{"id":7475,"date":"2018-01-08T12:59:45","date_gmt":"2018-01-08T18:59:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lcmnumc.org\/prod\/?page_id=7475"},"modified":"2022-01-12T22:00:48","modified_gmt":"2022-01-13T04:00:48","slug":"2018-sermon-messages","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.lcmnumc.org\/prod\/resources\/2018-sermon-messages\/","title":{"rendered":"2018-Sermon Messages"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pl-7475\"  class=\"panel-layout\" ><div id=\"pg-7475-0\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-has-style\" ><div class=\"so-parallax siteorigin-panels-stretch panel-row-style-full-width panel-row-style panel-row-style-for-7475-0\" data-stretch-type=\"full-stretched\" ><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"406\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lcmnumc.org\/prod\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Crosses-on-Calvary-blu-sillouettes.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" data-siteorigin-parallax=\"true\" loading=\"eager\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lcmnumc.org\/prod\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Crosses-on-Calvary-blu-sillouettes.png 600w, https:\/\/www.lcmnumc.org\/prod\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Crosses-on-Calvary-blu-sillouettes-300x203.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><div id=\"pgc-7475-0-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-7475-0-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-headline panel-first-child\" data-index=\"0\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-headline so-widget-sow-headline-default-b7cd360fb761-7475\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t><div class=\"sow-headline-container \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"sow-headline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tSermon Messages Listed by Theme for 2018\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"decoration\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"decoration-inside\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"sow-sub-headline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tClick an image for videos and sermon notes for that series.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-7475-0-0-1\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-last-child\" data-index=\"1\" ><div class=\"panel-widget-style panel-widget-style-for-7475-0-0-1\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<h1><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong>This gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in the whole world as a testimony to all the nations, and then the end will come. Mat. 24:14<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong>\u201cWhoever will call on the name of the Lord will be saved.\u201d How then will they call on Him in whom they have not believed? How will they believe in Him whom they have not heard? And how will they hear without a preacher? How will they preach unless they are sent? Rom. 10:13-15<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-7475-1\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-has-style\" ><div class=\"siteorigin-panels-stretch panel-row-style-full-width panel-row-style panel-row-style-for-7475-1\" data-stretch-type=\"full-stretched\" ><div id=\"pgc-7475-1-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-7475-1-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-headline panel-first-child\" data-index=\"2\" ><div class=\"panel-widget-style panel-widget-style-for-7475-1-0-0\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-headline so-widget-sow-headline-default-771b70f7f01f-7475\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t><div class=\"sow-headline-container \">\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-7475-1-0-1\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-accordion panel-last-child\" data-index=\"3\" ><div class=\"panel-widget-style panel-widget-style-for-7475-1-0-1\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-accordion so-widget-sow-accordion-default-6cdc55ecd2af-7475\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t><h3 class=\"widget-title\">Message Series: Permission Granted<\/h3><div>\n\t<div class=\"sow-accordion\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel\"\n\t\t\t data-anchor-id=\"01072018-to-start-over\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-header-container\" role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-header\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" id=\"accordion-label-01072018-to-start-over\" aria-controls=\"accordion-content-01072018-to-start-over\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-title sow-accordion-title-icon-left\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t01\/07\/2018  -  To Start Over\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-open-close-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-open-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sow-icon-ionicons\" data-sow-icon=\"&#xf218;\"\n\t\t \n\t\taria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-close-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sow-icon-ionicons\" data-sow-icon=\"&#xf209;\"\n\t\t \n\t\taria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"sow-accordion-panel-content\"\n\t\t\t\trole=\"region\"\n\t\t\t\taria-labelledby=\"accordion-label-01072018-to-start-over\"\n\t\t\t\tid=\"accordion-content-01072018-to-start-over\"\n\t\t\t\tstyle=\"display: none;\"\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-border\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a id=\"6a0a9f7f647fb\" rel=\"wp-video-lightbox\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=a-pP8g4TxSg&#038;rel=0&#038;width=640&#038;height=360\" title=\"\">Click Here to watch video<\/a>    <script>\r\n    \/* <![CDATA[ *\/\r\n    jQuery(document).ready(function($){\r\n        $(function(){\r\n            var width = $(window).innerWidth();\r\n            var setwidth = parseFloat(640);\r\n            var ratio = parseFloat(0.5625);\r\n            var height = parseFloat(360);\r\n            var link = 'https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=a-pP8g4TxSg&amp;rel=0&amp;width=640&amp;height=360';\r\n            if(width < setwidth)\r\n            {\r\n                height = Math.floor(width * 0.5625);\r\n                \/\/console.log(\"device width \"+width+\", set width \"+640+\", ratio \"+0.5625+\", new height \"+ height);\r\n                var new_url = wpvl_paramReplace('width', link, width);\r\n                var new_url = wpvl_paramReplace('height', new_url, height);\r\n                $(\"a#6a0a9f7f647fb\").attr('href', new_url);\r\n                \/\/console.log(new_url);\r\n            }\r\n        });\r\n    });\r\n    \/* ]]> *\/\r\n    <\/script><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><div class=\"bg-margin-for-link\"><input type='hidden' bg_collapse_expand='6a0a9f7f6484f2022849594' value='6a0a9f7f6484f2022849594'><input type='hidden' id='bg-show-more-text-6a0a9f7f6484f2022849594' value='Show Notes &amp; Scripture References'><input type='hidden' id='bg-show-less-text-6a0a9f7f6484f2022849594' value='Close'><a id='bg-showmore-action-6a0a9f7f6484f2022849594' class='bg-showmore-plg-link  '  style=\" color:#4219e6;;\" href='#'>Show Notes &amp; Scripture References<\/a><div id='bg-showmore-hidden-6a0a9f7f6484f2022849594' ><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Sermon Notes:<\/h3>\n<p><strong><u>Hitting the Reset Button <\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Many of us have shame in our <strong><u>past<\/u><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The Lord has offered us <strong><u>redemption<\/u><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Many still live with gilt, not a new <strong><u>life<\/u><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h3>Scripture References:<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cBut Stephen, full of the Holy Spirit, looked up to heaven and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God\u2026 They all rushed at him, dragged him out of the city and began to stone him. Meanwhile, the witnesses laid their clothes at the feet of a young man named Saul.\u201d\u00a0 ~Acts 7:55-58<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNow as he was going along and approaching Damascus, suddenly a light from heaven flashed around him. He fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to him, \u2018Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me?\u2019\u201d\u00a0 ~Acts 9:3-4<\/p>\n<p>\u201cImmediately, something like scales fell from Saul\u2019s eyes, and he could see again. He got up and was baptized, and after taking some food, he regained his strength.\u201d ~Acts 9:18-19<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYet Saul grew more and more powerful and baffled the Jews living in Damascus by proving that Jesus is the Messiah.\u201d ~Acts 9:22<\/p>\n<p><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel\"\n\t\t\t data-anchor-id=\"01142018-to-doubt\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-header-container\" role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-header\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" id=\"accordion-label-01142018-to-doubt\" aria-controls=\"accordion-content-01142018-to-doubt\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-title sow-accordion-title-icon-left\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t01\/14\/2018   -   To Doubt\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-open-close-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-open-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sow-icon-ionicons\" data-sow-icon=\"&#xf218;\"\n\t\t \n\t\taria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-close-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sow-icon-ionicons\" data-sow-icon=\"&#xf209;\"\n\t\t \n\t\taria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"sow-accordion-panel-content\"\n\t\t\t\trole=\"region\"\n\t\t\t\taria-labelledby=\"accordion-label-01142018-to-doubt\"\n\t\t\t\tid=\"accordion-content-01142018-to-doubt\"\n\t\t\t\tstyle=\"display: none;\"\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-border\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a id=\"6a0a9f7f649aa\" rel=\"wp-video-lightbox\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=mUQ12RM4PQI&#038;rel=0&#038;width=640&#038;height=360\" title=\"\">Click Here to watch video<\/a>    <script>\r\n    \/* <![CDATA[ *\/\r\n    jQuery(document).ready(function($){\r\n        $(function(){\r\n            var width = $(window).innerWidth();\r\n            var setwidth = parseFloat(640);\r\n            var ratio = parseFloat(0.5625);\r\n            var height = parseFloat(360);\r\n            var link = 'https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=mUQ12RM4PQI&amp;rel=0&amp;width=640&amp;height=360';\r\n            if(width < setwidth)\r\n            {\r\n                height = Math.floor(width * 0.5625);\r\n                \/\/console.log(\"device width \"+width+\", set width \"+640+\", ratio \"+0.5625+\", new height \"+ height);\r\n                var new_url = wpvl_paramReplace('width', link, width);\r\n                var new_url = wpvl_paramReplace('height', new_url, height);\r\n                $(\"a#6a0a9f7f649aa\").attr('href', new_url);\r\n                \/\/console.log(new_url);\r\n            }\r\n        });\r\n    });\r\n    \/* ]]> *\/\r\n    <\/script><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><div class=\"bg-margin-for-link\"><input type='hidden' bg_collapse_expand='6a0a9f7f649c85019799218' value='6a0a9f7f649c85019799218'><input type='hidden' id='bg-show-more-text-6a0a9f7f649c85019799218' value='Show Notes &amp; Scripture References'><input type='hidden' id='bg-show-less-text-6a0a9f7f649c85019799218' value='Close'><a id='bg-showmore-action-6a0a9f7f649c85019799218' class='bg-showmore-plg-link  '  style=\" color:#4219e6;;\" href='#'>Show Notes &amp; Scripture References<\/a><div id='bg-showmore-hidden-6a0a9f7f649c85019799218' ><\/p>\n<h3>Sermon Notes:<\/h3>\n<p><strong><u>We all have Our Doubts<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It can be healthy to <strong><u>question<\/u><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Be careful who gives the <strong><u>answers<\/u><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Belief is not about proof, but <strong><u>faith<\/u><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h3>Scripture References:<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cWhen John, who was in prison, heard about the deeds of the Messiah, he sent his disciples to ask him, \u2018Are you the one who is to come, or should we expect someone else?\u2019 Jesus replied, \u2018Go back and report to John what you hear and see.\u2019\u201d\u00a0 ~Matthew 11:2-4<\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u2018Lord, if it\u2019s you,\u2019 Peter replied, \u2018tell me to come to you on the water.\u2019\u2018Come,\u2019 he said.\u00a0 Then Peter got down out of the boat, walked on the water and came toward Jesus. But when he saw the wind, he was afraid and, beginning to sink, cried out, \u2018Lord, save me!\u2019Immediately Jesus reached out his hand and caught him. \u2018You of little faith,\u2019 he said, \u2018why did you doubt?\u2019\u201d ~Matthew 14:28-31<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThen he said to Thomas, \u2018Put your finger here; see my hands. Reach out your hand and put it into my side. Stop doubting and believe.\u2019Thomas said to him, \u2018My Lord and my God!\u2019 Then Jesus told him, \u201cBecause you have seen me, you have believed; blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.\u201d ~John 20:27-29<\/p>\n<p><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel\"\n\t\t\t data-anchor-id=\"01212018-to-work-through-uncertainty\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-header-container\" role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-header\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" id=\"accordion-label-01212018-to-work-through-uncertainty\" aria-controls=\"accordion-content-01212018-to-work-through-uncertainty\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-title sow-accordion-title-icon-left\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t01\/21\/2018      To Work Through Uncertainty\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-open-close-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-open-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sow-icon-ionicons\" data-sow-icon=\"&#xf218;\"\n\t\t \n\t\taria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-close-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sow-icon-ionicons\" data-sow-icon=\"&#xf209;\"\n\t\t \n\t\taria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"sow-accordion-panel-content\"\n\t\t\t\trole=\"region\"\n\t\t\t\taria-labelledby=\"accordion-label-01212018-to-work-through-uncertainty\"\n\t\t\t\tid=\"accordion-content-01212018-to-work-through-uncertainty\"\n\t\t\t\tstyle=\"display: none;\"\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-border\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a id=\"6a0a9f7f64aad\" rel=\"wp-video-lightbox\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=z0WQJ4JfCMw&#038;rel=0&#038;width=640&#038;height=360\" title=\"\">Click Here to watch video<\/a>    <script>\r\n    \/* <![CDATA[ *\/\r\n    jQuery(document).ready(function($){\r\n        $(function(){\r\n            var width = $(window).innerWidth();\r\n            var setwidth = parseFloat(640);\r\n            var ratio = parseFloat(0.5625);\r\n            var height = parseFloat(360);\r\n            var link = 'https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=z0WQJ4JfCMw&amp;rel=0&amp;width=640&amp;height=360';\r\n            if(width < setwidth)\r\n            {\r\n                height = Math.floor(width * 0.5625);\r\n                \/\/console.log(\"device width \"+width+\", set width \"+640+\", ratio \"+0.5625+\", new height \"+ height);\r\n                var new_url = wpvl_paramReplace('width', link, width);\r\n                var new_url = wpvl_paramReplace('height', new_url, height);\r\n                $(\"a#6a0a9f7f64aad\").attr('href', new_url);\r\n                \/\/console.log(new_url);\r\n            }\r\n        });\r\n    });\r\n    \/* ]]> *\/\r\n    <\/script><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><div class=\"bg-margin-for-link\"><input type='hidden' bg_collapse_expand='6a0a9f7f64ac92034816361' value='6a0a9f7f64ac92034816361'><input type='hidden' id='bg-show-more-text-6a0a9f7f64ac92034816361' value='Show Notes &amp; Scripture References'><input type='hidden' id='bg-show-less-text-6a0a9f7f64ac92034816361' value='Close'><a id='bg-showmore-action-6a0a9f7f64ac92034816361' class='bg-showmore-plg-link  '  style=\" color:#4219e6;;\" href='#'>Show Notes &amp; Scripture References<\/a><div id='bg-showmore-hidden-6a0a9f7f64ac92034816361' ><\/p>\n<h3>Sermon Notes:<\/h3>\n<p><strong><u>Religion vs Relationship<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Works gives you a feeling of <strong><u>certainty<\/u><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Grace is about what Jesus did for <strong><u>you<\/u><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Real certainty comes from God\u2019s <strong><u>love<\/u><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h3>Scripture References:<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cJesus replied, \u2018Very truly I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God unless they are born again.\u2019 \u2018How can someone be born when they are old?\u2019 Nicodemus asked. \u2018Surely they cannot enter a second time into their mother\u2019s womb to be born!\u2019 Jesus answered, \u2018Very truly I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless they are born of water and the Spirit. Flesh gives birth to flesh, but the Spirit gives birth to spirit.\u2019\u201d ~John3:1-6<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.\u201d \u00a0~John 3:16<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLater, Joseph of Arimathea asked Pilate for the body of Jesus. Now Joseph was a disciple of Jesus, but secretly because he feared the Jewish leaders. With Pilate\u2019s permission, he came and took the body away.\u00a0 He was accompanied by Nicodemus, the man who earlier had visited Jesus at night. 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In all my prayers for all of you, I always pray with joy because of your partnership in the gospel from the first day until now, being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.\u201d ~Philippians 1:3-6<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut when he, the Spirit of truth, comes, he will guide you into all the truth. He will not speak on his own; he will speak only what he hears, and he will tell you what is yet to come.\u201d ~John 16:13<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo the Jews who had believed him, Jesus said, \u2018If you hold to my teaching, you are really my disciples. Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.\u2019\u201d ~John 8:31-32<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor all who are led by the Spirit of God are children of God. For you did not receive a spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you have received a spirit of adoption. 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Has no one condemned you?\u2019 \u2018No one, sir,\u2019 she said. \u2018Then neither do I condemn you,\u2019 Jesus declared. \u2018Go now and leave your life of sin.\u2019\u201d ~John 8:10-11<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll the people saw this and began to mutter, \u2018He has gone to be the guest of a sinner.\u2019 But Zacchaeus stood up and said to the Lord, \u2018Look, Lord! Here and now I give half of my possessions to the poor, and if I have cheated anybody out of anything, I will pay back four times the amount.\u2019 Jesus said to him, \u2018Today salvation has come to this house, because this man, too, is a son of Abraham. For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.\u201d ~Luke 18:7-10<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother\u2019s eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye? How can you say to your brother, \u2018Let me take the speck out of your eye,\u2019 when all the time there is a plank in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the plank out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother\u2019s eye.\u201d ~Matthew 7:3-5<\/p>\n<p><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel\"\n\t\t\t data-anchor-id=\"02112018-to-be-great\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-header-container\" role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-header\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" id=\"accordion-label-02112018-to-be-great\" aria-controls=\"accordion-content-02112018-to-be-great\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-title sow-accordion-title-icon-left\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t02\/11\/2018   -   To Be Great\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-open-close-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-open-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sow-icon-ionicons\" data-sow-icon=\"&#xf218;\"\n\t\t \n\t\taria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-close-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sow-icon-ionicons\" data-sow-icon=\"&#xf209;\"\n\t\t \n\t\taria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"sow-accordion-panel-content\"\n\t\t\t\trole=\"region\"\n\t\t\t\taria-labelledby=\"accordion-label-02112018-to-be-great\"\n\t\t\t\tid=\"accordion-content-02112018-to-be-great\"\n\t\t\t\tstyle=\"display: none;\"\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-border\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a id=\"6a0a9f7f64dc0\" rel=\"wp-video-lightbox\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Q-j7QH_e73Y&#038;rel=0&#038;width=640&#038;height=360\" title=\"\">Click Here to watch video<\/a>    <script>\r\n    \/* <![CDATA[ *\/\r\n    jQuery(document).ready(function($){\r\n        $(function(){\r\n            var width = $(window).innerWidth();\r\n            var setwidth = parseFloat(640);\r\n            var ratio = parseFloat(0.5625);\r\n            var height = parseFloat(360);\r\n            var link = 'https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Q-j7QH_e73Y&amp;rel=0&amp;width=640&amp;height=360';\r\n            if(width < setwidth)\r\n            {\r\n                height = Math.floor(width * 0.5625);\r\n                \/\/console.log(\"device width \"+width+\", set width \"+640+\", ratio \"+0.5625+\", new height \"+ height);\r\n                var new_url = wpvl_paramReplace('width', link, width);\r\n                var new_url = wpvl_paramReplace('height', new_url, height);\r\n                $(\"a#6a0a9f7f64dc0\").attr('href', new_url);\r\n                \/\/console.log(new_url);\r\n            }\r\n        });\r\n    });\r\n    \/* ]]> *\/\r\n    <\/script><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><div class=\"bg-margin-for-link\"><input type='hidden' bg_collapse_expand='6a0a9f7f64ddb8043098817' value='6a0a9f7f64ddb8043098817'><input type='hidden' id='bg-show-more-text-6a0a9f7f64ddb8043098817' value='Show Notes &amp; Scripture References'><input type='hidden' id='bg-show-less-text-6a0a9f7f64ddb8043098817' value='Close'><a id='bg-showmore-action-6a0a9f7f64ddb8043098817' class='bg-showmore-plg-link  '  style=\" color:#4219e6;;\" href='#'>Show Notes &amp; Scripture References<\/a><div id='bg-showmore-hidden-6a0a9f7f64ddb8043098817' ><\/p>\n<h3>Sermon Notes:<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>God\u2019s Standard of Greatness<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Human greatness will not <strong><u>last<\/u><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Greatness looks like a <strong><u>servant<\/u><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>True greatness is God\u2019s <strong><u>greatness<\/u><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h3>Scripture References<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cThen James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came to him. \u2018Teacher,\u2019 they said, \u2018we want you to do for us whatever we ask.\u2019 \u2018What do you want me to do for you?\u2019 he asked. They replied, \u2018Let one of us sit at your right and the other at your left in your glory.\u2019\u201d ~Mark 10:35-37<\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u2018You don\u2019t know what you are asking,\u2019 Jesus said. \u2018Can you drink the cup I drink or be baptized with the baptism I am baptized with?\u2019 \u2018We can,\u2019 they answered\u2026 When the ten heard about this, they became indignant with James and John\u201d ~ ~Mark 10:38-41<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJesus called them together and said, \u2018You know that those who are regarded as rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their high officials exercise authority over them. Not so with you. Instead, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant, and whoever wants to be first must be slave of all. For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.\u201d ~Mark 10:42-45<\/p>\n<p><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-7475-2\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-has-style\" ><div class=\"siteorigin-panels-stretch panel-row-style-full-width panel-row-style panel-row-style-for-7475-2\" data-stretch-type=\"full-stretched\" ><div id=\"pgc-7475-2-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-7475-2-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-headline panel-first-child\" data-index=\"4\" ><div class=\"panel-widget-style panel-widget-style-for-7475-2-0-0\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-headline so-widget-sow-headline-default-771b70f7f01f-7475\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t><div class=\"sow-headline-container \">\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-7475-2-0-1\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-accordion panel-last-child\" data-index=\"5\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-accordion so-widget-sow-accordion-default-0fb0afa7878d-7475\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t><h3 class=\"widget-title\">Message Series: Old Testament Heroes<\/h3><div>\n\t<div class=\"sow-accordion\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel\"\n\t\t\t data-anchor-id=\"02182018-joshua-trusting-servant\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-header-container\" role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-header\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" id=\"accordion-label-02182018-joshua-trusting-servant\" aria-controls=\"accordion-content-02182018-joshua-trusting-servant\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-title sow-accordion-title-icon-left\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t02\/18\/2018  -  Joshua: Trusting Servant\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-open-close-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-open-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sow-icon-ionicons\" data-sow-icon=\"&#xf218;\"\n\t\t \n\t\taria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-close-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sow-icon-ionicons\" data-sow-icon=\"&#xf209;\"\n\t\t \n\t\taria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"sow-accordion-panel-content\"\n\t\t\t\trole=\"region\"\n\t\t\t\taria-labelledby=\"accordion-label-02182018-joshua-trusting-servant\"\n\t\t\t\tid=\"accordion-content-02182018-joshua-trusting-servant\"\n\t\t\t\tstyle=\"display: none;\"\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-border\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a id=\"6a0a9f7f64eb6\" rel=\"wp-video-lightbox\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=nzGAU7NSbus&#038;rel=0&#038;width=640&#038;height=360\" title=\"\">Click Here to watch video<\/a>    <script>\r\n    \/* <![CDATA[ *\/\r\n    jQuery(document).ready(function($){\r\n        $(function(){\r\n            var width = $(window).innerWidth();\r\n            var setwidth = parseFloat(640);\r\n            var ratio = parseFloat(0.5625);\r\n            var height = parseFloat(360);\r\n            var link = 'https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=nzGAU7NSbus&amp;rel=0&amp;width=640&amp;height=360';\r\n            if(width < setwidth)\r\n            {\r\n                height = Math.floor(width * 0.5625);\r\n                \/\/console.log(\"device width \"+width+\", set width \"+640+\", ratio \"+0.5625+\", new height \"+ height);\r\n                var new_url = wpvl_paramReplace('width', link, width);\r\n                var new_url = wpvl_paramReplace('height', new_url, height);\r\n                $(\"a#6a0a9f7f64eb6\").attr('href', new_url);\r\n                \/\/console.log(new_url);\r\n            }\r\n        });\r\n    });\r\n    \/* ]]> *\/\r\n    <\/script><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><div class=\"bg-margin-for-link\"><input type='hidden' bg_collapse_expand='6a0a9f7f64ed11051238635' value='6a0a9f7f64ed11051238635'><input type='hidden' id='bg-show-more-text-6a0a9f7f64ed11051238635' value='Show Notes &amp; Scripture References'><input type='hidden' id='bg-show-less-text-6a0a9f7f64ed11051238635' value='Close'><a id='bg-showmore-action-6a0a9f7f64ed11051238635' class='bg-showmore-plg-link  '  style=\" color:#4219e6;;\" href='#'>Show Notes &amp; Scripture References<\/a><div id='bg-showmore-hidden-6a0a9f7f64ed11051238635' ><\/p>\n<h3>Sermon Notes:<\/h3>\n<p><strong><u>Joshua\u2019s Story<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Trusting God when others <strong><u>didn\u2019t<\/u><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Even when is didn\u2019t make <strong><u>sense<\/u><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>He asked the people to <strong><u>trust<\/u><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h3>Scripture References:<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cAnd said to the entire Israelite assembly, \u2018The land we passed through and explored is exceedingly good.\u00a0 If the LORD is pleased with us, he will lead us into that land, a land flowing with milk and honey, and will give it to us.\u00a0 Only do not rebel against the LORD. And do not be afraid of the people of the land, because we will swallow them up. Their protection is gone, but the LORD is with us. Do not be afraid of them.\u2019\u201d ~ Numbers 14:7-9<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen the trumpets sounded, the people shouted, and at the sound of the trumpet, when the people gave a loud shout, the wall collapsed; so every man charged straight in, and they took the city.\u201d ~Joshua 6:20<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNow fear the LORD and serve him with all faithfulness. Throw away the gods your forefathers worshiped beyond the River and in Egypt, and serve the LORD.\u00a0 But if serving the LORD seems undesirable to you, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your forefathers served beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you are living. But as for me and my household, we will serve the LORD.\u201d ~Joshua24:14-15<\/p>\n<p><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel\"\n\t\t\t data-anchor-id=\"02252018-samson-great-power-responsibility\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-header-container\" role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-header\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" id=\"accordion-label-02252018-samson-great-power-responsibility\" aria-controls=\"accordion-content-02252018-samson-great-power-responsibility\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-title sow-accordion-title-icon-left\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t02\/25\/2018   -  Samson: Great Power &amp; Responsibility\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-open-close-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-open-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sow-icon-ionicons\" data-sow-icon=\"&#xf218;\"\n\t\t \n\t\taria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-close-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sow-icon-ionicons\" data-sow-icon=\"&#xf209;\"\n\t\t \n\t\taria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"sow-accordion-panel-content\"\n\t\t\t\trole=\"region\"\n\t\t\t\taria-labelledby=\"accordion-label-02252018-samson-great-power-responsibility\"\n\t\t\t\tid=\"accordion-content-02252018-samson-great-power-responsibility\"\n\t\t\t\tstyle=\"display: none;\"\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-border\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a id=\"6a0a9f7f64fde\" rel=\"wp-video-lightbox\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=gTSGZJA37Tk&#038;rel=0&#038;width=640&#038;height=360\" title=\"\">Click Here to watch video<\/a>    <script>\r\n    \/* <![CDATA[ *\/\r\n    jQuery(document).ready(function($){\r\n        $(function(){\r\n            var width = $(window).innerWidth();\r\n            var setwidth = parseFloat(640);\r\n            var ratio = parseFloat(0.5625);\r\n            var height = parseFloat(360);\r\n            var link = 'https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=gTSGZJA37Tk&amp;rel=0&amp;width=640&amp;height=360';\r\n            if(width < setwidth)\r\n            {\r\n                height = Math.floor(width * 0.5625);\r\n                \/\/console.log(\"device width \"+width+\", set width \"+640+\", ratio \"+0.5625+\", new height \"+ height);\r\n                var new_url = wpvl_paramReplace('width', link, width);\r\n                var new_url = wpvl_paramReplace('height', new_url, height);\r\n                $(\"a#6a0a9f7f64fde\").attr('href', new_url);\r\n                \/\/console.log(new_url);\r\n            }\r\n        });\r\n    });\r\n    \/* ]]> *\/\r\n    <\/script><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><div class=\"bg-margin-for-link\"><input type='hidden' bg_collapse_expand='6a0a9f7f64ffa9086130894' value='6a0a9f7f64ffa9086130894'><input type='hidden' id='bg-show-more-text-6a0a9f7f64ffa9086130894' value='Show Notes &amp; Scripture References'><input type='hidden' id='bg-show-less-text-6a0a9f7f64ffa9086130894' value='Close'><a id='bg-showmore-action-6a0a9f7f64ffa9086130894' class='bg-showmore-plg-link  '  style=\" color:#4219e6;;\" href='#'>Show Notes &amp; Scripture References<\/a><div id='bg-showmore-hidden-6a0a9f7f64ffa9086130894' ><\/p>\n<h3>Sermon Notes:<\/h3>\n<p><strong><u>Samson\u2019s Story<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Samson was given great <strong><u>strength<\/u><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>He often used his power <strong><u>selfishly<\/u><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>How will you use your great <strong><u>power<\/u><\/strong>?