A Transforming Word

To say that Israel didn't really accomplish much in their wilderness wandering would be an understatement. In fact, what shouldn't have even taken but a few weeks' time, ended up taking them nearly forty years to arrive in the Promised land from Egypt. In today's message, Pastor Bill reflects on an important lesson that we can glean from Israel's sin in the wilderness. In his study, you'll learn t...

Today, Pastor Bill wants you to understand, that you're responsible for what you know. When you come face to face with the Truth, of your sin, and choose to stay there, you're in open rebellion against the Creator of the Universe. Do you understand how eternally dangerous that is? If you die, in your sin, when you could have been set free, by humbly submitting yourself to the Truth, you've no one...

In his message, today, Pastor Bill asks you, why do you still carry your sin? Jesus came to cleanse you of your sin. So, why would you want to remain in it? In Romans, Chapter Six, Paul writes, that you've been set free from sin. You're set free from sin, to no longer remain in sin. Through belief in Jesus, you can come, BOLDLY, before His Throne of Grace, to receive Grace and Help in time of need...

Jesus told the Pharisees, “you search the Scriptures because in them you think you have eternal life; and these are they which testify of Me.” Pastor Bill encourages you to study the Old Testament Scriptures, looking for Jesus in them. The religious establishment, that ruled at the time of Jesus, looked to the Law as a rule book. But the Law is a picture of our hopelessness, without Jesus, and a p...

The Bible tells you, that, as a Christian, you are to walk by faith, and not by sight. Pastor Bill, in his message today, wants you to know that you have something that this world, just doesn't understand. You have Jesus. When you breathe your last breath, nothing else matters. Because you believe in Jesus, you will never die! When you know that, in your heart, that old hymn comes alive - The one...

Today, Pastor Bill reminds you, that you need to deal with the sin in your life. Confession and repentance are necessary for forgiveness. John wrote, that if we confess our sins, our God is faithful to cleanse us of our sin, every single time. And, forget about the idea that you don't have sin. He said, that if you say you have no sin, you make God out to be a liar, and His Word is not in you. You...

Have you ever stopped to consider, that your giving to the needs of the local church, or brothers and sisters in need, is an act of worship? Pastor Bill reminds you, today, that God gave His best for you. He gave His only Son, to take your sin upon Him, and to die in your place. And, then He gave you eternal life. The Bible tells us, that our love for Him is only because He first loved us. Your gi...

Every person who works for the body of Christ is a gift to the body from God. God loves his church and desires to see her holy and perfect in every way. Because of this, he gave her pastors and teachers. He gave her nursery workers to share his love with the children. He gave her admins to keep things running smoothly. He gives us to each other to serve each other. Pastor Bill will look at the bod...

Ultimately, our God is love. Everything that we hear about him, everything we read about him, must be filtered through that truth. Yes, hell exists, but God did everything he could to keep you from it. He even sacrificed his own son so that you could be forgiven and enter into his presence freely. In his love for you, he did not hold anything back that could erase the gap between you and him. Past...

Pastor Bill reminds us of this incredible truth today; that we are created by God for a special, unique purpose on this earth. From before time began, God knew you and he planned out what your role would be. Do you know what it is? If you do, go for it with everything you've got and give all the glory to God as you go! But if you don't know what that unique purpose is, don't despair. Start by wors...

Do you ever feel like God can't use you anymore? Like you've screwed up too much, too many times? You don't have to look far in scripture to realize that it's never too late to be used by God. Pastor Bill points us to Aaron today. This is the guy that caused the whole nation of Israel to worship something that was not God. Have you ever done that? Led a whole nation astray? Aaron is still the one...

Aaron's rod is the one that bore fruit. The people were attacking Aaron, saying they should lead instead of him. But Pastor Bill tells us that it was the Lord who defended Aaron. Aaron's rod supernaturally sprouted flowers and grew fruit when it was in the presence of the Lord. We have a choice. We can choose to be like the ones who attacked the leaders—and whose rods remained dead. Or we can foll...

