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1. The Practice of StillnessHe says, “Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.” Psalm 46:10The Lord said, “Go out and stand on the mountain in the presence of the Lord, for the Lord is about to pass by.”Then a great and powerful wind tore the mountains apart and shattered the rocks before the Lord, but the Lord was not in the wind. After the wind there was an earthquake, but the Lord was not in the earthquake. 12 After the earthquake came a fire, but the Lord was not in the fire. And after the fire came a gentle whisper.I Kings 19:11-122. The Practice of Sabbath2 By the seventh day God had finished the work he had been doing; so on the seventh day he rested from all his work. 3 Then God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it he rested from all the work of creating that he had doneGenesis 2:2-38 “Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy. 9 Six days you shall labor and do all your work, 10 but the seventh day is a sabbath to the L

Sunday, April 12, 2026

The resurrection doesn’t calm your world — it anchors you inside it.11 Now Mary stood outside the tomb crying. As she wept, she bent over to look into the tomb 12 and saw two angels in white, seated where Jesus’ body had been, one at the head and the other at the foot.13 They asked her, “Woman, why are you crying?”“They have taken my Lord away,” she said, “and I don’t know where they have put him.” 14 At this, she turned around and saw Jesus standing there, but she did not realize that it was Jesus.15 He asked her, “Woman, why are you crying? Who is it you are looking for?”Thinking he was the gardener, she said, “Sir, if you have carried him away, tell me where you have put him, and I will get him.”16 Jesus said to her, “Mary.”She turned toward him and cried out in Aramaic, “Rabboni!” (which means “Teacher”).17 Jesus said, “Do not hold on to me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father. Go instead to my brothers and tell them, ‘I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.’”18 Mary Mag

“After Jesus had said this, he went on ahead, going up to Jerusalem.  As he approached Bethphage and Bethany at the hill called the Mount of Olives, he sent two of his disciples, saying to them, ‘Go to the village ahead of you, and as you enter it, you will find a colt tied there, which no one has ever ridden.  Untie it and bring it here.  If anyone asks you, ‘Why are you untying it?’ say, ‘The Lord needs it.’  Those who were sent ahead went and found it just as he had told them.  As they were untying the colt, its owners asked them, ‘Why are you untying the colt?’  They replied, ‘The Lord needs it.’  They brought it to Jesus, threw their cloaks on the colt and put Jesus on it.  As he went along, people spread their cloaks on the road.  When 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:  ‘Blessed is the king who comes in the name of the Lord!’  ‘Peace in heaven and glory in the h

Jesus meets our deepest need and offers grace to all who believe—because He is God and He is good.MAIN VERSE:   4 Now he had to go through Samaria. 5 So he came to a town in Samaria called Sychar, near the plot of ground Jacob had given to his son Joseph. 6 Jacob’s well was there, and Jesus, tired as he was from the journey, sat down by the well. It was about noon.7 When a Samaritan woman came to draw water, Jesus said to her, “Will you give me a drink?” 8 (His disciples had gone into the town to buy food.)9 The Samaritan woman said to him, “You are a Jew and I am a Samaritan woman. How can you ask me for a drink?” (For Jews do not associate with Samaritans.[a])10 Jesus answered her, “If you knew the gift of God and who it is that asks you for a drink, you would have asked him and he would have given you living water.”11 “Sir,” the woman said, “you have nothing to draw with and the well is deep. Where can you get this living water? 12 Are you greater than our father Jacob, who gave us the well and drank from

He must increase. You must decrease. And that's not a burden—it's freedom.1. The Problem - “We all want to be the hero of our own story” They came to John and said to him, “Rabbi, that man who was with you on the other side of the Jordan—the one you testified about—look, he is baptizing, and everyone is going to him.”John 3:2627 To this John replied, “A person can receive only what is given them from heaven. 28 You yourselves can testify that I said, ‘I am not the Messiah but am sent ahead of him.’ 29 The bride belongs to the bridegroom. The friend who attends the bridegroom waits and listens for him, and is full of joy when he hears the bridegroom’s voice. That joy is mine, and it is now complete. 30 He must become greater; I must become less.”John 3:27-3031 The one who comes from above is above all; the one who is from the earth belongs to the earth, and speaks as one from the earth. The one who comes from heaven is above all. 32 He testifies to what he has seen and heard, but no one accepts his tes

