Pastor Tony Ashmore continues the series "Reel Life" with the movie "UP" in this Sunday service.
Reel Life Part 4
Pastor Tony Ashmore
Sunday, July 25, 2010
www.churchatmirrorlake.com
Sermon Notes:
UP
Hebrews 12:1-2 “Therefore we also, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which so easily ensnares us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, 2 looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith, who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.”
Note we have a race ‘defined’ for us by God. We have a journey laid out for us that is designed by our loving Father to bring us good, hope, peace a future. (Jeremiah 29:11-13) Too many of us are either running the wrong race--one we designed or that was designed for us by someone other than our Heavenly Father—or we are so focused on the finish line we are not enjoying the race. Our lives become filled with “someday”: Someday when I have enough money. Someday when I find the right person. Someday when I feel better. Someday when I have more time. Someday when I am more successful.
Big Idea: Clip 1: Carl and the Picture Album
Don’t let “someday” rob you of the joy “set before you” today. Take the journey, but learn to find the adventure of living with and for God each day. Enjoy the journey.
- Today is the only day God has placed in our hand. (Matthew 6 and John 17)
- What we do with today determines our tomorrow.
- Quit waiting for the someday “when…”. God to Moses—“What’s that in your hand?” The staff that Moses used for his work TODAY became the stuff God used to part the sea!
- 2 Kings 7:3 Now there were four men with leprosy sitting at the entrance of the city gates. “Why should we sit here waiting to die?” they asked each other. 4 “We will starve if we stay here, but with the famine in the city, we will starve if we go back there. So we might as well go out and surrender to the Aramean army. If they let us live, so much the better. But if they kill us, we would have died anyway.” 5 So at twilight they set out for the camp of the Arameans. But when they came to the edge of the camp, no one was there! 6 For the Lord had caused the Aramean army to hear the clatter of speeding chariots and the galloping of horses and the sounds of a great army approaching. “The king of Israel has hired the Hittites and Egyptians to attack us!” they cried to one another. 7 So they panicked and ran into the night, abandoning their tents, horses, donkeys, and everything else, as they fled for their lives.”
Take action NOW! Once they made a move God made their move sound like an army of chariots and used that to drive off the enemy.
Takeaways from the Movie:
Clip 2: Carl attacks
Waiting on “Someday” will eat us up. We become defensive-protecting what we have gained. We live with a shortage mindset—there’s not enough so I will get mine. We become bitter and disillusioned—because we are chasing an illusion. We are just not fun to be around.
Proberbs 13:12 “Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a dream fulfilled is a tree of life.”
Clip 3: My Name is Doug
Waiting for “Someday” causes us to become “Love Withholders”—waiting to see what the benefit or agenda is before giving our love wholeheartedly. Enjoying the journey teaches us to love recklessly and fearlessly. To be people whose love “casts out fear” for others.
2 Samuel 6:20 “David returned home to bless his family. Michal, Saul's daughter, came out to greet him: "How wonderfully the king has distinguished himself today—exposing himself to the eyes of the servants' maids like some burlesque street dancer!" David replied to Michal, "In God's presence I'll dance all I want! He chose me over your father and the rest of our family and made me prince over God's people, over Israel. Oh yes, I'll dance to God's glory—more recklessly even than this. And as far as I'm concerned...I'll gladly look like a fool...but among these maids you're so worried about, I'll be honored no end."
Clip 3: Russell Receives Badge
“Someday” keeps us focused on us, but enjoying the journey turns our view outward. The journey is full of adventure if you will invest in others and their dreams. Value people by adding value to them.
Genesis 24:17-22 “Running over to her, the servant said, “Please give me a little drink of water from your jug.” “Yes, my lord,” she answered, “have a drink.” And she quickly lowered her jug from her shoulder and gave him a drink. When she had given him a drink, she said, “I’ll draw water for your camels, too, until they have had enough to drink.” So she quickly emptied her jug into the watering trough and ran back to the well to draw water for all his camels. The servant watched her in silence, wondering whether or not the LORD had given him success in his mission. Then at last, when the camels had finished drinking, he took out a gold ring for her nose and two large gold bracelets for her wrists.” (Rebekah drew about 400 gallons of water!)
Clip 4: Carl Empties the House
What is holding you back, weighing you down, stopping you from enjoying the journey today?
