Matthew 13:1-23 ~ Spiritual Stuff: Are You Drawn In or Indifferent

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Text: Matthew 13:1-23

Title: Spiritual Stuff: Are You Drawn In or Indifferent

Preacher: Rev. Rick VanderWall

As the New Year begins, we usually have thoughts about how to make this year better than the last. This usually means starting something like a diet or exercise program. And like most good ideas, it isn’t long and somehow they just fade away and we fall back into the routine we like and are use to. But what about our walk with God and the spiritual things that come with that? Is it time to take a good look at where we are at in this journey? We are starting this year with a sermon series titled “I Need a Breakthrough.” And the subject we are starting with is about all that Spiritual Stuff. On this first day of a new year, let’s look at scripture to find out what we need to do to guide us in this endeavor. Are you drawn in or indifferent?

Matthew 1:18-25 ~ Like a Child: God is with U

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Text: Matthew 1:18-25

Title: Like a Child: God is with Us

Preacher: Rev. Greg Brower

Whether we’re nostalgic or over scheduled, this Christmas season can find us longing for a simpler time…when the world seemed full of wonder, when joy was wholehearted and love was unrestrained. On Christmas Sunday, we remember what happened when God came to us, not simply like a child, but as a child. What might it mean for us this year that 2,000 years ago, God came to be with us in the person of a helpless baby called Jesus, Emmanuel?

Mark 9:14-27 ~ Like a Child: Our God is Able

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Text: Mark 9:14-27

Title: Like a Child: Our God is Able

Preacher: Rev. Greg Brower

Luke 7:36-50 ~ Like a Child: God Forgives Us

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Text: Luke 7:36-50

Title: Like a Child: God Forgives Us

Preacher: Rev. Greg Brower

Whether we’re nostalgic or over scheduled, this Christmas season can find us longing for a simpler time…when the world seemed full of wonder, when joy was wholehearted and love was unrestrained. During this second week of Advent, we follow Jesus as goes to a party and meets a woman of ill repute. He offers grace and forgiveness and his religious host struggles with the truth that God forgives us, even those other people. Let’s re-discover what it means to live and believe Like a Child.

Luke 19:1-10 ~ Like a Child: God is for Us

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Text: Luke 19:1-10

Title: Like a Child: God is for Us

Preacher: Rev. Greg Brower

Whether we’re nostalgic or overscheduled, this season can find us longing for a simpler time…when the world seemed full of wonder, when joy was wholehearted and love was unrestrained. During this first week of Advent, we follow Jesus as he meets Zacchaeus and he discovers God isn not against us, but for us. Let’s re-discover what it means to live and believe Like a Child.

Ephesians 6:10-24 ~ Ready for Battle

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Text: Ephesians 6:10-24

Title: Ready for Battle

Preacher: Rev. Greg Brower

As we conclude our study of the book of Ephesians, Paul issues a rousing pep talk to his churches. They are in a great battle, not against flesh and blood, but against spiritual powers arrayed against them, so they have to get geared up in God’s armor, and get on their knees in prayer so the gospel can be preached, the good news heard, and lives transformed. Two thousand years have past, but we find ourselves in the same situation, facing the same spiritual battles, with the same victorious God on our side. It’s time to get fired up and ready to go!

Ephesians 5:21-6:9 ~ Submit to Each Other

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Text: Ephesians 5:21-6:9

Title: Submit to Each Other

Preacher: Rev. Greg Brower

As we seek to follow Jesus in all areas of our, Paul urges us to submit to one another out of reverence for Jesus. Then he offers some examples of what that can look like in our marriages, homes, and even in his time between slaves and masters. Today, we consider how we can model God’s kingdom as we serve one another in love.

Ephesians 4:17-5:20 ~ Get Your Head in the Game

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Text: Ephesians 4:17–5:20

Title: Get Your Head in the Game

Preacher: Rev. Greg Brower

Ephesians 4:1-16 ~ So, Now What?

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Text: Ephesians 4:1-16

Title: So, Now What?

Preacher: Mrs. Chelsea Reynhout

After hearing the good new of Jesus, there is a point that we all stop and ask, “Ok, so now what?” That’s where chapter 4 of Ephesians brings us: “Now what?” This week we will explore our calling to peace and what it might mean as a community.

Ephesians 3:1-21 ~ What’s Love Got to Do With It?

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Text: Ephesians 3:1-21

Title: What’s Love Got to Do With It?

Preacher: Rev. Greg Brower

After a brief digression, Paul offers the Ephesians his prayer for them. He prays for them to be transformed by Christ and to finally comprehend the love of our God. Have you taken time to consider the width, length, height, and depth of our God’s love. Today we consider this vast love and how understanding it can change out lives and our world.