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Recorded at North Village Church on September 28, 2025. A non-denominational church in Austin, TX.
Recorded at North Village Church on September 21, 2025. A non-denominal church in Austin, TX.
Recorded at North Village Church on September 14, 2025. A non-denominational church in Austin, TX.
Recorded at North Village Church on September 7, 2025. A non-denominational church in Austin, TX.
Recorded at North Village Church on August 31, 2025. A non-denominational church in Austin, TX.
Recorded at North Village Church on August 10, 2025. A non-denominational church in Austin, TX.
Recorded at North Village Church on July 27, 2025. A non-denominational church in Austin, TX.
Recorded at North Village Church on July 20, 2025. A non-denominational church in Austin, TX.
Recorded at North Village Church on July 13, 2025. A non-denominational church in Austin, TX.
Recorded at North Village Church on July 6, 2025. A non-denominational church in Austin, TX.
Recorded at North Village Church on June 22, 2025. A non-denomational church in Austn, TX.
Recorded at North Village Church on June 15, 2025. A non-denominal church in Austin, TX.
Recorded at North Village Church on May 25, 2025. A non-denominational church in Austin, TX.
Recorded at North Village Church on May 18, 2025. A non- denominal church in Austin, TX.
Daniel 7:1-28
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Daniel 6:1-28
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Daniel 4:1-37
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Daniel 2:1-49
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Daniel 1:1-21Recorded at North Village Church. A non-denominational church in Austin, TX.
Acts 2:22-32Recorded at North Village Church. A non-denominational church in Austin, TX.
Acts 2:42-47Recorded at North Village Church. A non-denominational church in Austin, TX.
Acts 2:1-13Recorded at North Village Church. A non-denominational church in Austin, TX.
Luke 1:68-79Recorded at North Village Church. A non-denominational church in Austin, TX.
Matthew 2:1-12Recorded at North Village Church. A non-denominational church in Austin, TX.
Galatians 4:4-5
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Judges 19:1-21:25
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Judges 17:1-18:31
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Judges 13:1-16:31
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Judges 10:1-12:15Recorded at North Village Church. A non-denominational church in Austin, TX.
Judges 8:1-9:57
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Judges 7:1-25
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Judges 6:1-32
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Judges 4:1-24
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Judges 3:7-3:31
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Judges 2:6-3:6Recorded at North Village Church. A non-denominational church in Austin, TX.
Recorded at North Village Church. A non-denominational church in Austin, TX.
Judges 1:1-2:5Recorded at North Village Church. A non-denominational church in Austin, TX.
Jude 1:19-24Recorded at North Village Church. A non-denominational church in Austin, TX.
Jude 1:12-18Recorded at North Village Church. A non-denominational church in Austin, TX.
Jude 1:4-11Recorded at North Village Church. A non-denominational church in Austin, TX.
Jude 1:1-4Recorded at North Village Church. A non-denominational church in Austin, TX.
Joshua 24:1-33Recorded at North Village Church. A non-denominational church in Austin, TX.
Joshua 23:1-16Recorded at North Village Church. A non-denominational church in Austin, TX.
Joshua 14:1-15Recorded at North Village Church. A non-denominational church in Austin, TX.
Joshua 13:1-33Recorded at North Village Church. A non-denominational church in Austin, TX.
Joshua 11:1-12:24Recorded at North Village Church. A non-denominational church in Austin, TX.
Joshua 10:1-43
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Joshua 9:1-27
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Joshua 8:1-35
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Joshua 7:1-26
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Joshua 6:1-27
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Joshua 6
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Joshua 5:1-15
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Joshua 4:1-24
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Joshua 2:1-24
Part 2 of a sermon series in Joshua
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Joshua 1:1-8
Part 1 of a sermon series in Joshua
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Easter Sunday Service. Luke 24:1-12.
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Good Friday Service. Luke 23:26-46. Teaching by NVC's, Mike Bird.
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Part 10 of our Abundant Living series. A look at Matthew 7:24-29.
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Part 9 of our Abundant Living series. A look at Matthew 7:15-23.
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Part 8 of our Abundant Living series. A look at Matthew 7:13-14.
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Part 7 of our Abundant Living series. A look at Matthew 7:7-11
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Part 6 of our Abundant Living series. A look at Matthew 7:1-6
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Part 5 of our Abundant Living series. A look at Matthew 6:18-24
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Part 4 of our Abundant Living series. A look at Matthew 6:18-24
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Part 3 of our Abundant Living series. A dive into the Gospel of Matthew.
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Part 1 of Abundant Living. A dive into the Gospel of Matthew.
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Part 1 of our final series of 2023, In Him. A dive into Colossians 1:15.
