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The Gathering Church Marysville Ohio
The Gathering Church in Marysville, Ohio is a place where you can BELONG to a church that loves you, BELIEVE in the God who is bigger than you and BECOME who God has created you to be. We will post our weekly Sunday sermons right here for you to check out!
This morning we do something we've never done before. We ask four of our leaders in the church to preach a short message that God has put on their hearts. Join us as we hear about measuring up, the fruit of the Spirit, the story of Job, and the failures of God's people all on one day!
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Today we move forward in our series and we look at the danger of complaining. We look at the Bible's definition of complaining from the story of the Israelites and the words of Paul in Philippians 2.
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Today we get to hear from Edwins Saavedra on the person of the Holy Spirit. Join us as we hear his story on being filled with the Holy Spirit!
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We continue our series on the power of our words by looking at the destructive words of the whisperer. Gossip starts small but it leads to a great destruction. Join us as we look at the story from Numbers 12 of how a little gossip led to questioning the authority of leadership.
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Today we start a new series on the power of our words and we begin by recognizing the responsibility we have to speak into each other's lives and help them through adversity. We look at two ways that we use our words through the story of Joshua and the Israelites in Joshua 17.
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Join us online as we look at the laws of liberty from Paul in Galatians chapter 5.
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Today we end our series by looking at what the book of Revelation says about the temple and how we will one day be pillars of God's temple in heaven. We will look at three things that God promises His children in Revelation 21 and 22.
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Join us on Father's Day as we look at the spiritual father-son relationship between Paul and Timothy from 1 Timothy 6 and how we can effectively lead people that are following us.
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Today we look at the words of Paul in 1 Corinthians 6 and why he tells us that our body is a temple. We know that the church is the temple of the Holy Spirit, but Paul says that each individual believer's body is God's temple so how should we live our lives as His temple.
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Today we continue our series through the temple by looking at how Jesus promised us power as He ascended to the Father. Join us as we look at Acts 1 for where this power comes from, why we need it, and how we receive it.
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Today we continue on in our series looking back at the temples of the Old Testament and look at the dedication of the temple in 2 Chronicles 6 when Solomon prayed to God in front of the entire assembly of Israel. Today we learn about God in our midst.
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Today we look at God's presence like a mountain that we are invited to climb and draw close to God. We look at Exodus 24 on the instructions God gives to Moses for climbing the mountain because the climb starts with building at the base and the sight that we can at the summit.
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Today we look at the temple that Jacob find out in the wilderness while he ran away from home. He came to the special place of Bethel where he dreamed of a ladder reaching to heaven. Today we look at what we reach in the presence of God.
Today on Mother's Day, we look at the story of a woman going into the temple to seek God's peace. There are two places that we find the peace of God for our life and it's in His presence and in His plan. Join us as we look at the story of Hannah from 1 Samuel 1 on finding God's peace.
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Today we start a brand new series to discover the importance of God's presence in our lives. We start at the beginning when God created Eden as a place for Adam and Eve to experience God's pleasure.
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Today we close our sermon series 1 on 1 with Jesus by remembering that each of us are headed towards a face-to-face encounter with a Savior and therefore we must be living in right relationship.
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Today we look at the one on one conversation between Jesus and the Pharisee who came to see at night. Nicodemus, the leader of the old religion learns what it means to be born again and shows how we can be so close to Jesus and yet miss Him completely. How do we uncover our spiritual blindness?
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Today we come to the end of the conversations between Jesus and Peter as Jesus speaks to Peter after His resurrection. Jesus asks Peter three times if he loves him and we see a restoration to leadership and a call to mature faith. Join us as we look at the signs of a maturing faith.
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Join us today as we look at Peter's story leading up to the death and resurrection of Jesus and how we can have faith that does not fail. We will look at what faith in Jesus Christ means for us today.
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This Palm Sunday we take a look at the story of Peter and when he answered questions about Jesus. Sometimes he got the right answer and sometimes he got the wrong answer. How do we feel like a rock when we answer the question correctly and why is it important to hear the rooster crow when our answer is wrong?
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Today we look at the giants that we face in our life. We've all heard of David fighting Goliath but have you heard of the other giants that David faced? Join us as we look at the giants that we face and the Champion who fights for us!
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A one-on-one meeting that was not planned by Jesus can be found in John 8 when the Pharisees brought to Him a woman caught in adultery. Look at how Jesus masterfully handles this situation and how do we know if we are people of offense or grace.
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As we continue our series today looking at 1 on 1 encounters with Jesus, we see the story of Jesus and the woman at the well. We will look at the three upgrades that Jesus offers this woman to change her life.
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Today we start a brand new series where we look at one-on-one conversations with Jesus. We start with the story of Zacchaeus in Luke 19 and see how Jesus addresses the sinner and welcomes the sinner.
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Today we look at what it means to walk in the dust of the Rabbi through disciplines. We love to experience spiritual growth in different events, but oftentimes spiritual growth is a process rather than an event.
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Today we hear from our good friends from the church who have returned from their year long missions trip to Honduras. They share how God sustained them and how God sustains us in our everyday lives through the cycle of hope, action, and grace.
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We are one body under one God who has called us to join His team. How will we live our lives as part of God's team? Join us as we look at Paul's instructions for living worthy of His call in Ephesians 4.
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Today we look at controversial verses of scripture where Paul tells the women to be silent in church. Is the Bible sexist? Let's look at the context of the book of 1 Corinthians and 1 Timothy to see what Paul was trying to address in the church.
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Today we take a clip from the Bible and see how it can be taken out of context. In Matthew 19:24, Jesus says it's impossible for the rich to enter heaven. We have to read the rest of the context to see what Jesus was telling us about how we follow Him with our whole heart.
