Sermon Series
  • 1. Rebooting Our Minds

    Contributed on Jan 11, 2022
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    We reboot/reset our devices to return them to their optimal condition. In this new year, let's let God reboot us to the image we were intended to be.

    Rebooting Our Minds lanny smith Reboot / Transformation; The Beatitudes / Romans 12:1–3   • Reboot - still a term we use though no longer accurate. • Comes from the earliest days of computing. Computers didn’t just start up. There was a process. • Card readers. Top card came to be known as a ...read more

  • 2. Relying On God

    Contributed on Jan 11, 2022
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    Blessed are the poor in spirit - God is pleased when we rely on Him.

    Relying on God lanny smith Reboot / Dependence; Pride / Matthew 5:3   • Old saying that “God helps those who help themselves.” Attrib. to Ben Franklin but actually from an earlier source from the 1600. • In fact, different cultures across 100’s of years have had similar sayings. From Buddhism, ...read more

  • 3. Good Mourning

    Contributed on Jan 18, 2022
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    God blesses us with comfort when we are heartbroken over brokenness.

    Good Mourning lanny smith Reboot / Repentance; Grief; Comfort / Matthew 5:4   • David’s story of failure. • Considered Israel’s greatest king - promised a line of succession eternally. • Sort of our George Washington-Abraham Lincoln-John Wayne-(young) Brad Pitt with a dash of Harry Connick ...read more

  • 4. Strength Under Control

    Contributed on Jan 25, 2022
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    Blessed are the meek. What did Jesus mean?

    Strength Under Control lanny smith Reboot / Gentleness; Meek / Matthew 5:5   Intro: • 98 lb. weakling ads from the comic books. • [IMAGE] 98 lb weakling • [IMAGE] He Man! • Male or female, we worship power. • We fear those who have more. • We want to have more. • We fear losing what power we ...read more

  • 5. Mercy, Mercy

    Contributed on Feb 8, 2022
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    Mercy is "compassion in action." We extend mercy because we have received mercy!

    Mercy, Mercy lanny smith Reboot / Mercy and Compassion / Matthew 5:7   • (one of) my wife's school assignments this week was to watch “The Blind Side.” I watched it with her and was struck by how forcefully the story brings home the point. • fictionalized bio of Michael Oher, an ...read more

  • 6. Clean Hearts And Clean Hands

    Contributed on Feb 15, 2022
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    Blessed are the pure in heart: God blesses us when our heads, hearts and hands are clean. Then we can experience the world as He does.

    Flint Michigan water crisis City in decline. In 2014, switched it’s drinking water supply from Detroit to the Flint River. The river had served as a dumping place for factories, meatpacking plants and paper mills. Raw sewage was dumped there along with toxic runoff from farms and landfills. In ...read more

  • 7. Blessed Are The Peacemakers

    Contributed on Feb 22, 2022
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    Our "default setting" seems to be to find ways NOT to be at peace. But Jesus tells us that God is pleased when we do.

    Friction points * Ex: [IMAGE of toilet paper rolls up and down] What’s the correct way to install the paper roll in the bathroom? * Silly, but it is an example of a situation where people can get into conflict with one another. * There are a lot more important friction points in life. They are ...read more

  • 8. Good Trouble

    Contributed on Mar 2, 2022
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    If we're going to get in trouble, let it be "good trouble, necessary trouble."

    In 2014, ISIS began to retake territory around Mosul, Iraq. Militant began singling out Christians by marking the Arabic letter “n” [IMAGE] on homes and businesses. It stands for Nazrani or, Nazarene, the arabic word for “Christian.” A not-so-subtle to convert or be killed. History is filled with ...read more