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The final episode of our 12 part series, Inescapable; a study of the Gospel of Matthew. In this sermon, Pastor Michael Dennis dives into Matthew 5:33-48.
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Episode 11 of our 12 part series, Inescapable; a study of the Gospel of Matthew. In this sermon, Pastor Michael Dennis dives into Matthew 5:27-32.
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Episode 10 of our 12 part series, Inescapable; a study of the Gospel of Matthew. In this sermon, North Village Church Elder Rhesa Browning dives into Matthew 5:17-26.
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Episode 9 of our 12 part series, Inescapable; a study of the Gospel of Matthew. In this sermon, Pastor Michael Dennis dives into Matthew 5:13-16.
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Episode 8 of our 12 part series, Inescapable; a study of the Gospel of Matthew. In this sermon, Pastor Michael Dennis dives into Matthew 5:1-12.
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Continuing through our Inescapable series which studies the Gospel of Matthew. In this sermon, a guest speaker dives into Matthew 4:12-25.
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Continuing through our study of the Gospel of Matthew and our series, Inescapable.
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Continuing through our new series entitled INESCAPABLE, because this year we are asking the Lord to embolden our faith in Him and one way for that to happen is to look at the life of Jesus, the power of Jesus is at the global level.
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We are starting a new series we titled INESCAPABLE because this year we are asking the Lord to embolden our faith in Him and one way for that to happen is to look at the life of Jesus, the power of Jesus is at the global level.
Recorded at North Village Church. A non-denominational church in Austin, TX.
This morning we are finishing a short series on MONEY. Two weeks ago, we looked at 2 Peter 3 for the reminder that Jesus is coming back, which shapes how we view money. Last Sunday we looked at 2 Corinthians 8 about the Macedonian people who were overwhelmed by God’s grace in their life, so that they were begging to help followers of Jesus in Jerusalem. Today we see the Apostle Paul is inviting the Macedonian people and the Corinthian people to serve followers of Jesus in Jerusalem, because we’re all the body of Christ
This morning we are going to launch into a 3-week series on “MONEY” and we are talking about the subject of money because money is important of life. Money is one of those areas of life that is very subjective. For example, you always feel like other people have more money. In this room there is someone who has the most money but there is someone in Austin who has more money, someone in Texas, someone in the United States…It’s never ending! This morning we’re not going to really talk about money but instead talk about a passage that frames the whole conversation of money.
This morning we are in the middle of a short series on MONEY. Last Sunday we looked at 2 Peter 3 for the reminder that Jesus is coming back. The promise of Jesus’ return puts everything in perspective; especially money! Money is a huge part of our world. Money plays a huge part of our life. And almost every headline in the news today people are talking about money. Who hasn’t known someone or been someone to go through work lay-offs? Who hasn’t been shocked by rising prices?Who follows the stock market?
Have you noticed how rare it is to see people asking questions about the resurrection of Jesus from the dead? People debate about the division between church and state. People wrestle with questions what songs to sing on Sunday morning but the claim that Jesus resurrected from the dead just seems to be glazed over. Isn’t that interesting?
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Up to this point we’ve talked about spiritual gifts in general; chapter 12. We’ve talked about the purpose of spiritual gifts; chapter 13. Last Sunday we talked about spiritual gifts in the worship service and this morning is a part of Scripture that most people skip on a Sunday morning. We’ve spent three Sundays on spiritual gifts, surely that’s enough, therefore, can’t we just skip to the resurrection in 1 Corinthians 15? But we don’t pick and choose what we talk about on Sunday morning. If you are new this morning, we teach God’s Word. We go verse by verse because we want to know God, even if those passages are a little difficult.
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This morning we are going to continue our study in 1 Corinthians and we are going to continue our study on spiritual gifts.
Up to this point we’ve talked about spiritual gifts in general; chapter 12. We’ve talked about the purpose of spiritual gifts; chapter 13. This morning we are going to talk about what our spiritual gifts look like in the context of a worship service.
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1 Corinthian is a letter written to a church in Corinth and based on the first 12 chapters we know the Corinthian argued about everything.
We think our culture today is divisive today but in the Corinthian church they were arguing about status, wealth, beliefs, marriage, sex, law, family and in chapter 13 they were using spiritual gifts to bring attention to themselves. At first glance we might be shocked the Corinthian church was using their spiritual gifts to bring attention to themselves but we have to remember Corinth was a booming city in their day.
Join us this week as Rhesa Browning takes us through the Spiritual Gifts seen in 1 Corinthians. We will see their Source, Distribution, and Purpose.
