NBCF Sermons

Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and eat with him, and he with Me.          Revelation 3:20 Read John 21:1-17 God meets us in our failures, not just our successes Later, Jesus appeared again to the disciples beside the Sea of Galilee. This is how it happened. 2 Several of the disciples were there—Simon Peter, Thomas (nickname...

20 Look! I stand at the door and knock. If you hear my voice and open the door, I will come in, and we will share a meal together as friends.         Revelation 3:20 Grace invites you to the table before you clean up your act. 27 Later, as Jesus left the town, he saw a tax collector named Levi sitting at his tax collector’s booth. “Follow me and be my disciple,” Jesus said to him.28 So Levi got up...

1 Let all that I am praise the Lord; with my whole heart, I will praise his holy name. 2 Let all that I am praise the Lord; may I never forget the good things he does for me. 3 He forgives all my sins and heals all my diseases. 4 He redeems me from death and crowns me with love and tender mercies. 5 He fills my life with good things. My youth is renewed like the eagle’s!     Psalm 103:1-5 Gratitud...

2 Don’t copy the behavior and customs of this world, but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think. Then you will learn to know God’s will for you, which is good and pleasing and perfect.      Romans 12:2 Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind….  Romans 12:2 "And so, dear brothers and sisters, I plead with you to give your...

What kind of men will we be? God Determines When Life Begins, So We Are Called to Protect Life You made all the delicate, inner parts of my body and knit me together in my mother’s womb. 14  Thank you for making me so wonderfully complex! Your workmanship is marvelous—how well I know it. 15  You watched me as I was being formed in utter seclusion, as I was woven together in the dark of the womb. 1...

Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Romans 12:2 6  Don’t worry about anything; instead, pray about everything. Tell God what you need, and thank him for all he has done.  7  Then you will experience God’s peace, which exceeds anything we can understand. His peace will guard your hearts and minds as you live in Christ Jesus. 8  And now, dear...

You cannot defeat what you do not recognize  Recognize That I Am in the Middle of a Spiritual Battle We are human, but we don’t wage war as humans do. 2 Corinthians 10:3 Recognize the Strongholds in Your Life We use God’s mighty weapons, not worldly weapons, to knock down the strongholds of human reasoning and to destroy false arguments.  2 Corinthians 10:4 Recognize You Must Tear Down the Strongh...

Everything in this world is temporary, but God’s promises are eternal, so let’s live for what lasts. Read 2 Peter 3:1-18 God Keeps His Promises Even When It Feels Like He’s Delayed 3 Most importantly, I want to remind you that in the last days scoffers will come, mocking the truth and following their own desires. 4 They will say, “What happened to the promise that Jesus is coming again? From befor...

How can we live boldly in a culture of resistance? Read Acts 4:1-31 Peter and John’s Boldness Reminds Us That Courage Doesn’t Come from Comfort – Courage Comes from Conviction “Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them…”       Acts 4:8 There is salvation in no one else! God has given no other name under heaven by which we must be saved.               Acts 4:12   The Church didn’t Pray...

42 All the believers devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching, and to fellowship, and to sharing in meals (including the Lord’s Supper), and to prayer. 43 A deep sense of awe came over them all, and the apostles performed many miraculous signs and wonders. 44 And all the believers met together in one place and shared everything they had. 45 They sold their property and possessions and shared t...

Jesus told them this story: “A man had two sons. 12 The younger son told his father, ‘I want my share of your estate now before you die.’ So his father agreed to divide his wealth between his sons.          Luke 15:11-12   A few days later this younger son packed all his belongings and moved to a distant land, and there he wasted all his money in wild living.        Luke 15:13   Jesus loves you, e...

3 For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received: that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures, 4 that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day in accordance with the Scriptures.  5 and that  he appeared  to Cephas, then to the twelve. 6 Then  he appeared  to more than  five hundred  brothers at one time, most of whom are still alive, though some ha...

