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Delight in Wonder of What God has Done
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30:00The Joy of Psalm 128Kirjoittanut Jonathan Woodall
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The Joy of Psalm 128 Delight in the way of God, the way he works in your life, the way he makes you more like Christ. The ways of God include waiting on him. Waiting—Wait means “to twist, to entwine, to bundle together.” We move our heart into God’s heart and learn his ways. Many love the works of Jesus, because miracles are really awesome! We love…
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The Joy of Psalm 1Kirjoittanut Jonathan Woodall
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This Sunday we are reminded of the teachings in 2024Kirjoittanut Jonathan Woodall
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Texts: Micah 5:2-5a, Luke 1:46b-55/Ps 80:1-7, Hebrews 10:5-10, Luke 1:39-45, (46-55)Kirjoittanut Jonathan Woodall
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Texts: Jeremiah 33:14-16, Psalm 25:1-10, 1 Thess 3:9-13, Luke 21:25-36Kirjoittanut Jonathan Woodall
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2 Timothy 4:1-8 = This is most likely the last thing Paul wrote, and his goal is for the WORD of God to be preached and for people to be saved. Pastoral care is hard work, and working with people is hard work. Some take your teaching, care, and counsel, some do not. Does this change our mission? NO! Does this affect our hearts, of course it does. H…
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Living The Godly Life Matures Us
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30:002 Timothy 3:1-17 = “In the last days" is a phrase that tends to point us to the future, but I don’t think that is Paul’s intention here. Perhaps he is speaking of his last days or even saying something like, “When you mature you will notice some things you might have missed before…” Paul points out that people USE their faith for all sorts of means…
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Focus on Important Matters
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30:002 Timothy 2:14-26 = As a person grows in the Lord, they learn what is important and what needs to be set aside as immature thoughts, actions, and yes…even arguments. One of the best things we can do as mature Christians is learn when “not to go there” and stay away from conversations and disputes that are frankly, immature. They do not lead to spir…
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2 Timothy 1:15-2:13 = What is our MISSION? Who do we serve? Paul passes to Timothy a trustworthy saying that reminds us all that GOD is the one who has called us to this life and it is for His glory that we live and worship and serve. No one should take the place of God in our lives, including our spouse, our kids, or our best friends. Paul is feel…
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2 Timothy 1:1-14 = At some point, we all face some sort of shame for being a follower of Christ or perhaps even a follower of Christ who is different from other followers. As I read Paul’s words to Timothy, I wonder how it must be going at Ephesus…Did the false teachers leave and take some members of the church with them? Did some members not like …
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Titus 2 = Paul paints a picture of what the model Cretan Christian household looks like, so that the message of Christ is not taken as a joke. The Gospel should prove itself true by its transformative power in the lives of the Cretan believers.Kirjoittanut Jodi Fox
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Honoring the Faithful With Care
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30:00This is a passage about showing honor to church members who have been faithful to God, and diligent in their service to the church. This passage is also about helping those who really need help and the process of discerning the difference between those who need the church’s help and those who need to be more committed to their own contributions. Th…
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There are many ways we can be formed or molded. Usually this takes the form of some sort of training, the combination of education and experience. Paul urges Timothy to “devote” himself and give himself “fully” to spiritual formation. Each Christian should know the areas in their life where they are vulnerable to Satan’s deception and should strive…
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We now come to the central thrust of Paul’s message to Timothy, the stark contrast between how the household of God ought to be and the reality of the Ephesian church. I don’t think Paul is saying that “someday” church people will lose their faith, run after things that don’t matter, and get their priorities messed up. I think Paul is clear that th…
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Deacons Serve the Church
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30:00Deacons are a group of people who serve on behalf of the church. Like the elders, they are to be people of high moral character to carry out the work that God has called them to do, and that the church has appointed them to do. Paul continues to clean-up the false teaching of some former leaders by asking Timothy to pick deacons who are morally str…
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Text: 1 Timothy 3:1-7 There are so many divisions in the church over how to and who should govern the church. Paul, in stark contrast, is encouraging Timothy to select leaders who will bring the church together. The main issue, strong moral character that speaks to the Holy Spirit’s work in the life of a potential leader and the false leadership th…
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Living A Different (Holy) Life
