July 28, 2024 Series: 1 John Sermon: The Essence of Love Scripture: 1 John 4:7-12 & 1 John 5:1-5 Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. 8 Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love. 9 This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him. 10 This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacr...
Nov 28, 2024•53 min•Ep. 44
July 21, 2024 Series: 1 John Sermon: Cultivating Discernment in the Age of Deception... Scripture: 1 John 4:1-6 Dear friends, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world. 2 This is how you can recognize the Spirit of God: Every spirit that acknowledges that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God, 3 but every spirit that does not acknowledge Jesus is not from God. This is the spirit of the ant...
Nov 28, 2024•47 min•Ep. 43
July 14, 2024 Series: 1 John Sermon: Actions Speak Louder Than Words Scripture: 1 John 3:10 “This is how we know who the children of God are and who the children of the devil are: Anyone who does not do what is right is not God’s child, nor is anyone who does not love their brother and sister.” 1 John 3:10 NIV Introduction: You look just like your father. Our Father… “See what great love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are! T...
Nov 28, 2024•54 min•Ep. 42
July 7, 2024 Series: 1st John Sermon: The Advocate, Antichrist, and Overcomer! Scripture: 1 John 2:13-14 NIV “I am writing to you, dear children, because your sins have been forgiven on account of his name. I am writing to you, fathers, because you know him who is from the beginning. I am writing to you, young men, because you have overcome the evil one.” Introduction: Christ followers have overcome the evil one. The Advocate… “My dear children, I write this to you so that you will not sin. B...
Nov 23, 2024•40 min•Ep. 41
June 30, 2024 Series: 1 John Sermon: Let there be Light in a Dark World Scripture: 1 John 1:5-10 NIV “This is the message we have heard from him and declare to you: God is light; in him there is no darkness at all. If we claim to have fellowship with him and yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not live out the truth. But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, purifies us from all sin. If we claim to be without sin...
Nov 23, 2024•39 min•Ep. 40
Jun 23, 2024 The Necessity of Joy “A joyful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.” Proverbs 17:22 ESV Joy is a by-product of … “Restore to me the joy of your salvation and grant me a willing spirit, to sustain me.” Psalms 51:12 NIV “Repent, then, and turn to God, so that your sins may be wiped out, that times of refreshing may come from the Lord, and that he may send the Messiah, who has been appointed for you—even Jesus.” Acts 3:19-20 NIV Joy is ...
Nov 23, 2024•39 min•Ep. 39
June 16, 2024 Series: Mighty Men Sermon: The Process of Faith Scripture: Judges 7:7 “The Lord said to Gideon, “With the three hundred men that lapped I will save you and give the Midianites into your hands. Let all the others go home.”” Judges 7:7 NIV Introduction: “Give me ten men who fear nothing but sin and love nothing but God, and I shall change the world." - D.L. Moody The Process of Faith: God Faith “For I say, through the grace given to me, to everyone who is among you, not to ...
Nov 23, 2024•38 min•Ep. 38
June 9, 2024 Series: Mighty Men Sermon: Faith>Fear Scripture: Judges 6:14 The Lord turned to him and said, “Go in the strength you have and save Israel out of Midian’s hand. Am I not sending you? “And what more shall I say? I do not have time to tell about Gideon, Barak, Samson and Jephthah, about David and Samuel and the prophets, who through faith conquered kingdoms, administered justice, and gained what was promised; who shut the mouths of lions, quenched the fury of the flames, and escape...
Nov 23, 2024•35 min•Ep. 37
June 2, 2024 Series: Mighty Men Sermon: Fighting the Good Fight Scripture: Judges 6:11-12 & 1 Timothy 6:12 “The angel of the Lord came and sat down under the oak in Ophrah that belonged to Joash the Abiezrite, where his son Gideon was threshing wheat in a winepress to keep it from the Midianites. When the angel of the Lord appeared to Gideon, he said, “The Lord is with you, mighty warrior.”” Judges 6:11-12 NIV “Fight the good fight of the faith. Take hold of the eternal life to w...
Nov 23, 2024•37 min•Ep. 36
May 26, 2024 Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might. Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places. Ephesians 6:10-12 And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and hers; He will crush you...
Nov 08, 2024•44 min•Ep. 35
May 19,2024 Series: Encountering Jesus Sermon: Encountering the Power of Jesus Scripture: John 14:15-20; Acts 1:8 15 “If you love me, keep my commands.16 And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another advocate to help you and be with you forever—17the Spirit of truth. The world cannot accept him, because it neither sees him nor knows him. But you know him, for he lives with you and will be in you. 18 I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you.19 Before long, the world will not ...
