Rediscover the Wonder of Christmas-He's Been There

 He's Been There.  Discover the wonder of that first Christmas and God comes to us as Emmanuel, God with us, to bring comfort and hope (Luke 2:1-20)

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Christmas Longest Night-Rediscover the Wonder of Christmas-Open the Door

 The Innkeeper that first Christmas night can whisper an important truth about the choice to either close the door or open the door to the wonder of Christmas even though we may have a heavy heart  (Luke 2:1-17)

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Rediscover the Wonder of Christmas-Carpenter's Change Order

 You are invited to Rediscover the Wonder of Christmas by discovering the truths Joseph learned hearing the whisper of an angel (Matthew 1:18-25)

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Rediscover the Wonder of Christmas-Whispers of Wonder

 You are invited to Rediscover the Wonder of Christmas by hearing three Whispers of Wonder when the angel comes to Mary (Luke 1:26-38)

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Fired Up! Finish Strong

 Journey with us as we discover the adventure of life in the Spirit in the early church and how we too can live victorious and fulfilling lives.  This week we look at Paul determined to "Finish Strong" as he goes to Rome to share his faith and learn how we too can finish strong in faith and life (Acts 28:11-31)

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Fired Up! Unusual Kindness

 Journey with us as we discover the adventure of life in the Spirit in the early church and how we too can live victorious and fulfilling lives.  This week we look at Paul shipwrecked on the Island of Malta and how the people show unusual kindness and Paul finds ministry moments even though he is shipwrecked and snake bitten (Acts 27:39-2810). 

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Fired Up! In the Teeth of a Storm

 Journey with us as we discover the adventure of life in the Spirit in the early church and how we too can live victorious and fulfilling lives.  This week we look at the Apostle Paul "In the Teeth of a Storm" and reflect on how we too can be victorious as we face the storms of life (Acts 27)

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Fired Up! Turning the World Upside Down

 Journey with us as we discover the adventure of life in the Spirit in the early church and how we too can lead victorious and fulfilling lives.  This week we look at Paul "Turning the World Upside Down" as he stands strong for the faith (Acts 21).

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Fired Up! Fall Out or Jump In?

 Journey with us as we discover the adventure  of life in the Sprit in the early church and how we too can live victorious and fulfilling lives. This week we focus on Paul in Troas in a humorous but insightful moment where we are challenged to "Fall Out or Jump In?" (Acts 20).

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Fired Up! Empowered Living

 Journey with us as we discover the adventure of life in the Spirit in the early church and how we too can live victorious and fulfilling lives. This week we look at Paul in Ephesus sharing great insight an Empowered Life through the Spirit (Acts 19). 

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Fired Up! The True Wisdom of God

 Journey with us as we discover the adventure of life in the Spirit in the early church and how we too can live victorious and fulfilling lives. This week we look at Paul in Corinth and the True Wisdom of God (Acts 18:1-17).

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Fired Up! The Unknown God

 Journey with us as we discover the adventure of life in the Spirit in the early church and how we too can live victorious and fulfilling lives. This week we look at Paul speaking at the Areopagus in Athens about knowing the Unknown God (Acts 17).

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Fired Up! The Power of Praise

 Journey with us as we discover the life of adventure in the early church and how we too can live exciting and fulfilling lives.  This week we look at Paul and Silas in prison and the power of their praise and how too can use the power of praise to be set free from that which holds us prisoner (Acts 16:16-34).

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Fired Up! Family Council

 Journey with us as we discover the adventure of life in the Spirit in the early church and how we too can live victorious and fulfilling lives.  This week we look at facing conflict and resolution in the early church and how we can apply it to our own lives (Acts 15)

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Strengthened in the Faith

Journey with us as we discover the adventure of life in the Spirit in the early church as well as our lives.  This week we look at Strengthened in the Faith and how we all need our faith strengthened as well as how we can encourage others (Acts 14:21-28)

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Fired Up! Good News to ALL People

 Journey with us as we discover the adventure of life in the Spirit in the early church and how we too can live victorious and fulfilling lives.  This week we look at God News to ALL People and how that impacts our lives by setting us free from the past and empowering us for the future as we look at the Cycle of Grace vs. the Cycle of Works (Acts 13)

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Fired Up! Set Free

 Journey with us as we discover the life in the Spirit of the early church and how we too can live victorious and fulfilling lives.  This week we look at Peter set free from prison by the power of prayer and reflect on how God can set us free from the chains of what holds us back (Acts 12:1-19).