We are going to continue in our series in 1 Corinthians and we are going to talk about the meaning and purpose of communion. Communion is a meal, a small meal, but cracker and juice is shared as we come forward and dip the piece of cracker in a glass of juice, so that I thought it would be fun to think about our favorite meal. It might be the family meal we celebrate at Christmas. It might be your favorite fast food place. It might be the best BBQ in Austin. In the early church, they didn’t do cracker and juice but they hosted a feast and as a result there were some in the Corinthian church who were enjoying the food and wine too much and there were some in the Corinthian church who were being completely overlooked, so that they didn’t get to celebrate communion at all.
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This morning we are continuing through our series in 1 Corinthians and we are talking about idolatry. The word “idolatry” sounds like something people did in ancient history but sometimes as followers of Jesus we can take our faith in Jesus and blend it with the worship of other gods. This might sound confusing for us but we don’t tend to throw out Jesus 100%. Sometimes we can just add a worship of money, power, or acceptance from our friends to our worship of Jesus. When we do that the bible calls it idolatry.
How should our freedom in Christ affect the way that we interact with those outside of the faith.
In this week's passage we see Paul's instructions on freedom in Christ and responsibility towards other believers. What do we do when our freedom could cause other believers to struggle?
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Our passage this morning is going to speak to the damage of comparing ourselves to others. Have you noticed we can be rocking along in life, doing great, enjoying the Lord, hopeful about life and then we visit a friend who just got a new car, and now we hate our car. Now the only thing we can think about is why our car doesn’t have all these new cool features compared to that new car. The same things happen with where we live, where we go on vacation, marriage, children, people at different stages in life. Everything was going great until we talk to that one person and now all we can think about is how miserable we are in life. It’s because of comparison and that’s the main focus of our passage this morning.www.northvillagechurch.com
This morning we are going to see God’s Word speak to marriage. It’s possible you might have a negative view toward marriage. Our culture is trying to dismantle and devalue marriage, so it makes sense that you might be skeptical toward marriage.It’s possible, like myself, you saw horrible examples in marriage? Maybe you’ve been in or are in a marriage right now that is difficult, but my push back would be, “Maybe you’ve never seen a biblical view of marriage?”
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In our passage this morning it gets real, because attending a worship service is easy. Being friendly with one another for an hour on a Sunday is easy but these people were doing life with one another and they were struggling to get along with one another, so much so that they are taking one another to court. Can you imagine that?
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What do you do when you are in one of those conversations where someone says something that doesn’t sound right? It might be a political comment that is a little extreme. It might be a tone in how someone responds to a question. It might be a reference to something in Scripture that isn’t accurate. It might be a negative comment about a friend or family member. In our culture we kind of have a mixed signal in how we are supposed to respond to those moments. It used to be “love is love.” It’s not my place to say anything. Then we moved to silence is violence, so you have to say something. Now everyone is walking around on eggshells afraid to talk to anyone. In our passage this morning we are going to see a real-life example on how to navigate those types of conversations.Watch on YouTube
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The first half of 1 Corinthians is essentially the Corinthians wondering if they should listen to what Paul has to say to them. Have you ever been in one of those contexts where people aren’t sure if they should listen to what you have to say? In our passage this morning we are going to see God’s Word pointing us back to Jesus. When we are speaking into people’s lives we aren’t speaking our agendas but we are simply pointing them to Jesus.Watch on YouTube
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People are drawn to fame, fortune, and popular opinion. Bigger is better! In our passage this morning God’s Word is going to expose a similar type of attitude toward those who are in the church and address why this attitude is so destructive to our faith.
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We don’t want to think of ourselves as foolish. After all, most of us have been told our whole lives, “You can do anything you want!” You can be anything you want as long as you believe in yourself and work hard”. This is called the philosophy self-determination. We love it!
Yet our health is breaking down. Our schedules are inconsistent. Our relationships are struggling. Our career is unstable. Our decisions in life aren’t unfolding as planned and we get frustrated. As gently as possible God’s Word is saying to us this morning, “We’re not as capable as we think we are.” We’re more fragile than we want to admit. We’re more limited than we want to admit.
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In the context of our passage we are going to see God’s Word reminding us of the cross and the reason is there is power in the message of the cross. This morning God’s Word is going to show us there are two types of people in this room. You are either the type of person who is convinced of the power in Jesus’ life, death and resurrection or you are convinced the cross is foolish. You can’t be in both groups. You can’t be in neither group. You either see the cross as powerful or you see the cross as foolish.
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Last Sunday we kicked off our new series in 1 Corinthians and learned about the messiness of the Corinthian church. We learned about a people who have inconsistent beliefs, inconsistent behaviors. In a day like today, when people are arguing, criticizing and sometimes cutting people out of their lives because of beliefs and behaviors.
