Creation Highlights: 💡 “God created light” – “It was good.” 🌊🌿 “Land, seas, plants, trees” – “It was good.” 🌞🌙⭐ “Sun, moon, stars” – “It was good.” 🐦🐟 “Birds and fish” – “It was good.” 🦁🐘 “Land animals” – “It was good.” 👤💖 “Humankind” – “It was VERY good.” But then… 😔 “Not good for […]
Created to Make Promises | Genesis 2:24-25 | Chapel Hill Church Gig Harbor
Marriage = Covenant 📜💑❤️ God-designed 🙌 Marriage truths: Identity 👫💖: Becoming one flesh, teamwork, self-sacrifice 🤝 Dedication 🤝⏳: Commitment over feelings, “for better or worse” 🕊️ Openness 🌟💬: Vulnerability, trust, no secrets 🗝️ Reflection of Christ’s love ✝️❤️: Covenant mirrors Christ and His Church 🕊️💒 Takeaway: Marriage = I DO ❤️🙏, built on God’s faithfulness […]
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The Key to Thriving Relationships | Ephesians 5:18-21 | Chapel Hill Church Gig Harbor
📝❓: How should we love others? 📖: Ephesians 5:18-21 ➡️ Key: Mutual Submission 🙇♀️🙇♂️: “Voluntary yielding in love” ❤️ 🚦⛽: Requires the Holy Spirit’s power. 🕊️ 🏡👩👧👦💼: Applied in marriages, families, and workplaces. ⚠️: Abuse ≠ Submission. Seek help. 🛑👮♀️ 🙏: “Lord, fill me with Your Spirit.” 💡➡️: Thriving relationships reflect Christ’s sacrificial love. ✝️❤️ […]
Savior | Micah 7:8-20 | Chapel Hill Church Gig Harbor
💔: We’ve all experienced disappointment in people. 🙌: We long for someone steadfast and faithful. ✝️: Micah shows us God’s justice and hope in Jesus. 🌟: Admit sin, trust God’s light, and find hope. 📜: God’s hesed (steadfast love) is grace and truth in Jesus. 🌊: God forgives and casts sins into the sea. 💡: […]
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A King Like No Other | Christmas Eve Service | Matthew 2:1-12 | Chapel Hill Church Gig Harbor
👑👩🏫💔 — Mrs. Trunchbull, a cruel principal in Matilda, is like King Herod—tyrannical, controlling, and scary. Herod, in the Bible, feared a new King (Jesus) born in Bethlehem. 🌟👶🏻 The wise men came to worship Jesus, but Herod plotted violence to protect his power. 🏰🔪 Jesus, unlike Herod, is a humble King who cares for […]
Prophet | Micah 6:1-8; 7:7 | Chapel Hill Church Gig Harbor
🎁❓🤔 – Unexpected gifts: from spicy peppers 🌶️ to a rival team’s jersey 🏈—not always what you imagine receiving! 📖⚖️💡 – Micah 6 reminds us of God’s expectations vs. human misunderstandings. ✨⚡🗻 – God presents His case in a cosmic courtroom, highlighting His faithfulness and Israel’s failures. 📜💬🌟 – God’s clear, timeless requirements: Do justice […]
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Jesus the Judge | Micah 3-4:7 | Chapel Hill Church Gig Harbor
👶➡️👑: We are born with a desire to lead, a sense of fairness, and a tendency to judge others 🧐. 📜 Micah was a prophet who denounced injustice 🗣️ and foretold Jesus as the just judge 👑. ⚖️❌: Leaders of Israel abused power, causing suffering 😢, separation from God 🙏🚫, spiritual darkness 🌑, and destruction […]
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Shepherd | Micah 1-2 | Chapel Hill Church Gig Harbor
⏳🌟 Waiting is hard but meaningful. Advent marks a season of waiting: remembering Jesus’ arrival 2,000 years ago and awaiting His return. This Advent, we explore Micah—a prophetic book of judgment ⚖️ and hope 🌈. We are like God’s people in Micah’s time—falling short yet offered hope in Jesus. Through Him, we find freedom, restoration, […]
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How We Get There | Acts 2:42-47 | Chapel Hill Church Gig Harbor
🥧🎃🍦 Whipped cream on Costco pumpkin pie = love! 💵🍽️ $5.99 for 3,840 calories—cost-effective, but not a balanced diet! 🙏📖 Spiritual health also needs balance: Worship, Serve, Connect, Reach. 🛐❤️ Acts 2:42-47 shows how the early church modeled this. 🙌✨ Live your faith with balance to grow and share the Gospel! […]
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Prepare | Deuteronomy 6:4-9 | Chapel Hill Church Gig Harbor
PREP for the next generation: Preparations 🎒✝️ — Equip yourself first to teach effectively. Rhythms ⏰📅 — Build intentional routines (e.g., bedtime prayers, dinner devotions). Encounters 🌄👀 — Use spontaneous moments (e.g., nature, challenges) to talk about faith. Pillars 🏛️⛪ — Strengthen foundational beliefs and community. New resources 🖥️📚: RightNow Media launches to support families […]
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