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December 8, 2019  / / /  Travel Light  / / /  Week 2: "Letting Go Of Distractions". In a crowded, busy holiday season, it's common for people to feel weighed down. Sometimes we carry weight that God never intended that we carry. His solution is simple: Let go of the baggage and travel light. ========== Title: "Letting Go Of Distractions" Speaker: Jim Hammond Series: Travel Light I. Have A MARY Christmas Luke 10:38-42 (NIV) As Jesus and his disciples were on their way, he came to a village where a woman named Martha opened her home to him. 39 She had a sister called Mary, who sat at the Lord's feet listening to what he said. 40 But Martha was distracted by all the preparations that had to be made. She came to him and asked, "Lord, don't you care that my sister has left me to do the work by myself? Tell her to help me!" 41 "Martha, Martha," the Lord answered, "you are worried and upset about many things, 42 but fe...

Welcome to Verde Valley Christian Church December 1, 2019 / / / Travel Light / / / Week 1: "Letting Go Of Stuff". Are you accumulating on Earth what you cannot keep? Or are you investing in Heaven what you cannot lose? ========== Title: "Letting Go Of Stuff" Speaker: Jim Hammond Series: Travel Light I. It’s better to have LESS of what doesn’t matter and MORE of what does. Ecclesiastes 4:6 (NIV)   Better one handful with tranquility than two handfuls with toil and chasing after the wind. Luke 12:15 (NIV) … “Watch out!  Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; life does not consist in an abundance of possessions.” II. One HANDFUL Living Ecclesiastes 4:6 (NIV)   Better one handful with tranquility than two handfuls with toil and chasing after the wind. A. THROW OUT Matthew 19:21-22 (NIV)  Jesus answered, “If you want to be perfect, go, sell your possessions and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come,...

Week 2-"Love Kindness". If people are going to know that Jesus is for them, they need to know that we are for them. ========== Title: "Love Kindness" Speaker: Mike Mahon Series: FOR The Verde Valley Micah 6:8 He has told you, O man, what is good; and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God? John 4:3-26 he left Judea and departed again for Galilee. And he had to pass through Samaria. So he came to a town of Samaria called Sychar, near the field that Jacob had given to his son Joseph. Jacob's well was there; so Jesus, wearied as he was from his journey, was sitting beside the well. It was about the sixth hour. A woman from Samaria came to draw water. Jesus said to her, "Give me a drink." (For his disciples had gone away into the city to buy food.) The Samaritan woman said to him, "How is it that you, a Jew, ask for a drink from me, a woman of Samaria?" (For Jews...

If people are going to know that Jesus is for them, they need to know that we are for them. ========== Title: "What Are We Here For?" Speaker: Matt Shires Series: For The Verde Valley As a church, we exist to: Help people take steps from wherever they are, to where God wants them to be. I. Three basics… Matthew 22:35-39 One of them, an expert in the law, tested him with this question: "Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?" Jesus replied: " ' Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind .' This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: ' Love your neighbor as yourself .' Matthew 28:18-20 Then Jesus came to them and said, "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything...

October 20, 2019 / / / One Minute Ofter You Die / / / Week 3-"Eternity With God". How does anyone approach questions about ETERNITY? How can we know what happens one minute after you die? Is there life after death? Is Heaven a real place? Where do we get any information? Is it all just wishful thinking? What you believe about eternity determines how you live today. ========== Title: "Eternity With God" Speaker: Jim Hammond Series: One Minute After You Die 1 Corinthians 2:9 That is what the Scriptures mean when they say, "No eye has seen, no ear has heard, and no mind has imagined what God has prepared for those who love him." John 14:1-2, 6 (NLT) "Don't let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God, and trust also in me. {2} There is more than enough room in my Father's home. If this were not so, would I have told you that I am going to prepare a place for you? … {6} Jesus told him, "I am the way, the truth, and the ...

How does anyone approach questions about ETERNITY? How can we know what happens one minute after you die? Is there life after death? Is Heaven a real place? Where do we get any information? Is it all just wishful thinking? What you believe about eternity determines how you live today. ========== Title: "Eternity Without God" Speaker: Jim Hammond Series: One Minute After You Die QUESTION: Why do you think there are a growing number of people who believe in Heaven that do not believe in Hell? Challenge Question: How can a supposedly Holy and loving God send anyone to the horrors of Hell forever? That seems mean and evil, not holy or loving. REFLECT What you believe about eternity determines how you live today. I. LESSONS from the other side Luke 16:19-31 "There was a rich man who was dressed in purple and fine linen and lived in luxury every day. At his gate was laid a beggar named Lazarus, covered with sores and longing to eat ...

Welcome to Verde Valley Christian Church October 6, 2019  / / /  One Minute Ofter You Die  / / /  Week 1-"Threshold Of Eternity". How does anyone approach questions about ETERNITY?  How can we know what happens one minute after you die?  Is there life after death?  Is Heaven a real place?  Where do we get any information?  Is it all just wishful thinking? What you believe about eternity determines how you live today. ========== Title: "Threshold Of Eternity" Speaker: Jim Hammond Series: One Minute After You Die I. At the Threshold of Eternity… John 5:24 “Very truly I tell you, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life and will not be judged but has crossed over from death to life. Matthew 16:26-27 What good will it be for someone to gain the whole world, yet forfeit their soul? Or what can anyone give in exchange for their soul? For the Son of Man is going to come in his Father’s glory with his angel...