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Great Oaks Community Church

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God Help Me | I Can't Hear | Week 1 - Audio

On Sunday, Pastor Jake started our new series – “God Help Me”. Have you ever said “God help me”? Have you ever just felt desperate for things to change? You’re not alone. Everyone – Christ-follower or not; church person or not; religious or not – has times in their lives when they are desperate for change. And here’s what we want you to hear: when you cry out in desperation -- God help me! – God shows up. We don’t know what you’re going through, but we know this: God is near. He’s not an idea, a...

Sep 22, 2019•33 min

Family Matters | Week 5 |Forgiveness - Audio

In our fifth and final week of the Family Matters series, Pastor Jake explored the importance of operating from a forgiving heart. We have discussed how families are built for success when we place our faith in God at the center of family, when we seek to honor one another at all times, when we commit ourselves spiritually to God and our loved ones, and when we willfully guard how we prioritize our time for family and God. In spite of our greatest efforts, we all fall short in each of these area...

Sep 15, 2019•45 min

Family Matters | Week 4 |Time - Audio

In our fourth week of the Family Matters series, Pastor Jake talked about TIME. This is the family matter that often gets in the way of all the others in our families. When you look around at the pace of our lives and the ink covering our calendars, it’s not difficult to see that we are a culture addicted to activity. Many of us are simply running our families ragged. We’re exhausted each night, wishing for more sleep as our finish line for today becomes our starting line for tomorrow with no re...

Sep 08, 2019•46 min

Family Matters | Week 1 | Faith - Audio

Pastor Jake spent some time covering statistics that speak to the overall state of the family in our country right now. There were a lot of statistics in there that can be found with the sheet attached. The statistics are alarming and, yet, not surprising when we consider the devaluation of the family. Family matters! As a follower of Christ, family is the most important thing you will ever be involved in apart from your relationship with Jesus Christ. And yet it’s also the most difficult.

Aug 18, 2019•49 min

Set Apart | Week 10 | Set Apart for Leadership - Audio

We are nearing the end of our study of 1 Peter as we began chapter 5 this past Sunday. We have been focusing on what it means to live a life Set Apart for Christ through Christ as instructed in Apostle Peter’s letter to the church. If you recall, Peter titled us elect exiles to remind us that our decision to follow Christ sets us apart as citizens of Heaven who are still called to live a life and serve a purpose while on earth. One of the ways this purpose plays out is the way we lead others thr...

Aug 04, 2019•53 min

Set Apart | Week 7 | Set Apart for Blessing - Audio

Pastor Jake had us looking at what a blessing looks like from two different vantage points: one from heaven and one from earth. The first vantage point helps us see and recognize how are blessed and the second vantage point shows us how we are to be a blessing to others.

Jul 14, 2019•54 min

Set Apart | Week 5 | Set Apart for Submission - Audio

Pastor Bill picked up where we left off in Peter’s letter to the church. We have explored what he meant when he refers to us as Elect Exiles. We explored what it means to become reborn in spirit by the Spirit of God. We explored how this process gives puts a living hope inside of us because new life comes with it. We are looking forward to the day when Christ returns; thus, we live as if there is work to be done while we are here on earth. Even though we do not belong here, we were chosen to be ...

Jun 30, 2019•42 min

Set Apart | Week 4 | Set Apart for Service - Audio

How we identify in life is a big deal. For instance, many of us might identify with such things as introverted or extroverted. Conservative or liberal. Blue collar or white collar. Health nut or junk food junkie. How we choose to identify has huge implications in our life because it determines the choices we make. Our identity determines our direction. Who we are determines what we do. Pastor Jake was quoted saying, “your who determines your do.” Building on the last three weeks of the series, S...

Jun 23, 2019•55 min

Set Apart | Week 2 | Set Apart for Hope - Audio

Pastor Jessie continued our summer series Set Apart. This week we looked at 1 Peter 1:3-12 and discussed how we are set apart for hope. In the message, we learned that those who are committed Jesus followers are born again into a living hope. Being born again was described as an act of God where he transforms you into a new person, forgives your sin, grants you eternal life, and gives you the gift of his Holy Spirit as you, by faith, embrace Jesus Christ as the Lord of your life. http://bible.co...

Jun 09, 2019•44 min

Set Apart | Week 1 | Elect Exiles - Audio

On Sunday, Pastor Jake kicked off our “Set Apart” series, which will be a verse-by-verse study through the book of 1 Peter. This study will take us the entire Summer to complete. The goal of this first message was to anchor the entire series to the purpose of 1 Peter. Pastor Jake talked about his experience in China and how he constantly felt like he didn’t belong (because he didn’t) and yet he knew he was called to be there. A tension existed between those two truths – I don’t belong and yet I’...

Jun 02, 2019•45 min

Redacted | Week 5 - Holy Sex - Audio

We are in week 5 of 6 in our series called “Redacted”. We would never take a sharpie to the Scriptures to mark out what we don’t like, but what about the Bible in our hearts? Often we live like parts of the Bible just aren’t in the Bible. We pick and choose as if it’s up to us what is from God and what isn’t. We redact what makes us uncomfortable or may cost us something. However, 2 Timothy 3 says very clearly that ALL Scripture is God-breathed. This week, Pastor Jake preached on the Biblical id...

May 19, 2019•53 min
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