<\/p>\n<h3>Scripture References:<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cYou will become pregnant and have a son whose head is never to be touched by a razor because the boy is to be a Nazirite, dedicated to God from the womb. He will take the lead in delivering Israel from the hands of the Philistines.\u201d ~Judges 13:5<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Spirit of the Lord came powerfully upon him so that he tore the lion apart with his bare hands as he might have torn a young goat. But he told neither his father nor his mother what he had done.\u201d ~ Judges 14:6<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThen the Spirit of the Lord came powerfully upon him. He went down to Ashkelon, struck down thirty of their men, stripped them of everything and gave their clothes to those who had explained the riddle. Burning with anger, he returned to his father\u2019s home. And Samson\u2019s wife was given to one of his companions who had attended him at the feast.\u201d ~Judges 14:19-20<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTherefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.\u201d\u00a0 -Matthew 28:19-20<\/p>\n<p><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel\"\n\t\t\t data-anchor-id=\"03042018-elijah-you-are-not-alone\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-header-container\" role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-header\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" id=\"accordion-label-03042018-elijah-you-are-not-alone\" aria-controls=\"accordion-content-03042018-elijah-you-are-not-alone\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-title sow-accordion-title-icon-left\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t03\/04\/2018  -   Elijah: You are Not Alone\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-open-close-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-open-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sow-icon-ionicons\" data-sow-icon=\"&#xf218;\"\n\t\t \n\t\taria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-close-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sow-icon-ionicons\" data-sow-icon=\"&#xf209;\"\n\t\t \n\t\taria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"sow-accordion-panel-content\"\n\t\t\t\trole=\"region\"\n\t\t\t\taria-labelledby=\"accordion-label-03042018-elijah-you-are-not-alone\"\n\t\t\t\tid=\"accordion-content-03042018-elijah-you-are-not-alone\"\n\t\t\t\tstyle=\"display: none;\"\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-border\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a id=\"6a0a9f7f65117\" rel=\"wp-video-lightbox\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=AmBW-Sk8VS8&#038;rel=0&#038;width=640&#038;height=360\" title=\"\">Click Here to watch video<\/a>    <script>\r\n    \/* <![CDATA[ *\/\r\n    jQuery(document).ready(function($){\r\n        $(function(){\r\n            var width = $(window).innerWidth();\r\n            var setwidth = parseFloat(640);\r\n            var ratio = parseFloat(0.5625);\r\n            var height = parseFloat(360);\r\n            var link = 'https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=AmBW-Sk8VS8&amp;rel=0&amp;width=640&amp;height=360';\r\n            if(width < setwidth)\r\n            {\r\n                height = Math.floor(width * 0.5625);\r\n                \/\/console.log(\"device width \"+width+\", set width \"+640+\", ratio \"+0.5625+\", new height \"+ height);\r\n                var new_url = wpvl_paramReplace('width', link, width);\r\n                var new_url = wpvl_paramReplace('height', new_url, height);\r\n                $(\"a#6a0a9f7f65117\").attr('href', new_url);\r\n                \/\/console.log(new_url);\r\n            }\r\n        });\r\n    });\r\n    \/* ]]> *\/\r\n    <\/script><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><div class=\"bg-margin-for-link\"><input type='hidden' bg_collapse_expand='6a0a9f7f651339046777680' value='6a0a9f7f651339046777680'><input type='hidden' id='bg-show-more-text-6a0a9f7f651339046777680' value='Show Notes &amp; Scripture References'><input type='hidden' id='bg-show-less-text-6a0a9f7f651339046777680' value='Close'><a id='bg-showmore-action-6a0a9f7f651339046777680' class='bg-showmore-plg-link  '  style=\" color:#4219e6;;\" href='#'>Show Notes &amp; Scripture References<\/a><div id='bg-showmore-hidden-6a0a9f7f651339046777680' ><\/p>\n<h3>Sermon Notes:<\/h3>\n<p><strong><u>Elijah\u2019s Story<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>He was a prophet who served <strong>faithfully<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Elijah felt abandoned and <strong>alone<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>We can all feel alone serving <strong>God<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h3>Scripture References:<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cThen the fire of the LORD fell and burned up the sacrifice, the wood, the stones and the soil, and also licked up the water in the trench.\u00a0 When all the people saw this, they fell prostrate and cried, \u2018The LORD-he is God! The LORD-he is God!\u2019\u201d ~1 Kings 18:38-39<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe replied, \u2018I have been very zealous for the Lord God Almighty. The Israelites have rejected your covenant, broken down your altars, and put your prophets to death with the sword. I am the only one left, and now they are trying to kill me too.\u2019\u201d\u00a0 ~1 Kings 19:10<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Lord said to him, \u2018Go back the way you came, and go to the Desert of Damascus. When you get there, anoint Hazael king over Aram. Also, anoint Jehu son of Nimshi king over Israel, and anoint Elisha son of Shaphat from Abel Meholah to succeed you as prophet\u2026\u00a0 Yet I reserve seven thousand in Israel-all whose knees have not bowed down to Baal and all whose mouths have not kissed him.\u2019\u201d ~1 Kings 19:15-16,18<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe LORD himself goes before you and will be with you; he will never leave you nor forsake you. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged.\u201d ~Deuteronomy 31:8<\/p>\n<p><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel\"\n\t\t\t data-anchor-id=\"03112018-esther-for-this-time\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-header-container\" role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-header\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" id=\"accordion-label-03112018-esther-for-this-time\" aria-controls=\"accordion-content-03112018-esther-for-this-time\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-title sow-accordion-title-icon-left\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t03\/11\/2018  -   Esther: For This Time\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-open-close-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-open-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sow-icon-ionicons\" data-sow-icon=\"&#xf218;\"\n\t\t \n\t\taria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-close-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sow-icon-ionicons\" data-sow-icon=\"&#xf209;\"\n\t\t \n\t\taria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"sow-accordion-panel-content\"\n\t\t\t\trole=\"region\"\n\t\t\t\taria-labelledby=\"accordion-label-03112018-esther-for-this-time\"\n\t\t\t\tid=\"accordion-content-03112018-esther-for-this-time\"\n\t\t\t\tstyle=\"display: none;\"\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-border\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a id=\"6a0a9f7f6524d\" rel=\"wp-video-lightbox\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=kFE-RIaneRY&#038;rel=0&#038;width=640&#038;height=360\" title=\"\">Click Here to watch video<\/a>    <script>\r\n    \/* <![CDATA[ *\/\r\n    jQuery(document).ready(function($){\r\n        $(function(){\r\n            var width = $(window).innerWidth();\r\n            var setwidth = parseFloat(640);\r\n            var ratio = parseFloat(0.5625);\r\n            var height = parseFloat(360);\r\n            var link = 'https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=kFE-RIaneRY&amp;rel=0&amp;width=640&amp;height=360';\r\n            if(width < setwidth)\r\n            {\r\n                height = Math.floor(width * 0.5625);\r\n                \/\/console.log(\"device width \"+width+\", set width \"+640+\", ratio \"+0.5625+\", new height \"+ height);\r\n                var new_url = wpvl_paramReplace('width', link, width);\r\n                var new_url = wpvl_paramReplace('height', new_url, height);\r\n                $(\"a#6a0a9f7f6524d\").attr('href', new_url);\r\n                \/\/console.log(new_url);\r\n            }\r\n        });\r\n    });\r\n    \/* ]]> *\/\r\n    <\/script><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><div class=\"bg-margin-for-link\"><input type='hidden' bg_collapse_expand='6a0a9f7f652698081269657' value='6a0a9f7f652698081269657'><input type='hidden' id='bg-show-more-text-6a0a9f7f652698081269657' value='Show Notes &amp; Scripture References'><input type='hidden' id='bg-show-less-text-6a0a9f7f652698081269657' value='Close'><a id='bg-showmore-action-6a0a9f7f652698081269657' class='bg-showmore-plg-link  '  style=\" color:#4219e6;;\" href='#'>Show Notes &amp; Scripture References<\/a><div id='bg-showmore-hidden-6a0a9f7f652698081269657' ><\/p>\n<h3>Sermon Notes:<\/h3>\n<p><strong><u>Esther\u2019s Story<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>God placed Esther at the right <strong><u>time<\/u><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Esther needed courage to be a <strong><u>hero<\/u><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>God has you at this time for a <strong><u>reason<\/u><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h3>Scripture References:<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cFor if you remain silent at this time, relief and deliverance for the Jews will arise from another place, but you and your father\u2019s family will perish. And who knows but that you have come to royal position for such a time as this?\u201d ~Esther 4:14<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGo, gather together all the Jews who are in Susa, and fast for me. Do not eat or drink for three days, night or day. I and my maids will fast as you do. When this is done, I will go to the king, even though it is against the law.\u00a0 And if I perish, I perish.\u201d ~Esther 4:16<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is written: \u2018I believed; therefore I have spoken.\u2019 With that same spirit of faith we also believe and therefore speak, because we know that the one who raised the Lord Jesus from the dead will also raise us with Jesus and present us with you in his presence.\u00a0 All this is for your benefit, so that the grace that is reaching more and more people may cause thanksgiving to overflow to the glory of God.\u201d ~2 Corinthians 4:13-18<\/p>\n<p><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel\"\n\t\t\t data-anchor-id=\"03182018-joseph-forgiven-dreamer\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-header-container\" role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-header\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" id=\"accordion-label-03182018-joseph-forgiven-dreamer\" aria-controls=\"accordion-content-03182018-joseph-forgiven-dreamer\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-title sow-accordion-title-icon-left\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t03\/18\/2018  -   Joseph: Forgiven Dreamer\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-open-close-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-open-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sow-icon-ionicons\" data-sow-icon=\"&#xf218;\"\n\t\t \n\t\taria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-close-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sow-icon-ionicons\" data-sow-icon=\"&#xf209;\"\n\t\t \n\t\taria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"sow-accordion-panel-content\"\n\t\t\t\trole=\"region\"\n\t\t\t\taria-labelledby=\"accordion-label-03182018-joseph-forgiven-dreamer\"\n\t\t\t\tid=\"accordion-content-03182018-joseph-forgiven-dreamer\"\n\t\t\t\tstyle=\"display: none;\"\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-border\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a id=\"6a0a9f7f65376\" rel=\"wp-video-lightbox\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=cOEGWzKrXAs&#038;rel=0&#038;width=640&#038;height=360\" title=\"\">Click Here to watch video<\/a>    <script>\r\n    \/* <![CDATA[ *\/\r\n    jQuery(document).ready(function($){\r\n        $(function(){\r\n            var width = $(window).innerWidth();\r\n            var setwidth = parseFloat(640);\r\n            var ratio = parseFloat(0.5625);\r\n            var height = parseFloat(360);\r\n            var link = 'https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=cOEGWzKrXAs&amp;rel=0&amp;width=640&amp;height=360';\r\n            if(width < setwidth)\r\n            {\r\n                height = Math.floor(width * 0.5625);\r\n                \/\/console.log(\"device width \"+width+\", set width \"+640+\", ratio \"+0.5625+\", new height \"+ height);\r\n                var new_url = wpvl_paramReplace('width', link, width);\r\n                var new_url = wpvl_paramReplace('height', new_url, height);\r\n                $(\"a#6a0a9f7f65376\").attr('href', new_url);\r\n                \/\/console.log(new_url);\r\n            }\r\n        });\r\n    });\r\n    \/* ]]> *\/\r\n    <\/script><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><div class=\"bg-margin-for-link\"><input type='hidden' bg_collapse_expand='6a0a9f7f653929027393284' value='6a0a9f7f653929027393284'><input type='hidden' id='bg-show-more-text-6a0a9f7f653929027393284' value='Show Notes &amp; Scripture References'><input type='hidden' id='bg-show-less-text-6a0a9f7f653929027393284' value='Close'><a id='bg-showmore-action-6a0a9f7f653929027393284' class='bg-showmore-plg-link  '  style=\" color:#4219e6;;\" href='#'>Show Notes &amp; Scripture References<\/a><div id='bg-showmore-hidden-6a0a9f7f653929027393284' ><\/p>\n<h3>Sermon Notes:<\/h3>\n<p><strong><u>Joseph\u2019s Story<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Joseph was given good <strong><u>gifts<\/u><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Joseph\u2019s life did not seen <strong><u>fair<\/u><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Joseph learned grace and <strong><u>forgiveness<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Scripture References:<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cNow Israel (Jacob) loved Joseph more than any of his other sons, because he had been born to him in his old age; and he made a richly ornamented robe for him.\u201d\u00a0 ~Genesis 37:3-4<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe caught him by his cloak and said, \u2018Come to bed with me!\u2019 But he left his cloak in her hand and ran out of the house. When she saw that he had left his cloak in her hand and had run out of the house, she called her household servants. \u2018Look,\u2019 she said to them, \u2018this Hebrew has been brought to us to make sport of us! He came in here to sleep with me, but I screamed.\u2019\u201d ~Genesis 39:12-14<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut Joseph said to them, \u2018Don\u2019t be afraid. Am I in the place of God? You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good to accomplish what is now being done, the saving of many lives.\u00a0 So then, don&apos;t be afraid. I will provide for you and your children.\u2019 And he reassured them and spoke kindly to them.\u201d\u00a0 ~Genesis 50:19-21<\/p>\n<p><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-7475-3\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-has-style\" ><div class=\"siteorigin-panels-stretch panel-row-style-full-width panel-row-style panel-row-style-for-7475-3\" data-stretch-type=\"full-stretched\" ><div id=\"pgc-7475-3-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-7475-3-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-headline panel-first-child\" data-index=\"6\" ><div class=\"panel-widget-style panel-widget-style-for-7475-3-0-0\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-headline so-widget-sow-headline-default-771b70f7f01f-7475\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t><div class=\"sow-headline-container \">\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-7475-3-0-1\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-accordion panel-last-child\" data-index=\"7\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-accordion so-widget-sow-accordion-default-0fb0afa7878d-7475\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t><h3 class=\"widget-title\">Sermon Series \"Holy Week\"<\/h3><div>\n\t<div class=\"sow-accordion\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel\"\n\t\t\t data-anchor-id=\"03252018-the-lamb-of-god\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-header-container\" role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-header\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" id=\"accordion-label-03252018-the-lamb-of-god\" aria-controls=\"accordion-content-03252018-the-lamb-of-god\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-title sow-accordion-title-icon-left\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t03\/25\/2018  -  The Lamb of God\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-open-close-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-open-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sow-icon-ionicons\" data-sow-icon=\"&#xf218;\"\n\t\t \n\t\taria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-close-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sow-icon-ionicons\" data-sow-icon=\"&#xf209;\"\n\t\t \n\t\taria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"sow-accordion-panel-content\"\n\t\t\t\trole=\"region\"\n\t\t\t\taria-labelledby=\"accordion-label-03252018-the-lamb-of-god\"\n\t\t\t\tid=\"accordion-content-03252018-the-lamb-of-god\"\n\t\t\t\tstyle=\"display: none;\"\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-border\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a id=\"6a0a9f7f654a0\" rel=\"wp-video-lightbox\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=1VGk_4ZarrY&#038;rel=0&#038;width=640&#038;height=360\" title=\"\">Click Here to watch video<\/a>    <script>\r\n    \/* <![CDATA[ *\/\r\n    jQuery(document).ready(function($){\r\n        $(function(){\r\n            var width = $(window).innerWidth();\r\n            var setwidth = parseFloat(640);\r\n            var ratio = parseFloat(0.5625);\r\n            var height = parseFloat(360);\r\n            var link = 'https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=1VGk_4ZarrY&amp;rel=0&amp;width=640&amp;height=360';\r\n            if(width < setwidth)\r\n            {\r\n                height = Math.floor(width * 0.5625);\r\n                \/\/console.log(\"device width \"+width+\", set width \"+640+\", ratio \"+0.5625+\", new height \"+ height);\r\n                var new_url = wpvl_paramReplace('width', link, width);\r\n                var new_url = wpvl_paramReplace('height', new_url, height);\r\n                $(\"a#6a0a9f7f654a0\").attr('href', new_url);\r\n                \/\/console.log(new_url);\r\n            }\r\n        });\r\n    });\r\n    \/* ]]> *\/\r\n    <\/script><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><div class=\"bg-margin-for-link\"><input type='hidden' bg_collapse_expand='6a0a9f7f654bc2032430840' value='6a0a9f7f654bc2032430840'><input type='hidden' id='bg-show-more-text-6a0a9f7f654bc2032430840' value='Show Notes &amp; Scripture References'><input type='hidden' id='bg-show-less-text-6a0a9f7f654bc2032430840' value='Close'><a id='bg-showmore-action-6a0a9f7f654bc2032430840' class='bg-showmore-plg-link  '  style=\" color:#4219e6;;\" href='#'>Show Notes &amp; Scripture References<\/a><div id='bg-showmore-hidden-6a0a9f7f654bc2032430840' ><\/p>\n<h3>Sermon Notes:<\/h3>\n<p><strong><u>Jesus came to be the Lamb<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The crowds of people cheered Jesus as <strong>king<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The crowd called out for Jesus to be <strong>crucified<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Even at the end, Jesus showed them <strong>grace<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h3>Scripture References:<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cWhen he came near the place where the road goes down the Mount of Olives, the whole crowd of disciples began joyfully to praise God in loud voices for all the miracles they had seen:\u00a0 \u2018Blessed is the king who comes in the name of the Lord!\u2019 \u2018Peace in heaven and glory in the highest!\u2019\u00a0 Some of the Pharisees in the crowd said to Jesus, \u2018Teacher, rebuke your disciples!\u2019\u00a0 \u2018I tell you,\u2019 he replied, \u2018if they keep quiet, the stones will cry out.\u2019\u201d ~Luke 19:37-40<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut the whole crowd shouted, \u2018Away with this man! Release Barabbas to us!\u2019 \u00a0(Barabbas had been thrown into prison for an insurrection in the city, and for murder.) \u00a0Wanting to release Jesus, Pilate appealed to them again. \u00a0But they kept shouting, \u2018Crucify him! Crucify him!\u2019\u201d ~Luke 23:18-21<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJesus said, \u2018Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing.\u2019 And they divided up his clothes by casting lots.\u00a0The people stood watching, and the rulers even sneered at him. They said, \u2018He saved others; let him save himself if he is God\u2019s Messiah, the Chosen One.\u2019\u201d ~Luke 23:34-35<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, \u2018Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!\u2019\u201d ~John 1:29<\/p>\n<p><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel\"\n\t\t\t data-anchor-id=\"0412018-new-life\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-header-container\" role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-header\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" id=\"accordion-label-0412018-new-life\" aria-controls=\"accordion-content-0412018-new-life\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-title sow-accordion-title-icon-left\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t04\/1\/2018      New Life\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-open-close-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-open-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sow-icon-ionicons\" data-sow-icon=\"&#xf218;\"\n\t\t \n\t\taria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-close-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sow-icon-ionicons\" data-sow-icon=\"&#xf209;\"\n\t\t \n\t\taria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"sow-accordion-panel-content\"\n\t\t\t\trole=\"region\"\n\t\t\t\taria-labelledby=\"accordion-label-0412018-new-life\"\n\t\t\t\tid=\"accordion-content-0412018-new-life\"\n\t\t\t\tstyle=\"display: none;\"\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-border\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a id=\"6a0a9f7f6558d\" rel=\"wp-video-lightbox\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=vB7fUgCr2rk&#038;rel=0&#038;width=640&#038;height=360\" title=\"\">Click Here to watch video<\/a>    <script>\r\n    \/* <![CDATA[ *\/\r\n    jQuery(document).ready(function($){\r\n        $(function(){\r\n            var width = $(window).innerWidth();\r\n            var setwidth = parseFloat(640);\r\n            var ratio = parseFloat(0.5625);\r\n            var height = parseFloat(360);\r\n            var link = 'https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=vB7fUgCr2rk&amp;rel=0&amp;width=640&amp;height=360';\r\n            if(width < setwidth)\r\n            {\r\n                height = Math.floor(width * 0.5625);\r\n                \/\/console.log(\"device width \"+width+\", set width \"+640+\", ratio \"+0.5625+\", new height \"+ height);\r\n                var new_url = wpvl_paramReplace('width', link, width);\r\n                var new_url = wpvl_paramReplace('height', new_url, height);\r\n                $(\"a#6a0a9f7f6558d\").attr('href', new_url);\r\n                \/\/console.log(new_url);\r\n            }\r\n        });\r\n    });\r\n    \/* ]]> *\/\r\n    <\/script><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><div class=\"bg-margin-for-link\"><input type='hidden' bg_collapse_expand='6a0a9f7f655a75085288679' value='6a0a9f7f655a75085288679'><input type='hidden' id='bg-show-more-text-6a0a9f7f655a75085288679' value='Show Notes &amp; Scripture References'><input type='hidden' id='bg-show-less-text-6a0a9f7f655a75085288679' value='Close'><a id='bg-showmore-action-6a0a9f7f655a75085288679' class='bg-showmore-plg-link  '  style=\" color:#4219e6;;\" href='#'>Show Notes &amp; Scripture References<\/a><div id='bg-showmore-hidden-6a0a9f7f655a75085288679' ><\/p>\n<h3>Sermon Notes:<\/h3>\n<p><strong><u>The Resurrection changed Everything<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The death of Jesus made this the <strong><u>worst day<\/u><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The resurrection of Jesus made it <strong><u>glorious<\/u><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Today, the resurrection still brings <strong><u>new life<\/u><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h3>Scripture References.<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cOn the first day of the week, very early in the morning, the women took the spices they had prepared and went to the tomb.\u00a0They found the stone rolled away from the tomb,\u00a0but when they entered, they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus.\u201d ~Luke 24:1-3<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile they were wondering about this, suddenly two men in clothes that gleamed like lightning stood beside them. \u00a0In their fright the women bowed down with their faces to the ground, but the men said to them, \u201cWhy do you look for the living among the dead? He is not here; he has risen!Remember how he told you, while he was still with you in Galilee: \u2018The Son of Man must be delivered over to the hands of sinners, be crucified and on the third day be raised again.\u2019\u00a0Then they remembered his words.\u201d ~Luke 24:4-6<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTherefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here! All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation:\u00a0that God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ, not counting people\u2019s sins against them. And he has committed to us the message of reconciliation.\u201d ~2 Corinthians 5:17-19<\/p>\n<p><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-7475-4\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-has-style\" ><div class=\"siteorigin-panels-stretch panel-row-style-full-width panel-row-style panel-row-style-for-7475-4\" data-stretch-type=\"full-stretched\" ><div id=\"pgc-7475-4-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-7475-4-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-headline panel-first-child\" data-index=\"8\" ><div class=\"panel-widget-style panel-widget-style-for-7475-4-0-0\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-headline so-widget-sow-headline-default-771b70f7f01f-7475\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t><div class=\"sow-headline-container \">\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-7475-4-0-1\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-accordion panel-last-child\" data-index=\"9\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-accordion so-widget-sow-accordion-default-0fb0afa7878d-7475\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t><h3 class=\"widget-title\">Sermon Series \"After God's Own Heart\"<\/h3><div>\n\t<div class=\"sow-accordion\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel\"\n\t\t\t data-anchor-id=\"04082018-god-looks-at-the-heart\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-header-container\" role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-header\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" id=\"accordion-label-04082018-god-looks-at-the-heart\" aria-controls=\"accordion-content-04082018-god-looks-at-the-heart\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-title sow-accordion-title-icon-left\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t04\/08\/2018     God Looks at the Heart\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-open-close-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-open-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sow-icon-ionicons\" data-sow-icon=\"&#xf218;\"\n\t\t \n\t\taria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-close-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sow-icon-ionicons\" data-sow-icon=\"&#xf209;\"\n\t\t \n\t\taria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"sow-accordion-panel-content\"\n\t\t\t\trole=\"region\"\n\t\t\t\taria-labelledby=\"accordion-label-04082018-god-looks-at-the-heart\"\n\t\t\t\tid=\"accordion-content-04082018-god-looks-at-the-heart\"\n\t\t\t\tstyle=\"display: none;\"\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-border\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a id=\"6a0a9f7f65679\" rel=\"wp-video-lightbox\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=FAeBviU0-ts&#038;rel=0&#038;width=640&#038;height=360\" title=\"\">Click Here to watch video<\/a>    <script>\r\n    \/* <![CDATA[ *\/\r\n    jQuery(document).ready(function($){\r\n        $(function(){\r\n            var width = $(window).innerWidth();\r\n            var setwidth = parseFloat(640);\r\n            var ratio = parseFloat(0.5625);\r\n            var height = parseFloat(360);\r\n            var link = 'https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=FAeBviU0-ts&amp;rel=0&amp;width=640&amp;height=360';\r\n            if(width < setwidth)\r\n            {\r\n                height = Math.floor(width * 0.5625);\r\n                \/\/console.log(\"device width \"+width+\", set width \"+640+\", ratio \"+0.5625+\", new height \"+ height);\r\n                var new_url = wpvl_paramReplace('width', link, width);\r\n                var new_url = wpvl_paramReplace('height', new_url, height);\r\n                $(\"a#6a0a9f7f65679\").attr('href', new_url);\r\n                \/\/console.log(new_url);\r\n            }\r\n        });\r\n    });\r\n    \/* ]]> *\/\r\n    <\/script><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><div class=\"bg-margin-for-link\"><input type='hidden' bg_collapse_expand='6a0a9f7f656947089142889' value='6a0a9f7f656947089142889'><input type='hidden' id='bg-show-more-text-6a0a9f7f656947089142889' value='Show Notes &amp; Scripture References'><input type='hidden' id='bg-show-less-text-6a0a9f7f656947089142889' value='Close'><a id='bg-showmore-action-6a0a9f7f656947089142889' class='bg-showmore-plg-link  '  style=\" color:#4219e6;;\" href='#'>Show Notes &amp; Scripture References<\/a><div id='bg-showmore-hidden-6a0a9f7f656947089142889' ><\/p>\n<h3>Sermon Notes:<\/h3>\n<p><strong><u>Finding a King after God\u2019s Heart<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Overlooking someone at first <strong><u>glance<\/u><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Trust only those who\u2019s heart is after <strong><u>God\u2019s<\/u><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Be careful not the sell yourself <strong><u>short<\/u><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h3>Scripture References:<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cBut the LORD said to Samuel, \u2018Do not consider his appearance or his height, for I have rejected him. The LORD does not look at the things man looks at. Man looks at the outward appearance, but the LORD looks at the heart.\u2019\u201d ~1Samuel 16:7<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter removing Saul, [God] made David their king. He testified concerning him: \u2018I have found David son of Jesse a man after my own heart; he will do everything I want him to do.\u2019\u201d ~Acts 13:22<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed him (David) in the presence of his brothers, and from that day on the Spirit of the Lord came upon David in power.\u201d ~1 Samuel 16:13<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMake a tree good and its fruit will be good, or make a tree bad and its fruit will be bad, for a tree is recognized by its fruit\u2026\u00a0A good man brings good things out of the good stored up in him, and an evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in him.\u201d ~Matthew 12:33,35<\/p>\n<p><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel\"\n\t\t\t data-anchor-id=\"04152018-giants-small-to-god\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-header-container\" role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-header\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" id=\"accordion-label-04152018-giants-small-to-god\" aria-controls=\"accordion-content-04152018-giants-small-to-god\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-title sow-accordion-title-icon-left\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t04\/15\/2018   -   Giants: Small to God\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-open-close-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-open-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sow-icon-ionicons\" data-sow-icon=\"&#xf218;\"\n\t\t \n\t\taria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-close-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sow-icon-ionicons\" data-sow-icon=\"&#xf209;\"\n\t\t \n\t\taria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"sow-accordion-panel-content\"\n\t\t\t\trole=\"region\"\n\t\t\t\taria-labelledby=\"accordion-label-04152018-giants-small-to-god\"\n\t\t\t\tid=\"accordion-content-04152018-giants-small-to-god\"\n\t\t\t\tstyle=\"display: none;\"\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-border\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a id=\"6a0a9f7f65771\" rel=\"wp-video-lightbox\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=JGa2pujlQus&#038;rel=0&#038;width=640&#038;height=360\" title=\"\">Click Here to watch video<\/a>    <script>\r\n    \/* <![CDATA[ *\/\r\n    jQuery(document).ready(function($){\r\n        $(function(){\r\n            var width = $(window).innerWidth();\r\n            var setwidth = parseFloat(640);\r\n            var ratio = parseFloat(0.5625);\r\n            var height = parseFloat(360);\r\n            var link = 'https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=JGa2pujlQus&amp;rel=0&amp;width=640&amp;height=360';\r\n            if(width < setwidth)\r\n            {\r\n                height = Math.floor(width * 0.5625);\r\n                \/\/console.log(\"device width \"+width+\", set width \"+640+\", ratio \"+0.5625+\", new height \"+ height);\r\n                var new_url = wpvl_paramReplace('width', link, width);\r\n                var new_url = wpvl_paramReplace('height', new_url, height);\r\n                $(\"a#6a0a9f7f65771\").attr('href', new_url);\r\n                \/\/console.log(new_url);\r\n            }\r\n        });\r\n    });\r\n    \/* ]]> *\/\r\n    <\/script><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><div class=\"bg-margin-for-link\"><input type='hidden' bg_collapse_expand='6a0a9f7f6578c5054929903' value='6a0a9f7f6578c5054929903'><input type='hidden' id='bg-show-more-text-6a0a9f7f6578c5054929903' value='Show Notes &amp; Scripture References'><input type='hidden' id='bg-show-less-text-6a0a9f7f6578c5054929903' value='Close'><a id='bg-showmore-action-6a0a9f7f6578c5054929903' class='bg-showmore-plg-link  '  style=\" color:#4219e6;;\" href='#'>Show Notes &amp; Scripture References<\/a><div id='bg-showmore-hidden-6a0a9f7f6578c5054929903' ><\/p>\n<h3>Sermon Notes:<\/h3>\n<p><strong><u>Fighting Giants in God\u2019s Power<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>What are the giants in your <strong><u>life<\/u><\/strong>?