Pursue the Knowledge of God (Proverbs 2:1-11)

Is God really knowable? Is He worth knowing?

Proverbs 2 answers these big questions and then gives a specific process for pursuing the knowledge of God.

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Life Goals (Proverbs 1:1-7)

To begin this year, we are taking the challenge together to read the "daily proverb" each day from the beginning of the year through March 31, while we study the book of Proverbs on Sunday morning. This week, we looked at the opening of the book of Proverbs, looking at the kind of life it promises and where to begin to attain this life.

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What Does God Want for Christmas? Your Heart

On Christmas Eve, we finished our series about what God wants from us this Christmas. We can give him all that he asks, but if we give it grudgingly, we are holding back from him what he wants the most: our hearts.

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What Does God Want for Christmas? All of You! (Romans 12:1-2)

In our final week of combined services, Rev. Daryl Hope of St. Stephens brought the message. After all God as done--"In view of his mercy," as the text says--what is a reasonable gift to bring to God. It's all of us: our bodies and our minds, to be changed and transformed and to know him.

It was a wonderful four weeks of services with our brothers and sisters from St. Stephens. We really experience the presence of God as he met with us as we united together for worship. We are so grateful to Rev. Hope and St. Stephens for hosting us and being our guests these four weeks. It has been an honor and a blessing to worship with you.

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What Does God Want for Christmas? Spread the News!

It was our third week of combined services with St. Stephens Baptist Church. This time, we met at St. Stephens, and after a wonderful time of worship (and before a great meal), we spoke about Jesus' command to the church before he ascended to heaven: make disciples. If we ask God what he want for Christmas, he might answer with: "Can I get a witness?"

Jesus promises power to the church to be his witnesses everywhere and to everybody. Let's join together and tell the world what we have seen and heard.

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What Does God Want for Christmas? Obedience & Thanksgiving

This Sunday we welcomed the St. Stephens Baptist Church family into our building to worship, take the Lord's Supper, and to eat together. Rev. Daryl Hope, pastor of St. Stephens brought the message. It was a powerful call for us to live our lives in joyful thanksgiving to the Lord, obeying him out of love, because he first loved us.

Psalm 116:12: "How can I repay the LORD for all his goodness to me?"

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What Does God Want for Christmas, week 1: Unity

This was the first week of our four weeks of combined services with St. Stephens Baptist Church, a primarily African-American congregation here in town. We have the pleasure of worshiping in their building as they led us in worship this past Sunday, and then I had the pleasure of bringing the message.

The question of all the Sundays leading to Christmas is, "What does God want for Christmas?" We answered this Sunday in both action and in word: He wants unity.

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