Even when we follow the Good Shepherd on paths of righteousness, we will often need to be restored. We may explore other paths and find ourselves downcast. In this third week of our Psalm 23 series, Pastor Frank Bennett shares how we can be restored when we get off of the right path.
In week two of our Psalm 23 series, Pastor Frank Bennett describes how the journey of our Good Shepherd begins in this passage. Like sheep, we often have difficulty resting in our "green pastures" because of fear and friction. Our Shepherd will lead us to still waters. But sometimes he may lead us through a storm before our still waters. We may never see and experience the amazing life God has for us in the still waters if we don’t follow Him into the storms.
How do you know when you have a shepherd? How do you know you're following a shepherd, the right shepherd? Pastor Frank Bennett takes us on a journey as we explore these questions during week one of our Psalm 23 series.
Do you have scars? If you do, then you have a scar story. You may carry scars that are deeply embedded in emotional, psychological, or spiritual places. We are reminded this Easter of the scars that Jesus bore even with his glorified body. His scars are with him in Heaven right now. As we see in today's passage, his scars bring evidence for the doubt, peace for the confusion, and courage for the fears.
In this final message of our Six Days series, Pastor Frank Bennett shares the agony that Jesus experienced on the cross during his final Friday. Rejection, Pain, Isolation, and Death are all part of that Good Friday. But they also relate with us as well.
Jesus spends his final Thursday before laying down his life on the cross with his spiritual family, the disciples. At the last supper, we see Jesus encouraging and instructing his disciples while also introducing the sacrament of communion. The family table is a place where we break bread together and share words of encouragement and instruction. Much like our own family, everyone needs a spiritual family to walk with us on our Christian journey of becoming more like Christ. There is a local chu...
It’s the final Wednesday of Jesus before he surrenders to the cross. He has been around large crowds the previous three days. He decides to quarantine himself with his closest friends, to be still before he changes the world. In this message, Pastor Frank Bennett reminds us that God often will ask us to be still and know he is God and he has everything under control.
It's the third day of the final week of Jesus. We see the authority of Jesus questioned and expressed. Jesus never asked the religious leaders permission to heal, to teach, to drive out demons, or to drive out the money changers. When we give Jesus full authority over our lives, then He doesn’t need to seek permission to work in our hearts and to call us to do difficult things. By what authority do you live your life? Do you live it to your own authority, or the authority of Jesus?
In this second message of our Six Days series, Pastor Frank Bennett shares the events that took place on the Monday of the final week before Jesus suffered on the cross. He took the time to purify the temple from the greed and corruption that invaded worship sacrifices in the temple. This purification is symbolic of the way Jesus longs to purify our bodies from corruption and sin as the new temple of the Holy Spirit. What impurities does Jesus need to clean in your temple today?
In this first message of the Six Days sermon series, we visit the events that comprised the final Sunday of Jesus before going to the cross. On that Sunday, a pathway was made for Jesus to enter Jerusalem as a new king while riding a donkey. We are challenged to clear a path for Jesus to become a part of our lives and to crown him King of our hearts. We are reminded that Jesus rode a donkey that Sunday, but will return in the clouds on a white horse to defeat Satan and obtain ultimate victory.
Our student Pastor, Joe Salvatore, shares Biblical and practical ways we can find spiritual endurance and apply it to our Christian walk.
In this final message of our Guardians of the Family series, Pastor Frank Bennett shares the important distinction between getting rich and being rich. Based on the instructions found in 1 Timothy chapter 6, we can guard our families from destruction and lead them to an abundant life if we teach them to be rich, not to get rich.
In this message, Pastor Frank Bennett helps us to identify the real enemy. The enemy is not living in our home or is a part of our family. The enemy, Satan, hates your family. He has weapons of deception, distraction, discouragement, and doubt. But as Christians, we have spiritual weapons of God's word, prayer, the name of Jesus, and our testimony to guard our family against Satan's attacks. We need to stop treating our kids and spouse like they are the enemy and start identifying the real enemy...