<\/p>\n<p>Are you on the right side of the <strong><u>fight<\/u><\/strong>?<\/p>\n<p>You must listen to and follow the <strong><u>Holy Spirit<\/u><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h3>Scripture References:<\/h3>\n<p>A champion named Goliath, who was from Gath, came out of the Philistine camp. His height was six cubits and a span.He had a bronze helmet on his head and wore a coat of scale armor of bronze weighing five thousand shekels.\u201d ~1 Samuel 17:4-5<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDavid asked the men standing near him, \u2018What will be done for the man who kills this Philistine and removes this disgrace from Israel? Who is this uncircumcised Philistine that he should defy the armies of the living God?\u2019\u201d ~1 Samuel 17:26<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYour servant has killed both the lion and the bear; this uncircumcised Philistine will be like one of them, because he has defied the armies of the living God. The Lord who rescued me from the paw of the lion and the paw of the bear will rescue me from the hand of this Philistine.\u201d ~1 Samuel 17:36-37<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDavid said to the Philistine, \u2018You come against me with sword and spear and javelin, but I come against you in the name of the Lord Almighty, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied.\u2019\u201d ~1 Samuel 17:45<\/p>\n<p><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel\"\n\t\t\t data-anchor-id=\"04222018-a-godly-response-to-evil\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-header-container\" role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-header\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" id=\"accordion-label-04222018-a-godly-response-to-evil\" aria-controls=\"accordion-content-04222018-a-godly-response-to-evil\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-title sow-accordion-title-icon-left\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t04\/22\/2018   -   A Godly Response to Evil\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-open-close-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-open-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sow-icon-ionicons\" data-sow-icon=\"&#xf218;\"\n\t\t \n\t\taria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-close-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sow-icon-ionicons\" data-sow-icon=\"&#xf209;\"\n\t\t \n\t\taria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"sow-accordion-panel-content\"\n\t\t\t\trole=\"region\"\n\t\t\t\taria-labelledby=\"accordion-label-04222018-a-godly-response-to-evil\"\n\t\t\t\tid=\"accordion-content-04222018-a-godly-response-to-evil\"\n\t\t\t\tstyle=\"display: none;\"\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-border\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a id=\"6a0a9f7f6585f\" rel=\"wp-video-lightbox\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=-HuoFPYNRbg&#038;rel=0&#038;width=640&#038;height=360\" title=\"\">Click Here to watch video<\/a>    <script>\r\n    \/* <![CDATA[ *\/\r\n    jQuery(document).ready(function($){\r\n        $(function(){\r\n            var width = $(window).innerWidth();\r\n            var setwidth = parseFloat(640);\r\n            var ratio = parseFloat(0.5625);\r\n            var height = parseFloat(360);\r\n            var link = 'https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=-HuoFPYNRbg&amp;rel=0&amp;width=640&amp;height=360';\r\n            if(width < setwidth)\r\n            {\r\n                height = Math.floor(width * 0.5625);\r\n                \/\/console.log(\"device width \"+width+\", set width \"+640+\", ratio \"+0.5625+\", new height \"+ height);\r\n                var new_url = wpvl_paramReplace('width', link, width);\r\n                var new_url = wpvl_paramReplace('height', new_url, height);\r\n                $(\"a#6a0a9f7f6585f\").attr('href', new_url);\r\n                \/\/console.log(new_url);\r\n            }\r\n        });\r\n    });\r\n    \/* ]]> *\/\r\n    <\/script><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><div class=\"bg-margin-for-link\"><input type='hidden' bg_collapse_expand='6a0a9f7f6588a0032866985' value='6a0a9f7f6588a0032866985'><input type='hidden' id='bg-show-more-text-6a0a9f7f6588a0032866985' value='Show Notes &amp; Scripture References'><input type='hidden' id='bg-show-less-text-6a0a9f7f6588a0032866985' value='Close'><a id='bg-showmore-action-6a0a9f7f6588a0032866985' class='bg-showmore-plg-link  '  style=\" color:#4219e6;;\" href='#'>Show Notes &amp; Scripture References<\/a><div id='bg-showmore-hidden-6a0a9f7f6588a0032866985' ><\/p>\n<h3>Sermon Notes:<\/h3>\n<p><strong><u>Responding to an Unfair Attack<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We can respond by being <strong><u>defensive<\/u><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Our response can come from <strong><u>revenge<\/u><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>A Godly response comes from <strong><u>reconciliation<\/u><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h3>Scripture References:<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cAs they danced, they sang: \u2018Saul has slain his thousands\u00a0and David his tens of thousands.\u2019\u00a0Saul was very angry; this refrain displeased him greatly. \u201cThey have credited David with tens of thousands,\u201d he thought, \u201cbut me with only thousands. What more can he get but the kingdom?\u201d ~1 Samuel 18:7-8<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe came to the sheep pens along the way; a cave was there, and Saul went in to relieve himself. David and his men were far back in the cave. \u00a0The men said, \u201cThis is the day the Lord spoke of when he said to you, \u2018I will give your enemy into your hands for you to deal with as you wish.\u2019 Then David crept up unnoticed and cut off a corner of Saul\u2019s robe.\u201d ~1 Samuel 24:3-4<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe said to Saul, \u2018Why do you listen when men say, \u2018David is bent on harming you\u2019?\u00a0This day you have seen with your own eyes how the Lord delivered you into my hands in the cave. Some urged me to kill you, but I spared you; I said, \u2018I will not lay my hand on my lord, because he is the Lord\u2019s anointed.\u2019\u201d ~1 Samuel 24:9-10<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel\"\n\t\t\t data-anchor-id=\"04292018-temptation-deceit-murder\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-header-container\" role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-header\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" id=\"accordion-label-04292018-temptation-deceit-murder\" aria-controls=\"accordion-content-04292018-temptation-deceit-murder\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-title sow-accordion-title-icon-left\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t04\/29\/2018   -   Temptation, Deceit, Murder\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-open-close-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-open-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sow-icon-ionicons\" data-sow-icon=\"&#xf218;\"\n\t\t \n\t\taria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-close-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sow-icon-ionicons\" data-sow-icon=\"&#xf209;\"\n\t\t \n\t\taria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"sow-accordion-panel-content\"\n\t\t\t\trole=\"region\"\n\t\t\t\taria-labelledby=\"accordion-label-04292018-temptation-deceit-murder\"\n\t\t\t\tid=\"accordion-content-04292018-temptation-deceit-murder\"\n\t\t\t\tstyle=\"display: none;\"\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-border\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a id=\"6a0a9f7f65968\" rel=\"wp-video-lightbox\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=RACAooNaCEo&#038;rel=0&#038;width=640&#038;height=360\" title=\"\">Click Here to watch video<\/a>    <script>\r\n    \/* <![CDATA[ *\/\r\n    jQuery(document).ready(function($){\r\n        $(function(){\r\n            var width = $(window).innerWidth();\r\n            var setwidth = parseFloat(640);\r\n            var ratio = parseFloat(0.5625);\r\n            var height = parseFloat(360);\r\n            var link = 'https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=RACAooNaCEo&amp;rel=0&amp;width=640&amp;height=360';\r\n            if(width < setwidth)\r\n            {\r\n                height = Math.floor(width * 0.5625);\r\n                \/\/console.log(\"device width \"+width+\", set width \"+640+\", ratio \"+0.5625+\", new height \"+ height);\r\n                var new_url = wpvl_paramReplace('width', link, width);\r\n                var new_url = wpvl_paramReplace('height', new_url, height);\r\n                $(\"a#6a0a9f7f65968\").attr('href', new_url);\r\n                \/\/console.log(new_url);\r\n            }\r\n        });\r\n    });\r\n    \/* ]]> *\/\r\n    <\/script><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><div class=\"bg-margin-for-link\"><input type='hidden' bg_collapse_expand='6a0a9f7f659823062957835' value='6a0a9f7f659823062957835'><input type='hidden' id='bg-show-more-text-6a0a9f7f659823062957835' value='Show Notes &amp; Scripture References'><input type='hidden' id='bg-show-less-text-6a0a9f7f659823062957835' value='Close'><a id='bg-showmore-action-6a0a9f7f659823062957835' class='bg-showmore-plg-link  '  style=\" color:#4219e6;;\" href='#'>Show Notes &amp; Scripture References<\/a><div id='bg-showmore-hidden-6a0a9f7f659823062957835' ><\/p>\n<h3>Sermon Notes:<\/h3>\n<p><strong><u>Temptation leads to destruction <\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Temptation to sin is <strong><u>powerful<\/u><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Sin lead to deceit to cover the <strong><u>shame<\/u><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Can David still be after God\u2019s own <strong><u>Heart<\/u><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h3>Scripture References:<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cOne evening David got up from his bed and walked around on the roof of the palace. From the roof he saw a woman bathing. The woman was very beautiful, and David sent someone to find out about her. The man said, \u2018She is Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam and the wife of Uriah the Hittite.\u2019\u201d ~2 Samuel 11:2-3<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen Uriah came to him, David asked him how Joab was, how the soldiers were and how the war was going. Then David said to Uriah, \u2018Go down to your house and wash your feet.\u2019 So Uriah left the palace, and a gift from the king was sent after him. But Uriah slept at the entrance to the palace with all his master\u2019s servants and did not go down to his house.\u201d ~2 Samuel 11:7-9<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the morning David wrote a letter to Joab and sent it with Uriah. In it he wrote, \u2018Put Uriah out in front where the fighting is fiercest. Then withdraw from him so he will be struck down and die.\u201d\u201d~ ~2 Samuel 11<\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u2018Come now, let us settle the matter,\u2019 says the Lord. \u2018Though your sins are like scarlet,they shall be as white as snow;though they are red as crimson,they shall be like wool.\u2019\u201d ~Isaiah 1:18<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel\"\n\t\t\t data-anchor-id=\"05062018-forgiven-but-consequences\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-header-container\" role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-header\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" id=\"accordion-label-05062018-forgiven-but-consequences\" aria-controls=\"accordion-content-05062018-forgiven-but-consequences\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-title sow-accordion-title-icon-left\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t05\/06\/2018  -   Forgiven, But Consequences\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-open-close-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-open-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sow-icon-ionicons\" data-sow-icon=\"&#xf218;\"\n\t\t \n\t\taria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-close-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sow-icon-ionicons\" data-sow-icon=\"&#xf209;\"\n\t\t \n\t\taria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"sow-accordion-panel-content\"\n\t\t\t\trole=\"region\"\n\t\t\t\taria-labelledby=\"accordion-label-05062018-forgiven-but-consequences\"\n\t\t\t\tid=\"accordion-content-05062018-forgiven-but-consequences\"\n\t\t\t\tstyle=\"display: none;\"\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-border\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a id=\"6a0a9f7f65a59\" rel=\"wp-video-lightbox\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=mehcpxWRR5U&#038;rel=0&#038;width=640&#038;height=360\" title=\"\">Click Here to watch video<\/a>    <script>\r\n    \/* <![CDATA[ *\/\r\n    jQuery(document).ready(function($){\r\n        $(function(){\r\n            var width = $(window).innerWidth();\r\n            var setwidth = parseFloat(640);\r\n            var ratio = parseFloat(0.5625);\r\n            var height = parseFloat(360);\r\n            var link = 'https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=mehcpxWRR5U&amp;rel=0&amp;width=640&amp;height=360';\r\n            if(width < setwidth)\r\n            {\r\n                height = Math.floor(width * 0.5625);\r\n                \/\/console.log(\"device width \"+width+\", set width \"+640+\", ratio \"+0.5625+\", new height \"+ height);\r\n                var new_url = wpvl_paramReplace('width', link, width);\r\n                var new_url = wpvl_paramReplace('height', new_url, height);\r\n                $(\"a#6a0a9f7f65a59\").attr('href', new_url);\r\n                \/\/console.log(new_url);\r\n            }\r\n        });\r\n    });\r\n    \/* ]]> *\/\r\n    <\/script><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><div class=\"bg-margin-for-link\"><input type='hidden' bg_collapse_expand='6a0a9f7f65a736077155421' value='6a0a9f7f65a736077155421'><input type='hidden' id='bg-show-more-text-6a0a9f7f65a736077155421' value='Show Notes &amp; Scripture References'><input type='hidden' id='bg-show-less-text-6a0a9f7f65a736077155421' value='Close'><a id='bg-showmore-action-6a0a9f7f65a736077155421' class='bg-showmore-plg-link  '  style=\" color:#4219e6;;\" href='#'>Show Notes &amp; Scripture References<\/a><div id='bg-showmore-hidden-6a0a9f7f65a736077155421' ><\/p>\n<h3>Sermon Notes:<\/h3>\n<p><strong><u>The Results of Sin <\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>How to react to the <strong><u>truth<\/u><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>A Godly heart seeks <strong><u>repentance<\/u><\/strong> .<\/p>\n<p>Forgiven, but still the <strong><u>consequences<\/u><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h3>Scripture References:<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cDavid burned with anger against the man and said to Nathan, \u2018As surely as the Lord lives, the man who did this must die! He must pay for that lamb four times over, because he did such a thing and had no pity.\u2019\u201d ~2 Samuel 12:5-6<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThen Nathan said to David, \u2018You are the man! This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: \u2018I anointed you king over Israel, and I delivered you from the hand of Saul. I gave your master\u2019s house to you, and your master\u2019s wives into your arms. I gave you all Israel and Judah. And if all this had been too little, I would have given you even more. Why did you despise the word of the Lord by doing what is evil in his eyes?\u2019\u201d ~2 Samuel 12:7-9<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThen David said to Nathan, \u2018I have sinned against the Lord.\u2019 Nathan replied, \u2018the Lord has taken away your sin. You are not going to die.\u2019\u201d ~2 Samuel 12:13<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNow, therefore, the sword will never depart from your house, because you despised me and took the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be your own.\u2019\u201d ~2 Samuel 12:10<\/p>\n<p><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel\"\n\t\t\t data-anchor-id=\"05132018-the-heart-of-a-godly-man\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-header-container\" role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-header\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" id=\"accordion-label-05132018-the-heart-of-a-godly-man\" aria-controls=\"accordion-content-05132018-the-heart-of-a-godly-man\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-title sow-accordion-title-icon-left\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t05\/13\/2018   -   The Heart of a Godly Man\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-open-close-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-open-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sow-icon-ionicons\" data-sow-icon=\"&#xf218;\"\n\t\t \n\t\taria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-close-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sow-icon-ionicons\" data-sow-icon=\"&#xf209;\"\n\t\t \n\t\taria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"sow-accordion-panel-content\"\n\t\t\t\trole=\"region\"\n\t\t\t\taria-labelledby=\"accordion-label-05132018-the-heart-of-a-godly-man\"\n\t\t\t\tid=\"accordion-content-05132018-the-heart-of-a-godly-man\"\n\t\t\t\tstyle=\"display: none;\"\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-border\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a id=\"6a0a9f7f65b57\" rel=\"wp-video-lightbox\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=XZlcR51UpO4&#038;rel=0&#038;width=640&#038;height=360\" title=\"\">Click Here to watch video<\/a>    <script>\r\n    \/* <![CDATA[ *\/\r\n    jQuery(document).ready(function($){\r\n        $(function(){\r\n            var width = $(window).innerWidth();\r\n            var setwidth = parseFloat(640);\r\n            var ratio = parseFloat(0.5625);\r\n            var height = parseFloat(360);\r\n            var link = 'https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=XZlcR51UpO4&amp;rel=0&amp;width=640&amp;height=360';\r\n            if(width < setwidth)\r\n            {\r\n                height = Math.floor(width * 0.5625);\r\n                \/\/console.log(\"device width \"+width+\", set width \"+640+\", ratio \"+0.5625+\", new height \"+ height);\r\n                var new_url = wpvl_paramReplace('width', link, width);\r\n                var new_url = wpvl_paramReplace('height', new_url, height);\r\n                $(\"a#6a0a9f7f65b57\").attr('href', new_url);\r\n                \/\/console.log(new_url);\r\n            }\r\n        });\r\n    });\r\n    \/* ]]> *\/\r\n    <\/script><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><div class=\"bg-margin-for-link\"><input type='hidden' bg_collapse_expand='6a0a9f7f65b727036005761' value='6a0a9f7f65b727036005761'><input type='hidden' id='bg-show-more-text-6a0a9f7f65b727036005761' value='Show Notes &amp; Scripture References'><input type='hidden' id='bg-show-less-text-6a0a9f7f65b727036005761' value='Close'><a id='bg-showmore-action-6a0a9f7f65b727036005761' class='bg-showmore-plg-link  '  style=\" color:#4219e6;;\" href='#'>Show Notes &amp; Scripture References<\/a><div id='bg-showmore-hidden-6a0a9f7f65b727036005761' ><\/p>\n<h3>Sermon Notes:<\/h3>\n<p><strong><u>David\u2019s heart in the Psalms<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>David and God\u2019s deep <strong><u>relationship<\/u><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>How do you see God in your <strong><u>life<\/u><\/strong>?<\/p>\n<p>Living a life after God\u2019s own <strong><u>heart<\/u><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h3>Scripture References:<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cTeach me your way, Lord, hat I may rely on your faithfulness; give me an undivided heart, that I may fear your name. I will praise you, Lord my God, with all my heart; I will glorify your name forever.\u00a0 For great is your love toward me; you have delivered me from the depths, from the realm of the dead.\u201d ~Psalm 86:11-13<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Lord is my shepherd, I lack nothing. He makes me lie down in green pastures,he leads me beside quiet waters, he refreshes my soul. He guides me along the right paths for his name\u2019s sake. Even though I walk through the darkest valley, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me.\u201d Psalm 23: 1-4<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPraise the Lord, my soul; all my inmost being, praise his holy name. Praise the Lord, my soul, and forget not all his benefits \u2014 who forgives all your sins and heals all your diseases, who redeems your life from the pit and crowns you with love and compassion, who satisfies your desires with good things so that your youth is renewed like the eagle\u2019s.\u201d ~Psalm 103<\/p>\n<p><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-7475-5\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-has-style\" ><div class=\"siteorigin-panels-stretch panel-row-style-full-width panel-row-style panel-row-style-for-7475-5\" data-stretch-type=\"full-stretched\" ><div id=\"pgc-7475-5-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-7475-5-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-headline panel-first-child\" data-index=\"10\" ><div class=\"panel-widget-style panel-widget-style-for-7475-5-0-0\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-headline so-widget-sow-headline-default-771b70f7f01f-7475\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t><div class=\"sow-headline-container \">\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-7475-5-0-1\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-accordion panel-last-child\" data-index=\"11\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-accordion so-widget-sow-accordion-default-0fb0afa7878d-7475\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t><h3 class=\"widget-title\">Sermon Series \"Theological Mythbusters\"<\/h3><div>\n\t<div class=\"sow-accordion\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel\"\n\t\t\t data-anchor-id=\"05202018-heaven-too-good-to-be-true\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-header-container\" role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-header\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" id=\"accordion-label-05202018-heaven-too-good-to-be-true\" aria-controls=\"accordion-content-05202018-heaven-too-good-to-be-true\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-title sow-accordion-title-icon-left\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t05\/20\/2018    -    Heaven Too Good to be True\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-open-close-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-open-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sow-icon-ionicons\" data-sow-icon=\"&#xf218;\"\n\t\t \n\t\taria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-close-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sow-icon-ionicons\" data-sow-icon=\"&#xf209;\"\n\t\t \n\t\taria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"sow-accordion-panel-content\"\n\t\t\t\trole=\"region\"\n\t\t\t\taria-labelledby=\"accordion-label-05202018-heaven-too-good-to-be-true\"\n\t\t\t\tid=\"accordion-content-05202018-heaven-too-good-to-be-true\"\n\t\t\t\tstyle=\"display: none;\"\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-border\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a id=\"6a0a9f7f65c3d\" rel=\"wp-video-lightbox\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=qvvQYXoEoFo&#038;rel=0&#038;width=640&#038;height=360\" title=\"\">Click Here to watch video<\/a>    <script>\r\n    \/* <![CDATA[ *\/\r\n    jQuery(document).ready(function($){\r\n        $(function(){\r\n            var width = $(window).innerWidth();\r\n            var setwidth = parseFloat(640);\r\n            var ratio = parseFloat(0.5625);\r\n            var height = parseFloat(360);\r\n            var link = 'https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=qvvQYXoEoFo&amp;rel=0&amp;width=640&amp;height=360';\r\n            if(width < setwidth)\r\n            {\r\n                height = Math.floor(width * 0.5625);\r\n                \/\/console.log(\"device width \"+width+\", set width \"+640+\", ratio \"+0.5625+\", new height \"+ height);\r\n                var new_url = wpvl_paramReplace('width', link, width);\r\n                var new_url = wpvl_paramReplace('height', new_url, height);\r\n                $(\"a#6a0a9f7f65c3d\").attr('href', new_url);\r\n                \/\/console.log(new_url);\r\n            }\r\n        });\r\n    });\r\n    \/* ]]> *\/\r\n    <\/script><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><div class=\"bg-margin-for-link\"><input type='hidden' bg_collapse_expand='6a0a9f7f65c5b6002661121' value='6a0a9f7f65c5b6002661121'><input type='hidden' id='bg-show-more-text-6a0a9f7f65c5b6002661121' value='Show Notes &amp; Scripture References'><input type='hidden' id='bg-show-less-text-6a0a9f7f65c5b6002661121' value='Close'><a id='bg-showmore-action-6a0a9f7f65c5b6002661121' class='bg-showmore-plg-link  '  style=\" color:#4219e6;;\" href='#'>Show Notes &amp; Scripture References<\/a><div id='bg-showmore-hidden-6a0a9f7f65c5b6002661121' ><\/p>\n<h3>Sermon Notes:<\/h3>\n<p><strong><u>Myths of Heaven &amp; Hell <\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Misconceptions about going to <strong><u>heaven<\/u><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Misconceptions about going to <strong><u>hell<\/u><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Heaven seems too good to be <strong><u>true<\/u><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h3>Scripture References:<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cIf you declare with your mouth, \u2018Jesus is Lord,\u2019 and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you profess your faith and are saved\u2026 For, \u2018Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.\u2019\u201d ~Romans 10:9-10,13<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNow there was a Pharisee, a man named Nicodemus who was a member of the Jewish ruling council.\u00a0 He came to Jesus at night and said, \u2018Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher who has come from God. For no one could perform the signs you are doing if God were not with him.\u2019 Jesus replied, \u2018Very truly I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God unless they are born again.\u2019\u201d ~John 3:1-3<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.\u201d ~John 3:16<\/p>\n<p>For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith\u2014and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God.\u201d ~Ephesians 2:8<\/p>\n<p><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel\"\n\t\t\t data-anchor-id=\"05272018-believing-there-is-a-god-is-enough\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-header-container\" role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-header\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" id=\"accordion-label-05272018-believing-there-is-a-god-is-enough\" aria-controls=\"accordion-content-05272018-believing-there-is-a-god-is-enough\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-title sow-accordion-title-icon-left\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t05\/27\/2018  -   Believing there Is a God is Enough\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-open-close-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-open-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sow-icon-ionicons\" data-sow-icon=\"&#xf218;\"\n\t\t \n\t\taria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-close-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sow-icon-ionicons\" data-sow-icon=\"&#xf209;\"\n\t\t \n\t\taria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"sow-accordion-panel-content\"\n\t\t\t\trole=\"region\"\n\t\t\t\taria-labelledby=\"accordion-label-05272018-believing-there-is-a-god-is-enough\"\n\t\t\t\tid=\"accordion-content-05272018-believing-there-is-a-god-is-enough\"\n\t\t\t\tstyle=\"display: none;\"\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-border\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a id=\"6a0a9f7f65d2b\" rel=\"wp-video-lightbox\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=f7Zz0fScgks&#038;rel=0&#038;width=640&#038;height=360\" title=\"\">Click Here to watch video<\/a>    <script>\r\n    \/* <![CDATA[ *\/\r\n    jQuery(document).ready(function($){\r\n        $(function(){\r\n            var width = $(window).innerWidth();\r\n            var setwidth = parseFloat(640);\r\n            var ratio = parseFloat(0.5625);\r\n            var height = parseFloat(360);\r\n            var link = 'https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=f7Zz0fScgks&amp;rel=0&amp;width=640&amp;height=360';\r\n            if(width < setwidth)\r\n            {\r\n                height = Math.floor(width * 0.5625);\r\n                \/\/console.log(\"device width \"+width+\", set width \"+640+\", ratio \"+0.5625+\", new height \"+ height);\r\n                var new_url = wpvl_paramReplace('width', link, width);\r\n                var new_url = wpvl_paramReplace('height', new_url, height);\r\n                $(\"a#6a0a9f7f65d2b\").attr('href', new_url);\r\n                \/\/console.log(new_url);\r\n            }\r\n        });\r\n    });\r\n    \/* ]]> *\/\r\n    <\/script><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><div class=\"bg-margin-for-link\"><input type='hidden' bg_collapse_expand='6a0a9f7f65d479065982380' value='6a0a9f7f65d479065982380'><input type='hidden' id='bg-show-more-text-6a0a9f7f65d479065982380' value='Show Notes &amp; Scripture References'><input type='hidden' id='bg-show-less-text-6a0a9f7f65d479065982380' value='Close'><a id='bg-showmore-action-6a0a9f7f65d479065982380' class='bg-showmore-plg-link  '  style=\" color:#4219e6;;\" href='#'>Show Notes &amp; Scripture References<\/a><div id='bg-showmore-hidden-6a0a9f7f65d479065982380' ><\/p>\n<h3>Sermon Notes:<\/h3>\n<h6><strong>\"Believing there is a God is enough\"<\/strong><\/h6>\n<div>I. .Some problems with this view.<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 A. Vagueness-\u00a0 (Just opinions) What are they based on?<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 B. Lack of positive effect.<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <em>\"You believe there is a god; good, even the demons believe that and shudder\"<\/em>. ~James 2:19<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Most people don&apos;t respect God even that much today.<\/div>\n<div>II. Find the solution.<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0\u00a0 A. Find the truth to base your belief on.<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 1.Jesus.\u00a0 <em>\"I am the way, the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father (God) but through me. \"<\/em>~ John 14:6<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 2. God&apos;s Word.\u00a0 (The Bible)\u00a0 ...<em>\"the holy scriptures are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.<\/em><\/div>\n<div><em>\u00a0All scripture is inspired by God and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, <\/em><\/div>\n<div><em>so that the child of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.\"<\/em> ~ 2 Timothy 3:15b-17<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0 B. Must involve action. (Obedience to God)\u00a0 <em>\"Be not just hearers, but doers of the Word.\"<\/em>~James 1:22<\/div>\n<div>III. What do you believe?<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0 A. Need for a personal answer.<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 1. Jesus and his disciples.\u00a0 Matthew 16:13-19<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Peter&apos;s reply\u00a0 <em>\"You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.\"<\/em> ~John 16:16<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 2. How do you reply?<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0\u00a0 B. How do I come to the right\u00a0answer?<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 1. Come to know Jesus personally.\u00a0 John 3:16<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 2. Learn God&apos;s truth.\u00a0 In the Bible.\u00a0\u00a0 2 Timothy 3:15b-17<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 3. Live the truth.\u00a0 (Do what it says.\u00a0 Obedience to God&apos;s Spirit.)\u00a0 James 1:22<\/div>\n<div>What do you believe about God today?<\/div>\n<div>What\u00a0are you doing about it?\u00a0\u00a0 What are you willing to do in the future?<\/div>\n<h3>Scripture References:<\/h3>\n<p><span class=\"text Matt-16-13\"><sup class=\"versenum\">13\u00a0<\/sup>Now when Jesus came into the district of Caesarea Philippi, He was asking His disciples, <span class=\"woj\">\u201cWho do people say that the Son of Man is?\u201d<\/span><\/span> <span id=\"en-NASB-23687\" class=\"text Matt-16-14\"><sup class=\"versenum\">14\u00a0<\/sup>And they said, \u201cSome <i>say<\/i> John the Baptist; and others, Elijah; but still others, Jeremiah, or one of the prophets.\u201d<\/span> <span id=\"en-NASB-23688\" class=\"text Matt-16-15\"><sup class=\"versenum\">15\u00a0<\/sup>He *said to them, <span class=\"woj\">\u201cBut who do you say that I am?