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Resurrection Sunday sermon. Friday Jesus hung on the cross. Sunday Jesus rose victoriously. But in-between those two monumental days was the silent sabbath. What can we learn from that day?

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As Adam was driven into the wilderness because of sin, so Christ goes out into the desert wilderness to rescue us from our exile.

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5 January 2025 Testimony Sunday

Explore the compassionate role of Jesus as our high priest in this devotional. Discover how his humanity empowers whole-life discipleship in your everyday life. Read more ... Click here to read today's devotional - https://1drv.ms/b/s!Ak_QYEqdXpfKp5oukFHnrmJ-TAqjLg?e=yEebxl   There's a new episode of Battle Drill Devotional every day. Click on the link - https://linktr.ee/battlefieldpodcasts - to listen, watch or subscribe to this podcast.

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Special monthly service featuring healing related teaching from Pastor Dale Campbell and ministry to the sick.

Join us this week as our Lead Pastor, Miles Fidell, explains why Jesus is the best option for your life and why we celebrate resurrection power on BAPTISM SUNDAY! You can find the full gathering and the testimonies of all those that were baptized on our YouTube page below.https://www.youtube.com/@auburncommunitychurch

This Sunday we celebrate our graduating seniors. These wonderful students will be participating in various parts of the worship service and our Family Ministry Director, Zakk Uhler, will be giving the sermon centered on interactions Jesus had during his earthly ministry. Join us for an amazing Sunday!

So who is Jesus really? Just about every historian on the earth believes Jesus was an actual historical figure. Some say Jesus is God, who became a human, so that he could die as a sacrifice for sins. Others say Jesus was a revolutionary leader who lived a lifestyle of peace and love that serves as an example for how we ought to treat one another. Still others say Jesus was nothing more than another religious leader. Join us as Pastor Steve Garcia concludes our series on Jesus - the prophet, priest, and king. - NEXT STEPS  Looking to take your next step?  We want to help! Text the word NEXT to 909-281-7797 or visit sunrisechurch.org/nextsteps. - GIVE TO SUNRISE CHURCH Imagine what God can do through our giving. You can give today at sunrisechurch.org/give. - FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SunriseChurchCA Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sunrisechurchca Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/SunriseChurch 

Up to this point, we know that on Sunday Jesus made His triumphal entry into the city of Jerusalem with His disciples. He was greeted by the crowds of common people with shouts of Hosanna, which meant “save us now”. For three and a half years they had heard messages on the kingdom and seen His miracles of healing the sick, giving sight to the blind, making lame men to walk, feeding the multitudes, and raising the dead! They sincerely thought that He was the Messiah who would save them from the hated Roman rule over them.   They wanted an external salvation of freedom but failed to realize that they must first have an internal salvation for their souls from their sins. This could only take place if Jesus fulfilled the prophesies like Isaiah 53 where He would bear their sins in His own body and died as the spotless Lamb of God, the Passover Lamb, in their place. In these last days just before His crucifixion, Jesus has privately been telling His disciples over and over again that He must suffer and that He would die and be resurrected.   Of course, this must have “troubled” the disciples (John 14:1), and particular one of them named Judas. We have already been told that he was a thief and was stealing from the common money the disciples shared. His dreams of ruling and getting a position of power and control in the Kingdom were falling apart and Satan puts it in his heart “to go his way” to get the most out of his position as a disciple and betray Jesus for thirty pieces of silver.   During this Passion Week, Jesus and His disciples were staying at the home of Mary and Martha in Bethany. Bethany is about two miles away from Jerusalem. The city would have been extremely crowded and chaotic during the Passover week. Jesus and His disciples walked those two miles each day to teach in the temple and then returned to Bethany for the night. We are pretty sure we know what Jesus did each day of this week, except for Wednesday. For that reason, this day has been called “silent Wednesday” by some scholars.   But most Bible scholars and commentators seem to agree and believe that Wednesday was the day spoken about in Matthew 26:14–16, Mark 14:10-11, and Luke 22:1-5, the day Judas chose to betray Jesus. Besides this we can't find any other events that might have taken place. It is possible this is because the disciples needed time to prepare for the Passover meal. Did Mary and Martha help with that? The Passover celebration required shopping, cooking, and planning. Was everyone bustling around Jesus with important preparations while He was praying for the strength to make an impossibly difficult sacrifice?   We can imagine Jesus taking time on Wednesday to retreat to a quiet spot so that he could sit with his Abba and pray. It's impossible to fathom what it would have been like for Jesus to be God incarnate, indwelling the limitations of a human body. He understood physical pain, he felt humiliation, He expected His death would be a horrendous ordeal for His human body to endure. He also knew that He was about to accomplish the purpose He had been born to do. He was going to provide salvation for anyone who would choose to believe and make Him Lord. What did Jesus pray about during that time with His Abba?   Maybe we should spend some of this day like Jesus did. Is there time in your schedule to simply turn the world off, take a walk, and spend some time with your Abba? If you are reading this on your office computer, take time during lunch or during the drive home to simply quiet your heart and think about what Jesus did that Wednesday—and the significance of the events in the days that followed.   Why doesn't Scripture tell us what Jesus did that Wednesday? Maybe because it was the day Jesus chose to spend privately with God. Maybe we can consider doing the same. Your Abba would love to have that time with you . . . there is something He wants to tell you.   God bless!

