Collective Church

Let's Talk Discipline:   "Discipline is correction driven by love; it isn't something you do to your child but for your child." Our key passage today comes from Hebrews 12:5-6.  We'll look at three types of undisciplined parents and three parental expectations to help you discipline.

Unchanging Principles of Parenting No matter your "style" or choices in parenting, we believe there are some unchanging principles when it comes to parenting.  In Mark 10, people where bringing little children to Jesus for them to be blessed.  The disciples rebuked them, but Jesus said "let the little children come to me..."  In this passage we see that Jesus, took the children...

There are so many worldly things that can influence our parenting.  Even as parents we can succumb to the peer pressures of parenting.  The desire for our kids to be accepted, to be a great athlete or student, to be popular, to have the latest and greatest.  Even if they come from what we think are good intentions it can lead to poor decisions for our children in the long run.  In the long run, we...

These days we hear the word village and tribe spoken often.  People create groups for certain interests on Facebook and other apps as a way to belong to something.  To be a part of something.  We were created to live in community with one another, but what does true biblical community look like?   We're reading from Hebrews 10 to learn the biblical who, what and where of community this week.

We Need To Share The Good News: In Mark 16:15 Jesus tells us ".."Go into all the world and proclaim the gospel to the whole creation."  As disciples of Christ we have been given instructions to proclaim the good news.  To share the gospel with those around us.  This week we look at the following questions that so many ask when it comes to the task of sharing the gospel. 1. Why do we...

The Lord has truly blessed Collective church with an amazing year.  He has grown this body of believers, numerically and spiritually.  We're honored to continue His work in Saline County.  We had the privilege of hearing Chanson Newborn, Sr. speak on our one year celebration.  Bringing us a good word about the mark of a great church.

The word of God is truth and is our start and our end.  It should be the start of our walk with Him.  The first thing we look at when we wake up.  It should lead us into glory with Him.  The word of God should be the last thing we do before we end our day.  His word rescues us, enlightens us and COMPLETES us.

We Need Trustworthy News... We can trust God's news to produce: 1. Spiritual Life 2. Spiritual Direction 3. Spiritual Blessings 4. Spiritual Victory "Praise the Lord!  Blessed is the man who fears the Lord, who greatly delights in his commandments!  He is not afraid of bad news; his heart is firm, trusting in the Lord." Psalm 112:1,7 ESV

Part 1 of 4 We Need The Good News: We live in a world where news and information is literally at our finger tips.  Accessible with the touch of a button.  When we read those headlines, now more than ever, it can become overwhelming.  Instilling fear, anxiety, confusion or longing for truth.  What should we believe when there is so much conflicting information?   Today we begin our 4 part series wi...

Essential Words: Taming The Tongue A child once asked, "where do our words go after we say them?"  We don't know where they go, but we do know that once we say them we can't get them back.  We also know the Bible has a few things to say to us about how essential our speech and our words are.  From the beginning of the book of James (1:19), he tells the reader, "...let ever...

Essential Days: Living in Anticipation of His Return So many are obsessed with asking have we reached the end times?  Is the Lord returning soon?  Many are trying to find clues and signs of the end of the world.  As Matthew 24:36 says, "But about the day or hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father." So lets no ask "Are we in the last days?&q...

Essential Faith: It's impossible to please God without it... How's your faith today? Faith is not a feeling we can work up.  Faith is biblical confidence and conviction on display. Three Types of Faith 1. Dead Faith (James 2:14-17) 2. Demonic Faith (James 2:18-19) 3. Dynamic Faith (James 2:20-26)

Heavenly Wisdom vs Earthly Wisdom We use wisdom all the time in life.  Whether it's in our parenting or in deciding what to eat for lunch.  We apply our knowledge and understanding to just about every decision we make in our daily lives.  But what is the difference between heavenly wisdom and earthly wisdom?  Where does our wisdom come from?  From our own understanding or God's?  This we...

It's week one of our sermon series, Essential: Faith That Works.  Right off the bat in chapter one, verse 22, James tells us to, "not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says."  So, as we go through James we want to grow!  We want to be doers.  So today we'll look at four essentials for growing through James.  As well as, an overview of the book of...

Essential People: The Sin of Partiality & Prejudice We continue our study through the book of James in chapter two today.  We see that following Christ and partiality are incompatible. We look at why this behavior is inconsistent with following Christ and ways to guard against partiality and prejudice.

I. Heaven Is Real! II. Where is heaven? A. Heaven is a real place “Do not let your hearts be troubled. You believe in God; believe also in me. My Father’s house has many rooms; if that were not so, would I have told you that I am going there to prepare a place for you? And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am." John 1...

We kick off our sermon series on Heaven with the question...Does Heaven Really Exist?  From the first chapter in Genesis through the last book of the Bible, Revelation, the Bible certainly talks about Heaven. So, how should we act with what we do know about heaven? With What We Do Know, We Should Be… 1.  Encouraged  "Let not your hearts be troubled. Believe in God; believe also in me. In my F...

All couples are going to fight. Healthy couples fight for resolution. Unhealthy couples fight for victory.  Key passage for this sermon, Song of Songs 5. Common Causes of Conflict  1. Unmet / Unreal Expectations 2. Selfishness   "My beloved thrust his hand through the latch - opening; my heart began to pound for him.  I arose to open for my beloved, and my hands dripped with myrrh, my fingers...

We continue our series through Song of Songs and this week we're talking about dating.` Dating isn't just for the single person.  No matter the season of life you should continue to pursue or date your spouse.  If we're not married, how do we pursue a potential spouse in a way that honors God?  If we are married, how do we date or pursue our spouse in every season of the relationshi...

The world is constantly sending messages about love, sex, dating, and marriage that don't line up to God's word.  It's trying to restructure and redefine these things, but we don't get to redefine and restructure what the Lord has already defined and structured.  This week we continue our study through Song of Songs looking at what scripture says about love, sex, dating and mar...

Part 1 of our Song of Songs sermon series begins this week.  You can follow along with the sermon notes below... Sermon Series: Song of Songs:   Love, Sex, Dating, Marriage Sermon: Love is... “...but the greatest of these is love.” 1 Corinthians 13:13 What we believe about love can often be dictated by our environment. Two things we will choose between: • World defined love • God defined love Love...

We're concluding the 2020 Vision sermon series today. So far we've talked about how to get the clearest vision for our lives by asking God what his vision is for our lives.  This week we see that when we ask God WHAT his vision is for us that He'll also provide the HOW.   Key Thought:  He provides the vision and supplies what we need to bring the vision to life. Key Passage: Philipp...

As followers of Christ we should be living a legacy motivated by our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.  We continue part 3 of this sermon series in Philippians 3.  Where we see Paul's motivation in verse 10, his vision for living, "My goal is to know him..." Key Thought: Jesus is our message, our model and our motivation. Passage: Philippians 3:1-21

What word describes what will determine fruitful work for the Lord?  Attitude.  Adopting the attitude of Christ is not something that comes easy to us.  Which is why Paul used the word adopt.  It may seem like a tall order, to adopt the attitude of Christ, but through Paul's letter we find 3 things that will be required of us to adopt that attitude. Key Thought: Your attitude determines your...

What's your vision for living?  Paul had a clear vision for living and it was Jesus.  We see that in his letter to the Philippians.  Jesus was his message, his model, his motive and his means.  Despite his difficult circumstances, in his letter we can see Paul's vision for living in different aspects of his life. Passages in this sermon: Philippians 1:1-30 James 1:2-4