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Today we look at God's word to the Israelites through Moses that asks what does the Lord ask of us. Join us in Deuteronomy 10 as we see God telling us to stand straight and stay the course.
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Today we start a brand new series on the importance of reading and understanding the Word of God called Out of Context. We are going to be looking at different verses from the Bible that are taken out of context and twisted and distorted. Join us today as we read a love letter to the Word of God found in Psalm 119.
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This morning we wrap up our series out of Isaiah by looking at chapter 44 and the outpouring of the Holy Spirit. There's no better way to begin the year than praying for outpouring of God's Spirit over our lives to see fresh boldness and power to walk with Christ.
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Tonight we look at the most famous Old Testament prophecy of the birth of Jesus in Isaiah 9. Jesus gives us four gifts in verse 6 that we get to receive because of His birth. Join us as we unwrap all four gifts.
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Today we look at Isaiah 11:1 to see how God can take things that appear dead and bring new life out of the stump of Jesse. God desires to raise up a new shoot and fruit for you when we are rooted in Jesus Christ.
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Today we look at the concept of a promise from Isaiah 7 when God not only promises King Ahaz that He will protect Israel, but He also gives a sign of His promise. What is this sign and what does it have to do with the birth of Jesus?
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Today we go back to the book of Isaiah to see why we give to missions through the famous passage of Isaiah 6 when he tells God, "Here I am, send me." Join us as we look at the importance of this chapter and how it changes Isaiah's perspective from focusing on the world to focusing on God seated on the throne.
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This morning we hear from Jordan Damon, the CEO of Three Strands. He shares the heart of Three Strands with Ecclesiastes 4 and the problems found in that passage as well as the solutions provided for us as Christians.
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As we head into the week of Thanksgiving, we invite you to slow down and be intentional to remember what God has done for you. We look at the story in Isaiah 38 when God preserves and extends Hezekiah's life.
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Today we look at the words of Jesus in Matthew 11 when He gives the invitation for rest. What does God's rest look like in contrast to what the world provides?
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Today we look at the story when Isaiah tells the people not to look to Egypt or some country to save them, but a righteous king. The righteous king and us as His princes rule with nobility. We will see how Isaiah defines nobility as generosity in the first 8 verses of Isaiah 32.
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Today we look at the deliverance provided by God for Hezekiah and the people of Judah. We are going to look at how deliverance takes place in response to our dependence and God and why deliverances takes place to give glory back to God.
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Today we continue our series from Isaiah and take a second week to look at fear. Judah was under threat of attack from Israel and Syria and God spoke to King Ahaz to be careful, be quiet and do not fear. Sometimes we don't realize it, but we are feeding our fear. Let's look at some of the ways we can guard ourselves from fear.
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God tells His people in Isaiah 41 that they are built for the trials that they are enduring so they do not have to fear. Fear tries to cripple all of us. There are so many different things that cause fear, but God tells us why we don't have to fear man, obstacles, or lack.
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Today we continue the series from Isaiah as we see the salvation of the Lord. We see in Isaiah 53 what Jesus does for us and then in chapter 54 we see what we are supposed to do now as we wait. God calls us to act now in anticipation for what He will do.
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Today we begin a brand new series from the book of Isaiah called The Fifth Gospel. We see the salvation of the Lord on display for the people of Israel who were following the formalities of religion, but not close to God with their heart because they were dealing with sin. Let's read Isaiah chapter 1 to see God's plan to forsake religion and focus on our personal relationship with HIm.
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Today we conclude our At the Movie series with one more movie about the importance of one another and the comfort that God gives to us and through us. Join us as we look at the Thunderbolts movie and the words of Paul in 2 Corinthians 1.
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Today we look at Spider-man: Into the Spiderverse and we see how God calls all of us to mentor and come alongside the next generation. We look at the story of Elijah and Elisha and how God called Elijah to find someone to invest in and encourage.
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We go back to the movies as a church and look at the story of Daniel LaRusso from The Karate Kid. We see how he trains for a fight and how we are meant to travel for the spiritual battles of life. We connect Daniel's training to David preparing for Goliath. Join us as we see the correct way to train for spiritual battles.
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Jesus not only told us to serve one another, He modeled it for us. Let's look at Jesus' mentality leading Him to serve.
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The reason we get up in the morning is because we realize we have something important to get done. Purpose is intended to drive us. As Christians, we see our reason to wake up in the story of the ten virgins from Matthew 25.
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Today we close our series by looking at Revelation 4 when Jesus shows John a vision of the future to see the throne room. We see what worship looks like in heaven and how we can mirror that worship here on earth today.
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Today we look at the last letter to the seven churches and we see the warning that Jesus gives the church of Laodicea. It's a warning to stop living lukewarm for Jesus and instead choose to respond to His invitation.
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Join us today as we look at the city of brotherly love. We look at the letter to the church of Philadelphia in Revelation 3 and see why God called them a pillar in his temple and how we can live as a pillar as well!
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Today we look at the church of Sardis in the beginning of Revelation 3 and how Jesus calls them a dead church. He tells them to wake up and then He instructs them in three things they must do.
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Today we continue going through the seven letters to the churches of the Roman province in Asia and Jesus addresses the church in the city of Thyatira. His concern with their church is their tolerance of sin. Today we will look at both how does our tolerance to sin start and what are the effects of tolerating sin.
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Today we look at the letter to the church at Pergamum and how they dealt with pressure not only externally but internally. How do we handle living at odds with our culture? Join us as we look at the letter from Revelation 2:12.