The Seven Prayers of Passion Week: 1. Pray for God to be Glorified 2. Pray for the Gospel of God to be Exalted 3. Pray for the entire Globe to be Impacted 4. Pray for those Invited to be Receptive 5. Pray for those Saved to get Excited 6. Pray for the Saved to stay Excited 7. Pray for America to be Impacted Sunday: Jesus enters Jerusalem as the rightful King - Matthew 21:1-11 Monday: Jesus angers the Jewish Religious Establishment by cleansing the temple - Matthew 21:12-17 (first cleansing John 2:13-22) Tuesday: Jesus exposes the hypocrisy of the Jewish Religious Establishment - Matthew 23:1-36 & Jesus explains the signs of the Last Days (frequency/intensity) - Matthew 24:1-14 (15-28) Wednesday: Jesus rested and was anointed Matthew 26:6-13 while Judas was bribed to betray Him - Matthew 26:14-16 Thursday: Jesus experiences Passover with His disciples Matthew 26:17-25 then points to His gospel as the fulfillment of Passover - Matthew 26:26-30 then Jesus fulfills the prophecy that even His friends will forsake Him - Matthew 26:31-35 then Jesus takes Peter, James, & John to Gethsemane to pray before His betrayal - before His arrest - before His mock trial - before His scourging Matthew 26:36-75

Terry Sanderson, Lead Pastor at Bayview Glen Church, preaches a sermon titled "Vision Sunday" in our series “Jesus First” (September 10, 2023). At Bayview Glen Church, we work together so that everyone, everywhere, can experience God's love and His created purpose through Jesus. Connect with us! Website: www.bayviewglen.org Instagram: www.instagram.com/bayviewglenchurch/ Facebook: www.facebook.com/BayviewGlenChurch

Starting the year off with a little faith. The only question is : How do we find salvation? Come Sunday and the Jesus Revolution are two films that examin that very subject. Starring Chitewel Ojiofor and Kelsey Grammar resoctivley, both of these films can be found on NETFLIX.

This week's message is called "Legacy Sunday - Jesus Understands" given by Pastor Chris Hodges. If you would like to support this ministry text "GIVE" to 479-777-4264.

Today, we look at Mark 1: 1-8. What does a Christian look like?  We see in our Confirmation Sunday, as these young persons confess and confirm their hope, what a Christian looks like.  Where Jesus is, there is peace.  Peace is found in the person of Jesus Christ.    

Kingdom Come - Matthew 9:14-17: Change is hard. If we have a choice between what is old and known and what is new and unknown, we most often choose the good old days and the tried-and-true ways. Even though experience tells us that the new often proves to be better in time, it is hard to make the shift. In our passage this Sunday Jesus is offering something radically new. Not merely a patched-up version of the old or the new contained within the old, but something brand new. But embracing change can be hard. The religious leaders and even John's disciples we baffled by Jesus words and his ways. Are we ready embrace Jesus' Kingdom Come? Join us as we hear Jesus invitation to celebrate his coming and all he brings to us.

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DNA testing to discover our ancestry has been all the rage for the last several years. People have looked into their histories and found new family members or had surprising results that indicated they were not who they had always thought they were.In the passage we'll be reading this Sunday Jesus will be discussing family lineages, though not biological or genetic ones. We'll be tackling John 8:31-59, the last installation of a very long conversation/argument that Jesus had with the leaders and the crowds while in Jerusalem.As the discussion opens, what does Jesus point to as our source of true freedom? How does that compare to what most people think freedom is? The Israelites were outraged that Jesus would infer that they weren't already free people (which is odd, considering that there were probably Roman soldiers standing guard, watching this increasingly argumentative crowd). They considered themselves part of the covenant people simply because they had the right last name and were part of the Jewish race. Yet Jesus equates freedom from sin with adoption into a family – we are freed from our bondage to a broken self will and elevated to the status of family members with God. In other words – being born as a descendant of the people of promise doesn't automatically make a person part of the family – one must commit one's self to Christ. How does this play out in our present day church environment? How can people make the mistake of thinking they are secure in God's family when possibly they are not?Jesus then makes a sharp delineation between families – indicating that those who are rejecting him and his teaching are showing off the family resemblance – only they're revealing they're part of the wrong family. How we respond to Jesus reveals our family traits. How will our lives reflect our response to Jesus?In the last section, Jesus makes the profound statement “Before Abraham was, I AM.” – equating himself with God and inspiring the crowd to want to stone him on the spot. It's an awesome thought to me that Abraham looked down the corridors of history in anticipation of Christ's day and rejoiced…it reminds me that being part of a family with God has always been his design. God wants family, not drones of religion. How can we be inspired to live in a way that shows off the family resemblance? This will be a challenging yet encouraging study – I hope you can join us this Sunday!Click here for a pdf of the teaching slideshow.