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Fired Up! A Table Where ALL Are Welcome

 Journey with us as we discover the life of adventure in the early church and how we too can live victorious and fulfilling lives.  This week we look at Peter's vision and ministry to the Roman centurion  Cornelius and his family and like Peter are challenged to see God's vision of a Table Where ALL Are Welcome (Acts 10).

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Fired Up! Knocked Off Your Horse

 Journey with us as we discover the adventure of life in the Spirit in the early church as well and how we too can live exciting and fulfilling lives.  This week we look at the powerful conversion of the Apostle Paul as the Risen Lord appears to him, and his life is dramatically changed.  We also reflect on those points in our life when we are knocked off our hose and the Spirit is at work (Acts 9).

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Fired Up! ALL IN-the Story of Stephen

 Journey with us as we discover the adventure of life in the Spirit in the early church and how we too can live victorious and fulfilling lives.  Tis week we look at the life and faith of Stephen and what he can teach us about living a life that is ALL IN (Acts 6,7)

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Fired Up! Boldness in Faith

 Journey with us as we discover the adventure of the life of the Spirit in the early church and how we too can live victorious and fulfilling lives.  This week we look at the boldness of Peter and John and what boldness in faith and generosity can mean in our lives (Acts 4:1-21).

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Fired Up! Rise and Be Healed

 Journey with us as we discover the adventure of life in the Spirit in the early church and how we too can live victorious and fulfilling lives.  This week we look at faith to see the needs of others and speak words of healing (Acts 3:1-16).

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Fired Up! Hearts on Fire

 Journey with us as we discover the adventure of life in the Spirit in the early church and how we too can live victorious, fulfilling lives. This week how we too can live with "Hearts on Fire." (Acts 2:14-21) (VBS Sunday)

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Fired Up! Open the Windows

 Like the disciples on Pentecost, we often need to open the windows of our lives and let God's Spirit encourage, enlighten and empower us (Acts 2, John 14)

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Remembrance Rocks

 Like Joshua and the people who experienced God's promise to be with them as they crossed the Jordan River into the Promise Land and then set up Remembrance Rocks to remind them of that moment, we also need to memorialize special moments and pass them on to the next generation (Joshua 4:1-18, Ephesians 2:19-21) 

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Fundamentals for Life

 As we celebrate a milestone of life, the Apostle Paul offers a profound and practical note on the fundamentals of life (Romans 12:9-13)

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New Beginnings-Jesus Forgives and Restores

 Like many of us Peter struggled with failure and regret and went fishing with some friends, but Jesus appears and offers him as well as us the promise to forgive and restore (John 21)

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Life Lessons from Mothers of the Bible

 Four great life lessons from four great mothers of the Bible. 

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John: New Beginnings-Jesus Guides and Provides

 Like many of us Peter struggled with failure and regret and went fishing with some friends, but Jesus appeared and offered them as well as us the promise to guide and provide (John 21:1-14)

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John-New Beginnings-Feel the Touch

 Thomas missed out when Jesus appeared that first Easter and like so many of us he struggled with doubt, but Jesus appeared the following Sunday and rather than scolding him, Jesus offered Thomas a touch that transformed his doubt to faith.  Jesus also offers each of us a touch that can transform our lives and bring faith when we too struggle with doubt (John 20:24-31).

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Easter: New Beginnings-The Divine Gardener

 On the first Easter morning, Jesus appears to Mary Magdalene who at first thinks him to be the gardener.  Perhaps she was more right than wrong, as Jesus in many ways is the Divine Gardener who brings a new creation and a fresh start for al of us (John 20:1-18).

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Easter Sunrise: New Beginnings-The Stone Is Rolled Away

 Like Mary, many times we have to take a step of faith in the dark so we can celebrate in the light. Mary's walk of faith in darkness and doubt was transformed as she discovered the dawn of a new beginning when she saw the stone rolled away revealing an empty tomb and a Risen Lord (John 20:1-18).

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Seven Signs of John-The Sign of Raising Lazarus

 In one of the most moving and profound moments of his earthly ministry, Jesus comforts Mary and Martha in their grief, even weeping with them, before calling Lazarus back to life and calling us to see beyond the moment (John11)

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Dining with Jesus-Breakfast on the Beach-Jesus Cooks Up Forgiveness

 Like Peter we often feel weighed down by failure and want to go back to some familiar place in the past, but Jesus comes to us and offers us forgiveness, restoration, and a new future (John 21). 

