Main text: Matt 28:1-10
Happy Easter! He is risen. Did you know that every Sunday is a resurrection Sunday? When we gather for Sunday worship each and every week, we are gathering to celebrate His resurrection. Worship has to be the dominant flavor of our Sunday gathering.…
For the majority of the nation of Israel, the birth of Christ made no impact. For some Jewish families from the first century, it was the worst day of their lives. And to a select few, the birth of Christ was life changing.…
Paul told the Philippians that living worthy of the gospel of Christ meant fearlessness before enemies.
Only let your manner of life be worthy of the gospel of Christ… not frightened in anything by your opponents (Philippians 1:27-28).
Then he gave the logic of fearlessness.…
Lastly, I want to end with a daughter and bleeding woman in v18-26. Jairus is a ruler. He’s powerful, he has influence, but there is nothing he can do to save his daughter. This is the most impossible situation in this chapter because by the time Jairus reaches Jesus, his daughter is dead.…
In v9-11, we have a third pairing of faith and an obstacle of faith.
9 As Jesus went on from there, he saw a man named Matthew sitting at the tax collector’s booth. “Follow me,” he told him, and Matthew got up and followed him.
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Have you ever been in a situation that is way more than you can handle? Have you ever been in an impossible situation? Have you experienced tragedy or unexpected suffering or circumstances beyond your control? Have you ever felt like throwing in the towel?…
Happy Mother’s Day! Hope you had a chance to thank your mom today. Husbands, I trust that you’ve been extra nice to your wife. If you haven’t already, take her out to a nice dinner. Cook, do the dishes, laundry, give her a break.…
It is not the task of the Christian leader to go around nervously trying to redeem people, to save them at the last minute, to put them on the right track. For we are redeemed once and for all. The Christian leader is called to help others affirm this great news, and to make visible in daily events the fact that behind the dirty curtain of our painful symptoms there is something great to be seen: the face of Him in whose image we are shaped.
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“You must love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, all your mind, and all your strength.” (NLT)
Faith always means risk. Everything in life is a risk. Ecclesiastes 10:8 says, “When you work in a quarry, stones might fall and crush you!…
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