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Signs of Glory: Water Into Wine

In the book of John there are seven miracles of Jesus that John calls “signs”. These are miracles that point to Jesus’ identity as the Messiah and reveal His glory as the Son of God. We are going to spend the next seven weeks going through these “signs” one by one to see Jesus more...

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The Struggle And Intercession

I don’t enjoy holiday sermons, in fact I generally avoid them. For the last two weeks I could not get Hannah off my mind or out of my heart. I resisted the notion of preaching on Hannah on Mother’s Day because, well, as I already said I just don’t like holiday themed sermons. The more I prepared...

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A Vision of Redemption: Pleading Through Us

This week we finished our four week series called “A Vision of Redemption”. During the course of the month we have attempted to enlarge our vision of redemption so that we would move beyond being only consumers of redemption into being partners with God for the redemption of the community around us. The series culminates...

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A Vision of Redemption: Straight Paths

Matthew 3 quotes Isaiah 40 when it reveals that John the Baptist was the one that was called to be the “forerunner” of Jesus to call ahead telling the earth to “prepare the way of the LORD; make His paths straight.” Last week we saw John as the “friend of the bridegroom”, the one who stands and hears...

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A Vision of Redemption: Friends of the Bridegroom

John the Baptist was chosen by God to be the one that would “prepare the way” for the Messiah. John was announced before conception; his purpose to “go before the face of the Lord” was declared when he was eight days old and his life was lived in preparation for and belief in that calling. In...

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A Vision of Redemption: Remove the Obstacles

Over the next few weeks we are going to be going through a series called “A Vision of Redemption”. This series is going to be a bit of a reminder of our vision as a church and the opportunities and callings that God has given us through intercession. Isaiah 57:14-15 “Remove the obstacles out of...

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Ambassadors of the Running Redeemer

Luke details the events of Christ’s resurrection in the 24th chapter of his letter. According to Luke, the women that had followed Jesus rose early the morning after the Sabbath and went to Jesus’ grave to prepare His body for burial. The approached His tomb as mourners, but after an encounter with angels, and seeing the evidence of the...

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Tempted For Our Worship

In Matthew 4, the third and final temptation that Satan attacked Jesus with was an all out effort to destroy Him. Satan took Jesus to a high mountain and showed Him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory and then said: “All these things I will give You if You will fall down...

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Tempted to Prove Our Protection

Satan’s second temptation of Jesus in the wilderness was not far off from the first. Satan had tempted Jesus to provide for Himself, to turn stones to bread because He was hungry. Jesus refused this temptation making it very clear that the desires of His flesh were not greater than His desires for the will and...

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Tempted for our Gratitude and Intimacy

In I Thessalonians 5, the Apostle Paul wrote that we are to “Give thanks in all circumstances”. He goes on to write that this is the will of God for us in Christ Jesus. It is amazing how clear the Scriptures are about the importance of gratitude and yet how prone we are to murmuring and complaining. When...