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Today we look at the letter to the church at Smyrna in Revelation 2 and see the pressure points that they are dealing with and how we also handle the pressure that we experience as Christians.
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Join us this morning with our grade schoolers to learn about how we can hear God's voice in our life. We will like at 1 Samuel 3 to see how Samuel learns to hear and recognize God's voice.
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Today we continue our series from Revelation and we see what Jesus has to say about the works of the church of Ephesus from Revelation 2:1-7.
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Join us today as we start a new sermon series called Apocalypse and see from Revelation chapter 1 how Jesus Christ is revealed.
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Join us today as we look at what the Bible says about having a godly confidence as opposed to a worldly confidence.
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It's Pentecost Sunday and we are looking at how God has filled people up with the Holy Spirit going all the way back to the Old Testament. Join us as we look at why we are filled with God's Spirit to live as a disciple of Jesus.
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Join us as we look at the stories of Joseph and Moses and how they point us to the need for a higher authority in our life and the need for the baptism in the Holy Spirit.
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Join us today as we look at the importance of repetition and meditating on the right things day and night. What are you listening to?
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Today we look at what the God of the breakthrough wants to do in our valley of defeat as seen from 2 Samuel 5.
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It's Mother's Day and we are looking at the importance of motherhood from the Word of God. Join us as we see Timothy's heritage of faith that first dwelt in his grandmother and mother in 2 Timothy 1.
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Today we look at the concept of the cities of refuge created by God in the Old Testament to protect the person who is accused. Join us as we look at Joshua chapter 20 and compare the cities of refuge of the Old Testament to our responsibility as a church and people of God here today.
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We know we are blessed by forgiveness, but we also see the cautions or red flags of forgiveness. Join us as we look at the parable of the unforgiving servant in Matthew 18.
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Today we look at the disciple in the Bible labeled as doubting Thomas, but we see how Jesus appears to doubters and unbelievers and transforms them.
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We've been in a series on discovering God's blessings for our life. Today we go from looking at how God blesses us to how we can bless God. Join us as we look at the crowd that greeted Jesus in Jerusalem and how they lifted up their voices and laid down their cloaks and branches. What can we lift up and lay down before God today?
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Today we look at the rich, young ruler from Mark 10 who asked Jesus how to be great in His kingdom. Join us as we look at what the Bible says about greatness.
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Join us as we look at the blessing of obedience and generosity from Acts 4 and Malachi 3.
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Today we look at the blessing of God's forgiveness as Paul talks about in Romans 4 and David talks about in Psalm 32. We are blessed as we confess and repent our sins.
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Did you know that Jesus said there's a blessing in being ready and prepared? Are we prepared to shine the light of Jesus in our life? Are you prepared for the enemy to attack us? Are you ready for life after death? Join us as we look at the words of Jesus from Luke 12.
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Today we continue in our series on the blessings of God and look specifically at the blessing we find in suffering. We look at the blessing found in persecution, in storms, and the suffering of Jesus that we partake in.
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We start a brand new series on the blessings that are found by following Jesus. We look at the words of Jesus in Luke 11 and James 1 about hearing and doing lead to God's blessings.
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We wrap up our series on relationships by looking at the sin of lust through the story of Amnon and Tamar in 2 Samuel 13. We look at the different forms of lust that attempt to twist our reality and justify our actions.
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Today we look at the Bible says about being one, unity and love in the Bible in regard to the trinity, between man and woman in marriage, and between Jesus and His Church.
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Join us today as we look at the importance of our practice when God grants the victory. We will look at the story of the Israelites marching around the wall of Jericho in Joshua 6.
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Today we look at how God created us from the beginning to be made in His image. Join us as we look at the first two chapters of Genesis and see God's perfect plan for humanity.
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Today we start a brand new series called "What's Your Relation?" We are looking at our relation to one another in the family of God no matter where we are in life and relationships with one another. Today's message is looking at what the Bible says about singleness as the gift and season that God has for everyone.
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In order to keep God first in our life, what is standing in the way? What are roadblocks that can prevent us from a closer relationship with God? Join us as we read the story of Martha and Mary in Luke 10.
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As we continue our series on putting first things first, Tasha Willaford joins us as a licensed professional clinical counselor and marriage and family therapist to talk about our mental health and handling our emotions. Join us as we read 1 Kings 19 and learn to be mindful of the messages you receive.
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We are starting off 2025 reminding ourselves to put first things first. We talk about having a fire for God as we look at the story of King Uzziah in 2 Chronicles 26.
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The Angel told the shepherds that they had good news of great joy for all. In order to receive the joy of the Lord we must recognize what can rob us of joy and where does joy come from. Join us as we talk about embracing the great joy of the Lord.
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The angels proclaimed to the shepherds, "Glory to God in the highest and on earth peace to those with whom He is pleased." Jesus brought peace to earth. Join us as we read from Ephesians 2 on the peace that Jesus is, the peace He makes, and the peace He preaches.
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It's Advent season at The Gathering! Advent means coming to or preparing for and so we've entitled this series The Anticipation. We can't anticipate the birth of Jesus if we don't place our hope in Him. Join us as we look at the equation for hope in Romans 8 and 15.
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Following Jesus is more than talk or belief, it's trust. Today we look at one of the most powerful stories of faith in the Bible from Genesis 22 and how we can prepare to act on our faith.
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Today we are not just looking at three points, but three appointments of rulers throughout 1 Samuel. Join us as we look at how we should handle this election season as the church.
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We conclude our At the Movies series as we look at Top Gun: Maverick and the training of students to complete a mission. We also look at the life of Moses and how he trained up Joshua as the next generation to lead God's people. Join us as we look at how we should be preparing to train and teach the next generation to follow after God.
