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Finding Jacob Last week we saw Jacob leading his family away from his uncle Laban. He’s been away from his home for over 20 years. Things didn’t end real well with his uncle, but that’s pretty typical for Jacob’s relationships. When he left home years ago, he left things in a bad way as well. Remember…

Genesis #30: The Blessing - Finding Jacob

How to know the best thing to do. Mac... the clumsiest retriever. Wanting to, but missing when it comes to timing Makes him look silly Timing is crucially important. Doing what you should do exactly when you should do it. It’s a question that has challenged people across time; but in a much more serious…

Genesis #29: The Blessing: How to know what's best?

When Life Changes It’s just a normal Saturday morning. I wake up, greeted by my dog who brings me a slobbery tennis ball; dancing in circles at my feet, wanting to play as I struggle to stand up straight. Half awake, half asleep, I stumble to the kitchen, passing Michelle in the office doing paperwork…

Easter 2021: The Day Death Died

God will not repair what you pretend isn’t broken. The people were expecting a King, but found a savior... wanting salvation, we find the Lord.

Palm Sunday: This is Jesus

START RECORDING On Friday night we had a football game at the HS, we lost pretty bad, it wasn’t fun. But one thing that happened before the game was pretty funny. I know the coach there, I’d even call him a friend, even though we have our differences. But before the game we were running plays over the…

Genesis #28: The Blessing - Overcoming Envy and Bitterness

Miserable getting what I wanted… and that’s not at all what I wanted. Getting what you want only to discover that you really didn’t want it… it was actually something else. Satisfaction The key to getting more out of life is admitting I can never quite reach what I really want. Key to finding true satisfaction…

Genesis #27: The Blessing - God's Love for the Unloved

Funny Duck Try to fix him Couldn’t Funny Duck wasn’t the last time I tried to change someone or something that needed changing Our attempts to changing people.... We can’t What can? Better question is WHO can? Answer: God. More accurately, God’s love. Everything God does is out of love because that’s…

Genesis #26: The Blessing - Real Change

I shared with you all that I was a really happy man… as a football coach for years, to finally be back out with kids on the field has been great. The other thing is that this is the season for NASCAR and Hockey… two sports I love for the same reason. You may say, NASCAR and Hockey have nothing in common……

Genesis #25: The Blessing - The high cost of getting your way

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“What is important is seldom urgent and what is urgent is seldom important.” The Death of Abraham - Genesis 25:1-11 The Life of Ishmael - Genesis 25:12-18 How to get what you want? This is the account of the family line of Abraham’s son Isaac. Abraham became the father of Isaac, and Isaac was forty years…

Genesis #23: The Blessing - How to get exactly what you want

So today we find ourselves in a new sermon series working our way through the book of Genesis. The Blessing. We heard a lot about The blessing in our last study of Abraham and Sarah. It traces back to God’s promise in chapter 12 where God said: Now the Lord said to Abram, “Go from your country and your…

Genesis #22: The Blessing - A story everyone needs to hear

ME: Picture of a funeral Our tendency to want to move on YOU: The story is is to shift our focus to Isaac and the next generations. They are about to become the main characters in the story of Genesis. That happens in life… it becomes about our kids... But today we are in a transitional period. And we…

Genesis #21: The Promise - Finishing Well

ME: It’s good to be back with y’all. It was good to spend last weekend with my daughter. We had an AIRBNB and we just sat around playing cards all weekend. Now, remember, I don’t like playing cards, but my daughter does. She probably doesn’t like sitting around the house much either, but she did it to…

Genesis #20: The Promise - Victorious Faith

ME: There’s a cultural phenomenon going on in our world today called “cancel culture”. What it says is that if you express views that are contrary to those acceptable by a particular group - whether that be a group of friends, a business, a media channel, a government official, you can be locked out…

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