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Dining with Jesus-Feeding the Multitude

 In this story we see Jesus seeing the needs of those around him and challenging the disciples to stretch their faith.  Like the disciples we often feel overwhelmed and under resourced by the needs around us, but like the boy who offered what little he had in the way of loaves and fish we can discover abundance to touch multitudes through the blessing of Jesus (John 6:1-14)

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Seven Signs of John-The Sign of the Man Born Blind

 A sign for John is not just a miracle but also a miracle with a message.  In this scripture we look at Jesus healing the man born blind and reflect on how Jesus sometimes challenges us to take a step of faith in the dark to help us grow (John 9:1-39).

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Dining with Jesus-Dinner at Bethany with Mary and Martha

In this story we find Jesus sharing dinner with Mary and Martha.  Martha is stressed and worried about dong lots of things but Jesus points to an even more important truth that Mary has discovered and we can too! (Luke 10:38-42)

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Seven Signs of John-The Sign of Jesus Walking on the Water

 A sign for John is not just a miracle but also a miracle plus a message.  In this scripture we look at the sign of Jesus walking on the water and reflect on how Jesus comes to us in the storms of life (John 6:15-24).

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Dining with Jesus-Dinner with Zacchaeus

 When we think of Jesus, we often think of him teaching to multitudes or working miracles, however some of the most profound and personal ministry of Jesus took place around a table. In this story we find Jesus sharing dinner with Zacchaeus who had fallen short but discovered new life around the table with Jesus (Luke 19:1-10) 

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Seven Signs of John-The Sign of the Feeding of the Multitude

 In this story we look at the sign of Jesus feeding the multitude and how God meets our daly needs as well as challenges us to to share our gifts and talents that can do amazing things when blessed by God (John 6:1-14)

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Seven Signs of John-The Sign at the Pool of Bethesda

 Like the lame man at the Pool of Bethesda, there are times when we feel paralyzed to take a step of faith, but Jesus sees our need and whispers to us to take a step of faith that can be life-changing (John 5:1-17)

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Dining With Jesus-Dinner With a Tax Collector

 When we think of Jesus, we often think of him teaching multitudes or working miracles, however some of the most personal and profound ministry of Jesus took place around a dinner table.  In this story we find Jesus dinner as well as life-changing truths with a tax collector. (Matthew 9:9-14).

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Seven Signs of John: God-Sized Prayer-The Royal Official's Son

 Like the royal official, there are times when we come to Jesus with a need so desperate that it is a God-sized need, but we discover that Jesus can meet our need like no other with a God-sized answer (John 4:46-54)

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Seven Signs of John-Living Water

 Like the woman at the well whose life was parched by the challenges of life, we can discover Jesus reaches across barriers and offers us Living Water that refreshes our soul and teaches us to share this refreshing truth with others (John 4:26-54).

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Seven Signs of John-The Greatest Call

 So much in our world today focuses on the greatest call in sports, but this story focuses on the greatest call of all time--a call that can be life changing (John 3:1-17)

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Seven Signs of John-Furious Love

 We all know the image of Jesus as meek and mild, but in this dramatic story we see Bad Ass Jesus take a whip and drive out money changers form the temple, which upon deeper reflection might offer us both a comfort and a challenge (John 2:13-25)

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Seven Signs of John-The Sign at the Wedding Feast

 The Seven Signs of John offer great insights for faith and life with each sign offering not only a miracle but also a message.  The Sign at the Wedding Feast reminds us that our best plans often run dry, but if we turn to Jesus and do what he says we will discover abundance as Jesus turns vessels from empty to overflowing and turns water to wine (John 2:1-12).

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New Beginnings-Come and See

 Jesus invited the first followers to "come and see" and to "follow me." The invitation extends to each of us to experience Christ personally and to bring our questions and struggles to Jesus (John 1:35-51). 

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New Beginnings-Chosen One

 Jesus' baptism becomes a special moment of proclamation of God's love to Christ as the Chosen One and God's love to us as chosen ones, called by God's love (John 1:29-34) 

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New Beginnings-The Living Word

 We all need a fresh start from time to time and John's Gospel invites us into a new beginning for each of us as well as all of creation as God's Living Word in Christ comes to make all things new (John 1:1-18).

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Christmas at the Movies-It's a Wonderful Life

 Like the Christmas movie classic, It's a Wonderful Life, where George thinks his prayers aren't heard and his life never made a difference only to discover that he did make a difference, we too can discover like George and the magi that the star shines brightest in the darkness, God still answers prayer, and our lives can make a difference thanks to Christ come that first Christmas (Matthew 2:1-14)

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