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Join us today as we hear about Turner Ministries and the power of Psalm 107.
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Join us on our birthday Sunday as we look at what it means to take an adventure with God as we look at the story of Moses and Jyn from Rogue One!
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We are at the movies in October! Today we look at the first movie that pertains to adventure. We know we are on adventure with God through life. How we walk matters. How we spend our time matters. Join us as we look at the difference between the adventures we set out for God and when we pursue our own desires.
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The Bible says that all things work together for good, but that doesn't mean that all things we go through in life are good. How do we persevere through the hard things of life to get to the good? Join us as Pastor Rick looks at how to live with the end in mind.
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Did you know that you were created for community? You were created for fellowship with God and with disciples of Jesus. Join us as we look at the history of God's family and how they've gathered and the New Testament example that we should follow today.
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Godliness is not a means to gain what we want in life, godliness is gain! Today we conclude our sermon series called Where is God? We look at the last two chapters of Esther and see how God brings great gain to His people in response to their obedience and lifestyle.
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We serve the God who reverses situation where the enemy meant for evil and turn it for God. Join us as we look at four reversals in the story of Esther from chapter 8 and 9.
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Stories are full of setups when a character walks into situations that they did not expect. God sets people up in situations for the righteous to choose to do right and be promoted and he sets up the wicked to fall.
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We always want things fast. We want things now. God will move, but He moves in His own time. What should we be doing as we wait for God to move? Join us as we look at Esther 4 and learn our responsibility in partnering with God.
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Today we look at Esther chapter 3 when the villain rises up and we see comparisons between evil rising up in the days of Esther and today. Join us as we look at the short lived rise of evil in comparison to the kingdom of God.
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God does not always pull us out of danger, but He promises to give us favor in the unknown. Join us today as we look at how God is working behind the scenes of Esther 2 so that both Esther and Mordecai gain favor in their situations.
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Today we start a brand new series called Where is God? Many times we get frustrated with how things are going in our life and we wonder where has God gone? Today we start a series on the story of Esther and see God moving behind the scenes.
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Just because we have the authority to heal and deliver in Jesus name does not mean we know how to exercise that authority correctly. Today we look at Mark 9 and see how the disciples failed and learned from their lack of faith and prayer.
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Jesus instructed us to pray for deliverance from evil. We need to understand where evil comes from and what we need delivered from as we look at the story of Jesus and the man with an unclean spirit in Mark 5.
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Today David takes us through Job 8 and the difference between the webs that we build and the kingdom that God has asked us to build. We look at the complexity of suffering and focusing more on the life we live rather than focusing on how much we know.
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What do our words say about the condition of our heart? We have to remember the power of our words and that we will be held accountable for every word that we say. Join us as we look at the words of Jesus in Matthew 12 about the fruit of our words coming from our heart.
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We've been looking at the stories of Jesus healing in the gospels for the past several weeks, but today we go beyond Jesus' ministry to see how the disciples were sent out to heal the sick. We have freely received from God and now we are to freely give to others the compassion, the power, and the name of Jesus. Join us as we look at Acts 3 and see the story of healing for the man who sat at the temple gate.
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Timing is everything, we've heard this phrase and we know this but we struggle to grasp timing when it comes to healing. We look at Luke 8 and the differences of Jesus' timing as he heals those who came to Him.
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This Father's Day Pastor Dennis speaks on the power of our heavenly Father who is for you and with you. In fact, everyday can be Father's Day for those who choose to pray to their heavenly Father.
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At the beginning of Jesus' public ministry, we saw a pattern of Him teaching, preaching, and healing. The pattern continued until He went to His hometown in Nazareth in Luke 4. We see the pattern that led to activating healing and when Jesus did not heal. Join us as we look at the activation of healing in this week's message.
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"He may not live up to your expectations but he will always live up to His Word." What a great message from Pastor Nate, join us as we read from John 11 and see what faithfulness looks like.
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The Israelites sinned in the wilderness in Numbers 21 and in order to be healed, they had to look and live. Join us as we see what God wants us to look at in order for us to live healed.
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It's Pentecost Sunday and we are talking about the sign(s) of the Holy Spirit. Yes there is more to the baptism of the Holy Spirit than the sign of speaking in tongues. Join us as we read from the beginning of Acts and see the signs of the Holy Spirit at work in our life.
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Feeling weary? Feeling empty? We are thankful that Jesus said come to me all who are weary and I will give you rest. Tune in as we learn how to fill up from God rather than what the world offers us.
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Jesus told the disciples that certain signs follow belief. I don't want to be an immature Christian seeking signs in order to believe God, I want to see signs that follow belief. Join us as we look at Joshua 10 when they saw the sign of the sun standing still because faith.
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Today we start a brand new series on signs, healing, and deliverance and we start with guarding ourselves from a confirmation bias. Sometimes we look and listen for what we want to hear from God rather than what God is actually saying. Before looking for a sign, we need to focus on three things.
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What does your name mean? What have you put your identity in? Anyone in Christ is a new creation! Join us as we look at the story of Jacob and how God changed his name and identity as a child of God.
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How we think about heaven changes how we live on earth. Join us as we define heaven according to the Bible and look at the qualities of heaven and some of the misconceptions regarding heaven.
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We end our sermon series called The Voice with the songs found in Revelation and look at how we can mirror the song of heaven here on earth today.
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It's Easter Sunday and we are focusing on the heavenly hope that was found by the two men on the road to Emmaus in Luke 24. Jesus appeared to these men and in His presence they found heavenly hope.
