Arrows Church Weekend Messages

How do we prove we KNOW God? Knowing God is not important… If God doesn’t exist.  What if his existence is the most important thing that matters? The point is clear… we must know God! But how can we really know that we know Him? • 1 John 2:3-6 (NIV) Test #1: Do I obey God’s commands? • 1 John 3:23 (NIV) Person 1 = Someone who falsely claims to know God. Person 2 = Someone who truly knows and obeys...

You know because you GROW. Some Christians are ____________, some are _____________, some are ______________. 1 John 2:12-14 NIV John's message to children (new believers): Your sins are ___________ + you know the ___________. John's message to young men (growing believers): You have ____________ the evil one. John's message to fathers (mature believers): You know ______ who was fro...

The proof that you really KNOW God Test #2 = Are You Loving Your Neighbor? 1 John 2:7-11 The Supreme Command - Love (2:7-8) The professing man: Professes God but hates his brother (2:9) The obedient man: Loves his brother (2:10) We can prove that we know God by what we love.  The bitter & hating man: Walks in darkness, blinded by his sin (2:11) Big Question: Are you loving your neighbor? Do yo...

Question: If you were believing a lie… would you want to know it? 1 John 1:5-2:2 (NIV) LIE #1 - We can walk with God & walk in darkness  Revelation 21:23 (NIV) Revelation 22:5 (NIV)  What does it mean to walk in darkness ? LIE #2 - We’re not that bad 1 John 1:8 (NIV) LIE #3 - We can defeat sin ourselves 1 John 2:1-2 (NIV)  What is it that gives Jesus the right to act as our advocate?  What is...

 Are you someone who claims to know God, love Him, and believe in Him? If so, can you prove it? It's easy to make such claims, but proving one's faith requires more than words. Thankfully, we can learn from John, one of Jesus' disciples, on how to prove our faith. By asking ourselves the right questions and following his lead, we can demonstrate to the world that our faith is not ju...

We talk about the importance of understanding the depth of “I Do” beyond the wedding day. How couples can cultivate a deeper understanding of their vows throughout their marriage? 1 Corinthians 13:4-8 “I Do” really means “I Will ” Love never fails… even when we do. 1 John 3:16  Need Prayer? 

Some marriage problems like adultery and addiction are very visible, obvious, and clear. Others can be invisible and unclear. Unmet Expectations in our experience are the biggest silent killers of marriages because they are not always obvious and with them comes ongoing feelings of sadness, disappointment, frustration, and anger. Truth: Expectations that are not met lead to ongoing feelings of sad...

Humility and Submission have become dirty words. Filthy language separated from many marriage relationships. In our current "me first, if it feels good do it" culture, these are words that have become outdated and even banned. Yet, we see that if a marriage is to be healthy, each partner must practice intentional times of both humility and submission. The H-Word… Humility Humility is lea...

For Better Or Worse (Week 2) • Genesis 2:21-25 (NIV) • Proverbs 27:17 (NIV) • Hebrews 10:24 (NIV) Five Elements to Reflection 1. Reflection must begin with Love 2. Each must be willing to look into the mirror 3. Reflection requires Clarity 4. Know the difference between Aspiration and Assassination 5. Understand that real Change rarely happens quickly. • 1 Thessalonians 5:14 (NIV) How to reflect i...

Falling in love is easy… all you need is a pulse. Staying in love is hard. That takes intentionality and work. Into the difficulty and darkness that is and was difficult relationships, Jesus speaks words of hope and lays out the foundation for enduring love. We all expect the ideal … We end up with an ordeal and because our idea of love is so distorted, We think the answer is a new deal . Truth: Y...

God has created us to rely on each other, as is shown by the "one another" commands in the Scripture. These commands include loving, serving, helping each other bear burdens, encouraging, and confessing to one another. By practicing these one another’s, we become more like Christ and strengthen our devotion to each other. Need Prayer? 

Resurrection Sunday! The Cross of Christ is wonderful because the cross won! The cross of Christ gives us life, forgives our sin, cancels the charges against us, takes our sin away, nails our sin to the cross, disarms the devil, shames the evil powers, and claims our forever victory!  Need Prayer? 

