Topic: Prepare
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May 25, 2025
Series: Because He Lives, Sundays of Easter
Speaker: Pastor James Enderle
Conventional wisdom says that joy is a direct result of circumstance. Our disposition is nothing more than the product of the events, conditions, and relationships of which our life consists. Therefore, it would seem that for our disposition to change, our circumstances need to change. But Jesus offers a joy that is superior. It is not a product of circumstance; it’s a product of Easter.
Easter proves that God can take what normally causes people to weep and turn it into what causes people to rejoice. Sin, death, and shame went into Jesus’ tomb. Forgiveness, life, and glory came out. Our risen Savior gives us a joy that remains constant in the highest of life’s highs and the lowest of life’s lows. Because he lives, we have deep and lasting joy.
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December 8, 2024
Series: A Real Christmas..., Advent
Speaker: Pastor James Enderle
Topic: Away, Change, Christmas, Faith, forgiveness, John the Baptist, Matters, Preparation, Prepare, Preparing, Repent, Repentance, Rest, Result, Salvation, sin, Start, Stress, Trust, Turn, Turning, Wilderness, Worry
The closer we get to Christmas, the greater the pressure. There is so much work to be done! We want our houses to look good for out-of-town guests. We want to impress people with the thoughtfulness of our gifts. What a welcome relief, therefore, to hear what is required to really be ready for Christmas: only repentance. You see, repentance is the opposite of work. It is the candid and honest admission of our sin combined with the joyful trust that everything needed to bring us close to God has already been done by Christ.
At this frenetic time of year, the call to repent is not another demand to do something more. It is gracious invitation to set down our work to make way for Christ’s work. Rooted in that repentant rest, we can fully enjoy a real Christmas.
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November 27, 2022
Series: Advent
Speaker: Pastor James Enderle
Topic: Comfort, Faithful, Prepare, Rescue, Restoration
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