A Sermon for Ascension Sunday: Jesus is Lord Acts 1:1-11 & St. Luke 24:49-53 by William Klock “Are we there yet?”  We pestered my dad with that question over and over and over.  And, of course, when he said, “No!”  We always followed it up with, “How much longer?”  When I was in elementary school we moved to Oregon and it meant a ten-hour drive to visit my grandparents in Sacramento or eighteen hours to visit my grandmother in Santa Barbara.  And all those pestering questions came back on my head when I became a parent.  Alexandra was a good traveller, but kids are kids, and so on those eight-hour trips to visit her grandparents in Kelowna we got it, “Are we there yet?” And the people of Israel asked the same question of the Lord.  Not in those words, but still the same sort of question: “When will your kingdom come?”  “When will you deliver us?”  “When will you set this messed-up world to rights?”  “Are we there yet?”  “How much further?”  Just like I knew our destination on those family road trips, Israel new her destination.  She had the Lord's promises.  And she'd made this trip before.  The Lord had delivered her from Egypt and taken her to the promised land.  And he'd delivered her from Babylon.  And from the wicked rule of the Greeks.  He would do it again.  But “How much further?”  Every year Passover reminded them, of what the Lord had done and of his promises for the future.  “Are we there yet?”  And when Jesus came, the people asked him the same questions.  If he was the Messiah—and his friends really believed he was—how much longer would it be?  If there were any doubts, Easter confirmed it.  The Jews, with the help of the Romans, had crucified Jesus.  They rejected his messianic claims and killed him to make sure no one else would believe.  But then God raised him from the dead.  In that act God overturned their verdict on Jesus.  The Resurrection was and is the great announcement from heaven that Jesus is the Messiah and the world's true Lord.  And so his friends believed, but the world around them looked no different.  The wrong people were still in charge.  And so I have to think they asked all the more urgently during those forty days after Easter: “Are we there yet?” When we asked my dad, “Are we there yet?” and “How much longer?” he pointed us to the milage signs along the highway and taught us how to estimate the time.  The sign says that Santa Barbara is 300 miles away, we're going 55 miles per hour, divide 300 by 55 and you get something not quite five-and-a-half.  That's how many hours it will take.  I did the same thing when Alexandra would ask.  How many kilometres away does the sign say Kelowna is?  We're driving about 100 km/hr.  That means every 100 km is about an hour more of driving.  And during those forty days, as the disciples ask “Are we there yet?” and “How much further?” Luke says that Jesus opened the scriptures and explained it all to them so that they would understand the story, his place in it, and theirs too.  And in him they had a foretaste of what was to come, of the resurrection of the dead and of new creation.  Jesus had changed.  It was still him, but he was something more.  He was hungry and ate fish on the beach with them like he always had, but somehow he appeared and disappeared like they'd never seen anyone do.  The new Jesus was at home on earth as he was in heave, but he was also as at home in heaven as he was on earth. In our Epistle we read those first eleven verses of the book of Acts and then in the Gospel we read the last verses from St. Luke.  Luke says that forty days after the resurrection, Jesus led his disciples out of Jerusalem and up to the Mount of Olives.  He promised them that John the Baptist's prophecy would soon be fulfilled.  He was going to send his Spirit to baptise them with fire.  They didn't know what that meant.  In fact, it didn't even seem very important to them at the time.  They wanted to know about the kingdom!  “Are we there yet?”  That's what the Messiah was about—he was supposed to come and restore the kingdom of Israel.  When he rode into Jerusalem on Palm Sunday they were thinking that maybe now he would finally throw off the poor rabbi disguise and restore the kingdom, throwing out the Romans and taking up David's throne.  But instead Jesus allowed himself to be arrested, beaten, and killed.  They were despondent.  But then on Sunday he rose from the dead.  Maybe this was finally it.  But through the next forty days Jesus simply taught them the Scriptures.  The disciples were excited to have Jesus back with them.  They were excited about his resurrection, although they didn't fully understand what it meant at this point.  And so there on the Mount of Olives they asked again: Jesus, it's great you're alive again.  We appreciate all the Bible teaching.  But when are you going to bring the kingdom?  And in response Jesus once again promised them the gift of the Holy Spirit to empower their witness and then told them that it wasn't their place to know the times and seasons fixed by the Father.  But then Jesus did something amazing: he ascended into the clouds.  There were the disciples staring into the sky, probably with their mouths agape, as Jesus disappeared from their sight.  And they just stood there, staring and staring until the two men, the two angels, broke into their wonder and amazement saying, “Hey, you men of Galilee!  Are you going to stand there forever staring into space?  Jesus went up to heaven and he's coming back.  Didn't he give you something important to do in the meantime?” Why were the disciples standing there agape?  You and I would too if we saw our friend ascend into the clouds.  That's not something that people do.  But for the disciples it was more significant than we might think.  It's tied to Jesus' last words and it's tied to both the Old Testament and the symbolism of imperial Rome.  