December 21st - Tomorrow I Will Come (O Oriens/O Morning Star)
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Pastor Kevin talks about how joy is not so much something you can chase and catch. You have to stop and let it catch you.
For more information go to Tomorrow I Will Come project.
For more information go to Tomorrow I Will Come project.
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Pastor Kevin gives a short message on how it is God's job and not our to finish the good work of love in each of us. Our part is just to get out of the way. Kevin then interviews Christy who shares how she used the $100 given out last week to share God's love with someone this week.
Pastor Kevin introduces an Advent giving challenge for the next four weeks, interviews Cindy and Isabel on what they are thankful for, and gives the congregation a chance to share the Praises of the People. On the last Sunday of the Christian Calendar Year, it is our custom to give thanks to the Lord.
Pastor Ruben shares on the Old Testament story of Hannah's journey of transformation. Her story of transformation illustrates the universal pattern: 1. We are called to change 2. We are called to suffer/die 3. We are called to union/joy 4. We are changed in order to share/serve
What does it mean to go all in on God's all in all love?
Why do people often find it so awkward to be around sad people? We do Christians often do and say the dumbest thing to people who are grieving? How did Jesus model for us how to be with someone in grief? Pastor Kevin shares about how when we are around sad people we often just need to shut up and pass a tissue. He also interviews Dana who will be leading a care ministry which will be developed at MCF in 2019.
Pastor Kevin closes his series, Starting Over, in Mark 10 with a story of man who was told by the crowd to shut up and settle. What voices are telling us to shut up and settle? How can we find the faith to push past the voices into a different reality?
Grown ups love to play a childish game. It's called the "Me First" game. Jesus challenges his disciples and us to live life in a different way. Here is LINK to the video that was shown near the beginning of the sermon.
Adults have their security blankets too. We just graduate from actual blankets to things like money, control, and popularity. Pastor Kevin talks about these security blankets as he continues his series in Mark 10 entitled, Starting Over. The podcast ends with a great communion invitation by Pastor Ruben.
October 7th was relaunch Sunday for MCF! Pastor Kevin started a new series entitled, Starting Over, that fit the occassion perfectly. Jesus said we have to become like children if we want to begin to see the world the way God sees it. But there is a big difference between being child-like and childish. The podcast concludes with Superintendent Charles Latchison recommissioning Pastor Kevin and his wife Jennifer and commissioning the new leadership team of the church.
This week features a conversational sermon between Pastors Kevin Robertson and Bob Monagbanag, Kevin's longtime friend.
Kevin opens with an interview with Debbie. It's a story of restoration! Kevin then speaks on the two roads we can choose. The road to greatness and the road to suffering.
We all have scripts we have accepted for our lives, but often we are trying so hard to act out those scripts that we don't ever get around to living the life we are actually in. It is often hard to accept the life we are in and to realize that God is with us in it all. (Video link below) Claire Wineland video link
When Pastor Kevin prepared this message, he didn't know that he would have to put it into practice before he even preached it. He shares a personal challenge he faces with his health and how learning to pray at higher levels of awareness brings a deep sense of peace which cannot be taken away by circumstances. Outline below: The Overall Goal of Prayer Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your Name, your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as in heaven. The Lower ACTIVE Level of Prayer Give us...
Pastor Robin continues the Road to Restoration by speaking on the freedom of grace. Grace allows us to honestly face our flaws with compassion so we can live authentically without the need to manage our image. This episode also includes the Gospel reading and a related song (lyrics below). We believe in God the father, maker of the heavens and the earth Of all that is, both seen and not The beauty of it all his hands have wrought But we believe that we are all alone The earth is ours to plunder ...
Pastor Kevin continues his series, "Road to Restoration." In this message, he speaks about the need for having God's wisdom when it comes to making amends with people we have harmed.
Pastor Kevin continues his Summer series, Road to Recovery, by sharing some practical wisdom on becoming ready to make amends with people we have harmed.
Pastor Kevin continues to share about upcoming changes at MCF. Today, he talks about hospitality and simple ways we can help newcomers feel welcome and connected. He then talks about humility and leads us in King David's prayer found in Psalm 51. This is a prayer of repentance, illumination, union, and service.
When we become aware of character flaws, are they something we have to make ourselves ready to remove, or does God make us ready? This week Pastor Kevin ends his sermon by leading the congregation through a prayer by the Apostle Paul.
Pastor Al Johnson brings us some Living Water this Sunday. Once you drink of it, it will begin to flow through you and bring life wherever it goes!
Why isn't church more like a recovery community where people can both bare and bear the truth.
Pastor Kevin continues the Road to Restoration series with a sermon on how our sore spots (hurts and weaknesses) can become a source of strength.
Kevin interviews Christie Smith and then talks about the woman who saw Jesus as her only hope and pressed through the crowd to touch him. She was restored, not just of her physical illness, but also to her community. Restoration happens when our trust in Jesus turns into action.
Pastor Ruben continues the series, Road to Restoration. The third stop on this road, is "Surrender."
Kevin continues his sermon series on the Road to Restoration. Grace is not something achieved. Rather it is often something we fall into. Kevin also interviews Paul Wilkinson prior to the message.