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Sunday Recap (What happens when Jesus prays for you?)

Sunday Recap (What happens when Jesus prays for you?)

John 17:9-12 is both a comforting and challenging portion of scripture.  We hear Jesus praying some sweet prayers for us, but believing the things that Jesus prays is the challenge. Be honest with yourself.  There are times that you feel alone and unprotected and perhaps even completely ineffective as a believer.  But Jesus says different.  This is His prayer. John 17: 9 I am praying for them. I am not praying for the world but for those whom you have…

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Sunday Recap (How is God generous?)

Sunday Recap (How is God generous?)

As always, it was a sweet day of worship yesterday.  We prayed, we sang, we studied, and we rested under one central truth:  God is good and generous.  That may seem like an obvious truth, but I will tell you just like I told you yesterday:  Our faith in God’s goodness and generosity is tested in difficult times. Well, fortunately, we get to see Jesus detail for us God’s generosity.  In John 17, we read this… John 17:6 “I have…

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Sunday Recap (What is the eternal life that Jesus gives?)

Sunday Recap (What is the eternal life that Jesus gives?)

First of all, please know how great it was to see so many of you at worship.  We were blessed with joyful worship (I could hear you guys out there), and we were blessed with several guests at worship as well. More than anything, I think we were challenged well by John 17:1-5.  We are moving into what is called Jesus’ High Priestly Prayer.  This is where Jesus prays for the disciples, and He prays for us as well. In…

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Sunday Recap – (Why is waiting a good thing?)

Sunday Recap – (Why is waiting a good thing?)

This week’s sermon tackled one of the most difficult topics in our lives:  waiting.  Simply, God commands waiting and promises blessings when we obey.  Yet, we want what we want when we want it, and that wanting makes waiting nearly impossible.  Towards that end, we asked this Big Picture Question: Big Picture Question:  Why is waiting a good thing?  And we attempted to answer that question in this way.  Waiting is a good thing because when we wait… We understand…

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Sunday Recap – (How do we bear the weight that burdens us?)

Sunday Recap – (How do we bear the weight that burdens us?)

Wow, Labor Day Sunday, the pastor with no voice, and the sermon that nearly ate all of us. If you weren’t with us, you were greatly missed.  Thankfully, we had lots of EG family returning from vacation and several first time visitors.  By God’s grace, I hoarse-croaked through the songs and sermon (still no idea why I lost my voice). Why did the sermon nearly eat all of us?  Well, I first began the sermon two weeks ago, and I…

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Sunday Recap – (How does Jesus help you?)

Sunday Recap – (How does Jesus help you?)

As for the sermon, we looked at the end of John 15 and the beginning of chapter 16 where Jesus was prepping the disciples for his departure. We began with looking at Psalm 121 asking the question, “Psalm 121:1 I lift up my eyes to the hills. From where does my help come?”  This was the cry of a man who lost his home, his job, his church, and he could no longer care for his family.  Yet, in the…

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