First, that great messianic passage in Daniel 7:13-14 that gives a dramatic visual of the son of man rising to his heavenly throne to rule: I saw in the night visions, and behold, with the clouds of heaven          there came one like a son of man, and he came to the Ancient of Days          and was presented before him. And to him was given dominion          and glory and a kingdom, that all peoples, nations, and languages          should serve him; his dominion is an everlasting dominion,          which shall not pass away, and his kingdom one          that shall not be destroyed.   But, as I said, this symbolism was important to the Romans, too.  Julius Caesar took on the trappings of divinity when he became emperor of Rome.  After his death the senate declared him divine.  The later emperors of Rome followed suit.  On their deaths the Senate declared that they had ascended to heaven as gods and they were depicted in imperial imagery ascending into the clouds.  If you go today to the ruins of the Forum in Rome and stand under the Arch of Titus, you can look straight up and see the emperor depicted, ascending into the heavens. That was the imagery that surrounded Jesus at his ascension.  He didn't have to ascend into the clouds the way he did.  Heaven isn't literally up there somewhere above the clouds.  Even the Romans understood that heaven was simply the realm of the gods in contrast to the earth, which is the realm of human beings.  And so Jesus didn't have to fly up into the clouds to leave the realm of human beings for the realm of God.  He simply could have vanished from the disciples' sight.  But instead he chose to leave in a way that drew on this imagery familiar to both the Jews and the Gentiles.  Everyone knew that Caesar didn't actually fly up to heaven.  The comet commemorating his divinity on Roman coins was just a symbol.  But Jesus did it for real.  Why?  Because it sent the message that Jesus is the Messiah, confirming the prophecies of Israel's scriptures, and at the same time declaring that Jesus is Lord.  “Caesar is Lord” was the creed of imperial Rome.  But Caesar was just a pretender.  He brought peace to the world, but it was a temporary peace forged by violence and intimidation.  Jesus, on the other hand, really is Lord.  In contrast to Caesar who conquered his enemies with the sword, Jesus conquered his enemies by humbling himself and dying on a cross.  And in return, God exalted Jesus and seated him at his right hand—in the place of heavenly honour.  Caesar pretends at being Lord, but Jesus really is.  That's the first take-away from the Ascension story as St. Luke tells it. But the other take-away is the one that upsets much of the popular theology of today, and that's that the kingdom is here and the kingdom is now.  The kingdom is not coming in the future.  It's not coming after a rapture of believers.  It's not coming before or after or in the middle of a Great Tribulation.  And it's not something we have to go to heaven to experience.  The disciples asked Jesus when the kingdom was coming and Jesus responded by telling them that it was not for them to know.  I suspect he may have said that with a smile and a wink, because the next thing we see is Jesus ascending.  Just as the Ascension sends the message loudly and clearly that Jesus is Lord, it also sends the message loudly and clearly that his kingdom is here and now.  They asked him when the kingdom was coming and in response he gave them a dramatic visual that they'd never forget: They saw the King ascend to his throne.  Brothers and Sisters, the Ascension of Jesus tells us very dramatically and unmistakably that the kingdom is here and now.  King's don't sit on thrones to rule over nothing.  Why is the Ascension important?  Again, it tells us dramatically and unmistakably that the King is on his throne and that his kingdom has already been inaugurated. All of this is important, but what does it mean that Jesus is reigning and that the kingdom is here and now?  For that we need to look at the big picture.  In the beginning God created the Cosmos to give him glory.  At the centre of it was a garden and in that garden the Lord placed human beings to tend and to keep it.  Everything about the garden points to its being the Lord's temple.  When the Israelites built the tabernacle, the design was meant to mimic the garden.  It was in the garden that human beings lived in the presence of the Lord.  And later it was in the tabernacle and then the temple that the Lord manifested his presence in the holy of holies.  The temple was the place where heaven and earth met and where the people went to meet with, to worship, and to fellowship with the Lord.  The temple pointed back to the garden.  When humanity sinned, the garden was lost.  Adam and Eve were cast out and an angel placed at the entrance to guard it.  And from there the story of humanity goes from bad to worse.  And yet the Lord never abandoned his Creation.  The creation was meant to give God glory and when it turned on him, instead of destroying it, God chose to manifest his glory by renewing it—by making a new creation.  And as humanity lost all knowledge of the Lord, he called Abraham to himself and through Abraham created a new humanity in the family of Abraham.  Through Abraham, the Lord began the work of restoring the garden.  “In you all the families of the earth shall be blessed,” God promised (Genesis 12:3). And yet think about a garden.  You can't plant a garden in the wilderness and expect it to flourish on its own.  Enemies and wild animals will raid the garden and steal the fruit.  Without cultivation and protection the wild will quickly overcome the garden.  And so the Lord provided for the protection of his new garden.  He sent Jacob and his family to Egypt, where the king looked on them with favour, provided for them, cared for them, and protected them.  When the king of Egypt became hostile, the Lord himself rescued his new creation—Israel—and led her into the wilderness and to the promised land.  He fed her in the wilderness and he drove out her enemies from the land.  Eventually the Lord gave her a human king to protect his new creation from the wilderness—from the hostile enemies—that surrounded her.  But through it all, it was ultimately the Lord who was King and who protected his people.  