- Our dreams instead of God’s dreams for us
- Our failures and mistakes.
- Our past experiences, hurts, rejections, betrayals.
- Guilt and shame
- Fear, doubt and unbelief
- A measure of success (How long has it been since you emptied all your accounts to invest in the Kingdom?)
- What is the weight that is keeping you tied to “Someday”?
Philippians 3:13-14 “No, dear brothers and sisters, I have not achieved it, but I focus on this one thing: Forgetting the past and looking forward to what lies ahead, I press on to reach the end of the race and receive the heavenly prize for which God, through Christ Jesus, is calling us.”
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Sunday, July 25, 2010
Saturday, July 24, 2010
07/18/10 - Reel Life PT3 - Pastor Tony Ashmore
Pastor Tony Ashmore continues the series "Reel Life" with the movie "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington" in this Sunday service.
Reel Life Part 3
Pastor Tony Ashmore
Sunday, July 18, 2010
www.churchatmirrorlake.com
Sermon Notes:
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Movie was made in 1939, nominated for numerous Oscars and won Best Original Story. It is very relevant today and illustrates well the point made in Ecclesiastes 1:9
“History merely repeats itself. It has all been done before. Nothing under the sun is truly new.”
Our enemy has no new tricks in his bag. Men just keep falling for the same ones. The Good News is our Father never lets go and never gives up. His Word is true, our foundation secure, and His love unconditional.
Psalm 119: 140-144 “140 Your promises have been thoroughly tested; that is why I love them so much. 141 I am insignificant and despised, but I don’t forget your commandments. 142 Your justice is eternal, and your instructions are perfectly true. 143 As pressure and stress bear down on me, I find joy in your commands. 144 Your laws are always right; help me to understand them so I may live.”
Big Idea:
“When you do things fair and square, good things will happen to you sooner or later.” Rhiann Ashmore
Takeaways from the Movie:
Clip 1: Taylor Wants Smith in His Pocket
We have an enemy. Control is the goal. We were created to rule over creation and all the works of God’s hands. But we were not created to rule over (manipulate and control each other). When we try to do that we pervert creation and open the door to destruction.
1 Peter 5:8 “Stay alert! Watch out for your great enemy, the devil. He prowls around like a roaring lion, looking for someone to devour.”
James 4:17 “Remember, it is sin to know what you ought to do and then not do it.”
Genesis 4:7 (God to Cain) “… if you refuse to do what is right, then watch out! Sin is crouching at the door, eager to control you. But you must subdue it and be its master.”
1 John 5:19 “We know that we are children of God and that the world around us is under the control of the evil one.”
2 Peter 2:19 “For you are a slave to whatever controls you.”
Clip 2: The Lincoln Memorial
Our connections and our mentors will take us higher or drag us down. Divine mentors point the way to Real Life!
1 Corinthians 4:15 “For though you might have ten thousand instructors in Christ, yet you do not have many fathers…” There are lots of folks that want to tell you what to do, but not many are doing for your good. Most are doing it for their own reasons. Find the mentors who are for you and with you
James 5:10 (Message) “Take the old prophets as your mentors. They put up with anything, went through everything, and never once quit, all the time honoring God. What a gift life is to those who stay the course! You've heard, of course, of Job's staying power, and you know how God brought it all together for him at the end. That's because God cares, cares right down to the last detail.”
Clip 3: Someone will Hear Me
Does the good guy always win? Leo Durocher: “Nice guys finish last.” Depends on your reality. If this world and its system is your reality then sometimes the good guys don’t look like they are winning. If Heaven and eternity are your reality, then yes the good guys always win.
John 16:32 “But the time is coming—indeed it’s here now—when you will be scattered, each one going his own way, leaving me alone. Yet I am not alone because the Father is with me.” and
Romans 8:31 “If God is with us, who can ever be against us?
Reel Life Part 3
Pastor Tony Ashmore
Sunday, July 18, 2010
www.churchatmirrorlake.com
Sermon Notes:
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Movie was made in 1939, nominated for numerous Oscars and won Best Original Story. It is very relevant today and illustrates well the point made in Ecclesiastes 1:9
“History merely repeats itself. It has all been done before. Nothing under the sun is truly new.”
Our enemy has no new tricks in his bag. Men just keep falling for the same ones. The Good News is our Father never lets go and never gives up. His Word is true, our foundation secure, and His love unconditional.
