And He Rose Again On The Third Day
Sunday April 12, 2020 Text: 1 corinthians 15:1-11 Speaker: Pastor Matthew Ude Festival: Easter Passages: 1 corinthians 15:1-11
Jesus died for our sins and on the third day rose from the dead This is what we received The story is told that Martin Luther once was down and depressed and mopping around the house. SO his wife Katie dressed all in black, as though she was mourning. When Martin Luther saw her he
Read MoreWalk With Assurance In the Lord
Wednesday June 5, 2019 Text: Acts 1:12-26 Speaker: Pastor Matthew Ude Festival: Easter Passages: Acts 1:12-26
They returned but the Lord was with them, even so we walk with assurance that He is with us. It was God's word that revealed to Peter what had to be done, even so we walk with assurance that His Word will guide us. God chose Matthais, even so we walk with assurance that He has a plan for us.
Read MorePaul Shows Us How to Recognize Our Shepherd’s Voice
Monday May 27, 2019 Text: Acts 16:9-15 Speaker: Pastor Matthew Ude Festival: Easter Passages: Acts 16:9-15
He knows this is God's way because God has blocked every other door. He knows it because he recognizes his Shepherd's voice. He knows it because he has leaned to leave behind the things of this world.
Read MoreDo Not Despise What Jesus Has Cleansed
Monday May 20, 2019 Text: Acts 11:1-18 Speaker: Pastor Matthew Ude Festival: Easter Passages: Acts 11:1-18
Peter and the early Christians had to learn that there was no longer any distinction between the Israelites and the Gentiles. Now they are all one in Christ. We too need to learn not to look down on or judge that which God has cleansed. This includes both our fellow Christians and ourselves. The Father has promised that we are clean in the blood of Christ. Who are we to say or think otherwise?
Read MorePaul Teaches Us To Live Psalm 23
Monday May 13, 2019 Text: Acts 20:17-35 Speaker: Pastor Matthew Ude Festival: Easter Passages: Acts 20:17-35; Psalm 23:1-6
This section of scripture is not a list of the great things that Paul did but of the great things our Good Shepherd did through him. Paul's words here show us one who lived every day and in every circumstance under the protection of the Good Shepherd. Paul is one who held Pslam 23 in his heart.
Read MoreLord What Must I Do
Monday May 6, 2019 Text: Acts 9:1-22 Speaker: Pastor Matthew Ude Festival: Easter Passages: Acts 9:1-22
Anything we try to do ourselves is less the useless. It is sinful. Jesus must teach us repentance. Jesus must teach us to listen. Jesus must give us the strength to go and do. Then will our lives be worth something.
Read MorePray That We May Be Filled With the Holy Spirit
Monday April 29, 2019 Text: Acts 5:12-31 Speaker: Pastor Matthew Ude Festival: Easter Passages: Acts 5:12-31
The result of Jesus resurrection is that the apostles were filled with the Holy Spirit, and that whereas before they hid in fear now they went with boldness proclaiming the name of the Lord. Through them the Lord did many signs and miracles, but more than this the Word of the Lord was preached
Read MoreRemember His Resurrection
Monday April 22, 2019 Text: 2 timothy 2:8,11 Speaker: Pastor Matthew Ude Festival: Easter Passages: 2 timothy 2:8,11
On that first Easter morning so long ago the impossible happened. As the women approached the tomb that first Easter morning, what did they expect? Nothing out of the ordinary. The expected a sealed tomb. They expected a dead body. They expected death. Despite all of Jesus’ promises. Despite all of Jesus’ miracles. Despite
Read MoreRemember His Victory
Monday April 22, 2019 Text: 1 corinthians 15:56-57 Speaker: Pastor Matthew Ude Festival: Easter Passages: 1 corinthians 15:56-57
If we live under the law we will receive the wages of sin which is death, but if live in Christ we receive the gift of God which is everlasting life. But what does this mean to live under the law? One way in which people choose to live under the law is that
Read MoreLord, Keep Our Hearts In Your Name
Sunday May 13, 2018 Text: John 17:11-19 Speaker: Pastor Matthew Ude Festival: Easter Passages: John 17:11-19
The name of the Lord is the Word of the Lord. The Father keeps us safe through His word. Because of this word we are hated by the world, but just as Jesus kept them while He was in the world, so the Father will keep us now.
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