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Angry Like Jesus Sermon Notes | March 7-8, 2026 “In your anger, do not sin.’ Do not let the sun go down while you’re still angry, and do not give the devil a foothold.” Ephesians 4:26-27 (NIV) “Jesus entered the temple courts and drove out all who were buying and selling there. He overturned the tables of the money changers and the benches of those selling doves. ‘It is written,’ he said to them, ‘My house will be called a house of prayer, but you are making it a den of

Where's God When You Hurt? Sermon Notes | February 28 - March 1, 2026 Jesus, in the four Gospels, displayed 39 different emotions. “Soon afterward Jesus went with his disciples to the village of Nain, and a large crowd followed him. A funeral procession was coming out as he approached the village gate. The young man who had died was a widow’s only son, and a large crowd from the village was with her. When the Lord saw her, his heart overflowed with compassion. ‘Don’t cry!’ H

Sermon Notes | February 21-22, 2026 “But the LORD is in his holy temple; let all the earth be silent before him.” Habakkuk 2:20 (NIV) Sometimes when everything feels LOUD , faith looks like SILENCE. “The LORD sits enthroned over the flood; the LORD is enthroned as king forever.” Psalm 29:10 (NIV) The CHAOS  around us does not cancel the SOVEREIGNTY  above us. “A prayer of Habakkuk the prophet. On shigionoth.” Habakkuk 3:1 (NIV) Sometimes the most passionate, authentic praise

Sermon Notes | February 7-8, 2026 Why doesn't God seem FAIR ? “How long, O LORD, must I call for help, but you do not listen? Or cry out to you, ‘Violence!’ but you do not save? Why do you make me look at injustice? Why do you tolerate wrongdoing?...” Habakkuk 1:2-3 (NIV) Habakkuk: to WRESTLE and to EMBRACE “Why do you make me look at injustice? Why do you tolerate wrongdoing? Destruction and violence are before me; there is strife, and conflict abounds. Therefore the law i

Sermon Notes | January 31-February 01, 2026 FOUR THINGS WHEN IT COMES TO PEACE: 1. The peace BAN "Therefore remember that formerly you were Gentiles by birth and called 'uncircumcised' by those who called themselves 'the circumcision'...remember that at that time you were separate from Christ, excluded from citizenship... foreigners to the covenants of the promise, without hope and ithout God in the world." Ephesians 2:11-12 (NIV) Describing the Gentiles would be the word wit

Sermon Notes | January 24-25, 2026 The SINFULNESS of sin "As for you, you were dead in your transgressions and sin, in which you used to live when you followed the ways of this world and the ruler of the kingdom of air, the spirit who is now at work in those who are disobedient. All of us also lived among them at one time, gratifying the cravings of our flesh and following its desires and thoughts. Like the rest, we were by nature deserving of wrath." Ephesians 2:1-3 (NIV) S

Sermon Notes | January 17-18, 2026 We have an INCREDIBLE  identity. "Ever since / first heard of your strong faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for God's people everywhere, I have not stopped thanking God for you. I pray for you constantly, asking God, the glorious Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, to give you spiritual wisdom and insight so that you might grow in your knowledge of God." Ephesians 1:15-17 (NLT) When we're SPECIFiC , we'll be PROLIFIC   "[l] do not cease to

Sermon Notes | January 9-10, 2026 Our identity is in the TRINITY. " This letter is from Paul, chosen by the will of God to be an apostle of Christ Jesus...All praise to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly realms because we are unted with Christ." Ephesians 1:1,3 (NLT) " Even before he made the world, God loved us and chose us in Christ to be holy and without fault in his eyes." Ephesians 1:4 (NLT) God has

Sermon Notes | January 3-4, 2026 " Then Samuel took a flask of olive oil and poured it over Saul’s head. He kissed Saul and said, “I am doing this because the Lord has appointed you to be the ruler over Israel, his special possession." 1 Samuel 10:1(NLT) " So as David stood there among his brothers, Samuel took the flask of olive oil he had brought and anointed David with the oil. And the Spirit of the Lord came powerfully upon David from that day on. Then Samuel returned to

Sermon Notes | December 20-21, 2025 "And in the same region there were shepherds out in the field, keeping watch over their flocks by night. And an angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were filled with great fear. And the angel said to them, Fear not, for behold, / bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people. For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord. And this s