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Today we look at the parable that Jesus told to the Pharisees and tax collectors of the lost sheep, lost coin, and lost son. We learn how Jesus seeks and saves the lost and nothing is too big that God won't free us and forgive us.
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Top o the morning to ya! It's St. Patrick's Day so we are talking about the true story of Patrick and how God saved him and changed him into a man on fire for God. What can we learn from Patrick's example of devotion to God?
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We continue our series called The Voice as we look at another song of Moses that is actually found in the book of Psalms. The oldest Psalm is Psalm 90 written by Moses as a lament over the struggle of the Israelites in the wilderness. We look at 3 areas in which we grieve in our life and process our pain with God.
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Today we continue our series on the power of our voice by looking at the song of Moses in Deuteronomy 32. God tells Moses to write a song of confrontation to the people of Israel because they chose to turn away from God. Thankfully we have a song of redemption to sing when we turn back to God.
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Join us as we start a brand new series called The Voice in which we learn about the power of our voice to God. The Bible says there is the power of life and death in the tongue so what are we proclaiming with our voice. Today we look at the elements of a song of triumph from the song of Moses and the Israelites after the Red Sea.
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Today we close out our sermon series from the book of Habakkuk on God's vision for your life and we look at chapter 3 as Habakkuk prays and praises God. Let's look at three different parts that we can pray to God and praise God for in our life.
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It's Super Bowl Sunday and we are talking about one of the greatest underdog stories of all time. Join us as we look at the story of David who went from underdog to champion and how we don't have to live in the mentality of an underdog.
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Join us today as Pastor Rick talks about the importance of our thoughts. The Bible clearly tells us that we become what we think. So if we want to become all God wants us to be, it starts with our thinking. We are also bombarded with thoughts and messages throughout the day, we must be careful what thoughts we take ownership of.
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Today we continue our sermon series out of Habakkuk by looking at the second half of chapter 2 where God speaks judgment over the Babylonians. God gives 5 woes to the Babylonians and it's a warning to us to be aware of areas of our life that do not glorify God.
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When God gives us vision, what action should we take? Today we continue our series in the book of Habakkuk in the second chapter as God gives Habakkuk direction on how to endure difficulties and remain in faithful in what God has called you to do.
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Today we start a brand new series from the book of Habakkuk called Write the Vision. God instructed Habakkuk to write the vision for the people of Israel in a challenging time for the people of Israel. We start by looking at the first chapter of Habakkuk and how we are supposed to submit our complaints, questions, and frustrations to God.
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Today we begin the New Year looking at our need for the Holy Spirit to pour out the new wine for what God has planned for today, for this year. How are we preparing ourselves to receive the new wine with new wineskins?
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It's Christmas at The Gathering! Tonight we look at the importance of the star in Matthew chapter 2. Join us as we learn from the significance of the star and the wise men who followed the star.
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“I am amazed that people can think they know the song and not know it is a prayer for peace.” That is what Noel Regney had to say about his song Do You Hear What I Hear? How can we have godly peace? We look at this Christmas song and the story of the prophets Simeon and Anna who were faithful and watching and saw the newborn King
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"Where are you?" This is the question God asked of Adam and Eve the first that anyone hid from anyone in the world. Join us as we look at numerous ways in the Bible in which we hide from God and acknowledge Jesus as the One who came to earth to seek and save us.
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Today is our End of Year Offering to give to ministries locally and globally as to fulfill our mission, the Great Comission, from Jesus to go into all the world. We looked at the words of Jesus in which He said all authority is in Him, make disciples in all nations and He is with us always.
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Today we conclude our series on the different parables that Jesus teaches about wealth. We look at Luke 12 with the parable of the rich fool. Join us as we look at three lies that wealth attempts to trick us into believing.
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It's a special service at The Gathering as guest speaker Ty Buckingham comes to preach on the Holy Spirit. We look at the importance of being filled with the Holy Spirit as He guides you through life.
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Today we continue our series on the different stories that Jesus' tells us on how we can use our money. Our perspective on time makes a difference in how we invest our money. How can we have a kingdom perspective with investing our finances.
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Today we start a brand new series called Parables of Perishables. We will look at some of the stories that Jesus uses to explain money. Money is perishable, we can't take it with us. However, Jesus gives us instructions on how to use it wisely in the parable in Luke 16.
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Today we conclude our Patterns series by looking at The Creation Chiasm where we see how three patterns that God promises to commit to us in His words to the Israelites in Leviticus 26.
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In our second week of the Patterns series, we look at the pattern of escalation throughout scripture. God does not call us to build next to what has come before us, but to build on top of and escalate things. Join us as we look at the story of the transition from Elijah to Elijsha and how we are called to build.
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Today we start a brand new series called Patterns. The authors of the Bible wanted to point us to promises and patterns in the Bible and today we look at a bad pattern that Abraham fell into in Genesis 12.
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It's Birthday Sunday at The Gathering! We are celebrating the story that God has been and will continue to write in this church and the story God is writing for you. We look at Hebrews 11 and 12 as we talk about our responsibility in the story.
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We conclude our At the Movie series with the new movie from this year, Jesus Revolution. It tells us the power of creating space for more people to know Jesus. We looked at the words of Jesus in Matthew 9 when Jesus saw the people with eyes of compassion and spoke of the labor shortage in the kingdom of heaven and then He instructed us to pray to the God of the harvest. Join us as we prepare for more.
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In this At the Movies series, we are specifically choosing movies pertaining to friendship and community. What happens when there's friction in community. Join us as we look at Remember the Titans and two stories from Paul's life when he had to reconcile a disagreement.