WE WANT INFORMATION, JESUS POINTS TO TRANSFORMATION.2 He came to Jesus at night and said, “Rabbi, 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.”3 Jesus replied, “Very truly I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God unless they are born again.”4 “How can someone be born when they are old?” Nicodemus asked. “Surely they cannot enter a second time into their mother’s womb to be born!”5 Jesus answered, “Very truly I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless they are born of water and the Spirit. 6 Flesh gives birth to flesh, but the Spirit gives birth to spirit. 7 You should not be surprised at my saying, ‘You must be born again.’ 8 The wind blows wherever it pleases. You hear its sound, but you cannot tell where it comes from or where it is going. So it is with everyone born of the Spirit.”9 “How can this be?” Nicodemus asked.John 3:2-914 Just as Moses lifted the snake in the wilderness, so the Son of Man must be li

Big Idea: John writes so that we may see Jesus as more than a reformer but as the Son of God. Jesus disrupts the temple activity to show his identity as the Son of God. 13 When it was almost time for the Jewish Passover,Jesus went up to Jerusalem. 14 In the temple courts he found people selling cattle, sheep and doves, and others sitting at tables exchanging money. 15 So he made a whip out of cords, and drove all from the temple courts, both sheep and cattle; he scattered the coins of the money changers and overturned their tables. 16 To those who sold doves he said, “Get these out of here! Stop turning my Father’s house into a market!” 17 His disciples remembered that it is written: “Zeal for your house will consume me.”[c]18 The Jews then responded to him, “What sign can you show us to prove your authority to do all this?”19 Jesus answered them, “Destroy this temple, and I will raise it again in three days.”20 They replied, “It has taken forty-six years to build this temple, and you are going to raise it in

Today we are going to look into the book of John and see what is called the first sign. John’s gospel account is laid out in a really cool structure. It is the first of Seven Signs that point to Jesus being the Son of God. Turning water into wine, Healing the official's son, healing the paralytic, feeding the 5,000, walking on water, healing the blind man, raising Lazarus. 31 But these are written that you may believe[b] that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name. John 20:31Here's what I want you to hold onto today:The water into wine is the sign.A sign. Not because it was less than miraculous. It absolutely was miraculous. But John wants you to know: don't stop at the sign. Follow the sign. Let it point you somewhere.But the sign is pointing you toward three things:Who Jesus is. Why Jesus came. What Jesus offers.On the third day a wedding took place at Cana in Galilee. Jesus’ mother was there, 2 and Jesus and his disciples had also been invited

John 1:19-34 NIVBig Idea: It’s not about you, it’s about Jesus. Use your life to point to Him.Backround: John the Baptist was a rock star!  A prophet living in the Jordan River Valley who had a big following.  People from all over would come to listen to his message of repentance and baptism.  John had his own disciples, who would later become Jesus’s disciples.  Also, John the Baptist was a relative of Jesus.1.    John knew who he wasn’tWith everyone trying to figure out who they are, John starts with who he is not.  “Now this was John’s testimony when the Jewish leaders in Jerusalem sent priests and Levites to ask him who he was.  He did not fail to confess, but confessed freely, “I am not the messiah”.How many times have we put ourselves in position to get credit instead of “Beholding the Lamb”?2.    John knew who Jesus was-The Lamb of God-The sin-bearer-Greater than John-Pre-Existent-The Chosen One 3.    John knew what Jesus Does“Look, the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world” John 1:29 John

John 20:31John 1:1-141. WHO IS JESUS? John 1:1-5John calls Jesus "the Word." In Greek, that's Logos.Now, if you were a Greco/Roman listener hearing this, your ears would perk up. Logos was a big deal in Greek philosophy—it meant the rational principle that ordered the universe, the divine reason behind everything.If you were a Jewish listener, you'd think of how God SPOKE creation into existence. "And God SAID, 'Let there be light.'" The Word of God was God's creative, powerful self-expression.John takes both ideas and says, "That Logos? That Word? He's not an 'it.' He's a 'He.' And His name is Jesus."So who is Jesus according to these first five verses?Eternal ("In the beginning was")"In the beginning WAS the Word."Not "in the beginning, the Word came into being." Not "in the beginning, the Word was created."WAS. Already existing. Already there.You know how when you show up late to a party and ev