Psalm 119: 140-144 “140 Your promises have been thoroughly tested; that is why I love them so much. 141 I am insignificant and despised, but I don’t forget your commandments. 142 Your justice is eternal, and your instructions are perfectly true. 143 As pressure and stress bear down on me, I find joy in your commands. 144 Your laws are always right; help me to understand them so I may live.”
Big Idea:
“When you do things fair and square, good things will happen to you sooner or later.” Rhiann Ashmore
Takeaways from the Movie:
Clip 1: Taylor Wants Smith in His Pocket
We have an enemy. Control is the goal. We were created to rule over creation and all the works of God’s hands. But we were not created to rule over (manipulate and control each other). When we try to do that we pervert creation and open the door to destruction.
1 Peter 5:8 “Stay alert! Watch out for your great enemy, the devil. He prowls around like a roaring lion, looking for someone to devour.”
James 4:17 “Remember, it is sin to know what you ought to do and then not do it.”
Genesis 4:7 (God to Cain) “… if you refuse to do what is right, then watch out! Sin is crouching at the door, eager to control you. But you must subdue it and be its master.”
1 John 5:19 “We know that we are children of God and that the world around us is under the control of the evil one.”
2 Peter 2:19 “For you are a slave to whatever controls you.”
Clip 2: The Lincoln Memorial
Our connections and our mentors will take us higher or drag us down. Divine mentors point the way to Real Life!
1 Corinthians 4:15 “For though you might have ten thousand instructors in Christ, yet you do not have many fathers…” There are lots of folks that want to tell you what to do, but not many are doing for your good. Most are doing it for their own reasons. Find the mentors who are for you and with you
James 5:10 (Message) “Take the old prophets as your mentors. They put up with anything, went through everything, and never once quit, all the time honoring God. What a gift life is to those who stay the course! You've heard, of course, of Job's staying power, and you know how God brought it all together for him at the end. That's because God cares, cares right down to the last detail.”
Clip 3: Someone will Hear Me
Does the good guy always win? Leo Durocher: “Nice guys finish last.” Depends on your reality. If this world and its system is your reality then sometimes the good guys don’t look like they are winning. If Heaven and eternity are your reality, then yes the good guys always win.
John 16:32 “But the time is coming—indeed it’s here now—when you will be scattered, each one going his own way, leaving me alone. Yet I am not alone because the Father is with me.” and
Romans 8:31 “If God is with us, who can ever be against us?
Wednesday, July 14, 2010
07/11/10 - Reel Life PT2 - Pastor Tony Ashmore
Pastor Tony Ashmore continues the series "Reel Life" with the movie "Evan Almighty" in this Sunday service.
Reel Life Part 2
Pastor Tony Ashmore
Sunday, July 11, 2010
www.churchatmirrorlake.com
Sermon Notes:
Evan Almighty
1 Samuel 15:22 “But Samuel replied, “What is more pleasing to the Lord: your burnt offerings and sacrifices or your obedience to his voice? Listen! Obedience is better than sacrifice, and submission is better than offering the fat of rams.”
Big Idea:
Obedience is the key to unlock God’s dreams in your life and many times obedience precedes understanding. Sometimes it just doesn’t make sense to our logic or the world’s systems.
Significant Quote from movie: “You want to change the world. So do I.” (God speaking)
Point: You want your life to be significant. You want the world to be better because you are here. Wouldn’t it be smarter to partner with God in His plans for you?
3 Ideas to Take Away from the Movie:
1. Evan was a good man, living a good life. He wasn’t a despicable character. But his life was not accomplishing what it could be. Doing good things does not provide fulfillment. Doing God things does.
Example: Naaman—a good man, admired by many, but it took obeying what didn’t make sense for him to find wholeness and life.
