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Genesis 2:7 Then the Lord of God formed a man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living soul. 

 

Today I want to talk about what may see…

We are not a body with a soul; we are (first) a soul with a body.

 

Exodus 20:3–5 (NIV84)  3 You shall have no other gods before me. 4“You shall not make for yourself an idol in the form of anything . …

Psalm 40:12 New Living Translation (NLT)

12 For troubles surround me—

   too many to count!

My sins pile up so high

   I can’t see my way out.

They outnumber the hairs on my head.

   I have lost all courag…

Genesis 2:7 (NIV84) 7 The Lord God formed the man from the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life and the man became a living being (nephesh, soul).

We are not a body wi…

The Christmas story is one of real people who had real lives and faced real events that sometimes got real weird and produced real fears in a very real Bible.

• Hope God cares for me.
• Hope God has not fo…

God chooses real people to do things we never thought possible in ways we never considered.

Faith is the belief that God is who he says He is and will do everything He has promised to do.

The belief …

Luke 2:8–20 (NIV84) 8 And there were shepherds living out in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks at night. 

10 But the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid. I bring you good news of gr…

I wonder if we have almost sanitized the Christmas story so it’s believable as a Fairy Tale for children and yet not believable as adults who know better.

Baby Jesus came to die on the cross because …

Our lives are burdened under the epidemic of busyness.

What is the antidote for a world that is weary and exhausted?

SABBATH.

Sabbath literally means cease or stop.

Sabbath is a posture of be…

The Bible talks about a heart that is divided, a heart that pursues one thing but needs another. The heart needs tending. The heart is powerful. The heart is to be protected and valued.

Proverbs 4:…

This series is built on the premise that every single one of us—man or woman, young or old, religious or not—we were all created by God to know and to worship him.

Colossians 1:16: For by him all t…

#1--God’s greatest goal in my life is to form me into the kind of person who He can trust with whatever it is that I want.

Matthew 17:20 (NIV84) . . . I tell you the truth, if you have faith as sma…

We work for big incomes, large houses, easy retirements and long lifelines. John 10:10 (NRSV) 10 The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life, and have it abunda…

Spiritual formation—something Spiritual is being formed in us, making us into something better.

Growing spiritually isn’t about me changing what I want. It’s about Jesus changing the inside of me.

Jo…

Last week we started with some big questions.

• What does Jesus say needs to be done?
• What does Jesus say needs to change?
• What does Jesus say I need to do better?

#1 - God’s greatest goal in my life is t…

And after coming out of a series like Meat and Potatoes we would place ourselves under a similar scrutiny but we would add some Jesus.

What does Jesus say needs to be done?
What does Jesus say needs to…

Former Southern Wesleyan University Religion Professor, Dr. Bob Black goes deeper into the concept of Holiness. This event was the third of three weekly classes provided at ALIVE Wesleyan Church.

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Do I have a relationship with God and if I do, what does it look like?

Matthew 11:28–30 (NIV84) 28 “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. 29 Take my yoke upon you a…

Former Southern Wesleyan University Religion Professor, Dr. Bob Black goes deeper into the concept of Holiness. This event was the second of three weekly classes provided at ALIVE Wesleyan Church.

#al…