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The Sin of Worry
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Matthew 6:24-34

24 No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to
the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
25 Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment?
26 Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they?
27 Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature?
28 And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin:
29 And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.
30 Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to day is, and to morrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith?
31 Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed?
32 (For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things.
33 But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
34 Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.

Assistant Pastor Cameron Weage The Sin of Worry
What God Showed Me
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Micah 6:1-8 
(1) Hear ye now what the LORD saith; Arise, contend thou before the mountains, and let the hills hear thy voice.  
(2)  Hear ye, O mountains, the LORD'S controversy, and ye strong foundations of the earth: for the LORD hath a controversy with his people, and he will plead with Israel.  
(3)  O my people, what have I done unto thee? and wherein have I wearied thee? testify against me.  
(4)  For I brought thee up out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed thee out of the house of servants; and I sent before thee Moses, Aaron, and Miriam.  
(5)  O my people, remember now what Balak king of Moab consulted, and what Balaam the son of Beor answered him from Shittim unto Gilgal; that ye may know the righteousness of the LORD.  
(6)  Wherewith shall I come before the LORD, and bow myself before the high God? shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves of a year old?  
(7)  Will the LORD be pleased with thousands of rams, or with ten thousands of rivers of oil? shall I give my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?  
(8)  He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?

Pastor Doug Cassel What God Showed Me
What Will Be Your Lot in Life When Jesus Comes Again
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Luke 17:22-37 
(22) And he said unto the disciples, The days will come, when ye shall desire to see one of the days of the Son of man, and ye shall not see it.  
(23)  And they shall say to you, See here; or, see there: go not after them, nor follow them.  
(24)  For as the lightning, that lighteneth out of the one part under heaven, shineth unto the other part under heaven; so shall also the Son of man be in his day.  
(25)  But first must he suffer many things, and be rejected of this generation.  
(26)  And as it was in the days of Noe, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man.  
(27)  They did eat, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, and the flood came, and destroyed them all.  
(28)  Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded;  
(29)  But the same day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all.  
(30)  Even thus shall it be in the day when the Son of man is revealed.  
(31)  In that day, he which shall be upon the housetop, and his stuff in the house, let him not come down to take it away: and he that is in the field, let him likewise not return back.  
(32)  Remember Lot's wife.  
(33)  Whosoever shall seek to save his life shall lose it; and whosoever shall lose his life shall preserve it.  
(34)  I tell you, in that night there shall be two men in one bed; the one shall be taken, and the other shall be left.  
(35)  Two women shall be grinding together; the one shall be taken, and the other left.  
(36)  Two men shall be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left.  
(37)  And they answered and said unto him, Where, Lord? And he said unto them, Wheresoever the body is, thither will the eagles be gathered together.

Pastor Doug Cassel What Will Be Your Lot in Life When Jesus Comes Again
The God of the Valleys
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1 Kings 20:23-29 
(23) And the servants of the king of Syria said unto him, Their gods are gods of the hills; therefore they were stronger than we; but let us fight against them in the plain, and surely we shall be stronger than they.  
(24)  And do this thing, Take the kings away, every man out of his place, and put captains in their rooms:  
(25)  And number thee an army, like the army that thou hast lost, horse for horse, and chariot for chariot: and we will fight against them in the plain, and surely we shall be stronger than they. And he hearkened unto their voice, and did so.  
(26)  And it came to pass at the return of the year, that Benhadad numbered the Syrians, and went up to Aphek, to fight against Israel.  
(27)  And the children of Israel were numbered, and were all present, and went against them: and the children of Israel pitched before them like two little flocks of kids; but the Syrians filled the country.  
(28)  And there came a man of God, and spake unto the king of Israel, and said, Thus saith the LORD, Because the Syrians have said, The LORD is God of the hills, but he is not God of the valleys, therefore will I deliver all this great multitude into thine hand, and ye shall know that I am the LORD.  
(29)  And they pitched one over against the other seven days. And so it was, that in the seventh day the battle was joined: and the children of Israel slew of the Syrians an hundred thousand footmen in one day.

