Love Abounds

Matthew 21:23-32 "The tax gatherers and harlots will get into the kingdom of God before you" (v.31)"When God called us to repent, He called us to a life of repentance."_ Martin Luther

Matt. 21:18-22/ Will Christ find us fruitful? How? Faith...Prayer...Forgiveness

John 16:33, "These things I have spoken to you that in Me you may have peace; In the world you have tribulation, but take courage, I have overcome the world."

Palm Sunday Worship- Hosanna! Children's Choir leading singing, and exposition of Matthew 21:1-11, Behold, Your King! - - "The entry into Jerusalem was not a final grasp at glory that somehow went astray, but rather a deliberate submission to the will of God in the matter of vicarious atonement. It was not the final flicker of a dream bu the necessary and deliberate prelude to Good Friday." (JM Boice)

Matthew series continues- 20:28-34. The Healing of Two Blind Men---"It is the grace of God that opens the eyes, changes the heart, and puts songs in the mouth; When God changes a life He let's us see what we've missed, hear what we haven't heard; and fills our lips with praise to Him." (Alistair Begg)

Matthew 20:20-28, Request, Revelation, Ransom . . ."When forgiveness and reconciliation with God are the basis rather than the goal of our lives, we are free to live as sons rather than slaves" (M. Horton)

A most significant lesson, the parable of the Generous Landowner. Matthew 20:1-15: "Grace is part of the very nature of God, and He cannot change. He is indeed the generous landowner of the parable, continually going to the marketplace of life to find those in need of 'a days wages' so that He can bring them into His vineyard and then reward them out of all proportion to their labors." (Jerry Bridges)

After two years serving through the International Mission Board in Bulgaria, Cassandra catches up with us to share more about her time there serving Jesus, for teh advancment of the Gospel.