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      Here is another beautiful aspect of creation that will really help to tie everything in this series together. There is a dark hole in the center of the whirlpool galaxy. For years, scientists have directed telescope after telescope to different parts of the galaxy to try to discover what it holds. Scientists finally built a telescope that was big enough and had enough power to be directed into the center of the whirlpool galaxy, and when they did, they had one chance to press a button that then would send a picture back to Earth. Look at the picture that was sent back to Earth... If you look at the center of this picture, it looks like a cross. Again, this isn't proving that God is real, but it was a revelation for me that He is everywhere.      Jesus sees and fully knows the craters we are afraid to show the world. In the deepest, darkest part of our struggles, our shame, Jesus is there. In the darkest part of our craters, we are reminded of the...

 Many people in western civilization have heard the name of Jesus, some may also know something about the gospel. Many however, have not really experienced the power in the name of Jesus. The gospel is beautiful, exciting, and life changing. It's easy for us, as Christians, to brush off the importance of the gospel because we have heard it so many times. We let it become something that is normal in our lives, not something incredible. I want to encourage you not to tune out to the gospel, but to have a new appreciation every time you hear it, receive it, and share it. Most, if not every person you will ever talk to in your life will know who Jesus is. Changes are, we aren't going to go up to someone, say the name Jesus, and them ask, who? Sharing the gospel is so much more than sharing the name of Jesus. Most people know the name of Jesus and even recognize Him as an important historical figure, but if they haven't accepted Jesus, they haven't committed themselves to li...

Take a moment and look up to the sky. We call Earth home but when you think of outer space, stars, the sun, the moon, and galaxies it begs the question- is there more life outside of Earth? One of the biggest controversies in science right now is the question of, is there more life outside of Earth? Most scientists believe that this world can’t just be for Earth, if it was, the universe is way too big. That makes total sense, but what if that’s not the reason for the creation of the universe? We don’t even know the full extent of the universe, so why would it be used to benefit us? What if it was actually created to glorify God?     There is so much that we don’t know about the universe. What we have discovered of the Universe, we call the known Universe. Until I did some research, I had never heard of something called astronomical units. Scientists use astronomical units to measure outer space as well as light years. To try to remotely put the size of astronomical units ...

 This new sermon series is all about science. There are a lot of different views and opinions about science in the Christian community, which is why I think it's important to look at it from a Biblical standpoint. From the start, I want to make it clear that I'm not telling you what you should and shouldn't believe, but I am showing you the truth in the Word of God.  The culture that we are living in has this idea that we can either believe in God or believe in science. God is the creator of science, which is why I think this idea is the total opposite of what is true. Science isn't something that should be bringing us farther away from God, but closer. Just like people can and have altered the Bible, people can and have altered science. Without God, how are we supposed to understand science? We can't fully grasp and wrap our heads around creation without God, and this is why it's been altered. Altered to the human mind, when the mind of an extraordinary God cre...

           This is the last part in this series of Hope and Hannah! In the previous part, we talked about the first two things that we can do to help someone when the feel hopeless, now I want to look at the last two.                                                                           3. Direct their hopes to the word It's really easy to put our hope into the things of this world: friendships, grades, or sports teams. When we do that, a lot of the times, it doesn't turn out the way that we had hoped. It's even worse when it does, it does, and then it doesn't. Then it lets you down and you don't know who you are anymore because you put all of your identity and all of your hope into that one thing. John 8:12 says, "I am the...

Hope: A feeling of expectation and desire for a certain thing to happen. The story of Hannah showed us what hope is and how we can lose hope. I want to give you four practical things to do when you or someone you know feels hopeless. Here are the first two! Know the person and what they are going through  I know that this may seem really simple, but we have to know someone to be able to speak to them and to help them in their walk with the Lord. We can’t expect someone to listen to us if we don’t know them. It says a lot when you take the time to get to know the person, their story and what they’re going through. I don’t think I would put my hope in what someone else was saying if they didn’t know who I was or what I was going through.  Give them a truth to grasp onto  Everyone’s truth may look different, which is why it’s so important to get to know the person first. For one person, their truth could be, God will never leave or forsake you, for someone else, the t...

                This new series is all about hope. What should we do with the feeling of hopelessness and how can we help others through it? This series goes through the story of Hannah and how hope is shown through her life. What is hope? Hope is, “A feeling of expectation and desire for a certain thing to happen.” At some point in our lives, we have all hoped for something. For most of us, we have been in a situation where the outcome wasn’t what we expected or wanted.  Hannah’s story: Hannah was married to a man named Elkanah, he had two wives: Hannah and Peninnah. There was one main difference between the two, Peninnah had children, Hannah did not.  In this culture, having children was seen as the blessing and favor of God.  Every year, when Elkanah would go to make his sacrifice, he would hand out portions to everyone in his family. When he did this, he gave Hannah a double portion of what he gave everyone else, even ...