\u201d<\/span><\/span> <span id=\"en-NASB-23689\" class=\"text Matt-16-16\"><sup class=\"versenum\">16\u00a0<\/sup>Simon Peter answered, \u201cYou are the Christ, the Son of the living God.\u201d<\/span> <span id=\"en-NASB-23690\" class=\"text Matt-16-17\"><sup class=\"versenum\">17\u00a0<\/sup>And Jesus said to him, <span class=\"woj\">\u201cBlessed are you, Simon Barjona, because flesh and blood did not reveal <i>this<\/i> to you, but My Father who is in heaven.<\/span><\/span> <span id=\"en-NASB-23691\" class=\"text Matt-16-18\"><span class=\"woj\"><sup class=\"versenum\">18\u00a0<\/sup>I also say to you that you are Peter, and upon this rock I will build My church; and the gates of Hades will not overpower it.<\/span><\/span> <span id=\"en-NASB-23692\" class=\"text Matt-16-19\"><span class=\"woj\"><sup class=\"versenum\">19\u00a0<\/sup>I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven; and whatever you bind on earth shall have been bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall have been loosed in heaven.\u201d~Matthew 16:13-19<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"en-NASB-26137\" class=\"text John-3-16\"><span class=\"woj\"><sup class=\"versenum\">16\u00a0<\/sup>\u201cFor God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life.~John 3:16<\/span><\/span><span id=\"en-NASB-29869\" class=\"text 2Tim-3-15\"><\/span><span id=\"en-NASB-29871\" class=\"text 2Tim-3-17\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel\"\n\t\t\t data-anchor-id=\"06032018-it%e2%80%99s-all-in-god%e2%80%99s-will\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-header-container\" role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-header\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" id=\"accordion-label-06032018-it%e2%80%99s-all-in-god%e2%80%99s-will\" aria-controls=\"accordion-content-06032018-it%e2%80%99s-all-in-god%e2%80%99s-will\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-title sow-accordion-title-icon-left\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t 06\/03\/2018    -   It\u2019s All in God\u2019s Will\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-open-close-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-open-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sow-icon-ionicons\" data-sow-icon=\"&#xf218;\"\n\t\t \n\t\taria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-close-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sow-icon-ionicons\" data-sow-icon=\"&#xf209;\"\n\t\t \n\t\taria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"sow-accordion-panel-content\"\n\t\t\t\trole=\"region\"\n\t\t\t\taria-labelledby=\"accordion-label-06032018-it%e2%80%99s-all-in-god%e2%80%99s-will\"\n\t\t\t\tid=\"accordion-content-06032018-it%e2%80%99s-all-in-god%e2%80%99s-will\"\n\t\t\t\tstyle=\"display: none;\"\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-border\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a id=\"6a0a9f7f65fbd\" rel=\"wp-video-lightbox\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=FMNo7-oLRD4&#038;rel=0&#038;width=640&#038;height=360\" title=\"\">Click Here to watch video<\/a>    <script>\r\n    \/* <![CDATA[ *\/\r\n    jQuery(document).ready(function($){\r\n        $(function(){\r\n            var width = $(window).innerWidth();\r\n            var setwidth = parseFloat(640);\r\n            var ratio = parseFloat(0.5625);\r\n            var height = parseFloat(360);\r\n            var link = 'https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=FMNo7-oLRD4&amp;rel=0&amp;width=640&amp;height=360';\r\n            if(width < setwidth)\r\n            {\r\n                height = Math.floor(width * 0.5625);\r\n                \/\/console.log(\"device width \"+width+\", set width \"+640+\", ratio \"+0.5625+\", new height \"+ height);\r\n                var new_url = wpvl_paramReplace('width', link, width);\r\n                var new_url = wpvl_paramReplace('height', new_url, height);\r\n                $(\"a#6a0a9f7f65fbd\").attr('href', new_url);\r\n                \/\/console.log(new_url);\r\n            }\r\n        });\r\n    });\r\n    \/* ]]> *\/\r\n    <\/script><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><div class=\"bg-margin-for-link\"><input type='hidden' bg_collapse_expand='6a0a9f7f65fdb0007775334' value='6a0a9f7f65fdb0007775334'><input type='hidden' id='bg-show-more-text-6a0a9f7f65fdb0007775334' value='Show Notes &amp; Scripture References'><input type='hidden' id='bg-show-less-text-6a0a9f7f65fdb0007775334' value='Close'><a id='bg-showmore-action-6a0a9f7f65fdb0007775334' class='bg-showmore-plg-link  '  style=\" color:#4219e6;;\" href='#'>Show Notes &amp; Scripture References<\/a><div id='bg-showmore-hidden-6a0a9f7f65fdb0007775334' ><\/p>\n<h3>Sermon Notes:<\/h3>\n<p><strong><u>Our Choices Matter<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>God wants the best for you when following <strong><u>God<\/u><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Evil and destruction are not apart of God\u2019s <strong><u>plan<\/u><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Salvation is the work of Jesus, but our <strong><u>choice<\/u><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h3>Scripture References:<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cAnd we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.\u201d ~Romans 8:28<\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u2018For I know the plans I have for you,\u2019 declares the Lord, \u2018plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. Then you will call on me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you.You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart.\u2019\u201d ~Jeremiah 29:11-13<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is good, and pleases God our Savior, who wants all people to be saved and to come to a knowledge of the truth. For there is one God and one mediator between God and mankind, the man Christ Jesus.\u201d ~1 Timothy 2:3-5<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel\"\n\t\t\t data-anchor-id=\"06102018-don%e2%80%99t-let-your-faith-change-you\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-header-container\" role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-header\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" id=\"accordion-label-06102018-don%e2%80%99t-let-your-faith-change-you\" aria-controls=\"accordion-content-06102018-don%e2%80%99t-let-your-faith-change-you\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-title sow-accordion-title-icon-left\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t06\/10\/2018   -   Don\u2019t Let Your Faith Change You\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-open-close-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-open-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sow-icon-ionicons\" data-sow-icon=\"&#xf218;\"\n\t\t \n\t\taria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-close-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sow-icon-ionicons\" data-sow-icon=\"&#xf209;\"\n\t\t \n\t\taria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"sow-accordion-panel-content\"\n\t\t\t\trole=\"region\"\n\t\t\t\taria-labelledby=\"accordion-label-06102018-don%e2%80%99t-let-your-faith-change-you\"\n\t\t\t\tid=\"accordion-content-06102018-don%e2%80%99t-let-your-faith-change-you\"\n\t\t\t\tstyle=\"display: none;\"\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-border\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a id=\"6a0a9f7f660c1\" rel=\"wp-video-lightbox\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=fEVMsJmOwag&#038;rel=0&#038;width=640&#038;height=360\" title=\"\">Click Here to watch video<\/a>    <script>\r\n    \/* <![CDATA[ *\/\r\n    jQuery(document).ready(function($){\r\n        $(function(){\r\n            var width = $(window).innerWidth();\r\n            var setwidth = parseFloat(640);\r\n            var ratio = parseFloat(0.5625);\r\n            var height = parseFloat(360);\r\n            var link = 'https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=fEVMsJmOwag&amp;rel=0&amp;width=640&amp;height=360';\r\n            if(width < setwidth)\r\n            {\r\n                height = Math.floor(width * 0.5625);\r\n                \/\/console.log(\"device width \"+width+\", set width \"+640+\", ratio \"+0.5625+\", new height \"+ height);\r\n                var new_url = wpvl_paramReplace('width', link, width);\r\n                var new_url = wpvl_paramReplace('height', new_url, height);\r\n                $(\"a#6a0a9f7f660c1\").attr('href', new_url);\r\n                \/\/console.log(new_url);\r\n            }\r\n        });\r\n    });\r\n    \/* ]]> *\/\r\n    <\/script><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><div class=\"bg-margin-for-link\"><input type='hidden' bg_collapse_expand='6a0a9f7f660dd0046010287' value='6a0a9f7f660dd0046010287'><input type='hidden' id='bg-show-more-text-6a0a9f7f660dd0046010287' value='Show Notes &amp; Scripture References'><input type='hidden' id='bg-show-less-text-6a0a9f7f660dd0046010287' value='Close'><a id='bg-showmore-action-6a0a9f7f660dd0046010287' class='bg-showmore-plg-link  '  style=\" color:#4219e6;;\" href='#'>Show Notes &amp; Scripture References<\/a><div id='bg-showmore-hidden-6a0a9f7f660dd0046010287' ><\/p>\n<h3>Sermon Notes:<\/h3>\n<p><strong><u>Transformed by Christ<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>When in Christ, change is <strong><u>inevitable<\/u><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Faith can change you for the <strong><u>worse<\/u><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Faith can bring you to greater <strong><u>holiness<\/u><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h3>Scripture References:<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cIf you belonged to the world, it would love you as its own. As it is, you do not belong to the world, but I have chosen you out of the world. That is why the world hates you.\u201d ~John 15:19<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor by the grace given me I say to every one of you: Do not think of yourself more highly than you ought, but rather think of yourself with sober judgment, in accordance with the faith God has distributed to each of you.\u201d ~Romans 12:3<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDo not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God\u2019s will is\u2014his good, pleasing and perfect will.\u201d ~Romans 12:2<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLove must be sincere. Hate what is evil; cling to what is good. Be devoted to one another in love. Honor one another above yourselves.\u201d ~Romans 12:9<\/p>\n<p>saved and to come to a knowledge of the truth. For there is one God and one mediator between God and mankind, the man Christ Jesus.\u201d ~1 Timothy 2:3-5<\/p>\n<p><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-7475-6\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-has-style\" ><div class=\"siteorigin-panels-stretch panel-row-style-full-width panel-row-style panel-row-style-for-7475-6\" data-stretch-type=\"full-stretched\" ><div id=\"pgc-7475-6-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-7475-6-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-headline panel-first-child\" data-index=\"12\" ><div class=\"panel-widget-style panel-widget-style-for-7475-6-0-0\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-headline so-widget-sow-headline-default-771b70f7f01f-7475\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t><div class=\"sow-headline-container \">\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-7475-6-0-1\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-accordion panel-last-child\" data-index=\"13\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-accordion so-widget-sow-accordion-default-0fb0afa7878d-7475\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t><h3 class=\"widget-title\">Sermon Series \"Culture Clash\"<\/h3><div>\n\t<div class=\"sow-accordion\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel\"\n\t\t\t data-anchor-id=\"06172018-grace-or-truth\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-header-container\" role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-header\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" id=\"accordion-label-06172018-grace-or-truth\" aria-controls=\"accordion-content-06172018-grace-or-truth\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-title sow-accordion-title-icon-left\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t06\/17\/2018    -    Grace or Truth\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-open-close-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-open-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sow-icon-ionicons\" data-sow-icon=\"&#xf218;\"\n\t\t \n\t\taria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-close-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sow-icon-ionicons\" data-sow-icon=\"&#xf209;\"\n\t\t \n\t\taria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"sow-accordion-panel-content\"\n\t\t\t\trole=\"region\"\n\t\t\t\taria-labelledby=\"accordion-label-06172018-grace-or-truth\"\n\t\t\t\tid=\"accordion-content-06172018-grace-or-truth\"\n\t\t\t\tstyle=\"display: none;\"\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-border\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a id=\"6a0a9f7f661da\" rel=\"wp-video-lightbox\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=c21Wxbf65ik&#038;rel=0&#038;width=640&#038;height=360\" title=\"\">Click Here to watch video<\/a>    <script>\r\n    \/* <![CDATA[ *\/\r\n    jQuery(document).ready(function($){\r\n        $(function(){\r\n            var width = $(window).innerWidth();\r\n            var setwidth = parseFloat(640);\r\n            var ratio = parseFloat(0.5625);\r\n            var height = parseFloat(360);\r\n            var link = 'https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=c21Wxbf65ik&amp;rel=0&amp;width=640&amp;height=360';\r\n            if(width < setwidth)\r\n            {\r\n                height = Math.floor(width * 0.5625);\r\n                \/\/console.log(\"device width \"+width+\", set width \"+640+\", ratio \"+0.5625+\", new height \"+ height);\r\n                var new_url = wpvl_paramReplace('width', link, width);\r\n                var new_url = wpvl_paramReplace('height', new_url, height);\r\n                $(\"a#6a0a9f7f661da\").attr('href', new_url);\r\n                \/\/console.log(new_url);\r\n            }\r\n        });\r\n    });\r\n    \/* ]]> *\/\r\n    <\/script><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><div class=\"bg-margin-for-link\"><input type='hidden' bg_collapse_expand='6a0a9f7f661f77094313398' value='6a0a9f7f661f77094313398'><input type='hidden' id='bg-show-more-text-6a0a9f7f661f77094313398' value='Show Notes &amp; Scripture References'><input type='hidden' id='bg-show-less-text-6a0a9f7f661f77094313398' value='Close'><a id='bg-showmore-action-6a0a9f7f661f77094313398' class='bg-showmore-plg-link  '  style=\" color:#4219e6;;\" href='#'>Show Notes &amp; Scripture References<\/a><div id='bg-showmore-hidden-6a0a9f7f661f77094313398' ><\/p>\n<h3>Sermon Notes:<\/h3>\n<p><strong><u>ull of Truth or Grace<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>When we show nothing but <strong><u>truth<\/u><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>When we show nothing but <strong><u>grace<\/u><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Showing both truth and grace <strong><u>fully<\/u><\/strong>..<\/p>\n<h3>Scripture References:<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cWoe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You give a tenth of your spices\u2014mint, dill and cumin. But you have neglected the more important matters of the law\u2014justice, mercy and faithfulness.\u201d ~Matthew 23:23<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd have you completely forgotten this word of encouragement that addresses you as a father addresses his son? It says, \u2018My son, do not make light of the Lord\u2019s discipline, and do not lose heart when he rebukes you, because the Lord disciplines the one he loves, and he chastens everyone he accepts as his son.\u2019\u201d ~Hebrews 12:5-6<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.\u201d ~John 1:14<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOut of his fullness we have all received grace in place of grace already given.For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.\u201d ~John 1:16-17<\/p>\n<p><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel\"\n\t\t\t data-anchor-id=\"06242018-tolerance-or-intolerance\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-header-container\" role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-header\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" id=\"accordion-label-06242018-tolerance-or-intolerance\" aria-controls=\"accordion-content-06242018-tolerance-or-intolerance\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-title sow-accordion-title-icon-left\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t06\/24\/2018   -   Tolerance or Intolerance\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-open-close-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-open-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sow-icon-ionicons\" data-sow-icon=\"&#xf218;\"\n\t\t \n\t\taria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-close-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sow-icon-ionicons\" data-sow-icon=\"&#xf209;\"\n\t\t \n\t\taria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"sow-accordion-panel-content\"\n\t\t\t\trole=\"region\"\n\t\t\t\taria-labelledby=\"accordion-label-06242018-tolerance-or-intolerance\"\n\t\t\t\tid=\"accordion-content-06242018-tolerance-or-intolerance\"\n\t\t\t\tstyle=\"display: none;\"\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-border\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a id=\"6a0a9f7f662f2\" rel=\"wp-video-lightbox\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ikoLum8i0yY&#038;rel=0&#038;width=640&#038;height=360\" title=\"\">Click Here to watch video<\/a>    <script>\r\n    \/* <![CDATA[ *\/\r\n    jQuery(document).ready(function($){\r\n        $(function(){\r\n            var width = $(window).innerWidth();\r\n            var setwidth = parseFloat(640);\r\n            var ratio = parseFloat(0.5625);\r\n            var height = parseFloat(360);\r\n            var link = 'https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ikoLum8i0yY&amp;rel=0&amp;width=640&amp;height=360';\r\n            if(width < setwidth)\r\n            {\r\n                height = Math.floor(width * 0.5625);\r\n                \/\/console.log(\"device width \"+width+\", set width \"+640+\", ratio \"+0.5625+\", new height \"+ height);\r\n                var new_url = wpvl_paramReplace('width', link, width);\r\n                var new_url = wpvl_paramReplace('height', new_url, height);\r\n                $(\"a#6a0a9f7f662f2\").attr('href', new_url);\r\n                \/\/console.log(new_url);\r\n            }\r\n        });\r\n    });\r\n    \/* ]]> *\/\r\n    <\/script><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><div class=\"bg-margin-for-link\"><input type='hidden' bg_collapse_expand='6a0a9f7f6630f4091859824' value='6a0a9f7f6630f4091859824'><input type='hidden' id='bg-show-more-text-6a0a9f7f6630f4091859824' value='Show Notes &amp; Scripture References'><input type='hidden' id='bg-show-less-text-6a0a9f7f6630f4091859824' value='Close'><a id='bg-showmore-action-6a0a9f7f6630f4091859824' class='bg-showmore-plg-link  '  style=\" color:#4219e6;;\" href='#'>Show Notes &amp; Scripture References<\/a><div id='bg-showmore-hidden-6a0a9f7f6630f4091859824' ><\/p>\n<h3>Sermon Notes:<\/h3>\n<p><strong><u>Seeking Godly Maturity<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Be ready to give an answer for your <strong><u>faith<\/u><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>When you disagree do so with <strong><u>respect<\/u><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Mature Christians speak the truth in <strong><u>love<\/u><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h3>Scripture References:<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cBut in your hearts revere Christ as Lord. Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have. But do this with gentleness and respect, keeping a clear conscience, so that those who speak maliciously against your good behavior in Christ may be ashamed of their slander.\u201d ~1 Peter 3:15-16<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThen we will no longer be infants, tossed back and forth by the waves, and blown here and there by every wind of teaching and by the cunning and craftiness of people in their deceitful schemingInstead, speaking the truth in love, we will grow to become in every respect the mature body of him who is the head, that is, Christ\u201d ~Ephesians 4:15<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHere there is no Gentile or Jew, circumcised or uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave or free, but Christ is all, and is in all. Therefore, as God\u2019s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience.~Colossians 3:11-12<\/p>\n<p><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel\"\n\t\t\t data-anchor-id=\"07012018-self-esteem-or-god-esteem\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-header-container\" role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-header\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" id=\"accordion-label-07012018-self-esteem-or-god-esteem\" aria-controls=\"accordion-content-07012018-self-esteem-or-god-esteem\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-title sow-accordion-title-icon-left\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t07\/01\/2018  -  Self-esteem or God Esteem\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-open-close-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-open-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sow-icon-ionicons\" data-sow-icon=\"&#xf218;\"\n\t\t \n\t\taria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-close-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sow-icon-ionicons\" data-sow-icon=\"&#xf209;\"\n\t\t \n\t\taria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"sow-accordion-panel-content\"\n\t\t\t\trole=\"region\"\n\t\t\t\taria-labelledby=\"accordion-label-07012018-self-esteem-or-god-esteem\"\n\t\t\t\tid=\"accordion-content-07012018-self-esteem-or-god-esteem\"\n\t\t\t\tstyle=\"display: none;\"\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-border\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a id=\"6a0a9f7f66401\" rel=\"wp-video-lightbox\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Din-1rzaRAo&#038;rel=0&#038;width=640&#038;height=360\" title=\"\">Click Here to watch video<\/a>    <script>\r\n    \/* <![CDATA[ *\/\r\n    jQuery(document).ready(function($){\r\n        $(function(){\r\n            var width = $(window).innerWidth();\r\n            var setwidth = parseFloat(640);\r\n            var ratio = parseFloat(0.5625);\r\n            var height = parseFloat(360);\r\n            var link = 'https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Din-1rzaRAo&amp;rel=0&amp;width=640&amp;height=360';\r\n            if(width < setwidth)\r\n            {\r\n                height = Math.floor(width * 0.5625);\r\n                \/\/console.log(\"device width \"+width+\", set width \"+640+\", ratio \"+0.5625+\", new height \"+ height);\r\n                var new_url = wpvl_paramReplace('width', link, width);\r\n                var new_url = wpvl_paramReplace('height', new_url, height);\r\n                $(\"a#6a0a9f7f66401\").attr('href', new_url);\r\n                \/\/console.log(new_url);\r\n            }\r\n        });\r\n    });\r\n    \/* ]]> *\/\r\n    <\/script><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><div class=\"bg-margin-for-link\"><input type='hidden' bg_collapse_expand='6a0a9f7f6641d2006523220' value='6a0a9f7f6641d2006523220'><input type='hidden' id='bg-show-more-text-6a0a9f7f6641d2006523220' value='Show Notes &amp; Scripture References'><input type='hidden' id='bg-show-less-text-6a0a9f7f6641d2006523220' value='Close'><a id='bg-showmore-action-6a0a9f7f6641d2006523220' class='bg-showmore-plg-link  '  style=\" color:#4219e6;;\" href='#'>Show Notes &amp; Scripture References<\/a><div id='bg-showmore-hidden-6a0a9f7f6641d2006523220' ><\/p>\n<h3>Sermon Notes:<\/h3>\n<p><strong><u>Raising Self-Esteem<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Self-esteem is in comparisons to <strong><u>others<\/u><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>God-esteem is how God\u2019s see <strong><u>you<\/u><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Your value come by God\u2019s standard of <strong><u>Grace<\/u><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h3>Scripture References:<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cFor I am the least of the apostles and do not even deserve to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God. But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace to me was not without effect. No, I worked harder than all of them\u2014yet not I, but the grace of God that was with me.<u> <\/u>Whether, then, it is I or they, this is what we preach, and this is what you believed.\u201d ~1 Corinthians 15:9-11<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother\u2019s womb. I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well.\u201d ~Psalm 139:13-14<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor it is by grace you have been saved, through faith\u2014and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God\u2014not by works, so that noone can boast. For we are God\u2019s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.\u201d ~Ephesians 2:8-10<\/p>\n<p><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel\"\n\t\t\t data-anchor-id=\"07082018-freedom-or-constraint\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-header-container\" role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-header\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" id=\"accordion-label-07082018-freedom-or-constraint\" aria-controls=\"accordion-content-07082018-freedom-or-constraint\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-title sow-accordion-title-icon-left\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t07\/08\/2018  -   Freedom or Constraint\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-open-close-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-open-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sow-icon-ionicons\" data-sow-icon=\"&#xf218;\"\n\t\t \n\t\taria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-close-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sow-icon-ionicons\" data-sow-icon=\"&#xf209;\"\n\t\t \n\t\taria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"sow-accordion-panel-content\"\n\t\t\t\trole=\"region\"\n\t\t\t\taria-labelledby=\"accordion-label-07082018-freedom-or-constraint\"\n\t\t\t\tid=\"accordion-content-07082018-freedom-or-constraint\"\n\t\t\t\tstyle=\"display: none;\"\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-border\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a id=\"6a0a9f7f66506\" rel=\"wp-video-lightbox\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=_4DVN7dERNU&#038;rel=0&#038;width=640&#038;height=360\" title=\"\">Click Here to watch video<\/a>    <script>\r\n    \/* <![CDATA[ *\/\r\n    jQuery(document).ready(function($){\r\n        $(function(){\r\n            var width = $(window).innerWidth();\r\n            var setwidth = parseFloat(640);\r\n            var ratio = parseFloat(0.5625);\r\n            var height = parseFloat(360);\r\n            var link = 'https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=_4DVN7dERNU&amp;rel=0&amp;width=640&amp;height=360';\r\n            if(width < setwidth)\r\n            {\r\n                height = Math.floor(width * 0.5625);\r\n                \/\/console.log(\"device width \"+width+\", set width \"+640+\", ratio \"+0.5625+\", new height \"+ height);\r\n                var new_url = wpvl_paramReplace('width', link, width);\r\n                var new_url = wpvl_paramReplace('height', new_url, height);\r\n                $(\"a#6a0a9f7f66506\").attr('href', new_url);\r\n                \/\/console.log(new_url);\r\n            }\r\n        });\r\n    });\r\n    \/* ]]> *\/\r\n    <\/script><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><div class=\"bg-margin-for-link\"><input type='hidden' bg_collapse_expand='6a0a9f7f665218043684867' value='6a0a9f7f665218043684867'><input type='hidden' id='bg-show-more-text-6a0a9f7f665218043684867' value='Show Notes &amp; Scripture References'><input type='hidden' id='bg-show-less-text-6a0a9f7f665218043684867' value='Close'><a id='bg-showmore-action-6a0a9f7f665218043684867' class='bg-showmore-plg-link  '  style=\" color:#4219e6;;\" href='#'>Show Notes &amp; Scripture References<\/a><div id='bg-showmore-hidden-6a0a9f7f665218043684867' ><\/p>\n<h3>Sermon Notes:<\/h3>\n<p><strong><u>We love our Freedom<\/u><\/strong><strong>!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We can never be free from <strong><u>constraint<\/u><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Living under the law of man and <strong><u>God<\/u><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Freedom come from living in God\u2019s <strong><u>will<\/u><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h3>Scripture References:<\/h3>\n<p>\u201c\u2018I have the right to do anything,\u2019 you say\u2014but not everything is beneficial. \u2018I have the right to do anything\u2019\u2014but not everything is constructive. No one should seek their own good, but the good of others..\u201d ~1 Corinthians 10:23-24<\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u2026but I will not be mastered by anything. You say, \u2018Food for the stomach and the stomach for food, and God will destroy them both.\u2019 The body, however, is not meant for sexual immorality but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body. ~1 Corinthians 6:12-13<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou, my brothers and sisters, were called to be free. But do not use your freedom to indulge the flesh; rather, serve one another humbly in love.\u201d ~Galatians 5:13<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLive as free people, but do not use your freedom as a cover-up for evil; live as God\u2019s slaves.\u201d ~1 Peter 2:16<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI will always obey your law, for ever and ever. I will walk about in freedom, for I have sought out your precepts.\u201d ~Psalm 119: 44-45<\/p>\n<p><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel\"\n\t\t\t data-anchor-id=\"07152018-personal-faith-or-organized-church\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-header-container\" role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-header\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" id=\"accordion-label-07152018-personal-faith-or-organized-church\" aria-controls=\"accordion-content-07152018-personal-faith-or-organized-church\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-title sow-accordion-title-icon-left\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t07\/15\/2018  - Personal Faith or Organized Church\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-open-close-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-open-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sow-icon-ionicons\" data-sow-icon=\"&#xf218;\"\n\t\t \n\t\taria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-close-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sow-icon-ionicons\" data-sow-icon=\"&#xf209;\"\n\t\t \n\t\taria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"sow-accordion-panel-content\"\n\t\t\t\trole=\"region\"\n\t\t\t\taria-labelledby=\"accordion-label-07152018-personal-faith-or-organized-church\"\n\t\t\t\tid=\"accordion-content-07152018-personal-faith-or-organized-church\"\n\t\t\t\tstyle=\"display: none;\"\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-border\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a id=\"6a0a9f7f665f2\" rel=\"wp-video-lightbox\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=pEDN5uedXXg&#038;rel=0&#038;width=640&#038;height=360\" title=\"\">Click Here to watch video<\/a>    <script>\r\n    \/* <![CDATA[ *\/\r\n    jQuery(document).ready(function($){\r\n        $(function(){\r\n            var width = $(window).innerWidth();\r\n            var setwidth = parseFloat(640);\r\n            var ratio = parseFloat(0.5625);\r\n            var height = parseFloat(360);\r\n            var link = 'https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=pEDN5uedXXg&amp;rel=0&amp;width=640&amp;height=360';\r\n            if(width < setwidth)\r\n            {\r\n                height = Math.floor(width * 0.5625);\r\n                \/\/console.log(\"device width \"+width+\", set width \"+640+\", ratio \"+0.5625+\", new height \"+ height);\r\n                var new_url = wpvl_paramReplace('width', link, width);\r\n                var new_url = wpvl_paramReplace('height', new_url, height);\r\n                $(\"a#6a0a9f7f665f2\").attr('href', new_url);\r\n                \/\/console.log(new_url);\r\n            }\r\n        });\r\n    });\r\n    \/* ]]> *\/\r\n    <\/script><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><div class=\"bg-margin-for-link\"><input type='hidden' bg_collapse_expand='6a0a9f7f6660e1001131414' value='6a0a9f7f6660e1001131414'><input type='hidden' id='bg-show-more-text-6a0a9f7f6660e1001131414' value='Show Notes &amp; Scripture References'><input type='hidden' id='bg-show-less-text-6a0a9f7f6660e1001131414' value='Close'><a id='bg-showmore-action-6a0a9f7f6660e1001131414' class='bg-showmore-plg-link  '  style=\" color:#4219e6;;\" href='#'>Show Notes &amp; Scripture References<\/a><div id='bg-showmore-hidden-6a0a9f7f6660e1001131414' ><\/p>\n<h3>Sermon Notes:<\/h3>\n<h4>SETTING TODAY.\u00a0\u00a0 (Emphases)<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Organized religion (the church) <u>:<\/u> <\/strong>\u00a0 (Building, liturgy, denominational organization etc.)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Important to most older (mainline) Christians.<br \/>\n<strong>Personal faith:<\/strong> Often younger Christians who are frustated with the organized church.<\/p>\n<h4>WHAT THE NEW TESTAMENT SAYS.<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Mark 1:16-20 :\u00a0<\/strong> Jesus called individuals to follow him but as part of a fellowship.<br \/>\n<strong>Acts 2:42-47:<\/strong> The early Christians spent time in fellowship.Outsiders were drawn to this fellowship.<br \/>\n<strong>Acts 6:1-7:<\/strong> Organization developed due to need. Churches in new areas demanded local leadership &amp; organization. They also needed this to have a needed continual connection to the total church.