Owned By Our Possessions

March 28, 2010 PM
David Dawson

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In our desire to seek a closer relationship with God, we must guard our affections. The tragic example of the rich young ruler who came to Christ, should warn us not to find our delight in the things we own. The problem is not owning possessions; the problem is when our possessions own us and prevent us from drawing closer to God

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Our Glorious Life to Come

March 28, 2010 AM
Heaven: How Real? #3
Dave Marttunen

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One of the things that keeps us from thinking deeply about Heaven, is the lie that we have believed that Heaven will be boring. This pervasive lie has inserted itself into our minds so that many Christians believe that fun, adventure, discovery and delight belong to this life alone, and they fade with this life and are not part of the next. For those who have accepted this falsehood, the idea of the new life in heaven has come to mean DULL, or something worse. Many Christians believe falsely that Heaven is only an eternal worship fest. But the Bible says something clearly different. Today, Pastor Marttunen concludes his 3 part series titled 'Heaven: How Real?', with a message based on Revelation 21-22. Today, we will explore the adventures to come in the abiding presence of God.

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Earnestly I Seek You

March 21, 2010 PM
Psalm 63
David Dawson

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Lately I feel that this land of abundance is spiritually dry. Though I have everything I could want physically, my soul is parched. Do you ever feel like you are in a dry and weary land, thirsting for God? Sometimes the way we receive more from God is to recognize our thirst.

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Resurrected to New Life

March 21, 2010 AM
Heaven: How Real? #2
Dave Marttunen

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There are many things that cause despair, behind them all is futility. The book of Ecclesiastes puts it this way; ‘Life's a corkscrew that can't be straightened, a minus that won't add up. I said to myself, "I know more and I'm wiser than anyone before me in Jerusalem. I've stockpiled wisdom and knowledge." What I've finally concluded is that so-called wisdom and knowledge are mindless and witless—nothing but spitting into the wind. Much learning earns you much trouble. The more you know, the more you hurt’ (Ecclesiastes 1:15-18 from The Message). Today, in the second in the series Heaven: How Real?, Pastor Marttunen will teach us that our physical resurrection is the antidote to life‟s futilitity.

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The Power of Heaven in Everyday Living

March 14, 2010 AM
Heaven: How Real? (Part 1)
Dave Marttunen

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Today Pastor Marttunen starts a three part series titled "Heaven: How Real?" The first message will focus on the 'Power of Heaven in Everyday Living.' Every person who anticipates a move around the world prepares carefully for the change. Pictures are viewed, contacts are established, resarch is conducted, and finally the move is made. For the Christian it can be the same with Heaven. The greater reality is there and then; here and now is just a temporary and preparatory assignment.

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Why God So Often Blesses and Uses Wrong People

March 7, 2010 AM
The Rest of Your Life #9
Dave Marttunen

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Looking into Peter's life, it is easy to brand him as an impulsive and erratic man. Can God use less than effective, less than complete, less than fully formed people to accomplish his purposes? All of us know that answer; we look into the mirror and know we are far from what we could be. But when we look in the album, we see that God has brought us a long way. We are not stuck back where we started either. Today we will see how grace works in our lives so that we can offer grace to those around us.

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