Nov 08, 2024•52 min•Ep. 34
May 12, 2024 Series: Encountering Jesus Sermon: Flipping a House Scripture: John 12:1-8 ”Six days before the Passover, Jesus came to Bethany, where Lazarus lived, whom Jesus had raised from the dead. Here a dinner was given in Jesus’ honor. Martha served, while Lazarus was among those reclining at the table with him. Then Mary took about a pint of pure nard, an expensive perfume; she poured it on Jesus’ feet and wiped his feet with her hair. And the house was filled with the fragrance of the per...
Nov 08, 2024•46 min•Ep. 33
May 5, 2024 Series: Encountering Jesus Sermon: It’s Never Too Late! ”Meanwhile, Saul was still breathing out murderous threats against the Lord’s disciples. He went to the high priest and asked him for letters to the synagogues in Damascus, so that if he found any there who belonged to the Way, whether men or women, he might take them as prisoners to Jerusalem. As he neared Damascus on his journey, suddenly a light from heaven flashed around him. He fell to the ground and heard a voice say to hi...
Nov 08, 2024•48 min•Ep. 32
April 28, 2024 The Priority of Worship “Some time later the brook dried up because there had been no rain in the land. Then the word of the Lord came to him: “Go at once to Zarephath in the region of Sidon and stay there. I have directed a widow there to supply you with food.” So he went to Zarephath. When he came to the town gate, a widow was there gathering sticks. He called to her and asked, “Would you bring me a little water in a jar so I may have a drink?” As she was going to get it, he cal...
Nov 08, 2024•55 min•Ep. 31
April 21, 2024 Series: This is the life Sermon: Overcoming Anxiety Scripture: Proverbs 12:25 AMP ”Anxiety in a man’s heart weighs it down, But a good (encouraging) word makes it glad.“ INTRODUCTION: If you are weighed down, it’s time to look up! Rejoice when you don’t feel like it… Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice. Phil. 4:4 NIV Rejoice Always. 1 Thess. 5:16 Pray when you don’t feel like it… Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation by pray and petition… ...
Nov 08, 2024•42 min•Ep. 30
April 14, 2024 Series: This is the Life Sermon: Understanding Mental Health Scripture: 1 Kings 19:1-5a ”Now Ahab told Jezebel everything Elijah had done and how he had killed all the prophets with the sword. So Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah to say, “May the gods deal with me, be it ever so severely, if by this time tomorrow I do not make your life like that of one of them.” Elijah was afraid and ran for his life. When he came to Beersheba in Judah, he left his servant there, while he himsel...
Nov 08, 2024•50 min•Ep. 29
April 7, 2024 Series: This is the life Sermon: How to Process Pain Scripture: John 11:32-34 NIV ”When Mary reached the place where Jesus was and saw him, she fell at his feet and said, “Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died.” When Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who had come along with her also weeping, he was deeply moved in spirit and troubled. “Where have you laid him?” he asked. “Come and see, Lord,” they replied. INTRODUCED: Have you ever experienced the drain of...
Nov 08, 2024•48 min•Ep. 28
March 31,2024 Series: This is the Life Sermon: How to Experience Resurrection Life ”Now a man named Lazarus was sick. He was from Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha. (This Mary, whose brother Lazarus now lay sick, was the same one who poured perfume on the Lord and wiped his feet with her hair.) So the sisters sent word to Jesus, “Lord, the one you love is sick.” When he heard this, Jesus said, “This sickness will not end in death. No, it is for God’s glory so that God’s Son may ...
Nov 08, 2024•33 min•Ep. 27
March 29, 2024 Sermon: The Magnetic Force of the Cross Scripture: 1 Corinthians 1:18-21; TPT “To preach the message of the cross seems like sheer nonsense to those who are on their way to destruction, but to us who are being saved, it is the mighty power of God released within us. For it is written: I will dismantle the wisdom of the wise and I will invalidate the intelligence of the scholars. For in his wisdom, God designed that all the world’s wisdom would be insufficient to lead people to the...
Nov 08, 2024•53 min•Ep. 26
March 24, 2024 Series: Jesus the Bridge Sermon: Giving an Invitation ”Then, leaving her water jar, the woman went back to the town and said to the people, “Come, see a man who told me everything I ever did. Could this be the Messiah?” They came out of the town and made their way toward him.“ John 4:28-30 NIV ”Many of the Samaritans from that town believed in him because of the woman’s testimony, “He told me everything I ever did.” So when the Samaritans came to him, they urged him to...
