Hebrews 12:1-12 1. The Need for the Challenge Christ followers who were losing their passion for living for Jesus Spiritual tourists aimlessly sauntering through life Thinking only of what makes them comfortable and happy –now “We are halfhearted creatures, fooling about with drink and sex and ambition when infinite joy is offered us, like an […]
Luke 24:1-11 Introduction: Good Friday –the world looks dark and hopeless Still today – we ask, “What is this world coming to?” But it is no longer a “Good Friday World” Jesus is Risen! Three mistakes the women in the Easter story made: 1. They came to the tomb effectively denying the possibility of a […]
Ephesians 4:25-32 (NIV) 25 Therefore each of you must put off falsehood and speak truthfully to your neighbor, for we are all members of one body. 26 “In your anger do not sin Do not let the sun go down while you are still angry, 27 and do not give the devil a foothold. 28 Anyone who has been stealing must […]
Matthew 4:14-21 (NIV) 14 to fulfill what was said through the prophet Isaiah: 15 “Land of Zebulun and land of Naphtali, the Way of the Sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles— 16 the people living in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of the shadow of death a light has […]
The Death of Lazarus 11 Now a man named Lazarus was sick. He was from Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha. 2 (This Mary, whose brother Lazarus now lay sick, was the same one who poured perfume on the Lord and wiped his feet with her hair.) 3 So the sisters sent word to Jesus, […]
Genesis 32:22-32 (NIV) Jacob Wrestles With God 22 That night Jacob got up and took his two wives, his two female servants and his eleven sons and crossed the ford of the Jabbok. 23 After he had sent them across the stream, he sent over all his possessions. 24 So Jacob was left alone, and a manwrestled with him […]