Ben McClary

YouVersion.com Live Event Notes - Ripples: The Resurrection Changes Everything

The Resurrection of Jesus Christ (Matthew's version) =============== Matthew 28:1-15 (NIV84) --------------- After the Sabbath, at dawn on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary…

Autobiographical

Psalm 88 says a lot of how I have felt the past two years. :(

Exodus 1:1 (NLT), Exodus 2:1 (NLT), Psalm 88:1 (NLT), Luke 21:1 (NLT)

Untitled Note

GREAT word, this morning! :)

Philippians 4:19 (NLT)

The Scripture is True

SCRIPTURE: "3 Having carefully investigated everything from the beginning, I also have decided to write a careful account for you, most honorable Theophilus, 4 so you can be certain of the truth of everything…

Freedom Contrasted with Law

Talk about gutsy! Paul is in a synagogue full of Jews and he proceeds quickly to identifying Jesus as the promised Messiah and fulfillment of all the prophecies of the Scriptures. He draws a stark distinction…

Acts 13:38 (NLT), Acts 13:39 (NLT)

Blameless, Sincere, Truthful

God's presence is accessible by those whose hearts are sincere in their worship of Him and whose desire is to speak only Truth and lead lives that are blameless, not only in the sight of other men, but…

Psalm 15:1 (NLT)

Invite God to Test Your Heart

Even the Psalmist, who wrote dozens of songs of praise and prayer to the LORD, knew that he was not above or beyond speaking out of turn or having thoughts and attitudes that are out of line with the…

Psalm 19:14 (NLT)

God-Followers Need Jesus

The Bible talks a lot about the people of God being from every tribe, tongue, and language. And missionary efforts focus on many unreached people groups (ta ethne). We often think that we need to go there…

Acts 10:35 (NLT)

Go Only With God

Moses knew that without the very Spirit of and Presence of God as his guide, direction, and help, he would not be able to make it to where he wanted and needed to go. Moses recognized that to move at…

Exodus 33:15 (NLT), Exodus 33:16 (NLT)

God Gives Gifts

God has always been in the business of giving people special gifts to be used in serving Him. In this passage, it's for Bezalel, son of Uri. He goes on to say the same about Oholiab. The reason God gives…

Exodus 31:3 (NLT)

Temples are Trifles

People are always trying to bring God down to our level and put Him in a box that we can understand and control. We continue, after thousands of years, to convince ourselves of the lie of Satan--that…

Acts 7:48 (NLT)

Ever-Widening Circles

I love the imagery here, when combine with Jesus imagery of the Kingdom of God being like a mustard seed--it starts off as a tiny seed--among the very smallest on the planet--and slowly grows to become…

Acts 6:7 (NLT)

Teach Jesus Every Day

The Apostles were serious about their job. And they were seriously excited about doing it! They did not let a day go by where they did not share the Good News that Jesus Christ is the One and Only Way…

Acts 5:42 (NLT)

Jesus' Name, Alone

Our world has so many ideas about how to redeem their life and be saved from their relatively meaningless existence and from all the things that oppress, repress, and suppress them. The Scripture is VERY…

Acts 4:12 (NLT)

Keep God's Power

The reasons we do or do not do certain things have a lot of different influences. What will be the easiest/most fun? What will take the least time? What will cost less? What will make me look better or…

Exodus 20:20 (NLT)

BE the Body

What was the natural first steps of the new believers in the early church? The primary things: the Apostles' teaching, and fellowship, the Lord's Supper, and prayer. The Lord's Supper was generally on…

Acts 2:42 (NLT)

It's All About Jesus

We all receive the Holy Spirit when we surrender our lives and lay them down as in the grave and accept from Jesus the new life that He offers. And with that gift of the Spirit comes power--but not just…

Acts 1:8 (NLT)

There's Forgiveness in Jesus, Alone

Jesus delegates His authority to His followers. And He has a very explicit, exclusive message for those followers to share. We are on one side of eternity's destiny or the other. We are on the side of…

Luke 24:47 (NLT)

Jesus IS God

Those who don't think Jesus ever claimed to be God have simply not read the Scriptures. Jesus knew the Old Testament, as did the Jewish people. And Jesus knew that they knew it. Psalm 10:16 says, "The…

Luke 23:3 (NLT)

Who Made Mouths?

God reminds Moses that He is the Creator of mouths and the One who gives the ability to speak, at all, and the ability to speak well. The condition for Moses to be given the ability to speak well, though,…

Exodus 4:12 (NLT)

Live with Awareness

Jesus' desires for us are pretty clear. He wants us to make the Kingdom of God our primary concern. That means that the way we spend our time, money, and energy should reflect the fact that the extension…

Luke 21:34 (NLT)

Jesus Gave Amazing Answers

Jesus was a master at staying "on message". He was not intimidated or sidetracked by the "gotcha" questions of His enemies. He spoke with wisdom, clarity, integrity, strength, and conviction. But He also…

Luke 20:26 (NLT)

Sweep Paganism from the Land

David had a passion for seeing the One True God honored and worshiped exclusively. He saw that at the root of all the evil in the world is a fundamental failure to recognize, honor, and obey YaHWeH God--the…

Psalm 10:16 (NLT)

The Humble will be Honored

As Pastor James says, one of the sayings he hates the most in all the world is "fake it until you make it." That idea is that one's "image" and propping ones-self up to look better than you are and better…

Luke 18:14 (NLT)

Simply Doing My Duty

We all like to be recognized for doing well. We all like to be thanked and congratulated for doing the right things. But motive is everything. If our sincere desire is to please God, then only what He…

Luke 17:10 (ASV)