Isaiah declared that “the Lord reigns” when Israel was faced with conquest by the Babylonian empire.  The Babylonian king and the Babylonian gods had no power over Israel no matter how bad things got.  In Daniel's vision ferocious beasts represent the kingdoms of the earth that had conquered and dominated Israel, but in that vision the Lord takes the kingdom away from those monsters and delivers it to the saints and ultimately to the Son of Man—to Jesus.  Even when the Lord uses earthly kings to discipline his people, he continues to care for them.  That's the purpose of his kingship and his kingdom: the care and cultivation of his new creation. And all this comes to full fruit in Jesus.  He has come as the Son of Man, the representative of Israel.  He has come as the Messiah—the true and eternal king in the line of David.  He has come to bring the Lord's new creation to full fruit—to suffer for his people and to give them his Holy Spirit that they might truly be the new creation that Israel was supposed to be—that they might be the true sons and daughters of Abraham.  But not only that, he has also come to establish a kingdom over which he will rule himself—a kingdom to protect and to safeguard the new creation—the Lord's garden as it grows and flourishes and spreads throughout the world.  This is the story of the book of Acts.  We read the beginning this morning: Jesus ascended into the clouds to take his heavenly throne.  Jesus is Lord; Caesar is not.  Jesus' kingdom is the real deal, the one that will last; Caesar's is the cheap imitation.  The rest of Acts is the story of the church, of the new creation, of the kingdom spreading throughout the world: from Jerusalem, to Judea, to Samaria, and to the whole world.  And Acts ends dramatically with Paul in Rome, in chains, proclaiming the lordship of Jesus right under Caesar's nose.  Through the suffering, persecution, and martyrdom of the saints, the kingdom of Jesus has triumphed and will continue to triumph.  The Dutch theologian Abraham Kuyper summed it up well in that famous line of his: “There is not one square inch in the whole domain of our human existence over which Christ, who is sovereign over all, does not cry, Mine!”  Others, like Caesar may make their claims, but the reality is that Jesus is Lord of all. Brothers and Sisters, we are God's new creation.  The wilderness has surrounded the Lord's garden.  Earthly empires and kings have tried to steal its fruit, they've tried to stamp it out and burn it down, but King Jesus has preserved it.  Because of his preservation, past generations have carried the good news that Jesus is Lord from Jerusalem to Judea to Samaria and to all the world.  Because King Jesus has preserved it we know and believe that good news here in Canada, half a world away from that mount from which Jesus ascended to his throne two thousand years ago.  Because King Jesus continues to preserve his new creation, we can have confidence to go out in faith, to charge into the darkness with the light of Christ—think of that vision of John's in Revelation, the saints riding out with Jesus, a gospel calvary carrying the good news that Jesus is Lord to the whole world—and we know that no matter what happens, the kingdom of God is here and know and growing and that nothing will stop it until fills the whole earth—just as Daniel saw it would.  As St. Paul writes in 1 Corinthians, this new creation of which we are a part is protected by the one who has been given all authority and who will reign until every last enemy is put under his feet, even death itself. Brothers and Sisters, our hope as Christians is in that day.  Death is the last enemy to separate earth and heaven and on that day, when Jesus finally defeats it, he'll return from his throne on the clouds as the angels told the disciples.  As the joyful people of Rome went out to join their triumphant Caesar as he marched into the city as the conquering hero, St. Paul says that the people of Jesus will meet him in the air to accompany him as returns to earth the conquering hero—as he comes accompanied by heaven itself and restores heaven and earth, God and man. In the Old Testament the temple was the one place on earth where heaven and earth met and where the Lord could be known.  When Jesus came he became the temple for us.  The amazing thing is that Jesus didn't leave it at that.  He sent his Holy Spirit to fill and indwell us.  We, his Church, are now the temple.  We are now the place where heaven and earth connect and where the Lord is made known.  And that's our mission.  Carved on our lychgate are those familiar words: “Jesus is Lord”.  We pass beneath them as we come to the church to meet and to worship, but have you ever thought about what they really mean?  The next time you walk under those words remember the Ascension.  Remember that Jesus is seated on his throne, that his kingdom is here and now, and that he has made us his people.  Jesus has restored us to the vocation for which we were created.  He has restored God's image in us.  He has made us the people in whom heaven and earth meet.  He's given us the gospel message: the King who died and has risen from the grave is Lord.  And he sends us out like Adam and Eve with that good news, to be fruitful and to multiply—to carry the royal summons to our friends, our families, and eventually to every corner of creation, spreading his kingdom.  We've seen the Conqueror mount in triumph and now we go out as his army.  But not an army like those of Rome sent out to conquer barbarians with the sword.  Jesus calls us to charge into the darkness bearing his light, to suffer and even to die for the sake of the lost, as we seek to make known his love, his peace, his justice, his mercy, and especially his grace. Let us pray: Grant, we pray, Almighty God, that as we believe your only-begotten Son our Lord Jesus Christ to have ascended into heaven, so we may also in heart and mind there ascend, and with him continually dwell; who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.  Amen.

