Posts from March 2017

Posts from March 2017

Speaking of Mercy Part 3: Mercy Says Enjoy & Forgive

Here’s my outline notes from March 26 “Mercy Says – Enjoy and Forgive”. We spoke of a truth that promised to bring to our senses and our wills the freedom that often we only embrace as knowledge. We found that truth was spoken by Jesus to his disciples as they asked him for direction on prayer. That truth was “forgive us our sins, as we have forgiven those who sin against us.” Matthew 6:12 (NLT). Together we see that what God has done for us in his forgiveness through Jesus…

Speaking of Mercy Part 2: Embracing God’s Mercy in Failure

As we continue in our current series Speaking of Mercy, I want to pass along to you my message outline from last week’s message on March 19 “Embracing God’s Mercy in Failure”. Because we are an imperfect people and we live in an imperfect world we all experience failures in life. My heart is that we, as born again residents of this Valley allow the Holy Spirit and the Word of God to make us a part of His plan to transform this: valley of trouble into a…

Speaking of Mercy – Part 1 – Come To the Party Outline

On Sunday March 12, we discovered how much value God places on humanity by three stories (parables) that Jesus taught in the presence of the religious leaders and disciples. They were the lost sheep, lost coin and lost son (Luke 15:1-32). In them we see all humanity has been invited to Come to the Party of salvation. The following are notes from the outline I used. I’ve put them here to help you remember the message. And hopefully, you’ll also use them to share how…