Center Point Assembly

Pastor Mike digs deep into area of Christian Complacency and asks the hard questions to all of us regarding our level of true Christian life and passion. Can a Christian be complacent and still be pleasing to God? Can a complacent Christian expect to hear Jesus say, "Well done thou good and faithful"? Can a complacent Christian be powerful and effective? Does a complacent Christian put the devil o...

Pastor and Author Ted Brancheau Jr. teaches from his book titled, "Your Ministry Matters". Today Ted brings us on a journey of how every person in the church has a specific and important ministry function that he/she needs to fulfill in order that we have a functioning body of Christ. Listen in and he does a great job charging us all to do the ministry that our hands finds for us to do...

Pastor Mike takes us into the discussion of forgiveness and asks the question is forgiveness a requirement or is it a gift, or both? As we delve into this morning we see that forgiveness is very much both a requirement and a gift to the person that forgives. Christ forgave people their sin and thus gave "them" the gift of eternal life, when we forgive people and release them of the debt they owe u...

Pastor Mike continues to discuss our Identity in Christ and helps us understand that Christ's victory creates for us an Identity of being a "Winner" with Him. We must understand the enemy is out to destroy everything associated with living a Christ-like life, but Christ is our victor and as we learn about His identity we can clothe ourselves like Him and enjoy life as God originally intended us to...

Pastor Mike continues in the theme of Identity and how it relates to our new church name. The point that is made this morning is that our "Identity Determines Activity" and so often the world twists this concept around so that our 'Activity creates our Identity' and in so doing we become work centered and not Christ centered. Biblical identity comes from a forward perspective of who we are in Chri...

Pastor Mike continues with the theme of our new name change - Center Point Assembly. This week we examine how important names are to God and there were times that God intentionally changed the name of His child to line up and be a continual reminder of their destiny according to His plan. We see Abram being changed to Abraham, and Sarai being changed to Sarah for the very specific purpose of being...

Pastor Mike continues with the theme of our new name change - Center Point Assembly. This week we examine how important names are to God and there were times that God intentionally changed the name of His child to line up and be a continual reminder of their destiny according to His plan. We see Abram being changed to Abraham, and Sarai being changed to Sarah for the very specific purpose of being...

Pastor Mike presents and discusses the vital importance of a "Name" and the challenge that it presents in the community and within the church. He is presenting his belief that the Lord is asking Charlevoix Assembly of God have a new name, to become known as "Center Point Assembly". A properly identified organization name describes the organization to the community and at the same time presents the...

Pastor Mike presents and discusses the vital importance of a "Name" and the challenge that it presents in the community and within the church. He is presenting his belief that the Lord is asking Charlevoix Assembly of God have a new name, to become known as "Center Point Assembly". A properly identified organization name describes the organization to the community and at the same time presents the...

Pastor Mike continues in the discussion of discipleship. The last couple weeks he spoke about the "Cost of Discipleship" and the "Purpose of Discipleship", this week he speaks on the tactical aspect of "Being" a disciple. What do I have to do to be a disciple of Christ? We see in God's Word good instruction for us to love and obey God's commands and His teachings. To do this we must be action orie...

Pastor Mike continues in the discussion of discipleship. The last couple weeks he spoke about the "Cost of Discipleship" and the "Purpose of Discipleship", this week he speaks on the tactical aspect of "Being" a disciple. What do I have to do to be a disciple of Christ? We see in God's Word good instruction for us to love and obey God's commands and His teachings. To do this we must be action orie...

Pastor Mike continues in the theme of discipleship this week by speaking on the "Purpose of Discipleship". Last week we spoke on the cost of being a disciple, and this week we discuss is it worth it to be disciple and what's the purpose? We will discuss the importance of following Jesus and not just be a fan of Jesus. This is shown thru our life as being an imitator of Christ, getting to know the...

Pastor Mike continues in the theme of discipleship this week by speaking on the "Purpose of Discipleship". Last week we spoke on the cost of being a disciple, and this week we discuss is it worth it to be disciple and what's the purpose? We will discuss the importance of following Jesus and not just be a fan of Jesus. This is shown thru our life as being an imitator of Christ, getting to know the...

