"sacrifice" Tagged Sermons
Jesus Came to Live In Us
(Click on “Save” above to download this week’s sermon notes) We recognize the resurrection, the premier event of our faith with special music, special readings, and a special service as we celebrate the reality that Jesus is alive! This is a wonderful opportunity to bring along friends and family to rejoice with you and thank God for all that he has done through Jesus…
Being a Living Sacrifice
Malachi 2-3 is all about saying one thing and doing another. It’s not supposed to be that way yet we’re ready to give it all for God until it costs us something. We try to hold onto our statements while we explain away our actions. God calls on Israel (and on us) to give our best, not our leftovers. That means that we become the sacrifice to God with a life…
Restoration through Worthy Sacrifice
(Click on “Save” above to download this week’s sermon notes) Sunday we open up Malachi 1 as we begin a two-part series on this important book. Like Israel of old we wonder if God really loves us. God’s abundance seems to be replaced with a new normal of frustration and depression. We don’t ask ourselves if our give-back to God has started to…
Jesus – A Better Sacrifice
Confidence
When parents dedicate themselves and their children to the Lord it is always an inspiring time. We stand at the beginning of a great venture, a new career, a marriage, raising a child, and have such great hopes of the future before us. We exude great confidence in the outcome. Tomorrow, on the occasion of these dedications, we pause to look at the dedication of Samuel and…