Treasured Truth

On the next Treasured Truth , we’ll begin to look at the various roles of the believer in evangelism. And Pastor Ford will explain that in the process of winning lost people for Christ, there are believers who sow and there are those who reap.  In other words, there are those who plant the seed of faith and others who pray with that person and who are there when he or she actually comes...

On the next Treasured Truth , Pastor Ford will be wrapping up our study from the book of James about seeing purpose in your problems in pain. He’ll challenge us to consider the need we have to understand how our problems and pain can be motivating factors in our lives. Even though we go through difficulties, they can motivate us to live in our “not yet,” right now.  In other...

When we face problems and pain in life, we need to understand that what we’re going through is for the future that we’re going to. That struggle is a part of making us who we’re going to become and it is designed to accomplish God’s purpose for our lives. And on the next Treasured Truth , Pastor Ford will continue to challenge us as we seek to understand what God is doing i...

On the next Treasured Truth , as we continue our study in the book of James, Pastor Ford will remind us that sometimes the solution to our problem is in our problem.  In other words, our deficiency—which is apparent to us in our problem—may be the provision for the sufficiency that God wants to provide for us.  But often, we can’t easily see the truth about our situatio...

On the next Treasured Truth , as we continue to consider how to see purpose in our problems and pain, Pastor Ford will explain the various kinds of suffering we can encounter.  One of those is remedial suffering, and God uses it much like a potter uses heat to cure his clay.  So, it’s during those times when God uses suffering to burn character into us that cannot be changed, to bu...

When you join us for the next Treasured Truth , as we begin to look at the theology of stewardship, Pastor Ford will ask how many of us have made God the Lord of the leftovers?  Because if we’re honest with ourselves, He usually gets our leftover time, our leftover talents, and our leftover treasures.  We often think to ourselves—if we have anything left, then we can give to...

On the next Treasured Truth , we’ll look further at suffering as we continue our current study in the book of James. Pastor Ford will remind us that God has sent us the trials we are experiencing in our lives, and He wants us to see them in the way that He sees them.  And that’s because He’s shaping us to make us into something that we currently are not. And why is He doing...

There’s power in the name of Jesus.  So much so, that when we focus on Him and on magnifying His name, our perspective changes.  And the smaller the problems in our lives will actually become, in light of His glory.  On the next Treasured Truth , find out more from   Pastor Ford about seeing purpose in your problems in pain as we continue to study what the book of James h...

When we consider the purpose in our problems and pain, we need to realize that it’s not how much of Jesus we have, but it’s how much of us that Jesus has. We need to ask ourselves, do we really trust Him in our time of trouble? And on the next Treasured Truth , Pastor Ford will continue this message series the book of James that is helping us to focus on what God is doing in our lives...

On the next Treasured Truth , as we continue our study in the book of James, Pastor Ford will ask us to consider this question—even though we’re going through something right now, are we more committed to Jesus’ purpose than we are to getting out of our pain? To hear more about how to see purpose in your problems and pain, be sure to join us for the next Treasured Truth . Treasur...

On the next Treasured Truth , we’ll begin to look at how there is purpose in our problems and pain. You may be going through a tremendous struggle right now, and you may be discouraged and not know what to do. But Pastor Ford will encourage us to not waste our sorrows.  Instead, we should embrace them, realizing that God is up to something and is working in our lives for His glory. To l...

When you join us for the next Treasured Truth , Pastor Ford will encourage us to remember that Christ took the sting of death so that we wouldn’t have to.  Oh grave, where is your victory?  Oh death, where is your sting?  Christ has achieved the victory over death and is alive!  And because He’s alive, we are alive too! So, join us as we conclude the ...

On the next  Treasured Truth , we’ll continue to look at what Jesus did for us on the cross. Pastor Ford will remind us that the condemnation of Good Friday was leading to the coronation of Resurrection Sunday.  If there were no Good Friday, then there could not be Resurrection Sunday. And he points out that many of us want the power of resurrection, but we don’t want to expe...

