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Modern Day Miracles – Alright.  Good morning Everyone.  So great to be with you this morning family.  I want to take a second while we’re getting the chair situation situated.  I feel very convicted after I listen to those songs.  And I’m thinking about when God moves things happen.  And the calling for our soul to do something with it.  I know right now in this church, in this world, and in this country, there is a whole lot of hurt that needs heeling that needs to happen.  I want to start by just by saying a quick prayer for all the things that are happening right now.  And if you didn’t know Mark, the reason he’s back there playing guitar.  He has Belle’s Palsy so half of his face is paralyzed right now.

I mean, I say that to say that we all have things going on right now.  A prayer for healing across the board is important.  Lord we come to you today.  We don’t have tons of answers, we don’t have any answers.  I think in all of us we are wanting more of you.  We’re wanting to hold onto you in all things we are doing.  And we realize one of the things that make that hard is whenever life is hard.  We hear about the passing of Don Spencer.  We pray that you be with his family and give them rest and comfort and healing.   I pray that you be with Mark and what he is experiencing right now.

In this world thinking about Tyree Nichols and what happened in Memphis and that whole situation.  Thinking about what’s happening in Ukraine and the war that’s going on there.  Lord we just need your healing.  This world needs your healing.  We as a church needs your healing.  We as individuals need your healing.  I pray that your healing come and help us to see your goodness, your faithfulness, and your power.

Good morning family.  I am so happy to be with you today.  If you are a visitor, thank you so much for joining us.  This is a really wonderful group of people.  You are going to see a little snapshot of that today.  If you have questions about how to get involved, or you want to learn more about this church.  Tap someone on the shoulder or look for someone who has these name plates.  They’ll be able to give you more information about what is happening here at Fourth Avenue.

So today, we are continuing our series on Luke on the Upside Down Kingdom. It is called the Upside Down Kingdom because when Jesus steps onto the scene, he flips everything upside down.  The way we have done things in the past isn’t the best way.  It is not his way.  Today we are talking about the healing of Jesus.  It is hard to open in the Gospel and not see a story of Jesus healing people. They are just sprinkled everywhere.  You see Jesus heal people of all sorts of things.

For the entire podcast see below.

Dan Dozier on True Repentance

Excerpt

Few people these days talk about sin and divine judgement and the need for repentance.  Its because its not very fashionable to talk about sin.  Its also considered inappropriate to do so.  Because calling something sinful means that you have to say some things are morally and ethically right, and some things are wrong.

And in a culture that we live in, where people seemingly depend more on what they feel is right, then upon any kind of objective or absolute truth.  When you start talking about sin and repentance, and judgement, people get offended.  And so if you’re offended by talking about sin and repentance and judgement, you are not going to like today’s passage at all.  Because today we are going to talk about a passage picking up where Kyle left off and this wonderful series he’s doing called the Upside Down Kingdom coming out of the Gospel of Luke.

12.18.22 Kyle Dingus – Nothing Was the Same Podcast is a continuation of our ongoing series Upside Down Kingdom.  We learn about how we must partner with Christ to bring the Kingdom of Heaven down to the Earth.

Excerpt:  “Why do we think Christmas is so important?  Christmas continues by just about every metric to be the biggest holiday in the United States.  And it’s not even close.  The next one is way below it.  What other holiday has an entire special genre of music that once December hits, every convenience store everywhere is playing it all the time?  What other holiday makes people start celebrating it before another major holiday even happens? Some people are wild.  What makes this holiday consistently go crazy about buying gifts for other people, or putting lights everywhere, or putting up massive inflatables on their front lawn?  Why is this the holiday that almost everybody takes vacation days off for?”

Listen to our other podcasts on Upside Down Kingdom.

This week we look at the Upside Down Kingdom which is a study of the Gospel of Luke.  We see how Jesus flipped the world upside down.  Each week will be examining something that the world might say and what the Upside Down Kingdom changes for us in our lives.

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