This morning we are going to continue in 1 Corinthians and look at division in the local church. Sometimes people in Christ struggle to get along with one another and God’s Word meets us in the practical areas of life.
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Join us as we kick off a new series in 1 Corinthians about what it means to be a healthy church because in the context of the Corinthian church they are a mess.
In chapter 5 we have a man sleeping with his step-mother. In chapter 6 we have church family members taking one another to court. In chapter 11 they are getting drunk off communion. In chapter 15 there are people denying the resurrection of Jesus. This doesn’t even touch on the in-fighting within the local church. The arrogance of the Corinthians. The lack of love and compassion toward others and the Corinthian catch phrase, “Let us eat, drink and be merry because tomorrow we die!” Could you imagine how you might respond if these types of people showed up in your newsfeed? Can you imagine the types of things we might type in the comments section? Can you imagine how we might respond to those types of people if they walked in on a Sunday morning or showed up in our community group?
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It’s possible you might be focused and ready to chase after all your dreams in life but it seems like most people are struggling to find motivation, struggling to find optimism and when we find ourselves in that place we dream big, start small.
That’s the whole purpose behind Yearly Rhythms. Every person in this room in Austin, TX has God given gifts, God given resources, God given abilities that we will never tap into unless we are intentionally putting ourselves in a place to submit our life to Him, hear from Him, dream big and start small,
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Relationships take work. This is why our church is rallying around the focus “Build and Belong.” We want to put in the relational time today, so that when we start go sideways in life, when we get ensnared by the sinful traps of this world we need people in our life that we can trust to help us get free.
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We are busy with work, busy with life, struggling through marriage, wrestling with children, seeing our own personal character flaws in life, so that when we show up on a Sunday morning or even open God’s Word on our own it’s like God’s voice was just getting lost in all the white noise of life.
As a result, we started a tradition where every year in January we set aside time to focus on the four foundational markers, guardrails, lighthouses, key areas of life that guide the decisions we make, no matter how rough the waters might get in life.
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In our passage this morning we are going to look at Luke 2, the birth of Jesus, and see God’s hand at work in places we would never expect and in ways we would never expect, so that this morning we are going to see:
1. What Would You Expect?
2. Why Would You NOT Expect?
3. Where Should We Look?
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Do you know those moments when you are with little kids and you say to them, “Don’t touch.” They nod their head in agreement but then as soon as you look away, they slowly reach their hands out to touch.
In our passage this morning we are going to take a peek into the patterns of people, and we are going to see how God’s Word responds to those patterns, so that this morning we are going to see
1. The Character of the People.
2. The Greed of the People.
3. The Sexual Immorality of the People.
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Throughout God’s Word we see trees singing, stars singing, Jesus’ singing, the Apostle Paul singing, so that singing is a central part of our faith as followers of Jesus and singing about Jesus has shaped the majority of music we listen to today, even if those people don’t acknowledge those historical roots. In our passage this morning we are going to see:
1. We Sing Thankfully.
2. We Sing Corporately.
3. We Sing Loudly.
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In our passage this morning we are going to see God’s people responding to God’s Word, so that we see
- Movement.
2. Making Decisions.
3. Maturity.
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This week we look at Nehemiah 10.
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The People
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The Promise
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The Particulars
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It’s possible we see layers of distress in our life because of familial relationships, estranged friendships, concerns about our physical health, or even things going on at the soul level, but I am guessing that many of us, it not all of us see fractures of destress, fractures of anxiety in our life.
This morning, in Nehemiah 9, we are going to see three sub-points of how we might respond when we see layers of great distress in our life;
1. We Confess.
2. Why We Confess.
3. God’s Response.
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In our passage Nehemiah and Ezra start with tasks like building up the temple and the wall, but their primary motive was always to build up a people unto God’s glory, so that we are going to see what that looks like in our life today;
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We Gather Together.
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We Study God’s Word.
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We Repent Daily.
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We Worship the Lord.
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Come join us as we continue our study in Nehemiah. This week we look at chapter 7 and see:
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The Role of Leadership
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The Role of Boundaries
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The Role of the People
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Have you experienced the "Dreaded D's"? Discouragement, Dread, Doubt, Discontent, Despair? Come join us this week as we look at Nehemiah 6:1 - 7:4.
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Clear Purpose
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Clear Thinking
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Clear Pattern
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Join us as we study Nehemiah 5:1-19. This week pastor Michael walks us through:
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The Offence
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The Response
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The Application
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Today we look at Nehemiah chapter 4. We see adversity come into the picture. Chapter 4 is the punch to the gut you never see coming. Chapter 4 is visit from the doctor you don’t want to have. Chapter 4 is email that shows up in your inbox that you don’t want to read. Chapter 4 is the opposition, so that this morning we are going to see:
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The Discouragement.
