THE DOUBLE MERCY WHICH ENDURES
Sunday December 10, 2023 Text: Isaiah 40:1-11 Speaker: Pastor Matthew Ude Festival: Advent Passages: Isaiah 40:1-11
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Wednesday December 6, 2023 Text: Matthew 2:1-12 Speaker: Pastor Matthew Ude Festival: Advent Passages: Matthew 2:1-12
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Saturday December 2, 2023 Text: Isaiah 64:1-9 Speaker: Pastor Matthew Ude Festival: Advent Passages: Isaiah 64:1-9
Isaiah 64 is a prayer by the prophet Isaiah. The prophet desires that God would remove those barriers which keep him hidden from us and come and make his home in our hearts. He prays that the Lord would shake us and shape us until we are God’s people. Isaiah 64:1-3 Oh, that You would
Read MoreWe Are Waiting For A King
Sunday November 26, 2023 Text: Ezekiel 34:11-16,20-24 Speaker: Pastor Matthew Ude Festival: Trinity Passages: Ezekiel 34:11-16,20-24
When Israel first entered the land of Canaan, God made them a promise. He would be their king. Fast forward four hundred years, the people are sick of Judges and demand an earthly king. God warned the people that it is not a good thing they asked. He warned them that kings would be selfish,
Read MoreTrue Thankfulness Is To Accept All That God Gives
Wednesday November 22, 2023 Text: Job 2:1-10 Speaker: Pastor Matthew Ude Festival: Thanksgiving Passages: Job 2:1-10
There are many things in this world which even if I don’t like them, I can see why they are good. Onions are a good example. They are not my favorite food, but they are a source of many good things. There are other things which don’t seem to have any good qualities. Mosquitoes, poison
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Sunday November 19, 2023 Text: Matthew 25:14-30 Speaker: Pastor Matthew Ude Festival: Trinity Passages: Matthew 25:14-30
Verse 14 There are a number of these parables which begin with a master or a landowner, or a king leaving. These parables come near the end of Jesus ministry. Our current parable is spoken by Jesus after his entry into Jerusalem during the last week of before his death. Such parables anticipate Jesus’s ascension.
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Sunday November 12, 2023 Text: Matthew 25:1-13 Speaker: Pastor Matthew Ude Festival: Trinity Passages: Matthew 25:1-13
Some of you know we’ve been having problems with our van. Joe Brown helped us take it down to the Kia dealership. While I was talking to the guy at the service desk, I admitted that we sometimes go a couple hundred miles over before getting our oil changed. The man replied saying that was
Read MoreThe Vision that Waits For You
Saturday November 4, 2023 Text: 2 kings 2:8-14 Speaker: Pastor Matthew Ude Festival: All Saints Day Passages: 2 kings 2:8-14
God granted Elisha this gift. He saw the end. Through all the difficulties of his life Elisha knew that victory that would someday be his. God has granted us this same vision. We see the victory that will be ours through Jesus Christ.
Read MoreTHE KINGDOM IS GRASPED BY FAITH
Sunday October 29, 2023 Text: Matthew 11:12-19 Speaker: Pastor Matthew Ude Festival: Reformation Passages: Matthew 11:12-19
Matthew 11:12 12 “And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffers violence, and the violent take it by force. 1903 is considered the first successful flight of a powered airplane by the Wright brothers. Wilbur Wright died nine years later in 1912. Orville Wright lived another 45 years.
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Sunday October 22, 2023 Text: Matthew 22:15-22 Speaker: Pastor Matthew Ude Festival: Trinity Passages: Matthew 22:15-22
The Jews hated Rome and because they hated Rome they despised the tax-collectors who served Rome. Throughout the Gospels we see evidence of this hatred in passages like Matthew 9:10.Matthew 9:10 Now it happened, as Jesus sat at the table in the house, that behold, many tax collectors and sinners came and sat down with
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