The Holy Spirit is the agent of Creation  The Holy Spirit is the agent of Scripture  The Holy Spirit is the agent of Salvation  The Holy Spirit is God with Us Need Prayer? 

"Confused" is a word many would use to describe their understanding of the Holy Spirit. However, the Holy Spirit doesn't need to be confusing. Using the definition of the Trinity, along with how the Spirit Empowers, Purifies, Reveals, and Unifies, we can know well the third person of the trinity.  And in knowing Him well we can be obedient to His calling.   The Trinity  = God is one...

Who is the Holy Spirit? Is it a bird? Is it a fire? Is it a person? Drawing on what the Bible says regarding the person and work of the Holy Spirit, this three-week series looks at the third person of the Trinity, and asks why we tend to erase him from our churches and personal lives and how we can reverse this pattern of neglect. Big Idea: The Holy Spirit’s indwelling of the tabernacle, then the...

"What are you going to do in light of what you've heard?" This is the application to Jesus' Sermon on the Mount. Since the beginning of the sermon we have seen clearly that there are only two options from which we must make one choice. Matthew 7:13-29 (NIV) Two Roads… (Wide / Narrow) Two Gates… (Wide / Narrow) Two Destinations… (Destruction / Life) Two Crowds… (Busy / Empty)  O...

Jesus tells us in the Sermon On The Mount to Ask and keep on asking... Seek and keep seeking, knock and continue to knock. With continued and increasing persistence, Jesus tells us to call out to God and to pray for 'Big Ask' Prayers.  Matthew 7:7-12 (NIV) Prayer is a first priority, not a last resort. Jesus not only teaches the importance of praying to our Father… He addresses the frequ...

There is a major difference between critiquing something or someone and criticizing something or someone. In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus calls believers to stop being judging hypocrites and to begin being brothers and sisters to others.  A Different Kind of Sight Matthew 7:1-6 (NIV) 1. A Christian should not be a Judge (v1,2) Jesus does not say don’t assess people critically, but rather not to...

Upon what are you building your life? Jesus is addressing a heart issue in Matthew 6:25-34. A life built on our own strength will be a life full of anxiety, but a life built on God's strength is a life of faith. Christ gives us a command, “Do not be anxious,” but He also gives us comfort. As His children, He promises to provide provision and protection when we seek Him and His righteousness....

In Jesus' Sermon on the Mount, His assumption was that the believer would be praying and would be fasting. Though often uncertain about both,  Christians are still called and expected to practice both regularly.  Matthew 6:5-18 (NIV) Jesus again is calling out improper motives in people.  Verses 14-15 - How does conditional forgiveness fit with the gospel of free and unmerited grace?  God for...

Jesus said where our treasure is our heart will be also. That means what happens to our treasure, happens to us. In this sermon we take a look at Jesus teaching on giving and generosity and how to navigate where our treasures may be. Matthew 6:1-4, 19-21 (NIV) As humans, we are driven by motive...  It is the sin of cowardice that made him say, “Let your light shine before others...” It is the sin...

Are we loving people the wrong way? Is our love for others based on what they have to offer us or on a covenantal pursuit after their heart? Matthew 5:31-48 (NIV) Jesus teaches us...  Divorce has never been easy.  Covenants are stronger than contracts.  You are truly unique... just like everybody else.  There is a right way to love.  Our empty words become a declaration of our pride,  arrogance, a...

Psalm 19:7-14 Scripture is without fault. Ps 19:7 Scripture Is Food for our Souls Ps 19:7-8 Scripture: Reviving to the Soul Scripture: Makes wise the Simple Scripture: Rejoices the Heart Scripture: Enlightens the Eyes Need Prayer? 

Into the darkness comes God's light. John 1:4-5 "In him was life, and that life was the light of all mankind. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness can not comprehend it."  Christmas is complicated. Christmas has always been complicated.  We can't fix complicated... but Jesus overcame the darkness!  Need Prayer? 

Heaven came down so we could come home. Where is your eternal home? Jesus gives us the way for us to come home this Christmas and the way is through him. John 14:1-6 Let not your hearts be troubled...  Prayer  Reading Scripture Community  Promises of Jesus  Jesus and the Father have an eternal home for us. Jesus is preparing that eternal home. Jesus is coming again to take us home.  Need Prayer?