Helps us spotlight words we never said.     God so loved the world that He gave His one and only son that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have everlasting life.          John 3:16   Admit your faults to one another.  Pray for each other so that you may be healed.    James 5:16   If it is possible, as far as it depends on you, live at peace with everyone.         Romans 8:12   You must...

Marco ●  Value #7 - We participate, not spectate ●  Genesis 2:7-8, verse 15 ●  Genesis 6:13-16 ●  Deuteronomy 10:12-13 ●  Joshua 24:14 Jim ●  James 2:14-17 ●  Ephesians 2:10. Ephesians 4:12. Ephesians 6:7-8. ●  Philippians 2:3 ●  Colossians 3:17 ●  Hebrews 10:24-25 ●  Proverbs 27:17 ●  2 Corinthians 9:6-8 ●  1 Corinthians 12:18 Gian ●  Hebrews 13:8 ●  Philippians 2:6. ●  John 13:1-8, 12-17 ●  Phil...

Deacons Rob, Cory, & Cedric

Value #1: God’s Word is our _____    Value #2: The _____ is our message   Value #3: Our church is a ____ not an event   Excellence is our aim   Does God Really Care About Excellence in Everything We Do?   Whatever happens, conduct yourselves in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ.   Philippians 1:27   Keep your behavior excellent among the Gentiles so that when they speak against you as evildo...

Value #2: The Gospel is Our Message   Now, brothers and sisters, I want to remind you of the gospel I preached to you, which you received and on which you have taken your stand. 2 By this gospel you are saved, if you hold firmly to the word I preached to you. Otherwise, you have believed in vain. 3 For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance: that Christ died for our sins accordi...

Your God knows you   O Lord, you have examined my heart and know everything about me. 2 You know when I sit down or stand up. You know my thoughts even when I’m far away. 3 You see me when I travel and when I rest at home. You know everything I do. 4 You know what I am going to say even before I say it, Lord. 5 You go before me and follow me. You place your hand of blessing on my head. 6 Such know...

They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer. 43 Everyone was filled with awe at the many wonders and signs performed by the apostles. 44 All the believers were together and had everything in common. 45 They sold property and possessions to give to anyone who had need. 46 Every day they continued to meet together in the temple courts....

Our Vision: To be a church that reaches people who reach their city.   Without vision the people perish.       Proverbs 29:18   So I have come down to rescue them from the hand of the Egyptians and to bring them up out of that land into a good and spacious land, a land flowing with milk and honey.      Exodus 3:8   Come, follow me, . . . and I will make you fishers of men.      Matthew 4:18-19   T...

We were created for a purpose.  (every verse will be in the ESV, unless stated otherwise) (I will mention the verse address before so that you can know when to put it on the slide) Genesis 1:1 Romans 6:21-22 Psalm 19:1 NIV Romans 1:19-20 Isaiah 43:7 Psalm 139:13-16 NIV The Holy Spirit helps us live out this purpose Luke 6:49 Matthew 5:20 John 1:12 Ezekiel 36:26-27 The Holy Spirit guarantees that t...

“9 So we have not stopped praying for you since we first heard about you. We ask God to give you complete knowledge of his will and to give you spiritual wisdom and understanding. 10 Then the way you live will always honor and please the Lord, and your lives will produce every kind of good fruit. All the while, you will grow as you learn to know God better and better. 11 We also pray that you will...

We are all thirsty for something   As the deer longs for streams of water, so I long for you, O God. 2 I thirst for God, the living God. When can I go and stand before him?          Psalm 42:1-2   It’s okay to have spiritual conversations with yourself   Why am I discouraged? Why is my heart so sad? I will put my hope in God! I will praise him again— my Savior and 6 my God! Now I am deeply discour...

”When they arrived, Samuel took one look at Eliab and thought, “Surely this is the Lord’s anointed!”“ ‭‭1 Samuel‬ ‭16‬:‭6‬ ‭NLT ”But the Lord said to Samuel, “Don’t judge by his appearance or height, for I have rejected him. The Lord doesn’t see things the way you see them. People judge by outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart.” 1 Samuel 16:7 NLT ”Let all that I am praise the Lord; w...