Intercession: The Art of Prayer for Others
Last week we learned that prayer is dialogue, having a conversation with God. This week we will learn that prayer is intercession, having a conversation with God about someone else. Join us this Sunday at 10:45am at Lakeview Community Church for the second message in Pastor Paul Kozar’s new sermon series about praying called “They Teach us to Pray.”Our reading this week will come from Exodus 32:11-14 11 But Moses sought the favor of the LORD his God. “O LORD,” he said, “why should your anger burn against your people, whom you brought out of Egypt with...
Read MorePrayer Simply As Dialogue
Join us this Sunday as Pastor Paul Kozar kicks off a new sermon series entitled “The Teach us to Pray.” As Pastor Paul puts it “it is not they teach us how to pray.” This new series is not so much about method, but the simple idea of why, or motive for pray. Our reading this week will come from Genesis 18:22-33 22 The men turned away and went toward Sodom, but Abraham remained standing before the LORD. 23 Then Abraham approached him and said: “Will you sweep away the righteous with the wicked? 24 What if there are fifty righteous people in the city? Will you...
Read MoreLiving From, Through and To
That is part of the passage, being from, through, and to all the glory of God. Our reading this week will come from Romans 11:29-36 29for God’s gifts and his call are irrevocable. 30Just as you who were at one time disobedient to God have now received mercy as a result of their disobedience, 31so they too have now become disobedient in order that they too may now receive mercy as a result of God’s mercy to you. 32For God has bound all men over to disobedience so that he may have mercy on them all. 33Oh, the depth of the riches of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable...
Read MoreIt is not about you, but it is all about Jesus!
Join Us For Easter, A Resurrection Celebration! Our reading this week will come from Romans 1:1-7 1Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle and set apart for the gospel of God— 2the gospel he promised beforehand through his prophets in the Holy Scriptures 3regarding his Son, who as to his human nature was a descendant of David, 4and who through the Spirit of holiness was declared with power to be the Son of God by his resurrection from the dead: Jesus Christ our Lord. 5Through him and for his name’s sake, we received grace and apostleship to call people from among all...
Read MoreLiving With Doubt
Simply, doubt is not the opposite of unbelief, but rather is part of the human condition and can be constructive. We will be surveying the Gospel of John starting with Palm Sunday entrance into Jerusalem, and ending with Thomas after the resurrection picking up the theme of doubt. This week will also be a communion Sunday. Join us this Sunday at Lakeview Community Church as Pastor Paul Kozar continues his latest message series called Hope: Before and After Heaven.
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