Messages

Special Guest Speaker Joel Hudson

The message explores Paul's prayer in Ephesians 3 for believers to find their identity in the vast, unearned love of Christ, contrasting it with the performative, insecure identities shaped by contemporary culture, and highlights the transformative power of understanding and experiencing this love within the community of faith.

The transformative journey from passive observance to active participation in Christian ministry, emphasizing the use of individual gifts for communal service and spiritual growth.

This message emphasizes the importance of growing in spiritual maturity within the church through speaking the truth in love, guided by sound doctrine and unified in Christ.

"Come and See" is a sermon exploring the challenge of practically living out the church's mission to share the gospel, emphasizing authentic, personal witness and inviting others to experience Jesus for themselves.

"The Connection We Long For" delves into the human condition without Christ, the restoration of relationships through Jesus, and the call for believers to invest in deep connections within the church community, emphasizing a two-way street of encouragement, love, and reaching others.

Focusing on the foundational role of Jesus in building the church, the challenges it faces, and the need for believers to embrace challenges as opportunities for spiritual growth, emphasizing the importance of mutual support, love, service, and prayer within the church community.

The message delves into the intersection of faith and uncertainty in 2024, urging a faith-filled response to life's unknowns, drawing inspiration from the Apostle Paul's readiness to embrace uncertainties, emphasizing the certainty of the gospel and individual life courses, and concluding with an encouragement to confidently face the unknowns of the coming year by putting trust in God.

The significance of Jesus as the Word, emphasizing his role in creation, incarnation, and communication of God's love, truth, and the promise of eternal life, inviting individuals to respond in faith and experience the transformative power of Jesus in their lives.

The imperative to engage in mission and proclaim the gospel, emphasizing the inseparable connection between the concept of "Go" and the essence of the gospel message.

The message emphasizes that, despite their failures and shortcomings, individuals like Peter, Paul, and John Mark were used by God for honorable purposes, emphasizing the idea that one's past mistakes should not hinder them from being vessels for God's work. It encourages confession, repentance, and acceptance of God's forgiveness, highlighting the transformative power of faith and the ability to...

Emphasizing the significance of Israel in biblical prophecies, the miracles surrounding its existence, and predictions about future events, including the return of Jesus Christ. It also encourages a deepening relationship with God, being prepared for the return of Christ, and engaging actively in life while following Jesus closely.

Join us as we begin focusing on the significance of Israel in a prophetic context, the challenges it faces, and the belief in God's faithfulness to the people of Israel.

This message emphasizes the dangers of disconnecting the understanding and experience of the Holy Spirit from the anchor of God's word and the need for a balanced approach that combines both Spirit and Truth in the Christian faith.

The text warns about untethering the Holy Spirit from the truth and provides three signs of this: 1) Focusing more on the Spirit than on Jesus, 2) Making the Spirit's work about emotion rather than mission, and 3) Being preoccupied with constantly seeking "new" spiritual experiences, emphasizing the need for a balanced and grounded approach to the Holy Spirit's guidance in Christian faith.

Dale Ingraham will be our guest speaker this Sunday. The title of his message is The Wrath of God and his passages will be Rom. 1:16-23 and 2:4-10.

Sowing to the Spirit involves recognizing the principle of reaping what you sow, where sowing to the Spirit through acts of goodness, love, and the use of spiritual gifts brings about a harvest of eternal life and positive impact on others, while sowing to the flesh results in corruption and decay in one's life.

The sermon by Allen Snapp at Grace Community Church on October 8, 2023, emphasizes the importance of both the Holy Spirit and the Truth (the Bible) in the Christian faith, highlighting that we need both for spiritual life, salvation, fulfilling the church's mission, and discernment in our walk with God.

Grace Community Church's 20th anniversary message, delivered by Allen Snapp, celebrated God's enduring faithfulness and emphasized the church's commitment to deepening faith, community, and service in the years to come.

Using the story of David and Saul from 2 Samuel 1 to emphasize the importance of refusing to embrace permanent victimhood, honoring those who have wronged us, and putting others in the best light possible, ultimately highlighting the transformation from victim to victor through faith and grace.

Discovering hope and salvation amidst a life headed for destruction.

The message centers on the story of David's resilience in the face of devastating loss, emphasizing his journey of mourning, finding strength in God, seeking divine guidance, and ultimately fighting to recover what was taken from him.