2 Kings 5:9-14 - So Naaman went with his horses and chariots and waited at the door of Elisha’s house. 10 But Elisha sent a messenger out to him with this message: “Go and wash yourself seven times in the Jordan River. Then your skin will be restored, and you will be healed of your leprosy.” 11 But Naaman became angry and stalked away. “I thought he would certainly come out to meet me!” he said. “I expected him to wave his hand over the leprosy and call on the name of the Lord his God and heal me! 12 Aren’t the rivers of Damascus, the Abana and the Pharpar, better than any of the rivers of Israel? Why shouldn’t I wash in them and be healed?” So Naaman turned and went away in a rage. 13 But his officers tried to reason with him and said, “Sir, if the prophet had told you to do something very difficult, wouldn’t you have done it? So you should certainly obey him when he says simply, ‘Go and wash and be cured!’” 14 So Naaman went down to the Jordan River and dipped himself seven times, as the man of God had instructed him. And his skin became as healthy as the skin of a young child’s, and he was healed!”
2. When we live a life of obedience, when we truly hang around with God, we are noticeably different.
Example: Jacob wrestling with God. From then on he walked differently.
Deuteronomy 4:5-7 “Look, I now teach you these decrees and regulations just as the Lord my God commanded me, so that you may obey them in the land you are about to enter and occupy. Obey them completely, and you will display your wisdom and intelligence among the surrounding nations. When they hear all these decrees, they will exclaim, ‘How wise and prudent are the people of this great nation!’ For what great nation has a god as near to them as the Lord our God is near to us whenever we call on him?”
3. Our choice to live a life of obedience will not only benefit us, but those in our circle of influence, and ultimately the world around us.
Example: Abram, who became Abraham.
Genesis 22:18 “And through your descendants all the nations of the earth will be blessed—all because you have obeyed me.”
Final Thought:
Romans 4:13-16 “Clearly, God’s promise to give the whole earth to Abraham and his descendants was based not on his obedience to God’s law, but on a right relationship with God that comes by faith. If God’s promise is only for those who obey the law, then faith is not necessary and the promise is pointless…So the promise is received by faith. It is given as a free gift…”
Our salvation is not a result of obedience. It is a gift we receive, not because we obeyed but because we believe Him who promised it. Our eternal security is a gift. Our obedience will effect our influence, our effectiveness for the Kingdom, and how much of the God-kind of life we live here on this planet.
Reel Life Part 2
Pastor Tony Ashmore
Sunday, July 11, 2010
www.churchatmirrorlake.com
Sermon Notes:
Evan Almighty
1 Samuel 15:22 “But Samuel replied, “What is more pleasing to the Lord: your burnt offerings and sacrifices or your obedience to his voice? Listen! Obedience is better than sacrifice, and submission is better than offering the fat of rams.”
Big Idea:
Obedience is the key to unlock God’s dreams in your life and many times obedience precedes understanding. Sometimes it just doesn’t make sense to our logic or the world’s systems.
Significant Quote from movie: “You want to change the world. So do I.” (God speaking)
Point: You want your life to be significant. You want the world to be better because you are here. Wouldn’t it be smarter to partner with God in His plans for you?
3 Ideas to Take Away from the Movie:
1. Evan was a good man, living a good life. He wasn’t a despicable character. But his life was not accomplishing what it could be. Doing good things does not provide fulfillment. Doing God things does.
Example: Naaman—a good man, admired by many, but it took obeying what didn’t make sense for him to find wholeness and life.
2 Kings 5:9-14 - So Naaman went with his horses and chariots and waited at the door of Elisha’s house. 10 But Elisha sent a messenger out to him with this message: “Go and wash yourself seven times in the Jordan River. Then your skin will be restored, and you will be healed of your leprosy.” 11 But Naaman became angry and stalked away. “I thought he would certainly come out to meet me!” he said. “I expected him to wave his hand over the leprosy and call on the name of the Lord his God and heal me! 12 Aren’t the rivers of Damascus, the Abana and the Pharpar, better than any of the rivers of Israel? Why shouldn’t I wash in them and be healed?” So Naaman turned and went away in a rage. 13 But his officers tried to reason with him and said, “Sir, if the prophet had told you to do something very difficult, wouldn’t you have done it? So you should certainly obey him when he says simply, ‘Go and wash and be cured!’” 14 So Naaman went down to the Jordan River and dipped himself seven times, as the man of God had instructed him. And his skin became as healthy as the skin of a young child’s, and he was healed!”
2. When we live a life of obedience, when we truly hang around with God, we are noticeably different.
Example: Jacob wrestling with God. From then on he walked differently.
