This week, Pastor Danny explores Jesus’ miracle working ministry. It’s easy to get excited about miracles but often times they seem out of reach or like they must be for someone else. This message will inspire you to believe for God’s miraculous power to impact your life.

1 Corinthians 2:1-2 (MSSG) - 1 You’ll remember, friends, that when I first came to you to let you in on God’s master stroke, I didn’t try to impress you with polished speeches and the latest philosophy. 2 I deliberately kept it plain and simple: first Jesus and who he is; then Jesus and what he did—Jesus crucified.

John 2:1-3 (NLT) - 1 The next day there was a wedding celebration in the village of Cana in Galilee. Jesus’ mother was there, 2 and Jesus and his disciples were also invited to the celebration. 3 The wine supply ran out during the festivities, so Jesus’ mother told him, “They have no more wine.”

2 Corinthians 5:7 (ESV) - for we walk by faith, not by sight.

Isaiah 30:15-18 (NLT) - 15 This is what the Sovereign Lord, the Holy One of Israel, says: “Only in returning to me and resting in me will you be saved. In quietness and confidence is your strength. But you would have none of it. 16 You said, ‘No, we will get our help from Egypt. They will give us swift horses for riding into battle.’ But the only swiftness you are going to see is the swiftness of your enemies chasing you! 17 One of them will chase a thousand of you. Five of them will make all of you flee. You will be left like a lonely flagpole on a hill or a tattered banner on a distant mountaintop.” 18 So the Lord must wait for you to come to him so he can show you his love and compassion. For the Lord is a faithful God. Blessed are those who wait for his help.

2 Corinthians 1:20 (NKJV) - For all the promises of God in Him are Yes, and in Him Amen, to the glory of God through us.

John 2:5 (NLT) - But his mother told the servants, “Do whatever he tells you.”

Isaiah 55:8-9 (NLT) - 8 “My thoughts are nothing like your thoughts,” says the Lord. “And my ways are far beyond anything you could imagine. 9 For just as the heavens are higher than the earth, so my ways are higher than your ways and my thoughts higher than your thoughts.

John 2:6a (NLT) - Standing nearby were six stone water jars, used for Jewish ceremonial washing.

1 Peter 1:6-7 (NLT) - 6 So be truly glad. There is wonderful joy ahead, even though you have to endure many trials for a little while. 7 These trials will show that your faith is genuine. It is being tested as fire tests and purifies gold—though your faith is far more precious than mere gold. So when your faith remains strong through many trials, it will bring you much praise and glory and honor on the day when Jesus Christ is revealed to the whole world.

John 2:8 (NLT) - he said, “Now dip some out, and take it to the master of ceremonies.” So the servants followed his instructions.

Mark 10:27 (NLT) - Jesus looked at them intently and said, “Humanly speaking, it is impossible. But not with God. Everything is possible with God.”

Jesus was the greatest teacher of all time.  But what was it that made him so effective? Listen as Pastor Danny looks at Jesus’ teaching ministry and unpack some of his most helpful lessons.

1 Corinthians 2:1-2 (MSSG) - 1 You’ll remember, friends, that when I first came to you to let you in on God’s master stroke, I didn’t try to impress you with polished speeches and the latest philosophy. 2 I deliberately kept it plain and simple: first Jesus and who he is; then Jesus and what he did—Jesus crucified.

Luke 4:15 (NLT) - He taught regularly in their synagogues and was praised by everyone.

Matthew 7:28-29 (NLT) - 28 When Jesus had finished saying these things, the crowds were amazed at his teaching, 29 for he taught with real authority—quite unlike their teachers of religious law.

Ephesians 5:1 (MSSG) - Watch what God does, and then you do it, like children who learn proper behavior from their parents.

John 13:15 (NLT) - I have given you an example to follow. Do as I have done to you.

Matthew 4:1-3 (NLT) - 1 Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted there by the devil. 2 For forty days and forty nights he fasted and became very hungry. 3 During that time the devil came and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, tell these stones to become loaves of bread.”

Matthew 4:4b (NLT) - “People do not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.”

