Worship Services by Pastor David Lillejord (Page 2)

Worship (10:30 AM Contemporary) “Resentment”

Text: Matthew 18:21-35 “Not forgiving is like drinking rat poison and waiting for the rat to die,” writes Anne Lamott.  We may think ourselves beyond generous to forgive someone seven times but Jesus challenges our thinking by saying, “not seven times but seventy-seven times.”  In other words, for those of us who follow Christ, forgiveness becomes not so much an act but a way of life.  How are we equipping ourselves to face this giant of resentment?

Worship (9:00 AM Traditional) “Resentment”

Text: Matthew 18:21-35 “Not forgiving is like drinking rat poison and waiting for the rat to die,” writes Anne Lamott.  We may think ourselves beyond generous to forgive someone seven times but Jesus challenges our thinking by saying, “not seven times but seventy-seven times.”  In other words, for those of us who follow Christ, forgiveness becomes not so much an act but a way of life.  How are we equipping ourselves to face this giant of resentment?

Worship (10:30 AM Contemporary) “Doubt”

Text: 1 Samuel 17:41-51 The young shepherd boy faced Goliath, the champion of the Philistine army, with five smooth stones and an unshakable trust in God.  We face our own giants as we journey through life but each of us wrestles with doubts that shake our faith in God, in others, and in ourselves. How do our doubts cripple us and cause us to stumble?  More importantly, how does God equip us for the fight of our lives? David &…

Worship (9:00 AM Traditional) “Doubt”

Text: 1 Samuel 17:41-51 The young shepherd boy faced Goliath, the champion of the Philistine army, with five smooth stones and an unshakable trust in God.  We face our own giants as we journey through life but each of us wrestles with doubts that shake our faith in God, in others, and in ourselves. How do our doubts cripple us and cause us to stumble?  More importantly, how does God equip us for the fight of our lives? David & Goliath…

Worship (10:30 AM Contemporary) “Our Walk”

Text: Luke 24: 13-35 We may very well ask how disciples could travel the road to Emmaus with Jesus and not recognize him. But the simple truth is that Jesus walks with us every day and comes to us in many ways that we fail to recognize! Nevertheless Jesus makes himself known in many and various ways. Sometimes we notice Jesus right away. Other times, it takes awhile.

Worship (9:00 AM Traditional) “Our Walk”

Text: Luke 24: 13-35 We may very well ask how disciples could travel the road to Emmaus with Jesus and not recognize him. But the simple truth is that Jesus walks with us every day and comes to us in many ways that we fail to recognize! Nevertheless Jesus makes himself known in many and various ways. Sometimes we notice Jesus right away. Other times, it takes awhile.

Worship (10:30 AM Contemporary) “A Place for All”

Text: John 14:1-14 As we examined in our Lenten series, we are often lost and need to be found.  The risen Christ tells Thomas what he needs to hear and what we all need to hear when we don’t know the way: “I am the way.”  The promise of heaven is more than “pie in the sky”; it invites us to walk with the very One who is the way to eternal life.