There’s power in prayer WE as a church community have some big things going on… as a denomination we are being asked to make some pretty big decisions… locally, as a community we are beginning to ask again if we might be better together as one church on one mission in one community… or is it better to…

Have you ever been desperate? Desperate for anything? Occasionally when I get hungry, I experience what I describe as a sugar crash. It’s what the snicker commercials call Hangry. When I start to feel it coming on, it’s not that I get angry, just I get really focused on food. NOW I’ve found that in that…

They say our life is the sum total of our choices. Which goes to say that we would do well to choose wisely. But that doesn’t mean that we should chose ease. So I was talking to my football team the other day and I asked them why they came out and endured the heat, the sweat, the stress, the bumps and…

Boy Crisis… best thing we can do is eat meals together… because over a family dinner is where we can talk about difficult subjects. Jesus wasn’t afraid to talk about tough topics over dinner either. 1 One Sabbath, when Jesus went to eat in the house of a prominent Pharisee, he was being carefully watched.…

Hyper focused on something… don’t even see the rest. It happens all the time at our house. Michelle will be talking to me I think… I look up and she’s just looking back at me smiling. She’ll say “You didn't even hear me did you?” At that moment I could tell the truth, that I heard some noise... An Infirmed…

knowing you are going to win GRIT woman abandoned by family at 2… raped multiple times as a child… knew it was wrong… knew God had a purpose for her life Where did Satan come from? Spiritual Tea Party - Cliff Notes Edition Ezekiel 28:11-19 , Isaiah 14:12-20 , Revelation 12:4 , 20:2-10 , Genesis 3 . Ezekiel…

Powerful things happen b/c of prayer. Jesus Ask and Receive. James, Have not - ask not. Prayer is powerful b/c it is prophetic. It determines your course. Power, miracles, hand of God, favor of god, transformation, overcome of sin, Luke 11:1-13 What is Prayer? 1 One day Jesus was praying in a certain…

Two very familiar stories that we might not see as connected… matter of fact I never saw them as connected as clearly as I did this week. In fact I had planned to preach just from this first story and the other story next week. Don’t get me wrong, each story has a powerful lesson we need to learn, but…

Tension in movies… scary scenes… Leave to get ice cream, hide your face, Today's text - tension is starting to rise… anxiety is starting to build as Jesus begins the journey to Jerusalem Never planned to be like Dad… because I often saw what he lacked… but as I got up and prepared to come to church today…

What and who you listen to will influence what you do. A Power Failure 37 The next day, when they came down from the mountain, a large crowd met him. 38 A man in the crowd called out, “Teacher, I beg you to look at my son, for he is my only child. 39 A spirit seizes him and he suddenly screams; it throws…