Cedarcrest Church

How do we find peace when life feels overwhelming? In the final message of our Philippians series, Carl Gulley explores how God’s presence enables us to stand firm, choose joy, and experience peace in the middle of life’s pressures. Through Philippians 4, we’re invited to bring our worries to Jesus, surrender the outcome, and trust that the Lord is near.

What does it actually mean to choose joy? Not the kind of joy that depends on good weather, smooth traffic, or things going our way, but the kind that holds firm even in the hardest seasons of life. In Philippians 2:12-18, Paul writes from prison, facing execution, and still calls us to rejoice. That alone should stop us in our tracks. The passage draws a sharp distinction between working FOR our...

In Philippians 2, we encounter one of the most breathtaking portraits of Jesus in all of Scripture. The God of the universe, enthroned in heaven and receiving endless praise from angels, looked at our broken condition and chose to come down. Not as a king in a palace, but as a baby in a feeding trough. Not to be served, but to serve. And ultimately, not to preserve his own comfort, but to die the...

This message takes us into the heart of the book of Philippians, where we find Paul writing from a Roman prison cell, uncertain whether he will live or die. Yet rather than despair, he radiates a joy that defies his circumstances. Through Paul's example, we are challenged to examine what we are really chasing in life. Are we running after a 'runner's high' -- a short-lasting state of happiness --...

Worship Night walking through the Tabernacle Prayer

What if the greatest miracle we could ever experience is not the parting of a sea or the healing of a body, but the moment we discover that God has been running toward us all along? This message takes us deep into the parable found in Luke 15, where a father's response to a returning son dismantles everything we assume about how God sees us in our worst moments. We tend to rehearse our confessions...

What happens when we bring our deepest desperation to God and refuse to let the crowd keep us from reaching Him? This message takes us into two remarkable healing accounts from Mark chapter 5, where Jesus is on His way to rescue a dying girl when a woman who has suffered for twelve years pushes through the crowd and touches the edge of His garment. Immediately, she is made whole. The power of this...

What happens when the storm hits and we feel like we are going under? In this message, we explore one of the most vivid and relatable stories in all of Scripture, the moment when Jesus and his disciples found themselves caught in a violent squall on the Sea of Galilee. The disciples had seen miracles. They had walked with Jesus. And yet when the waves came crashing in and danger was real, fear too...

Submission isn’t a popular topic, especially in an independence-driven culture, but it’s essential for a vibrant walk with Jesus. In this message from our Summer Glow Up series, Pastor Van unpacks what the Bible teaches about submission to God, spiritual leaders, civic authorities, and one another. You’ll learn: Why all authority ultimately comes from God The difference between healthy submission...

Drawing from Romans 12:1, we discover that true worship means offering our entire bodies as living sacrifices—our careers, finances, relationships, dreams, and disappointments. The first mention of worship in Scripture comes not from a temple choir but from Abraham on Mount Moriah, where he demonstrated that worship is fundamentally about a surrendered heart. Using Hebrew words like yadah (extendi...

This message challenges us to rethink what hospitality truly means in the biblical sense. While our culture often reduces hospitality to aesthetic surroundings, nice candles, and clean homes, Scripture calls us to something far deeper: creating spaces where people feel welcomed, seen, and can encounter Jesus. The story of Zacchaeus beautifully illustrates this radical hospitality. Here was a man d...

Learning to hear God's voice transforms everything about our faith journey. This powerful message introduces us to five practical lighthouses that help us discern when God is speaking: commanding scripture, compelling spirit, counsel of the saints, common sense, and circumstantial signs. The beauty of this framework is that we're not left guessing whether we've truly heard from God. Like ship capt...

This message challenges us to examine the gravitational pull that our possessions can have on our spiritual lives. Drawing from Matthew 6 where Jesus teaches about seeking first the kingdom of God, we're invited to consider a powerful question: What would be hardest to leave behind if Jesus asked us to do it? The answer often reveals where we've allowed things to become masters rather than tools....

In our always-on, 24/7 culture where information floods us constantly and leisure time has become just another platform for consumption, we're invited to rediscover an ancient spiritual practice that Jesus himself modeled: solitude. This message challenges us to examine how our weekends—once designed as sacred rest—have become filled with travel sports, endless notifications, and the relentless dr...

This exploration of biblical community reminds us that our faith was never meant to be lived in isolation. Drawing from John 13:34, where Jesus gives us the new command to love one another as He has loved us, we're challenged to move beyond surface-level relationships into authentic, transformative community. The message unpacks what it means to truly do life together through the lens of 59 'one a...