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We are back at the movies to look at the encouragement and support of community. This Sunday we do a character comparison between Jonathan son of Saul and Samwise Gamgee. Look at how we are meant to fill the role of an encourager in each others lives.
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After Jesus' ascension, after Pentecost, and after Peter preached the church devoted themselves to three things to steward the outpouring of the Spirit and disciple the saved. We are to devote ourselves to teaching, fellowship, and prayer. Today we look at importance of these three aspects of our faith.
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The Holy Spirit equips us with the Word of God to counter the attacks of the enemy. Today we conclude our series on the Armor of God with looking at how Jesus used the Sword of the Spirit to counter the temptations of the devil in Luke 4.
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The helmet of salvation protects us and identifies us as a solider for Christ. Join us as we look at the story in Luke 19 when Jesus told Zacchaeus that salvation was coming to his house today.
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We continue in our series on the armor of God by looking at the shield of faith necessary to protect us from the attacks of the enemy. Faith is our confidence of what we hope to see and believe to see and it is also our conviction of what we do not see. Is faith to defend us or are we meant to defend our faith?
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Join us as Tim Enloe joins us to teach on the practicality of the baptism in the Holy Spirit for our everyday needs!
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In Ephesians 6, we are told to put on the full armor of God so that we can stand. Three times, Paul instructs us to stand and how can we stand without shoes for our feet. The shoes are the readiness to share the gospel of peace with our world.
These shoes are meant to keep us stable and make us active. Join us as we look at how peace can stabilize and mobilize us in our world.
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Once we secure ourselves in truth, we can put on the breastplate of righteousness that protects the most vital organs of the body. What is it about righteousness that protects us from attack and how do we put on righteousness?
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We are in a spiritual battle. Ephesians 6 says "we do not wrestle against flesh and blood but against powers and principalities." The battle is present and we need to suit up with the armor of God for the battle. Join us as we go through each part of the armor of God starting with the belt of truth. What is truth and what is not? Why is the belt of truth the first part listed?
Today we close our series from Acts on the power of the Holy Spirit by looking at the story of Simon the Sorcerer from Acts 8. We will look at the poison of distraction, control, and wealth that can corrupt our relationship with the Holy Spirit.
Before Stephen became the first martyr, he told the people that they were always resisting the Holy Spirit. Today, we look from the story of Saul how we can go from resisting to receiving the Holy Spirit.
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It's Father's Day and we are celebrating our dads and men by looking at the men of Acts chapter 6 who were chosen to serve the widows of the church. Join us as we look at three qualities of godly men.
As we try to fully understand the mysteries of the Holy Spirit, it’s vital we understand that the Holy Spirit came to draw us away from sin and towards the Father. Being led by the Spirit means we are equipped and empowered to face life’s difficulties. Lean in with us as we kick off our new series, “Power.”
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"I love it when a plan comes together." Remember when Hannibal from the A Team would say that after defeating the villain at the end of the episode. Today, we look at how God brings the plan together for Ruth, Boaz, and Naomi at the end of their story in Ruth chapter 4. Join us as we look at God's plan for our present, future, and eternity.
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Scan your baggage with the Holy Spirit, do not allow it to weigh you down. Join us as Pastor Dennis shares the importance of scanning your baggage and we hear a powerful testimony of God's protection in His plan.
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"I hate people." Yes people can be frustrating, but we have to remember that people are part of God's plan. We need one another and today we look at Ruth 3 and how we should treat those near to us in romantic, familial, and close relationships.
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Have you ever left your kids at church or a store? Sometimes we feel like God has left us abandoned at times in life. Today we look at the story of Hannah in 1 Samuel and the "remember me" prayer that Hannah pleads to God to hear her in her distress.
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Don't turn to your neighbor and say this, but you're a work in progress and that's ok. We are all in progress and today we look at Ruth 2 as Ruth plans the work and works the plan and we see the reward for Ruth and Naomi through Boaz.
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Today we start a new series from the book of Ruth called God's Plan. What are my plans and what are God's plans for my life? Proverbs 16:9 says "The heart of man plans his way, but the Lord establishes his steps." We can make plans, but God is the one establishes us. Join us as we look at the first chapter of Ruth and how we can see God's plans in the middle of the storms of life.
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Pastor Dan Lund talked about the prevailing promise from Matthew 16 when Jesus spoke to Peter about building HIS church and the identification, declaration, affiliation, and determination of God's promise. Join us as we dive into the encouragement of Jesus' words to His church for who we are in Him.
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We are so glad to have Pastor Al Yanno, the director for church multiplication for Ohio, join us on Sunday and share from John 4. Pastor Al speaks from the well of spiritual intimacy, discipleship, and mission.
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"Who do people say that I am?" That's the question Jesus asked the disciples about Him. He was asking what His legacy was to the people. Today we look at the different parts of Jesus' legacy as he headed towards the cross and His resurrection.
It's Palm Sunday and we have the whole family with us as we look at the story of Jesus feeding the five thousand. We look at how Jesus cares a lot about the little. He can do a lot with the little that we bring to Him and we are also thankful that He can take a lot and make it little.
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Today we close out our series Attitude Adjustment as we look at Jesus' instructions on the last three Beatitudes. We look at peace and persecution. We can't be peacemakers without first possession peace. We will face persecution here on earth, but we also have access to the kingdom here and now.
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Do you want to be blessed? As we approach Resurrection Sunday, we are focusing on Jesus’ “declaration of the Kingdom,” the sermon on the mount. In this teaching, Jesus shares with us nine blessed attitudes — the Beatitudes.
