Thu, 30 March 2017
Signs: So You May Believe “Lessons from the Loaves” John 6:1-15
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Sun, 12 March 2017
By 1940 WWII was underway in Europe. The Allied western front in Europe was crumbling before the Nazi war machine. The Germans drove the Allied forces all the way back to the English Channel. They felt that they had them trapped. They had them surrounded and the sea at the Allieds’ back was thought to be an impassable wall.
But the English mounted a daring rescue known to history as the “Miracle at Dunkirk.” In a few desperate days they rescued 338,226 men from the shores of Dunkkirk. Pivotal in that effort were the “little ships of Dunkirk.” More than a thousand small boats manned by fathers and grandfathers came across the channel. They could navigate the shallow waters of that shoreline and shuttle the soldiers on to larger naval ships that would transport the soldiers back to Dover.
It seemed hopeless until help came from home! And that help, at first glance, seemed insignificant and small.
We are going to meet in the scriptures today a man whose condition was hopeless until help came from heaven! He had been an invalid for 38 years and he had no one to help him until Jesus found him. That encounter changed everything!
Signs: So You May Believe “Hope for the Hopeless” John 5:1-18
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Sun, 5 March 2017
Desperate times call for desperate measures.
On April 26, 2003 Aron Ralston set out on a solo hike through Blue John Canyon, in Utah, near the Canyonlands National Park. While he was descending a narrow canyon, a boulder shifted while he was climbing down from it. The 800 pound rock smashed his left hand, and then crushed his right hand against the canyon wall. Ralston had not informed anyone of his hiking plans, so no one would have been searching for him.
Assuming that he would die without intervention, he spent five days slowly sipping his small amount of remaining water, approximately 12 ounces and slowly eating his small amount of food, two burritos, while trying to free his arm. After three days of trying to lift and break the boulder, the dehydrated and delirious Ralston decided to amputate his trapped right arm at a point on the mid-forearm, in order to escape.
He lost his arm but saved his life.
Desperate times call for desperate measures.
This morning we will meet in John 4:46-54 a desperate man. His desperate circumstances drove him to action and the action he took brought life to him and his family.
Signs: So You May Believe “Desperate Times Call for Desperate Measures” John 4:46-54
So he came again to Cana in Galilee, where he had made the water wine. And at Capernaum there was an official whose son was ill. 47 When this man heard that Jesus had come from Judea to Galilee, he went to him and asked him to come down and heal his son, for he was at the point of death. 48 So Jesus said to him, (BL)“Unless you[c] see signs and wonders you will not believe.” 49 The official said to him, “Sir, come down (BM)before my child dies.” 50 Jesus said to him, “Go; your son will live.” The man believed the word that Jesus spoke to him and went on his way. 51 As he was going down, his servants[d] met him and told him that his son was recovering. 52 So he asked them the hour when he began to get better, and they said to him, “Yesterday at the seventh hour[e] the fever left him.” 53 The father knew that was the hour when Jesus had said to him, “Your son will live.” And he himself believed, (BN)and all his household. 54 (BO)This was now the second sign that Jesus did when he had come from Judea to Galilee.
When this man heard that Jesus had come from Judea to Galilee, he went to him and asked him to come down and heal his son, for he was at the point of death.
When this man heard that Jesus had come from Judea to Galilee, he went to him . . . .
Jesus said to him, “Go; your son will live.” The man believed the word that Jesus spoke to him and went on his way.
Jesus said to him, “Go; your son will live.” The man believed the word that Jesus spoke to him and went on his way.
The father knew that was the hour when Jesus had said to him, “Your son will live.” And he himself believed, and all his household.
