Luke 8: 40 Now when Jesus returned, the crowd welcomed him, because they were all waiting for him. 41 Then a man named Jairus, who was a ruler of the synagogue, came up. Falling at Jesus' feet, he pleaded with him to come to his house, 42

because he had an only daughter, about twelve years old, and she was dying. As Jesus was on his way, the crowds pressed around him.

Last week we ...

Lord, we need Your grace to flow in our lives today. There is nothing we can do to be worthy of Your love and forgiveness. That is all we stand on – help us to remember that – In Jesus name…

We have a group of people who meet downstairs – some can’t get upstairs – some have children and it gives them a place to play – we have it down in the café -

Luke 7When Jesus had ...

Stand down for the homeless – 1200 people helped – Cleveland Coalition for the Homeless – receive donations from church groups – the people who volunteer – at least 400 volunteers – and if you don’t sign up in time, you don’t have a spot to volunteer.  The cool thing – so many of the volunteers have been helped by this group who come back to help out!

Our designated job is that of a personal shopper and we ...

Lord, thank You for this time to share communion together and to receive from You what You gave us – Your body and blood – and Your forgiveness – in every way we are forgiven.

If you remember a couple weeks ago – we talked about the testing in the wilderness – This is after that.

Luke 4:16 Now Jesus came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up, and went into the synagogue on the Sabbath day, as ...

This is a very familiar section when Jesus was tempted in the wilderness.

Luke 4:1 And Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit in the wilderness 2 for forty days, being tempted by the devil. And he ate nothing during those days. And when they were ended, he was hungry. 3 The devil said to him, "If you are the Son of God, command this ...

Lord, thank You that You love us and that we are freed, forever. Lord, our lives have been freed from so much.  Help us to be grateful for what You have done for us – to know and experience what You have done for us – You have done so much for us. Help us not to be trapped by the lies that are told to us, in our hearts and in our minds. We are ...

Lord, thank You that someday we will experience eternity with You in a way we can’t fathom.  You love us so much and You want us to love You back.  Thank You that we are beloved children with whom You are pleased.

We are ending our year of wisdom today – that doesn’t mean that you can stop being wise! 

Today we are wrapping up Advent – so I’ll do some ...

BibleProject – JOY - 

Fahter, thank You for this opportunity to sing to You, remember Your birth, and to celebrate this Advent season. You became Man that we might live with You for eternity.  You did this to bring us to Yourself and that brings HOPE.  Take away the distractions – help us to live in Your love.  You don’t hold us guilty in any way -  because of Christ and the cross and ...

This week's BibleProject Advent Video is on PEACE - SHALOM!

Lord, thank You for this day and Your love for us. We are forgiven, holy, in Your presence – Shalom – we all have our broken parts, but in You they are put back together for good. When You look at us, we are whole and complete because of Jesus. Thank You for forgiveness!

Matthew 2:1 Now after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in ...

The 4 weeks of Advent this year: Hope, Peace, Joy, and love – this week is HOPE.

BibleProject – Word Study Yakhal – Hope – to Wait

Expectation.

Let's hear what the BibleProject guys have to say:

As I have studied Advent this year – Some of you may groan – I like to call this Bible Geek Advent

Matthew 1:1 This is the record of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham ...