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Do you want a refill of God’s Spirit (Ephesians 5:15-18). Every person, regardless of their ethnicity or background, desires hope, joy, and satisfaction. Unfortunately, many seek to find that satisfaction – and to escape the pain and challenges of reality – in excessive alcohol, mind-altering drugs, unbridled materialism, and/or sexuality without boundaries. God is gently yet clearly telling us th...

We can – and should – understand what the will of God is for our lives (Ephesians 5:15-17). His will always leads to what is best. The providential will of God refers to the things that He has determined to do no matter what. The moral will of God refers to the commands in His Word that we can freely choose to obey or disobey. And the personal will of God are the unique things the Father wants to...

Fuel the fire of your faith (Ephesians 5:15-16). With so many things and people vying for our time and attention, it is incredibly easy to become distracted and unfocused. If we are not careful in how we live – being sober-minded and wise in our choices – we give opportunity to the enemy to keep us from God’s best. Our Heavenly Father longs for us to have the best He designed for us, but we must c...

Happy New Year!  Sermon from January 1, 2023

Worship is when we treasure Jesus above all (Luke 2:19, 51). Mary, the mother of Jesus, was as ordinary as any of us. She was mostly likely an inexperienced teenager from a family of little means or wealth. She was not from an important city nor was she exceptional in school or in a particular craft or trade. Most likely she could not read or write. Yet, when she is visited by the angel Gabriel an...

Extravagant obedience leads to abundant life (Luke 2:41-52). When Jesus is twelve years old, His parents (Joseph and Mary) accidentally leave Him in Jerusalem as they head back to their hometown of Nazareth. Once they realize that Jesus is not with them, they return to Jerusalem and eventually find Him in the temple sitting and talking with the teachers. Though fully God and fully man with excepti...

Nothing is more extravagant than God’s heart for us (John 1:1-3). In the beginning, God created the heavens and earth because He wanted to love us. In His all-sufficiency, glory, and goodness, He had no need to create. But He desired for us to experience His love, and to freely choose to love Him in return. The critical question is this: why did God, in all His perfection and holiness, enter our m...

Jesus will always show up just in time (Genesis 22:1-18). The difficulties we face are tests and opportunities for us to fully trust the goodness and provision of God. Our trust and obedience to God amid our struggles produces steadfastness and maturity in us. Just as Jesus – the angel of the LORD – appears to Abraham right as Abraham is about to sacrifice his son Isaac, Jesus will always appear a...

Jesus longs for us to mature so He can bless us (Genesis 32:22-32). Though God blesses humanity in countless ways just because of who He is, the blessings that satisfy the deeper longings of our hearts (e.g. for peace, joy, confidence, etc.) must be wrestled for. Just as Jacob wrestled Jesus – in what Biblical scholars call an Old Testament Christophany – and received His blessing, the way we wres...

Jesus never quits on anyone (Exodus 3:1-14). Our failures, mistakes, and weaknesses are not greater than He is. He is the LORD – Yahweh or Yehovah – and His name is the answer to every question, the solution to every problem, and the fulfillment of every longing or desire deep within us. He is our strength when we are weak, and He calms every fear. He seals every prayer and wins every battle. At H...

Seasons are inevitable and are for our benefit (Ecclesiastes 3:1-11). According to King Solomon, there is a time for everything under the heavens. And each season, regardless of how amazing or how difficult it may be, has meaning and purpose in God’s eyes. He desires that we see Him moving and working in this season, and that we receive all that He has for us in preparation for the next season we...

As those who have found hope in Jesus, we can influence the culture around us plagued with hopelessness (Daniel 3:8-30). Rather than withdrawing from or warring against the world around us, we are called to be salt and light to it (Matthew 5:13-14). The world or culture around us is fertile ground desperately looking for what we have: the Spirit of God in us. And because we carry the Holy Spirit,...

I can do anything that the Father says to do (Ephesians 3:14-21). Because God has put eternity into our hearts, something within us longs to make a difference in the lives of others. When we walk closely with the Father and are yoked with Him, His power in us enables us to do those things that truly matter and have eternal impact. When we live in step with the Spirit, we can accomplish impossible...

Every child of God has authority for the impossible (Matthew 16:13-19). When we are like Peter, confessing Jesus to be the Christ and the Son of the living God, we are given keys of the kingdom of heaven. Those keys – which represent the Holy Spirit – give us the power and ability to become what we think is impossible to become, and to do what we know is impossible for us to do. When we live by an...

Our Heavenly Father longs to provide for us (Matthew 6:25-34). His heart is for us to know and experience the rest, peace, and abundant life He has to offer. It is the way of His kingdom. But worry and anxiety are stealing these things from us, especially as we strive to live in our own strength and power. God invites us to fully believe and embrace the truth that we are immensely valuable in His...

We need God’s presence more than His power (Exodus 33:1-16). We are made for presence, with one another and with God. Moses was keenly aware of this truth as he was about to lead Israel into the Promised Land. He tells God, “If your presence will not go with me, do not bring us up from here.” Moses understood that a life of rest, which our hearts long for, is found ultimately in God’s presence. Ex...

Sabbath is the Father’s gift to His children (Exodus 20:8-11). God made the Sabbath for man (not man for the Sabbath) and designed humanity to function best when we honor the idea of keeping a Sabbath. We were designed for renewal, to take a breath. The inability to rest, to sabbath, is actually an indication of slavery and bondage. True children of God can rest and are able to have their physical...

When you look in the mirror, deep within you, who do you believe you are? The way we answer that question is one of the most important things about us. The problem is that we attempt to find our identity in so many places other the only place it can be found. Restlessness results from refusing to see myself first as a child of God. But we struggle to believe it. This is why the Spirit must continu...

Do you find yourself in a place of constant busyness?  Are you striving to obtain something different?  Are you working and running hard to become somebody? STOP! Jesus desires you to experience everything He has secured for you. The Lord is calling YOU to the restful life, a place of resting in Him, and it is in this place... everything changes! Join us this fall for an eight week serie...

Prayer is the right tool to put on the armor of God. We are to pray at all times. Paul isn't telling us to quit our jobs, to abandon our marriages, to exit school and do nothing else in our lives but pray, but he is using hyperbole to implore us to make prayer a regular and often part of our daily existence. We are to be a people who see and say "Thanks" for what God has done, is doing, and will d...

The heart of the Gospel is bringing peace. "We were God's enemies but he made us his friends through the death of his son." (Romans 5:10) That which characterizes the sons and daughters of God is that we seek to make peace. The way we disagree matters as much as what we disagree on.  Sermon from August 28, 2022 To watch this sermon or other sermons, subscribe to our YouTube Channel: " Beltway...

Every-day carry is a collection of useful items that are consistently carried on person every day. Make sure you get in God's word, and God's word gets in you. To take up the sword of the spirit takes time. It takes energy. It takes prioritization. Sermon from August 21, 2022 To watch this sermon or other sermons, subscribe to our YouTube Channel: " Beltway Park Church "

Faith is one of the most important tools for us to utilize in the midst of the battles raging around us. Every one of us who is a follower of Jesus, can resist any fiery dart, any attack the enemy might want to toss our way, by utilizing the shield of faith. We have to intentionally grab hold of the shield of faith. We can collectively use the shield of faith to build up and guard the people aroun...

Most of our battle against the enemy is not in the circumstances we face.  The battle is in the mind. So, in all circumstances it is vital to protect our mind through the intentional practice of God focus which empowers victory. Sermon from August 7, 2022 To watch this sermon or other sermons, subscribe to our YouTube Channel: " Beltway Park Church "

Obedience to God's truth best protects all that is vital.  Sermon from July 31, 2022 To watch this sermon or other sermons, subscribe to our YouTube Channel: " Beltway Park Church "