<br \/>\n<strong>This need has continued<\/strong> throughout the history of Christianity. The danger came\/comes when the church loases a sense of its mission and purpose. God has raised up various reform\/ renewal movements over the years to help correct this.<\/p>\n<h4>HOW DO WE (I) DEVELOP A GOOD BALANCE TODAY?<\/h4>\n<p>Keep a firm personal commitment to Jesus as Savior and Lord.<br \/>\nRemain a faithful part of the fellowship.\u00a0 Providing needed aid and leadership as you are able guided by Christ.<\/p>\n<h4>CONCLUSION\u00a0\u00a0 Are we faithfully doing this?<\/h4>\n<h3>Scripture References:<\/h3>\n<p><span id=\"en-NASB-24232\" class=\"text Mark-1-16\"><sup class=\"versenum\">16\u00a0<\/sup>As He was going along by the Sea of Galilee, He saw Simon and Andrew, the brother of Simon, casting a net in the sea; for they were fishermen.<\/span> <span id=\"en-NASB-24233\" class=\"text Mark-1-17\"><sup class=\"versenum\">17\u00a0<\/sup>And Jesus said to them, <span class=\"woj\">\u201cFollow Me, and I will make you become fishers of men.\u201d<\/span><\/span> <span id=\"en-NASB-24234\" class=\"text Mark-1-18\"><sup class=\"versenum\">18\u00a0<\/sup>Immediately they left their nets and followed Him.<\/span> <span id=\"en-NASB-24235\" class=\"text Mark-1-19\"><sup class=\"versenum\">19\u00a0<\/sup>Going on a little farther, He saw James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, who were also in the boat mending the nets.<\/span> <span id=\"en-NASB-24236\" class=\"text Mark-1-20\"><sup class=\"versenum\">20\u00a0<\/sup>Immediately He called them; and they left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired servants, and went away to follow Him.<\/span>~ Mark 1:16-20 NASB<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"en-NASB-26992\" class=\"text Acts-2-42\"><sup class=\"versenum\">42\u00a0<\/sup>They were continually devoting themselves to the apostles\u2019 teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer. <\/span><span id=\"en-NASB-26993\" class=\"text Acts-2-43\"><sup class=\"versenum\">43\u00a0<\/sup>Everyone kept feeling a sense of awe; and many wonders and signs were taking place through the apostles.<\/span> <span id=\"en-NASB-26994\" class=\"text Acts-2-44\"><sup class=\"versenum\">44\u00a0<\/sup>And all those who had believed were together and had all things in common;<\/span> <span id=\"en-NASB-26995\" class=\"text Acts-2-45\"><sup class=\"versenum\">45\u00a0<\/sup>and they <i>began<\/i> selling their property and possessions and were sharing them with all, as anyone might have need.<\/span> <span id=\"en-NASB-26996\" class=\"text Acts-2-46\"><sup class=\"versenum\">46\u00a0<\/sup>Day by day continuing with one mind in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, they were taking their meals together with gladness and sincerity of heart,<\/span> <span id=\"en-NASB-26997\" class=\"text Acts-2-47\"><sup class=\"versenum\">47\u00a0<\/sup>praising God and having favor with all the people. And the Lord was adding to their number day by day those who were being saved.<\/span> ~Acts 2: 42-47 NASB<\/p>\n<p class=\"chapter-1\"><span class=\"text Acts-6-1\"><span class=\"chapternum\">6\u00a0<\/span>Now at this time while the disciples were increasing <i>in number<\/i>, a complaint arose on the part of the Hellenistic <i>Jews<\/i> against the <i>native<\/i> Hebrews, because their widows were being overlooked in the daily serving <i>of food<\/i>.<\/span> <span id=\"en-NASB-27104\" class=\"text Acts-6-2\"><sup class=\"versenum\">2\u00a0<\/sup>So the twelve summoned the congregation of the disciples and said, \u201cIt is not desirable for us to neglect the word of God in order to serve tables.<\/span> <span id=\"en-NASB-27105\" class=\"text Acts-6-3\"><sup class=\"versenum\">3\u00a0<\/sup>Therefore, brethren, select from among you seven men of good reputation, full of the Spirit and of wisdom, whom we may put in charge of this task.<\/span> <span id=\"en-NASB-27106\" class=\"text Acts-6-4\"><sup class=\"versenum\">4\u00a0<\/sup>But we will devote ourselves to prayer and to the ministry of the word.\u201d<\/span> <span id=\"en-NASB-27107\" class=\"text Acts-6-5\"><sup class=\"versenum\">5\u00a0<\/sup>The statement found approval with the whole congregation; and they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit, and Philip, Prochorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas and Nicolas, a proselyte from Antioch.<\/span> <span id=\"en-NASB-27108\" class=\"text Acts-6-6\"><sup class=\"versenum\">6\u00a0<\/sup>And these they brought before the apostles; and after praying, they laid their hands on them. <\/span><span id=\"en-NASB-27109\" class=\"text Acts-6-7\"><sup class=\"versenum\">7\u00a0<\/sup>The word of God kept on spreading; and the number of the disciples continued to increase greatly in Jerusalem, and a great many of the priests were becoming obedient to the faith.<\/span>~Acts 6:1-7 NASB<\/p>\n<p><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-7475-7\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-has-style\" ><div class=\"siteorigin-panels-stretch panel-row-style-full-width panel-row-style panel-row-style-for-7475-7\" data-stretch-type=\"full-stretched\" ><div id=\"pgc-7475-7-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-7475-7-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-headline panel-first-child\" data-index=\"14\" ><div class=\"panel-widget-style panel-widget-style-for-7475-7-0-0\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-headline so-widget-sow-headline-default-771b70f7f01f-7475\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t><div class=\"sow-headline-container \">\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-7475-7-0-1\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-accordion panel-last-child\" data-index=\"15\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-accordion so-widget-sow-accordion-default-0fb0afa7878d-7475\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t><h3 class=\"widget-title\">Sermon Series \"I Believe in God But\"<\/h3><div>\n\t<div class=\"sow-accordion\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel\"\n\t\t\t data-anchor-id=\"07222018-how-do-i-know-for-sure\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-header-container\" role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-header\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" id=\"accordion-label-07222018-how-do-i-know-for-sure\" aria-controls=\"accordion-content-07222018-how-do-i-know-for-sure\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-title sow-accordion-title-icon-left\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t07\/22\/2018   -   How do I know for sure\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-open-close-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-open-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sow-icon-ionicons\" data-sow-icon=\"&#xf218;\"\n\t\t \n\t\taria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-close-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sow-icon-ionicons\" data-sow-icon=\"&#xf209;\"\n\t\t \n\t\taria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"sow-accordion-panel-content\"\n\t\t\t\trole=\"region\"\n\t\t\t\taria-labelledby=\"accordion-label-07222018-how-do-i-know-for-sure\"\n\t\t\t\tid=\"accordion-content-07222018-how-do-i-know-for-sure\"\n\t\t\t\tstyle=\"display: none;\"\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-border\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a id=\"6a0a9f7f6684d\" rel=\"wp-video-lightbox\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=jOoi2A_KI9U&#038;rel=0&#038;width=640&#038;height=360\" title=\"\">Click Here to watch video<\/a>    <script>\r\n    \/* <![CDATA[ *\/\r\n    jQuery(document).ready(function($){\r\n        $(function(){\r\n            var width = $(window).innerWidth();\r\n            var setwidth = parseFloat(640);\r\n            var ratio = parseFloat(0.5625);\r\n            var height = parseFloat(360);\r\n            var link = 'https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=jOoi2A_KI9U&amp;rel=0&amp;width=640&amp;height=360';\r\n            if(width < setwidth)\r\n            {\r\n                height = Math.floor(width * 0.5625);\r\n                \/\/console.log(\"device width \"+width+\", set width \"+640+\", ratio \"+0.5625+\", new height \"+ height);\r\n                var new_url = wpvl_paramReplace('width', link, width);\r\n                var new_url = wpvl_paramReplace('height', new_url, height);\r\n                $(\"a#6a0a9f7f6684d\").attr('href', new_url);\r\n                \/\/console.log(new_url);\r\n            }\r\n        });\r\n    });\r\n    \/* ]]> *\/\r\n    <\/script><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><div class=\"bg-margin-for-link\"><input type='hidden' bg_collapse_expand='6a0a9f7f6686c8054859899' value='6a0a9f7f6686c8054859899'><input type='hidden' id='bg-show-more-text-6a0a9f7f6686c8054859899' value='Show Notes &amp; Scripture References'><input type='hidden' id='bg-show-less-text-6a0a9f7f6686c8054859899' value='Close'><a id='bg-showmore-action-6a0a9f7f6686c8054859899' class='bg-showmore-plg-link  '  style=\" color:#4219e6;;\" href='#'>Show Notes &amp; Scripture References<\/a><div id='bg-showmore-hidden-6a0a9f7f6686c8054859899' ><\/p>\n<h3>Sermon Notes:<\/h3>\n<p>We may have many questions about God and Christ. But the most urgent is \"How can I be sure of my salvation?\" Ultimately as many have found; its much more a matter of the heart than of the mind.<\/p>\n<p>Using the story of the conversion of the Philippian jailer in Acts 16:16-34\u00a0 we find there are three simple steps in the process.<\/p>\n<p>They must be: A-admit our need.\u00a0\u00a0 B-believe in Christ\u00a0\u00a0 C-commit your life to Christ.\u00a0 They must be in this order!<\/p>\n<h5>A. ADMIT OUR NEED.<\/h5>\n<div>The jailer.\u00a0 \"What must I do to be saved?\"\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 He sensed his real need.<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0\u00a0 Sensing our need: Lostness, sin, helplessness, need for God&apos;s love. \u00a0 This must be admitted ; we must ask, need for repentance<\/div>\n<h5>B. BELIEVE IN JESUS.<\/h5>\n<div>\u00a0 Paul&apos;s \u00a0answer.\u00a0 \"Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ and you will be saved.\"<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0The need is to believe in- not just about Jesus. This involves trust; entering into a love relationship with Him.<\/div>\n<div>The experience of salvation.\u00a0\u00a0 An old hymn says it well.: \"What a wonderful change in my heart has been wrought; since Jesus came into my heart.\"<\/div>\n<h5>C. COMMITMENT.<\/h5>\n<div>\u00a0\u00a0 The jailer and his family were baptized. \u00a0\u00a0 A new lifestyle began for the jailer and his family as a result of his conversion.<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0\u00a0 Like marriage begins a new life for a couple.<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 A desire to get to know the other better, and learn how to grow in our love relationship.<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 A desire to know God better through scripture, prayer, worship.<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 A desire to please him through obedience and service.<\/div>\n<h5>CONCLUSION<\/h5>\n<div>\u00a0The three ABC steps are necessary throughout our life as a Christian.<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0 Call to commitment:\u00a0 Have you, are you willing to do this?<\/div>\n<h3>Scripture References:<\/h3>\n<p><span class=\"text Acts-16-16\"><sup class=\"versenum\">16\u00a0<\/sup>Now it happened, as we went to prayer, that a certain slave girl possessed with a spirit of divination met us, who brought her masters much profit by fortune-telling. <\/span> <span id=\"en-NKJV-27501\" class=\"text Acts-16-17\"><sup class=\"versenum\">17\u00a0<\/sup>This girl followed Paul and us, and cried out, saying, \u201cThese men are the servants of the Most High God, who proclaim to us the way of salvation.\u201d <\/span> <span id=\"en-NKJV-27502\" class=\"text Acts-16-18\"><sup class=\"versenum\">18\u00a0<\/sup>And this she did for many days.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"text Acts-16-18\">But Paul, greatly <sup class=\"footnote\" data-fn=\"#fen-NKJV-27502a\" data-link=\"&#091;&lt;a href=&quot;#fen-NKJV-27502a&quot; title=&quot;See footnote a&quot;&gt;a&lt;\/a&gt;&#093;\">[<a title=\"See footnote a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=acts+16%3A16-34&amp;version=NKJV#fen-NKJV-27502a\">a<\/a>]<\/sup>annoyed, turned and said to the spirit, \u201cI command you in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her.\u201d And he came out that very hour. <\/span> <span id=\"en-NKJV-27503\" class=\"text Acts-16-19\"><sup class=\"versenum\">19\u00a0<\/sup>But when her masters saw that their hope of profit was gone, they seized Paul and Silas and dragged <i>them<\/i> into the marketplace to the authorities.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"en-NKJV-27504\" class=\"text Acts-16-20\"><sup class=\"versenum\">20\u00a0<\/sup>And they brought them to the magistrates, and said, \u201cThese men, being Jews, exceedingly trouble our city; <\/span> <span id=\"en-NKJV-27505\" class=\"text Acts-16-21\"><sup class=\"versenum\">21\u00a0<\/sup>and they teach customs which are not lawful for us, being Romans, to receive or observe.\u201d <\/span> <span id=\"en-NKJV-27506\" class=\"text Acts-16-22\"><sup class=\"versenum\">22\u00a0<\/sup>Then the multitude rose up together against them; and the magistrates tore off their clothes and commanded <i>them<\/i> to be beaten with rods. <\/span> <span id=\"en-NKJV-27507\" class=\"text Acts-16-23\"><sup class=\"versenum\">23\u00a0<\/sup>And when they had laid many stripes on them, they threw <i>them<\/i> into prison, commanding the jailer to keep them securely. <\/span> <span id=\"en-NKJV-27508\" class=\"text Acts-16-24\"><sup class=\"versenum\">24\u00a0<\/sup>Having received such a charge, he put them into the inner prison and fastened their feet in the stocks.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"text Acts-16-25\"><sup class=\"versenum\">25\u00a0<\/sup>But at midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them. <\/span> <span id=\"en-NKJV-27510\" class=\"text Acts-16-26\"><sup class=\"versenum\">26\u00a0<\/sup>Suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken; and immediately all the doors were opened and everyone\u2019s chains were loosed. <\/span> <span id=\"en-NKJV-27511\" class=\"text Acts-16-27\"><sup class=\"versenum\">27\u00a0<\/sup>And the keeper of the prison, awaking from sleep and seeing the prison doors open, supposing the prisoners had fled, drew his sword and was about to kill himself. <\/span> <span id=\"en-NKJV-27512\" class=\"text Acts-16-28\"><sup class=\"versenum\">28\u00a0<\/sup>But Paul called with a loud voice, saying, \u201cDo yourself no harm, for we are all here.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"en-NKJV-27513\" class=\"text Acts-16-29\"><sup class=\"versenum\">29\u00a0<\/sup>Then he called for a light, ran in, and fell down trembling before Paul and Silas. <\/span> <span id=\"en-NKJV-27514\" class=\"text Acts-16-30\"><sup class=\"versenum\">30\u00a0<\/sup>And he brought them out and said, \u201cSirs, what must I do to be saved?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"en-NKJV-27515\" class=\"text Acts-16-31\"><sup class=\"versenum\">31\u00a0<\/sup>So they said, \u201cBelieve on the Lord Jesus Christ, and you will be saved, you and your household.\u201d <\/span> <span id=\"en-NKJV-27516\" class=\"text Acts-16-32\"><sup class=\"versenum\">32\u00a0<\/sup>Then they spoke the word of the Lord to him and to all who were in his house. <\/span> <span id=\"en-NKJV-27517\" class=\"text Acts-16-33\"><sup class=\"versenum\">33\u00a0<\/sup>And he took them the same hour of the night and washed <i>their<\/i> stripes. And immediately he and all his <i>family<\/i> were baptized. <\/span> <span id=\"en-NKJV-27518\" class=\"text Acts-16-34\"><sup class=\"versenum\">34\u00a0<\/sup>Now when he had brought them into his house, he set food before them; and he rejoiced, having believed in God with all his household.<\/span> <span id=\"en-NKJV-27518\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"text 2Tim-4-6\"><sup class=\"versenum\">6\u00a0<\/sup>For I am already being poured out as a drink offering, and the time of my departure is at hand. <\/span> <span id=\"en-NKJV-29878\" class=\"text 2Tim-4-7\"><sup class=\"versenum\">7\u00a0<\/sup>I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. <\/span> <span id=\"en-NKJV-29879\" class=\"text 2Tim-4-8\"><sup class=\"versenum\">8\u00a0<\/sup>Finally, there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will give to me on that Day, and not to me only but also to all who have loved His appearing.<\/span> ~ 2 Tim. 4:6-8 NKJV<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"en-NKJV-29822\" class=\"text 2Tim-1-12\"><sup class=\"versenum\">12\u00a0<\/sup>For this reason I also suffer these things; nevertheless I am not ashamed, for I know whom I have believed and am persuaded that He is able to keep what I have committed to Him until that Day.<\/span> ~ 2 Tim. 1:12 NKJV<\/p>\n<p><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel\"\n\t\t\t data-anchor-id=\"07292018-i-just-want-to-have-fun\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-header-container\" role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-header\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" id=\"accordion-label-07292018-i-just-want-to-have-fun\" aria-controls=\"accordion-content-07292018-i-just-want-to-have-fun\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-title sow-accordion-title-icon-left\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t07\/29\/2018   -  I Just Want to have Fun\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-open-close-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-open-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sow-icon-ionicons\" data-sow-icon=\"&#xf218;\"\n\t\t \n\t\taria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-close-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sow-icon-ionicons\" data-sow-icon=\"&#xf209;\"\n\t\t \n\t\taria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"sow-accordion-panel-content\"\n\t\t\t\trole=\"region\"\n\t\t\t\taria-labelledby=\"accordion-label-07292018-i-just-want-to-have-fun\"\n\t\t\t\tid=\"accordion-content-07292018-i-just-want-to-have-fun\"\n\t\t\t\tstyle=\"display: none;\"\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-border\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a id=\"6a0a9f7f66b5c\" rel=\"wp-video-lightbox\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=KNQSc_Ca5Es&#038;rel=0&#038;width=640&#038;height=360\" title=\"\">Click Here to watch video<\/a>    <script>\r\n    \/* <![CDATA[ *\/\r\n    jQuery(document).ready(function($){\r\n        $(function(){\r\n            var width = $(window).innerWidth();\r\n            var setwidth = parseFloat(640);\r\n            var ratio = parseFloat(0.5625);\r\n            var height = parseFloat(360);\r\n            var link = 'https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=KNQSc_Ca5Es&amp;rel=0&amp;width=640&amp;height=360';\r\n            if(width < setwidth)\r\n            {\r\n                height = Math.floor(width * 0.5625);\r\n                \/\/console.log(\"device width \"+width+\", set width \"+640+\", ratio \"+0.5625+\", new height \"+ height);\r\n                var new_url = wpvl_paramReplace('width', link, width);\r\n                var new_url = wpvl_paramReplace('height', new_url, height);\r\n                $(\"a#6a0a9f7f66b5c\").attr('href', new_url);\r\n                \/\/console.log(new_url);\r\n            }\r\n        });\r\n    });\r\n    \/* ]]> *\/\r\n    <\/script><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><div class=\"bg-margin-for-link\"><input type='hidden' bg_collapse_expand='6a0a9f7f66b790062227102' value='6a0a9f7f66b790062227102'><input type='hidden' id='bg-show-more-text-6a0a9f7f66b790062227102' value='Show Notes &amp; Scripture References'><input type='hidden' id='bg-show-less-text-6a0a9f7f66b790062227102' value='Close'><a id='bg-showmore-action-6a0a9f7f66b790062227102' class='bg-showmore-plg-link  '  style=\" color:#4219e6;;\" href='#'>Show Notes &amp; Scripture References<\/a><div id='bg-showmore-hidden-6a0a9f7f66b790062227102' ><\/p>\n<h3>Sermon Notes:<\/h3>\n<p><strong><u>Joy is better than just Fun<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>God can\u2019t care about petty <strong><u>rules<\/u><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>We must take our pleasures <strong><u>now<\/u><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Jesus offers a life full of <strong><u>purpose<\/u><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h3>Scripture References:<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cIt seemed good to the Holy Spirit and to us not to burden you with anything beyond the following requirements: You are to abstain from food sacrificed to idols, from blood, from the meat of strangled animals and from sexual immorality. You will do well to avoid these things.\u201d ~Acts 15:28-29<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDo not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, love for the Father is not in them. For everything in the world\u2014the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life\u2014comes not from the Father but from the world. The world and its desires pass away, but whoever does the will of God lives forever.\u201d ~1 John 2:15-17<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf the world hates you, keep in mind that it hated me first. If you belonged to the world, it would love you as its own. As it is, you do not belong to the world, but I have chosen you out of the world. That is why the world hates you.\u201d ~John 15:18-19<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you keep my commands, you will remain in my love, just as I have kept my Father\u2019s commands and remain in his love. I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be complete.\u201d ~John 15:9-11<\/p>\n<p><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel\"\n\t\t\t data-anchor-id=\"8052018-i-don%e2%80%99t-need-the-church\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-header-container\" role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-header\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" id=\"accordion-label-8052018-i-don%e2%80%99t-need-the-church\" aria-controls=\"accordion-content-8052018-i-don%e2%80%99t-need-the-church\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-title sow-accordion-title-icon-left\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t8\/05\/2018   -  I Don\u2019t Need the Church\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-open-close-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-open-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sow-icon-ionicons\" data-sow-icon=\"&#xf218;\"\n\t\t \n\t\taria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-close-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sow-icon-ionicons\" data-sow-icon=\"&#xf209;\"\n\t\t \n\t\taria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"sow-accordion-panel-content\"\n\t\t\t\trole=\"region\"\n\t\t\t\taria-labelledby=\"accordion-label-8052018-i-don%e2%80%99t-need-the-church\"\n\t\t\t\tid=\"accordion-content-8052018-i-don%e2%80%99t-need-the-church\"\n\t\t\t\tstyle=\"display: none;\"\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-border\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a id=\"6a0a9f7f66c49\" rel=\"wp-video-lightbox\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=GFaT2lTOU-g&#038;rel=0&#038;width=640&#038;height=360\" title=\"\">Click Here to watch video<\/a>    <script>\r\n    \/* <![CDATA[ *\/\r\n    jQuery(document).ready(function($){\r\n        $(function(){\r\n            var width = $(window).innerWidth();\r\n            var setwidth = parseFloat(640);\r\n            var ratio = parseFloat(0.5625);\r\n            var height = parseFloat(360);\r\n            var link = 'https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=GFaT2lTOU-g&amp;rel=0&amp;width=640&amp;height=360';\r\n            if(width < setwidth)\r\n            {\r\n                height = Math.floor(width * 0.5625);\r\n                \/\/console.log(\"device width \"+width+\", set width \"+640+\", ratio \"+0.5625+\", new height \"+ height);\r\n                var new_url = wpvl_paramReplace('width', link, width);\r\n                var new_url = wpvl_paramReplace('height', new_url, height);\r\n                $(\"a#6a0a9f7f66c49\").attr('href', new_url);\r\n                \/\/console.log(new_url);\r\n            }\r\n        });\r\n    });\r\n    \/* ]]> *\/\r\n    <\/script><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><div class=\"bg-margin-for-link\"><input type='hidden' bg_collapse_expand='6a0a9f7f66c657064424186' value='6a0a9f7f66c657064424186'><input type='hidden' id='bg-show-more-text-6a0a9f7f66c657064424186' value='Show Notes &amp; Scripture References'><input type='hidden' id='bg-show-less-text-6a0a9f7f66c657064424186' value='Close'><a id='bg-showmore-action-6a0a9f7f66c657064424186' class='bg-showmore-plg-link  '  style=\" color:#4219e6;;\" href='#'>Show Notes &amp; Scripture References<\/a><div id='bg-showmore-hidden-6a0a9f7f66c657064424186' ><\/p>\n<h3>Sermon Notes:<\/h3>\n<p><strong><u>Life in the Body of Christ<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Why people don\u2019t like the <strong><u>church<\/u><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>It is hard to grow in your faith <strong><u>alone<\/u><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>You are a vital part of God\u2019s <strong><u>mission<\/u><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h3>Scripture References:<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cI hate, I despise your religious festivals; your assemblies are a stench to me.\u00a0 Even though you bring me burnt offerings and grain offerings, I will not accept them.\u00a0 Though you bring choice fellowship offerings, I will have no regard for them.\u00a0 Away with the noise of your songs!\u00a0 I will not listen to the music of your harps. But let justice roll on like a river, righteousness like a never-failing stream!\u201d ~Amos 5:21-24<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds, not giving up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging one another\u2014and all the more as you see the Day approaching.\u201d ~Hebrews 10:24-25<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf the whole body were an eye, where would the sense of hearing be? If the whole body were an ear, where would the sense of smell be? But in fact God has placed the parts in the body, every one of them, just as he wanted them to be. If they were all one part, where would the body be? As it is, there are many parts, but one body.\u201d ~1 Corinthians 12:17-20<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo in Christ we, though many, form one body, and each member belongs to all the others.\u201d ~Romans 12:5<\/p>\n<p><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel\"\n\t\t\t data-anchor-id=\"08122018-no-absolute-truth\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-header-container\" role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-header\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" id=\"accordion-label-08122018-no-absolute-truth\" aria-controls=\"accordion-content-08122018-no-absolute-truth\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-title sow-accordion-title-icon-left\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t08\/12\/2018   -  No Absolute Truth\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-open-close-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-open-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sow-icon-ionicons\" data-sow-icon=\"&#xf218;\"\n\t\t \n\t\taria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-close-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sow-icon-ionicons\" data-sow-icon=\"&#xf209;\"\n\t\t \n\t\taria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"sow-accordion-panel-content\"\n\t\t\t\trole=\"region\"\n\t\t\t\taria-labelledby=\"accordion-label-08122018-no-absolute-truth\"\n\t\t\t\tid=\"accordion-content-08122018-no-absolute-truth\"\n\t\t\t\tstyle=\"display: none;\"\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-border\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a id=\"6a0a9f7f66d28\" rel=\"wp-video-lightbox\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=uSa8ZIbzvGw&#038;rel=0&#038;width=640&#038;height=360\" title=\"\">Click Here to watch video<\/a>    <script>\r\n    \/* <![CDATA[ *\/\r\n    jQuery(document).ready(function($){\r\n        $(function(){\r\n            var width = $(window).innerWidth();\r\n            var setwidth = parseFloat(640);\r\n            var ratio = parseFloat(0.5625);\r\n            var height = parseFloat(360);\r\n            var link = 'https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=uSa8ZIbzvGw&amp;rel=0&amp;width=640&amp;height=360';\r\n            if(width < setwidth)\r\n            {\r\n                height = Math.floor(width * 0.5625);\r\n                \/\/console.log(\"device width \"+width+\", set width \"+640+\", ratio \"+0.5625+\", new height \"+ height);\r\n                var new_url = wpvl_paramReplace('width', link, width);\r\n                var new_url = wpvl_paramReplace('height', new_url, height);\r\n                $(\"a#6a0a9f7f66d28\").attr('href', new_url);\r\n                \/\/console.log(new_url);\r\n            }\r\n        });\r\n    });\r\n    \/* ]]> *\/\r\n    <\/script><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><div class=\"bg-margin-for-link\"><input type='hidden' bg_collapse_expand='6a0a9f7f66d436059130095' value='6a0a9f7f66d436059130095'><input type='hidden' id='bg-show-more-text-6a0a9f7f66d436059130095' value='Show Notes &amp; Scripture References'><input type='hidden' id='bg-show-less-text-6a0a9f7f66d436059130095' value='Close'><a id='bg-showmore-action-6a0a9f7f66d436059130095' class='bg-showmore-plg-link  '  style=\" color:#4219e6;;\" href='#'>Show Notes &amp; Scripture References<\/a><div id='bg-showmore-hidden-6a0a9f7f66d436059130095' ><\/p>\n<h3>Sermon Notes:<\/h3>\n<p><strong><u>Who determines Truth<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Relative truth brings more <strong><u>freedom<\/u><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Be careful you are not following a <strong><u>lie<\/u><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The Truth is known to us in a <strong><u>person<\/u><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h3>Scripture References:<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cYou, my brothers and sisters, were called to be free. But do not use your freedom to indulge the flesh; rather, serve one another humbly in love. For the entire law is fulfilled in keeping this one command: \u2018Love your neighbor as yourself.\u2019\u201d ~Galatians 5:13-15<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEven to this day when Moses is read, a veil covers their hearts. But whenever anyone turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away. Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. And we all, who with unveiled faces contemplate the Lord\u2019s glory, are being transformed into his image with ever-increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit.\u201d ~2 Corinthians 3:15-18<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo the Jews who had believed him, Jesus said, \u2018If you hold to my teaching, you are really my disciples. Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free\u2026 So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.\u2019\u201d ~John 8:31-32,36<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJesus answered, \u2018I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. If you really know me, you will know my Father as well. From now on, you do know him and have seen him.\u2019\u201d ~John 14:6-7<\/p>\n<p><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel\"\n\t\t\t data-anchor-id=\"08192018-i%e2%80%99m-not-sure-about-the-bible\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-header-container\" role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-header\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" id=\"accordion-label-08192018-i%e2%80%99m-not-sure-about-the-bible\" aria-controls=\"accordion-content-08192018-i%e2%80%99m-not-sure-about-the-bible\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-title sow-accordion-title-icon-left\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t08\/19\/2018   -  I\u2019m Not Sure About the Bible\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-open-close-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-open-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sow-icon-ionicons\" data-sow-icon=\"&#xf218;\"\n\t\t \n\t\taria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-close-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sow-icon-ionicons\" data-sow-icon=\"&#xf209;\"\n\t\t \n\t\taria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"sow-accordion-panel-content\"\n\t\t\t\trole=\"region\"\n\t\t\t\taria-labelledby=\"accordion-label-08192018-i%e2%80%99m-not-sure-about-the-bible\"\n\t\t\t\tid=\"accordion-content-08192018-i%e2%80%99m-not-sure-about-the-bible\"\n\t\t\t\tstyle=\"display: none;\"\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-border\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a id=\"6a0a9f7f66e03\" rel=\"wp-video-lightbox\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=jOoi2A_KI9U&#038;rel=0&#038;width=640&#038;height=360\" title=\"\">Click Here to watch video<\/a>    <script>\r\n    \/* <![CDATA[ *\/\r\n    jQuery(document).ready(function($){\r\n        $(function(){\r\n            var width = $(window).innerWidth();\r\n            var setwidth = parseFloat(640);\r\n            var ratio = parseFloat(0.5625);\r\n            var height = parseFloat(360);\r\n            var link = 'https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=jOoi2A_KI9U&amp;rel=0&amp;width=640&amp;height=360';\r\n            if(width < setwidth)\r\n            {\r\n                height = Math.floor(width * 0.5625);\r\n                \/\/console.log(\"device width \"+width+\", set width \"+640+\", ratio \"+0.5625+\", new height \"+ height);\r\n                var new_url = wpvl_paramReplace('width', link, width);\r\n                var new_url = wpvl_paramReplace('height', new_url, height);\r\n                $(\"a#6a0a9f7f66e03\").attr('href', new_url);\r\n                \/\/console.log(new_url);\r\n            }\r\n        });\r\n    });\r\n    \/* ]]> *\/\r\n    <\/script><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><div class=\"bg-margin-for-link\"><input type='hidden' bg_collapse_expand='6a0a9f7f66e1d5060012546' value='6a0a9f7f66e1d5060012546'><input type='hidden' id='bg-show-more-text-6a0a9f7f66e1d5060012546' value='Show Notes &amp; Scripture References'><input type='hidden' id='bg-show-less-text-6a0a9f7f66e1d5060012546' value='Close'><a id='bg-showmore-action-6a0a9f7f66e1d5060012546' class='bg-showmore-plg-link  '  style=\" color:#4219e6;;\" href='#'>Show Notes &amp; Scripture References<\/a><div id='bg-showmore-hidden-6a0a9f7f66e1d5060012546' ><\/p>\n<h3>Sermon Notes:<\/h3>\n<p><strong><u>Is the Bible Reliable<\/u><\/strong><strong>?