The father knew that was the hour when Jesus had said to him, “Your son will live.” And he himself believed, and all his household |
Sun, 26 February 2017
Señales “Sucedió en una boda” Juan 2.1-11
“ Al tercer día se hicieron unas bodas en Caná de Galilea; y estaba allí la madre de Jesús. Y fueron también invitados a las bodas Jesús y sus discípulos.” (Juan 2.1-2)
“Y faltando el vino, la madre de Jesús le dijo: No tienen vino. 4 Jesús le dijo: ¿Qué tienes conmigo, mujer? Aún no ha venido mi hora. 5 Su madre dijo a los que servían: Haced todo lo que os dijere.” (Juan 2.3-5)
“Este principio de señales hizo Jesús en Caná de Galilea, y manifestó su gloria; y sus discípulos creyeron en él.”(Juan 2.11)
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Sun, 19 February 2017
Three teenage buddies, Kevin, Brian and Randall, had spent a fun evening bowling near Tampa, FL. As they headed home, they cruised into an intersection and were struck by an eight-ton Mack truck. All three were tragically killed.
They had not been drinking. They had not been doing drugs. They had not been texting. They had done nothing wrong. But, unbeknownst to the them, someone else had. Another trio of young friends had been on a vandalism spree of sorts. Their prank was stealing street signs. One of the signs that was vandalized was the stop sign that should have marked the intersection where the fatal accident occurred.
Signs can mean life or death. We need to respect and pay attention to signs.
God’s word contains many signs and we’d do well to pay attention to them. These signs are not metal; they are miracles. These miracles are signs that point to a greater reality. They were recorded to point us to life and life to the full!
The book of John in the Bible has a particular focus on life-giving signs or miracles. From this Sunday through Easter Sunday morning, we are going to look at these miraculous signs and discover more about the abundant life Jesus came to give.
Signs: So You May Believe John 20:30-31
“Now Jesus did many other signs in the presence of the disciples, which are not written in this book” (John 20:30).
“But these are written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God” (John 20:31a).
“And that by believing you may have life in his name” (John 20:31b).
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Sun, 12 February 2017
A little boy got a real bow and arrow for his 10th birthday and immediately went outside to practice in his yard. A few minutes later his father stepped outside to check how he was doing and was amazed to see a dozen arrows dead in the center of a dozen different bullseyes that were painted on the trees in the backyard.
“That’s astounding, Son! You just got that bow a few minutes ago. How do you manage to hit a bullseye every time?” “Easy, Dad. First, I shoot the arrow. Then, wherever it lands, I paint circles around it!”
That would be a convenient way to live life, wouldn’t it? But God doesn’t want us to live aimlessly then justify it by painting a target around wherever we land.
Zig Ziglar said, “if you aim at nothing you will hit it every time.” God doesn’t want us to aim at nothing. God has given us, his children, definite targets in life. He has given us our marching orders. We can see them clearly in his word.”
The Core “On Target” Matthew 28:16-20
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Sun, 12 February 2017
VALORES "NUESTRO OBJETIVO" (Mateo 28:16-20)
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Sun, 5 February 2017
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Sun, 5 February 2017
Series: valores IR “Nuestro lugar en la Tarea” Hechos 1.6-8
“pero recibirán poder cuando el Espíritu Santo descienda sobre ustedes…” (Hechos 1.8a)
“…y serán mis testigos, y le hablarán a la gente acerca de mí en todas partes…” (Hechos 1.8b)
“…en Jerusalén, por toda Judea, en Samaria y hasta los lugares más lejanos de la tierra…” (Hechos 1.8c)
“Pídeme, y te daré por herencia las naciones, Y como posesión tuya los confines de la tierra.” (Salmos 2.8)
“¿Cómo, pues, invocarán a aquel en el cual no han creído? ¿Y cómo creerán en aquel de quien no han oído? ¿Y cómo oirán sin haber quien les predique?¿Y cómo predicarán si no fueren enviados?” (Romanos 10.13-15)
“Pues doy testimonio de que con agrado han dado conforme a sus fuerzas, y aun más allá de sus fuerzas, pidiéndonos con muchos ruegos que les concediésemos el privilegio de participar en este servicio para los santos. (2 Corintios 8.3-4) |
Sun, 29 January 2017
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