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Verde Valley Christian Church Oct 30 – Nov 5, 2022 Series: The Story Of Reality Title: "Reality is Puzzling" Speaker: Jim Hammond I. The BEGINNING of they story Genesis 1:1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. Who? God Hebrews 11:3 By faith we understand that the universe was formed at God's command, so that what is seen was not made out of what was visible. Pagan religions believed matter was eternal and the gods shaped it.  Darwin believed matter was eternal and that evolution shaped it.  Big Bang Theory  II. What do you believe is REALLY REAL? The story of reality is the worldview that makes the most sense of everything. Jigsaw puzzle of a World 🗺️ Map. One side is God’s view and the other side is a different view. Picture on the box helps you put the world together and the other side has no picture to show you how to put it together.  III. Is reality a CLOSED BOX or an OPEN BOX? Causal agent? Sciencetism 

Verde Valley Christian Churchill KO n October 23, 2022 / "Who Am I Serving?" Series: I Am a Servant Title: "Who Am I Serving?" Speaker: Jim Hammond Joshua 24:14-15 "Now fear the Lord and serve him with all faithfulness . Throw away the gods your ancestors worshiped beyond the Euphrates River and in Egypt, and serve the Lord. But if serving the Lord seems undesirable to you, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your ancestors served beyond the Euphrates, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you are living. But as for me and my household, we will serve the Lord ." I. Serving God is WORSHIP II. FEAR of the Lord is foundational Philippians 2:12-13 Therefore, my dear friends, as you have always obeyed—not only in my presence, but now much more in my absence—continue to work out your salvation with fear and trembling, for it is God who works in you to will and to act in order to fulfill his good purpose. “...

Verde Valley Christian Church Oct 16 – 22, 2022 Series: I Am a Servantl Title: "Gotta Serve Somebody" Speaker: Jim Hammond I. There are two MASTERS in this WORLD Ephesians 2:1-3 As for you, you were dead in your transgressions and sins, in which you used to live when you followed the ways of this world and of the ruler of the kingdom of the air, the spirit who is now at work in those who are disobedient. All of us also lived among them at one time, gratifying the cravings of our flesh and following its desires and thoughts. Like the rest, we were by nature deserving of wrath. Colossians 1:13 For he has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of the Son he loves, 2 Corinthians 5:15 And he died for all, that those who live should no longer live for themselves but for him who died for them and was raised again. II. ONLY ONE is worth SERVING Romans 6:16-18 Don't you know that when you offer yourselves to someone as obedient slaves...

Verde Valley Christian Church Oct 2, 2022 Series: I Am a Servant Title: Is It My Nature to Serve? Speaker: Jim Hammond 1. True serving is SELF-GIVING love Mark 10:45 For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many." 2. Counterfeit serving is "SELFIE" service Matthew 6:2-4 "So when you give to the needy, do not announce it with trumpets, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and on the streets, to be honored by others. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in full. But when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, so that your giving may be in secret. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you. 3. SERVANT is our VERY NATURE Jesus not only taught us to serve, he saved us so that we are able to serve God and people according to our "very nature" as human beings. We were created to serve, and saved to serve as ...