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50:00Text: 1 Timothy 2:1-15 So often the reader of the Bible will get to chapter 2 of 1 Timothy and forget that Paul is still cleaning up a mess perpetuated by a group of Christians who have incorporated elements of pagan Ephesian society into the church. So, how can the church return to a peaceful and respectful gathering? Paul provides a blueprint tha…
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Dealing with False Teachers
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26:00Text: 1 Timothy 1:12-20 Synopsis: Wouldn’t it be nice if people who want to do damage to our faith and our trust in other people would just announce it at the beginning? Of course it would. Yet, what I find is that our most beloved leaders can be warped in their motivations and can suffer “shipwreck of the faith.” Paul makes clear that those who wa…
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Text: 1 Timothy 1:1-11 Synopsis: A healthy diet is important to living a healthy life. This is true when it comes to our spiritual walk as well. This sermon will look at what Paul means by “sound doctrine” and will contrast that notion with what Paul calls “false teachings” in the Pastoral epistles. Timothy, and Titus, are called upon to move the c…
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A Decade of Ministry at GracePointe
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38:00I look back over the 10 years at GracePointe Church of Christ.Kirjoittanut Jonathan Woodall
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Text: Daniel 12 Synopsis: Daniel 12 wraps up the book, and so doing it provides a glimpse of the end in which God’s people, because of God’s power will experience new life in the fullest sense. In this great divine reversal, those who have had their time of glory will be defeated, and those who have been oppressed and downtrodden will be rewarded. …
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God Amid Unending Human Conflict
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39:00Text: Daniel 11 Synopsis: Daniel 11 is a description of unending human conflict, as a king rises to power and fights another until defeated, each king living in a self-honoring fashion. The text of Daniel 11 is somewhat easy to understand but also very descriptive…Rise, Fight, win, defeat, rise of another, destruction, glory, defeat, rise of anothe…
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The Beast and the Hero in the Clouds
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38:00Text: Daniel 7 Synopsis: Daniel 7 is a two part vision, in the first part we see 4 beasts emerge from the chaos of this world to destroy, kill, and show their power over the people of the earth. In the second scene, the Son of Man comes as a cosmic hero to save the people from these beasts. With a parallel verse in Revelation 13, we see that human …
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Text: Daniel 5 Synopsis: This story should provide the readers of Daniel with a little “deja vu” with some very important variations. The new king, Belshazzar, seems to belittle Daniel and his God, not bearing in mind the ways that God had blessed and helped the kings of Babylon in the past. The story is marred when the king brings out the very ves…
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Text: Daniel 4 Synopsis: The King of Babylon was the most powerful human being in the world, and he mistakenly thought that the greatness and security he lived in was due to his own achievement. Boasting of his success and walking around with an inflated sense of pride, the King has another dream. Daniel provides an interpretation of that dream - T…
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Text: Daniel 3 Synopsis: This story isn’t about three people who have so much faith that God saves them from a fire. This story is about the power of God that surrounds us and is present with us through deadly experiences. Whether these three men walk out of that fire or not, God was present in their lives and would be there through their deliveran…
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Text: Daniel 2 Synopsis: Only God’s wisdom can reveal the mysteries of life. In other words, it is not the content of the revelation of there future that is primary; what is most important here is the fact that it is only Daniel’s God that knows the future. And God’s knowledge of the future is particularly important to a people in exile and under o…
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Text: Daniel 1:8-17 Synopsis: In Daniel 1, spiritual defilement doesn’t come from the education offered or the new names given. Defilement would be forgetting who is ultimately in control of the situation facing Daniel and his friends. Quietly and privately, Daniel participates in a spiritual practice that reminds him that God is in control even wh…
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The Light of God's Love Lives Forever
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30:00Text: John 20:1-29 Synopsis: John 20:1 tells us that when Mary Magdalene came to the tomb “it was still dark.” There is little doubt that the darkness is the darkness of a night of mourning, the darkness of Mary’s un-illuminated understanding, and other things; but in the context of John’s gospel as a whole it is also the dark results of the Old Co…
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Illumination of the Light of God’s Love
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32:00Text: John 17 Synopsis: As Jesus prepares for His departure, this prayer provides insight in the mission that He leaves for those who want to follow Him. He asks the Father to watch over them and to protect them so that they can live the life of faith. In this dark and evil world, we are to be the light of truth for the world to see. Some will reje…
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“I am the Light of the World”