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Do you want to be blessed? As we approach Resurrection Sunday, we are focusing on Jesus’ “Declaration of the Kingdom,” the sermon on the mount. In this teaching, Jesus shares with us nine blessed attitudes — the Beatitudes.
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Water Baptism is not conversion, it's the symbol of conversion. Today we celebrate those who have chosen to follow Jesus through water baptism. Join us as we look at the command of water baptism and the stories of baptism in the New Testament.
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Today we conclude our series on prayer called A House of Prayer, by looking at the practical side of prayer. What should we pray about? When should we pray? We look at the rhythm of prayer and who Paul instructs us to pray for and we conclude with the importance of praying in the Spirit.
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Sometimes God answers right away and sometimes God answers take time. Will we be persistent in our prayers? Today we continue the story of Elijah as he prays for rain to return to the land of Israel and we see the reward for his resilience.
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On Super Bowl Sunday, we talk about the Hail Mary of prayer. The prayer of faith in a desperate situation in which you need to see God show up.
We look at what James 5 says about when we are suffering, when we are sick, James encourages us to pray. Then we transition to the story of Elijah in the Old Testament when he matched up against the prohpets of Baal and found victory through prayer.
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Our faith is full of matriarchs, heroines, iconic women who transformed history. This Galentines Day, Shana Mason reminds that God doesn’t leave women out of the story He’s writing. Let’s lean in and learn from some of the women of the Bible. May we be women who show up, with faith in God, to see stories be re-written.
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It’s time to be who God created you to be! Pastor Dennis invites us to see that God wants relationship with us. Jesus died and rose again to give us a new heart and to guide us by his spirit. No more hiding!
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“It is written, my house shall be called a house of prayer.” These are the words of Jesus in Matthew 21 in righteous anger as he flipped over the tables because His house had become something it was never intended to be. Our church is called to be a house of prayer and we are spending the next few weeks learning to increase the spiritual discipline of prayer in our lives.
Today's message is called The Prayer Template as we look at how Jesus instructed us to pray with The Lord's Prayer. It is a template that we can follow when we don't know what we should pray for and how to align ourselves with God's will.
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Today we finish up our Back to the Basics by looking at how we communicate with God. Prayer is how we talk to God and God talks to us. We start with the basics of prayer as instructed by Jesus to his disciples in Matthew 6. He instructed how not to pray as well as how to pray.
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We continue our sermon series Back to the Basics and look at the discipline of fasting. The discipline that Jesus encouraged his disciples to take part in when he said in Matthew 6 "And when you fast..." We are all encouraged to take time to fast and hear from God. Fasting helps you resist attacks of temptation and find victory where we once struggled in defeat.
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This week we begin a new sermon series called Back to the Basics. We will look back at the fundamental disciplines that form our spiritual health. Today we look at the importance of regularly reading the Word of God.
We read from 2 Timothy chapter 3 where Paul says that all scriptures is inspired by God and look out how the Word of God gives strength, wisdom, and helps us train.
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Join us as we approach Christmas time and look at the plan for humanity in the prologue of John 1. Here in one of the most theologically rich passages, we will find the reason God sent Jesus to earth for us.
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Every person has been a child at one time in their life, it's true. Even though we mature and grow as adults, we are still instructed to be childlike to enter the kingdom of heaven. What's the difference between childlike and childish?
Join us as we read through Matthew 18 and Mark 10 and learn the meaning of being childlike, especially in the Christmas season.
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God owns it all, but He trusts us to be stewards of His possessions. If we understand His heart for people and His plan for our lives, we have the opportunity to participate in His circle of love. Join us as we celebrate Go Ye Sunday and remember that we’re part of something bigger and more miraculous than we could ever imagine.
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Jesus healed ten lepers, but only one man returned to give thanks. Gratitude is uncommon, but it does not go unnoticed by God. Join us as we look at practical ways to show God gratitude and the blessings attached in this message entitled Return of the One.
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The blessing is not designed to end with us. As we see from Genesis 12, we are blessed in order to be a blessing. Join us as we finish our series called Money on my Mind.
We look at what how we can be a blessing based on the Bible with 1. Contentment is key 2. Money is a resource, not a ruler and 3. Give generously and joyfully.
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"Giving is not about the amount in your hand; it’s about the generosity in your heart. When we honor God first, His Word tells us that the measure with which we give, it will be measured back. Join us as we learn how God is a rewarder, a provider, and a protector of those who prioritize His purposes."
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This week we are beginning a series called Money on my Mind. Money is a constant factor in our life, we make many decisions involving money and finances. So what does the Bible have to say about how we handle finances.
This week we look at first things first with how God created the world and gives us the opportunity to steward what He has created and owns. We also look at how God is our provider and where are our treasures in life.
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“It’s a dangerous business, Frodo, going out your door. You step onto the road, and if you don’t keep your feet, there’s no knowing where you might be swept off to.”
Join us as we look at our journey in Christ and the dangers on the road. We will look at the story of the Fellowship of the Ring and its parallels to the story of Moses.
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We are all called as Christians to pick up the mantle. Everyone is in the game, everyone has a part to play.
Join us as guest speaker Pastor Josh Willaford speaks on the passing of the mantle from the story of Elijah to Elisha in 2 Kings and how we now are picking up the mantle of the Holy Spirit just like the disciples in Acts.
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A Christian's belief flows from...
Join us as we continue our sermon series At The Movies. We are examining biblical truths in movies. We look at Luke growing in his belief and knowledge in the force in The Empire Strikes Back. Just as Luke got away to strengthen himself, Jesus was the master of knowing when to work and when to get away to be with His Father. Let's look at how we can strengthen's our beliefs and faith.