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The Response.
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Application.
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Join us as we study Nehemiah 3 this week in our series "Build".
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This week we look at Nehemiah 2. Join us as pastor Michael points out:
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Where Have We Been?
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Where Are We Going?
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What Are Our Obstacles?
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We kick off our study of Nehemiah this week. Pastor Michael walks us through chapter 1. We look at:
1) Where is our safety
2) What is our response
3) What is our attitude
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This week we look at Acts 1:8 as we see
We Have Power
We Have The Holy Spirit
We Are Witnesses
This week @North Village Church we look at 1 Thessalonians and our vision as a church family to see that Family Is Critical. Join us as pastor Michael walks us through the three main points of the passage: 1. God’s Plan. 2. Jesus Saves. 3. Until Then.
This week pastor Keith walks us through Titus 3:3-6.
For Jesus to be the Lord of our lives, we have to press into questions such as…
Do we believe He is God in the flesh?
Do we know what He wants us to do?
If so, do we obey Him? Do we follow Him?
Are we trusting Him with our lives, or are we trusting something else - ourselves, our friends and family, our bank account, our jobs, the government?
This morning we are going to finish Philippians. We started this series a few months ago all around the idea of being called out as Heavenly Citizens in Christ. What a timely reminder for us as a church family in Austin, TX to remember who we are in Christ and wrestle with what it means to live out our faith in Christ in 2022.
This week Roberto Moctezuma walks us through Philippians 4:2-9 as we see both Tension and Resolution in this passage.
This morning guest speaker Brad Peterson walks us through Philippians 3:17-4:1. As we look at Paul's letter we see that he instructs us to: - Keep our eyes on living examples - Keep our feet on living power
This week, guest speaker Kevin Jenkins walks us through Philippians 3:4-16. We look at perseverance and see that our standing with God is:
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Not from our credentials(v. 4-7)
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Not from our experience (v. 8-11)
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Not from our efforts (v 12-16)
The passage we are going to talk about is actually about circumcision, the removal of flesh from the male private parts, but at the heart of our passage is a conversation about where we find our confidence in life.
Perhaps there are some of us who find our confidence in our physical appearance? Perhaps we get to a point where we can lift a certain number of weights? Perhaps we can get to that number on the scale? Perhaps we can run that distance, but sometimes our physical appearance can give us a level of confidence?
Maybe for some it is our title at work in Austin? It is our GPA. It is our educational background, so that our accomplishments give us a level of confidence. Perhaps for some it is our economic stability? It wasn’t that long ago that we felt like our economy was so strong, our house values were going up, gas prices were going down, and we felt so confident but quickly all of that seems to be fading.
This morning we are going to talk about the importance of honoring the men in our life. We’re not talking about this subject this morning because it is Father’s Day at our church in Austin. Our passage this morning happens to be the passage in our series and our passage is honoring men in our life because good men are hard to find in life. Today we will see three points in the passage:
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Example of Timothy (vs. 19-24).
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The Example of Epaphroditus. (vs. 25-27)
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Honor Such Men (vs. 28-30)
This morning we are going to talk about obedience to God’s Word. In some ways, we think being an adult means nobody tells you what to do anymore. Then, we get job, we get a boss telling us what to do, and then we think, “I want to own my own business so I can be the boss and get to do what I want to do.”
But it never ends. The government tells us what to do. The city of Austin tells us what to do as a church in Austin. Law enforcement tells us what to do, and then we come to God’s Word and we see God’s Word telling us what to do, so sometimes our natural push back on obedience to God’s Word can be resistance. But this is why we study God’s Word so we can have a biblical understanding obedience, so that this morning we will see three sub-points;
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Work Out.
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Without.
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Poured Out.
Do you know the term G.O.A.T?
It means Greatest Of All Time. Michael Jordan, Mohammad Ali, Tiger Woods and Serena Williams are great athletes. Great music composers are Bach, Chopin, Mozart and Beethoven. Great leaders are Abraham Lincoln, Martin Luther King, Mother Theresa, and Winston Churchill.
The passage we are going to look at this morning is the greatest passage of all time. We are going to see the greatest humiliation of all time, the greatest exaltation of all time, and our passage will demand the greatest response of all time, so that this morning we are going to see three sub-points;
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The Greatest Humiliation.
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The Greatest Exaltation.
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The Greatest Response.
What do we do with all this fighting? The assumption is we can educate people better so that we don’t get into these fights. Or maybe we just move from north central Austin out in the middle of nowhere, so we don’t have to be around those fights? How does God’s Word respond to all this fighting? This morning we will see three sub-points to help us navigate these fights;
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The Context.