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>What make a story <strong><u>believable<\/u><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The Bible is historically <strong><u>accurate<\/u><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Living your life in in God\u2019s <strong><u>Word<\/u><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h3>Scripture References:<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cWhen your words came, I ate them;they were my joy and my heart\u2019s delight,for I bear your name,Lord God Almighty.\u201d ~Jeremiah 15:16<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut as for you, continue in what you have learned and have become convinced of, because you know those from whom you learned it, and how from infancy you have known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus. All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the servant of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.\u201d ~2 Timothy 3:14-17<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe says, \u2018Be still, and know that I am God; will be exalted among the nations,I will be exalted in the earth.\u2019 The Lord Almighty is with us;he God of Jacob is our fortress.\u201d ~Psalm 46:10-11<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow can a young person stay on the path of purity?By living according to your word. I seek you with all my heart;do not let me stray from your commands.I have hidden your word in my heartthat I might not sin against you.\u201d ~Psalm 119:9-11\u201d<\/p>\n<p><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel\"\n\t\t\t data-anchor-id=\"08262018-christians-are-intolerant\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-header-container\" role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-header\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" id=\"accordion-label-08262018-christians-are-intolerant\" aria-controls=\"accordion-content-08262018-christians-are-intolerant\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-title sow-accordion-title-icon-left\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t08\/26\/2018   -  Christians Are Intolerant\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-open-close-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-open-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sow-icon-ionicons\" data-sow-icon=\"&#xf218;\"\n\t\t \n\t\taria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-close-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sow-icon-ionicons\" data-sow-icon=\"&#xf209;\"\n\t\t \n\t\taria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"sow-accordion-panel-content\"\n\t\t\t\trole=\"region\"\n\t\t\t\taria-labelledby=\"accordion-label-08262018-christians-are-intolerant\"\n\t\t\t\tid=\"accordion-content-08262018-christians-are-intolerant\"\n\t\t\t\tstyle=\"display: none;\"\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-border\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a id=\"6a0a9f7f66ede\" rel=\"wp-video-lightbox\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=h5N6P5LXUJs&#038;rel=0&#038;width=640&#038;height=360\" title=\"\">Click Here to watch video<\/a>    <script>\r\n    \/* <![CDATA[ *\/\r\n    jQuery(document).ready(function($){\r\n        $(function(){\r\n            var width = $(window).innerWidth();\r\n            var setwidth = parseFloat(640);\r\n            var ratio = parseFloat(0.5625);\r\n            var height = parseFloat(360);\r\n            var link = 'https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=h5N6P5LXUJs&amp;rel=0&amp;width=640&amp;height=360';\r\n            if(width < setwidth)\r\n            {\r\n                height = Math.floor(width * 0.5625);\r\n                \/\/console.log(\"device width \"+width+\", set width \"+640+\", ratio \"+0.5625+\", new height \"+ height);\r\n                var new_url = wpvl_paramReplace('width', link, width);\r\n                var new_url = wpvl_paramReplace('height', new_url, height);\r\n                $(\"a#6a0a9f7f66ede\").attr('href', new_url);\r\n                \/\/console.log(new_url);\r\n            }\r\n        });\r\n    });\r\n    \/* ]]> *\/\r\n    <\/script><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><div class=\"bg-margin-for-link\"><input type='hidden' bg_collapse_expand='6a0a9f7f66ef89077609697' value='6a0a9f7f66ef89077609697'><input type='hidden' id='bg-show-more-text-6a0a9f7f66ef89077609697' value='Show Notes &amp; Scripture References'><input type='hidden' id='bg-show-less-text-6a0a9f7f66ef89077609697' value='Close'><a id='bg-showmore-action-6a0a9f7f66ef89077609697' class='bg-showmore-plg-link  '  style=\" color:#4219e6;;\" href='#'>Show Notes &amp; Scripture References<\/a><div id='bg-showmore-hidden-6a0a9f7f66ef89077609697' ><\/p>\n<h3>Sermon Notes:<\/h3>\n<p><strong><u>Responding as Mature Christians<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>When you are confronted about my <strong><u>faith<\/u><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>When you are dealing with <strong><u>sin<\/u><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The Gospel of Jesus is for <strong><u>everyone<\/u><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h3>Scripture References:<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cBut in your hearts revere Christ as Lord. Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have. But do this with gentleness and respect, keeping a clear conscience, so that those who speak maliciously against your good behavior in Christ may be ashamed of their slander.\u201d ~1 Peter 3:15-16<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThen we will no longer be infants, tossed back and forth by the waves, and blown here and there by every wind of teaching and by the cunning and craftiness of people in their deceitful scheming. Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will grow to become in every respect the mature body of him who is the head, that is, Christ\u201d ~Ephesians 4:14-15<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHere there is no Gentile or Jew, circumcised or uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave or free, but Christ is all, and is in all. Therefore, as God\u2019s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience.~Colossians 3:11-12<\/p>\n<p><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel\"\n\t\t\t data-anchor-id=\"09022018-aren%e2%80%99t-religions-the-same\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-header-container\" role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-header\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" id=\"accordion-label-09022018-aren%e2%80%99t-religions-the-same\" aria-controls=\"accordion-content-09022018-aren%e2%80%99t-religions-the-same\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-title sow-accordion-title-icon-left\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t09\/02\/2018  -   Aren\u2019t Religions the Same\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-open-close-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-open-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sow-icon-ionicons\" data-sow-icon=\"&#xf218;\"\n\t\t \n\t\taria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-close-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sow-icon-ionicons\" data-sow-icon=\"&#xf209;\"\n\t\t \n\t\taria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"sow-accordion-panel-content\"\n\t\t\t\trole=\"region\"\n\t\t\t\taria-labelledby=\"accordion-label-09022018-aren%e2%80%99t-religions-the-same\"\n\t\t\t\tid=\"accordion-content-09022018-aren%e2%80%99t-religions-the-same\"\n\t\t\t\tstyle=\"display: none;\"\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-border\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong><a id=\"6a0a9f7f66fb0\" rel=\"wp-video-lightbox\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=98ux7Hv1oEc&#038;rel=0&#038;width=640&#038;height=360\" title=\"\">Click Here to watch video<\/a>    <script>\r\n    \/* <![CDATA[ *\/\r\n    jQuery(document).ready(function($){\r\n        $(function(){\r\n            var width = $(window).innerWidth();\r\n            var setwidth = parseFloat(640);\r\n            var ratio = parseFloat(0.5625);\r\n            var height = parseFloat(360);\r\n            var link = 'https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=98ux7Hv1oEc&amp;rel=0&amp;width=640&amp;height=360';\r\n            if(width < setwidth)\r\n            {\r\n                height = Math.floor(width * 0.5625);\r\n                \/\/console.log(\"device width \"+width+\", set width \"+640+\", ratio \"+0.5625+\", new height \"+ height);\r\n                var new_url = wpvl_paramReplace('width', link, width);\r\n                var new_url = wpvl_paramReplace('height', new_url, height);\r\n                $(\"a#6a0a9f7f66fb0\").attr('href', new_url);\r\n                \/\/console.log(new_url);\r\n            }\r\n        });\r\n    });\r\n    \/* ]]> *\/\r\n    <\/script><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><div class=\"bg-margin-for-link\"><input type='hidden' bg_collapse_expand='6a0a9f7f66fcb3018441113' value='6a0a9f7f66fcb3018441113'><input type='hidden' id='bg-show-more-text-6a0a9f7f66fcb3018441113' value='Show Notes &amp; Scripture References'><input type='hidden' id='bg-show-less-text-6a0a9f7f66fcb3018441113' value='Close'><a id='bg-showmore-action-6a0a9f7f66fcb3018441113' class='bg-showmore-plg-link  '  style=\" color:#4219e6;;\" href='#'>Show Notes &amp; Scripture References<\/a><div id='bg-showmore-hidden-6a0a9f7f66fcb3018441113' ><\/p>\n<h3>Sermon Notes:<\/h3>\n<h3>Aren&apos;t All Religions About The Same<\/h3>\n<p>There is now a Hindu temple a few miles from a church I once served at many years ago.\u00a0 It was then rural, now its sub-urban so the vicinity has really changed.\u00a0\u00a0 We are being thrust into contact with other world religions.\u00a0 This reality has lead some to say: \"Aren&apos;t all religions about the same?\"\u00a0 Don&apos;t they all have the same goal of helping us live better so we all get to heaven?<\/p>\n<h3>\u00a0World Religions<\/h3>\n<h4>A. Some similarities:<\/h4>\n<p>A goal to help us understand life and how to live it better.\u00a0 How to be good! All have certain beliefs, scriptures or writings, symbols, ceremonies and special leaders.<\/p>\n<h4>B. Some differences:<\/h4>\n<p>Number of gods, if any.\u00a0\u00a0Some are more philosophies than religions.\u00a0\u00a0Magic, May the \"force\" be with you.<\/p>\n<h4>C. This is not a subject for a sermon.<\/h4>\n<p>It would make a good study for a class.<\/p>\n<h3>Christianity\u2019s Uniqueness\u2014Relationships<\/h3>\n<p>Like a universal family or like the father and sons in the Parable of:\u00a0 \"The Prodigal Son\"\u00a0~Luke 15:11-32<\/p>\n<h4>God as Father. (Not a king or potentate.)<\/h4>\n<p>A loving Father, who cares for his children, and acts out his love, especially through Jesus. \u00a0\"God so loved the world, that he gave us his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have everlasting life.\"~John 3:16<\/p>\n<p>In the parable; God showed his love by:<\/p>\n<p>Giving both sons, free-will: the power to choose to love him in return. The younger son chose to neglect the father at first and left home; but later returned in a humbled and penitent spirit.<\/p>\n<p>Then offering the younger son, forgiveness for his sin\u00a0 &amp; reacceptance back into the family.<\/p>\n<p>Our God is a God of LOVE, ACTION through Christ, \u00a0and FORGIVENESS.\u00a0 <u>A Christian uniqueness!<\/u><\/p>\n<h4>The younger son.<\/h4>\n<p>After his original pride (I can do\u00a0life by myself) cost him everything,<\/p>\n<p>\"He came to himself -Developed a spirit of humility ( a sense of need)<\/p>\n<p>Returned home \u00a0in a spirit of repentance&apos; saying \"Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you; I am no longer worthy to be called your son; treat me as one of your hired servants.\"\u00a0 Luke 15:21<\/p>\n<p>He was forgiven for his past sin but also received back not as a slave or hired servant but as a SON.<\/p>\n<p>To symbolize this - He was given the best family robe\u00a0 (a robe of righteousness)\u00a0 He was given a family ring ( the credit card making the resources of the family available to him). \u00a0He was given shoes . (Only children wore shoes.)\u00a0 This was to more adequately help him face life.<\/p>\n<p>This was to aid him in living the present and to fully prepare for and live in the future as a son, not a slave.<\/p>\n<p>A TRANSFORMED LIFE.<\/p>\n<h3>Experiencing The Uniqueness Of Christianity<\/h3>\n<h4>What it offers<\/h4>\n<p>A God who loves us, acts through sending his son Jesus, and willingly forgives those who repent.<\/p>\n<p>A new transformed life.<\/p>\n<p>This is meant to be lived.\u00a0 (Not just a good idea but a guide for a life.)<\/p>\n<p>Other religions don&apos;t really offer this.\u00a0\u00a0 (For them its all up to us.)<\/p>\n<h4>The older brother: Portrays those who don\u2019t experience this blessing.<\/h4>\n<p>He never really became humble so he felt no need for repentance, trusting in his own faithfulness at his task at home. He thus never experienced forgiveness and as a result of that, LOVE. He hated his \"no-good\" brother who had left home and was jealous of the warm reception back by the loving father. He felt like a slave.\u00a0 \"Look all these years I have slaved for you and you never gave me anything\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Some professing Christians feel and live like that.\u00a0 More slaves than children of the heavenly father. In that spirit they are little different than people who follow other religions or even no religion.<\/p>\n<p>They don\u2019t know or experience, LOVE, FORGIVENESS AND A NEW LIFE which are Christ&apos;s unique gifts to us.<\/p>\n<p>No wonder there is so little joy in their religion.\u00a0 Our sinful life has nothing to celebrate.<\/p>\n<h3>Conclusion<\/h3>\n<p>Which son better describes you today?\u00a0\u00a0Are you\u00a0experiencing the blessing of truly being part of God&apos;s transformed family? \u00a0Or is\u00a0your religion most duty or drudgery?<\/p>\n<p>Holy Communion is a good time for spiritual self-examination. As you kneel at the communion rail after receiving the symbols of Christ\u00a0sacrifice, take time to seek God&apos;s help in making needed changes in your life!<\/p>\n<p><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-7475-8\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-has-style\" ><div class=\"siteorigin-panels-stretch panel-row-style-full-width panel-row-style panel-row-style-for-7475-8\" data-stretch-type=\"full-stretched\" ><div id=\"pgc-7475-8-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-7475-8-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-headline panel-first-child\" data-index=\"16\" ><div class=\"panel-widget-style panel-widget-style-for-7475-8-0-0\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-headline so-widget-sow-headline-default-771b70f7f01f-7475\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t><div class=\"sow-headline-container \">\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-7475-8-0-1\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-accordion panel-last-child\" data-index=\"17\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-accordion so-widget-sow-accordion-default-0fb0afa7878d-7475\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t><h3 class=\"widget-title\">Sermon Series \"Dangerous Prayers\"<\/h3><div>\n\t<div class=\"sow-accordion\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel\"\n\t\t\t data-anchor-id=\"09092018-search-me\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-header-container\" role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-header\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" id=\"accordion-label-09092018-search-me\" aria-controls=\"accordion-content-09092018-search-me\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-title sow-accordion-title-icon-left\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t09\/09\/2018   -  Search Me\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-open-close-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-open-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sow-icon-ionicons\" data-sow-icon=\"&#xf218;\"\n\t\t \n\t\taria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-close-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sow-icon-ionicons\" data-sow-icon=\"&#xf209;\"\n\t\t \n\t\taria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"sow-accordion-panel-content\"\n\t\t\t\trole=\"region\"\n\t\t\t\taria-labelledby=\"accordion-label-09092018-search-me\"\n\t\t\t\tid=\"accordion-content-09092018-search-me\"\n\t\t\t\tstyle=\"display: none;\"\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-border\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a id=\"6a0a9f7f6710d\" rel=\"wp-video-lightbox\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MNsR2-GNM_M&#038;rel=0&#038;width=640&#038;height=360\" title=\"\">Click Here to watch video<\/a>    <script>\r\n    \/* <![CDATA[ *\/\r\n    jQuery(document).ready(function($){\r\n        $(function(){\r\n            var width = $(window).innerWidth();\r\n            var setwidth = parseFloat(640);\r\n            var ratio = parseFloat(0.5625);\r\n            var height = parseFloat(360);\r\n            var link = 'https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MNsR2-GNM_M&amp;rel=0&amp;width=640&amp;height=360';\r\n            if(width < setwidth)\r\n            {\r\n                height = Math.floor(width * 0.5625);\r\n                \/\/console.log(\"device width \"+width+\", set width \"+640+\", ratio \"+0.5625+\", new height \"+ height);\r\n                var new_url = wpvl_paramReplace('width', link, width);\r\n                var new_url = wpvl_paramReplace('height', new_url, height);\r\n                $(\"a#6a0a9f7f6710d\").attr('href', new_url);\r\n                \/\/console.log(new_url);\r\n            }\r\n        });\r\n    });\r\n    \/* ]]> *\/\r\n    <\/script><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><div class=\"bg-margin-for-link\"><input type='hidden' bg_collapse_expand='6a0a9f7f671280033073748' value='6a0a9f7f671280033073748'><input type='hidden' id='bg-show-more-text-6a0a9f7f671280033073748' value='Show Notes &amp; Scripture References'><input type='hidden' id='bg-show-less-text-6a0a9f7f671280033073748' value='Close'><a id='bg-showmore-action-6a0a9f7f671280033073748' class='bg-showmore-plg-link  '  style=\" color:#4219e6;;\" href='#'>Show Notes &amp; Scripture References<\/a><div id='bg-showmore-hidden-6a0a9f7f671280033073748' ><\/p>\n<h3>Sermon Notes:<\/h3>\n<p><strong><u>The Nature of Prayer<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Prayer is more about <strong><u>listening<\/u><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Prayer is powerful when <strong><u>consistent<\/u><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Prayer is effective when <strong><u>received<\/u><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h3>Scripture References<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cSearch me, God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts.\u00a0 See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.\u201d ~Psalm 139:23-24<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us. ~1 John 5:14<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen you ask, you do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, that you may spend what you get on your pleasures.\u201d ~James 4:3<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRejoice always, pray continually, give thanks in allcircumstances; for this is God\u2019s will for you in Christ Jesus.\u201d ~1 Thessalonians 5:16-18<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice!\u00a0 Let your gentleness be evident to all. The Lord is near.\u00a0 Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.\u00a0 And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.\u201d ~Philippians 4:4-7<\/p>\n<p><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel\"\n\t\t\t data-anchor-id=\"09182018-break-me\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-header-container\" role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-header\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" id=\"accordion-label-09182018-break-me\" aria-controls=\"accordion-content-09182018-break-me\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-title sow-accordion-title-icon-left\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t09\/18\/2018  - Break Me\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-open-close-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-open-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sow-icon-ionicons\" data-sow-icon=\"&#xf218;\"\n\t\t \n\t\taria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-close-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sow-icon-ionicons\" data-sow-icon=\"&#xf209;\"\n\t\t \n\t\taria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"sow-accordion-panel-content\"\n\t\t\t\trole=\"region\"\n\t\t\t\taria-labelledby=\"accordion-label-09182018-break-me\"\n\t\t\t\tid=\"accordion-content-09182018-break-me\"\n\t\t\t\tstyle=\"display: none;\"\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-border\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a id=\"6a0a9f7f671e9\" rel=\"wp-video-lightbox\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=FJA12HAGzOA&#038;rel=0&#038;width=640&#038;height=360\" title=\"\">Click Here to watch video<\/a>    <script>\r\n    \/* <![CDATA[ *\/\r\n    jQuery(document).ready(function($){\r\n        $(function(){\r\n            var width = $(window).innerWidth();\r\n            var setwidth = parseFloat(640);\r\n            var ratio = parseFloat(0.5625);\r\n            var height = parseFloat(360);\r\n            var link = 'https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=FJA12HAGzOA&amp;rel=0&amp;width=640&amp;height=360';\r\n            if(width < setwidth)\r\n            {\r\n                height = Math.floor(width * 0.5625);\r\n                \/\/console.log(\"device width \"+width+\", set width \"+640+\", ratio \"+0.5625+\", new height \"+ height);\r\n                var new_url = wpvl_paramReplace('width', link, width);\r\n                var new_url = wpvl_paramReplace('height', new_url, height);\r\n                $(\"a#6a0a9f7f671e9\").attr('href', new_url);\r\n                \/\/console.log(new_url);\r\n            }\r\n        });\r\n    });\r\n    \/* ]]> *\/\r\n    <\/script><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><div class=\"bg-margin-for-link\"><input type='hidden' bg_collapse_expand='6a0a9f7f672039000378393' value='6a0a9f7f672039000378393'><input type='hidden' id='bg-show-more-text-6a0a9f7f672039000378393' value='Show Notes &amp; Scripture References'><input type='hidden' id='bg-show-less-text-6a0a9f7f672039000378393' value='Close'><a id='bg-showmore-action-6a0a9f7f672039000378393' class='bg-showmore-plg-link  '  style=\" color:#4219e6;;\" href='#'>Show Notes &amp; Scripture References<\/a><div id='bg-showmore-hidden-6a0a9f7f672039000378393' ><\/p>\n<h3>Sermon Notes:<\/h3>\n<p><strong><u>Becoming More Like Jesus<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Breaking our pride and<strong><u> selfishness<\/u><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Change me and give me a new <strong><u>heart<\/u><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>God breaks only those who bear <strong><u>fruit<\/u><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h3>Scripture References<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cDo nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves.\u201d ~Philippians 2:3<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo one should seek their own good, but the good of others.\u201d~1 Corinthians 10:24<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you; I will remove from you your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh.And I will put my Spirit in you and move you to follow my decrees and be careful to keep my laws.\u201d ~Ezekiel 36:26-27<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener. He cuts off every branch in me that bears no fruit, while every branch that does bear fruit he prunes so that it will be even more fruitful.\u00a0 You are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you. Remain in me, as I also remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in me.\u201d ~John 15: 1-4<\/p>\n<p><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel\"\n\t\t\t data-anchor-id=\"09252018-send-me\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-header-container\" role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-header\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" id=\"accordion-label-09252018-send-me\" aria-controls=\"accordion-content-09252018-send-me\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-title sow-accordion-title-icon-left\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t09\/25\/2018  -  Send Me\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-open-close-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-open-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sow-icon-ionicons\" data-sow-icon=\"&#xf218;\"\n\t\t \n\t\taria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-close-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sow-icon-ionicons\" data-sow-icon=\"&#xf209;\"\n\t\t \n\t\taria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"sow-accordion-panel-content\"\n\t\t\t\trole=\"region\"\n\t\t\t\taria-labelledby=\"accordion-label-09252018-send-me\"\n\t\t\t\tid=\"accordion-content-09252018-send-me\"\n\t\t\t\tstyle=\"display: none;\"\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-border\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a id=\"6a0a9f7f672be\" rel=\"wp-video-lightbox\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=-15qq5Rsy40&#038;rel=0&#038;width=640&#038;height=360\" title=\"\">Click Here to watch video<\/a>    <script>\r\n    \/* <![CDATA[ *\/\r\n    jQuery(document).ready(function($){\r\n        $(function(){\r\n            var width = $(window).innerWidth();\r\n            var setwidth = parseFloat(640);\r\n            var ratio = parseFloat(0.5625);\r\n            var height = parseFloat(360);\r\n            var link = 'https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=-15qq5Rsy40&amp;rel=0&amp;width=640&amp;height=360';\r\n            if(width < setwidth)\r\n            {\r\n                height = Math.floor(width * 0.5625);\r\n                \/\/console.log(\"device width \"+width+\", set width \"+640+\", ratio \"+0.5625+\", new height \"+ height);\r\n                var new_url = wpvl_paramReplace('width', link, width);\r\n                var new_url = wpvl_paramReplace('height', new_url, height);\r\n                $(\"a#6a0a9f7f672be\").attr('href', new_url);\r\n                \/\/console.log(new_url);\r\n            }\r\n        });\r\n    });\r\n    \/* ]]> *\/\r\n    <\/script><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><div class=\"bg-margin-for-link\"><input type='hidden' bg_collapse_expand='6a0a9f7f672d82065247449' value='6a0a9f7f672d82065247449'><input type='hidden' id='bg-show-more-text-6a0a9f7f672d82065247449' value='Show Notes &amp; Scripture References'><input type='hidden' id='bg-show-less-text-6a0a9f7f672d82065247449' value='Close'><a id='bg-showmore-action-6a0a9f7f672d82065247449' class='bg-showmore-plg-link  '  style=\" color:#4219e6;;\" href='#'>Show Notes &amp; Scripture References<\/a><div id='bg-showmore-hidden-6a0a9f7f672d82065247449' ><\/p>\n<h3>Sermon Notes:<\/h3>\n<p><strong><u>The Routines of a Holy Life<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We are all called to live <strong><u>holy<\/u><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Jesus calls us into the <strong><u>world<\/u><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>We are called to be salt and <strong><u>light<\/u><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h3>Scripture References<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cWith it he touched my mouth and said, \u2018See, this has touched your lips; your guilt is taken away and your sin atoned for.\u2019 Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, \u2018Whom shall I send? And who will go for us?\u2019\u00a0 And I said, \u2018Here am I. Send me!\u2019\u201d ~Isaiah 6:7-8<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTherefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God\u2019s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God\u2014this is your true and proper worship. Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God\u2019s will is\u2014his good, pleasing and perfect will.\u201d ~Romans 12:1-2<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou are the light of the world. A town built on a hill cannot be hidden. Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl. Instead they put it on its stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house. In the same way, let your light shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven.\u201d ~Matthew 5:14-16<\/p>\n<p><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-7475-9\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-has-style\" ><div class=\"siteorigin-panels-stretch panel-row-style-full-width panel-row-style panel-row-style-for-7475-9\" data-stretch-type=\"full-stretched\" ><div id=\"pgc-7475-9-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-7475-9-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-headline panel-first-child\" data-index=\"18\" ><div class=\"panel-widget-style panel-widget-style-for-7475-9-0-0\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-headline so-widget-sow-headline-default-771b70f7f01f-7475\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t><div class=\"sow-headline-container \">\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-7475-9-0-1\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-accordion panel-last-child\" data-index=\"19\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-accordion so-widget-sow-accordion-default-0fb0afa7878d-7475\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t><h3 class=\"widget-title\">Sermon Series \"One Life\"<\/h3><div>\n\t<div class=\"sow-accordion\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel\"\n\t\t\t data-anchor-id=\"09302018-one-person\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-header-container\" role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-header\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" id=\"accordion-label-09302018-one-person\" aria-controls=\"accordion-content-09302018-one-person\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-title sow-accordion-title-icon-left\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t09\/30\/2018   -  One Person\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-open-close-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-open-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sow-icon-ionicons\" data-sow-icon=\"&#xf218;\"\n\t\t \n\t\taria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-close-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sow-icon-ionicons\" data-sow-icon=\"&#xf209;\"\n\t\t \n\t\taria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"sow-accordion-panel-content\"\n\t\t\t\trole=\"region\"\n\t\t\t\taria-labelledby=\"accordion-label-09302018-one-person\"\n\t\t\t\tid=\"accordion-content-09302018-one-person\"\n\t\t\t\tstyle=\"display: none;\"\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-border\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a id=\"6a0a9f7f673a2\" rel=\"wp-video-lightbox\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=kVA8GPg2d4Y&#038;rel=0&#038;width=640&#038;height=360\" title=\"\">Click Here to watch video<\/a>    <script>\r\n    \/* <![CDATA[ *\/\r\n    jQuery(document).ready(function($){\r\n        $(function(){\r\n            var width = $(window).innerWidth();\r\n            var setwidth = parseFloat(640);\r\n            var ratio = parseFloat(0.5625);\r\n            var height = parseFloat(360);\r\n            var link = 'https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=kVA8GPg2d4Y&amp;rel=0&amp;width=640&amp;height=360';\r\n            if(width < setwidth)\r\n            {\r\n                height = Math.floor(width * 0.5625);\r\n                \/\/console.log(\"device width \"+width+\", set width \"+640+\", ratio \"+0.5625+\", new height \"+ height);\r\n                var new_url = wpvl_paramReplace('width', link, width);\r\n                var new_url = wpvl_paramReplace('height', new_url, height);\r\n                $(\"a#6a0a9f7f673a2\").attr('href', new_url);\r\n                \/\/console.log(new_url);\r\n            }\r\n        });\r\n    });\r\n    \/* ]]> *\/\r\n    <\/script><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><div class=\"bg-margin-for-link\"><input type='hidden' bg_collapse_expand='6a0a9f7f673bc4092695813' value='6a0a9f7f673bc4092695813'><input type='hidden' id='bg-show-more-text-6a0a9f7f673bc4092695813' value='Show Notes &amp; Scripture References'><input type='hidden' id='bg-show-less-text-6a0a9f7f673bc4092695813' value='Close'><a id='bg-showmore-action-6a0a9f7f673bc4092695813' class='bg-showmore-plg-link  '  style=\" color:#4219e6;;\" href='#'>Show Notes &amp; Scripture References<\/a><div id='bg-showmore-hidden-6a0a9f7f673bc4092695813' ><\/p>\n<h3>Sermon Notes:<\/h3>\n<p><strong><u>The Foundation of our Faith<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Every person is important to <strong><u>Jesus<\/u><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Jesus\u2019 priority is to save the <strong><u>lost<\/u><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Jesus is the One Person who <strong><u>saves<\/u><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h3>Scripture References<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cSuppose one of you has a hundred sheep and loses one of them. Doesn\u2019t he leave the ninety-nine in the open country and go after the lost sheep until he finds it?And when he finds it, he joyfully puts it on his shoulders and goes home. Then he calls his friends and neighbors together and says, \u2018Rejoice with me; I have found my lost sheep.I tell you that in the same way there will be more rejoicing in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who do not need to repent.