1 Kings 18:16-211. Some gods never answerAnd here's the tragic irony: The more your god doesn't answer, the MORE you sacrifice to it. The prophets of Baal started dancing. Then shouting. Then cutting themselves. Why? Because when your god doesn't work, you think: "I'm not doing enough. I need to try harder."I heard someone once call it “ the treadmill of false worship.”2. One God always answers1 Kings 18:36-39Because it is not about how much you pray, it's about WHO you pray to.prayer isn't about convincing a reluctant God to do what we want. Prayer is accessing the power of a God who WANTS to answer, who LOVES to reveal Himself, who DELIGHTS to turn hearts back to Him.3. When God answers, hearts change4. The FIRE we really needActs 2:1-4At CarmelFire Fell on the AltarFire Consumed the SacrificeFire proved God’s powerThe people's hearts changed temporarilyAt PentecostFire fell on the PEOPLEFire filled them with GOD’S SPIRITFire proved God’s PRESENCEFire changed them PERMA

1. UNITED PRAYER RELEASES EXPONENTIAL POWERMatthew 18:19-20Ecclesiastes 4:9-12 2. CORPORATE PRAYER BUILDS SPIRITUAL UNITY3. COLLECTIVE PRAYER CARRIES SHARED AUTHORITYActs 4:29-304. COMMUNAL PRAYER ENCOURAGES WEAK FAITHJames 5:16

Matthew 6:9-131. START WITH WHO GOD IS, NOT WHAT YOU NEED"Prayer doesn't start with your problems—it starts with God's perfection."Starts with Our Father (intimate)Not "Dear Sir" or "Almighty Judge" or "Distant Creator." Father. But notice: He doesn't just say "my Father"—He says "OUR Father." Prayer is never just about you. You're part of a family. When you pray, you're praying with millions of other sons and daughters.In Heaven (Close but transcendent)"Hallowed be your name."To "hallow" something means to treat it as holy, set apart, sacred. Jesus is saying, "Before you ask God for anything, WORSHIP HIM FOR WHO HE IS"Application:Most of us pray like this: "God, I need this. God, fix that. God, help me. Amen.""Worship recalibrates your heart before you ever open your mouth."When you start with "hallowed be your name," you're reminding yourself:God is bigger than your

2 Corinthians 12:7-101. PRAYER CONNECTS YOU TO GOD'S POWERJohn 15:52. PRAYER CHANGES YOUR PERSPECTIVEPhilippians 4:6-7When you pray, problems don't necessarily get smaller—you get biggerYou start seeing with God's eyes, not just your circumstancesYou begin to see God clearer… JESUS GETS BIGGER”Every Year you grow you will find me bigger” 3. PRAYER CLARIFIES YOUR PURPOSEPsalm 37:4 Prayer aligns your wants with God's willThe more time you spend with God, the more you think like HimApplication: What you focus on in prayer reveals what you valuefasting clears space for God…. Where you were hungry… you pray….Use this fast to help eliminate the noise in your life.4. PRAYER CULTIVATES YOUR CHARACTERRomans 8:28-29Romans 8:28-29 - God is conforming you to Christ's imageUnanswered prayers often protect us from our immature requestsPrayer isn't about getting what you want; it's about becoming who God wants"God is more interested in changing you than your circumstances."Start a "

Intervention: The Act of stepping into a situation to change its course, especially to prevent harm or improve an outcome.Galatians 4:4-7There are two important things when it comes to an intervention: Timing and PurposeGalatians 4:4-7 reminds us that’s what Christmas is all about.1.    God Intervenes at the right time (v. 4) (Timing)“But when the set time had fully come, God sent His Son, born of a women, born under the law”The phrase “set time” used here is the Greek word Pleroma.  There is only one other place in the New Testament that the word “Pleroma” is used. Ephesians 1:10. Ephesians is referring to the second coming.   John 1:1 “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God”John 1:14 “The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us…” 2.    God Intervenes to Set Us Free (v. 5-7) (Purpose)“To redeem those under the law, that we might receive adoption to sonship.  Because you are his sons, God sent the Spirit of His Son into our hearts, the Spirit who calls out, ‘

