, His Glory His Call Go into all the world and proclaim the gospel to the whole creation. Mark 16:15 ESV A key to being confident in your call is to submit your call to the crucible of trusted conversation and prayerful consideration. Let us run with endurance the race that lies before us, keeping our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of our faith. For the joy that lay before him, he endured the cross, despising the shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of...
Feb 09, 2025•44 min
-- SUNDAY'S NOTES -- 1 Kings 19:1 Elijah burned the candle on all ends and here we find him: 1. Elijah was fearful (emotional unrest) 2. Elijah was fatigued (spiritual exhaustion) 3. Elijah was famished (physical depletion) Elijah was fearful (emotions)_________________________________________ 1 Kings 19:1 Priscilla Shirer - “We give our feelings too much power. Feelings are not the engine, they’re the caboose, they’ll catch up. All feelings can do is feel. They don’t think, they don’t have inte...
Feb 02, 2025•34 min
Later on, in the third year of the drought, the LORD said to Elijah, “Go and present yourself to King Ahab. Tell him that I will soon send rain!” So Elijah went to appear before Ahab. 1 Kings 18:1-2 NLT When Ahab saw him, he exclaimed, “So, is it really you, you troublemaker of Israel?” “I have made no trouble for Israel,” Elijah replied. “You and your family are the troublemakers, for you have refused to obey the commands of the LORD and have worshiped the images of Baal instead. 1 Kings 18:16-...
Jan 26, 2025•43 min
So she did as Elijah said, and she and Elijah and her family continued to eat for many days. There was always enough flour and olive oil left in the containers, just as the LORD had promised through Elijah. I Kings 17:15-17 NLT Obedient faith unlocks God’s miraculous provision. Physical training is good, but training for godliness is much better, promising benefits in this life and in the life to come. 1 Timothy 4:8 NLT God is always working to build our faith for what lies ahead. Some time late...
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Jan 05, 2025•33 min
For to us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder, and his name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. Of the increase of his government and of peace there will be no end, on the throne of David and over his kingdom, to establish it and to uphold it with justice and with righteousness from this time forth and forevermore. The zeal of the LORD of hosts will do this. Isaiah 9:6-7 ESV The nature and characte...
Dec 22, 2024•40 min
After Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of King Herod, wise men from the east arrived in Jerusalem, saying, “Where is he who has been born king of the Jews? For we saw his star at its rising and have come to worship him.” Matt 2:1-2 CSB What made the wise men wise wasn’t who they were, but who they understood Jesus to be. A star will come from Jacob, and a scepter will arise from Israel. Numbers 24:17 CSB The more time you spend with God in His word, the more you will see God in y...
Dec 15, 2024•31 min
The sin of one man, Adam, caused death to rule over many. But even greater is God’s wonderful grace and his gift of righteousness, for all who receive it will live in triumph over sin and death through this one man, Jesus Christ. Yes, Adam’s one sin brings condemnation for everyone, but Christ’s one act of righteousness brings a right relationship with God and new life for everyone. Romans 5:17-18 NLT Christmas is the story of God’s relentless love and the war He won to give us victory over sin ...
Dec 08, 2024•34 min
There were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night. And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them: and they were sore afraid. And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, which is Christ the Lord. Luke 2:8-11 KJV The Messiah stepped into our mess and made hope...
Dec 01, 2024•38 min