In this message of the Guardians of the Galaxy series, Pastor Frank Bennett shares how to guard your kids against the outside powers fighting for control. The repetitive cycle of guarding our kids often feels like a groundhog day filled with frustrations. This message will help you better understand your role as a parent and the methods you can establish to guard your kids.
In his third message of the Guardians of the Family series, Pastor Frank Bennett shares that the first line of defense to guard your family begins with the parents and the health of their relationship with God. The husband and wife are one flesh and one love. If they're not united, then they're divided. The level to which the parent's love for God is united will determine their success as a guardian.
In this second message of our Guardians of the Family series, Pastor Frank Bennett shares that true guardians of the family are not Mavericks who do things on their own when times get tough. They surround themselves with other guardians in the church. It takes more than the parents to be the spiritual guardians for your family.
In this first week of our Guardians of the Galaxy series, Pastor Frank Bennett shares an important principle. "Home Invitations are more powerful than home invasions." When guarding our family, we often focus on what might invade our home. But we rarely think about what we have invited into our home. The very things we are trying to keep out are often the same things we have invited.
In this final week of the Unplanned Christmas series, Pastor Frank Bennett shares how our unplanned reactions have an affect on us and those we love. Through the Christmas story, we are encouraged not to lose our faith, not to be afraid, and not to walk away.
In today's message, Pastor Frank Bennett shares how we can face the unplanned surprises with courage. We don't need to be like the clueless crowd or the curious shepherds, but rather the courageous wisemen.
Have things ever happened to you that seemed unfair? Have you ever experienced accusations, rejection, or attacks from evil people yet did nothing to deserve it? Life can be unjust and unfair at times. Mary and Joseph experienced this as Jesus was brought into the world. They show us some responses we can adopt as we face the unjust things in our world.
Christmas is probably the most planned season of the year, yet has the most unplanned surprises. In this message, Pastor Frank Bennett explains how the first Christmas was filled with unplanned events in order to cover up a covert operation to secure the arrival and safety of His Son, Jesus. This message will encourage you to walk in greater peace as you better understand how the unplanned fits together with God's plan.
In this final message of the Big Three series, Pastor Frank Bennett talks about the most important of these three simple, yet powerful words. Listen to this message to learn how these three principles tie into one another to help us live an abundant life until we reach Heaven.
In this second message of our Big Three Series, Pastor Frank Bennett brings us to focus on the pathway to hope and how we know when we are on that pathway. It is our hope that this message brings you closer to living out the hope God designed for you.
Until we reach eternity in Heaven, we have these three powerful words to help us in this life. Pastor Frank Bennett shares the message of Faith in the first week of this series. Faith is not merely believing for God to do something in the present. Faith is believing that what we do by faith in the present affects the unseen and the future.
In our final week of our Keep the Change series, Pastor Frank Bennett reminds us to position ourselves to hear the confirming and encouraging words of the Holy Spirit as we "Listen For A Change". If we want to keep the change and grow in our faith, we must hear from the Holy Spirit.
In week four of our Keep the Change series, Pastor Frank Bennett shares a unique method of keeping the change. Just like a leaf in the Fall is changing because it's dying, we also need to die in areas of our lives in order to change. If you're not dying, then you're not changing.
In week three of our Keep the Change series, Jackson Grant shares the importance that fellowship has in helping to keep the change that happened in our hearts. Sitting in rows on Sunday mornings is good. However, sitting in circles in small group is even better. Small group is vital to helping us keep the change.
This week's message is titled "Share the Change". Pastor Frank Bennett shares scripture and illustrations for the main takeaway from this message: "You will keep the change with greater success if you share with others about the change Jesus made in your life." This is true for new believers or experienced believers.
How do you know if you're growing in your faith? How do you keep the change that originally happened in your heart when you invited Jesus to be your Savior and Lord. Before we can keep the change, we need to make sure that a real change has actually taken place. Pastor Frank Bennett shares how you can be sure the change has happened as he asks the question, "What About the Change".
We are all in search for peace, especially when life brings chaos. Our Student Pastor, Joe Salvatore, brings a message of hope that brings peace.