Deuteronomy 4:5-7 “Look, I now teach you these decrees and regulations just as the Lord my God commanded me, so that you may obey them in the land you are about to enter and occupy. Obey them completely, and you will display your wisdom and intelligence among the surrounding nations. When they hear all these decrees, they will exclaim, ‘How wise and prudent are the people of this great nation!’ For what great nation has a god as near to them as the Lord our God is near to us whenever we call on him?”
3. Our choice to live a life of obedience will not only benefit us, but those in our circle of influence, and ultimately the world around us.
Example: Abram, who became Abraham.
Genesis 22:18 “And through your descendants all the nations of the earth will be blessed—all because you have obeyed me.”
Final Thought:
Romans 4:13-16 “Clearly, God’s promise to give the whole earth to Abraham and his descendants was based not on his obedience to God’s law, but on a right relationship with God that comes by faith. If God’s promise is only for those who obey the law, then faith is not necessary and the promise is pointless…So the promise is received by faith. It is given as a free gift…”
Our salvation is not a result of obedience. It is a gift we receive, not because we obeyed but because we believe Him who promised it. Our eternal security is a gift. Our obedience will effect our influence, our effectiveness for the Kingdom, and how much of the God-kind of life we live here on this planet.
Wednesday, July 7, 2010
07/04/10 - Vision Sunday - Reel Life PT1 - Pastor Tony Ashmore
Pastor Tony Ashmore begins a new series entitled "Reel Life" in this Sunday service.
Reel Life PT1
Pastor Tony Ashmore
Sunday, July 4, 2010
www.churchatmirrorlake.com
Sermon Notes:
1 Peter 5:6-7 “6 So humble yourselves under the mighty power of God, and at the right time he will lift you up in honor. 7 Give all your worries and cares to God, for he cares about you.”
Big Idea:
“It’s not that people don’t like God. They think He doesn’t like them.”
The Movie Plot: Reckless Love!
1 John 4:17-19 (Message) 17-18God is love. When we take up permanent residence in a life of love, we live in God and God lives in us. This way, love has the run of the house, becomes at home and mature in us, so that we're free of worry on Judgment Day—our standing in the world is identical with Christ's. There is no room in love for fear. Well-formed love banishes fear. Since fear is crippling, a fearful life—fear of death, fear of judgment—is one not yet fully formed in love.
19We, though, are going to love—love and be loved. First we were loved, now we love. He loved us first. (Before we even moved toward Him. Before we even thought about Him. His love toward me is not dependent on my performance. He loves me recklessly and unconditionally.)
“How do I take up ‘residence in a life of love’?” Begin with trusting God with something. Make a choice to give an area of concern to Him.
Proverbs 3:5 “Trust in the LORD with all your heart; do not depend on your own understanding.”
Nahum 1:7 (AMP) “The Lord is good, a Strength and Stronghold in the day of trouble; He knows (recognizes, has knowledge of, and understands) those who take refuge and trust in Him.”
Movie Clip: “I want to go home.”
“But I don’t know how to trust God. I don’t have the faith needed to trust God with any part of my life.” Get in the Word. Read the Book of John, concentrating on the Good News that Jesus loves you. As your faith comes to life in that area, move to specific scripture promises about the area you in which you need to trust God.
Romans 10:17 “So faith comes from hearing, that is, hearing the Good News about Christ.”
“What if all my circumstances don’t change?” The Word changes you—equipping you to be an overcomer. The circumstances may or may not change, but you will find victory in trusting God.
1 John 5:4 “For every child of God defeats this evil world, and we achieve this victory through our faith.”
Romans 8:31-32;35-39 “31 What shall we say about such wonderful things as these? If God is for us, who can ever be against us? 32 Since he did not spare even his own Son but gave him up for us all, won’t he also give us everything else?...35 Can anything ever separate us from Christ’s love? Does it mean he no longer loves us if we have trouble or calamity, or are persecuted, or hungry, or destitute, or in danger, or threatened with death? 36 (As the Scriptures say, “For your sake we are killed every day; we are being slaughtered like sheep.) 37 No, despite all these things, overwhelming victory is ours through Christ, who loved us. 38 And I am convinced that nothing can ever separate us from God’s love. Neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons,[o] neither our fears for today nor our worries about tomorrow—not even the powers of hell can separate us from God’s love. 39 No power in the sky above or in the earth below—indeed, nothing in all creation will ever be able to separate us from the love of God that is revealed in Christ Jesus our Lord.”