Matthew 4:7 (NLT) - Jesus responded, “The Scriptures also say, ‘You must not test the Lord your God.’ ”

Matthew 4:10b (NLT) - “For the Scriptures say, ‘You must worship the Lord your God and serve only him.’ ”

Matthew 9:27-29 (ESV) - 27 And as Jesus passed on from there, two blind men followed him, crying aloud, “Have mercy on us, Son of David.” 28 When he entered the house, the blind men came to him, and Jesus said to them, “Do you believe that I am able to do this?” They said to him, “Yes, Lord.” 29 Then he touched their eyes, saying, “According to your faith be it done to you.”

Hebrews 11:6a (NKJV) - But without faith it is impossible to please Him…

1 Peter 2:21 (NLT) - For God called you to do good, even if it means suffering, just as Christ suffered for you. He is your example, and you must follow in his steps.

Luke 9:23 (ESV) - And he said to all, “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me.”

John 8:10-11 (NLT) - 10 Jesus stood up again and said to the woman, “Where are your accusers? Didn’t even one of them condemn you?” 11 “No, Lord,” she said. And Jesus said, “Neither do I. Go and sin no more.”

Luke 23:34a (NLT) - Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they don’t know what they are doing.”

Matthew 6:14 (NLT) - “If you forgive those who sin against you, your heavenly Father will forgive you.”

In this first message of our new series, Pastor Danny helps us understand why Jesus is qualified to be our best friend. Listen in and discover why he is called Immanuel, "God with us."

1 Corinthians 2:1-2 (MSSG) - 1 You’ll remember, friends, that when I first came to you to let you in on God’s master stroke, I didn’t try to impress you with polished speeches and the latest philosophy. 2 I deliberately kept it plain and simple: first Jesus and who he is; then Jesus and what he did—Jesus crucified.

Matthew 1:21 (NLT) - “And she will have a son, and you are to name him Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins.”

Matthew 1:23 (NLT) - “Look! The virgin will conceive a child! She will give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel, which means ‘God is with us.’ ”

John 1:14 (ESV) - And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.

Hebrews 2:17-18 (MSSG) - 17 That’s why he had to enter into every detail of human life. Then, when he came before God as high priest to get rid of the people’s sins, 18 he would have already experienced it all himself—all the pain, all the testing—and would be able to help where help was needed.

Mark 6:3a (NLT) - “He’s just a carpenter, the son of Mary and the brother of James, Joseph, Judas, and Simon. And his sisters live right here among us.”

Mark 3:21 (NLT) - When his family heard what was happening, they tried to take him away. “He’s out of his mind,” they said.

Hebrews 4:15 (NLT) - This High Priest of ours understands our weaknesses, for he faced all of the same testings we do, yet he did not sin.

Isaiah 53:5 (NLT) - But he was pierced for our rebellion, crushed for our sins. He was beaten so we could be whole. He was whipped so we could be healed.

John 15:15 (NLT) - I no longer call you slaves, because a master doesn’t confide in his slaves. Now you are my friends, since I have told you everything the Father told me.

1 Timothy 2:5 (ESV) - For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus.

Hebrews 4:15-16 (MSSG) - 15 We don’t have a priest who is out of touch with our reality. He’s been through weakness and testing, experienced it all—all but the sin. 16 So let’s walk right up to him and get what he is so ready to give. Take the mercy, accept the help.

We have been designed for relationships. In this message, Pastor Danny casts vision for why we need to make room for relationships and the importance they play in our lives.

Ecclesiastes 4:8 (NLT) - This is the case of a man who is all alone, without a child or a brother, yet who works hard to gain as much wealth as he can. But then he asks himself, “Who am I working for? Why am I giving up so much pleasure now?” It is all so meaningless and depressing.

“Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another, ‘What! You too? I thought I was the only one.’” - CS Lewis

1 Peter 4:7-8 (NLT) - 7 The end of the world is coming soon. Therefore, be earnest and disciplined in your prayers. 8 Most important of all, continue to show deep love for each other, for love covers a multitude of sins.

Colossians 2:19b (NLT) - For he holds the whole body together with its joints and ligaments, and it grows as God nourishes it.

Romans 12:17-18 (NLT) - 17 Never pay back evil with more evil. Do things in such a way that everyone can see you are honorable. 18 Do all that you can to live in peace with everyone.

Proverbs 13:20 (NLT) - Walk with the wise and become wise; associate with fools and get in trouble.

Hebrews 10:25 (NLT) - And let us not neglect our meeting together, as some people do, but encourage one another, especially now that the day of his return is drawing near.