Season Lent

A Battle of Silence

Wednesday March 6, 2024 Text: Matthew 27:11-14 Speaker: Pastor Matthew Ude Festival: Lent Passages: Matthew 27:11-14

The Battle to Accept God’s Will

Sunday March 3, 2024 Text: Matthew 26:37-39 Speaker: Pastor Matthew Ude Festival: Lent Passages: Matthew 26:37-39

The Battle Is Difficult There are seven petitions in the Lord’s prayer, seven things that we ask for. Which of these is the hardest to pray? The fifth can be difficult. We ask that we learn to be as forgiving to others as God is to us. When we are filled with anger and resentment

A Battle of Peace

Tuesday February 27, 2024 Text: John 18:1-11 Speaker: Pastor David Ude Festival: Lent Passages: John 18:1-11

Who Is The Christ?

Sunday February 25, 2024 Text: Mark 8:27-38 Speaker: Pastor Matthew Ude Festival: Lent Passages: Mark 8:27-38

There was one professor in particular at ILC who always made you show your work. Even if you got the answer right, if you didn’t get there the right way you still got it wrong. Similarly, some teachers want you to explain why on the true or false questions. Its not good enough to mark

The Battle is Not Yours but the Lord’s: A Battle of Repentance

Wednesday February 21, 2024 Text: Luke 18:9-14 Speaker: Pastor Mark Tiefel Festival: Lent Passages: Luke 18:9-14

Our midweek Lenten series this year is all about battles. Battles that the Lord fights for us in our lives and battles that Christ fought when He secured our redemption. Our series is appropriately named after the same confession of David when he declared before Goliath – “The Battle is the Lord’s.” We are reminded

When the Lord Writes the Test

Sunday February 18, 2024 Text: Mark 1:9-15 Speaker: Pastor Matthew Ude Festival: Lent Passages: Mark 1:9-15

Back in the early 80s three students wrote the SAT board to point out that there was a mistake on the SAT. The board reviewed the test and realized they were right. They removed that question from the test and adjusted all the scores accordingly. For some people this was a good thing, their score

Peter, Jesus and Me: Discipleship

Wednesday March 29, 2023 Text: Matthew 26:57-58 Speaker: Pastor Mark Tiefel Festival: Lent Passages: Matthew 26:57-58

Jesus Goes to war

Sunday March 26, 2023 Text: John 11:1-45 Speaker: Pastor Matthew Ude Festival: Lent Passages: John 11:1-45

In the last weeks we have seen how Jesus takes advantage of every opportunity. In the death of Lazarus there is another opportunity for Jesus to personally battle death. Despite the threat from the leaders of the Jews Jesus goes to call the dead to life. His fight is with death both physical and spiritual.

Though We Deny Jesus, He Does Not Deny Us

Wednesday March 22, 2023 Text: Luke 22:54-62 Speaker: Pastor David Ude Festival: Lent Passages: Luke 22:54-62

Grace Brings Sight

Sunday March 19, 2023 Text: John 9:1-41 Speaker: Pastor Matthew Ude Festival: Lent Passages: John 9:1-41

Jesus opens the eyes of a man physically blind, but far more important is the spiritual sight He gives to us all. When we look at things from a legalistic view we think we can see but we are blind. When we view the world through the grace of God in Christ Jesus we truly see.