\u2019\u201d ~Luke15:4-6<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJesus said to him, \u2018Today salvation has come to this house, because this man, too, is a son of Abraham. For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.\u2019\u201d ~Luke 19:9-10<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSalvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to mankind by which we must be saved.\u201d ~Acts 4:12<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJesus answered, \u2018I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. If you really know me, you will know my Father as well. From now on, you do know him and have seen him.\u2019\u201d ~John 14:6-7<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel\"\n\t\t\t data-anchor-id=\"10072018-one-church\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-header-container\" role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-header\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" id=\"accordion-label-10072018-one-church\" aria-controls=\"accordion-content-10072018-one-church\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-title sow-accordion-title-icon-left\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t10\/07\/2018   -  One Church\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-open-close-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-open-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sow-icon-ionicons\" data-sow-icon=\"&#xf218;\"\n\t\t \n\t\taria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-close-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sow-icon-ionicons\" data-sow-icon=\"&#xf209;\"\n\t\t \n\t\taria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"sow-accordion-panel-content\"\n\t\t\t\trole=\"region\"\n\t\t\t\taria-labelledby=\"accordion-label-10072018-one-church\"\n\t\t\t\tid=\"accordion-content-10072018-one-church\"\n\t\t\t\tstyle=\"display: none;\"\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-border\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a id=\"6a0a9f7f67493\" rel=\"wp-video-lightbox\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Xx5_NRYXObc&#038;rel=0&#038;width=640&#038;height=360\" title=\"\">Click Here to watch video<\/a>    <script>\r\n    \/* <![CDATA[ *\/\r\n    jQuery(document).ready(function($){\r\n        $(function(){\r\n            var width = $(window).innerWidth();\r\n            var setwidth = parseFloat(640);\r\n            var ratio = parseFloat(0.5625);\r\n            var height = parseFloat(360);\r\n            var link = 'https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Xx5_NRYXObc&amp;rel=0&amp;width=640&amp;height=360';\r\n            if(width < setwidth)\r\n            {\r\n                height = Math.floor(width * 0.5625);\r\n                \/\/console.log(\"device width \"+width+\", set width \"+640+\", ratio \"+0.5625+\", new height \"+ height);\r\n                var new_url = wpvl_paramReplace('width', link, width);\r\n                var new_url = wpvl_paramReplace('height', new_url, height);\r\n                $(\"a#6a0a9f7f67493\").attr('href', new_url);\r\n                \/\/console.log(new_url);\r\n            }\r\n        });\r\n    });\r\n    \/* ]]> *\/\r\n    <\/script><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><div class=\"bg-margin-for-link\"><input type='hidden' bg_collapse_expand='6a0a9f7f674ad7090512126' value='6a0a9f7f674ad7090512126'><input type='hidden' id='bg-show-more-text-6a0a9f7f674ad7090512126' value='Show Notes &amp; Scripture References'><input type='hidden' id='bg-show-less-text-6a0a9f7f674ad7090512126' value='Close'><a id='bg-showmore-action-6a0a9f7f674ad7090512126' class='bg-showmore-plg-link  '  style=\" color:#4219e6;;\" href='#'>Show Notes &amp; Scripture References<\/a><div id='bg-showmore-hidden-6a0a9f7f674ad7090512126' ><\/p>\n<h3>Sermon Notes:<\/h3>\n<p><strong><u>The World Wide Body<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It is okay there are different <strong><u>styles<\/u><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>We share the important issues in <strong><u>common<\/u><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The Church is powerful working <strong><u>together<\/u><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h3>Scripture References<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cFor just as each of us has one body with many members, and these members do not all have the same function, so in Christ we, though many, form one body, and each member belongs to all the others.\u201d ~Romans 12:4-5<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are different kinds of gifts, but the same Spirit distributes them. There are different kinds of service, but the same Lord. There are different kinds of working, but in all of them and in everyone it is the same God at work.\u201d ~ 1 Corinthians 12:4-6<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBe completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love. Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace. There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called to one hope when you were called; one Lord, one faith, one baptism; one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all.\u201d ~ Ephesians 4:2-6<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God lives in us and his love is made complete in us.\u201d\u00a0 <u><\/u>~1 John 4:11-12<\/p>\n<p><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel\"\n\t\t\t data-anchor-id=\"102142018-one-eternal-life\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-header-container\" role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-header\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" id=\"accordion-label-102142018-one-eternal-life\" aria-controls=\"accordion-content-102142018-one-eternal-life\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-title sow-accordion-title-icon-left\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t10\/2142018   -  One Eternal Life\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-open-close-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-open-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sow-icon-ionicons\" data-sow-icon=\"&#xf218;\"\n\t\t \n\t\taria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-close-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sow-icon-ionicons\" data-sow-icon=\"&#xf209;\"\n\t\t \n\t\taria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"sow-accordion-panel-content\"\n\t\t\t\trole=\"region\"\n\t\t\t\taria-labelledby=\"accordion-label-102142018-one-eternal-life\"\n\t\t\t\tid=\"accordion-content-102142018-one-eternal-life\"\n\t\t\t\tstyle=\"display: none;\"\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-border\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a id=\"6a0a9f7f67568\" rel=\"wp-video-lightbox\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=RdxtHHCn4oY&#038;rel=0&#038;width=640&#038;height=360\" title=\"\">Click Here to watch video<\/a>    <script>\r\n    \/* <![CDATA[ *\/\r\n    jQuery(document).ready(function($){\r\n        $(function(){\r\n            var width = $(window).innerWidth();\r\n            var setwidth = parseFloat(640);\r\n            var ratio = parseFloat(0.5625);\r\n            var height = parseFloat(360);\r\n            var link = 'https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=RdxtHHCn4oY&amp;rel=0&amp;width=640&amp;height=360';\r\n            if(width < setwidth)\r\n            {\r\n                height = Math.floor(width * 0.5625);\r\n                \/\/console.log(\"device width \"+width+\", set width \"+640+\", ratio \"+0.5625+\", new height \"+ height);\r\n                var new_url = wpvl_paramReplace('width', link, width);\r\n                var new_url = wpvl_paramReplace('height', new_url, height);\r\n                $(\"a#6a0a9f7f67568\").attr('href', new_url);\r\n                \/\/console.log(new_url);\r\n            }\r\n        });\r\n    });\r\n    \/* ]]> *\/\r\n    <\/script><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><div class=\"bg-margin-for-link\"><input type='hidden' bg_collapse_expand='6a0a9f7f675834064783841' value='6a0a9f7f675834064783841'><input type='hidden' id='bg-show-more-text-6a0a9f7f675834064783841' value='Show Notes &amp; Scripture References'><input type='hidden' id='bg-show-less-text-6a0a9f7f675834064783841' value='Close'><a id='bg-showmore-action-6a0a9f7f675834064783841' class='bg-showmore-plg-link  '  style=\" color:#4219e6;;\" href='#'>Show Notes &amp; Scripture References<\/a><div id='bg-showmore-hidden-6a0a9f7f675834064783841' ><\/p>\n<h3>Sermon Notes:<\/h3>\n<p><strong><u>We are going to live Forever<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We were created in God\u2019s <strong><u>image<\/u><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Life here determines our <strong><u>eternity<\/u><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Jesus came to bring eternal <strong><u>life<\/u><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h3>Scripture References<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cThen the Lord God formed a man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being.\u201d ~Genesis 2:7<\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u2018The time came when the beggar died and the angels carried him to Abraham\u2019s side. The rich man also died and was buried. In Hades, where he was in torment, he looked up and saw Abraham far away, with Lazarus by his side\u2026 And besides all this, between us and you a great chasm has been set in place, so that those who want to go from here to you cannot, nor can anyone cross over from there to us.\u201d ~Luke 16:22-23<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because they have not believed in the name of God\u2019s one and only Son.\u201d ~John 3:16-18<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me. I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; no one will snatch them out of my hand.\u201d ~John 10<strong><u>:<\/u><\/strong>27-28<\/p>\n<p><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel\"\n\t\t\t data-anchor-id=\"10212018-prodigal-sons-brother\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-header-container\" role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-header\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" id=\"accordion-label-10212018-prodigal-sons-brother\" aria-controls=\"accordion-content-10212018-prodigal-sons-brother\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-title sow-accordion-title-icon-left\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t10\/21\/2018   -  Prodigal Son's Brother\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-open-close-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-open-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sow-icon-ionicons\" data-sow-icon=\"&#xf218;\"\n\t\t \n\t\taria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-close-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sow-icon-ionicons\" data-sow-icon=\"&#xf209;\"\n\t\t \n\t\taria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"sow-accordion-panel-content\"\n\t\t\t\trole=\"region\"\n\t\t\t\taria-labelledby=\"accordion-label-10212018-prodigal-sons-brother\"\n\t\t\t\tid=\"accordion-content-10212018-prodigal-sons-brother\"\n\t\t\t\tstyle=\"display: none;\"\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-border\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a id=\"6a0a9f7f67641\" rel=\"wp-video-lightbox\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=hR4jkyTwAns&#038;rel=0&#038;width=640&#038;height=360\" title=\"\">Click Here to watch video<\/a>    <script>\r\n    \/* <![CDATA[ *\/\r\n    jQuery(document).ready(function($){\r\n        $(function(){\r\n            var width = $(window).innerWidth();\r\n            var setwidth = parseFloat(640);\r\n            var ratio = parseFloat(0.5625);\r\n            var height = parseFloat(360);\r\n            var link = 'https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=hR4jkyTwAns&amp;rel=0&amp;width=640&amp;height=360';\r\n            if(width < setwidth)\r\n            {\r\n                height = Math.floor(width * 0.5625);\r\n                \/\/console.log(\"device width \"+width+\", set width \"+640+\", ratio \"+0.5625+\", new height \"+ height);\r\n                var new_url = wpvl_paramReplace('width', link, width);\r\n                var new_url = wpvl_paramReplace('height', new_url, height);\r\n                $(\"a#6a0a9f7f67641\").attr('href', new_url);\r\n                \/\/console.log(new_url);\r\n            }\r\n        });\r\n    });\r\n    \/* ]]> *\/\r\n    <\/script><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><div class=\"bg-margin-for-link\"><input type='hidden' bg_collapse_expand='6a0a9f7f6765d1096040753' value='6a0a9f7f6765d1096040753'><input type='hidden' id='bg-show-more-text-6a0a9f7f6765d1096040753' value='Show Notes &amp; Scripture References'><input type='hidden' id='bg-show-less-text-6a0a9f7f6765d1096040753' value='Close'><a id='bg-showmore-action-6a0a9f7f6765d1096040753' class='bg-showmore-plg-link  '  style=\" color:#4219e6;;\" href='#'>Show Notes &amp; Scripture References<\/a><div id='bg-showmore-hidden-6a0a9f7f6765d1096040753' ><\/p>\n<h3>Sermon Notes:<\/h3>\n<p>THE OLDER BROTHER<\/p>\n<p>He is the third and often forgotten person in Jesus\u2019 parable of the Prodigal Son.<br \/>\nHe represents a significant portion of the faith community today.<br \/>\nWhat were his main qualities and what do they say to us?<\/p>\n<p>A. Positive quality.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Loyalty and faithfulness to the family.<\/li>\n<li>Like many loyal and faithful church members in our day.<\/li>\n<li>The kind of people the church depends on.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>B. Negative qualities.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Lovelessnss.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Didn\u2019t welcome his brother home; a sign of lovelessness.<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Despite being around the loving father; he never developed this love in himself.<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Too many faithful church members can be surrounded by the love of Jesus but never personally experience it.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ol start=\"2\">\n<li>Joylessness.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0\u00a0 The older brother felt and acted more like a slave than a son.\u00a0 It showed in his joylessness.<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0\u00a0 For too many church members serving God is a form of slavery.<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0\u00a0 No wonder they have so little joy<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>C. What can be done for the older brother?<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>An inner transformation, similar to what occurred in the younger brother.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 This involves repentance, an inner change of heart and mind.<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \"You must be born again.\"\u00a0 John 3: 3<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ol start=\"2\">\n<li>Moving from living like a slave toward living like a family member.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Using the resources offered by the loving father&apos;s family.<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The robe, the ring, and the shoes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>CONCLUSION\u2014For all of us who are like the older brother!<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>The change like the younger brother experienced. A change of heart and mind issuing in repentance and then returning home.<\/li>\n<li>Then living as a family member, not as a slave; using the family resources; the robe, the ring, and the shoes.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h3>Scripture References<\/h3>\n<p><span class=\"text Luke-15-11\"><sup class=\"versenum\">11\u00a0<\/sup>Then Jesus said, \u201cThere was a man who had two sons. <\/span> <span id=\"en-NRSV-25593\" class=\"text Luke-15-12\"><sup class=\"versenum\">12\u00a0<\/sup>The younger of them said to his father, \u2018Father, give me the share of the property that will belong to me.\u2019 So he divided his property between them. <\/span> <span id=\"en-NRSV-25594\" class=\"text Luke-15-13\"><sup class=\"versenum\">13\u00a0<\/sup>A few days later the younger son gathered all he had and traveled to a distant country, and there he squandered his property in dissolute living. <\/span> <span id=\"en-NRSV-25595\" class=\"text Luke-15-14\"><sup class=\"versenum\">14\u00a0<\/sup>When he had spent everything, a severe famine took place throughout that country, and he began to be in need. <\/span> <span id=\"en-NRSV-25596\" class=\"text Luke-15-15\"><sup class=\"versenum\">15\u00a0<\/sup>So he went and hired himself out to one of the citizens of that country, who sent him to his fields to feed the pigs. <\/span> <span id=\"en-NRSV-25597\" class=\"text Luke-15-16\"><sup class=\"versenum\">16\u00a0<\/sup>He would gladly have filled himself with the pods that the pigs were eating; and no one gave him anything. <\/span> <span id=\"en-NRSV-25598\" class=\"text Luke-15-17\"><sup class=\"versenum\">17\u00a0<\/sup>But when he came to himself he said, \u2018How many of my father\u2019s hired hands have bread enough and to spare, but here I am dying of hunger! <\/span> <span id=\"en-NRSV-25599\" class=\"text Luke-15-18\"><sup class=\"versenum\">18\u00a0<\/sup>I will get up and go to my father, and I will say to him, \u201cFather, I have sinned against heaven and before you; <\/span> <span id=\"en-NRSV-25600\" class=\"text Luke-15-19\"><sup class=\"versenum\">19\u00a0<\/sup>I am no longer worthy to be called your son; treat me like one of your hired hands.\u201d\u2019 <\/span> <span id=\"en-NRSV-25601\" class=\"text Luke-15-20\"><sup class=\"versenum\">20\u00a0<\/sup>So he set off and went to his father. But while he was still far off, his father saw him and was filled with compassion; he ran and put his arms around him and kissed him. <\/span> <span id=\"en-NRSV-25602\" class=\"text Luke-15-21\"><sup class=\"versenum\">21\u00a0<\/sup>Then the son said to him, \u2018Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you; I am no longer worthy to be called your son.\u2019 <\/span> <span id=\"en-NRSV-25603\" class=\"text Luke-15-22\"><sup class=\"versenum\">22\u00a0<\/sup>But the father said to his slaves, \u2018Quickly, bring out a robe\u2014the best one\u2014and put it on him; put a ring on his finger and sandals on his feet. <\/span> <span id=\"en-NRSV-25604\" class=\"text Luke-15-23\"><sup class=\"versenum\">23\u00a0<\/sup>And get the fatted calf and kill it, and let us eat and celebrate; <\/span> <span id=\"en-NRSV-25605\" class=\"text Luke-15-24\"><sup class=\"versenum\">24\u00a0<\/sup>for this son of mine was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found!\u2019 And they began to celebrate.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"en-NRSV-25606\" class=\"text Luke-15-25\"><sup class=\"versenum\">25\u00a0<\/sup>\u201cNow his elder son was in the field; and when he came and approached the house, he heard music and dancing. <\/span> <span id=\"en-NRSV-25607\" class=\"text Luke-15-26\"><sup class=\"versenum\">26\u00a0<\/sup>He called one of the slaves and asked what was going on. <\/span> <span id=\"en-NRSV-25608\" class=\"text Luke-15-27\"><sup class=\"versenum\">27\u00a0<\/sup>He replied, \u2018Your brother has come, and your father has killed the fatted calf, because he has got him back safe and sound.\u2019 <\/span> <span id=\"en-NRSV-25609\" class=\"text Luke-15-28\"><sup class=\"versenum\">28\u00a0<\/sup>Then he became angry and refused to go in. His father came out and began to plead with him. <\/span> <span id=\"en-NRSV-25610\" class=\"text Luke-15-29\"><sup class=\"versenum\">29\u00a0<\/sup>But he answered his father, \u2018Listen! For all these years I have been working like a slave for you, and I have never disobeyed your command; yet you have never given me even a young goat so that I might celebrate with my friends. <\/span> <span id=\"en-NRSV-25611\" class=\"text Luke-15-30\"><sup class=\"versenum\">30\u00a0<\/sup>But when this son of yours came back, who has devoured your property with prostitutes, you killed the fatted calf for him!\u2019 <\/span> <span id=\"en-NRSV-25612\" class=\"text Luke-15-31\"><sup class=\"versenum\">31\u00a0<\/sup>Then the father said to him, \u2018Son, you are always with me, and all that is mine is yours. <\/span> <span id=\"en-NRSV-25613\" class=\"text Luke-15-32\"><sup class=\"versenum\">32\u00a0<\/sup>But we had to celebrate and rejoice, because this brother of yours was dead and has come to life; he was lost and has been found.\u2019\u201d <\/span>~Luke 15:11-32<\/p>\n<p><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-7475-10\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-has-style\" ><div class=\"siteorigin-panels-stretch panel-row-style-full-width panel-row-style panel-row-style-for-7475-10\" data-stretch-type=\"full-stretched\" ><div id=\"pgc-7475-10-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-7475-10-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-headline panel-first-child\" data-index=\"20\" ><div class=\"panel-widget-style panel-widget-style-for-7475-10-0-0\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-headline so-widget-sow-headline-default-771b70f7f01f-7475\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t><div class=\"sow-headline-container \">\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-7475-10-0-1\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-accordion panel-last-child\" data-index=\"21\" ><div class=\"panel-widget-style panel-widget-style-for-7475-10-0-1\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-accordion so-widget-sow-accordion-default-9e7311268540-7475\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t><h3 class=\"widget-title\">Sermon Series \"Things I Wish Jesus Never Said\"<\/h3><div>\n\t<div class=\"sow-accordion\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel\"\n\t\t\t data-anchor-id=\"10282018-love-god-first\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-header-container\" role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-header\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" id=\"accordion-label-10282018-love-god-first\" aria-controls=\"accordion-content-10282018-love-god-first\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-title sow-accordion-title-icon-left\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t10\/28\/2018   -  Love God First\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-open-close-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-open-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sow-icon-ionicons\" data-sow-icon=\"&#xf218;\"\n\t\t \n\t\taria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-close-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sow-icon-ionicons\" data-sow-icon=\"&#xf209;\"\n\t\t \n\t\taria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"sow-accordion-panel-content\"\n\t\t\t\trole=\"region\"\n\t\t\t\taria-labelledby=\"accordion-label-10282018-love-god-first\"\n\t\t\t\tid=\"accordion-content-10282018-love-god-first\"\n\t\t\t\tstyle=\"display: none;\"\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-border\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a id=\"6a0a9f7f678f7\" rel=\"wp-video-lightbox\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=T6Hxx2cQKPY&#038;rel=0&#038;width=640&#038;height=360\" title=\"\">Click Here to watch video<\/a>    <script>\r\n    \/* <![CDATA[ *\/\r\n    jQuery(document).ready(function($){\r\n        $(function(){\r\n            var width = $(window).innerWidth();\r\n            var setwidth = parseFloat(640);\r\n            var ratio = parseFloat(0.5625);\r\n            var height = parseFloat(360);\r\n            var link = 'https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=T6Hxx2cQKPY&amp;rel=0&amp;width=640&amp;height=360';\r\n            if(width < setwidth)\r\n            {\r\n                height = Math.floor(width * 0.5625);\r\n                \/\/console.log(\"device width \"+width+\", set width \"+640+\", ratio \"+0.5625+\", new height \"+ height);\r\n                var new_url = wpvl_paramReplace('width', link, width);\r\n                var new_url = wpvl_paramReplace('height', new_url, height);\r\n                $(\"a#6a0a9f7f678f7\").attr('href', new_url);\r\n                \/\/console.log(new_url);\r\n            }\r\n        });\r\n    });\r\n    \/* ]]> *\/\r\n    <\/script><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><div class=\"bg-margin-for-link\"><input type='hidden' bg_collapse_expand='6a0a9f7f679149070911515' value='6a0a9f7f679149070911515'><input type='hidden' id='bg-show-more-text-6a0a9f7f679149070911515' value='Show Notes &amp; Scripture References'><input type='hidden' id='bg-show-less-text-6a0a9f7f679149070911515' value='Close'><a id='bg-showmore-action-6a0a9f7f679149070911515' class='bg-showmore-plg-link  '  style=\" color:#4219e6;;\" href='#'>Show Notes &amp; Scripture References<\/a><div id='bg-showmore-hidden-6a0a9f7f679149070911515' ><\/p>\n<h3>Sermon Notes:<\/h3>\n<p><strong><u>Jesus is Counter Cultural<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Jesus\u2019 teachings are not always <strong><u>popular<\/u><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The great commandment is to love <strong><u>God<\/u><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Jesus teaches we are to love God <strong><u>first<\/u><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h3>Scripture References<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cIf the world hates you, keep in mind that it hated me first. If you belonged to the world, it would love you as its own. As it is, you do not belong to the world, but I have chosen you out of the world. That is why the world hates you.\u201d ~John 15:18-19<\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u2018Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?\u2019 Jesus replied: \u2018Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: \u2018Love your neighbor as yourself.\u2019\u201d ~Matthew 22:37-39<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe said to another man, \u2018Follow me.\u2019 But he replied, \u2018Lord, first let me go and bury my father.\u2019\u00a0 Jesus said to him, \u2018Let the dead bury their own dead, but you go and proclaim the kingdom of God.\u2019\u201d ~Luke 9:59-60<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf anyone has material possessions and sees a brother or sister in need but has no pity on them, how can the love of God be in that person? Dear children, let us not love with words or speech but with actions and in truth.\u201d ~1 John 3:16-18<\/p>\n<p><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel\"\n\t\t\t data-anchor-id=\"11042018-forgive\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-header-container\" role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-header\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" id=\"accordion-label-11042018-forgive\" aria-controls=\"accordion-content-11042018-forgive\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-title sow-accordion-title-icon-left\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t11\/04\/2018   -   Forgive\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-open-close-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-open-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sow-icon-ionicons\" data-sow-icon=\"&#xf218;\"\n\t\t \n\t\taria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-close-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sow-icon-ionicons\" data-sow-icon=\"&#xf209;\"\n\t\t \n\t\taria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"sow-accordion-panel-content\"\n\t\t\t\trole=\"region\"\n\t\t\t\taria-labelledby=\"accordion-label-11042018-forgive\"\n\t\t\t\tid=\"accordion-content-11042018-forgive\"\n\t\t\t\tstyle=\"display: none;\"\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-border\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a id=\"6a0a9f7f679ce\" rel=\"wp-video-lightbox\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=WrR27pa1GBY&#038;rel=0&#038;width=640&#038;height=360\" title=\"\">Click Here to watch video<\/a>    <script>\r\n    \/* <![CDATA[ *\/\r\n    jQuery(document).ready(function($){\r\n        $(function(){\r\n            var width = $(window).innerWidth();\r\n            var setwidth = parseFloat(640);\r\n            var ratio = parseFloat(0.5625);\r\n            var height = parseFloat(360);\r\n            var link = 'https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=WrR27pa1GBY&amp;rel=0&amp;width=640&amp;height=360';\r\n            if(width < setwidth)\r\n            {\r\n                height = Math.floor(width * 0.5625);\r\n                \/\/console.log(\"device width \"+width+\", set width \"+640+\", ratio \"+0.5625+\", new height \"+ height);\r\n                var new_url = wpvl_paramReplace('width', link, width);\r\n                var new_url = wpvl_paramReplace('height', new_url, height);\r\n                $(\"a#6a0a9f7f679ce\").attr('href', new_url);\r\n                \/\/console.log(new_url);\r\n            }\r\n        });\r\n    });\r\n    \/* ]]> *\/\r\n    <\/script><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><div class=\"bg-margin-for-link\"><input type='hidden' bg_collapse_expand='6a0a9f7f679e91019439080' value='6a0a9f7f679e91019439080'><input type='hidden' id='bg-show-more-text-6a0a9f7f679e91019439080' value='Show Notes &amp; Scripture References'><input type='hidden' id='bg-show-less-text-6a0a9f7f679e91019439080' value='Close'><a id='bg-showmore-action-6a0a9f7f679e91019439080' class='bg-showmore-plg-link  '  style=\" color:#4219e6;;\" href='#'>Show Notes &amp; Scripture References<\/a><div id='bg-showmore-hidden-6a0a9f7f679e91019439080' ><\/p>\n<h3>Sermon Notes:<\/h3>\n<p><strong><u>Forgiveness is Key to the Gospel<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Jesus came to bring forgiveness to <strong><u>all<\/u><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Our ability to forgive reflects our <strong><u>heart<\/u><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Forgiving others is a mark of a <strong><u>Christian<\/u><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h3>Scripture References<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cThen he took a cup, and when he had given thanks, he gave it to them, saying, \u201cDrink from it, all of you. This is my blood of thecovenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins.\u201d ~Matthew26:27-28<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTherefore, as God\u2019s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience.\u00a0 Bear with each other and forgive one another if any of you has a grievance against someone. Forgive as the Lord forgave you.\u00a0 And over all these virtues put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity.\u201d ~Colossians 3:12-14<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor if you forgive other people when they sin against you, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.\u00a0 But if you do not forgive others their sins, your Father will not forgive your sins.\u201d ~Matthew 6:14-15<\/p>\n<p><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel\"\n\t\t\t data-anchor-id=\"11112018-generosity\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-header-container\" role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-header\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" id=\"accordion-label-11112018-generosity\" aria-controls=\"accordion-content-11112018-generosity\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-title sow-accordion-title-icon-left\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t11\/11\/2018   -   Generosity\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-open-close-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-open-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sow-icon-ionicons\" data-sow-icon=\"&#xf218;\"\n\t\t \n\t\taria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-close-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sow-icon-ionicons\" data-sow-icon=\"&#xf209;\"\n\t\t \n\t\taria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"sow-accordion-panel-content\"\n\t\t\t\trole=\"region\"\n\t\t\t\taria-labelledby=\"accordion-label-11112018-generosity\"\n\t\t\t\tid=\"accordion-content-11112018-generosity\"\n\t\t\t\tstyle=\"display: none;\"\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-border\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a id=\"6a0a9f7f67a99\" rel=\"wp-video-lightbox\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=H8Sl3_Y47mU&#038;rel=0&#038;width=640&#038;height=360\" title=\"\">Click Here to watch video<\/a>    <script>\r\n    \/* <![CDATA[ *\/\r\n    jQuery(document).ready(function($){\r\n        $(function(){\r\n            var width = $(window).innerWidth();\r\n            var setwidth = parseFloat(640);\r\n            var ratio = parseFloat(0.5625);\r\n            var height = parseFloat(360);\r\n            var link = 'https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=H8Sl3_Y47mU&amp;rel=0&amp;width=640&amp;height=360';\r\n            if(width < setwidth)\r\n            {\r\n                height = Math.floor(width * 0.5625);\r\n                \/\/console.log(\"device width \"+width+\", set width \"+640+\", ratio \"+0.5625+\", new height \"+ height);\r\n                var new_url = wpvl_paramReplace('width', link, width);\r\n                var new_url = wpvl_paramReplace('height', new_url, height);\r\n                $(\"a#6a0a9f7f67a99\").attr('href', new_url);\r\n                \/\/console.log(new_url);\r\n            }\r\n        });\r\n    });\r\n    \/* ]]> *\/\r\n    <\/script><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><div class=\"bg-margin-for-link\"><input type='hidden' bg_collapse_expand='6a0a9f7f67ab32095410026' value='6a0a9f7f67ab32095410026'><input type='hidden' id='bg-show-more-text-6a0a9f7f67ab32095410026' value='Show Notes &amp; Scripture References'><input type='hidden' id='bg-show-less-text-6a0a9f7f67ab32095410026' value='Close'><a id='bg-showmore-action-6a0a9f7f67ab32095410026' class='bg-showmore-plg-link  '  style=\" color:#4219e6;;\" href='#'>Show Notes &amp; Scripture References<\/a><div id='bg-showmore-hidden-6a0a9f7f67ab32095410026' ><\/p>\n<h3>Sermon Notes:<\/h3>\n<p><strong><u>Generosity is the Fruit of Discipleship<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The tithe is not about money, but your <strong><u>heart<\/u><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>What holds us back is often an issue of <strong><u>trust<\/u><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The more we trust, the more God can <strong><u>bless<\/u><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h3>Scripture References<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cDo not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moths and vermin destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moths and vermin do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal.For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.