Movie Clip: We Won!
“OK, I am going to trust God, starting today. Then what?” Get ready for everything to change as your focus moves from you to Him. You will find real life, the life you were meant to live. (note the line from the movie: “So this is my story.” Our story now becomes His story.)
Acts 20:24 “But my life is worth nothing to me unless I use it for finishing the work assigned me by the Lord Jesus—the work of telling others the Good News about the wonderful grace of God.”
Reel Life PT1
Pastor Tony Ashmore
Sunday, July 4, 2010
www.churchatmirrorlake.com
Sermon Notes:
1 Peter 5:6-7 “6 So humble yourselves under the mighty power of God, and at the right time he will lift you up in honor. 7 Give all your worries and cares to God, for he cares about you.”
Big Idea:
“It’s not that people don’t like God. They think He doesn’t like them.”
The Movie Plot: Reckless Love!
1 John 4:17-19 (Message) 17-18God is love. When we take up permanent residence in a life of love, we live in God and God lives in us. This way, love has the run of the house, becomes at home and mature in us, so that we're free of worry on Judgment Day—our standing in the world is identical with Christ's. There is no room in love for fear. Well-formed love banishes fear. Since fear is crippling, a fearful life—fear of death, fear of judgment—is one not yet fully formed in love.
19We, though, are going to love—love and be loved. First we were loved, now we love. He loved us first. (Before we even moved toward Him. Before we even thought about Him. His love toward me is not dependent on my performance. He loves me recklessly and unconditionally.)
“How do I take up ‘residence in a life of love’?” Begin with trusting God with something. Make a choice to give an area of concern to Him.
Proverbs 3:5 “Trust in the LORD with all your heart; do not depend on your own understanding.”
Nahum 1:7 (AMP) “The Lord is good, a Strength and Stronghold in the day of trouble; He knows (recognizes, has knowledge of, and understands) those who take refuge and trust in Him.”
Movie Clip: “I want to go home.”
“But I don’t know how to trust God. I don’t have the faith needed to trust God with any part of my life.” Get in the Word. Read the Book of John, concentrating on the Good News that Jesus loves you. As your faith comes to life in that area, move to specific scripture promises about the area you in which you need to trust God.
Romans 10:17 “So faith comes from hearing, that is, hearing the Good News about Christ.”
“What if all my circumstances don’t change?” The Word changes you—equipping you to be an overcomer. The circumstances may or may not change, but you will find victory in trusting God.
1 John 5:4 “For every child of God defeats this evil world, and we achieve this victory through our faith.”
Romans 8:31-32;35-39 “31 What shall we say about such wonderful things as these? If God is for us, who can ever be against us? 32 Since he did not spare even his own Son but gave him up for us all, won’t he also give us everything else?...35 Can anything ever separate us from Christ’s love? Does it mean he no longer loves us if we have trouble or calamity, or are persecuted, or hungry, or destitute, or in danger, or threatened with death? 36 (As the Scriptures say, “For your sake we are killed every day; we are being slaughtered like sheep.) 37 No, despite all these things, overwhelming victory is ours through Christ, who loved us. 38 And I am convinced that nothing can ever separate us from God’s love. Neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons,[o] neither our fears for today nor our worries about tomorrow—not even the powers of hell can separate us from God’s love. 39 No power in the sky above or in the earth below—indeed, nothing in all creation will ever be able to separate us from the love of God that is revealed in Christ Jesus our Lord.”
Movie Clip: We Won!
“OK, I am going to trust God, starting today. Then what?” Get ready for everything to change as your focus moves from you to Him. You will find real life, the life you were meant to live. (note the line from the movie: “So this is my story.” Our story now becomes His story.)
Acts 20:24 “But my life is worth nothing to me unless I use it for finishing the work assigned me by the Lord Jesus—the work of telling others the Good News about the wonderful grace of God.”
06/30/10 - Hearing the Voice of God PT5 - Pastor Tony Ashmore
Pastor Tony Ashmore continues the series "Hearing the Voice of God" in this Wednesday service.
Hearing the Voice of God Part 5
Pastor Tony Ashmore
Wednesday, June 30, 2010
www.churchatmirrorlake.com
Hearing the Voice of God Part 5
Pastor Tony Ashmore
Wednesday, June 30, 2010
www.churchatmirrorlake.com
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