In Luke 22:19-20, Jesus introduces Himself as the fulfillment of the Passover Feasts promise. He declares His body to be the broken bread of every meal, and His blood is identified with a New Covenant that changes the heart of a person (Jer 31:31-33). What does the promised heart transformation look like? The Last Supper…
Ex. 12:14 “So this day shall be to you a memorial; and you shall keep it as a feast to the Lord throughout your generations. You shall keep it as a feast by an everlasting ordinance.” Only God knew what His children would do to remember this great deliverance. They had waited for several hundred…
We at ACF have heard several messages pertaining to Philippian’s 3:12-14″ I press toward the goal of the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus”. Everyone recognizing that “we” have not arrived/attained but do desire to press on toward Jesus and all that this means. This week Pastor Glenn suggested that if Jesus is…
We often say Christianity is not religion, it is a relationship with Jesus. Too often it still looks like religion to many, but is it? Phil. 3:12 “Not that I have already attained, or am already perfected; but I press on, that I may lay hold of that for which Christ Jesus has also laid…
In a trendy world the best things in life are timeless! Jesus is out teaching with His disciples when a man asks Him to tell his brother to share the inheritance with Him. You don’t have to travel far or look hard to find things that don’t appear to be fair. The distribution of the…
In a trendy world the best things in life are timeless! According to 2Pet 3:10-13 the earth as we know it has an expiration date. It will not last forever! It will be destroyed and God will make new heavens and a new earth, where we will begin eternity with Him. From what you know…
The best things in life are TIMELESS! In a trendy world the best things in life are timeless! Honey and love! Honey has an indefinite shelf life if stored properly stored, love never fails, and love abides (1Cor 13). There are four texts in the Bible that refer to the “new heavens and new earth”.…
Today in our Sunday service instead of listening to a sermon, we made room for gratitude to God and others in the form of people testifying to what God had done in their lives in the past year. We heard of cancer’s survived, and overwhelming crises meeting an overcoming God. Some people told of how…
John 10:10 “The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly.” Jesus gives a powerful statement of purpose for coming to live among us as the Son of Man and Son of God. It…
Charlie Brown looks at Linus and says “What would you like to be when you grow up?” Linus responds with “Outrageously Happy!” I think his answer put in words from John 10:10 “Abundant Life”! But what is this abundant life referred to in John 10 but so elusive to so many of us. Is…