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The Command.
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The Comfort.
In this weeks sermon pastor Michael Dennis walks us through Philippians 1:27-30. We look at 3 main takeaways from the message:
Stand Firm (vs 27)
Spunk (vs 28)
Suffering (vs 29-30)
Summary:
Our immediate thought on life is that God’s role in our life is to protect us from suffering, opposition, hardship but verse 29 is teaching that our suffering in life is a gift of God’s grace in our life. How’s that possible? It’s because the God of Scripture knows our hearts and minds will easily latch on to the sparkly things of this world that will not last. We don’t just love romance; we give up everything for romance. We don’t just love our careers we become workacholic. We don’t just love our hobbies, we become obsessive. We don’t just eat food, we become gluttonous. Our hearts and minds will latch on to the things of this world and they won’t last, and the Lord knows they won’t last. We know they won’t last. Relationships come and go. Careers come and go. Hobbies are great until we get old and our bodies fade, our minds fade. The economy is up and down. The politicians are hit and miss. The things of this world are fleeting, and the Lord knows the things of this world are fleeting.
Therefore, the God of Scripture, the creator of all things will absolutely bring the gift of suffering into our life, not because He hates us, but because He loves us and He wants to show us that He is the only part of life that we can hold on to for eternity, therefore, the Apostle Paul writes, “29 For to you it has been granted for Christ’s sake, not only to believe in Him, but also to suffer for His sake.”
In this weeks sermon pastor Michael walks us through what Paul has to say about in Philippians 1:19-26. We look at three take aways:
Hardships
Hope
Christ is worth it
In this week's sermon Roberto Moctezuma walks us through Philippians 1:12-18 as we look at:
God Working Around Us
God Working Through Us
The Fruit of God's Labor
This is the first in a series of sermons on the book of Philippians called "Heavenly Citizens" by Lead Pastor Michael Dennis.
This week we look at Philippians 1:1-11:
The Particulars
The Prayer
The Preparation
Join us as we celebrate Easter. This week pastor Michael walks us through Ezekiel 37 as we look at resurrection and our hope in Jesus.
In this final sermon in the Confronting Hypocrisy series, Pastor Michael walks us through some parting characteristics in James. We look at what James has to say about:
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Patient on the Lord
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Personal Holiness
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Partnered with Others
In this week's sermon, Associate Pastor Keith Tooley walks us through why our dependence on God is so important, especially when it comes to how we view money.
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The problem - self-reliance.
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The solution - dependence on God.
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Warnings for the wealthy.
In this weeks sermon pastor Michael walks us through our relationship with the world. We look at:
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Confusion with one another.
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Confusion with God.
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How do we gain clarity?
In this weeks sermon we hear from pastor Keith who walks us through what the Bible says about our words. We look at:
1) The power of the tongue
2) How the same tongue blesses and curses
3) The solution: There is hope for the tongue
This week pastor Michael walks us through Faith and Works. We look at:
1) Faith vs. Works
2) What about Demons?
3) Examples of Faith
This week pastor Micheal walks us through what James has to say about favoritism.
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The Face of Favoritism.
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The Failure of Favoritism.
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The Mercy of God.
This week pastor Micheal walks us through what James has to say about trials, temptation, sin, and God's faithfulness.
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All Trials Are Temptations.
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Our Responsibility To Temptations.
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Goodness of God.
In this week's sermon we look at James 1:5-11. We ask:
What is Wisdom?
What About Doubts?
What About Money?
This is the first is a series of messages from the book of James. Lead Pastor Michael Dennis shares why trusting God with our trials is so important. We kick off the series looking at:
Who is James?
What is Joy?
How do we Persevere?
This week we look at Wisdom. Michael walks us through wise planning.
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Good to make a plan
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Plans change
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Practical steps forward
Pastor Michael Dennis helps us to understand the importance of taking the time to celebrate God's goodness.
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Life is Hard
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We long for life to be better
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Celebrate!
This is the second sermon in a series called: Finding Your Yearly Rhythms. We are looking to God's word for foundational markers for our lives as we make plans for 2022. Pastor Michael Dennis helps us to understand the importance of pressing into relationships.
- We need the Gospel
- We need Boundaries
- We need Perseverance
In this week's sermon we look at foundational markers as we discuss God's plan for our lives in 2022.
We look at:
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The grace of giving
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Our motivation is important
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The overflow of generous giving
In this weeks Advent series, we look at Love.
Why is Love important?
How do we Love one another?
What about fear?
In this sermon series, we commemorate the coming of Jesus Christ during Advent. The third message is on "Joy," by Associate Pastor Keith Tooley. In this message, Pastor Tooley draws out four key sections:
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The protagonists - The Magi
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The antagonist - King Herod
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Who wins?