Sermon Notes | December 13-14, 2025 Why do we see peace EVERYWHERE , but don't feel peace in our HEARTS ? "Peace / leave with you; my peace / give you. I do not give as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid." John 14:27 (NIV) "Glory to God in highest heaven, and peace on earth..." Luke 2:14a (NLT) "For to us a child is born, to us a son is given...And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace." Is

Sermon Notes | December 14, 2025 | Main Campus "Peace / leave with you; my peace / give you. I do not give as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid." John 14:27 (NIV) "Glory to God in highest heaven, and peace on earth..." Luke 2:14a (NLT) "For to us a child is born, to us a son is given...And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace." Isaiah 9:6 (NIV) The Prince of Peace gives us... Peace WITH

Sermon Notes | The Arrival Part 1 | December 6-7, 2025 . Advent come from the latin word "adventus" which means "COMING" or "ARRIVAL" "Hope deferred makes the heart sick..." Proverbs 13:12 (NIV) 1. Hope has A NAME "[Mary] will give birth to a son, and you're going to give him the name Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins." Matthew 1:21 (NIV) Jesus is " OUR HOPE " 1 Timothy 1:1 Jesus is our " BLESSED HOPE " Titus 2:3 Jesus is our " LIVING HOPE " 1 Peter 1:3

Sermon Notes | November 29-30, 2025 Gratitude looks BACKWARDS  and expectation looks FORWARD "When the LORD restored the fortunes of Zion, we were like those who dream. Then our mouth was filled with laughter, and our tongues with shouts of joy; then they said among the nations, 'The LORD has done great things for them.' The LORD has done great things for us; we are glad. Restore our fortunes, O LORD, like streams in the Negeb! Those who sow in tears shall reap with shouts o

Sermon Notes | November 30, 2025 What's so special about Christmas? Who CAME at Christmas. How HE Came. Who He came TO. WHY He came. Miracle #1: GOD CAME TO EARTH! "Christ is the exact likeness of the unseen God. He existed before God made anything at all, and, in fact, Christ himself is the Creator who made everything in heaven and earth..." Colossians 1:15-16a (LB) "Jesus said, 'We are the same - Father and Son. He is in me, and I am in him. John 10:30 (Message) Miracle

Sermon Notes | November 23, 2025 "Now on his way to Jerusalem, Jesus traveled along the border between Samaria and Galilee. As he was going into a village, ten men who had leprosy met him. They stood at a distance and called out in a loud voice, Jesus, Master, have pity on us!' When he saw them, he said, 'Go, show yourselves to the priests.' And as they went, they were cleansed. One of them, when he saw he was healed, came back, praising God in a loud voice. He threw himself

Sermon Notes | November 15-16, 2025 "Now Ahab told Jezebel everything Elijah had done and how he killed all the prophets with the sword. So Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah to say, May the gods deal with me, be it ever so severely, if by this time tomorrow I do not make your life like one of them.' Elijah was afraid and ran for his life..." 1 Kings 19:1-3a (NIV) FOUR WAYS TO GET EASILY DEPRESSED "...When he came to Beersheba in Judah, he left his servant there, while he him

Sermon Notes | November 2, 2025 "Elijah was a man just like us, and he prayed earnestly that it would not rain, and it did not rain on the land for three years and six months." James 5:17 (NIV) "This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us." 1 John 5:14 (NIV) "Elijah said to Ahab, 'Go, eat and drink, for there is the sound of a heavy rain.' So Ahab went off to eat and drink, but Elijah climbed to the top of Carm

Sermon Notes | October 25-26, 2025 False gods PROMISE what only the true God PROVIDES "When he saw Elijah, he said to him, 'Is that you, you troubler of Israel?''I have not made trouble for Israel,' Elijah replied. 'But you and your father’s family have. You have abandoned the Lord’s commands and have followed the Baals." 1 Kings 18:17-18 Monotheistic- belief there is one God Polytheistic- belief there is multiple Gods Elijahs prophetic message: It is time to quit WAVERING "

Sermon Notes | October 19, 2025 Elijah: My God is Jehovah "Now Elijah the Tishbite, from Tishbe in Gilead, said to Ahab, 'As the Lord, the God of Israel, lives, whom I serve, there will be neither dew nor rain in the next few years except at my word.” 1 Kings 17:1 THREE SEASONS OF PREPARATION A season of Isolated Pain "Then the word of the Lord came to Elijah:   'Leave here, turn eastward and hide in the Kerith Ravine, east of the Jordan." 1 Kings 17:2-3 Sometimes God has to