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Fully Human

Jan 22, 2024

Hebrews 2:9-18 All Christ has done for us took place because He became one of us to save from ourselves and transform us to be like Him. In Jesus, God is showing us what it is like to be fully human as Jesus wears our skin without our sin. View the full service on our YouTube channel. By Pastor Paul Sausser

The Supremacy of Jesus

Jan 9, 2024

Hebrews 1:1-4 The Living Jesus is all we need to find fulfillment in our lives. Jesus is Father God’s full and final picture of what He wants to reveal about Himself to us. In these opening verses, 9 snapshots of Jesus are given to launch us into seeing His greatness in the rest of this Bible book. View the full service on our YouTube channel. By Pastor Paul Sausser

Therefore . . . Go!

Jan 1, 2024

Matthew 28:16-20 The Bible is full of stories of men and women who had doubts and fears, yet trusted that God was bigger than those doubts and fears. Jesus’ final words were to a group of young men that doubted. Yet they obeyed and God used them to change the world. Will we trust God today in the midst of our own doubts and fears? View the full service on our YouTube channel. By guest preacher...

Christmas

Dec 25, 2023

Luke 2:1-20 Christmas is here. We love love stories, and so we might think on this day of the love story between Joseph and Mary. But this day is not about their story, but His love story. Today is about God fulfilling promises to bring His love in His Son down to earth for us. View the full service on our YouTube channel. By Pastor Paul Sausser

The Fore Runner

Dec 24, 2023

Luke 1:57-80 Christmas is about God’s salvation for us. Strip everything else away from Christmas but this truth, and it will still be a great Christmas. John’s birth tells what this child will do—announce God’s plan of salvation. Zechariah’s song, his response to God’s goodness, is praising our Lord and also proclaiming God’s salvation. The central message of Christmas is God’s great gift of...

The Visitations

Dec 18, 2023

Luke 1:39-56 God’s great plan of new life should be responded to by incredible joy—spontaneous joy. The ARRIVAL of Mary at Elizabeth’s place brings joy to their home. Jesus does that to people. Elizabeth is blessed by having this Child and being in a relationship to the mother of the Messiah. Mary breaks into ADORATION about her own happiness and the joy of new life this Child will bring to the...

The Announcement

Dec 11, 2023

Luke 1:26-38 God fulfills His promises in miraculous ways that mystify us. When we are confronted with God’s miraculous and mysterious ways, we need to be obedient and accept God’s coming to us—first, in receiving His Christmas gift of a Savior, and second, with a willingness to be used in His service. View the full service on our YouTube channel. By Pastor Paul Sausser

The Preparation

Dec 4, 2023

Luke 1:1-25 God is not quiet in working His plan to bring salvation and joy through His people to the world. This is the time that God is at work behind the scenes with Zechariah and Elizabeth. The priest Zechariah was placed in a spot to bear the news that God is at work to bring His joy and redemption to humanity. Zechariah’s silence (after he questioned God) is a sign that God has spoken...

Jacob—The Next Generation

Nov 27, 2023

Genesis 37:1-11 After humanity’s fall in the Garden of Eden, God rescues humanity by focusing on one family to reach the world—Abraham’s family. Through Abraham’s line will come Jesus—the Messiah King. Jacob, Abraham’s grandson, recipient of that covenant, reaps what he sows, as his waywardness passes on to the next generation. Through it all, God shows that He uses imperfect people in His big...

My Soul Pants for You [Thanksgiving]

Nov 25, 2023

Psalm 42 Thanksgiving is the day we focus on giving thanks to God. We bless Him for the many good things He has given us--can we also give thanks when we find ourselves in difficult times? View the full service on our YouTube channel. By Pastor Paul Sausser

Jacob—The Direction

Nov 20, 2023

Genesis 31:13; 35:1, 5-7 When God give us direction of a direction—be it a moral choice, a command to obey, a place to live or work or go to school, or a new venture within the kingdom of God—when God gives direction of a specific direction to take, God accomplishes His purposes and God gives His blessing when we make that adjustment and choose to follow Him. View the full service on our YouTube...

Jacob—Wrestling with God

Nov 13, 2023

Genesis 32:22-32 Jacob wrestled and struggled during his life, first in the womb with Esau and later with God. His conniving was seeking something that only God can give, which God gives freely. God blesses Jacob, gives him a new identity, and through Jacob God’s blessing reaches out to the world through Jacob’s descendant—King Jesus. View the full service on our YouTube channel. By Pastor Paul...