Skip to main content

Posts

Showing posts from November, 2023

Thankful to the Giver of Gifts

Verde Valley Christian Church Nov 26 – Dec 2, 2023 Sermon Series: The Power of Thanksgiving Sermon Title: "Thankful to the Giver of Gifts" Speaker: Andrew Webb Luke 7:36-50 When one of the Pharisees invited Jesus to have dinner with him, he went to the Pharisee's house and reclined at the table. A woman in that town who lived a sinful life learned that Jesus was eating at the Pharisee's house, so she came there with an alabaster jar of perfume. As she stood behind him at his feet weeping, she began to wet his feet with her tears. Then she wiped them with her hair, kissed them and poured perfume on them. When the Pharisee who had invited him saw this, he said to himself, "If this man were a prophet, he would know who is touching him and what kind of woman she is—that she is a sinner." Jesus answered him, "Simon, I have something to tell you." "Tell me, teacher," he said. "Two people owed money to a certain moneylender. One owed him fi...

Missing PEACE - What Do I Do With My Trauma?

Verde Valley Christian Church Nov 5 – 11, 2023 Sermon Series: Missing PEACE Sermon Title: "What Do I Do With My Trauma?" Speaker: Andrew Webb 1. Go to Jesus with my hurts (Matthew11:28-30) Matthew 11:28-30 "Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light." 2. Embrace His Grace (2 Corinthians 12:7-10) 2 Corinthians 12:7-10 or because of these surpassingly great revelations. Therefore, in order to keep me from becoming conceited, I was given a thorn in my flesh, a messenger of Satan, to torment me. Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me. But he said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness." Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ's power may rest on me. That is why, for ...