Everlasting Father

On the Sunday before Christmas, it was a great day to celebrate the birth of Jesus with all you North Siders.  It was great to see many people who have moved away or in college be home for Sunday.  It was a good time to gather as a family and celebrate. Jeff’s message on God being our “Everlasting Father” was …

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Mighty God

Today was a fun day at North Side.  Filling in for Jeff, I preached on our “Mighty God.”  I think sometimes we develop a small perception of God and it leads us to live faithless lives.  My prayer is that we would walk away with a huge perception of our mighty God. I preached on Matthew 14-15 where Jesus fed …

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Wonderful Counselor

Yesterday at North Side, we kicked off the Christmas season with a new series entitled, “The Perfect Gift.”  In this series, we are focusing on each of the descriptions that Isaiah gave concerning the coming Messiah in Isaiah 9:6: For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. …

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Invest and Invite

I love it when Jeff thinks his message isn’t going to be any good and it comes out fantastic.  He was worried about today’s message, but I thought it was great.  His message on how to use our words to point people to Jesus was both helpful and practical.  You can listen to it here. I think the whole “Sticks …

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Tongues that Give Thanks

I have been a little late on my post from Sunday due to computer issues and the fact that I have been hauled upstairs writing straight for the last 48 hours.  Sorry it’s late, but here goes: We worshiped (in a rather rowdy manner, I might add) to: Marvelous Light – Charlie Hall God of Wonders – City on a …

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Godly Words for Personal Gain

Today’s service continued in our “Sticks and Stones” series at North Side.  This week, our church focused on “Godly Words for Personal Gain.”  As we have talked about our speech, it is important to emphasize number 3 on the 10 Commandments: thou shalt not take the Lord’s name in vain (or as Voddie Baucham would say, “Don’t mess with my …

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Dialogue That Devours

What a great Sunday!  Today we make our pledges for the Now campaign in all three services.  A group of our leaders have already made their pledges, and before the service today, we have had over 1 million dollars pledged to the campaign to date!  That small group of people showed up in a big way, and we are believing …

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A Murmuring Mouth

We started a new series today at North Side entitled, “Sticks and Stones.”  I was pretty excited about this series starting. Jeff did a great job talking about a murmuring mouth this morning.  When Jeff said this morning that we all know people we avoid due to their complaining mouth.  It made me wonder, “Am I that person for anybody?  …

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“Why I’m Going to Give”

Yesterday was an amazing day at North Side.  At our one service at 10:00, we had people sitting on the stage and all over the place, but it was a great day in the life of our church. My day started off kinda funny.  I was alone in the auditorium before 8:00 getting my praise on to some Kirk Franklin …

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Dealing with Distractions

What another great Sunday at North Side.  We kept moving along in our Now series, and yesterday was great. Highlights: Sonshine – Yesterday, JW and Tammy led us in worship.  JW and Tammy are members of our Sonshien ministry, a worship service for adults with special needs and their caretakers.  JW came and welcomed and prayed for the service and …

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