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We all want to belong, but we must address the issues of insecurity and identity.
Join us as we start our brand new sermon series called At the Movies and we watch clips from Toy Story and learn how Woody and Buzz address their issues as well as looking at the calling of the prophet Jeremiah.
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Everyone has problems and issues, but how do we get to the heart of the problem? What is the heart of a lot of our problems?
Join as we close out our sermon series from Jonah as God asks Jonah his true reason for being angry. We look at the theme of the book of Jonah that God is the God of all people and his mercy is consistent from person to person.
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We've all had moments of darkness and grieving a loss or mistake, but how do we get back up?
Join us as we look at the prayer of Jonah in the fish in chapter 2 and ponder three questions to take steps back to obedience, back to faith, back to God.
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Many times we have run away from God we asks us to do things, but what are we running towards?
Join us in the first week of our series on the book of Jonah looking at how we choose to run away from God in our lives. Do we choose comfort, self-preservation, contradicting what we claim? The book of Jonah challenges what or who we truly are putting our trust in.
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Who is my neighbor? This question that a lawyer asked Jesus in Luke 10 wanting clarification of who were the people he would have to love in order to receive eternal life.
Join us as we look at Jesus' story of the parable of the Good Samaritan in Luke 10 and how he explained how we can be a good neighbor and how He redefined who is our neighbor.
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The Church is meant to serve as a table in the wilderness. How do volunteers set a table and provide an atmosphere for people to feel comfortable?
Join us as Pastor Mike speaks on church culture by explaining the acronym TABLE.
We are peculiar, we are different, we don’t belong to this world. We are called to be salt and light. Join us as Pastor Dennis talks about the difference as Christians between conforming to this world and being transformed as citizens of heaven.
Having self-control is having vision to see beyond your present state.
Join us as we look at the last Fruit of the Spirit of our sermon series and the story of King Solomon who had all the wisdom he could want but yet did not have self-control
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"You are not your gift, and you are not your guilt. You are called to reflect the glory of God."
Join us as Pastor Mike kicks off Culture Conference weekend with a word from the story of the woman at the well.
Why do we tell our kids to be gentle? Because they have a strength they are learning to use. Learning to be gentle in our interactions with one another can cause an eternal impact.
Join us as we look at what it means to overcome pride with gentleness.
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Goodness is how we show God our love for people while faithfulness is how we show people our love for God.
Join us as we look at what it means to be a good and faithful servant according to Matthew 25.
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There is an empathy deficit in our world today. The workplace has forgotten its care and kindness to one another.
Join us as we look at the story of extraordinary kindness that King David showed to the man Mephibosheth who should've been considered his enemy.
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Patience is considered the least desired Fruit of the Spirit. It feels like accepting our barrier in our path. So why should we seek it? How does it help us?
James 1:2-4 tells us to count it all joy because the tests we face will produce patience in us. Join us as Matt shares the story of Joseph enduring trials with patience in order to see the progress.
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Genuine peace comes from the presence of God.
Today we look at what Philippians 4 says about the peace that surpasses our understanding and guards our hearts and minds.
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You can't be joyful and ungrateful at the same time.
Today we continue our series on the fruit of the Spirit by looking at joy. We know the Bible says the joy of the Lord is our strength so how do we gain joy and how does joy help us to succeed?
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If you want to be a coconut, you might as well hear it, you can't be a fruit of the Spirit.
This Sunday we begin our summer sermon series on the fruits of the Spirit. Join us as we look at love as defined by Paul in 1 Corinthians 13 in comparing the temporary gifts of the Spirit with the eternal love of God.
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Who do the nine gifts of the Spirit belong to? They are for each believer to bless the common good. Matt closes out our series on the Holy Spirit by looking at 1 Corinthians 12 where Paul instructs the believers to desire higher gifts.
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We are filled with the Holy Spirit to be super at natural things.
This week, Matt shares why we should desire to be filled with the Holy Spirit and explains some of the myths surrounding the gift of the Spirit. Looking at Acts 10, we see God sending Peter to the Gentiles to receive the baptism.
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Where does a sick fish go? To the doc(k)!
This week at The Gathering, we talk about the Biblical significance of fatherhood and look at the impact of three fathers praying for their families.
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Whether you realize it or not, you've seen a ghost. You have seen the workings of the Holy Spirit in and around your life.
This week, Matt shares from Acts chapter 4 --- a story of two disciples, Peter and John, leaning into the boldness of the Holy Spirit to navigate difficult times. As a result, the church gathers together in prayer, in unity, and in pursuit of the Holy Spirit.
Being filled with the Spirit is for our life and our lips. Pastor Dave Gross preaches on the command, the purpose, the evidence, and how we receive the Holy Spirit.
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Matthew 6:11 says "Give us our daily bread." Pastor Dennis shares a message on our daily walk with Christ, starting and ending our day with the Lord. It's a reminder that the weapons of our warfare are not natural, but supernatural.
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Rest is more than a day, rest is a person!
Today we are looking are finishing our series The Stress Test as we look at how Jesus explained the heart behind rest and the Sabbath in the New Testament. Jesus does not promise to take away our burdens, but He does promise to help us carry it and make our burdens easy and light.
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Often times, the quality of your rest will determine the quality of your work. This Sunday, Matt continues our sermon series called The Stress Test. A healthy amount of rest will help us fight away stress in our lives. Today we look at how God modeled rest for us since the beginning of time for our benefit and blessing.
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On this Mothers Day, Shana Mason shares that God doesn’t need our expertise, He asks for our obedience. She reminds us of the freedom that comes when we come to God in humility in this new message, “No Experts Here.”
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