Today's episode is a SPIRITUAL SUNDAY episode. We're digging into a specific story from scripture... but we're going to take a slightly different vantage point. The story is from John 2... when Jesus turned water into wine. Spoiler alert... I think this story helps to show that Jesus wasn't cheap! That's right. But let's talk about THAT! And I'll say a prayer for you too. Yup... let's do this. Stay encouraged my friend! _______________ Be sure to hit me up with questions at ⁠www.encouragingtheencouragers.com⁠ and I'll answer them as we go! You can grab our free "WELL PAID ENCOURAGER'S SECRET TOOL BOX" there too!  Be sure to check out "DREAM THINK DO too: ⁠www.mitchmatthews.com/podcast And hey... let's connect on Facebook and Instagram too! #letsdothis #IlovejesusbutIcussalittle #coaching #speaker #lifecoach #motivation #lifecoaching #coaching #love #coach #mindset #inspiration #selflove #life #selfcare #success #lifestyle #mentalhealth #mindfulness #personaldevelopment #entrepreneur #goals #happiness #loveyourself #meditation #healing #motivationalquotes #lifequotes #fitness #positivevibes #motivationalspeaker #businesscoach #personalgrowth #business

John 21:1 - 14 | April 23, 2023 | Terrence Shay Watch the video on YouTube: https://youtu.be/1xgkv7GBz-s

