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2026.03.29 Sermon Notes: You Can't Always Get What You Want

Westside Family Church Palm Sunday: What Kind of King Will You Follow?  Dr. Mark Moore (Church Christ of the Valley, Peoria, IL) Notes:    See, your king comes to you, gentle and riding on a donkey , and on a colt, the foal of a donkey. Matthew 21:5 Hosanna to the Son of David! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest heaven! Matthew 21:9 When Jesus entered Jerusalem, the whole city was stirred and asked, 'Who is this?’ The crowds answered, ‘This is Jesus, the prophet from Nazareth in Galilee.’ Matthew 21:10-11 Jesus entered the temple courts and drove out all who were buying and selling there. He overturned the tables of the money changers and the benches of those selling doves. ‘It is written,’ he said to them, ‘My house will be called a house of prayer , but you are making it a den of robbers. ’ Matthew 21:12–13 My house shall be called a house of prayer for all nations . Isaiah 56:7  Let no foreigner who is bound to the Lord sa...

2026.03.22 Sermon Notes: COURAGE > COMFORT (Common People and Courageous Faith)

Westside Family Church Common People and Courageous Faith Pastor Grant Partrick  (Atlanta, GA) Courage > Comfort Notes:  Isaiah Chapter 6 (Pastor JJ) Worshiping God is seeing God for who He is! Give to WFC Online Acts 4:1-22 "Courage is not the absence of fear but the resolve to press forward in spite of it." Peter and John lived  courageous lives. Stephen, Paul, Annanias (Chapter 9) - different Annanias. Witnessing in Jerusalem Peter and John were put in jail. Acts 1:8 <--MEMORIZE But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth. 1. Courage is only necessary where fear is present. Fear is the adversary's most used tactic. Courage is not the absence of fear but the resolve to press forward in spite of it! Fear is a paralyzing force. Where there is no risk, there is no need for courage. Fear kills far more dreams than failure has. 2 Timothy 27:1: for God...

2026.03.15 Sermon Notes: Barnabas: The Power Of Encouragement

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Westside Family Church Pastor Jonathan Hansen Barnabas: The Power Of Encouragement Notes:  Eliud Kipchoge (Watch on Apple TV) 13.8 MPH 2 HOUR MARATHON Leader of Group: Jeffrey Kamwar (Training partner in Kenya). Barnabas is in the background in the Book of Acts. Soon the news reached the apostles and other believers in Judea that the Gentiles had received the word of God . But when Peter arrived back in Jerusalem, the Jewish believers (Judaizers) criticized him. “ You entered the home of Gentiles and even ate with them!” they said . Acts 11:1-3 Jewish people felt gentile people were unclean and they had to cleanse themselves before God. JUDAIZERS - CONSERVATIVE - They believed you had to become Jewish in order to follow Jesus. If Gentiles can truly be saved this blows a massive hole in the middle of their worldview. Because it means gentiles can be FULLY accepted by God without following Torah and becoming Jewish first. HELLENISTS - PROGRESSIVE - They adopted certain elements of ...