\u201d ~Matthew6:19-21<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs Jesus looked up, he saw the rich putting their gifts into the temple treasury. He also saw a poor widow put in two very small copper coins. \u2018Truly I tell you,\u2019 he said, \u2018this poor widow has put in more than all the others. All these people gave their gifts out of their wealth; but she out of her poverty put in all she had to live on.\u2019\u201d ~Matthew 21:1-4<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHonor the Lord with your wealth, with the first fruits of all your crops; then your barns will be filled to overflowing, and your vats will brim over with new wine.\u201d ~Proverbs 3:9-10<\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u2018Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. Test me in this,\u2019 says the Lord Almighty, \u2018and see if I will not throw open the floodgates of heaven and pour out so much blessing that there will not be room enough to store it.\u2019\u201d ~Malachi 3:10<\/p>\n<p><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel\"\n\t\t\t data-anchor-id=\"11252018-discipleship\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-header-container\" role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-header\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" id=\"accordion-label-11252018-discipleship\" aria-controls=\"accordion-content-11252018-discipleship\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-title sow-accordion-title-icon-left\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t11\/25\/2018   -   Discipleship\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-open-close-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-open-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sow-icon-ionicons\" data-sow-icon=\"&#xf218;\"\n\t\t \n\t\taria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-close-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sow-icon-ionicons\" data-sow-icon=\"&#xf209;\"\n\t\t \n\t\taria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"sow-accordion-panel-content\"\n\t\t\t\trole=\"region\"\n\t\t\t\taria-labelledby=\"accordion-label-11252018-discipleship\"\n\t\t\t\tid=\"accordion-content-11252018-discipleship\"\n\t\t\t\tstyle=\"display: none;\"\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-border\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a id=\"6a0a9f7f67b65\" rel=\"wp-video-lightbox\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Z7hMe93VnBI&#038;rel=0&#038;width=640&#038;height=360\" title=\"\">Click Here to watch video<\/a>    <script>\r\n    \/* <![CDATA[ *\/\r\n    jQuery(document).ready(function($){\r\n        $(function(){\r\n            var width = $(window).innerWidth();\r\n            var setwidth = parseFloat(640);\r\n            var ratio = parseFloat(0.5625);\r\n            var height = parseFloat(360);\r\n            var link = 'https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Z7hMe93VnBI&amp;rel=0&amp;width=640&amp;height=360';\r\n            if(width < setwidth)\r\n            {\r\n                height = Math.floor(width * 0.5625);\r\n                \/\/console.log(\"device width \"+width+\", set width \"+640+\", ratio \"+0.5625+\", new height \"+ height);\r\n                var new_url = wpvl_paramReplace('width', link, width);\r\n                var new_url = wpvl_paramReplace('height', new_url, height);\r\n                $(\"a#6a0a9f7f67b65\").attr('href', new_url);\r\n                \/\/console.log(new_url);\r\n            }\r\n        });\r\n    });\r\n    \/* ]]> *\/\r\n    <\/script><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><div class=\"bg-margin-for-link\"><input type='hidden' bg_collapse_expand='6a0a9f7f67b7f3043229360' value='6a0a9f7f67b7f3043229360'><input type='hidden' id='bg-show-more-text-6a0a9f7f67b7f3043229360' value='Show Notes &amp; Scripture References'><input type='hidden' id='bg-show-less-text-6a0a9f7f67b7f3043229360' value='Close'><a id='bg-showmore-action-6a0a9f7f67b7f3043229360' class='bg-showmore-plg-link  '  style=\" color:#4219e6;;\" href='#'>Show Notes &amp; Scripture References<\/a><div id='bg-showmore-hidden-6a0a9f7f67b7f3043229360' ><\/p>\n<h3>Sermon Notes:<\/h3>\n<p><strong><u>The Christian life is Discipleship<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The life of a disciple is not <strong><u>easy<\/u><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>A disciple is must love like <strong><u>Jesus<\/u><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>A disciple\u2019s job is to make <strong><u>disciples<\/u><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h3>Scripture References<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cThen he called the crowd to him along with his disciples and said: \u2018Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me. For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me and for the gospel will save it.\u2019\u201d ~Matthew16:34-35<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnyone who loves their father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; anyone who loves their son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me. Whoever does not take up their cross and follow me is not worthy of me.\u201d ~Matthew 10:37-38<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.\u201d ~John 13:34-35<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTherefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.\u201d ~Matthew 28:19-20<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-7475-11\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-has-style\" ><div class=\"siteorigin-panels-stretch panel-row-style-full-width panel-row-style panel-row-style-for-7475-11\" data-stretch-type=\"full-stretched\" ><div id=\"pgc-7475-11-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-7475-11-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-headline panel-first-child\" data-index=\"22\" ><div class=\"panel-widget-style panel-widget-style-for-7475-11-0-0\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-headline so-widget-sow-headline-default-771b70f7f01f-7475\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t><div class=\"sow-headline-container \">\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-7475-11-0-1\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-accordion panel-last-child\" data-index=\"23\" ><div class=\"panel-widget-style panel-widget-style-for-7475-11-0-1\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-accordion so-widget-sow-accordion-default-0fb0afa7878d-7475\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t><h3 class=\"widget-title\">Sermon Series \"God With Us\"<\/h3><div>\n\t<div class=\"sow-accordion\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel\"\n\t\t\t data-anchor-id=\"12022018-in-our-awe-mary\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-header-container\" role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-header\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" id=\"accordion-label-12022018-in-our-awe-mary\" aria-controls=\"accordion-content-12022018-in-our-awe-mary\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-title sow-accordion-title-icon-left\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t12\/02\/2018  -   In Our Awe (Mary)\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-open-close-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-open-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sow-icon-ionicons\" data-sow-icon=\"&#xf218;\"\n\t\t \n\t\taria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-close-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sow-icon-ionicons\" data-sow-icon=\"&#xf209;\"\n\t\t \n\t\taria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"sow-accordion-panel-content\"\n\t\t\t\trole=\"region\"\n\t\t\t\taria-labelledby=\"accordion-label-12022018-in-our-awe-mary\"\n\t\t\t\tid=\"accordion-content-12022018-in-our-awe-mary\"\n\t\t\t\tstyle=\"display: none;\"\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-border\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a id=\"6a0a9f7f67ca8\" rel=\"wp-video-lightbox\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=5UYt8I32Scg&#038;rel=0&#038;width=640&#038;height=360\" title=\"\">Click Here to watch video<\/a>    <script>\r\n    \/* <![CDATA[ *\/\r\n    jQuery(document).ready(function($){\r\n        $(function(){\r\n            var width = $(window).innerWidth();\r\n            var setwidth = parseFloat(640);\r\n            var ratio = parseFloat(0.5625);\r\n            var height = parseFloat(360);\r\n            var link = 'https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=5UYt8I32Scg&amp;rel=0&amp;width=640&amp;height=360';\r\n            if(width < setwidth)\r\n            {\r\n                height = Math.floor(width * 0.5625);\r\n                \/\/console.log(\"device width \"+width+\", set width \"+640+\", ratio \"+0.5625+\", new height \"+ height);\r\n                var new_url = wpvl_paramReplace('width', link, width);\r\n                var new_url = wpvl_paramReplace('height', new_url, height);\r\n                $(\"a#6a0a9f7f67ca8\").attr('href', new_url);\r\n                \/\/console.log(new_url);\r\n            }\r\n        });\r\n    });\r\n    \/* ]]> *\/\r\n    <\/script><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><div class=\"bg-margin-for-link\"><input type='hidden' bg_collapse_expand='6a0a9f7f67cc58001137182' value='6a0a9f7f67cc58001137182'><input type='hidden' id='bg-show-more-text-6a0a9f7f67cc58001137182' value='Show Notes &amp; Scripture References'><input type='hidden' id='bg-show-less-text-6a0a9f7f67cc58001137182' value='Close'><a id='bg-showmore-action-6a0a9f7f67cc58001137182' class='bg-showmore-plg-link  '  style=\" color:#4219e6;;\" href='#'>Show Notes &amp; Scripture References<\/a><div id='bg-showmore-hidden-6a0a9f7f67cc58001137182' ><\/p>\n<h3>Sermon Notes:<\/h3>\n<p><strong><u>See that God is with us <\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>God was with Mary in her <strong><u>awe<\/u><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The fear of meeting God up <strong><u>close<\/u><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Embracing the awe of the <strong><u>Lord<\/u><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h3>Scripture References<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cThe angel went to her and said, \u201cGreetings, you who are highly favored! The Lord is with you.\u201dMary was greatly troubled at his words and wondered what kind of greeting this might be. But the angel said to her, \u201cDo not be afraid, Mary; you have found favor with God.\u201d ~Luke1:28-30<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen the people saw the thunder and lightning and heard the trumpet and saw the mountain in smoke, they trembled with fear. They stayed at a distance and said to Moses, \u2018Speak to us yourself and we will listen. But do not have God speakto us or we will die.\u2019\u201d ~Exodus 20:18-19<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere he was transfigured before them. His face shone like the sun, and his clothes became as white as the light. Just then there appeared before them Moses and Elijah, talking with Jesus.Peter said to Jesus, \u2018Lord, it is good for us to be here. If you wish, I will put up three shelters\u2014one for you, one for Moses and one for Elijah.\u2019\u201d ~ Matthew 17:2-4<\/p>\n<p><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel\"\n\t\t\t data-anchor-id=\"12092018-in-our-valley-joseph\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-header-container\" role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-header\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" id=\"accordion-label-12092018-in-our-valley-joseph\" aria-controls=\"accordion-content-12092018-in-our-valley-joseph\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-title sow-accordion-title-icon-left\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t12\/09\/2018  -  In Our Valley (Joseph)\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-open-close-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-open-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sow-icon-ionicons\" data-sow-icon=\"&#xf218;\"\n\t\t \n\t\taria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-close-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sow-icon-ionicons\" data-sow-icon=\"&#xf209;\"\n\t\t \n\t\taria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"sow-accordion-panel-content\"\n\t\t\t\trole=\"region\"\n\t\t\t\taria-labelledby=\"accordion-label-12092018-in-our-valley-joseph\"\n\t\t\t\tid=\"accordion-content-12092018-in-our-valley-joseph\"\n\t\t\t\tstyle=\"display: none;\"\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-border\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a id=\"6a0a9f7f67d7b\" rel=\"wp-video-lightbox\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=e6DYeOxFXPY&#038;rel=0&#038;width=640&#038;height=360\" title=\"\">Click Here to watch video<\/a>    <script>\r\n    \/* <![CDATA[ *\/\r\n    jQuery(document).ready(function($){\r\n        $(function(){\r\n            var width = $(window).innerWidth();\r\n            var setwidth = parseFloat(640);\r\n            var ratio = parseFloat(0.5625);\r\n            var height = parseFloat(360);\r\n            var link = 'https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=e6DYeOxFXPY&amp;rel=0&amp;width=640&amp;height=360';\r\n            if(width < setwidth)\r\n            {\r\n                height = Math.floor(width * 0.5625);\r\n                \/\/console.log(\"device width \"+width+\", set width \"+640+\", ratio \"+0.5625+\", new height \"+ height);\r\n                var new_url = wpvl_paramReplace('width', link, width);\r\n                var new_url = wpvl_paramReplace('height', new_url, height);\r\n                $(\"a#6a0a9f7f67d7b\").attr('href', new_url);\r\n                \/\/console.log(new_url);\r\n            }\r\n        });\r\n    });\r\n    \/* ]]> *\/\r\n    <\/script><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><div class=\"bg-margin-for-link\"><input type='hidden' bg_collapse_expand='6a0a9f7f67d960073900110' value='6a0a9f7f67d960073900110'><input type='hidden' id='bg-show-more-text-6a0a9f7f67d960073900110' value='Show Notes &amp; Scripture References'><input type='hidden' id='bg-show-less-text-6a0a9f7f67d960073900110' value='Close'><a id='bg-showmore-action-6a0a9f7f67d960073900110' class='bg-showmore-plg-link  '  style=\" color:#4219e6;;\" href='#'>Show Notes &amp; Scripture References<\/a><div id='bg-showmore-hidden-6a0a9f7f67d960073900110' ><\/p>\n<h3>Sermon Notes:<\/h3>\n<p><strong><u>Walking through the Valley<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We all spend time in the <strong><u>valley<\/u><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Life in the valley can be <strong><u>lonely<\/u><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>God is eager to guide your <strong><u>path<\/u><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h3>Scripture References<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cThis is how the birth of Jesus the Messiah came about: His mother Mary was pledged to be married to Joseph, but before they came together, she was found to be pregnant through the Holy Spirit. Because Joseph her husband was faithful to the law, and yet did not want to expose her to public disgrace, he had in mind to divorce her quietly.\u201d ~Matthew1:18-19<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEven though I walkthrough the darkest valley,I will fear no evil,for you are with me;your rod and your staff,they comfort me.\u2019\u201d ~Psalm 23:4<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut after he had considered this, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, \u2018Joseph son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary home as your wife, because what is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit.\u201d ~Matthew1:20<\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u2018For I know the plans I have for you,\u2019 declares the Lord, \u201cplans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. Then you will call on me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you.\u201d ~ Jeremiah 29:11-12<\/p>\n<p><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel\"\n\t\t\t data-anchor-id=\"12162018-in-our-joy-shepherds-angels\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-header-container\" role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-header\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" id=\"accordion-label-12162018-in-our-joy-shepherds-angels\" aria-controls=\"accordion-content-12162018-in-our-joy-shepherds-angels\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-title sow-accordion-title-icon-left\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t12\/16\/2018  -   In Our Joy (Shepherds &amp; Angels)\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-open-close-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-open-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sow-icon-ionicons\" data-sow-icon=\"&#xf218;\"\n\t\t \n\t\taria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-close-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sow-icon-ionicons\" data-sow-icon=\"&#xf209;\"\n\t\t \n\t\taria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"sow-accordion-panel-content\"\n\t\t\t\trole=\"region\"\n\t\t\t\taria-labelledby=\"accordion-label-12162018-in-our-joy-shepherds-angels\"\n\t\t\t\tid=\"accordion-content-12162018-in-our-joy-shepherds-angels\"\n\t\t\t\tstyle=\"display: none;\"\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-border\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a id=\"6a0a9f7f67e46\" rel=\"wp-video-lightbox\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=1wkH1PtTXQY&#038;rel=0&#038;width=640&#038;height=360\" title=\"\">Click Here to watch video<\/a>    <script>\r\n    \/* <![CDATA[ *\/\r\n    jQuery(document).ready(function($){\r\n        $(function(){\r\n            var width = $(window).innerWidth();\r\n            var setwidth = parseFloat(640);\r\n            var ratio = parseFloat(0.5625);\r\n            var height = parseFloat(360);\r\n            var link = 'https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=1wkH1PtTXQY&amp;rel=0&amp;width=640&amp;height=360';\r\n            if(width < setwidth)\r\n            {\r\n                height = Math.floor(width * 0.5625);\r\n                \/\/console.log(\"device width \"+width+\", set width \"+640+\", ratio \"+0.5625+\", new height \"+ height);\r\n                var new_url = wpvl_paramReplace('width', link, width);\r\n                var new_url = wpvl_paramReplace('height', new_url, height);\r\n                $(\"a#6a0a9f7f67e46\").attr('href', new_url);\r\n                \/\/console.log(new_url);\r\n            }\r\n        });\r\n    });\r\n    \/* ]]> *\/\r\n    <\/script><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><div class=\"bg-margin-for-link\"><input type='hidden' bg_collapse_expand='6a0a9f7f67e607093214242' value='6a0a9f7f67e607093214242'><input type='hidden' id='bg-show-more-text-6a0a9f7f67e607093214242' value='Show Notes &amp; Scripture References'><input type='hidden' id='bg-show-less-text-6a0a9f7f67e607093214242' value='Close'><a id='bg-showmore-action-6a0a9f7f67e607093214242' class='bg-showmore-plg-link  '  style=\" color:#4219e6;;\" href='#'>Show Notes &amp; Scripture References<\/a><div id='bg-showmore-hidden-6a0a9f7f67e607093214242' ><\/p>\n<h3>Sermon Notes:<\/h3>\n<p><strong><u>Who do we give the Glory<\/u><\/strong><strong>?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Joy is more than an <strong><u>emotion<\/u><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Great joy comes from <strong><u>Good News<\/u><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Good New drives us to share the <strong><u>joy<\/u><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h3>Scripture References<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cAs the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Now remain in my love. If you keep my commands, you will remain in my love, just as I have kept my Father\u2019s commands and remain in his love. I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be complete.\u201d ~John 15:9-11<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd there were shepherds living out in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks at night. An angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified. But the angel said to them, \u2018Do not be afraid. I bring you good news that will cause great joy for all the people.\u2019\u201d ~Luke 2:8-10<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen the angels had left them and gone into heaven, the shepherds said to one another, \u2018Let\u2019s go to Bethlehem and see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has told us about.\u2019\u201d ~Luke 2:8-15<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things they had heard and seen, which were just as they had been told.\u201d ~Luke 2:20<\/p>\n<p><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel\"\n\t\t\t data-anchor-id=\"12232018-in-our-worship-wise-men\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-header-container\" role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-header\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" id=\"accordion-label-12232018-in-our-worship-wise-men\" aria-controls=\"accordion-content-12232018-in-our-worship-wise-men\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-title sow-accordion-title-icon-left\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t12\/23\/2018  -  In Our Worship (Wise Men)\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-open-close-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-open-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sow-icon-ionicons\" data-sow-icon=\"&#xf218;\"\n\t\t \n\t\taria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-close-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sow-icon-ionicons\" data-sow-icon=\"&#xf209;\"\n\t\t \n\t\taria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"sow-accordion-panel-content\"\n\t\t\t\trole=\"region\"\n\t\t\t\taria-labelledby=\"accordion-label-12232018-in-our-worship-wise-men\"\n\t\t\t\tid=\"accordion-content-12232018-in-our-worship-wise-men\"\n\t\t\t\tstyle=\"display: none;\"\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-border\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a id=\"6a0a9f7f67f12\" rel=\"wp-video-lightbox\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=vSqOOavXkdY&#038;rel=0&#038;width=640&#038;height=360\" title=\"\">Click Here to watch video<\/a>    <script>\r\n    \/* <![CDATA[ *\/\r\n    jQuery(document).ready(function($){\r\n        $(function(){\r\n            var width = $(window).innerWidth();\r\n            var setwidth = parseFloat(640);\r\n            var ratio = parseFloat(0.5625);\r\n            var height = parseFloat(360);\r\n            var link = 'https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=vSqOOavXkdY&amp;rel=0&amp;width=640&amp;height=360';\r\n            if(width < setwidth)\r\n            {\r\n                height = Math.floor(width * 0.5625);\r\n                \/\/console.log(\"device width \"+width+\", set width \"+640+\", ratio \"+0.5625+\", new height \"+ height);\r\n                var new_url = wpvl_paramReplace('width', link, width);\r\n                var new_url = wpvl_paramReplace('height', new_url, height);\r\n                $(\"a#6a0a9f7f67f12\").attr('href', new_url);\r\n                \/\/console.log(new_url);\r\n            }\r\n        });\r\n    });\r\n    \/* ]]> *\/\r\n    <\/script><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><div class=\"bg-margin-for-link\"><input type='hidden' bg_collapse_expand='6a0a9f7f67f2d1080159249' value='6a0a9f7f67f2d1080159249'><input type='hidden' id='bg-show-more-text-6a0a9f7f67f2d1080159249' value='Show Notes &amp; Scripture References'><input type='hidden' id='bg-show-less-text-6a0a9f7f67f2d1080159249' value='Close'><a id='bg-showmore-action-6a0a9f7f67f2d1080159249' class='bg-showmore-plg-link  '  style=\" color:#4219e6;;\" href='#'>Show Notes &amp; Scripture References<\/a><div id='bg-showmore-hidden-6a0a9f7f67f2d1080159249' ><\/p>\n<h3>Sermon Notes:<\/h3>\n<p><strong><u>Is it too Easy to worship<\/u><\/strong><strong>?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Here are free to worship or <strong><u>not<\/u><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Worshippers not just <strong><u>spectators<\/u><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Worship is Spiritual <strong><u>respiration<\/u><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h3>Scripture References<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cWhen they saw the star, they were overjoyed. On coming to the house, they saw the child with his mother Mary, and they bowed down and worshiped him. Then they opened their treasures and presented him with gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh.\u201d ~Matthew2:10-11<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYet a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in the Spirit and in truth, for they are the kind of worshipers the Father seeks. God is spirit, and his worshipers must worship in the Spirit and in truth.\u201d ~John 4:19-24<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGod is continually breathing, as it were, upon the soul; and [our] soul is breathing unto God. Grace is descending into [our] hearts; and prayer and praise ascending to heaven: And by this intercourse between God and man, this fellowship with the Father and the Son, as by a kind of spiritual respiration, the life of God in the soul is sustained; and the child of God grows up, till he comes to the \u2018full measure of the stature of Christ.\u2019\u201d ~John Wesley, The New Birth.<\/p>\n<p><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-7475-12\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-has-style\" ><div class=\"siteorigin-panels-stretch panel-row-style-full-width panel-row-style panel-row-style-for-7475-12\" data-stretch-type=\"full-stretched\" ><div id=\"pgc-7475-12-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-7475-12-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-headline panel-first-child\" data-index=\"24\" ><div class=\"panel-widget-style panel-widget-style-for-7475-12-0-0\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-headline so-widget-sow-headline-default-771b70f7f01f-7475\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t><div class=\"sow-headline-container \">\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-7475-12-0-1\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-accordion panel-last-child\" data-index=\"25\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-accordion so-widget-sow-accordion-default-0fb0afa7878d-7475\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t><h3 class=\"widget-title\">Getting Ready for the Future<\/h3><div>\n\t<div class=\"sow-accordion\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel\"\n\t\t\t data-anchor-id=\"12302018-getting-ready-for-the-future\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-header-container\" role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-header\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" id=\"accordion-label-12302018-getting-ready-for-the-future\" aria-controls=\"accordion-content-12302018-getting-ready-for-the-future\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-title sow-accordion-title-icon-left\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t12\/30\/2018   -  Getting Ready for the Future\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-open-close-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-open-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sow-icon-ionicons\" data-sow-icon=\"&#xf218;\"\n\t\t \n\t\taria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-close-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sow-icon-ionicons\" data-sow-icon=\"&#xf209;\"\n\t\t \n\t\taria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"sow-accordion-panel-content\"\n\t\t\t\trole=\"region\"\n\t\t\t\taria-labelledby=\"accordion-label-12302018-getting-ready-for-the-future\"\n\t\t\t\tid=\"accordion-content-12302018-getting-ready-for-the-future\"\n\t\t\t\tstyle=\"display: none;\"\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-border\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a id=\"6a0a9f7f67fe9\" rel=\"wp-video-lightbox\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=wuNa5k8EuLw&#038;rel=0&#038;width=640&#038;height=360\" title=\"\">Click Here to watch video<\/a>    <script>\r\n    \/* <![CDATA[ *\/\r\n    jQuery(document).ready(function($){\r\n        $(function(){\r\n            var width = $(window).innerWidth();\r\n            var setwidth = parseFloat(640);\r\n            var ratio = parseFloat(0.5625);\r\n            var height = parseFloat(360);\r\n            var link = 'https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=wuNa5k8EuLw&amp;rel=0&amp;width=640&amp;height=360';\r\n            if(width < setwidth)\r\n            {\r\n                height = Math.floor(width * 0.5625);\r\n                \/\/console.log(\"device width \"+width+\", set width \"+640+\", ratio \"+0.5625+\", new height \"+ height);\r\n                var new_url = wpvl_paramReplace('width', link, width);\r\n                var new_url = wpvl_paramReplace('height', new_url, height);\r\n                $(\"a#6a0a9f7f67fe9\").attr('href', new_url);\r\n                \/\/console.log(new_url);\r\n            }\r\n        });\r\n    });\r\n    \/* ]]> *\/\r\n    <\/script><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><div class=\"bg-margin-for-link\"><input type='hidden' bg_collapse_expand='6a0a9f7f680053045829278' value='6a0a9f7f680053045829278'><input type='hidden' id='bg-show-more-text-6a0a9f7f680053045829278' value='Show Notes &amp; Scripture References'><input type='hidden' id='bg-show-less-text-6a0a9f7f680053045829278' value='Close'><a id='bg-showmore-action-6a0a9f7f680053045829278' class='bg-showmore-plg-link  '  style=\" color:#4219e6;;\" href='#'>Show Notes &amp; Scripture References<\/a><div id='bg-showmore-hidden-6a0a9f7f680053045829278' ><\/p>\n<h3>Sermon Notes:<\/h3>\n<p>INTRO. The month of January is named for the Roman god Janus; who was the god of doorways and beginnings.<\/p>\n<p>This message deals with the issue of moving from one year to the next.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>A LOOK AT THE PAST YEAR.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Christmas letters and newspaper yearend summaries\u00a0 deal with experiences of the past year.<\/p>\n<p>Whether they were good or bad depends in part of our interpretation of them.\u00a0 They are important, not just for nostalgic purposes but for their affect in the coming year. While we can interpret our past experiences, ultimately God, not we are the ultimte judge of how things went.\u00a0 So the ultimate question for us as a Christian is not whether things were good or bad for us in our life; but as a result<\/p>\n<p>HOW IS IT WITH YOUR SOUL?<\/p>\n<p>Someone has suggested that in the final judgment God will ask us two simple questions: WHAT DID YOU LEARN? and<\/p>\n<p>HOW DID YOU LOVE?\u00a0\u00a0 I will use these two concerns both as we look at the past year and\u00a0then forward to the coming year.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>WHAT DID YOU LEARN SPIRITUALLY?<\/li>\n<li>Some had a new experience of God&apos;s grace through Emmaus or Cursillo.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>(A modern version of an old-time Revival Meeting.)<\/p>\n<ol start=\"2\">\n<li>What new spiritual truth did you learn last year.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>- These largely come through Bible Study, prayer, worship, Christian fellowship.<\/p>\n<p>- All require OBEDIENCE TO GOD in what we learn.\u00a0 \"We must be doers as well as hearers of the Word\".<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>What was the Lord working on in your life specifically?<\/li>\n<li>Our use or lack of the use of the means of grace listed will be a strong indicator of what has happened in our life spiritually.<\/li>\n<li>HOW HAVE YOU LOVED this past year?<\/li>\n<li>How is love for God being evidenced in my life?\u00a0 (This relates to learning or desire to.)<\/li>\n<li>Who and how have I evidenced my love for other people this past year?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Have I reconciled with someone I needed to?\u00a0 Have I forgiven someone?<\/p>\n<ol start=\"3\">\n<li>Have I rendered random acts of kindness?<\/li>\n<li>Who have I sought to bring to Christ or helped in their walk of faith?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Am I closer to Christ today than I was when the year started?\u00a0\u00a0 Or how about after 5 or 10 years?<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>THIS COMING YEAR.\u00a0 2019<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>What do I need to do to move forward as a Christian during 2019?<\/p>\n<p>(Its something like riding a bike; we must move forward or we will fall off.)<\/p>\n<p>We cannot stay the same for long; either we move forward or we go backward.\u00a0 John Wesley called it backsliding!<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>WHAT ARE MY PLANS TO LEARN THIS YEAR SPIRITUALLY?<\/li>\n<li>We can learn from the past, which involves facing mistakes &amp; sins.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Which brings a need for repentance &amp; confession. Asking for God&apos;s grace to help us not repeat them.<\/p>\n<ol start=\"2\">\n<li>Use the means of grace available.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Regular prayer; involving part of a group.<\/p>\n<p>Bible study, both private and part of a class or group.\u00a0 Regular worship.\u00a0 Part of the Christian fellowship.<\/p>\n<ol start=\"2019\">\n<li>Obedience, accountability to what God shows us.<\/li>\n<li>This can help us grow in our love for God which then anables us to better love others.<\/li>\n<li>LOVING IN 2019.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>1.Who do I need to reconcile with?\u00a0 Can I?<\/p>\n<ol start=\"2\">\n<li>Who is the Lord laying on my heart to care for, encourage, challenge, spiritually and otherwise?<\/li>\n<li>How am I to share this love?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>CONCLUSION<\/p>\n<p>Spiritual growth doesn&apos;t just happen. 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