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We all know what it’s like to prepare for something. Whether that was a sporting event, a project for work, marriage, or becoming a parent. How did you know you were ready? Or were you ready? Or maybe you were ill prepared?

Being “ready” is an interesting thing, because no matter how much we prepare we may still “feel” unprepared. Yet Jesus says we must “be ready” for His return. Come join us as we explore what Christ intends as He calls us to “be ready.”

Key Verse - “But know this, that if the master of the house had known in what part of the night the thief was coming, he would have stayed awake and would not have let his house be broken into. Therefore you also must be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect.”
Matthew 24:43-44

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We have been graciously overpaid to enter the field and work for God! As much work as we think we have done or could do to earn what God has given to us, our labor will never measure up to what He has graciously promised to us.

This changes our motivation to be about His work. We do not serve God to earn a wage, because the wage we earn for our sin is death. But we serve Him with thanksgiving for what He has already unfairly (praise God!) paid out: His shed blood and a promise of eternal life.

Matthew 20:14 - Take what belongs to you and go. I choose to give to this last worker as I give to you.

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Have you ever been in a conversation and realized the other person was hearing you but not listening? Or maybe you had been hearing someone speak and then realized you couldn’t remember anything that they said?

Welcome to human nature! It is our natural instinct to be bad listeners. In fact, while finishing my Masters degree I found an incredibly interesting study that detailed how almost all pastors said they were good listeners. Yet when their congregation was interviewed most pastors were discovered to be very poor listeners. They were quick to interrupt and quick to assume they had the right answers before carefully listening. Jesus did not need a psychological study to know this about human nature. In the parable of the sower we find that our bad listening skills often translate to Gods Word. This leads to deadly spiritual behavior.

Come join us as we study the famous “parable of the sower.” May God give us ears to hear!

- Pastor Luke Worden

Key Scripture - ‭‭Matthew‬ ‭13‬:‭14‬-‭16‬ ‭ “Indeed, in their case the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled that says: “‘“You will indeed hear but never understand, and you will indeed see but never perceive.” For this people’s heart has grown dull, and with their ears they can barely hear, and their eyes they have closed, lest they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears and understand with their heart and turn, and I would heal them.’ But blessed are your eyes, for they see, and your ears, for they hear.”

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It seems like every time we turn the news on, we see some sort of battle or protest in regard to Israel. What is the conflict all about and more importantly, what does Gods word say about it? This Sunday we will dive into a brief summary of the conflict and a more in-depth look at what Gods word says about the Land and the people of “The Land.”

Genesis 12:3 - “And I will bless those who bless you, And the one who curses you I will curse. And in you all the families of the earth will be blessed.””

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This week Jud Martin will be continuing our series on the parables of Jesus. Jesus gives us insight into your prayer life by teaching us about a persistent widow and a harsh judge.

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One of the most important things to us in our culture is that people understand how much we have done to deserve where we are at. We have a consistent talk of self-promotion that declares us fully justified in our action, or lack there of. This has led us to a very similar place as the people of Jesus’ time. They believed that through the Law they were able to fully justify themselves. Jesus consistently taught that the Law itself pointed out our need for a savior, not that if we are good enough we can be our own savior.

As we look through the parable of the Good Samaritan we can see how Jesus turned the dime on the self-justified culture, and called them(and us) to realize our brokenness and inability to justify ourselves. To turn to the only on why can justify us. Join us this weekend to dive into this powerful section of scripture together!

Key Scripture - Luke 10:25-37

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