Nov 08, 2024•41 min•Ep. 25
March 17, 2024 Jesus the Bridge: Removing Barriers Series: Jesus Sermon: Jesus the Bridge: Removing Barriers ”The Samaritan woman said to him, “You are a Jew and I am a Samaritan woman. How can you ask me for a drink?” (For Jews do not associate with Samaritans.) Jesus answered her, “If you knew the gift of God and who it is that asks you for a drink, you would have asked him and he would have given you living water.”“ John 4:9-10 NIV The Barrier… The Samaritan woman said to him, “You ...
Nov 08, 2024•40 min•Ep. 24
March 10, 2024 Series: Jesus Sermon: Jesus the Bridge Scripture: John 4:1-8 ”Now Jesus learned that the Pharisees had heard that he was gaining and baptizing more disciples than John— although in fact it was not Jesus who baptized, but his disciples. So he left Judea and went back once more to Galilee. Now he had to go through Samaria. So he came to a town in Samaria called Sychar, near the plot of ground Jacob had given to his son Joseph. Jacob’s well was there, and Jesus, tired as he was from ...
Nov 08, 2024•52 min•Ep. 23
March 3, 2024 Series: Jesus Sermon: Jesus the Generous One: Part 3 Scripture: Malachi 3:6-10 & 2 Corinthians 8:7 6 “I the Lord do not change. So you, the descendants of Jacob, are not destroyed. 7 Ever since the time of your ancestors you have turned away from my decrees and have not kept them. Return to me, and I will return to you,” says the Lord Almighty. “But you ask, ‘How are we to return?’ 8 “Will a mere mortal rob God? Yet you rob me. “But you ask, ‘How are we robbing you?’ “In tithes...
Nov 07, 2024•52 min•Ep. 22
February 25, 2024 Series: Jesus Sermon: Jesus the Generous One: Part 2 Scripture: Matthew 23:23-24 23 “Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You give a tenth of your spices—mint, dill and cumin. But you have neglected the more important matters of the law—justice, mercy and faithfulness. You should have practiced the latter, without neglecting the former. 24You blind guides! You strain out a gnat but swallow a camel." INTRODUCTION: Money will either master you or you wil...
Nov 07, 2024•51 min•Ep. 21
February 18,2024 Series: Jesus Sermon: Jesus the Generous One Scripture: Ephesians 5:1-2 Follow God's example, therefore, as dearly loved children and walk in the way of love, just as Christ loved us and GAVE himself up for us as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God. INTRODUCTION: Jesus modeled generosity and calls his followers to be generous also. Jesus was generous when he encountered human need. When Jesus heard what had happened, he withdrew by boat privately to a solitary place. Hearin...
Nov 07, 2024•41 min•Ep. 20
February 11, 2024 Series: Jesus Sermon: Jesus the Coming One Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 ” Brothers and sisters, we do not want you to be uninformed about those who sleep in death, so that you do not grieve like the rest of mankind, who have no hope. For we believe that Jesus died and rose again, and so we believe that God will bring with Jesus those who have fallen asleep in him. According to the Lord’s word, we tell you that we who are still alive, who are left until the coming of the L...
Nov 07, 2024•53 min•Ep. 19
February 4, 2024 Series: Jesus Sermon: Jesus the Revealer Scripture: Hebrews 1:1-3 ”In the past God spoke to our ancestors through the prophets at many times and in various ways, but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, and through whom also he made the universe. The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of his being, sustaining all things by his powerful word. After he had provided purification for sins, he sat down a...
Nov 07, 2024•28 min•Ep. 18
January 28, 2024 Series: Jesus Sermon: Jesus the Finisher Scripture: Hebrews 12:1-2 NKJV ”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, 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.“ H...
Nov 07, 2024•50 min•Ep. 17
January 21, 2024 Series: Jesus Sermon: Jesus the Servant Scripture: Mark 10:42-45 NIV ”Jesus called them together and said, “You know that those who are regarded as rulers of the Gentiles Lord it over them, and their high officials exercise authority over them. Not so with you. Instead, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant, and whoever wants to be first must be slave of all. For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as...
Nov 07, 2024•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 16
January 14, 2024 Series: Jesus Sermon: Jesus the Builder Scripture: Matthew 16:13-19 When Jesus came to the region of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, “Who do people say the Son of Man is?” 14 They replied, “Some say John the Baptist; others say Elijah; and still others, Jeremiah or one of the prophets.” 15 “But what about you?”he asked. “Who do you say I am?” 16 Simon Peter answered, “You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God.” 17 Jesus replied, “Blessed are you, Simon son of Jon...
Nov 07, 2024•51 min•Ep. 15