Everything that God has done, he has done so that he can be in fellowship with you. He wants to spend time with you. He wants to hear what's in your heart—not because he doesn't already know. He does. But because he wants that intimacy with you. He cares about you that much. Pastor Bill is going to ask the question today; have you met with God recently? Have you come into his presence just to be w...

Pastor Bill says when we complain we are complaining against God. We are essentially saying, “God, you haven't given me what I want or what I need. What you've given me isn't good enough.” Does that thought make you stop in your tracks as it makes me? When we want to complain we need to look instead at all that God has already done for us. If we started making that list, it would never end. There...

Moses was called to the people of Israel, but it wasn't an easy calling! They were stubborn and hard-hearted people and he grew angry with them frequently. Who has God called you to love? Are they frustrating to you? Do they make you angry? What are we supposed to do when the people we are called to love are the ones making us angry? Pastor Bill says that we are to respond the same way Moses did—b...

What we do in a jam says a lot about who we are and what we truly believe. We are biologically wired to fight, flight, or freeze when we are faced with a threat, but God gives us another option. Just like Moses, we can take our situations to God and fall on our face in front of him. Pastor Bill tells us that that is the most humbling physical position we can be in. We have the choice. We can fight...

For as much as we admire Moses, he made some big mistakes that brought serious consequences. Because of his lack of faith and patience, he didn’t get to experience the Promised Land that he was called to lead the Israelites to. Instead, Joshua was blessed with that incredible privilege because of his faith and humility. In today’s message, Pastor Bill will challenge us to seek those characteristic...

God wants great things for you. But He measures greatness by a different scale than man does. We want to experience success with minimal effort or risk. Think about how much money is spent on the lottery every year or think about stock-market millionaires. But to God, success in this life isn’t measured by monetary wealth or physical riches – it’s measured in faith. As Pastor Bill will explain in...

You need to be very careful with your complaining. God can handle any complaint you throw at Him, but as Pastor Bill points out in today’s message, when the Israelites complained to God, despite everything He had done in liberating them from Egypt, God allowed them to wander and die in the wilderness. That’s not what He wanted. He had already secured the Promised Land for them, but they trusted in...

All of us have people like that in our lives. People that we just struggle to love. It may just be a personality quirk, or maybe they outright persecute you. But, Jesus called us to love them. When you consider the love He demonstrated for even the people who put Him on the cross, suddenly the love we’re called to may seem much easier. As Pastor Bill will challenge us in today’s message, we can be...

God doesn’t give us a spirit of fear - it comes from our enemy, not from our Redeemer. Have you ever felt called or pulled to do something, but you talked yourself out of it? You may have said, “someone else can do this better” or seeds of doubt in your mind made you question if it was really God’s will for you. In today’s message, Pastor Bill will challenge us to step out in faith. When you feel...

God’s given you everything you need to overcome sin. When you fall, it’s not anyone else’s fault. You need to be honest with yourself and take responsibility. That may sound discouraging, but it doesn’t have to be. As Pastor Bill will remind us in today’s message, just as God had secured the Promised Land for the Israelites, and all they needed to do was trust Him and enter in, God has secured a l...

In today's message, Pastor Bill has a message for leaders. Now when the word leader is used, you might think of a church elder or a pastor. And while those people are leaders, leaders also include fathers, mothers, husbands, and wives. So if you're a leader, this is for you. Fear is contagious. If you lead without confidence in the One who leads you, that fear will spread like wildfire. The people...

Sometimes God asks us to do things that seem impossible. God asked Jonah to go to a place he hated, He asked Gideon to defeat an entire army with 300 people, He told Joshua to walk around a city to conquer it... But all of those stories end with God accomplishing His plan all along. And in today's message, Pastor Bill will remind you that when God asks you to do something you think is impossible f...

In today's message, Pastor Bill will share with you about God's permissive will. The will of God is that which God has set in place for someone... But sometimes, we might not want to listen to God's will for our lives. God's will is uncomfortable, unknown, out of our control, and so much more. And sometimes, if we gripe and complain enough, God could say, “alright do it your way”. This is God's pe...