Longing for a Savior
LONGING FOR A SAVIOR
LONGING FOR A SAVIOR
JAKE STIMPSON | LUKE 1 | GABRIEL | MESSIAH | BIRTH OF JESUS | NATIVITY | MARY
In his book The Desire of the Everlasting Hills, author Thomas Cahill wrote, “Beneath the surface differences of each culture… there beats in human hearts a hope beyond all hoping, the hope of the hopeless… the hope of those who… seem to be waiting in vain, a hope – not for an emperor… but for a Just One.” After 400 years of silence, in the midst of political oppression and religious stagnation, the angel Gabriel appeared to a young woman named Mary. As he began to speak, he unleashed the most important news the world had ever heard, that the long-awaited Savior was coming to make all things right.
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Guarding Your Heart 5 – Distraction, pt. 2
GUARDING YOUR HEART
GUARDING YOUR HEART 5: DISTRACTION, PT 2
JAKE STIMPSON | VICTORY | HEART | FREEDOM | MARY | MARTHA | DISTRACTION | WHOLE HEART | DEVOTION
Psalm 119:2 – “Blessed are those who keep his testimonies, who seek him with their whole heart.” Time and again, the Bible exhorts us to be whole-hearted toward God, to give Him all our devotion and attention, free of distractions. Anything less is merely half-hearted lip service. Like a man proposing to his girlfriend and offering her his loyalty 364 days of the year, being almost devoted to God just doesn’t cut it. He wants all your heart.
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Guarding Your Heart 4 – Distraction
GUARDING YOUR HEART
GUARDING YOUR HEART 4: DISTRACTION
JAKE STIMPSON | VICTORY | HEART | FREEDOM | MARY | MARTHA | DISTRACTION
In the Gospels, we find the story of two sisters, Mary and Martha. Jesus comes to their home, and Mary is so in awe that she breaks cultural norms to sit at the feet of Jesus and hear Him teach. Martha, busy getting things ready for Jesus, is distracted and annoyed at her sister. It’s easy to sympathize with Martha, who was just trying to get things done, but in her busyness, she missed out on the greatest gift of all, the fact that Jesus Himself was in her home. In the midst of endless opportunities to be distracted, we’ve got to guard our hearts or we too will miss the one thing that really matters, knowing Jesus.
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The Favor of God, Part 2
THE FAVOR OF GOD
THE FAVOR OF GOD, PT. 2
JAKE STIMPSON | FAVOR | NOAH | FAVOR OF MAN | FAVOR OF GOD | ABRAHAM | GRACE | MARY | LOT
The story of the Bible shows us a God who chooses to give His amazing, life-changing favor to certain people. From Noah walking blameless before God, to Abraham having incredible victory, to Lot spared from his own dumb decisions, to the Israelites blessed by their Egyptian neighbors, God’s favor changes you. So how do you get it? That’s the point of this message.