‭‭Luke‬ ‭1‬:‭45‬-‭56‬ ‭NIV‬‬I. MAGNIFY: Worship Begins with Right PerspectiveLuke 1:46-47 ESVMary doesn’t say “my soul feels the Lord”—she says “my soul magnifies the Lord.” Worship isn’t about amplifying your feelings; it’s about amplifying God’s greatnessIllustration:"A telescope doesn’t make stars bigger—it helps you see how big they already are.” “You become small when you make yourself big. You become significant when you make God big.”“Mary called Him ‘Savior’ before the manger, before the cross—she knew she needed rescue too.”Application: Even the mother of Jesus needed a Savior. Nobody gets to God on their résumé.What’s competing with God for the “bigness” in your life?II. MERCY: Remember That Grace Flows to the Low Places God didn’t choose Mary because she was exceptional—He chose her because she was available. Her “humble estate” wasn’t an obstacle to God’s plan; it was a qualification for it.Luke 1:48-49“God’s eyes scan past the spotlight to find the servant.”“Mercy isn’t God meeting you halfw

Luke 19:1-10 NIVJesus’ actions reveal his authority- He does what He wants to, where He wants to, how He wants to, for whomever He wants to do it.Jesus’ actions reveal his kindness- why he does it, when he does it, even though he doesn’t have to do it. Jesus personally invites the most unlikely and undeserving people into His presence and He uses the church to extend that same life-changing invitation today. Invitations tell us we are specialNotice that Jesus adds Zacchaeus to his agenda by naturally seeing him along his way. Yes he supernaturally may have known his name but it was a natural sight of a man in an odd position-that grabbed our Lord's attention. Who might possibly be in the odd positions in our spaces?  Zacchaeus did not deserve Jesus but Jesus responded not to what Zacchaeus deserved but what he desired. What are some signs people display that show curiosity or openness? Jesus’ ability to make this man feel special is the power of an invitation and invitations have weight depending on who i

John 4:1-15FIVE PRINCIPLES FOR SPIRITUAL CONVERSATIONSTRANSITION:“From Jesus’ conversation with the Samaritan woman, I want to give you five practical principles that you can use THIS WEEKPRINCIPLE #1: START WHERE THEY ARE“Notice how Jesus begins. He doesn’t launch into a sermon. He doesn’t hand her a tract. He asks for a drink of water!John 4:7 Jesus started with something natural, something she could relate to. He met her at her point of need—she had water, He was thirsty.Start conversations where people already are. Talk about their job, their family, their struggles, their interests. Find common ground.1 Corinthians 9:22Don’t be weird. Don’t be pushy. Just be HUMAN. Build a bridge through genuine interest and conversation.”“Ask questions! People love talking about themselves. ‘How’s your family?’ ‘What do you do for work?’ How were you raised spiritually ‘How are you handling all the stress in the world right now?’PRINCIPLE #2: CREATE CURIOSITY“Once Jesus has her attention, watch what He does:John 4:10He

1 Timothy 2:1-7 NIV1. PRAY WITH BOLDNESS1 Timothy 2:3-4 - "This is good, and pleases God our Savior, who wants all people to be saved and to come to a knowledge of the truth."God wants ALL people to be savedYour prayers matter more than you thinkDon't apologize for praying big prayersGod's will is for everyone to know HimFree will/predestination debates Who’s your one and prayer event"If it's worth praying about, it's worth praying boldly about.""Never pray small prayers to a big God."Luke 11:9 - "So I say to you: Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you."Jesus taught us to keep asking, keep seeking, keep knockingLuke 18:1-8 - The Parable of the Persistent WidowDon't give up on people God hasn't given up onColossians 4:2 - "Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful and thankful."Breakthrough often comes right before we want to quit"The devil's favorite time to attack is