Pastor Mike discusses what it means and what the cost of being a true disciple of Jesus is... We all like to find a good deal, finding a 'treasure' and then to be able to negotiate a good price on it is something we all like to do... The problem is that this mentality has invaded the church world when it comes to following Jesus. We all want the "Crown" of life, but are willing to bear the "Cross"...

Pastor Mike discusses what it means and what the cost of being a true disciple of Jesus is... We all like to find a good deal, finding a 'treasure' and then to be able to negotiate a good price on it is something we all like to do... The problem is that this mentality has invaded the church world when it comes to following Jesus. We all want the "Crown" of life, but are willing to bear the "Cross"...

This is the final lesson that we have from Lass the sheep dog. In this lesson we pretty much wrap up why Lass is on the farm - to serve the master at all cost. By this time Lass has learned all the things that she needed to know to be an effective co-worker with the sheep farmer, the test for her now comes in her willingness to apply the knowledge she has. It isn't until she applies what she knows...

This is the final lesson that we have from Lass the sheep dog. In this lesson we pretty much wrap up why Lass is on the farm - to serve the master at all cost. By this time Lass has learned all the things that she needed to know to be an effective co-worker with the sheep farmer, the test for her now comes in her willingness to apply the knowledge she has. It isn't until she applies what she knows...

Pastor Mike continues on to Lesson 6 - "Love & Discipline" in the book from Phillip Keller titled "Lessons From a Sheep Dog". This week we talk about the interdependence of Love and Discipline and how we really can't have one without the other. God's love for us is so complete that He disciplines us so that we don't fall back into the "Wrong Hands" of our previous master, Satan.... The boundaries...

This week Pastor Mike is continuing on with a series on a book written by Phillip Keller, titled "Lessons From a Sheep Dog". We are in lesson 5 which is "The Test of Faithfulness". In this we learn that God may place us in areas of life with specific details that we would wonder if we're really effective and accomplishing much. In these times we have the distinct impression that God has set us asi...

This week Pastor Mike is continuing on with a series on a book written by Phillip Keller, titled "Lessons From a Sheep Dog". We are in lesson 5 which is "The Test of Faithfulness". In this we learn that God may place us in areas of life with specific details that we would wonder if we're really effective and accomplishing much. In these times we have the distinct impression that God has set us asi...

Pastor Mike continues on with the Series on the short book "Lessons From a Sheep Dog" by Phillip Keller. This week we discuss lesson 3 & 4, "Learning to Trust" and "The Delight of Obedience". We see Lass now at the Sheep farm and learning how to do her job with her new master. She is learning the ins and outs of herding sheep, and one of the first things both she and her master must learn of each...

Pastor Mike continues with the book written by Philip Keller, "Lessons From a Sheep Dog" with lesson 2, titled "Set Free - To Follow". In this discussion we see the indescribable joy that God our Heavenly Father has when we willing give up our perceived "freedoms" as a human being, created in His likeness and choose to live a life of love and dedication to Him. We see for our benefit that it's onl...

Pastor Mike is beginning a series from a book written by Phillip Keller titled "Lessons From a Sheep Dog". Today he reads a good portion of the story and discusses Lesson 1 - In the Wrong Hands. This lesson focuses on Lass, the border collie being rescued from the wrong owner that doesn't understand Lass's true calling in life to be a working dog and thus sees her rambunctiousness as disobedience...

Pastor Mike celebrates freedom on this Memorial Day weekend by talking about the freedoms we have in our spiritual life and the cost thereof. He discusses the fact that we must surrender our lives to gain Christ's freedom, we must choose to walk in freedom once it's offered and finally that freedom comes with great responsibility as we walk in it. Freedom means living within the boundaries that Go...

Pastor Mike continues a discussion about our Graduation day and applies the truths of living a daily Christian life as we "work out our salvation with fear and trembling" in front of the world. Like after graduating from High School, life comes to the Christian the day after salvation, and it's in those days that our real work begins, and the beauty of God's word to us says, "it's not burdensome t...