Author: Marilyn Miller

Celebration Weekend Ephesians 4:1 SCRIPTURE: ACCOUNTABILITY: TRANSFORMATION: “To be a Christian is to be indwelt by the Holy Spirit. That means that we are not only called to walk worthy … Continued

SERIES: Anxiety TOPIC: Who do you trust? TEXT: Psalm 131 SCRIPTURE: ACCOUNTABILITY: TRANSFORMATION: “In the seventeenth century in England, Jeremiah Burroughs, one of the Puritans, wrote a book which he … Continued

SERIES: Anxiety TOPIC: What do you fear? TEXT: I Peter 5:6-11 SCRIPTURE: ACCOUNTABILITY: TRANSFORMATION: “Feed your fears, and your faith will starve. Feed your faith, and your fears will starve.” … Continued

SERIES: Anxiety TOPIC: How are you feeling? TEXT: Psalm 56 SCRIPTURE: ACCOUNTABILITY: TRANSFORMATION: “Some people spend so much time worrying about what might happen that they never enjoy what is … Continued

EASTER Matthew 28:1-10 SCRIPTURE: ACCOUNTABILITY: TRANSFORMATION: Belief or nonbelief in the resurrection is never merely an intellectual process. We are not computers. We are flesh-and-blood human beings, and when we … Continued

Series: The Good LIfe Title: Blessed when I am persecuted? Text: Matthew 5:10-12 SCRIPTURE: ACCOUNTABILITY: TRANSFORMATION: 380 million Christians around the world suffer high levels of persecution in 70 countries … Continued

Series: The Good LIfe Title: Blessed when I am pure in heart? Text: Matthew 5:8 SCRIPTURE: ACCOUNTABILITY: TRANSFORMATION: “Few of us live one life and live it in the open! … Continued

Series: The Good Life Title: Blessed when I am merciful? When I am a peacemaker? Text: Matthew 5:7 and 9 SCRIPTURE: ACCOUNTABILITY: TRANSFORMATION: “Mercy overlooks the little things and forgives … Continued

Series: The Good LIfe Title: Blessed when I am humble? Text: Matthew 5:5 SCRIPTURE: ACCOUNTABILITY: TRANSFORMATION: “The truly gospel-hunble person is not a self-hating person or a self-loving person, but … Continued

Series: The Good LIfe Title: Blessed when I am broken? Text: Matthew 5:3-4 Scripture: Accountability: Transformation: “By mourning Jesus  means doing without what the world calls peace and prosperity. He … Continued

SERIES:  The Good Life SERMON:  Blessed when I hunger and thirst? TEXT:  Matthew 5:3-11, focus on Matthew 5:6 SCRIPTURE: ACCOUNTABILITY: TRANSFORMATION: “The Beatitudes, in particular, are not teachings on how … Continued

CELEBRATION WEEKEND 1 Timothy 1:15 SCRIPTURE: ACCOUNTABILITY: TRANSFORMATION: “I was proud… I was good, very good, I didn’t lie or cheat. I was not an abuser of women, children or … Continued

SERIES: TALKING WITH JESUS TOPIC:  Praying for Power TEXT:  Ephesians 3:14-23 SCRIPTURE: ACCOUNTABILITY: “The same power that rose Jesus from the grave. The same power that commands the dead to … Continued

SERIES: TALKING WITH JESUS TOPIC:  Praying for discernment TEXT:  Philippians 1:9-11 SCRIPTURE: ACCOUNTABILITY: TRANSFORMATION: “Discernment depends on a deep trust in God’s good intentions toward us.”  Adele Ahlberg Calhoun: author, … Continued

SERIES: TALKING WITH JESUS TOPIC:  Praying for knowledge TEXT: Colossians 1:9-14 SCRIPTURE: ACCOUNTABILITY: TRANSFORMATION:  If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all without … Continued

SERIES: TALKING WITH JESUS TOPIC:  Praying for love TEXT:  I Thessalonians 3:9-13 SCRIPTURE: ACCOUNTABILITY: TRANSFORMATION: “Ordinary love, anonymous and unnoticed as it is, is the substance of peace on earth, … Continued

Series: Growing Up Title: Loving OthersText: Ephesians 2:1-10 SCRIPTURE: ACCOUNTABILITY: TRANSFORMATION: “One theologian wrote, ‘Jesus got himself crucified by the way he ate.’ He ate with all the wrong people: … Continued

Series: Growing Up Title: Getting UNstuckText: Ephesians 4:14-15 SCRIPTURE: ACCOUNTABILITY: TRANSFORMATION: “Most Christians never mature beyond a very basic level of maturity; very few reach their full potential in Christ.” … Continued

Series: Growing Up Title: Jesus as FriendText: John 15:1-8, 15 SCRIPTURE: ACCOUNTABILITY: TRANSFORMATION: “For prayer is nothing else than being on terms of friendship with God.”

Series: Growing Up Title: Jesus is LordText: John 14 and 2 Corinthians 5:21 Scripture:  Accountability: Transformation: The longer you go in the Christian life, the more you realize that from … Continued