Sunday Morning Message

This week, we received a powerful message from Ephesians 3:1-13, where the Apostle Paul, writing as a prisoner for Christ, unveiled the glorious mystery of the Gospel. Once hidden for ages, this mystery has now been revealed by the Spirit: that Gentiles are fellow heirs, members of the same body, and partakers of the promise in Christ Jesus through the gospel. The speaker led us into the breathtak...

This Easter Sunday, we gathered for a beautiful sunrise service as we celebrated Resurrection Sunday. The message powerfully proclaimed the hope of the empty tomb—that Jesus Christ, who was crucified and buried, rose triumphantly from the dead on the third day, conquering sin, death, and the grave forever. Just as the first rays of dawn broke over the horizon, we were reminded that because He live...

This week, Bill Carter brought a powerful message from Ephesians 2:11-22, reminding us that we were once Gentiles, far off, separated from Christ and without hope in the world. But now, in Christ Jesus, we who were once far away have been brought near by the blood of Christ. He has broken down the dividing wall of hostility, creating one new man and reconciling both Jew and Gentile to God through...

This week, Pastor Mike brought a powerful message from Ephesians 2:1-10, reminding us that we were once dead in our trespasses and sins, walking according to the course of this world. Yet God, rich in mercy and great love, made us alive together with Christ—by grace we have been saved! Through faith, not of our own works, we have become His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for the good works H...

This week's message culminates in Paul's prayer (Ephesians 1:15–23), praying for the Spirit of wisdom and revelation so believers' hearts may be enlightened to know their hope, inheritance, and the immeasurable power working in them—the same power that raised and exalted Christ above all authorities, seating Him at God's right hand as head over the church.

This week's message comes from Pastor Jeff Chadwick of the Mission Centers of Houston. Jeff formerly called Richmond home before moving to Houston a decade ago. His main message comes from John 6:25-29, 35, recording the crowd finding Jesus on the other side of the lake after the feeding miracle and questioning how He arrived there, to which Jesus responds that they seek Him not because of the...

Ephesians 1:3-14 is a majestic, single-sentence doxology (in the original Greek) praising God the Father for every spiritual blessing bestowed upon believers in Christ, including being chosen before the foundation of the world to be holy and blameless, predestined for adoption as sons through Jesus according to God's gracious will—all to the praise of His glorious grace. The passage continues...

Ephesians 1:1-2 serves as the opening greeting of Paul's letter, where he identifies himself as an apostle of Christ Jesus appointed by God's will and addresses the recipients as God's holy people (saints) in Ephesus who are faithful in Christ Jesus. He then extends a blessing of grace and peace to them from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ, setting a tone of divine favor and r...

1 John 5:13-21 concludes the epistle by assuring believers who trust in Jesus Christ that they can know they possess eternal life, while also providing confidence in prayer—that God hears and answers requests aligned with His will—and guidance on interceding for fellow believers who sin (distinguishing between sins that do not lead to death, for which prayer brings life, and a sin that leads to de...

1 John 5:1-12 teaches that everyone who believes Jesus is the Christ is born of God, leading to love for both God and His children through obedience to His commands, which are not burdensome, and this faith enables believers to overcome the world. The passage then affirms the testimony to Jesus as the Son of God—coming by water and blood, confirmed by the Spirit—that grants eternal life to those w...

1 John 4:7-21 teaches that God is love by nature, and everyone who truly loves others is born of God and knows Him, while those who do not love do not know God. God's love was revealed through sending His Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins—not because we loved Him first, but because He loved us first. Therefore, believers must love one another, as this perfect love casts out fear, perfec...

We return to the book of 1 John this week, looking at the topic of false teaching. It instructs believers to test every spirit and teacher to ensure they confess that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh, distinguishing the Spirit of God from the spirit of the Antichrist. It assures Christians that they have overcome false teachers because the Spirit within them is greater than the spirit of error i...

In 2 Chronicles 20:1-30, King Jehoshaphat and Judah face a vast invading army, respond with national fasting, humble corporate prayer, and complete dependence on God, who promises through a prophet that the battle belongs to Him. As the people march out singing praises to the Lord, He causes the enemy forces to destroy one another, granting Judah a complete victory without fighting, demonstrating...

In 1 Kings 8:22-30, King Solomon stands before the altar and the assembly of Israel to dedicate the newly built temple, praising God as unmatched in heaven and earth for faithfully keeping His covenant and promises to David. He acknowledges that even the highest heavens cannot contain God, yet he asks the Lord to hear prayers directed toward the temple, keep His eyes open upon it day and night, an...

Pastor Mike begins a look at the topic of prayer to begin 2026, using Ephesians 3 as the core text in this week's message.

In 1 John 3:11-24, the apostle emphasizes that the core message from the beginning of the Christian faith is to love one another, contrasting this with Cain's hatred and murder of his brother as an example of evil. True love is demonstrated not merely in words but in sacrificial actions, as exemplified by Jesus laying down His life for us, and we ought to help brothers and sisters in need. By...

This week Pastor Mike explores 1 John 3:1-10, where the apostle John marvels at the extravagant love the Father has lavished on us, calling us His children—and that is truly what we are! He reminds us of our future hope: when Christ appears, we will be like Him. This transforms our lives, purifying us as we abstain from sin, for no one born of God continues in it. True children of God are marked b...

This scripture provides a warning to believers that it is the last hour, marked by the appearance of many antichrists—false teachers who departed from the church and deny that Jesus is the Christ—while urging true Christians to abide in Him and the truth they received from the beginning, empowered by the Holy Spirit's anointing, so they may have confidence at His return and demonstrate their n...

John urges believers to live out the old-yet-new commandment to love one another as proof of walking in the light, encourages every stage of faith for having known and overcome through Christ, and warns them not to love the fleeting world or its lusts and pride, because only the one who does the will of God abides forever.

The eleven disciples go to a mountain in Galilee where they see the risen Jesus, worship him despite some doubts, and receive his Great Commission to make disciples of all nations by baptizing them in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit and teaching them to obey his commands, with the assurance that he is with them always to the end of the age.

After an earthquake rolls back the stone from Jesus' tomb, an angel announces his resurrection to Mary Magdalene and the other Mary, who then encounter the risen Jesus himself, while the guards report the event to the chief priests, who bribe them to spread the false story that the disciples stole the body.

In the evening, Joseph of Arimathea, a rich disciple, asks Pilate for Jesus’ body, wraps it in linen, and lays it in his own new tomb, rolling a large stone across the entrance; Mary Magdalene and the other Mary sit watching. The next day, the chief priests and Pharisees persuade Pilate to secure the tomb with guards and a seal, lest the disciples steal the body and claim Jesus has risen.

Pastor Steve Bray from Mile One Mission in Newfoundland visits is this Sunday and talks about the importance of churches who are on mission to help missions.

From noon until three o'clock darkness covers the land; Jesus cries out, "My God, why have you forsaken me?" and dies. Immediately the temple curtain tears, the earth quakes, tombs open, saints are raised, the centurion confesses "Truly this was the Son of God," and the faithful women watch from afar.

Roman soldiers mock Jesus by stripping him, dressing him in a scarlet robe and crown of thorns, bowing in fake homage while beating him, then lead him away to be crucified. As Jesus hangs on the cross, passersby, religious leaders, and even the two criminals crucified alongside him hurl insults and taunt him, challenging him to save himself if he truly is the Son of God.