Gospel for Divine Mercy Sunday - John 20:19-31We hear the same Gospel every year on this Sunday - Jesus coming into the fear and isolation of the disciples on Easter Sunday night and wishing them peace. And this is what divine mercy looks like...not just for those disciples all those years ago, but for you and I now. Jesus does not stay distant. There is no wall too tall or locked too tight into which Jesus will not go to meet with us. Special thanks to Bridget Zenk for her composition and performing of our intake and outtake music. Thank you to all of you for listening and passing along to others. That's the way this pod grows. Comments? Questions? Shoot them my way at pdjoezenk@gmail.com

We take up that old, old story of Jesus, especially his resurrection. Did he really rise again-- What proof is there-- And if so, what difference does it make----1. -If Christ Has Not Been Raised- -1 Cor. 15-14,17-, Then-- -So go ahead and live according to -eat and drink for tomorrow we die- -v. 32-- How can Paul so easily -put it all on the line- with this -if- statement--- Christianity is a public religion and its claims are falsifiable and verifiable.--2. -But In Fact Christ Has Been Raised- -1 Cor. 15-20-- -Old Testament Prophecies - -Jesus's Own Prophecies- -The apostles - -The believers- -The women - -The centurion

4/9/23-Dr. Phillp Burden-Resurrection Sunday Jesus Is Alive by Sermons from FBCOzark

Sunday April 9, 2023 Archegos is a title for Jesus that appears only four times in the New Testament. The significance of its use lies in the context of its use as well as its somewhat elusive definition. Archegos is closely related to ache, which is the title for Christ as the first,... for full notes: https://www.cgtruth.org/index.php?proc=msg&sf=vw&tid=2789

Coinciding with Lent, we are preaching through Holy Week. On Friday, Jesus is arrested, tried, and crucified. Scripture Reading: John 20:11-18At the open tomb, Mary mistakes Jesus for the gardener? We like to ask, "How could Mary mistake the very one she's seeking for the gardener?" But this is the wrong question. The right question is, "Why would John include this detail?" 

Please join Pastor Jeff as he shares from Luke 24:36-39 is this Good Friday episode.  We wish you a Happy Easter this upcoming Sunday  Jesus is Risen - He is Risen indeed! Luke 24:36-39 36 While they were still talking about this, Jesus himself stood among them and said to them, “Peace be with you.” 37 They were startled and frightened, thinking they saw a ghost. 38 He said to them, “Why are you troubled, and why do doubts rise in your minds? 39 Look at my hands and my feet. It is I myself! Touch me and see; a ghost does not have flesh and bones, as you see I have.”

Confession time: In my first year of preaching, I had no clue what Palm Sunday was. I didn't grow up in the church, and while I knew about Easter (even beyond the bunny and eggs), I had no idea there even was a Palm Sunday. I had never shouted "Hosanna!" and had never even seen a palm tree, let alone waved a branch! It's worse than that, though. I remember doing the research, reading the Gospels backward, counting from the Sunday Jesus was resurrected, backtracking his path through Jerusalem day by day, and uncovering that one week earlier, he entered Jerusalem. I was pretty sure I was the only one who had made this discovery. I probably even started working on a paper to document my findings. It's still available for peer review if anyone's interested. Somehow, though, Palm Sunday has gone from complete obscurity to one of the most significant memorials in my year. Palm Sunday stops me in my path and puts me on Jesus' path, walking with him through the week to the upper room, the cross, and the empty tomb. Indeed, the Lord's Supper on Thursday night will draw me into Christ's presence, and the darkness of Good Friday will place me at the foot of His cross, but Palm Sunday starts me on that journey. Today's "Hosannas" prepare me for next Sunday's "He Lives!"

Packing for Sunday | Jesus, Remember Me! (Luke 23:26-43) Speaker: Pastor Tim Evans Every Friday morning, Pastor Tim will break from our current Devotional series in order to give us some thoughts in preparation for his sermon this coming Sunday. This audio is a production of North Clay Baptist Church. For more information from North Clay Baptist Church, visit our website at www.northclay.org

After Jesus' celebrative  ride of kingship into Jerusalem with the throngs of people he went into temple. He looked all round, observing the people and actions. Mark 11 relates that that on Sunday Jesus entered into the temple in Jerusalem. When he had looked around at everything, it being now evening, he went out to Bethany with the twelve.But the next morning, the second day, our Monday, he returns with the Twelve and crowds await him. On this day he does two prophetic, provocative actions. They are related to two themes: God's temple and the Messiah as the Son of David. He rebukes and teaches by means of a rhetorical question. In other words, he threw down the gauntlet - the bold challenge to his enemies to carry out their stated intention among themselves, which was to kill him. Bible Insights with Wayne ConradContact: 8441 Hunnicut Rd Dallas, Texas 75228email: Att. Bible Insights Wayne Conradgsccdallas@gmail.com (Good Shepherd Church) Donationhttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJTZX6qasIrPmC1wQpben9ghttps://www.facebook.com/waconrad or gscchttps://www.sermonaudio.com/gsccSpirit, Truth and Grace MinistriesPhone # 214-324-9915 leave message with number for call backPsalms 119:105 Your word is a lamp for my feet, a light on my path.

After Jesus' celebrative ride of kingship into Jerusalem with the throngs of people he went into temple. He looked all round, observing the people and actions. Mark 11 relates that that on Sunday Jesus entered into the temple in Jerusalem. When he had looked around at everything, it being now evening, he went out to Bethany with the twelve.-But the next morning, the second day, our Monday, he returns with the Twelve and crowds await him. On this day he does two prophetic, provocative actions. They are related to two themes- God's temple and the Messiah as the Son of David. He rebukes and teaches by means of a rhetorical question. In other words, he threw down the gauntlet - the bold challenge to his enemies to carry out their stated intention among themselves, which was to kill him.

