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Change Brings Fruit

Posted on March 18, 2025 by pastorjeffsneighborhood

Repentance is all about change. To repent is to change one’s mind about sin, which leads to a change of direction and behavior. Ultimately it brings a fruitful life: a Christ-like life. If you don’t change: you will never grow and you will miss out on the abundant life that could be yours. Continue reading →

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When Donkeys Talk

Posted on March 15, 2025 by pastorjeffsneighborhood

Don’t get ahead of yourself. Do what God wants you to do when he wants you to do it. Don’t run ahead or behind God and his leading. You’ll only get yourself in trouble. Continue reading →

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Help Me Overcome My Unbelief

Posted on February 27, 2025 by pastorjeffsneighborhood

The boy’s father expresses the true state of most of our hearts: a mixture of hope and doubt—a combination of belief and unbelief. Yet Jesus seems to focus on the faith of the man—however incomplete—and seeks to encourage him to trust him even more. Continue reading →

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Last Minute Dinner Plans

Posted on February 23, 2025 by pastorjeffsneighborhood

What opportunities before you seem overwhelming? Where do your resources seem limited? Take it all to Jesus and watch him work the impossible. Continue reading →

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Lord of All

Posted on February 21, 2025 by pastorjeffsneighborhood

Jesus is Lord of all. Whatever you are facing, know that he has authority over it. He is still able to calm the storm, push back the forces of darkness, heal a broken body and even to raise the dead. Nothing is too difficult for Him! Take your situation to him. Trust Him. Continue reading →

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What is Your Need?

Posted on January 31, 2025 by pastorjeffsneighborhood

What is your need? Bring it to Jesus. Like he did with the blind men, he asks: “What do you want me to do for you?” Continue reading →

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Better than Fair

Posted on January 30, 2025 by pastorjeffsneighborhood

God is generous and treats us all better than we deserve. Grace is not fair. It is better than fair. Continue reading →

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Where is Your Treasure?

Posted on January 29, 2025 by pastorjeffsneighborhood

For the rich young man, his misplaced security in possessions became his stumbling block—the ultimate test of whether he could really trust Christ. Many have found their possessions to be a similar stumbling block. Continue reading →

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Is Your Soul at Rest?

Posted on January 16, 2025 by pastorjeffsneighborhood

Jesus calls you to come rest–to spend time with Him–to get to know him and his ways. To enter into his path of discipleship. Then you walk together in his strength–he comes alongside you and enables you to live and work from his strength, and not just your own. Continue reading →

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Praying and Going

Posted on January 14, 2025 by pastorjeffsneighborhood

Jesus calls us to pray and then he calls us to be part of the answer to our own prayers. He asks us to take the need to the Father, and then to go and become part of the solution. Continue reading →

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