This Week's Note
How NOT to be a great actor ( or a legalist)
February 9, 2025

  “Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You shut the door of the kingdom of heaven in people’s faces. You yourselves do not enter, nor will you let those enter who are trying to. “Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You travel over land and s …

How God Turns a Little into a Lot
February 2, 2025

WHEN THERE IS A NEED, SENSED BY A FEW, AND EACH INDIVIDUAL ACCEPTS HIS RESPONSIBILITY TO DO WHAT HE CAN WITH WHAT HE HAS, REGARDLESS OF THE ODDS, THEN GOD WORKS A MIRACLE! Identify the problem. “…a large crowd” Mark 6:34 (NIV) “…it was late in the day…” & “…a remote place” Mark 6:35 (NIV …

Seein with the Eyes of Faith
January 26, 2025

  “The LORD said to Moses, send some men to explore the land of Canaan, which I am giving to the Israelites. From each ancestral tribe send one of its leaders.” Numbers 13:1 (NIV)   EYES OF FEAR CAUSE US TO Underestimated what God can do.  “We are all afraid of you; everyone is terrified i …

What To Do When Your Sink Is Sinking
January 19, 2025

THREE KINDS OF STORMS WE FACE IN LIFE:   Situational Storms.  “When calamity overtakes you like a storm…” Proverbs 1:27  (NIV)   Relational Storms.  “I’m sleepless, shivering in the cold, forlorn, and friendless, like a lonely bird on the rooftop. My every enemy mocks and insults me ince …

How to Pray for a Miracle
January 12, 2025

When you are praying for a miracle   Pray Passionately. “As Jesus approached Jericho, a blind man was sitting by the roadside begging. When he heard the crowd going by, he asked what was happening. They told him, ‘Jesus of Nazareth is passing by.’ He called out, ‘Jesus, Son of David, have mercy …

Facing Incredible Odds // When You Need a Miracle [Part 1 of 5]
January 5, 2025

“After this, the Moabites and Ammonites with some of the Meunites came to make war on Jehoshaphat. Some men came and told Jehoshaphat, ‘A vast army is coming against you from Edom, from the other side of the Sea. It is already in Hazazon Tamar’ (that is, En Gedi).  Alarmed…” 2 Chronicles 20:1-3a ( …

FASTING // First Wednesday
January 1, 2025

What is Fasting? Fasting is not eating for a period of time for the sake of spiritual nourishment   How long do we fast? There is no limit    “And when you fast, don’t make it obvious, as the hypocrites do, for they try to look miserable and disheveled so people will admire them for their …

The Best Teacher
December 29, 2024

Looking Ahead to a New Year: Experience isn’t the best teacher.  Evaluated experience is the best teacher. 1. Faith Life: My relationship with God  2. Marriage Life: My relationship with my spouse 3. Family Life: My relationship with my family 4. Office Life: My job/school 5. Digital Life: My time o …

The Christmas Miracle – Christmas at Vineyard
December 24, 2024

– Know God – Find Freedom – Discover Purpose – Make a Difference Secular definition of Christmas miracle:  A surprising and welcome event that cannot be explained by natural or scientific laws and is therefore considered to be the work of a divine agency “You will conceive and give birth to a son, a …

The Christmas Miracle – Christmas at Vineyard
December 22, 2024

– Know God – Find Freedom – Discover Purpose – Make a Difference   Secular definition of Christmas miracle:  A surprising and welcome event that cannot be explained by natural or scientific laws and is therefore considered to be the work of a divine agency   “You will conceive and give bir …

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