Transfiguration Sunday reveals to us: truth. Jesus is God, He is who He says he is, and He has revealed Himself to us. Website : glc.gracepocatello.org Stay Connected to us: facebook.com/glcpocatello Online offering can be done through our secure platform: https://glc.gracepocatello.org/give-online/ YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/PocatelloGrace

Coinciding with Lent, we are preaching through Holy Week. Today we begin with Jesus' triumphal entry into Jerusalem on Palm Sunday. Scripture Reading: Luke 19:36-40Are you worshipping Jesus for the King he is, or are you praising your construction of what a king ought to be?

John 17:1-19 | February 19, 2023 | Hanley Liu Watch the video on YouTube: https://youtu.be/ee_op0Z9e84

Sola FideSola GratiaSola ScripturaThat's what we're about here at Hope. These are the hallmarks of what it means to be a Lutheran. These short statements describe the only things we need to answer the big questions of life. By faith alone(sola fide) God places the gift of salvation in our hearts. By his grace alone (sola gratia) God sent his Son Jesus to save us. And by Scripture alone (sola scriptura) does God reveal all of this to us.This Sunday we celebrate a festival called "reformation." It's a day that remembers a German monk named Martin Luther as over 500 years ago he nailed a sheet of paper with 95 statements to the door of his church.But I want you to know that as we celebrate reformation, we're certainly not celebrating a man. We're not celebrating his achievements, we're not celebrating his courage, and we're not celebrating his bravado. We're doing two things. We're stepping off life's treadmill of trying to justify ourselves, trying to earn or figure out rightness and goodness for ourselves. And we're praising a God who has done so much better than given us a list of things that we can do. He has given us himself. God's justification is the end of trying.  It's the end of trying to make professionalism, parenting, beauty, or morality our crown.  It's time to stop trying and to start believing. It's time to believe that Jesus truly is our righteousness, our life, and our crown.

Pink Sunday - Jesus, My Healer by Upper Room - Ohio

“Worship, with Reverence and Awe” Episode 16: “Scripture and Worship.” Scripture has always had a big role in Christian worship. From the Sunday Jesus rose to now, having our minds opened to understand the Scriptures leads to joy and blessing. Originally posted 9/12/22.

Another song to lift your spirits on the Sabbath or whenever you need a little more peace in your life. Jesus, Lover of My Soul, arranged by M. Diego Gonzalez.If you have not listened to the most recent episode, “Feeling God's Love,” you might want to listen to that before listening to the song on this episode. 

John 10:1-21 | May 15, 2022 | Albert Ting Watch the video on YouTube: https://youtu.be/IiJV0R76DaA Personal Application Questions: 1. What does “Jesus is our Good Shepherd” mean to you? Are there others who try to establish themselves as your shepherds, but they are actually intruders who “climbs in by another way”? What would strengthen our ties with our Good Shepherd? 2. Who were the shepherds that God has used to nurture your spiritual life? Are they still faithfully doing what they are called to do? 3. What does “I have other sheep that are not of this fold” speak about diversity in the church and global mission?

“I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish” (John 10:28)In this homily given at St. Patrick's on the 4th Sunday of Easter (May 8, 2022), Fr Graham Keep speaks about Jesus the Good Shepherd desiring that all people be reconciled to the Father in the Spirit. All of humanity is made by and for union with God. Our fulfillment is in heaven, but there is an enemy who wants to rob, steal and destroy; to isolate us from our eternal destiny. Reviewing the kerygma: Relationship, Rebellion, Redemption and Response, we who are the sheep are called to mission. In our present time, we have moved from Christendom to an Apostolic Age.  There is an urgency to evangelize.  It is only possible to do so through the power of the Holy Spirit (see St. JPII Redemptoris Missio Chapter 3). Having Mary as our model, we are overshadowed by the Holy Spirit and present Jesus to the world.

The Lord is risen! This Sunday we gather in person as a congregation for the first Easter since 2019! Pastor Rich preaches on the first sermon recorded on the Sunday Jesus rose from the dead. It's a sermon that has stood the test of time and has the power to transform our lives. Please read through the story before our gathering.

I believe John Brown was an embodied witness of Jesus because he looked at the scriptures and saw liberation and a God of love…. And then embodied in practice what he believed the spirit of God wanted for the people of his time…FREEDOM. Now, not everybody agrees with his method of violence, and you don't have to agree with it… click here to read more. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/erin-lashley/message