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Application of the story
In this sermon series, we commemorate the coming of Jesus Christ during Advent.
The second message is on "Peace," by Lead Pastor Michael Dennis. In the message you will see Pastor Michael draw out three key sections;
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Jesus' Birth Begins In Discomfort.
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Jesus' Birth Begins In Relationships.
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Jesus' Birth Begins With Peace.
In this sermon series, we commemorate the coming of Jesus Christ during Advent. The first message is on "Hope."
Associate Pastor Keith Tooley walks us through three sub-points:
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The Coming of Hope
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The Birth of Hope
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How Hope Will Reign
In this last sermon of the series "What About...?", we look at the subject of transgender. What does scripture have to say about gender identity? How do we treat others who are struggling with their identity?
In this weeks sermon we look at same sex marriage? How do we balance grace and truth? What's so important about marriage anyway?
We look at what the Bible says about marriage and why it's important. Genesis 2:18-25
1 Corinthians 6:9-10 - What About Homosexuality?
In this sermon series, we engage some of the most difficult conversations in our culture. This week's topic is "What About Homosexuality?" and Pastor Michael walks us through three sub-points: 1. Define the Conversation. 2.How Does God’s Word Respond? 3. What Are The Objections?
In today's world, there is a lot of political divide. This sermon illustrates the importance of leaning towards those who may disagree with us, rather than away.
It can be easy and tempting to ignore this issue because in many ways, it feels like this happened long ago. However, we discuss some of the many ways this is still relevant and how we should respond.
Our society and culture has a lot to say on this topic. But what should we believe based on what the Bible says?
We are saved when we accept and proclaim Jesus as our Lord and Savior. But what about the people who haven't heard about Jesus? Are they saved? We learn more about that in this sermon.
This might be one of the most challenging topics in this series (although that might be the case for every topic). Make sure you listen to this one; you'll definitely gain something from it.
We're tackling tough topics that are relevant in our culture through this sermon series. This sermon is focused on women: what the Bible says about them, and what the Bible does not say.
We celebrated our 12th anniversary and outlined our church focus for the next year in this sermon.
Listen along as Pastor Michael explains the second of the 3 circles: Brokenness. It's a challenging topic, but we always know we have hope through Jesus. Stay tuned for the third circle!
In this series, we are learning about the 3 Circles, which can be used as a technique to share the Bible with people you know. The first circle, God's Design, is talked about in this sermon.
We continued in our sermon series "If God, Then What" by revisiting a bit of the story of Israel in Romans 11. Each part of the story tells us something about God.
Pastor Keith walks us through how the good news of the gospel is demonstrated in Romans 10:14-21.
There are many things in the Bible that we can't fully understand. Does this mean that God isn't fair? Listen to this sermon to find out.
Happy Father's Day! We look to the book of Ephesians to understand the six priorities every father, or person in general, should have.
Our mission statement acknowledges that we are called to "chase" after those in our community and our city. In this message, you will hear about the importance of that in the Bible (Matthew 28:18-20) and how to apply that to your life today.
North Village Church is a family...but what does that mean? How do we fit together with so many different backgrounds, perspectives, and opinions? This sermon on Romans 12:1-8 will help you reevaluate how we all individually contribute to the body of Christ.
So much has happened over the past year. Many times we find ourselves taking a step back and asking, "Wait...what?" We know God has a plan for us, so we need to really accept and appreciate His presence, power, and perseverance.
Kevin Jenkins takes us through another part of Psalm 51 to learn more about ways in which we should pray. We need to give ourselves to God so He can help us be better.
This is the first sermon in the Every Day Prayer series, where we are going through Psalm 51. This sermon takes us through verses 1-9 to help us learn about sin and forgiveness.
Easter is such a special time of year to celebrate the sacrifice made by our Savior. We want to help you realize the significance of that, whether you're a strong follower of Jesus or you still have some doubts. In this special Easter sermon, we look at John 20:24-29.
This is the final sermon in our Transformation series. In this message, we look into 1 Thessalonians 5:12-28 to learn about these four subpoints: 1. Pastoral Authority, 2. Church Community, 3. Personal Growth, 4. Final Charge
The last year has brought a lot of grieving. Jesus has changed the way we grieve, though. As we look into 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18, we see that as we go through the grieving process, we can find comfort. Listen to this sermon to learn more.
In 1 Thessalonians 4:1-12, we see a few things that show us how Jesus changes our relationships.
This week, we looked at 1 Thessalonians 3 to learn more about how Jesus changes our trials.