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27:00Text: John 8:12-30 Synopsis: Jesus has been clear about who he is, what he has come to do, and who has sent him; but a group of Jewish leaders are not convinced and continue to challenge him. They refuse to see two things: first, that Jesus is the light that gives true life to those who follow him, and second, that their way of life contributes to …
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Come to the Light of God’s Love
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28:00Text: John 3:1-21 Nicodemus comes to Jesus at night, it’s safer that way for such a high ranking religious leader to approach Jesus. In the conversation Jesus has with Nic, there is a challenge to “see” what God has laid before Nic. So, it is fair to say that Nic is both physically and theologically in the dark, because he is a leader of Israel who…
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The Light of God’s Love Shines
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26:00Text: John 1:1-18 Synopsis: The Light Shines in the darkness, and the darkness does not overcome it. This is the story of Jesus in a nutshell. The Fourth Gospel starts with a new creation story, one that shows the chaos of darkness that has infected and taken over the world. Even John the Baptist seems to be taken in by some infection of the darkne…
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Habakkuk pleads with God to act in the present like he has in the past, bringing down corrupt nations. What follows is an ancient poem that describes a powerful and terrifying appearance of God through clouds, fire, and earthquake. When the Creator shows up to confront human evil, it will get everyone’s attention. Habakkuk continues by describing t…
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The Five Evil Aspects of Nations
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33:00God’s promise is then elaborated by a series of five “woes” that describe the typical forms of oppression and injustice perpetrated by nations like Babylon. The first two target unjust economic practices, like how wealthy people charge ridiculous interest to keep others trapped in debt, building their own wealth through crooked means. The third woe…
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Habakkuk’s 2nd Lament: Why Use Wickedness to Punish Wickedness?
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23:00Habakkuk has a problem with God’s answer and offers up his second complaint because Babylon, the prophet claims, is even worse than Israel. They are even more violent and corrupt; and so Habakkuk asks, “How can such a holy, good, and just God possibly use such corrupt people as his instruments in history?” God responds that He will one day bring Ba…
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Habakkuk’s 1st Complaint: The Wicked Oppress the Good!
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31:00In this passage, we examine the notion that God is good and wonder if there is a time and a situation in which we would possibly question the goodness of God. Habakkuk is facing a complete corrosion of the society he loves, and he sees nothing but wickedness in the power structures and in the behaviors of anyone with power. So, he turns to God. Whe…
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We all love Growth and Change, right?
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32:00Sermon Text is Hebrews 5:11-6:3Kirjoittanut Jonathan Woodall
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Sermon Text is Philippians 4:4-9Kirjoittanut Jonathan Woodall
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Our desire to help Grow People
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25:00Our desire to help people grow starts with our thankfulness for all at that God has done for us, then moves to all that God can do for others, and we want to connect the powerful, grace giving God to those around us…we pray for people to KNOW…and let’s make sure we are not simply talking about book smarts, but a tangible experience of the Living Go…
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Introduction to our Theme for 2024 - DeepenKirjoittanut Jonathan Woodall
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A year-end review of our theme for 2023, "Freedom in Christ."Kirjoittanut Jonathan Woodall
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So what does a church look like when it is being led by the Spirit and stays “in step” with the Spirit? Well, it looks like a balance of giving and receiving from each other as we live the life of the Spirit. We seek to restore with gentleness (a fruit of the spirit) and we bear each other’s burdens as we attend to our own struggles. We realize tha…
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Freedom is not Indulgence!
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36:00What is Life in the Spirit? Do we trust the Spirit of God as a moral guide for our lives? So many of us, who claim to have the Spirit of God don’t even understand the significance of life in the Spirit and trade in the Spirit of God for some rule guide or catechism that teaches us how to behave as a Christian. Paul clearly says that it is the Spiri…
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We have arrived at the essence of Paul’s message to the Galatians, that in Christ, we have true human freedom. The value of “freedom” is a favorite for our nation, and the American view of freedom has been the foundation for the American dream, a rallying cry for times of war, and plea of those seeking rights. We all want freedom. The biblical view…
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Paul uses an analogy of two sons, one born of Hagar the slave woman and one born of Sarah the free woman. He goes on to assert that while Ismael will never be Isaac, that didn’t stop him from persecuting Isaac. The son born of the slave woman will never be the son of the free woman, and those who insist on legalism will never be the true fellowship…
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