Pastor Doug Cassel The God of the Valleys
You Dirty Dog!
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Matthew 15:21-28 
(21) Then Jesus went thence, and departed into the coasts of Tyre and Sidon.  
(22)  And, behold, a woman of Canaan came out of the same coasts, and cried unto him, saying, Have mercy on me, O Lord, thou Son of David; my daughter is grievously vexed with a devil.  
(23)  But he answered her not a word. And his disciples came and besought him, saying, Send her away; for she crieth after us.  
(24)  But he answered and said, I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel.  
(25)  Then came she and worshipped him, saying, Lord, help me.  
(26)  But he answered and said, It is not meet to take the children's bread, and to cast it to dogs.  
(27)  And she said, Truth, Lord: yet the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their masters' table.  
(28)  Then Jesus answered and said unto her, O woman, great is thy faith: be it unto thee even as thou wilt. And her daughter was made whole from that very hour.

Pastor Doug Cassel You Dirty Dog!
Social Injustice
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Exodus 2:11-14 

(11) And it came to pass in those days, when Moses was grown, that he went out unto his brethren, and looked on their burdens: and he spied an Egyptian smiting an Hebrew, one of his brethren.  
(12)  And he looked this way and that way, and when he saw that there was no man, he slew the Egyptian, and hid him in the sand.  
(13)  And when he went out the second day, behold, two men of the Hebrews strove together: and he said to him that did the wrong, Wherefore smitest thou thy fellow?  
(14)  And he said, Who made thee a prince and a judge over us? intendest thou to kill me, as thou killedst the Egyptian? And Moses feared, and said, Surely this thing is known.

Pastor Doug Cassel Social Injustice

The Triumphal Entry
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Luke 19:28-44 
(28)
And when he had thus spoken, he went before, ascending up to Jerusalem.  
(29)  And it came to pass, when he was come nigh to Bethphage and Bethany, at the mount called the mount of Olives, he sent two of his disciples,  
(30)  Saying, Go ye into the village over against you; in the which at your entering ye shall find a colt tied, whereon yet never man sat: loose him, and bring him hither.  
(31)  And if any man ask you, Why do ye loose him? thus shall ye say unto him, Because the Lord hath need of him.  
(32)  And they that were sent went their way, and found even as he had said unto them.  
(33)  And as they were loosing the colt, the owners thereof said unto them, Why loose ye the colt?  (34)  And they said, The Lord hath need of him.  
(35)  And they brought him to Jesus: and they cast their garments upon the colt, and they set Jesus thereon.  
(36)  And as he went, they spread their clothes in the way.  
(37)  And when he was come nigh, even now at the descent of the mount of Olives, the whole multitude of the disciples began to rejoice and praise God with a loud voice for all the mighty works that they had seen.
(38)  Saying, Blessed be the King that cometh in the name of the Lord: peace in heaven, and glory in the highest.  
(39)  And some of the Pharisees from among the multitude said unto him, Master, rebuke thy disciples.  
(40)  And he answered and said unto them, I tell you that, if these should hold their peace, the stones would immediately cry out.  
(41)  And when he was come near, he beheld the city, and wept over it,  
(42)  Saying, If thou hadst known, even thou, at least in this thy day, the things which belong unto thy peace! but now they are hid from thine eyes.  
(43)  For the days shall come upon thee, that thine enemies shall cast a trench about thee, and compass thee round, and keep thee in on every side,  
(44)  And shall lay thee even with the ground, and thy children within thee; and they shall not leave in thee one stone upon another; because thou knewest not the time of thy visitation.

Missionary Bob Mach Triumphal Entry

The Touch of God

Luke 6:12-17 
(12) And it came to pass in those days, that he went out into a mountain to pray, and continued all night in prayer to God.
(13)  And when it was day, he called unto him his disciples: and of them he chose twelve, whom also he named apostles;  
(14)  Simon, (whom he also named Peter,) and Andrew his brother, James and John, Philip and Bartholomew,  
(15)  Matthew and Thomas, James the son of Alphaeus, and Simon called Zelotes,  
(16)  And Judas the brother of James, and Judas Iscariot, which also was the traitor.  
(17)  And he came down with them, and stood in the plain, and the company of his disciples, and a great multitude of people out of all Judaea and Jerusalem, and from the sea coast of Tyre and Sidon, which came to hear him, and to be healed of their diseases;

Pastor Doug Cassel The Touch of God

The King is Coming
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Zechariah 14:1  & 9

(1) Behold, the day of the LORD cometh, and thy spoil shall be divided in the midst of thee.