In this sermon, we look to 1 Thessalonians 2:13-20 to understand more about how Jesus changes the way we respond to challenges and trials in our lives.
Jesus should and does reach every part of our lives and our world. This sermon discusses how Jesus changes our doubt.
Four times a year, we have services dedicated to prayer and worship. This is the first one in the year 2021.
We need Jesus in every part of our lives and in our world. This message is all about the gospel; it is powerful, and it is personal.
This is the last sermon in the Yearly Rhythms series to help us prepare for the year ahead.
An important part of planning your year is finding times and reasons to celebrate! Listen as Associate Pastor Keith takes us through Ecclesiastes 3:1-13.
It's always important to maintain healthy relationships with others, especially with a year like 2020. In this sermon, we learn about how and why to put effort into relationships, even if that can sometimes go against what the culture expects.
We're starting off our Yearly Rhythms series with a topic that's easy to get overwhelmed by: financial planning. Listen to the sermon to hear what Pastor Michael has to say about it!
In this message from the Advent sermon series, we look at Malachi 3:1-4, 4:5-6 as we prepare to experience God's peace.
This is our final sermon in the Arguments series. Listen as we take a look at Matthew 11:2-6 where we see that people in the area are questioning who Jesus is.
In this sermon, we learn about some tricky things about doctrine and walk through 7 hard questions.
Due to a recording issue, the first few minutes of this sermon are not available.
In various places in the Bible, we see different groups of people challenging Jesus. We focus on Mark 12:28-34 in this message, where we see a scribe ask Jesus about the most important commandment. The scribe's reaction to Jesus' response may not be what it first seems. Listen to this message to learn more about this interaction and what we should take away from it.
We look at Mark 12:13-17 to observe an interaction between Jesus and some Pharisees and Herodians about politics. Specifically, taxes. Listen to this podcast to learn how Pastor Michael leads us to use this passage to guide how we think about politics.
In Matthew 22, Jesus has an interaction, or perhaps argument, with some Sadducees about death and resurrection. We can look to Jesus' response to learn about how we should behave in situations like this.
In this special service, we focus on our relationship with God through praise and prayer as we walk through the Lord's Prayer in Matthew 6:9-13.
In Titus chapter 3, Paul offers a reminder to the Cretans about what they should be doing. Sometimes we, like the Cretans, also need reminders.
The most important thing we can invest in is the relationships with the people God has put around us. Listen to this message to learn what the Bible says about this.
There are things that the bible teaches us to look out for. Not only out in the world, but also within our own church.
The book of Titus highlights some important characteristics that can help us be closer to God.
North Village Church started 11 years ago, and we have come a long way since then! Listen to these messages and stories from our elders to learn about how God has worked through us for the past 11 years!
In the final sermon of the DNA series, we look into 1 Peter 1:22-23 to learn the importance of loving and developing relationships with one another.
In the second sermon of this 3 part series, we learn how we can serve the geographic area we are in. We look to Acts 18 to learn about this.
In this message, we look to Acts 9:19-31 where we see responses from a few different groups of people as they learn who Jesus is.
In this message, we learn about a prayer that David led. In his prayer, David praises God for who He is, gives God all the glory, and asks God to direct people's hearts so they can do His will.
In 1 Samuel 17-18, David defeats Goliath, and the crowd goes wild, In the message, Pastor Michael walks us through 3 sub-points; 1. The Love of the Crowd. 2. The Hatred of Saul. 3. The Devotion of Jonathan.
In Exodus 40, Moses builds the Tabernacle according to God's instructions. The Tabernacle is an important place of worship, and it can help guide the way we worship today.
In Exodus 33 we see Moses cry out in prayer, "Lord, we need your presence." Over and over the Lord had done miraculous movements in the life of Israel, but still Israel wanders from the Lord and worships a golden calf. In the message, Pastor Michael walks us through the passage to see 3 sub-points; 1. Why do we drift from the presence of God? 2. What is the presence of God? How do we engage the presence of God?
In Exodus 12 we see the God of Scripture execute judgment and in our message we answer the question, "Why does God send plagues in Exodus?" In the message, Pastor Michael walks us through 4 responses;
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We have to read the whole of Scripture.
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We have to see the progression of the plagues.
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We have to see our sin and God's holiness.
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We have to see that God wants to save.
In Exodus 4 we see the God of Scripture's primary purpose for deliverance in Exodus is not oppression, but the promise to establish a people who become the means by which the savior of humanity is ushered into our world. In the message, Pastor Michael walks us through three points from the passage; Invitation, Objection, and Gospel.
In Exodus 2 we see the God of Scripture show up in the darkest of times. In the message, Pastor Michael walks us through three points from the passage; Refuge, Response, and Rescue.