Tag: prayer
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Tonight, May 5, 2022: 7 p.m. THE right way to read the Bible
Tonight–Thursday, May 5 & in two weeks May 19 at 7 p.m. Good morning friends and members of Emmanuel Church, It is a lovely May day on God’s hill! Look at this little man above! He’s reading his bible! And what does that smile on his face mean? Is he happy to be reading the…
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Sermon of February 10, 2019 — “A Terrible Kind of Imprisonment”
Matthew 7:1-14, 24-29 “Do not judge, so that you may not be judged. 2 For with the judgment you make you will be judged, and the measure you give will be the measure you get. 3 Why do you see the speck in your neighbor’s eye, but do not notice the log in your own eye? 4 Or how can you say…
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Sermon of December 2, 2018 — “Faith as a Way of Life”
Habakkuk, Selected Verses: The oracle that the prophet Habakkuk saw. 2 O Lord, how long shall I cry for help, and you will not listen?Or cry to you “Violence!” and you will not save?3 Why do you make me see wrongdoing and look at trouble?Destruction and violence are before me; strife and contention arise.4 So the law becomes slack and justice never prevails.The wicked…
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“On Your Mark . . . Get Set . . . Go!” Sermon of July 29
Psalm 1 Blessed is the one who does not walk in step with the wicked or stand in the way that sinners take or sit in the company of mockers, 2 but whose delight is in the law of the Lord, and who meditates on his law day and night. 3 That person is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its…
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May 13, 2018 Sermon — “Something I Never Noticed Before”
John 18:1-12 When Jesus had spoken these words, he went forth with his disciples across the Kidron valley, where there was a garden, which he and his disciples entered. 2 Now Judas, who betrayed him, also knew the place; for Jesus often met there with his disciples. 3 So Judas, procuring a band of soldiers and some officers from…
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March 4, 2018 Sermon — “Plant a Seed”
John 12:20-36 20 Now among those who went up to worship at the festival were some Greeks. 21 They came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida in Galilee, and said to him, “Sir, we wish to see Jesus.” 22 Philip went and told Andrew; then Andrew and Philip went and told Jesus. 23 Jesus answered them, “The hour has come for the…
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February 25, 2018 Sermon “Who Do You Trust?”
John 14:1-14 “Do not let your hearts be troubled. Believe in God, believe also in me. 2 In my Father’s house there are many dwelling places. If it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you? 3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come…
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January 28, 2018 Sermon — “How Did We Get Here?”
John 10:1-18 “Very truly, I tell you, anyone who does not enter the sheepfold by the gate but climbs in by another way is a thief and a bandit. 2 The one who enters by the gate is the shepherd of the sheep. 3 The gatekeeper opens the gate for him, and the sheep hear his voice. He calls…
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November 16, 2017 Weekly Update
Dear friends and members of Emmanuel Church, It’s a beautiful Thursday morning on God’s hill! Sunday morning is our Annual Thanksgiving Worship Service. This means there will be a thanksgiving display in the sanctuary and it is the second to last Sunday that we will collect for the toys for the Salvation Army and the…
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July 2, 2017 Sermon — “Testifying to Newness”
Acts 10:9-23 About noon the next day, as they were on their journey and approaching the city, Peter went up on the roof to pray. 10He became hungry and wanted something to eat; and while it was being prepared, he fell into a trance. 11He saw the heaven opened and something like a large sheet coming down,…
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