(9) And the LORD shall be king over all the earth: in that day shall there be one LORD, and his name one.

Pastor Doug Cassel The King is Coming

Dying Full
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Acts 6:1-15

(1) And in those days, when the number of the disciples was multiplied, there arose a murmuring of the Grecians against the Hebrews, because their widows were neglected in the daily ministration.  
(2)  Then the twelve called the multitude of the disciples unto them, and said, It is not reason that we should leave the word of God, and serve tables.  
(3)  Wherefore, brethren, look ye out among you seven men of honest report, full of the Holy Ghost and wisdom, whom we may appoint over this business.  
(4)  But we will give ourselves continually to prayer, and to the ministry of the word.  
(5)  And the saying pleased the whole multitude: and they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Ghost, and Philip, and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolas a proselyte of Antioch
(6)  Whom they set before the apostles: and when they had prayed, they laid their hands on them.  
(7)  And the word of God increased; and the number of the disciples multiplied in Jerusalem greatly; and a great company of the priests were obedient to the faith.  
(8)  And Stephen, full of faith and power, did great wonders and miracles among the people.  
(9)  Then there arose certain of the synagogue, which is called the synagogue of the Libertines, and Cyrenians, and Alexandrians, and of them of Cilicia and of Asia, disputing with Stephen.  
(10)  And they were not able to resist the wisdom and the spirit by which he spake.  
(11)  Then they suborned men, which said, We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses, and against God.  
(12)  And they stirred up the people, and the elders, and the scribes, and came upon him, and caught him, and brought him to the council,  
(13)  And set up false witnesses, which said, This man ceaseth not to speak blasphemous words against this holy place, and the law:  
(14)  For we have heard him say, that this Jesus of Nazareth shall destroy this place, and shall change the customs which Moses delivered us.  
(15)  And all that sat in the council, looking stedfastly on him, saw his face as it had been the face of an angel.

Acts 7:54-60 

(54) When they heard these things, they were cut to the heart, and they gnashed on him with their teeth
(55)  But he, being full of the Holy Ghost, looked up stedfastly into heaven, and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing on the right hand of God,  
(56)  And said, Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing on the right hand of God.  
(57)  Then they cried out with a loud voice, and stopped their ears, and ran upon him with one accord,  
(58)  And cast him out of the city, and stoned him: and the witnesses laid down their clothes at a young man's feet, whose name was Saul.  
(59)  And they stoned Stephen, calling upon God, and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.  
(60)  And he kneeled down, and cried with a loud voice, Lord, lay not this sin to their charge. And when he had said this, he fell asleep.

Pastor Doug Cassel Dying Full

Someone Had to Die for You to Live
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Exodus 12:12-17 

(12) For I will pass through the land of Egypt this night, and will smite all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgment: I am the LORD.  
(13)  And the blood shall be to you for a token upon the houses where ye are: and when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and the plague shall not be upon you to destroy you, when I smite the land of Egypt.  
(14)  And this day shall be unto you for a memorial; and ye shall keep it a feast to the LORD throughout your generations; ye shall keep it a feast by an ordinance for ever.  
(15)  Seven days shall ye eat unleavened bread; even the first day ye shall put away leaven out of your houses: for whosoever eateth leavened bread from the first day until the seventh day, that soul shall be cut off from Israel.  
(16)  And in the first day there shall be an holy convocation, and in the seventh day there shall be an holy convocation to you; no manner of work shall be done in them, save that which every man must eat, that only may be done of you.  
(17)  And ye shall observe the feast of unleavened bread; for in this selfsame day have I brought your armies out of the land of Egypt: therefore shall ye observe this day in your generations by an ordinance for ever.

Pastor Doug Cassel Someone Had to Die for You to LIve