When Jesus raised Lazarus from the dead, He celebrated.  And in His resurrection celebration, Jesus had prayer and praise. And on the next Treasured Truth , Pastor Ford will ask us, if we’ve followed Jesus’ example—has resurrection power caused us to pray more? Has it caused us to praise more? To learn more about how we should respond when we realize we need the resurre...

On the next Treasured Truth , Pastor Ford  will begin a new message series that looks at the resurrection of Lazarus.  And he’ll explain that God wanted everyone to understand that if Jesus didn’t raise Lazarus from the dead, it wouldn’t get done—that is exactly why Jesus delayed His departure to return and help Lazarus.  So, we must realize that sometimes th...

On the next Treasured Truth , Pastor Ford will continue to help us prepare to celebrate the resurrection by reminding us that God has allows our suffering for a reason. He has allowed everything we go through, and He has a higher purpose for all of it.  Now we may not be able to see or sense what that purpose is.  And we especially may not like it. But God is sovereign and He’s goi...

On the next Treasured Truth , we’ll continue to look at Jesus’ journey to Calvary, and what He had to endure for our salvation, Pastor Ford will help us understand the blessings in a beatdown.  He’ll remind us that we have to realize that it’s better to walk with God in the darkness than to walk alone in the light. That’s what Jesus wanted us to know. Throug...

Have you ever been anxious to tell someone about a juicy piece of gossip?  We’ve probably all been tempted to do that at some point. And on the next Treasured Truth , Pastor Ford will explain that we should be even more ready to tell people about the gospel than we are to tell them about the latest gossip.  We should be anxious to spread the good news about our Lord and Savior, Jes...

As the time came near for Jesus to sacrifice His life for us, how could He have joy, when He knew all the things that He would have to endure? When you join us for the next Treasured Truth , we'll learn how Jesus could have joy because He truly understood the blessings in His suffering. Join us as Pastor Ford begins a new message called “The Blessing in a Beat Down,” as we look forward...

When the Father turned away from Him as He hung on the cross, Jesus realized that even though He felt abandoned by God, He was still His God.  Jesus knew that His relationship with the Father could never be broken by His circumstances. And on the next Treasured Truth , Pastor Ford will remind at how as believers, we too can learn from Jesus’ example and be certain that this truth applie...

On the next Treasured Truth , Pastor Ford will start a new message as we continue to anticipate celebrating Easter in a few weeks. He’ll remind us how Jesus was forsaken on the cross so that we could be forgiven, and he’ll explain how Jesus left us an example of what we ought to do when we too feel like we’ve been abandoned by God. We’ll look at how Christ responded on the...

On the next Treasured Truth , Pastor Ford will continue to look at Christ’s responses during the crucifixion.  Following Christ’s example of what to do when you feel abandoned by God,  Pastor Ford  will encourage us to do this when we feel abandoned—go to the Word of God and commit ourselves to the revelation of all of God’s promises that we find in His Word....

On the next Treasured Truth , As we begin to prepare ourselves and  look forward to celebrating Christ’s resurrection this Easter, Pastor Ford will remind us of just how rich our redemption actually is. Jesus Christ paid the price for us to be redeemed and then He blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places (Ephesians 1:3). To learn more from Pastor Ford about the richnes...

On the next Treasured Truth , we’ll continue our study about God’s call in our lives. Pastor Ford will explain that God’s resources are reserved for those who fulfill the responsibilities He gives to them. So, our provision is linked to His purpose.  And the problem is that many of us want the provision, but we don’t want His purpose. To learn more from Pastor Ford abo...

When you join us for the next Treasured Truth , we’ll begin to look ahead to Easter.  As we consider the richness of the redemption we have in Christ, we need to understand the futility of what we think can give us authority over our sin, other than Jesus Christ and Him crucified. Join us as Pastor Ford helps us begin to prepare our hearts to celebrate our Lord’s resurrection with...