why don't I love Jesus more?

Christmas Eve 2008

set free

living how God designed you

Jesus and the leper: Luke 5:12-17

Why wouldn't Jesus want you to be healed?

Really? Why you are brilliant to follow Jesus

Jesus just makes sense

Luke 4:31-37 God is in charge

When Jesus tells the demons to leave, we know who is in charge for good.

will friends listen?

the challenge of connecting your friends with Jesus

is God partial to poor people?

When your trust in Jesus is powerful and your need for Jesus is self-evident....Watch out!

do you have to sin?

Jesus shows the way to a holy life

the family tree of Jesus

it's not where you come from- it's where you're heading
it makes all the difference

funky psalm 121

Rob Reed from our worship band arranged this. Cool

the creativity of God

the baptism of Jesus announces new life

who is your God?

practically living out your faith has a lot to do with your view of God...

confirmation 2008 Luke 2.41-52

reflecting God's image in the world is when a follower of Jesus is brightest

psalm 104

2 he stretches out the heavens like a tent

According to the latest studies of the universe, it is expanding and they talk of a space “fabric” that expands as the universe expands. Kind of like the surface of a tent that is expanding…If these words weren’t from 3000 years ago, wow, I’ll bet you this David guy would be on Oprah!

Pray for continued insight into the natural world.

psalm 103

16 The wind blows, and we are gone—
 as though we had never been here.

When you leave your mark of love and it is all about Jesus, the wind can blow and what remains can’t be seen. What God does through you is there; it’s just that they see Jesus instead.

Pray for your legacy to be blessing.

psalm 100

    2 Worship the Lord with gladness.

      Come before him, singing with joy.

Worship is the hub of what we do as the people of God and as such is the key emotion of our lives. So, our lives are to center on gladness. Ask yourself,

“What emotion is my life centered around? Is it gladness? If not, why not?”

Pray for gladness.

psalm 102

12 But you, O Lord, will sit on your throne forever. Your fame will endure to every generation.

Ask a twelve year old to tell you about Elvis. Sorry, only God has true buzz.

Pray that God be known through your life.

psalm 101

2 I will be careful to live a blameless life—

      when will you come to help me?

   I will lead a life of integrity

      in my own home.

“Do those who know you the best love and respect you the most?” This question from John Maxwell points us to “first” church. The home. Where we dwell. Is God a resident there and are his ways honored?

Pray to be a light with your family.

Psalm 99

8 O Lord our God, you answered them. You were a forgiving God to them, but you punished them when they went wrong.

Don’t netflix the movie The Punisher because it is far too violent. But, if you just happen to see it, you know what happens when man seeks vengeance. It is only a temporary relief from psychic pain at best.

God is The Punisher and his way of doing things is to discipline people in order to draw them to his love and mercy. We don’t know when it is from God and we don’t know why but we do know that it works. Even God knows this in Jesus.

“By his stripes we are healed.”

Pray for mercy from God’s discipline and turn to him.

psalm 98

 9 before the Lord.
      For the Lord is coming to judge the earth.
   He will judge the world with justice,
      and the nations with fairness.


It is not the nations that decide whether there is a God or not. It is God who judges the nations. Isaiah 9:6 lets us know it is God who rules. At least he will be fair. A good change of pace to have God in charge.


Pray for God to work in the world in stronger ways.