True repentance is not just about doing better or working harder. It’s about understanding how completely lost we are and how much we desperately need Jesus. The 19th century preacher Charles Spurgeon says this about how quickly God runs to meet us in our repentance: “No eye is quicker to see the mercy of God than the eye washed with the tears of repentance.” (Luke 3)
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This message considers a major Turning of The Tide, the most significant Tide Change in all human history…when The Son of God becomes a man. (Luke 2)
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The Gospel According to Luke was written so that we might know with certainty who Jesus is. Luke starts with the story of a childless couple named Zechariah and Elizabeth, set in a dark season in the life of God’s people. (Luke 1)
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In this final chapter of Ecclesiastes we find the aged Teacher, Solomon, passing on good advice to future generations by exhorting everyone from young to old live with resolve and to die without regret. (Ecclesiastes 12:1-8)
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In this chapter Solomon encourages the followers of The LORD that Life is to be lived to the fullest – cheerfully, reverently, deliberately! The wise refuse to settle for a grim existence of emptiness and vanity; they are motivated by the radiant goodness of God daily surrounding them, the don’t wait to live… they live now! (Ecclesiastes 11:1-10)
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For Solomon, a fool is not someone with a lack of intellectual ability, but someone who has lost their moral compass… the fool is one who doesn’t fear God or follow His ways. In this message we consider the futility of foolishness. (Ecclesiastes 10:1-20)
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To fully embrace and appreciate this life we must confront our mortality and understand that our time here is finite… which leads to a more meaningful and joyful existence now as we prepare for the life that is to come. (Ecclesiastes 9:1-18)
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God’s wisdom clarifies and purifies our ability to comprehend His plan and purpose for our life. His wisdom helps us navigate life while recognizing that, although we cannot always fully understand God’s ways, we can always trust His plan… rooted in Jesus Christ. (Ecclesiastes 8:1-17)
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In the 21st century culture of aloneness and “me-time” the church exists as a bit of an anomaly. At the intersection of American individualism and Father God’s desire for community, stands the church of The Lord Jesus Christ, The family of God. (Acts 2:42-47)
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Our past mistakes and failures often hold us back from all that The LORD has for us. God invites us to live with a future focus…rather than dwelling on the past, we are called to live with eager anticipation for the newness of what lies ahead. In this passage Paul provides us tools that can assist us in living with eager anticipation of our New Future. (Philippians 3:13-14)
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